On April 26, 2020, when the Dhemaji Boat Clinic was on its way to conduct a routine health camp in Pakhoriguri – one of the 2500 saporis or riverine islands situated across the 891 km long course of the river Brahmaputra in Assam – the clinic received a call to change course. They were asked…
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…
Guwahati: Health workers of the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) of all the 15 boat clinics across Assam have been issuing a three-pronged attack against COVID-19 to all the river island dwellers of the state. Apart from providing preliminary check-ups, they are also spreading awareness over COVID-19. The workers are also…
Fighting Covid 19. The Boat Clinic health workers carry on with their challenging work - with dedication, determination and sincerity. In this case, giving regular awareness on the pandemic and preventive measures to be taken the insular communities the Boat Clinics serve - the river island dwellers Fighting Covid 19. Our health workers carry on…
C-NES and the Boat Clinics gets the Healthcare Excellence Award 2020 in the category" Excellence in Outreach Healthcare" yesterday at a function held at Guwahati's Radisson Blu Hotel on 27th February 2020. Programme Manager Ashok Rao and Communications Officer Bhaswati Goswami received the trophy and the certificate from the Assam Minister of State for Health and…
On the occasion of World Radio Day 2020, Brahmaputra Community Radio Station (BCRS) or Radio Brahmaputra as it is commonly known, was awarded the Community Radio of the year at the 6th International Radio Fair at Bhubaneswar by the Minister of Revenue & Disaster Management of Odisha Government, Sudam Marndi. Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Minister (MOS, Ind. Charge)…
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…
उभरता पूर्वोत्तर/लहरों पर तैरता अस्पताल असम के कुल भूखंड में से करीब 6 फीसद हिस्सा नदी द्वीप क्षेत्र है। जहां असम की कुल जनसंख्या में से करीब 10 फीसद आबादी रहती है। यानी करीब 30 लाख लोग इन द्वीप गांवों में रहते हैं। असम में 13 जिले नदियों के किनारे स्थित हैं। ब्रह्मपुत्र नदी अपने…
