A rural Indian mother carries her child through a village lane

Program · Health

Health, Sanitation & Nutrition

The first hour of care. The last mile of medicine.

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26,400

Free check-ups

612

Institutional deliveries

1,400

Children fed daily

Trained Sakhis

The problem

The nearest primary health centre is 22 km away, on a road that floods in monsoon. We bring care to the doorstep — through 46 trained village health workers and a mobile clinic that runs six days a week.

1 in 8 rural mothers in our districts still deliver at home without a trained attendant. 34% of children under five are underweight. A single fever can push a family into debt.

Our approach

How we work.

Sakhi network

One trained ASHA-plus health worker per 250 households — first response, monthly check-ups, medicine refills.

Mobile clinic

A four-vehicle fleet with a doctor, nurse, pharmacist and lab technician. 18 camps every month.

Maternal care

1,000-day pathway from conception to age two: nutrition kits, iron & folic, ultrasound, institutional delivery.

Nutrition centres

Hot-cooked meals five days a week for 1,400 children under five, cooked by SHG women.

From the field

In photos.

Mother and child in a rural Indian setting — First-hour maternal care, at the doorstep

Mother sitting with baby in a village doorway — Post-natal home visit, week two

A large group of Indian women sitting together — Women's health circle, monthly meeting

A life changed

"The Sakhi came twelve times. My son was born in a hospital, not on the mud floor."

Padma's first two children were born at home. She lost one. In her third pregnancy, our health worker visited monthly — bringing supplements, arranging the ultrasound, and driving her to the CHC when her water broke at 2 am.

— Padma & baby Aarav, Chityala village, Nalgonda

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