Project Anandi: "Empowering Adolescent Girls in Rural India with Health Education"
Even after the elixir of independence, is 'she' really happy in our rural India? How successful we have been in providing her with basic health care facilities. The answer is certainly not satisfactory when considering women in rural areas. Health issues are neglected due to financial constraints. However, some individuals and organizations are making sincere efforts to change this picture. Through this initiative “Project Anandi”, adolescent girls are given health counselling by visiting schools in rural areas. For the past few months, Team Anandi has visited a total of 125+ schools and carried out the task of reaching more than 10,000+ girls. Under this initiative team, Project Anandi goes to villages and interacts with girls at the school level. Workshops are held in various schools on various topics such as misconceptions about menstruation, diet, exercise, care to be taken during menstruation, hygiene, anaemia, menopause, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer. Girls are bein...