The project will be based in Buldana district, specifically in the 6 project villagers.
The current base of operations is in Buldana town.
VHW Training Programme
Dr Moses Kharat will be in charge of running the training programme for village health workers.
Mobile Health Clinics
Dr Moses Kharat, Varsha Rayarum and a social worker will be in charge of running mobile health teams for village health workers.
Referral Clinics
Dr Moses Kharat, a trained auxillary nurse midwife, and a helper/attendant will be in charge of running the low-cost referral clinic for rural villagers.
Education/Intervention campaigns
Dr Moses Kharat and Varsha Rayarum will be in charge of running education/intervention campaigns to address key development issues in project villagers.
Proposed timeline:
2012-2013 – Training of village health workers, setting up a low cost referral clinic
2013-2014 – Continued follow-up and monitoring of programme effectiveness (ie. number of trained birth attendants, community attitudes towards dowry), maintenance of low cost referral clinic
2014-2015 – Expansion of project villagers from 6-10. Addressing other identified development issues.
3.3 GOAL/S
1) To empower rural villagers to take full ownership of their health
2) To challenge health inequity in rural India
3.4 PURPOSE
1) The purpose of the VHW training is to provide health education to villagers, act as the first port-of call for health-related services, and to contribute to the empowerment of rural women.
2) The purpose of the mobile health clinics is primarily to build trust and rapport with the villagers.
3) The purpose of the low-cost clinic is to address health inequity in the villagers, providing low-cost, quality health care to poor villagers.
4) The purpose of the education/intervention campaigns is to address a particular issue in the community
3.5 COMPONENT OBJECTIVE/S
1) To establish a VHW Training programme (June 2012-May 2013)
2) To conduct regular mobile health clinics (August 2012)
3) Feasibility study into low-cost clinic (June 2012)
4) Education/intervention campaigns (August 2012)
3.6 SIGNIFICANT PROJECT OUTPUTS
1.1 Liaise with selected village health workers
1.2 To conduct a week-long VHW training session
1.3 Provide VHWs with VHW kits
1.4 Conduct monthly follow-up VHW training sessions
2.1 Mobilising volunteers to assist in running the mobile health clinics
2.2 Selecting project villages
2.3 Conduct mobile health clinics in line with an overall strategy
3.1 Obtaining approval from the Church of the Nazarene to lease the land in Buldana town
3.2 Renovating buildings for use
3.3 Hiring trained staff to run the clinic
4.1 Liaising with target communities/project villagers
4.2 Mobilising volunteers/trained staff to conduct the campaigns
4.3 Evaluating success of campaigns
3.7 DIRECT & INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES
Lower caste and tribal communities will benefit directly from CBHP’s activities.
Other key demographics include: rural women and adolescent girls.
4.0 PROJECT CROSSCUTTING ISSUES
4.1 SUSTAINABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
CBHP is committed to long-term follow-up training of VHWs. All VHWs are voluntary, but will receive a stipend for food and travel expenses incurred during group training sessions.
CBHP is currently funded from the personal finances of Dr Moses Kharat and his family.
SIFE-CONCEIVE are university based groups which have raised AUD8350 for CBHP. 50% of this is earmarked towards CBHP’s current curative and preventative activities. 50% is earmarked toward a future fund, to be used as investment capital for social enterprises/businesses. The transfer will be effected in Apr 2012.
CBHP has no other financial partners.
4.2 GENDER ANALYSIS
CBHP’s key focus is on the empowerment of rural women. As such, all activities have been planned with this consideration in mind.
4.3 ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT
None of the proposed project’s activities will have a negative impact on the environment.
4.4 FAMILY PLANNING ACTIVITIES
The Indian government has policies in place for family planning. For example financial incentives are provided for families which go for tubal ligation after the birth of 2 children. This practice is actively promoted in project villagers by government health educators.
Condoms and oral contraceptive pills are not widely used in project villagers.
4.5 DISABILITY
As part of a needs assessment, further exploration of the needs of disabled people will be undertaken.
CBHP will develop a steering committee which will include disabled persons.
5.0 PROMOTION OF AUSTRALIAN or AGENCY IDENTITY
People from project villagers have met Australian volunteers and research staff from the partnering Australian organisation. As such, they are aware of Australian financial support. CBHP’s focus is on education and empowerment, not on providing relief. CBHP has a strict policy of utilising funds only for the purposes for which it is intended.