Udan:

This report is documented on the key points from the deliberations, in the Anganbari center supported by the Tata Power Community Development Trust and organized by Rah Society at Tiruldih and choura, Kukru, Saraykela-Kharsawa District. Consequently the project is designed to improve government’s interventions in areas such as healthy pregnancy, timely and exclusive breastfeeding, appropriate diet and care, personal hygiene with particular focus on the 0-6 age group; investing in behavior change communications; empowering communities to demand and receive better quality child development and nutrition services; and increasing the technical efficiency of public resources under ICDS by strengthening the systems and achieving better multisectoral coordination with other health programs.

Objectives.

General Objectives

• To improve the nutritional and health status of pre-school children in the age-group of 0-6 years.
• To lay the foundation of proper psychological development of the child.
• To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school drop-out.
• To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education.

Concept:

The concept of providing a package of services is based primarily on the consideration that the overall impact will be much larger if the different services develop in an integrated manner as the efficacy of a particular service depends upon the support it receives from related services.