THE INCEPTION
- The inception: Beginning of a Vision of health and justice for all
- HMF established as NGO
LAYING THE FOUNDATION:
- Health related intervention: An innovation of creating Village health workers in 70 villages
- Village health worker – Bharat Vaidya Sustained through ASHA programme of the government
- 75 Village Health Workers were appointed in 70 villages
- Women Empowerment Intervention Empowering SHGs to deal with women’s health issues, reduce drudgery and economic empowerment
- The Sanjivani Mahila Bachat Sangh (Self-help Groups Federation): Women’s health and beyond Broke silence against DV
- 500 SHGs in Osmanabad district
- The self-reliant women’s project – Swayamsidhhi
- Supplementing Education needs of for children Rural Science centre established for secondary school students
- Rural Science Centre Laboratory facilities Library Essay competition scholarships
- 38 secondary schools
- Domestic Violence Survivor Support Counselling Centre for Domestic violence survivors
- Savali Kendra – Support and Counselling Centre
- Approx.. 80 cases handled every year
REACHING NEW HEIGHTS
Health related intervention : Improving Health Care Quality
- Unique health insurance to cover the first 2 pregnancies of women
- Health Insurance (covered 1st two pregnancies)
- 5000 families
- Partnering in NHRM programme – to advocate for quality health care through community participation
- CAH Advocating quality health care through community participation
- 50 villages of Dharashiv block in with Maharashtra Government Health Services that include 10 PHCs, 1 village government hospital and 1 women’s hospital
- Establishment of Accessible and affordable health care hospital in the area
- Janaki Hospital Accessible and affordable health care
- Established Halo Nursing School
- Halo Nursing School Opportunity for rural young women to develop a career in health care
Women Empowerment Intervention:
Empowering SHGs – Breaking the Silence against Domestic violence
Mahila Shakti programme launched and implemented in 5 phases between 2007 and 2017
- Mahila Shakti – phase 1
- Stg SHGs – advocating PDS and participation in local governance and politics
- 30 villages in Tuljapur and Lohara blocks of Dharashiv district
- Mahila Shakti – phase 2 Stg to improve MNH
- 30 villages in Tuljapur and Lohara blocks of Dharashiv district
- Mahila Shakti – phase 3
- Breaking the silence against DV and actions taken
- 30 villages in Tuljapur and Lohara blocks of Dharashiv district
- Mahila Shakti – phase 4
- Community capacity building for GE & WE and DV prevention
- 40 villages in Tuljapur and Lohara blocks of Dharashiv district, 150 SHGs, 40 village dispute resolution committees
- Mahila Shakti – phase 5
- Increased men’s involvement and community support groups Government stake holder involvement against DV,
- 40 villages in Tuljapur and Lohara blocks of Dharashiv district,
Health Intervention: Focused Interventions for maternal and new born health improvement
Maternal and Child health promotion in underserved communities in Solapur city
- MNH – sure start project
- 80 underserved communities in Solapur with an overall population of 176,094
- 178 community-based organizations, 155 of which were Self Help Groups (SHGs) and 23 of which were other women groups that were not SHGs
- Nearly 12,000 ANC mothers adopted
- RESEARCH: Maharashtra Anaemia Study
- a. Phase 1 (September 2013 to August 2016) Anaemia study of 297 pregnant women in rural Osmanabad district
- b. Phase 2 (April 2017 to December 2018) Anaemia study of 400 adolescent girls in rural Osmanabad district
- RESEARCH:Flu India: A Qualitative Study Exploring Factors Influencing Clinical Decision-Making For Influenza-Like Illness In Solapur City
- MNH – Project ‘Sampurna'
- 7154 beneficiaries were reached
Women Empowerment and Gender Equality:
Intensifying men’s participation for gender justice
Intensified men’s participation in gender justice
- The Samajdaar Jodidar Project – ‘Responsible Partnership’ Project mobilising men for gender justice
- 20 villages in akkalkot block, Solapur dist – 43,200 population
- The Social Norms project mobilising men for gender justice – developing a cadre of male animators
- 30 new villages
HMF’s Disaster Relief Efforts
Disaster Response:
Drought Relief work
- DROUGHT RELIEF WORK
- Focus on single women
- 435 single women aged 18 to 14 years with children aged 14-15 years.
- Response to COVID19 pandemic
- 79 villages – 43 from Tulajapur and 36 from Dharashiv (previously known as Osmanabad) blocks 1,63,393 population
Women Empowerment and Gender Equality:
Boosting Community and Stakeholder Action Against DV and Child Marriage
- Collaborating in the government scheme of One Stop Centre
- Sakhi – One stop centre
- Operated this hospital-based centre under the govt’s scheme
- Nirdhaar Samanatecha – ‘Commitment to Equality’ initiative
- Intensified Community awareness, capacity building of stakeholders, community empowerment to deal and prevent DV and Child marriage
- Nirdhar Samanatecha – Gender Campaign Project
- Developing action group of community men and women (Lakshya gat), strengthening stakeholder network to assist DV survivors
- Rigorous Counsellor training
- 40 project villages
- RESEARCH: ‘DEVELOP’ PROJECT: (2018-19)
- a. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours about gender equality: A cross-sectional survey of adolescents from rural India
- b. Experiences of domestic violence prevention interventions and gender equality promotion work: a qualitative study of Nirdhar Groups in rural India
- Nirdhar Samanatecha – Towards Gender Equality Project
- 30 new villages
- Capacity development of counsellors, Collaborating with Legal aid clinics
- Women andmen animators Married Couples empowerment Adolescent Boys and Girls Government Stakeholder Engagement
- 38,297 – 18883 female and 19634 male population in 8593 households
- Nirdhar Samanatecha – Addressing Gender-based Violence and Discrimination particularly Domestic Violence and Child Marriage in Marathwada region of the State of Maharashtra, India – (EU project)
- Pormoting by-stander inetrventions, developing peer eductaors, collaborating with Legal Aid clinics, developing SOPs
- 30 villages -39,532 population