Institute Of Social Development Chitrakoot U P

The Institute of Social Development Chitrakoot, in partnership with Global Health Strategies Lucknow and Sathi Faizabad, executed a Family Planning awareness programme in 20 villages of Chitrakoot District over two Blocks, receiving financial backing from G.H.S. Lucknow and networking support from Sathi Faizabad Uttar Pradesh. Lasting from January 1, 2019, to June 30, 2019, the initiative involved the selection of 20 champions, including ASHA workers, a women's group member, a male representative, and community members, who organised meetings with target couples to educate them about various family planning methods and addressed issues such as service availability, societal challenges, and misconceptions. These champions engaged in community events, like the Saas Bahu Sammelan, aiming to heighten the demand for family planning services and offered solutions to challenges including early marriage and societal pressures related to childbirth soon after marriage.

The project aimed to collaborate for development initiatives in the Bundelkhand region, addressing challenges such as a lack of civil society action, limited professional human resources, and poor development indices. Supported by Tata Trusts and SATHI-UP, the project focused on providing relief to 6,000 of the poorest families and creating replicable family development models. To achieve these goals, 12 organisations collaborated, including Gramodaya University Chitrakoot, fresh graduates, local CSOs, SATHI-UP, and Tata Trusts. The initiative involved forming various clubs for women, youth, adolescents, and children, conducting community meetings, establishing Community Resource Centers, providing health services, offering entrepreneurship and skill development training, organising exposure trips, offering scholarships, promoting education, preventing school dropouts, and engaging the School Management Committee for ensuring quality education.