Integrated Health Awareness and Support Program

Project Location: Khulna City Corporation and Paikgasa upazila of Khulna district
Project Period: January 2026- December 2026
Financed by: Associazione Centro Orientamento  Educativo (COE)- ETS
Total Amount:  BDT 6,000,000.00

Direct Beneficiaries: 5,133

The “Integrated Health Awareness and Support Program” has been providing the necessary support to make the neglected communities pioneers in the fields of education, health and WASH facilities. Due to financial inability, it is a luxury for the poor to buy high-priced medicines or to pay for health check-ups where it is difficult to manage two meals daily. Therefore, this project is implemented for the production of medicines through Dalit laboratories (Ayurvedic), the provision of free medical services to marginalized communities at the village level, the promotion of Ayurvedic treatment and the maintenance of herbal plant gardens. Besides, the project has provided educational support to children of neglected communities, conducted follow-up training for village healers and traditional birth attendants, and raised awareness related to safe water, sanitation and hygiene at the beneficiary level. In addition, deep tube wells have been installed at school and village levels to supply drinking water and sanitary latrines have been constructed to reduce disease outbreaks.

Objectives:

• Delivering health care and health education to the people of disadvantaged communities;
• Promoting and popularizing side-effect-free and low-cost Ayurvedic medicines;
• To increase the literacy rate among dalit community students;
• To develop the skills of rural Kavirajs;
• To develop the skills of rural Maternity assistants;
• Enhancing the professional skills of youth;
• Addressing the impacts of climate change, promoting resilient agriculture, and raising awareness about disasters.

Activities:

1. Educational support for students from the Harijan (cleaner) community
2. Education support to strengthen community-based organizations
3. Guidance seminar to SSC passed students
4. Free medical service to poor patients
5. Ayurvedic Health Camp
6. Medicinal plant distribution among village women
7. Treatment through Ayurvedic medicines
8. Training for the village doctors/ healers
9. Training for the midwives
10. Awareness-raising sessions on improved WASH system and women’s menstrual hygiene
11. Health awareness raising miking
12. Development of medicinal plants garden
13. Training for women on climate change, sustainable agriculture, the cultivation of new plant varieties by medicinal plant growers, and community-based tree plantation drives
14. Training youth in creative knowledge related to Artificial Intelligence (AI)
15. Assisting internship candidates in enhancing their capabilities to secure quality employment
16. Inclusive courtyard meetings and distribution of educational materials for sharing knowledge on local climate adaptation
17. Conducting annual climate change workshops in coordination with the local administration and publishing participatory impact reports, with the aim of practicing disaster preparedness at the community level.