Interarch Soubhagya Nirmalam Health and Nutrition Project

 Interarch Soubhagya Nirmalam Health and Nutrition Project:

Interearch Building Products Pvt Ltd, a Company having factories in NOIDA, Rudrapur and Kichcha, gave a donation of Rs 5 lakhs from their CSR funds with a request to run a health facility in Rudrapur for the benefit of Industrial workers. There are hundreds of industrial units in Rudrapur and there are thousands of Industrial labour living in slums, transit camps under very poor conditions.

So the Foundation with the support of Interarch Foundation, has launched a Health and Nutrition Project and also a cultural center for children of the industrial labour in July 2021.

It has taken a premises on rent in Rudrapur and is providing health services. A medical camp is held in Rudrapur once every month. People get registered for medical checkup and Doctors check them. In August 2021, Dr Anupama Singh, Head of the Department, General Medicine, VIMHANS, Delhi and Dr Faye Farmer Physio Therapist held the Camp. Further, Dr A.Padmini Devi, In-charge, Urban Health Centre, Gayatri Medical College, Visakhapatnam gave an online presentation on Menstruation and related issues to the ladies assembled in the Centre. DR Sangita Sen, our Resource person, translated it to Hindi and explained it to the ladies. The Foundation is supplying Sanitary Napkins to the ladies at

a nominal cost. It is supplying food supplements, Vitamins and tonics to the needy on the advice of doctors.

25th-26th September 2021: The medical camp at Rudrapur was a great success.

• Dr Faye treated about 16 patients on both days.
• Dr.Sangita Sen conducted an awareness session about menstrual issues and 25 women attended the session.
• Dr.J.Vijaya Ratna, conducted a session on usage of medicines and about 25 women attending this session. Dr.Kamala Devi explained it again.
• Dr V. Sharma, FRCP, attended to 57 people who came to the camp.
• Dr.Padmini Devi provided online consultation to two women.