The Supply Chain Management Strengthening (SCMS) Project is also funded by the Global Fund for the prevention, control and elimination of HIV/AIDS and TB in India.
The Supply Chain Management Strengthening (SCMS) Project is also funded by the Global Fund for the prevention, control and elimination of HIV/AIDS and TB in India. The project is supporting two national programs of the Government of India including the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) and National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) thereby contributing to achieving SDG 3 targets.
The aim of the project is to provide specialised technical assistance to National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and Central TB Division (CTD) to strengthen the supply chain system across the country. It is working to improve the delivery of high-quality Antiretroviral and TB drugs, diagnostics and other commodities for effective implementation of both the programs through an agile, sustainable and responsive supply chain.
Starting in the Year 2018, the project is being implemented across the country with the support of sub-recipient and a private partnership for logistics services to ensure product availability and accessibility till the last mile. It is supporting the uninterrupted supply of drugs and diagnostics to all the service delivery points across the country.
Key Achievements
1.4 Million PLHIV received the ARV Drugs
80,000 Estimated HIV clients received the testing services
259,808 ARV drugs were distributed across the country
958,443 HIV Testing kits were distributed across the country
8,000 Facilities of NACP provided the supply chain services
1.8 Million TB patients received anti-TB drugs
1.8 Million Estimated TB clients received the testing services
99,222 Anti-TB Drugs were distributed across the country
33,641 TB diagnostics were distributed across the country
15,608 Facilities of NTEP provided the supply chain services
Testimonial
“Until I attended the training workshop, I thought I had all the essential skills for managing an effective supply chain in my state. This workshop has been an eye opener for understanding various technical aspects that I was unaware of, I am going to take back this learning to my state for improving the existing processes.”
Dettol Hygiene Education Project implemented in 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand with an aim to inculcate hygiene culture in children and make them change agents.
Dettol Hygiene Education Project implemented in 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand with an aim to inculcate hygiene culture in children and make them change agents. The project inculcates concepts around the importance of hygiene from a very young age in children and is structured to enable enthusiastic participation and engagement, supported by teachers and stakeholders.
The project focuses on the development of children as change agents by helping them develop safe hygiene practices for a healthy and sustainable future.
It is designed to reach the target audience through various training practices and product distributions which bring together the community with healthy hygiene habits along with the identification of new partnerships to improve reach through offline and online channels.
The project adopts a uniquely comprehensive approach to bring best practices of hygiene and sanitation among children by sensitising them on personal hygiene, hygiene at home, school, neighbourhood and during illness. The project is being implemented with the support of Reckitt.
Key Achievements
11,583 Teachers trained on hygiene curriculum during onsite at school.
2,40,529 Students identified as change agents
1,346 Schools reached through the project activities
1,235 Child cabinet formed to maintain hygiene and sanitation
345 Schools qualified for Swachh Vidhyalaya Puraskar
65 Schools developed as model schools with hygiene corners that display messages on hygiene practices
230 Teachers honoured for supporting school hygiene education program
Testimonial
“Hygiene and sanitation are foundations of progress. Good health and good hygiene practices at linked together. With this excellent initiative, we could see a difference in the behaviour of children and community towards hygiene in Uttarakhand.”
The Birds and Bees Talk (TBBT) project is working tirelessly to educate the youth and children of 6 north-eastern states on the core principles of inclusion, equity, awareness, consent, and protection.
The Birds and Bees Talk (TBBT) project is working tirelessly to educate the youth and children of 6 north-eastern states on the core principles of inclusion, equity, awareness, consent, and protection so that they grow into responsible, healthy adults.
This project equips adolescent students with the knowledge and skills to help them make informed decisions, show resilience, stay healthy, channel their curiosities in the right direction and prepare them for an adulthood that is happy, healthy and safe.
The project also aims to build teachers’ capacity in understanding and imparting a curriculum that builds students’ critical thinking, decision-making and analytical skills in the most experiential and interactive way.
The holistic approach of the project envisage celebrating special days and important health days across the states leveraging its rich music, art and culture.
Being implemented by PLAN India, with support of Reckitt, the project developed an e-learning platform to deliver sessions to students across the states ensuring that knowledge is not limited by the restraints of physical classes, an AI-powered Chatbot ‘HeloJubi’ and an adolescents mental health helpline.
Key Achievements
2,519 Schools were engaged
4,596 Teachers were trained through TBBT sessions
135,513 Students were trained through curriculums
30,890 Parents were sensitised
Testimonial
“This project commits to bridge the emotional gaps and strengthen inclusivity and equity of Manipur.”
