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Strengthening Rural/Tribal Communities Health

The Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP) is a holistic approach to improving the quality of life in rural and tribal communities by addressing health, education, and social needs together. It ensures access to healthcare through referrals and linkages, supports children’s education by enrolling them in nearby schools, and strengthens connections with government health and education services. By combining community engagement with sustainable practices like nutrition promotion and kitchen gardens, the project empowers villages to become healthier, more educated, and self-reliant.

This initiative works towards improving maternal and child health access ensuring that no family is left behind.

What We Offer

We adopt a holistic, community-led approach to improve rural and tribal well-being by integrating health, education, and child protection. Through awareness, access, and empowerment, we help families build healthier, educated, and self-reliant villages.

Preventive and linkage services for communicable and non-communicable diseases, nutrition counselling, and child care during the first 1000 days and beyond.

Awareness on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), anaemia prevention, menstrual hygiene, healthy diet promotion, and delaying early marriage/pregnancy through adolescent and parent sessions.

Sensitisation of stakeholders, linkages with community schemes, and empowerment of families on health rights for better service uptake.

Creating awareness about schooling benefits, conducting parent and child sessions, facilitating re-schooling, and transport support for children.

Mobilisation of communities, building capacity for decision-making, formation of parent–child groups, and strengthening Village Level Child Protection Committees (VLCPCs).

A concern was raised by a teacher about Nita, a young girl from Nalipada, who had not been attending school for the last 25 days. Orphaned at an early age, Nita lives with her uncle. Her prolonged absence from school raised fears of her being withdrawn from education altogether.

The matter was brought before the Village Level Child Protection Committee (VLCPC), which immediately decided to intervene. A joint visit was conducted by the Sarpanch, the concerned teacher, and the CCDT team to meet Nita and her family. During the visit, they explained to her uncle the importance of regular schooling and how education was critical for Nita’s well-being and future.

The intervention worked. Nita’s uncle agreed to support her education, and since then, she has been attending school regularly.

This case highlights how community-based child protection structures like the VLCPC when activated and supported, play a critical role in identifying, responding to, and preventing child protection violations, especially in remote and underserved areas. 

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