OUR NEW PROJECT

The new project area taken up by Family Health and Education (FHE) is Mayur Vihar in New Delhi. The place, Yamuna Khadar, is a small village located between Mayur Vihar and the banks of river Yamuna.

ABOUT THEM

There are around 250 families with 6-8 members in each family. The occupants of the village are migrants from Bihar, West Bengal and Orissa. They mainly work in the farmland, which is owned by landlords. They work as bond farmers and get a meager Rs 40 per day as wages. 


The families live in small shanties which lack basic amenities like potable water, electricity and sanitation. Also there is no proper drainage system, which results in mosquito breeding and many infectious diseases. They don’t get nutritious food as they eat only vegetables that are grown in their farm.

A very small chunk of kids attend the school. Others work in the field with their parents. A girl from a nearby area takes classes for them in the evenings.

HEALTH CONDITION

Most of the people are anemic and are infected with parasites. As they work in the field whole day, they have skin infections all over their body. Many of them have never been to a hospital, had vaccinations or taken any medicines in their life.

THE PROJECT

Our project primarily aims at providing them with medical care, vaccinating the children and improving their health.

Our first visit was in the month of March. We have planned to visit them every 15 days.

In our last two visits, we have vaccinated the children and given medicines. In the coming visits, we would like to give them classes on basic hygiene and provide them with nutritious food to fight anemia.

We are grateful to  ‘Feeling India’  for giving them rice, pulses and salt so that they can prepare nutritious food, and also for providing them juice and snacks to increase their glucose level in the hot sun.

We invite people to lend a helping hand in our project by sponsoring medicines, nutritious food and basic healthcare products and taking time out to visit the place, educate the children and volunteer the cause.