Project Vikas Samvaad Samiti (VSS)
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Total Amount Donated
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Donation Goal
$59,331
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Target Goal
Campaign Story
About the project
The health status of the Sahariya tribe in Madhya Pradesh remains deeply compromised, primarily due to severe undernutrition, prevailing social taboos, poor hygiene practices, and low literacy levels. Children, in particular, suffer the most, malnutrition making them vulnerable to diseases like Marasmus, Kwashiorkor, and Tuberculosis. As a result, the rates of neonatal, infant, and child deaths in the region are alarmingly high. Many of the families here are migrants and lack proper identity documents, making it difficult for them to access government welfare programs or enroll their children in public schools.
Making a difference
CRY America’s Project VSS is working to improve healthcare access for women and children, while also ensuring quality education for children living in 15 villages and 5 slums of Bhopal district. Key interventions include strengthening Anganwadi Centers (AWCs), promoting institutional deliveries among women, identifying and referring children for treatment suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), and enrolling or re-enrolling first-time learners and children who have dropped out of school.
The Way Forward
● Capacity building of 45 frontline health workers to deliver improved health services.
● Conduct sessions with 450 adolescents on anemia, health, and hygiene.
● Conduct 6 food demonstration programs to promote healthy eating habits.
● Monitor the growth of 890 children aged 0–5 years and refer 32 Severely Malnourished children to government health Centers for treatment.
● Engage 20 volunteers in the Gram Panchayat Development Plan to address health and nutrition issues.
● Build the capacity of 60 members to monitor health and nutrition programs
● Implement Life Skills modules for 995 children aged 11–14 years and 570 children aged 15–18 years.
● Link 25 dropout children to open schooling.
Project Impact
180
Frontline health workers trained on health and nutrition services.
1,279
Community members participated in Maternal and Child Health plan creation.
232
Pregnant women registered with Anganwadi Centers.
222
Pregnant women received maternity benefits through linkage with government programs.
38
High-risk pregnant women referred to higher health facilities.
175
Children received complete immunization.
510
Children availed health check-ups.
1,088
Children trained in Life Skills sessions.
21
Severely Underweight children moved to the Moderately Underweight category.
100
Moderately Underweight children moved to complete recovery.
310
Households adopted kitchen gardening for nutritional supplementation.
640
Families linked to government programs for housing support.
249
Children enrolled in Child Activity Centers.
Last year’s disbursed grant for Jan ‘25 to Dec ‘25: $62,193
This year’s approved budget for Jan ‘26 to Dec ‘26:
Sagar’s start to a safer future
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