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A Society for Community Health & Development

Our Profile

& Activities

Society for Community Health & Development

Local Working Areas

Sawangi

Sub-Centre

Nagpur

Head Office


Location

Working Area of Ecumenical

Sangam


About us

• Charitable society founded in 1993

• Registered under

Bombay Public Trust Act and Societies Act

• Ecumenical Sangam is completely independent

of any other organization or denomination

• The society’s “Base Centre” of 15 acres is situated near Bamhani village

• It is 36 km in south of Nagpur

• Next to NH 7 (Chandrapur Road)

• Presently 45 villages around Bamhani are covered by Sangam’s Team

• Slum Development Work: in 10 of the slums in Nagpur City

Our website: www.sangamonline.org


Our Focus

Aims & Objectives

Development of villages and

slums in and around Nagpur

Promoting Community Health

Providing basic education

Building up communities and

support for capacities of rural

people

Mission Statement Working with people irrespective

of their cast, religion, creed,

colour, race and sex

From Dependence

to Inter-Dependence

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Management

Base Centre Bamhani

Rainbow Guesthouse &

Office

TBA Course

Sub-Centres Slum Work

rural

Counselling Cell

Village Health and Social Work

Farming Activities

Mamta Hospital

Technical School

Kindergarten

Organic Farming

Sewing and Tailoring Class

Health Work

Kindergarten

Sewing and Tailoring Class

Governing Body

General Body

Organizational structure

Microfinance

LEAP

Fair Trade

urban

Sericulture Project

Watershed Project

Mother-Child Care



Base Centre Bamhani

Technical School Sericulture



Village Health and

Social Work (I)

• Mamta Hospital was built in 2001

• Base Centre for Health Activities

(e.g. Diagnostic & Check-up Camps, Awareness raising on nutrition,

hygiene, Mother-Child-Health etc.)



• VHSW Course for girls from the villages

• Six-month training on basic medical topics

and social issues with 1.5 month ínternship

• VHSW do home visits and are considered

to do the first health service in their villages

Village Health and

Social Work (II)



• Home visits whenever required

• Awareness raising events for villagers on a regular basis

• Counselling on health-related matters and difficult subjects like

poverty, alcoholism and unemployment

• Providing basic health care and medication

• Check-ups for pregnant women and newborns (Mother-Child-Health)

• Mamta Hospital as “base” for long-term relationship to its VHSWs

• Monthly visits of the Base Centre Health Team in the VHSW’s village

• Refresher courses for sharing experiences and enhancing skills every

two months

• Providing medication to fill up the medicine stock of the VHSWs

• Paying a monthly salary

Village Health and

Social Work (III)



Sewing and

Tailoring Classes

• Since 1995 every year for up to 50 young

women are trained in all Sangam Centres

• Receiving Government Certificate helps

women to get self-employed and financially-

independent



Technical School

• Founded in 2004 for up to 20 students per course

• Students receive government recognized certificate

• Courses in:

• Electric House Wiring

• Two-Wheeler Repair Course


Microfinance

• Started in July 2008 at Base Centre

• Sangam provides “refundable financial aid“ to

its former technical and sewing class students

• It is meant to be used for start-ups of small

businesses such as tailoring shops or repairing businesses

• Sangam assists in financial matters, especially during the first stages of new business which might be a struggling time

• Often for villagers or slum dwellers

no possibility to get credits

• People cannot start an own small

business due to the lack of capital

• The applicants have to attend

obligatory trainings about basic

business-related topics




Kindergarten (I)

Base Centre Bamhani:

• Two kindergarten classes for 50 children from the surrounding villages

• Aged between 3-5 years

• Opening hours are from 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.

• Pick-up and drop-off service

• For a small monthly fee



Kindergarten (II)

Benefits • Regular classes

• Nutritious meals

• Medical check-ups

• Playing facilities

• Happy children



Watershed Project

Started in January 2005

• Raises the ground water level

• Enhances sustainable irrigation system

• Sangam’s Team informs and teaches

villagers and farmers



Sericulture Project

• The Sericulture Project started in 2002

• Sangam’s Sericulture Project aims at stabilising

the income of small farmers by:

Serving as training centre for silk farming

Offering free demonstrations and trainings

Improving the farmers’ crop



Organic Farming

Agriculture Project

• Built up to promote sustainable and eco-friendly agriculture

while the general use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers

increased

• Improving the livelihoods of farmers and stabilizing their

financial situation

• Awareness raising and

teaching in various techniques



TCS Employability

Training

• In January 2013 Sangam starts the Employability Training Programme in cooperation with Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai

• It is particularly adapted to youth villagers belonging to rural and economically weaker sections

• Training boosts the level of self-confidence of facing job interviews,

improves communication skills and enhances computer & internet skills

• After completion they will gain better chances of getting jobs in TCS

Business Process Outsourcing as well as in other corporate companies

• Their potential remains untapped

due to economic & social

hindrances as well as deprived

further studies or good jobs



Counselling Cell

• Established in 2006 and located at Butibori police station

• Cases of domestic violence are directly referred from the police

station to the Counselling Cell

• Aim: find a solution for the problem with the help of the

counsellor in a consensual manner



Sub-Centres (I)

