Hindustan Times on Boat Clinics and flooded islands
For Rahima Khatun, whose one-year-old child has diarrhoea, and Jamila, who could not get medicines for her chronic body ache and fever, boat clinics have become the only mode of medical help during floods in Assam. At Goroimari, the char (riverine island) close to the Orang National Park in Morigaon district, they eagerly waited for…
Swedish Radio covers Boat Clinics
Swedish Radio Culture Correspondent, Naila Saleem and Arnab Dutta from CSE, New Delh accompanied by C-NES' Communications Officer Bhaswati Goswami visited a health camp conducted by the Nalbari Boat Clinic team on 19th November 2019. Here is the coverage- both as a news and feature piece. https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1650&artikel=7351128&fbclid=IwAR2-e-R0D506HsG4AhfK8AefJhX4mcYaBqUV98sP-IEl0KUj3z_p0zk3RIU
By the Brahmaputra:Vol 47
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 46
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 46) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter April – June 2019) Visitors from USAID and SAATHII A team comprising officials from USAID and SAATHII (Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India) visited the Brahmaputra Community Radio Station (BCRS) on 9th May 2019 and Jorhat Boat Clinic on 11th May…
By the Brahmaputra (January – March 2019)
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,…
Floating hospitals; A documentary by Lok Sabha TV
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…
By the Brahmaputra (October – December 2018)
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 44) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter October – December 2018) C-NES- Boll Project: The Assamese Sikhs: Negotiating Transitions Sanjoy Hazarika giving his remarks at the eventNiyati Singh presenting the reportManjit Singh speaks at the panelA section of the audience Heinrich Böll Stiftung in collaboration with C-NES and Majha House, a Punjab…
CNES hosts Myanmar government officials
C-NES hosted a 34 member team of the State Constitution Drafting Body Myanmar on a study tour to North East India. The event on "Building Partnerships,Learning from each other; North East India and Myanmar.Hectic sessions was held on 9th and 10th of December 2018- learning and sharing before they proceeded to Manipur. Mizoram was the…