C-NES Newsletter(For the period January– March 2022) Help Age India Consultative Understanding the Health and Care needs of Elderly and Community: a consultative was organized on 17 Feb. 2022 by Help Age India at the Conference Hall of the Social Welfare Department, Government of Assam. Esteemed members are requested to kindly attend and make it…
C-NES Newsletter (For the period October– December 2021) Workshop on Health and Nutrition The State Alliance on Food, Health and Nutrition, of which C-NES is a part, was formed soon after the onset of the pandemic in May 2020 with the involvement of Oxfam. The Alliance has been pushing to set up nutritional kitchen gardens…
C-NES Newsletter C-NES' Boat Clinics won a certificate of appreciation from the Government of Assam's Health and Family Welfare Department for dedicated and selfless service to the most marginalized, impoverished communities inhabiting the Brahmaputra river islands during the Covid 19 pandemic. The award was handed over by the state Health Minister. Boat Clinic in Covid…
C-NES Newsletter(For the quarter July- September 2020) The Tinsukia Boat Clinic celebrates the Indian Independence Day onboard on 15th August 2020. On way to conduct health camps in flooded island villages As floods ravage Assam once again and fear of the pandemic looms large, this is how the Boat Clinics work. Every year, every monsoon-facing…
C-NES Newsletter (Vol: 49)(For the quarter January- March 2020) Knowledge Fair New York based story teller Laura Simms introducedLaura addresses the participantsAn interactive session in progress at the Knowledge Fair Laura Simms, a New York-based award-winning performer, writer, and educator advocating storytelling as compassionate action for personal and community transformation was the resource person at…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 48) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter October – December 2019) From The Field Awareness on IDD by Boat Clinic Units: Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) constitute the single largest cause of preventable brain damage worldwide. Majority of consequences of IDD are invisible and irreversible but at the same time these are preventable.…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 47) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter July – September 2019) As floods ravage the northeast Indian state of Assam once again, this is how the Boat Clinic teams work, every year, every monsoon. Facing an angry river,the flood fury, wading through knee high water, walking for miles and reaching out to…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 45) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter January – March 2019) C-NES at Arogya launch event Programme Manager Ashok Rao and Communications Officer Bhaswati Goswami attended the launch event of Arogya, a community based intervention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) organized by Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) on 12th February,…
