WBVHA, since its inception more than two
decades ago, has been working with small groups and NGOs in various parts of West Bengal.
The experience of the last two decades has convinced WBVHA that though currently behind
southern and western states in terms of NGO activities, West Bengal’s potential for
harnessing grass-root level voluntary action through small groups is immense and is mostly
disorganised.
Due to the interplay of various factors, the climate has not been fully
conducive for greater development of NGO activities, but now it seems that things are
changing for the better. It indicates this is the right time to make a united effort to
join the small groups already operating even if not so pronounced, provide them with
necessary support both materially and professionally.
WBVHA has been performing this task in its own way
besides providing fund through its NGO Support Service Unit. But considering the gravity
of the task, it needs to be undertaken as a special project. WBVHA has extended
fund-channeling support to NGOs besides technical and financial input. Following are the
projects who received support:
Sl.
No. |
Name
of the organisation |
District |
Population
Coverage (approx.) |
Broad Objective
of the supported project |
Beneficiaries |
1. |
Khajurdaha
Nabankur United Club |
Hooghly |
20000 |
Prevention of
diseases and promotion of Community Health Care |
Scheduled
Caste & Scheduled Tribe |
2. |
Sundarban
Social Development Centre |
24
Pgns (South) |
16000 |
Upliftment of the
status of health and environment with active involvement of people specially the women |
General
people with special emphasis on women & children. |
3. |
Naba
Kishore Sangha |
Midnapore |
20000 |
Low cost medical
aid and health care to the women and children |
Scheduled
Caste & Scheduled Tribe specially women & children |
4. |
Balarampur
Gram Unnayan Samiti |
24
Pgns (South) |
6500 |
Improvement of the
status of health of people |
Scheduled
Caste & Scheduled Tribe & Christians below poverty line |
5. |
Ramakrishna
Loko Seva Kendra |
24
Pgns
(South) |
12000 |
Integrated
Community Health Development |
Scheduled
Caste & Scheduled Tribe specially women & children |
6. |
Nistha |
24
Pgns
(South) |
8000 |
Improvement of the
health condition of the target population |
Women,
Adolescents, Children |
7. |
West
Dinajpur Adibasi Recreation Club |
South
Dinajpur |
22000 |
Women empowerment
through group formation |
Tribal
women |
8. |
Rajadighi
Community Health Service Society |
Malda |
2000 |
Promotion and
facilitation of primary health and family welfare activities for the underpriveleged SC,
ST and OBC |
Tribal
people |
9. |
Neoda
Samaj Kalyan Kendra |
24
Pgns (South) |
15000 |
Mobilise untapped
resources of women by formation of women groups thus developing their health status by
their active involvement |
Women
and Children |
10. |
Palli
Sathi |
24
Pgns
(South) |
3500 |
Improvement of the
health status with the involvement of village development committee |
Women
and Children |
11. |
Mahakalpur
Nakubar Janakalyan Samiti |
Howrah |
6500 |
Initiation and
implementation of health care activities through peoples participation |
General
people |
12. |
Navjeevan
Hospital |
Darjeeling |
15000 |
Formation of and
facilitation to the CBOs on health awareness thus to bring effective primary health care
through peoples participation |
Tribal
population, Tea garden labours |
13. |
Human
Development Centre |
24
Pgns
(South) |
12000 |
Promotion of
primary health and family welfare through village level workers |
Women
and children |
14. |
Social
Welfare Institute |
North
Dinajpur |
2200
students |
Promotion of
school health activities with active involvement of students and teachers |
Teachers
and students |
15. |
Chiranabin |
Howrah |
27000 |
Providing low cost
curative and preventive health care with active involvement of local govt. and people |
General
people and Old-age. |
16. |
Nadia
Seva Sangha |
Nadia |
12000 |
Self Managed
Community Health Care |
Women
and Children |
WBVHA, since its inception more than two
decades ago, has been working with small groups and NGOs in various parts of West Bengal.
The experience of the last two decades has convinced WBVHA that though currently behind
southern and western states in terms of NGO activities, West Bengal’s potential for
harnessing grass-root level voluntary action through small groups is immense and is mostly
disorganised.
