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Name (English) |
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Terra People
ACT Kanagawa/TPAK |
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Name (Japanese) |
Chikyu Shimin ACT Kanagawa/TPAK |
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| Established in |
Year 1993 |
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Registered status in Japan |
Registered under the Law to promote specified non-profit activities |
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Name of the Representative in India |
Machiko Buckley |
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| Address |
3-1-203,Honmokuhara,Naka-ku,
Yokohama, 231-0821 Japan |
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| Tel/Fax |
81-(0)45-622-9662 |
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Activity in India Since |
Year 2003 |
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| Objectives of work in India |
The Ghat Block in the Chamoli District, our project site of “Project
for the Improvement of Sanitation and Raising of Community Awareness
in the State of Uttarakhand, Northern India,” is located in
The sub-Himalayan area of the State of Uttarakhand. People suffer
from and are threatened by infectious diseases due to the unsanitary
environment in which they live, low literacy rate, and malnutrition
due to geographical factors as well as the caste system.The area
has been selected and appointed to the WFP’s FFE (Food For
Education) and the state government implements the school lunch
program. Improvement of health problems cannot be solved solely
by food supplies, therefore it is necessary to carry out this project
in this area. To ensure physically and emotionally healthier lives
for children by raising their awareness concerning health and sanitation,
this will make children and community to adopt more hygienic ways
of life, and thus improving public hygiene. The project aims to
improve the quality of living of the inhabitants of this region
and children will be able to study in a better environment. |
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| Outline of ongoing JICA Partnership Programme projects |
In conjunction with the
local NGO “Mamta Samajik Sanstha” we are conducting
the campaign and participatory training to promote health, environment,
and sanitation for students, parents, and community members from
40 schools in the Ghat Block in the Chamoli District which has
high Below Poverty Line (below 300 Rps. a month), Scheduled Caste
and Other Below Caste population.We also provide training for
students, teachers and communities on the environment and sanitation
through the use of videos, picture cards, skits, songs, and dances.
Additionally, we organize the implementation of course and exhibitions
concerning health and sanitation into school curriculum and organizing
of events such as Health Game, Quiz Contest, and Poster Contest
for children. We facilitate the activity to improve school and
community’s environment with participation of local residents.“Campaign
on Washing Hands,” “Hygiene and Sanitation Poster
Contest” and “Health Quiz” for protection from
infectious diseases will be carried out to make sanitary behaviours
become a custom. |
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| Field of Activity |
Children,
Education, Health |
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| Working area |
Ghat
Block, Chamoli District, The State of Uttarakhand |
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| Name of the
partner NGO |
Mamta Samajik Sanstha |
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Message
from the Representative in India:
Our project site is located in the poorest area
of the State of Uttarakhand where half the population is poor.
The inhabitants generally make their living from agriculture
grown from rice terraces in foothills of Himalayas; however
the yield is barely sufficient even for survival, due to geographic
and climatic factors. Under these circumstances, the inhabitants
are chronically malnourished, and infants are seen with swollen
bellies from the effect of malnutrition and parasite infestation.
Night blindness and eczema are common. Mental retardation resulting
from malnutrition during pregnancy is also seen. Obtaining safe
drinking water is difficult and the penetration rate for toilet
is 6%. Also, there is no concept of public hygiene, and droppings
of livestock and general waste are found everywhere, causing
the ground to turn into filthy mud sludge during the rainy season
that increases the risk of infectious diseases.When I visited
the area in 2003, I met undernourished, feckless children with
sad faces. And also, I witnessed the reality of all the nutritional
supplies given by the UN agency and the state government were
being discharged as diarrhoea. I strongly felt that unless inhabitants’
awareness on health and hygiene has changed, children’s
nutritional status would not be improved. Since 1993 TPAK has
been working in cooperation with the Hilltribe peoples of Thailand
and Myanmar, focusing on the themes of educational support (scholarship
foundation, renovation of school buildings, stationary supply)
and dormitory in-residence support (school farm, chicken farming,
fish farming, dormitory renovation, health and hygiene improvement).This
project was started with our strong determination to implement
our nutritional knowledge and health education and school educational
support at the grass roots level. We feel a responsibility and
pleasure to operate this project to share our experiences gained
over the last ten years, to bring back health and smile on their
faces. We aim to ensure a brighter future for the forgotten
children in Northern India.
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