Our work in action...
Seeds of Wellness!
Here are Elaine and Joan with a leadership group at Bahadurpur, in Bangladesh. This leadership group is composed of two representatives chosen from each of 8 self-help groups.
They shared their goals:
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To promote sanitary latrines for every household
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To secure deep tube wells for the communities
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To ensure that the very poor and disabled can access the government “vulnerable feeding” program and that the elderly who qualify can access the “elderly allowance”.
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To reduce the malnutrition of all school children.
The group measures the weight and height of the children every month and provides teaching and training to the mothers.
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To encourage a home garden in every home
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To start new self-help groups for other community women.
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To work for women’s rights
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To monitor and strengthen existing self-help groups.