Disability in its varied form is very much found in our community. But when it is a matter with children – i.e. the innocent & pious heart – our responsibility of attending them & mainstreaming them with proper esteem is much more. As a regular feature of its ongoing action our organization has organized various program on welfare & development of disabled children been taken up. In fact, since concerned children belong to traditional agrarian families with lower education and economic standing, the organization was bound to handle that job creatively making complementary and integrated approach in fields of education, recreation and health care. Moral support and Educational Service extended to 58 Nos. of disabled children of different ages (5 years to 14 years of age) is one of the acclaimed activities of BASK since 2001 which is undertaken not as a task but as a social responsibility to the children who are deprived of their basic human rights either due to their state of disability or due to abject poverty of their family. This continuous support to children providing them an enabling environment of remaining in a residential school – may be of very miniature stature but obviously a naïve and positive approach towards safeguarding and promoting their human rights with due recognition of their inner best.

BASK has implemented Reproductive and Child Health program in a Public Private Partnership model through Dept. of Health & Family Welfare supported by National Rural Health Mission as field NGO in Komna block of Nuapada District in the year 2007-2010. RCH-II program is intervened in Sunabeda and Rajana sub-centres. In these underserved areas of Komna block covering 3800 households in 22 villages. RCH-II program is an innovative strategy of Govt. of India under NRHM to attain control on various factors on mother and child health. Keeping in view the Community Participation in health care and provision of low cost & accessible health services BASK initiated Health Service and Counseling Center to provide them generic medicine at their door step. BASK has established Community based Medicine Points managed by the trained ASHA in remote areas of the operational areas,

In order to respond the situation, BASK has organized a large numbers of mass awareness meeting programs, trainings & workshops on Malaria during the FY 2005-2007. Though the government has many attempts to eradicate Malaria under different schemes but it has not yielded good result in controlling of malaria as people are not critically aware of the causes of malaria. In the process, BASK has formed and strengthened Village Health Committees (VHCs) for maintenance of village cleanliness & maintenance of rural sanitation. The members of SHG, Youth clubs play major role to bring awareness on malaria among the people in the operational area.

As part of capacity building program, the skill development Training of WSHG was organized by Banjari Akshyam Seva Kendra (BASK), during 16th July – 30th August 2012 at RGSK, Karangamal & Babebir. District administration & Panchayat samitte, Boden provided its technical supports for smooth conducting of this program. 180 identified trainers (WSHGs) from 14no’s of microcredit linkage group under UGB, Karangamal attended these four days-long training program in 2 batches. Basically the participants were identified on the basis of their varied exposures, experiences & linked under SGSY scheme that would help them to act as the catalytic agent in their livelihood expect, as well as social, health sector & to enhance the functional capacity of the group & their federation.

In the present scenario ASHAs play a vital role in providing health services at the grass root level. In this contest BASK has implemented Thematic training program among the ASHAs in a Public Private Partnership model through Dept. of Health & Family Welfare supported by National Rural Health Mission,Nuapada as PNGO in Komna and Nuapada block of Nuapada District in the year 2008-2010. As a result 185no’s of ASHA has been trained regarding their role, responsibility & strengthened their managerial ability by the initiative of Health sector staff within the organization. In the process, created awareness and education level of mother while taking care of the newborn at home using simple home-based care such as cleaning the newborn and wrapping the newborn in clean towels, some basic technical knowledge in identifying signs of complications like acute respiratory problems, diarrhea management through Oral Dehydration (ORS) and home-base management of common newborn illness etc. Their effort was significant in this context.

