Mothers’ Club A drive for community development in Tea Estates through Women Empowerment

Aim Overall development of Tea community in Tea Gardens

Objective Create awareness on family welfare activities among Tea Garden women population for overall community development

Methodology Formation of Steering Committee Selection of Volunteers Training of Volunteers Selection of thrust areas Regular monitoring & Training Discharge of duty

Steering Committee Chairman: Manager Vice Chairman: Dy. Manager/ Asst. Manager President: Estate Medical Officer Secretary: Labour Welfare Officer Supervisor: Health Assistant Members: ANM, School Teachers, Union Representative (President & Secretary), Line Chowkidars

Volunteers Preferably educated Leadership quality Acceptance by people Worker / Non-worker 1 / 2 per Line (Approx 500 pop / Volunteer) Identification: White Sari /c green boarder, green blouse, Bag, Pen, notebook

Thrust Areas MCH care – Family planning: Sterilization, Oral Pills,Condom – Vaccination – Ante & post natal check up – Care during pregnancy: distribution of Iron FA Assisting hosp. delivery – Breast feeding – Care during weaning – Vit. A

Common Medicine depot – ORS – Fever – Diarrhoea Follow up of diseases – TB, malaria, GE etc Education – school drop out etc Organizing Line meeting, Street play etc. Reporting of birth & death Savings: Alcoholism Communicable diseases : soil, water & air borne reporting & action

Hygiene & sanitation – Personal: daily bathing, nail trimming, clean dress, Washing hands, storage of drinking water, use of mosquito nets & repellants, utensil care – Community: Water, Aqua Privy, Open air defaecation Housing, excreta disposal, compound cleaning, School, Economic: family budget, Common diseases: worms, diarrhoea, malaria, TB Liaison: Social Taboos

Regular Monitoring & Training Weekly meeting: with the Supervisor Monthly meeting: with Steering Committee – Update of activities carried out during last month – Analysis of activities – Target setting for the next month – Training on Thrust Areas by Estate medical officer /LWO/ others Performance Returns

Discharge of Duty Responsibility rather than duty 24 hrs responsibility: at work, social gathering, & casual gathering etc Regular Line Visits: – Twice a week: pref. 3 / 4 PM – Accompanied by Supervisor every visit – Once a month by Medical Officer & LWO During emergency & other need

Outcome Population control Improvement on literacy rate Improvement on health of people Social harmony Socioeconomic development Reduction on birth rate, death rate, Infant Mortality rate & Maternal Mortality Rate etc.

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