At Sebs we focus on school education, but health is becoming an increasingly important to all the work we do in the Bawaldi Hills. Since September 2017, two individuals in particular have been helping us to improve the health of the local population. Sulochana and Asodha, who completed their BSS Nursing (2 year course) in THI Sittilingi, belong to the local community and are gradually establishing primary health care along with the CHAD mobile services.Their presence appears

A young baby was born prematurely in the rural village of Periyapanapari. A very unfortunate and heartbreaking story, as the mother who was 19 years went into labour at 7 months in the middle of the night. Sadly the mother died in labour. After which the baby was taken care by his grandmother in the village. The weight of the baby was reducing gradually as there was no opportunity to provide alternative nutrition. Seb’s Projects on hearing the condition of the baby intervene

The partnership with the Shishukunj has facilitated access to education and health care for tribal communities in the Jawadhi Hills. It has been an in-credible journey for the Seb’s Team to be a part of the development story of these communities. Highlights of the project: Antenatal and postnatal care availed by young women Children being immunized regularly as per the schedule Greater awareness among young mothers regarding nutrition for themselves and their children Women c

Nutrition, clean water and successful health referrals! Mother and child care: Immunization continues randomly in all our villages. Students at age five were given DTP second booster and 10 years olds were administered with TT. Balwadi programme runs with the strength of 55 children in both the centres.13 new kids joined balwadi this year. Noon meals and nutritional powder were provided to children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. We have great concern over the adolesce

The Tribal Initiative Programme in Sittiling Valley of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu is 23 years old. During these years Dr. Regi George and Dr.Lalitha Regi along with a team of 45 highly trained members initiated the health service and their programme expanded from Community health programme to Tribal Hospital, Farming initiative and Craft initiative. The Tribal Health Initiative believes that every community has the resources needed to help themselves. Each village nomi

We have identified the immediate need for balwadis in the villages of Periyapannaparai and Palamarthukollai and we hope to have these two centres set up by the end of this week. The balwadi in Palamarthukollai will be inaugurated on the 22nd of July and in Periyapannaparai on the 24th of July. From the 14th to the 16th of July, we conducted a training programme for the new balwadi teachers, a group of 11 young women from all the tribal villages where Seb’s Projects works. Ove

It is often thought of as a biblical disease but leprosy still affects hundreds of thousands of people worldwide every year. Metro talks to the British charities and researchers trying to halt its spread. Read the full Metro article on Leprosy. The Sebastian Hunter Memorial Trust works with the Schieffelin Institute of Health, Research & Leprosy Centre and the community at Shanthigramam in Karigiri. More than anything these projects need volunteers to lend their time and expe

Here are three photos posted by Laura. The photos were taken while visiting the tribal villages in Jawadhi Hills where HEAL, the Sustainable Livelihoods program, and many other education projects affiliated with The Sebastian Hunter Memorial Trust happen! #Health #Tribal

Meena is a cheerful 11-year-old girl who attended the Seb’s Tribal School in Thattankuttai until 2011, when she was taken away to labour in another state with her family. When she returned she started to go blind, and within weeks she was completely unable to distinguish shapes and see light. Seb’s Health and Development Workers, notified Seb’s staff and rushed her to the Community Health & Development Hospital in Vellore, where she was immediately referred for treatment at S

The Sebastian Hunter Memorial Trust donates funds for shoes and prosthesis to be made for patients of the Schieffelin Institute of Health and Leprosy Research Centre. The shoes are made from a MCR rubber, made specially for Leprosy Patients. Each shoe/prosthetic is unique to the patient’s needs and require frequent repairs. Repairs can cost between 50P and £2, with shoes ranging from £4 to £100 depending on the intricacy of the prosthetic. Many of the patients at Schieffelin

In connection with HEAL, CMC Hospital doctor, Dr Archana, conducted health camps in the tribal areas of Karpanankollai, Jadayankollai, Attukondarai, and Pallumarathukollai in the Alleri area. The team Dr Archana took out included two of Seb’s Projects local health and development workers, Srinivasan and Louise. The team visited 42 patients in small hamlets covering a 25 km radius. The patients visited suffer from a variety of illnesses, including cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and

Two Chemical Engineering students from the Vellore Institute of Technology, Mithun Balraj and Sham Kumar, will be working on sustainable and easy-to-use solutions for purifying well water in the tribal villages. During the first week of August and along with Seb’s staff, they conducted the first assessment visit and water quality tests in Thandayankottai. Unsafe water cause many health problems, including diarrhea, fever, parasitic infections, which can cause seizures and bra

Chinnasamy is 55 year old man from a tiny hamlet called Karpanankollai consisting of only 3 houses. Chinnasamy’s occupation was cutting bamboo, which earned him 15,000rs per year. HEAL workers were asked to visit a sick relative of a woman in Thandayankottai. To get to Chinnasamy’s village requires over three hours of walking. On their way, the HEAL workers came across a group of thin, tired young men hauling something in a blanket. Inside the blanket was Chinnasamy with sev

Thanks to the generous donations from Helen Naftalin and Stephen Brearley, we are one step closer to building new toilets for the residents at Shanthigramam. We still need to raise a further £500, and will be hosting an illustrated lecture on Leonardo DaVinci by Lydia Bauman of the National Gallery to raise the funds. Watch this space for more details soon. #GetInvolved #Health #Donate #Leprosy

HEAL has expanded over the past few months. Please visit our other projects page to find out how. If you are interested in volunteering for HEAL or any other Sebastian Hunter Memorial Trust programs, please visit our volunteering page. #Health #GetInvolved

Seb’s Projects India has started a new table designing project with six of the Illuminae women. The women designed beautiful mosaics for six tables and will be completing more in the coming weeks. With two tables, they can pay 1 month’s rent. Once these initial projects are finished, we will work individually with each woman to see how we can link their own personal strengths to developing a skill that will provide a sustainable income, and monitor them through all the develo

This month, Seb’s Projects India have started looking into the root cause of Neurocysticercosis as well as ways to improve access to healthcare for the tribal communities in Jawadhi Hills. See Chinnasamy’s story. Anup and Gerri attended a workshop at CMC’s community health department, and are now qualified as facilitators to implement the Community Led Total Sanitation Scheme (CLTS), a workshop held in communities to motivate them to use local materials and labour to design t