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Sustaining Mental Well Being

Sustaining Mental Well Being

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Started: May 2021 Why? Mental health is one of the most critical areas that defines our sense of overall well-being. Unlike other physical illnesses, this is often more “invisible” and is often a taboo to acknowledge and discuss..In India, there are 3,16,95,958 cases reported. Many more are unreported . Women suffer more from this then men. There is a need to build awareness around this and provide a supportive eco-system to handle this. What? SI Poona organized a series of Awareness Building Workshops on Mental Well-being both from a generic perspective plus from COVID impact.This was done in collaboration with NCN. The webinars were addressed to Colleges and NGO forums. The framework used was the 3 Fold RE and A Model: Rehabilitate, Restore and Rejuvenate The focus of the webinars was on self care through using breath,resilience and adapting to the change in the environment.
COVID Relief

COVID Relief

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Started: April 2021 Lending a Hand Why? The second wave of COVID pandemic impacted India hugely. Due to Lockdown, economic activities were highly curtailed. Underprivileged communities especially women and children were impacted the most. What? SI Poona provided Financial Support plus Food and Health support during the COVID Pandemic. Food grains, lentils, oil, sugar, onions and other essentials were distributed in two slum localities in Pune. The recipients were mostly women, wives of daily wage construction workers who have lost their jobs as a result of the countrywide lockdown in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis. SI Pune members also helped the onion farmers, who grow this crop widely in this region sell their produce. They have been unable to transport them to the city markets, due to the lockdown. Each recipient in the slum was given two kilograms of onions, directly bought from the
Fistulf of Grain

Fistulf of Grain

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Food Security Instilling values of Sharing and Caring Initially SI Poona started the project with indivdual contributons from members. Grains and sugar were bought by members and the collection was donated to old age home. Later cash collected from members was used to buy pulses and sugar and donated to an orphanage in Sangise village. In April 2017, SI Poona started the NASI project "Fistful of Grain" at the Kalmadi High School in Aundh Pune, with 90 school children from Class 5th and 6th. Cloth bags, specially prepared for the project, were given to the children. This initiative aims at instilling the values os sharing, caring and prevention of food wastage among students. By donating grains to the less priviliged, students were able to empathise with the hardship of the children in NGOs and are exposed to an altogether different phenomenon that sensitises them towards
Girl Child Safety

Girl Child Safety

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Girl Child Empowerment & Safety Toolkit Towards a brighter future for Women..! A workshop on 'Safety & Empowerment' was conducted for tribal girl children in Plaghar district of Maharashtra. The purpose was to make girls understand safety and empowerment issues and involve them in their own protection and devise personal strategies to deal with violence against them. The workshop covered elements of self defence, cyber safety, awareness building and advocacy. This is part of an ongoing 2 year project which aims to cover social workers, teacher, parents and many more girl children. This Project Addresses UN SDG GOAL
Workshop on Menstruation and Hygiene

Workshop on Menstruation and Hygiene

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The Workshop on Menstruation and Hygiene was conducted by Ranjana Taskar with Anjana Mitra and Hazeka H Ginwala as attendees for the children of a corporate CSR group. The students consisted of both boys and girls, mostly between the age group of 17-21. Three academic year batches attended the workshop, with a total of 90+ students present. The workshop began with the display of a handbook on menstruation, followed by a PPT presentation prepared by Ranjana Taskar. The presentation consisted of 7 slides that explained the menstruation cycle, the monthly calendar of a girl’s cycle, the emotional and physical changes that a girl experiences during menstruation, the usage of pads and proper disposal of pads. Ranjana Taskar also discussed at length all the social taboos surrounding menstruation and why they are irrelevant in today’s time. In the second leg of the workshop, there was a
Health Awareness Medical Camp

Health Awareness Medical Camp

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Halthcare Small steps towards a Healthy World..! SI Poona conducts ongoing Awareness programmes on 'Anemia' prevention of rural women and young girls. Haemoglobin testing is carried out for them along with Pap smear testin collaboration with FPAI (Family Planning Association of India). Medical checkups are done for school children. The very recent conducted was health awareness cum medical camp at Ambavet - a small village on the outskirts of Pune, largely inhabited by a backward, illiterate gypsy community. 29 children in the age group of 1 to 12 years and 13 adults were benefitted. Blood tets and HB counts showed Anemia in these children who were prescribed and given medication. A session on personal hygiene and nutrition was also conducted for the villagers supported by FPAI, along with distribution of clothes and food items generously donated by well wishers. This Project Addresses UN SDG GOAL
Seminar on Mental Health

Seminar on Mental Health

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SI Poona, conducted a seminar on ‘Enhancing the Mental well being of Women and Girl children’ as part of its Girl Child protection Initiative, by addressing issues of obesity and child sexual abuse. Sexual abuse of children has been on a rise and so is physical violence. Children who are sexually abused experience several mental health issues and this affects their studies or work, if employed. Obesity too, is a silent killer that can cause unwarranted diseases, stress and depression. The speakers were experts in the respective fields. Dr. Jayashree Todkar, renowned bariatric surgeon spoke about the importance of a healthy lifestyle to prevent obesity, while Dr.Jyothi Shetty, professor and head of Department of Psychiatry, gave an overview of the definition of child sexual abuse, and its long term implications.The audience, numbering above 100, and consisting of teachers, students and members of non profit organizations

World Yoga Day

World Yoga Day

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SI Club of Poona celebrated World Yoga Day with a talk by Mr. Bhinde, a Yoga teacher who has been practising Yoga for the past 30 years. He stressed the need to practise Yoga, which can help rid us of several ailments.Young Geeta, who has been learning Yoga since she was ten,demonstrated some simple asanas, particularly for senior citizens, which are not very strenuous and can be done every day.