Mothers & Child

Digambarpur Angikar runs waiting hut in Gosaba Island where transportation is the major concern for the pregnant mothers to attend hospital. This waiting hut is for pregnant mothers those are living in much remote villages to reach hospital takes 3 to 4 hours after crossing multiple rivers by passenger boats and motorized van. The pregnant mothers are taking proper nursing care, foods and shelter for 5 -10 days while coming to hospital for check-up and delivery purposes and retured home when they are feeling better. 

Digambarpur Angikar organized awareness programs in high schools  and communities in Sundarbans with  adolescent girl students and young mothers on importance on maintaining of hygiene during menstrual period to promote healthy practices. 

Digambarpur Angikar has been trained and supported adolescent girls group for the production of low cost sanitary napkins to promote personal hygiene. The women SHGs have been motivated for the social marketing of such low cost, user fariendly quality napkins in the rural women and adolescent girls.  

Digambarpur Angikar is implementing the flagship program of Government of West Bengal towards empowerment of adolescent girls on health, education, social justice, etc. so that all adolescent girls should live with dignity. The project is being implemneted at Magrahat-II, Kakdwip & Sagar block under South 24 parganas district and Hasnabad &  Basirhat -I blocks in North 24 Parganas district.  The project is massive sensitization of menstrual hygiene, use and importance of sanitary napkins, adolescent health and nutrition. Beside this health aspects, need to continuation of education, skill development and the social issues like; causes & consequences of child aged marriage, protection of child trafficking, domestic violence, etc. also been adrressed through formation of village level adolescent groups ( Kannyashree Girls Clubs), leadership development and access to information. This project is one of the value addition program of ICDS.