Project: Health is Wealth
Location: Mizoram, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram and Delhi
Start: 5th March 2007
Finish: 5th December 2007
Donors: ADRA International, Private Donors
Budget: $ 40,134 USD
Beneficiaries: 97,279 people, 420 Villages

Objectives: Health education on post partum infection prevention, measles vaccination, HIV AIDS, and malaria prevention. Post partum infection and malaria prevention, measles immunization.

Activities: Health education sessions, immunization camps, medical checkups and medicine support, distribution of insecticide treated nets, and sanitary napkins, organizing health fairs, printing and distributing HIV/AIDS awareness charts.

Expected Outcomes: Target population practice home based prevention and care methods of malaria prevention, and post partum infection prevention, measles and HIV AIDS. Infants of project area are immunized with measles vaccine. Pregnant and lactating mothers have been supported for accessing health facilities and are also provided medicinal support. Target population is aware about appropriate facility centers to address their health needs.

Project: HALPA for WOMEN
Location: Uttar Pradesh
Start: 1st September 2007
Finish: 31st January 2009
Donors: ADRA International, Private Donors
Budget: $ 48,993 USD
Beneficiaries: 600 families, 5 Villages.

Objectives: Access to health education, prevention of infections among the women and malaria prevention and access to additional source of income through training and support.

Activities: Formation and strengthening of self help groups, training of women in embroidery, distribution of insecticide treated nets and sanitary napkins and conducting health education sessions.

Expected Outcomes: Trained women in embroidery work are producing and selling their products in the market and practicing the habit of microcredit. Improved health care knowledge among the women and less cases of STI infections and malaria reported as compared to the baseline