NGO in Health sector working for tribal people in karahal block of Sheopur and successfully running NRC.

1. Annual Report
2012-2013
“Reaching people at the grass root level to anchor a strong
foundation for sustainable development of the underprivileged”
Manav Foundation Sarvangin Evam Paryavaran Vikas Samiti,113, Anand
Nagar near Zilla Panchayat,Sheopur.Pin-476337, Ph. no-9893391969,
email- manavfoundationsheopur@gmail.com

2. History and Philosophy of Manav Foundation
Manav Foundation is an organisation based in Delhi. The states in which
it has ongoing activities are Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Maharashtra, Haryana
and Assam. The regional headquarter of Madhya Pradesh is based in Sheopur.
The organisation has been active in the state of MP since 2007. The area of
work involves the fields of Childhood malnutrition and its determinants,
advocacy work related to child health and nutrition.
Since its inception, the focus of activity in the organisation has been the
wellbeing of disadvantaged children.
The
determinants
of
the
child
development and wellbeing are being
supported and advocated by the
organisation from time to time. The
activity has special importance in this
area of Sheopur which is home to the
primitive tribe of ‘Saheriyas’. IEC
activities regarding child development
and nutrition are extremely relevant
to these communities who have been
A ‘Saheria’ women with her child
deprived of developmental activities. The
organisation has recruited local staff for its field activities and has good
acceptance and presence in the community. Though, the activities are targeted
more towards the mother and child unit, the larger scenario of community
involvement, support and participation are also addressed by the
organisation.

3. PHILOSOPHY OF MANAV FOUNDATION
Manav Foundation aims to link social development with child development in the
community. Enhancement in the health status of children, especially the Saheriya,
through innovative intervention based on knowledge, community participation
and finding context relevant solutions has been the hallmark of Manav
Foundation activities.
The approach of Manav Foundation is imparting
knowledge, awareness and hands on training to the mothers for child
development and nutrition. Community involvement forms the essence of all the
activities in Manav Foundation. The holistic approach of linking all aspects of
development in the community with Child health and development would enable
the community groups to understand the root causes of the child health
problems, thereby finding lasting solutions.
VISION
To contribute to the process of capacity building of the community in
order to emancipate them and create opportunities for better living and
health status so that there is scope for all round sustainable development of
the community through community participation.

4. MISSION STATEMENT
To make the village community aware and capable to deal with issues
like malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases, lack of social empowerment and to
improve the basic determinants of health by dynamic community
organisation.
OBJECTIVES
1. To create awareness about childhood malnutrition and its effects.
2. To organize the community to deal with the various determinants of
health.
3. To create community participation for better accountability of service
providers in all sectors.
4. To combat malnutrition in young children through nutrition
rehabilitation programme.

5. ACTIVITIES RUN BY MANAV FOUNDATION
(2012-13)
1. Successfully running the Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) at
Karahal, Sheopur.
Since the establishment of NRC in Karahal block, Manav Foundation has
been involved in its operationalization, functioning and successful running.
Since 1st May, 2007, 352 children
in SAM category have been cured
and 849 children have been
followed up, till now. The quest
for containing deaths due to SAM
is
being
realized
to
a
considerable extent with the
support to children and mother
at NRC. Inputs, suggestions and
guidelines from National and
state
guidelines
(reports/manual), Government officials, doctors and other experts from
UNICEF, TISS and other sources are regularly incorporated and the staffs are
trained to maintain quality and efficiency of their work.
The NRC has a good coverage showing admission of children with SAM or
MAM from distant parts of Karahal Block, which indicates that there is a
good social acceptance by the majorly tribal community in this block, which
is one of the important factors for a programme to be successful.

6. 2. Day Care Centre
In its effort to further realize and contribute to betterment in health status of
the community especially
children, Manav Foundation
has took the responsibility to
run the DCCs at two places
namely, Bankuri village and
Nimaniya village in Karahal
Block of Sheopur district. In
these two DCCs 68 SAM
children are provided food
and medicines at the village
level.
3. Anaemia Control Programme
With the help of District Health Society, Sheopur we organized Anaemia
Control Programme at 12 sub
health center focusing on
Adolescent Girls and mothers
to increase their knowledge
regarding the causes of
Anaemia, its symptoms and
how to maintain a healthy
lifestyle, good diet and
treatment
using
Iron
supplement. Adolescent girls
are the future mothers and
home-makers, so imparting
them this knowledge is very important. This is an important effort to
address the problem of Anaemia at its root level in an earlier stage.

