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About the Organisation
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1. Adopting Social Health Education (SHE) communication materials. To bring behavior change for better reproductive health, practicing safe sexual life and enhancing social skills.
2. Self empowerment and mental vaccination model for reducing the hazards of drug abuse, alcoholism and increasing the quality of life.
3. Collectivization of the women and the marginalized community for collective transformation and advocacy towards better health seeking behavior.
1. Adopting Social Health Education (SHE) communication materials. To bring behavior change for better reproductive health, practicing safe sexual life and enhancing social skills.
2. Self empowerment and mental vaccination model for reducing the hazards of drug abuse, alcoholism and increasing the quality of life.
3. Collectivization of the women and the marginalized community for collective transformation and advocacy towards better health seeking behavior.
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Certified by GuideStar India for Foundation Level- GuideStar India Transparency Key. Valid till 31-Dec-2017. To know current certification status, please visit GuideStar India List of Certified NGOs [Opens in a new window]
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Deepam Educational Society for Health (DESH) is a national level, non-profit, Mother NGO, founded in the year 1991, registered under Tamil Nadu Societies registration Act. DESH was founded by Dr. Saraswathi Sankaran, a sociologist specialized in lifestyle analysis. She was motivated to initiate prevention work in HIV/AIDS, based on what she had seen in Tanzania, Africa, during the mid-eighties, and was convinced about the potential threat this epidemic held for India. As early as 1990, DESH started its movement in AIDS control through counselling services at Government General Hospital, Chennai and by conducting STI/HIV/AIDS prevention education programs in villages, slums, industries and educational institutions. Moving on to Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) programs, over two decades, DESH has served various sub sets of beneficiaries. It facilitates the journey of thousands of individuals towards safe life by making them take decisions to change certain harmful behaviour and practices. Empowering women and making them agents for social change is the greatest lead which DESH has adopted.
Mission–Healthier society, safer life style!
Vision–An engine for change
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AAATD0414B
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31/03/2019
SARASWATHI SANKARAN, Founder and Vice-Chairman of Deepam Educational Society for Health (DESH), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), registered in 1991. Responsible for all projects undertaken by DESH
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Bombay; Title of Dissertation:- "Impact of Welfare Measures on the Level of Living of Working Class in Bombay", 1979
EXPERIENCE
• Initiated Prevention work in HIV/AIDS in India even before the first case of HIV was diagnosed in the country
• Worked since 1985 advocating Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) and ‘no risk’ lifestyle to prevent HIV/AIDS
• Worked for two decades as a counselor in areas of "‘Level of Living’, ‘Welfare’, ‘Substance Abuse’ & HIV/AIDS
AWARDS / RECOGNITION
• NGO Excellence Award, 2018
• SKOCH Challenger Award for Social Inclusion, 2017
• Polestar Awards, The Polestar Foundation, 2017
• ALL Grassroots Women of the Decade Achievers Award, 2014
• The Peaks Achievers Award by National Integrity Cultural Academy, 2009
• Certificate of Honour by Government of Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, 2008
• Government of India’s nomination as a Member of the National AIDS Council and also as a Member of the Working Group for Adolescents, Children, Youth and Gender, 2005
• Selected for “Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Ekta Award” from National Awareness Forum, 2004
• Nehru Yuva Kendra State Award for DESH for Youth Programs, 2003
• State Award "Best Social worker in the field of HIV/AIDS for the year 2003
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