N. Biren Singh, Hon. Chief Minister, Government of Manipur
Reach Each Child Project (earlier known as Nutrition India Program) is being implemented in Amravati, Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra and Rajsamand
Reach Each Child Project (earlier known as Nutrition India Program) is being implemented in Amravati, Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra and Rajsamand, Kumbalgarh in Rajasthan to demonstrate a community-centred model to address the challenge of malnutrition in a sustainable manner. The project has a definitive emphasis on the inclusive development of women and children, in addition to ensuring last-mile accessibility to public healthcare services.
It intervenes in the first 1000 days, utilising digital and artificial intelligence-based innovative modules, strengthening the health, hygiene and nutrition status of pregnant women and children.
It is targeting towards 40% reduction in the number of children under-5 who are stunted and reduce and maintain childhood wasting to less than 5%. The project, being implemented with the support of Reckitt by Plan India, works with the local communities to build up a workforce of Community Nutrition Workers (CNWs), who are rigorously trained by a team of public health experts, paediatricians, gynaecologists and community development specialists.
Key Achievements
1,905 Under-5 children benefitted
1,331 Moderate Acute Malnutrition children were identified
390 Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) children were identified
296 SAM children were admitted in Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre
1,406 High-risk pregnant women were identified
200 Vouchers issued to SAM children
Testimonial
Kaushaliya Pawara works as a Community Nutrition Worker in Reach Each Child. She decided to join the project after witnessing the impact of malnutrition in her village. Today, Kaushaliya has developed new skills and a livelihood that is empowering her and her family.
“I feel happy that I am making a real difference in my community and to a whole generation of local children that represent our future,” says Kaushaliya, Maharashtra.
The Covid-19 pandemic had negative impacts on girls’ and women’ ability to effectively manage their menstrual hygiene and health. They had to face several issues to deal with their menstrual cycle in a dignified manner, especially girls belonging to poor economic backgrounds, like limited access to sanitary pads, sanitation facilities and social support.
The Covid-19 pandemic had negative impacts on girls’ and women’ ability to effectively manage their menstrual hygiene and health. They had to face several issues to deal with their menstrual cycle in a dignified manner, especially girls belonging to poor economic backgrounds, like limited access to sanitary pads, sanitation facilities and social support.
As part of striving for adolescent girls’ health and ending period poverty, Plan India launched “Menstrual Hygiene Education in India” in partnership with Kotex, to ensure girls’ ability to manage menstruation with confidence, dignity, safety and confidence. This is strategized through a gender transformative process resulting in a positive change in attitude, including the elimination of stigma related to menstrual health and hygiene. The project aims to reach 20,000 direct beneficiaries and 7 million indirect beneficiaries in Jharkhand and Delhi.
The initiative was launched on Menstrual Hygiene Day, 28 May 2021 through a webinar – ‘Let’s Talk Periods’ in partnership with senior government officials, experts and civil society organizations. The webinar focused on prioritizing the importance of menstrual health and hygiene and minimizing the related social stigma and taboo.
The project is spreading awareness through inter-generational dialogues providing a platform for girls and their parents to openly talk about menstrual health.
Key Achievements
2132 girls and boys reached through awareness drive ‘Break the Silence’
10439 adolescent girls and boys sensitized on menstrual hygiene through Health Information Centers
2,400 hygiene kits distributed in Delhi and Jharkhand
491 people reached through intergenerational dialogues on menstrual health and hygiene management
1100 parents and caregivers sensitized through orientation sessions
352 awareness meetings held in Delhi and Jharkhand
Project Garima seeks to provide legal awareness and literacy to girls and young women to improve their understanding on their constitutional rights and how best they can access the benefits that has been laid down in our Constitution.
About Project Garima
Project Garima seeks to provide legal awareness and literacy to girls and young women to improve their understanding on their constitutional rights and how best they can access the benefits that has been laid down in our Constitution. It is designed to strengthen the capacity of women with adequate knowledge of their statutory rights, entitlement under various schemes and access to social and legal justice. This will not only provide empowerment but a better future for girls and young women leading to a stronger and more inclusive society.
Why legal literacy is important for women?
Many children, adolescent girls and young women, particularly from poor and underprivileged families and communities lack awareness and understanding of their Constitutional rights and legal entitlements aimed at improving their life situation and promoting their welfare and wellbeing. As a result, they are unable to access and enjoy many of the rights and legal entitlements that are available and to seek justice when they are denied the same.
Project Goal
Providing legal literacy and access to free legal aid for 10 million girls and young women in next three years from 100 districts across the country through digital first and a blended learning approach.
Objectives
To improve awareness and understanding of basic rights, freedoms and legal entitlements in 10 million girls and young women through the blend of online and offline learning methods aimed at enabling their access to legal aid and justice.
To mobilise and build capacities of 5,00,000 Legal Literacy Mitras (LLM) from the 100 priority districts who act as master trainers and champions of change in their respective villages and slums.
