OUR MISSION

Shilparghya Jalkhura endeavours for broad and holistic sustainable human development in the most depressed districts like 24 Parganas South, Purulia, Bankura and Midnapore districts of West Bengal.

Our goals are to help reduce extreme poverty, achieve health and education for all, promote and protect land, housing and human rights and improve and protect the physical and social environment.

Mothers & Child Health

Under the overall health care system support, specialized support services were initiated to particular segments of the rural population. Mother and child health was one such project. It is a comprehensive health care project to target mothers and young children, with the belief that better health to mothers and children automatically reflects better health of
family members. The important project elements are:-
Mother and child health care

- Awareness to the community, particularly to women on health, anti and post natal care, hygiene and sanitation,environment up keep etc.

-Formation of health groups, group discussions and regular meetings.
-Health education camps through innovative means to mothers

-Immunization of pregnant women and infants/children health monitoring for women during pregnancy and after delivery

-Growth monitoring of infants.

-Free health check-up camp.
This programme held on 14th January, 2007 at Jhargram

Health Sensitization Camp:

Health Sensitization camp for all was organized at Nadia, on 2nd October, 2006. Doctors were present for health Check-up of beneficiaries in the camp. More than 70 people treated and diagnosed through the camp. We also provide information regarding precaution from communicable diseases.

Income Generation Programme

Shilparghya Jalkhura is taking a lead role in fostering rural micro enterprises and in building capacities, like reinforcing traditional crafts, training in newer crafts, building entrepreneurships, exposure to markets, and access to markets with its focal point on women’s entrepreneurship development.

The Income Generating Program is one of the endeavours of bringing these infusions of capital to the region. For this purpose Shilparghya Jalkhura has initiated its own rural enterprise programme which included skill training to women and unemployed youths and adolescents on various crafts like soft-toy making, fabric painting, knitting, embroidery, appliqué and embossing.

Self-help Groups (SHGs)

One of the key distinguishing factors between charity and development is the emphasis on self-help. As a development organisation, Shilparghya Jalkhura has made formation and support of self-help groups the foundation of its poverty elimination program.

Although poverty is defined in many ways, our estimate is that more than 50% of the rural population of the operational region is living well below the poverty line.

The overall goal of the micro-credit program is to build and support local people’s savings and credit organisations rooted in values of justice, equality and mutual support that can ensure their sustainable livelihoods.