Background
We aim to empower the Katkari community by enhancing their knowledge and access to crucial health and nutrition services. We focus on improving child nutrition, tackling undernutrition among children under six, and combating anaemia among adolescent girls. We collaborate with the ICDS and Health Department to strengthen health and nutrition services, enhance household nutrition practices, and promote diverse food options. Active community engagement and participation are central to our approach.Broad Objectives
Background
Undernutrition continues to be a pressing challenge in rural communities, impacting the growth, development, and overall health of young children. This process seeks to tackle undernutrition through a synergistic approach, strengthening government health and nutrition systems while simultaneously improving household nutrition practices. By fostering food diversity, promoting Nutri-Gardens, and ensuring regular follow-up of undernourished children, the initiative emphasises active community engagement as the cornerstone of sustainable change.Broad Objectives
Background
Maternal and child undernutrition is a major public health concern in urban settlements, where migrant and low-income families face barriers to accessing quality healthcare. Women often experience poor maternal care and children under three are highly vulnerable to malnutrition. This initiative seeks to address these challenges through a multi-stakeholder, system-strengthening approach, enhancing maternal health and nutrition services while also improving household practices. The project emphasises community participation, regular growth monitoring of children, counselling of mothers-caregivers, and partnerships with public hospitals to ensure access to timely healthcare.Broad Objectives
Background
The Katkari community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), faces multiple barriers to health and nutrition due to landlessness, migration, poverty, and systemic exclusion. Children and women in Katkari hamlets of Mulshi block suffer disproportionately from high levels of malnutrition, poor diet diversity, and limited access to essential services. This initiative builds on SATHI’s experience in community-based monitoring and nutrition interventions, aiming to improve child nutrition, maternal health, and access to public health and ICDS services. By integrating household-level nutrition practices, strengthening frontline workers, and fostering community-led accountability mechanisms, the project strives to build a sustainable model of community action for nutrition.Broad Objectives