To develop the curriculum and training manual for advancing legal literacy among girls and young women using the human-centered design approach by involving girls and young women themselves in defining the legal literacy needs and designing their own learning curriculum and content.
Target Population
10 million adolescent girls and young women to be sensitised from underprivileged families of 100 priority districts in 15 states.
5,00,000 young women trained as LLM and master trainers in their respective villages and slums.
Career planning has always been a problem for many children and young people, especially for girls and young women from low socio-economic backgrounds. Choosing the right career path becomes even more challenging for students of deprived communities as many of them are the first generation learners in their family. It is not feasible for them to access expensive counselling and guidance services that can help them decide their careers.
Career planning has always been a problem for many children and young people, especially for girls and young women from low socio-economic backgrounds. Choosing the right career path becomes even more challenging for students of deprived communities as many of them are the first generation learners in their family. It is not feasible for them to access expensive counselling and guidance services that can help them decide their careers.
Acknowledging this needs of the young aspirants, Plan India launched a project called “Paramarsh” which is a unique intervention for career guidance and counselling services in Delhi, Odisha and Telengana. It enables children and youth, particularly girls and young women in the age group of 13 to 24 years from vulnerable communities, to take informed career choices in higher education and skill building courses.
Paramarsh is designed on a well-integrated gender transformative approach towards higher education and skill building courses providing gender-sensitive career guidance and counselling services.
Key Programme Objectives
To provide career guidance services to children/young people, especially adolescent girls and young women
To provide them information about access to relevant educational and vocational courses based on their Aptitude Test
To identify expert institutions from the Government and private agencies for connecting potential children and young people with opportunities
You can contact us for career counseling ‘Paramarsh’.
WhatsApp No: 9958868591
Email: career.paramarsh@planindia.org
Online experiences have increasingly become critical for young people’s development including learning, access to information, participation in community activities, connecting with peers, looking for employment opportunities and bringing their unique voice and experiences to the table to enhance civic engagement.
DIGITAL MITRA – EMPOWERING GIRLS WITH DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Plan India believes in the power and voices of young people. Through our work with young people especially girls we know that their stories can create impact and positive change towards forming a gender equal world. In tune with the efforts to address the gap in cyber literacy and enable girls to productively utilise the opportunities afforded by the internet, Plan India piloted Digital Mitra Project from January – March 2021 and trained 15 girl changemakers to create campaigns on common causes that impact their socio-economic well-being like girl education, digital divide, girl safety, child marriage and so on for effective storytelling using new digital tools, mobile journalism and smartphones.
Key Programme Objectives
Build capacity of girls on use of mobile phones for storytelling on the issues focusing mainly on gender equality
Build capacity and train them on the safe use of social media
Provide them direction and knowledge in creating campaigns on gender-related issues
Provide them direction on creating positive and right based solutions to the identified issues
Digital Mitra Phase – 1
During the three-month-long project, the girls were trained on how to edit photos and videos, develop script for videos, write blogs for social media channels, and use online spaces keeping in mind the safety and community standards to share their experiences and stories and build a community of girl changemakers who would further the cause of gender equality. The training sessions included workshops and panel discussions on campaign development, creation of engaging content to amplify gender equality, economic empowerment, climate change and gender, digital divide, cyber laws and so on by experts in the domain.
All the girls that took part in the sessions conceded that the Digital Mitra project has been very helpful in building their confidence to use phones for digital storytelling and have learnt how to take better photos and videos through the trainings. Only 30% of the girls in pre-needs assessment felt confident posting content on social media, but after the sessions around 95% stated they felt confident to do the same. Moreover, young girls shared that taking ownership of their stories and using the platforms to further empowerment of their communities will assist in shaping a positive outlook towards the role and importance of girls amongst other sections of the society including men and boys.
The post-assessment findings indicated the success and the scaling of the Digital Mitra pilot project. Building on the post assessment findings, the second phase of Digital Mitra has been initiated that will engage with 200 young girls as Digital Mitra covering 6 states including Delhi, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
TRAINING SESSIONS OF THE DIGITAL MITRA GIRLS
Training sessions of the Digital Mitra Girls
Digital Mitra Phase – 2
In the second phase of the programme, 200 girl changemakers from Plan India communities learned how to use smartphones for digital storytelling on issues that affect them and their communities. Additionally, the girls were given in-depth information on social media safety and proper use so that later they can participate in creating content and campaigns that promote gender equality.
In Phase II, one of the objectives was also to create simple learning modules covering the basics of photography, video, blog writing, and social media, which can be used by anyone who is interested in raising awareness about gender issues through smartphones and social media activities.