7. 4. Sas Bahu Sammelan
‘Success begins at home’, is a well-known fact. Several homes constitute a
community and communities form a society. Keeping in mind this fact,
Manav Foundation took interest and put its efforts in organizing Sas Bahu
Sammelan taking into account the social dimension of Indian homes to
educate, inspire and inculcate good habits among the women focusing on
Pregnancy and Lactation during pregnancy, importance of breast feeding
and Immunization of newborn (children) which are very important for
reducing IMR and MMR. Sas Bahu Sammelan were conducted at 12 places
with the help of District Health Society, Sheopur.
5. Annual Status of Education Survey
Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) facilitated by Pratham studies the
learning outcome in children in the
age group of 6 to 14 years. As a part
of this effort, we participated with
Pratham and conducted the survey
including 30 Schools of Sheopur
district. Training sessions were
organized for the volunteers who
participated in the survey with the
help of duly trained Master Trainers
(one from Pratham and one from Manav Foundation).
6. PRA and Survey of Nal-jal Yojana
Manav Foundation aims to incorporate the knowledge and opinions of rural
people in the planning and management of development projects and
programmes through PRAs. We were also involved in survey of the Nal-jal
Yojana, its implementation and functioning in the ground level.

8. 7. Sabla Training
As an effort to empower women, 4 Pariyojana were organized in Sheopur
and Karahal Block under ICDS scheme. It included training for skill
development such as training to run Beauty Parlors, Sewing and handlooms,
training for working in a Bank, Police and Post Office.
8. Street Play
Street play is an important means of spreading awareness and imparting
knowledge or information. Keeping this in view various street plays are
often organized by us on different social issues and health related issues
with the help of local artists by forming ‘Jatthas’.
9. National School Drama
We successfully conducted National School Drama (Bal Natya Prashikshan
Karyakram) involving students from the schools and community. It would
inculcate in children sensitivity towards the various social issues and
problems. Besides a good way of recreation it also leads to recognition of
students with god acting skills, which is important as an aspect in overall
development of such children.

9. A glimpse from the ‘National School Drama’ activities
10. Work on water availability (Gram Sabha Prastav for “Hand-pump
Rakshak”)
Recognizing the importance of safe drinking water as one of the important
factors in determining the health of the community especially in terms of
prevention of diarrhoeal diseases, which is highly prevalent in Karahal Block
among the ‘Saheria’ community, we have put our efforts to address this issue
by creating a model of operation and maintenance (O & M) system for Handpumps and Tube-wells in our 10 project villages in Karahal block, to ensure
availability of safe water at the village level with support of Tata Institute of
Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. Through a workable O & M system, regular
availability of safe drinking water can be ensured at the village level through
properly functional Hand-pumps and Tube-wells. In the 2 model villages,
namely, Bhotupura and Semara, a position of “Hand-pump Rakshak” has been
created through proper channel of Gram Panchayat. The HP Rakshak fills the
‘field O & M sheet’ for each Hand-pump and Tube-well in the village, do
regular maintenance for each Hand-pump such as oiling, resolve minor
technical issues, maintain cleanliness around the hand-pump and regular

10. chlorination of hand-pump. Following are a copy of the Panchayat
proceedings-
For this, training programmes were conducted for capacity building of the
“Hand-pump Rakshak” with the help of PHED. Training sessions were also
conducted to improve the knowledge of the health workers at village level
such as CHWs, ASHAs etc. regarding importance of safe water, diseases caused
by unsafe water, household methods of drinking water treatment, correct
method of chlorination, boiling etc. Campaigns in the villages were also done
by the person involved and our community mobilisers to raise awareness
among the villagers.
A survey conducted in the three villages of Bankuri, Bhotupura and Semara
after the implementation (Post Intervention Assessment) showed positive
change in the health related behavior and practices of villagers. This shows
that improving availability of safe drinking water is an important means of
improving health status of such marginalized tribal communities in rural India
where safe drinking water is unavailable.