Project Comprehensive Health and Rural Development Society (CHARDS)

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Project Comprehensive Health and Rural Development Society (CHARDS)

  • Total Amount Donated

    $0

  • Donation Goal

    $31,092

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    Days to go

  • Target Goal

Minimum amount is $2500 Maximum amount is $
Minimum donation is $2,500

Campaign Story

About the project

In the Champaran district, the existing healthcare facilities are in a compromised state due to poor infrastructure, a shortage of qualified medical personnel, and limited service points & recurrent floods in the district. The inaccessibility of health services leads many to opt for home deliveries instead of institutional ones. Additionally, early marriage and teenage pregnancies further deteriorate the health and well-being of women and children in the community.

Making a difference

CRY America’s Project CHARDS has been working towards improved access to quality primary healthcare with the aim of reducing malnutrition, Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR), Child Mortality Rate (CMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), and maternal and child morbidity. Key activities under this project include sensitizing women and adolescent girls on Antenatal (ANC) and Postnatal (PNC) care, managing menstrual hygiene, identifying Severely Underweight (SUW) and Moderately Underweight (MUW) children, and linking families to kitchen gardening practices to fight undernutrition.

The way forward

● Strengthen Mothers’ Groups by engaging 1,000 mothers through sessions on early pregnancy identification and maternity benefit programs.
● Conduct life skills, digital literacy, and menstrual hygiene sessions for 450 adolescents, along with anemia screening for 150 girls.
● Facilitate sessions on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) across 5 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 2 higher secondary schools.
● Train 42 frontline health workers on home-based newborn care and addressing child malnutrition.
● Conduct breastfeeding awareness sessions, engaging 100 lactating women through 60 sessions.
● Develop 6 model Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) centers to demonstrate best practices in child growth monitoring.
● Encourage 30 families to adopt kitchen gardening practices.

Project Impact

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304

Pregnant women registered for Ante Natal check up

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672

Pregnant & lactating mothers linked to government programs for maternity benefits

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240

Institution deliveries ensured

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551

Children aged 0-1 months received 100% vaccination

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10

Severely Malnourished (SUW) children moved to Moderately Malnourished (MUW) status

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630

Children aged 6-36 months accessed their Take Home Ration

Last year’s grant disbursed for Jan 25’ to Dec ‘25: $31,385

This year’s grant approved for Jan ‘26 to Dec ‘26:

Health$24,923
Administration$6,169
Total Budget$31,092
CHARDS Project

Meena’s path to safer motherhood

Meena*, 28, had her first child at home without medical support. The experience left both mother and child at risk, and Meena herself weak due to limited guidance and lack of Postnatal Care. When the CRY America project team learned about her second pregnancy, they visited her home to understand her situation. Through regular conversations, they spoke to her about the importance of institutional delivery and how registering with the local Anganwadi centre could ensure access to essential prenatal and postnatal services.

With time, Meena agreed. The team supported her registration at the Anganwadi centre and closely followed her progress, ensuring she received regular Pre-Natal Check-ups, vaccinations, and Iron Folic Acid tablets to maintain her haemoglobin levels.

Understanding that financial constraints could still stand in the way, the team helped link Meena to government maternity benefit programs. When that support fell short of covering delivery costs, they worked with the village administration to activate a community-managed revolving fund, helping arrange for her transport and hospital expenses. A few days later, Meena safely delivered a baby girl in a healthcare facility. Following the delivery, frontline health workers continued to support the family. guiding them on nutrition, encouraging exclusive breastfeeding, and ensuring Meena attended Post-Natal Check-ups.

Today, Meena and her daughter are healthy, with access to the care and support that can help them move forward more safely.

*Name changed to protect identity.

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