Developed in print and animated forms, the Learning Modules provide practical knowledge and tools on digital storytelling to empower young people. Our goal with the Learning Module is to help shape the youth to become better storytellers by providing them with key concepts, tips, and activities relevant to taking photos and video, creating digital content, writing for social media, and inclusive reporting.
Digital Mitra self-learning modules
The self-help modules are created to empower girls to download and learn the easy methods of storytelling to become change agents to say their own stories.
The self-learning modules are user-friendly and are illustrated in a pictorial format so anyone can follow along and learn how to use mobile devices to tell stories. By using a Digital Storytelling approach, these modules will provide young girls with an opportunity to identify and spotlight crucial gender-related issues like child marriage, child labour, menstrual hygiene and girl child education.
WHAT DOES YOUR FUTURE WITH DIGITAL MITRA HOLD?
Download the Animated and print format to learn the tips of digital storytelling
focuses on the basics of Mobile Photography, Videography & Blog Writing.
covers the basics of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube.
Plan India, as part of its efforts towards building Safe Cities and Public Spaces for women and girls, is developing comprehensive approaches for reclaiming public spaces and ensuring women’s safety.
Plan India, as part of its efforts towards building Safe Cities and Public Spaces for women and girls, is developing comprehensive approaches for reclaiming public spaces and ensuring women’s safety. Considering the overall vision, Pink Toilets is a Public-Private collaboration between Plan India, PVR NEST and Municipal Corporation of Delhi to increase women’s physical and economic mobility by creating safe and gender friendly public spaces, thereby increasing their participation in school, work, and public life.
Plan India works with Pink Toilets to mold these spaces into a holistic environment covering all sanitation and safety needs of women, children, people with disability and transgender person. The services like sanitary pad vending machine, breast feeding area, diaper changing section, sanitary pad incinerators are being made available in all the PINK toilets. The PINK toilets have all female staff as attendants and supervisors and is striving to make the Pink Toilet staff progressive and accountable for better level of decision making and dwell on self-sustainability.
The primary objectives of this initiative are as follows:
In alignment with Sustainable Development Goals, work via Public-Private collaboration models making urban spaces and facilities to be more safe, inclusive and accessible for women
and girls, creating a human centre design for social & economic growth.
Focus on capacity building & increasing the ease and efficiency of work for women employees of PINK toilet by introducing skills and technology.
Transform these into women-led facilities, where the toilets become hubs of community awareness on identified women-related causes and issues.
Currently, there are 10 operational Pink Toilets in Delhi being supported by Plan India which are as follows:
As per the Census of India 2011, there are 11,720,724 children between the ages of 5 and 14 engaged in work. Despite existing legislation, children in India continue entering the workforce due to gaps in enforcement and lack of awareness.
As per the Census of India 2011, there are 11,720,724 children between the ages of 5 and 14 engaged in work. Despite existing legislation, children in India continue entering the workforce due to gaps in enforcement and lack of awareness.
Plan India’s Combating Child Domestic Labour Project extends the scope, best practices and reach of past initiatives and builds upon their success. The key lies in strengthening non-existent or inactive CPCs in villages of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Members of the committees are oriented on the issue of child domestic labour, reporting mechanisms, guidelines for declaring an area ‘Child Labour Free’ and their roles and responsibilities in combating child labour.
Coordination with the government played an important role in enforcing the legal framework by undertaking rescue operations and mainstreaming rescued children in the formal education system. Trainings were held for officials from the police, judiciary and the departments of labour, education and women and child development.
Plan India supported government services through district-level advocacy, developing IEC materials, organising workshops and initiating awareness campaigns. For sustainability, rescued and at-risk children were supported with tuitions at 160 locations to address gaps in learning and ensuring continued attendance. In addition, a preventive mechanism was adopted for the economic empowerment of parents through startup grants. Plan India supported selected families with a 6,000 rupees grant for enhancing household incomes, developing business plans, continuous training and supporting their entrepreneurial skills. The district administration has accepted the guidelines for the ‘Child Labour Free’ villages and has constituted core committees to monitor and verify the ‘Child Labour Free’ status. 120 urban and rural areas in Andhra Pradesh have been declared ‘Child Labour Free’ by the district administration. Work with the community has also borne fruit as members of 320 CPCs and Forums monitor children in schools and communities. Plan India’s hard work culminates through village elders and leaders watching over communities, representatives of civil society organisations adopting best practices and the children themselves engaging as agents for change.
Highlights
120 villages declared as child labour free zones by the District Collectors of Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam.
7, 090 children continued benefitting from tuition centres.
7,459 children out of 8,020 children rescued and prevented from child labour were regularised in schools.
319 children’s groups and 307 Village Level Child Protection Committees trained on child protection reporting mechanisms.
