Naturopathy Day at Vikramgad

18th November 2023 was an important day for KAASH Foundation’s Vikramgad project, as it marked a fresh beginning. Two years after adopting 150 malnourished children to better their health, the Foundation has now identified and adopted over 100 teenage tribal girls from the villages of Saarshi and Khadaki in Vikramgad, Palghar District, Maharashtra, to oversee their education and health care. The Foundation believes that this program will assist to end the vicious cycle of early marriage, malnutrition, and premature death.

Since 18th November is observed as Naturopathy Day, it seemed appropriate to begin this new chapter with a Health Workshop for these 100 girls. The workshop, held at a school in Vikramgad’s Khadaki village, was divided into two segments.

Segment 1: Sessions on numerous health conditions that teenage girls experience, such as menstruation, puberty, and hormonal changes, as well as how to manage them through self-hygiene, adequate nutrition, and diet.

Segment 2: An individual health checkup to record their height, weight, and current problems in order to plan their future course of treatment.

The cooperation of the anganwadi sevikas and the Khadaki school principal assisted us in breaking the ice and connecting with the girls.