Sawangi Sub-Centre - established in 2005

- 30km from Base Centre

Benefits:

Outsourced services regarding:

Kindergarten

Sewing & Tailoring Class

Health Work

Availability of Base Centre

facilities



Sub-Centres (II)

Gondwananagar Sub-Centre - established in 2005


Equal benefits to

Sawangi Sub-Centre

New building was completed in 2012


Sub-Centres (III)

Narayanpur Sub-Centre - established in 2008, new building in 2011


Benefits:

Sewing & Tailoring Class

Kindergarten

Health Work

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Slum Work (I)

Our aim: Improvement of the living standard

• Self Help Groups to encourage girls and women

• Health awareness programmes & Check up camps

• Sewing & Tailoring classes for further self-employment

• Legal awareness camps



Slum Work (II)

Sangam organizes events for children

and the youth to seek their

participation early and build up a

proper community.


Fair Trade Project

• Initiated 2008 to empower the women living in slums

• They earn modest amount every month to have a secure income

• Products are sold in Nagpur and to visitors from foreign countries

• Also sold at events of partner organizations

Current products:

Cushion covers

Wall hangings



Volunteering &

Participation

• Sangam‘s Team works together

with international volunteers

• Exchanging of views and experiences

• We already welcomed volunteers of

- weltwärts (programme of the German government)

- DIZ – Deutsch-Indische Zusammenarbeit e.V. (our German partner organization)

- Partnership-in-Action (programme of the United Kingdom)

- Or you can apply on your own

• Since 2007 – 25 weltwärts-volunteers

visited and worked with us

• Every year workcamp participants

from Germany support our work



Trained Birth Attendant

Programme (TBA)

• One-year follow-up course for rural girls in Nagpur

• Starts after successfull completion of VHSW training

• Pursues the girls‘ careers als skilled health worker

• Training in cooperation with NARCHI and ICMCH



Leprosy Elimination

Action Programme (I)

• Established in 2007

• Since 2008-09 Sangam has the responsibility to function as the lead

NGO partner for LEAP in Nagpur

• Close cooperation with communities and ALERT India

• Our aim is to create awareness and to inform about Leprosy

Three fields of action:

CME – Continuing Medical Education

SSD – Selective Special Drive

LRC – Leprosy Referral Centre



Leprosy Elimination

Action Programme (II)

CME – Continuing Medical Education

• Organization of seminars to sensitize medical & paramedical students

• Network with renowned skin & treatment specialists to guide students

in social & clinical treatment and rehabilitation of Leprosy patients

• From 2007 till today about 4000 participants in more than 95 seminars



Leprosy Elimination

Action Programme (III)

SSD – Selective Special Drive

• Sangam trains Project Health Assistants (PHAs) for holding leprosy

awareness raising events in slums, schools and other public locations

• People are encouraged to take responsibility for their health

• Sangam is the leading NGO to implement SSD interventions by

inducting 16 local NGO partner organizations in Nagpur, Amravati,

Wardha and Bhandara districts

LRC – Leprosy Referral Centre

• Sangam promotes the work of

LRC by involving itself in

training and capacity building

of P.H.C health staff in

Amravati, Chandrapur and

Bhandara districts


Mother Child Care


Planned Activities:

• Pregnancy Checks in the Villages

• Postnatal Care for the Mothers

• Newborn and Baby Care

• Awareness Raising Programs

regarding Mother-Child-Care

• Training for Healthy and Balanced

Nutrition

• Educating in Nutrition

Advises for Infants and

Young Children



Rainbow Guest House

• It is one of our most important fundings to run all

our projects

• Situated in a quiet neighbourhood in the centre

of Nagpur

• Provides 15 air-conditioned guestrooms with

modern amenities

• Conference Hall and Banquet Hall can be rented

• TBA hostel and training is situated at the

basement



Funding

Ecumenical Sangam is completely independent of any other organisation

or denomination

Our funding plan:

• Rainbow Guesthouse income

• Fees for services (kindergarten, trainings, etc.)

• Fair Trade Products

• Agriculture crop

• Government sources

• Indo-German Cooperation (DIZ), Germany

• Partnership-in-Action (P-in-A), United Kingdom

• Women’s World Day of Prayer (WDP), Germany

• German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

• Weltwärts Programme

• Hessian State Ministry for Economics (Germany)

• ANESWAD Foundation for LEAP Project, Spain (trough ALERT India, Mumbai)



For more information kindly contact us:

[email protected]


Tel/FAX: +91 – (0)712 – 2529762

Mobile: 9765497202 (Mr. Makrand Chandurkar, Manager for guest relations and liaison)

Thank you

for your attention!

Last edit: April 2013

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