Nattukkoottam Gender Innovative Program
KUDUMBASHREE DISTRICT MISSION THRISSUR
FIELD LEVEL ACTIVITIES
Nattukkoottam is a social mental health and gender quality program. To make women and child friendly areas are the vital objective of this program. This program offers many capacities for social commitment through formation and activation of nattukkoottams at each wards. Initial Phase selected 15 Panchayaths, which offers GRC. We had focused 261 wards for this special initiative. From each ward, selected two volunteers for smooth implementation. Nattukkoottam ( a group of 5-10 members) and Souhrudha veedukal ( Friendly homes) were the pillars of this program. We selected two houses from each ward as Souhrudha veedu and nattukkoottam volunteer regularly visits that house and through theses interaction they sensitize all family members regarding gender equality and mental health. For the thematic presentation of activities we designed posters and IEC materials for panchayath level trainings. On 2018 March 8th Nattukkoottam program launching organizes at district level. Panchayath Presidents, Ward members, CDS chairperson, gender guards were attended this program. Importance of this program can be summaries below
- Family centered approach
- Opportunity to disclose atrocities and concerns of women and children
- Gender sensitization
- Solution focused activities
- Service availability of mental health experts
- Promotion of mental Health
Nattukkoottam Implementation & Monitoring
Nattukkoottam ward level group formations and programs were organized and resourced by snehitha team . Each staff allotted with the charge of CDS s for coordinating various activities such as family diary, box. ollapambaram, valsalya thanal, care @40, ask her. Monitoring, evaluation and documentation were carried out by snehitha team. Gender Resource persons and volunteers from each ward were supported.
Nattukkoottam Ward Level group formation
Nattukkoottam centre is a common place for nattukkoottam meetings and activities. It may be Anganwadi, reading club or cultural centres. Vigilant group members are the members of nattukkoottam group. There are two volunteers from each group. As part of nattukkoottam group formation we formed 247 ward level groups, which comprises of 1730 members. This group led nattukkoottam activities
Souhrudha veedukal ( Women & Child Friendly Homes)
Nattukkoottam selected two houses from each ward as “souhrudha veedu”. The objective of this program is to make family women and child friendly. The selected volunteers actively interacts with family members . With this rapport they began to open their experiences, expectations and problems. The trained volunteers imparted messages of gender sense, importance of family focus, parent and child relationship. As part of this program in total 492 houses noted as Women & Child Friendly Homes
Reading Corner & Souhrudha Petty
Reading corner comprises of books- stories, novels, peoms, school text books etc.. All books are collected through voluntary initiatives. These books are useful when nattukkoottam members gathers at nattukkoottam centre. The main purpose of reading corner was to revival of importance of reading . Souhrudha petty is a paper box , which can be used for asking doubts and their complaints regarding women and child issues. Snehitha directly operated the boxes with confidentiality. Total 247 reading corners and souhrudha boxes maintained
Reading Corner & Souhrudha Petty
Reading corner comprises of books- stories, novels, peoms, school text books etc.. All books are collected through voluntary initiatives. These books are useful when nattukkoottam members gathers at nattukkoottam centre. The main purpose of reading corner was to revival of importance of reading . Souhrudha petty is a paper box , which can be used for asking doubts and their complaints regarding women and child issues. Snehitha directly operated the boxes with confidentiality. Total 247 reading corners and souhrudha boxes maintained
Olapambaram & School at 360
Ollapambaram and school at 360 were child centered recreational activities. Total 51 programmes organized with the convergence with kudumbashree balasabha.
Home university programme
The main aim of home university program was to find out school and college drop outs children and women due to marriage, financial constraints and make arrangements for continuing their education and help them to reach their career goal. Varavoor GRC found 2 persons and made arrangements for continuing higher studies
Ask Her
This program focuses adolescent girls and their mothers. Through this program we gathers adolescent girls as well as their mothers. Both of them would get ventilation opportunity and the facilitator helps mothers and girls to find out importance of mother and daughter relationship. In this session facilitator motivates girls to be open and friendly with mothers and mothers were motivated to upgrade themselves through parental education process. Under this program 24 sessions were handled
This program designed for the women in the age group between 30 and 50. In this program facilitates health, mental and social issues faced by this age group women. As part of care @ 40 program we have organized 40 prorammes.
This programme aims to organize elderly people. Activities for this program includes discussion on elderly people issues and their solutions , make chances to interact with children, to arrange recreation activities to them also. Total 12 programs conducted in valsalya thannal .
This program developed with the sense of social commitment. The activities includes find out chronic ill patients and by the effort of nattukkoottam collective effort, helps that person to deal with that difficult situation. 6 Persons benefited through this programme.
The aim of be alert program was to prevent life style diseases, promotion of kitchen garden – vegetable cultivation and promote good health practices for a better and healthy life style in each nattukkoottam areas. 8 programs were conducted at various places.
To make each ward family and public places women friendly, the selected volunteers forms a group of interested people and they visits each house and explains about gender equality, family diary and motivates them to joint nattukkoottam activities. If the family members are interested , nattukkoottam sticker will hand over and they pastes that sticker at their houses . 32 wards completed this activity