BASK has been implementing Chin Project at komna block of Nuapada district by the supports of Christian medical Association of India (CMAI) from 2010-2013 to improve the availability of and access to quality health care by people, especially for those residing in rural areas, the poor, women and children. The project contributed a lot in the program areas by strengthening the formation of village-based plans which has helped inspiring and influencing the community and project staff. Over the project implementation period, the PIA has created massive awareness among the communities on their NRHM entitlements and ways of accessing quality services using communication strategy that worked towards informing communities about adopting positive health practices at household level on the one hand, and the need for service providers to understand the requirements of the communities. Organized capacity building of Health Cadres, frontline staffs, and community based organizations, in health communications using communication for social change tools. The CFA tool has strengthened the capacity of individuals, communities and organizations and adopted a strategic approach for advocacy initiatives for health rights and entitlements of rural communities. At present, the voices are heard by the traditionally silenced groups/communities. Our overall impression is that the project has helped improve public health outcomes by improving the access to, and quality of, the public health system through mobilizing of communities and increasing their awareness of their entitlements.

Facilitating village institutions and developing their capacities on various aspects is the key implementation strategy. Right from the inception of the project implementation much emphasis paid to develop the capacities of the partner community. Capacity building is done at two levels, first to develop the institutional base of the communities in each village institutions in the form of village and Panchayt level are developed and they are capacitated to take appropriate measures for efficient use of their natural resources and develop democratic values at the community level. Secondly, technical capacities are developed in terms of improved Health behavior, efficient water and resource utilization and participatory management. In this contest BASK has been implementing Capacity Building & handholding support to Gaon Kalyan Samitte(GKS) at komna block of Nuapada district by the supports of ZSS/NRHM and CARE,India in the year 2011 to facilitating village institutions and developing their capacities on various aspects is the key implementation strategy. As a result 616 no’s of core members (4 member from each GKS) has been sensitized regarding their role& responsibility, Preparation of Health plan, Fund flow & utilization as well as the entire functional aspect of GKS.

BASK plays a major role in the FINISH project since 15th May 2015,which has been supported by FINISH Society, New Delhi in collaboration with DWSM, Nuapada for creating awareness among community on safe Sanitation as well as to construct 5,000 toilet. Their goal within FINISH is to mobilize funds from end-users to build 5,000 sanitation systems. BASK recognizes the challenge this target implies - building this amount of toilets by largely mobilizing funds from the end-users themselves instead of providing sanitation as a ‘charity commodity’, free of charge. BASK believes that complete sanitation coverage is necessary for sustainable development and improvement of the quality of life. BASK is covering 10no’s of Gram Panchayat within Komna, Boden & Sinapali block of Nuapada district under FINISH and concentrates within these on the aim of ensuring a maximum of 5,000 sanitation coverage within the operational areas. As a result, our organization has trained 15no’s of Animitors & 30no’s of Mason from the operational areas. Apart from this awareness creation through. Film Viewing & distribution of IEC material and conducted a base line survey at 42 villages of operational areas.

Vulnerable communities residing in remote & inaccessible pockets are underserved due to problems of geographical access, and those who suffer social and economic disadvantages such as Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs) and the urban poor. The RCH indicators for vulnerable population are worse than the District/ State average. Marginalization results in poorer social indicators for these groups, including maternal and child health indicators. This can be as much a result of service provider behavior as of health seeking behavior and capabilities. NRHM, H & FW Deptt. Govt of Orissa has taken initiatives to address the Health/RCH issues of those area with focus attention on strengthen capacity, effectiveness and participation of civil society, with specific recommendations of District health authority and other stakeholders. This concept of RCH is to provide to the beneficiaries need based, client centered, demand driven, high quality and integrated RCH services. In this contest BASK has been implementing Vulnerable Community Health Program at Sunabeda,a maorist dominated areas of komna block of Nuapada district by the supports of ZSS/NRHM, Nuapada from 1st September 2013 to improve the availability of and access to quality health care by the community, especially for those residing in the proposed operational areas.

The rural poor especially women have been organized into self-help groups (SHGs) in large numbers. In the proposed project area with an average group size of 12-15 members and most of the SHG members are from region characterized by high level of poverty, low levels of agricultural surpluses and underdeveloped infrastructure. Other major constraints are illiteracy and low levels of entrepreneurial skills. In this contest BASK was privileged to undertake NABARD supported Micro Enterprise Development Program (MEDP) for the members of matured women SHGs from Komna block of Nuapada district. The program has been carried out in Nuapada district to promote capacity building of farm women and create more employment opportunities .