AWARENESS ON STI, HIV-AIDS
WITH TRUCK DRIVERS
Through Maharashtra State Aids Control Society-MSACS guided by NACO - National Aids Control Organisation, I IYW is working with long distant truck driver and helpers towards awareness on STI, HIV and AIDs and provision of services like regular STI check-ups, counselling of patients, linking to ICTC, linkages to social schemes, IPC sessions, BCC for beneficiary group etc. The yearly target of beneficiaries is 20,000 truck drivers. The project works under the guidelines specified by NACO, Delhi and MSACS, MH.
COMBATTING NCD Project
NCD project in Urban and Rural Nagpur
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) also known as chronic diseases. NCDs tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behaviors factors. The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (like heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes, stress, Anaemia/sickle cell and eye diseases. NCDs disproportionately affect people in low-and middle-income countries where more than three quarters of `global NCD deaths 32million
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IIYW is implementing NCD project in Urban and Rural Nagpur and covers 25 Urban Communities in 2 zones of Nagpur City & 60 villages in 3 blocks of Nagpur district, with the support of German Government. The project will provide services on NCDs from - 1st Feb. 2021 to 31st Dec.-2024
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES
ANGANWADI WORKERS & SUPERVISORS TRAINING
IIYW is successfully implementing The Integrated Child Development Scheme -ICDS since last 25- 30 years. Anganwadi Workers Training Programme - AWTC at Nagpur and Ralegaon and Middle Level Training Programme -MLTC is a Government official's training programme for Supervisors in which IIYW has trained around 3353 supervisors from around 36 districts & 67,067 villages covering around 3 lakh 17 thousand women and 8737 Anganwadi workers covering 4 districts and 1200 villages and 1 lakh 20 thousand women.
NAI ROSHNI
CAPACITY BUILDING OF MINORITY WOMEN
IIYW is contributing to the Leadership Development Programme for women with Bhagyalaxmi Health and Education Society under the project - Nai Roshni. Women from minority communities' namely Muslim, Christian, Jain, Budhhist, in the City of Nagpur have been supported. The women in the age group of 15 to 65 years from Muslim community have been given quality trainings and the themes are Leadership in women, Financial Planning, Legal Rights, Economic Empowerment, Food And Nutrition, Life Skill Education, Self Help Groups, Social Reforms & role of women, advocacy and lobbying, to enhance the qualities of leadership in minority women.