Health Awareness

The lack of access and availability of washrooms is a prevalent problem in many rural areas across India. Women have been disproportionately affected due to the risk of contracting Urinary Tract Infections. They are also prone to sexual assault in outdoor situations, where they are quite vulnerable. Female students and menstruating teenagers in particular are often absent or drop out when appropriate washroom facilities are not made available at their schools.

In the interest of protecting these students and other women villagers, READ India thus became involved in the construction of washrooms in the 17 Zilla Parishad Schools in Aurangabad.

This is an ongoing programme. With the support and quality designs of architects from Perkins India Pvt. Ltd., READ India has provided young girls with a safe environment for their hygiene needs, which has in turn encouraged them to pursue an education with the knowledge that these basic facilities are at hand.

Highlights:

5000+ rural communities have been provided workshops on basic health and hygiene.

2000 CHWs (Community Health Workers) have been trained at rural locations

17 Toilets have been constructed as a model for providing safe space.

343 Women participated in the training on Reproductive and Child Health at READ Centres.

1439 Beneficiaries interacted with health experts and participated in health camps.