By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 37) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter January – March 2017) Editorial Of Big Ideas and Litmus Tests for Sonowal Public memory is a fickle thing. Public aspirations soar at times of hope and opportunity, such as when the Bharatiya Janata Party led the assault on Congress strongholds in Assam last…
Children from the remote river island village of Majgaon in Tinsukia district on way to school in Madhupur island village as captured by the camera of a team member from the Tinsukia Boat Clinic. The problem of children accessing schools by going on canoes/dugouts without any safety equipment. They have a right to go safely…
Guwahati, 22nd May 2017: C-NES’ Jorhat Boat Clinic is probably the first in the country to be installed with solar power to run the entire medical and diagnostic equipment’s including a dental setup and a 50 ltr solar refrigerator to store vaccines. The boat now also has power supply available to cater to the entire…
The first reaction was a protective urge. They were just a little older than my first born and so innocently charming. "Everywhere we go we are asked about Tomaiina and bull fights, with young people singing the popular Bollywood number Senorita. Of course, we thoroughly enjoyed it. We did watch Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara before…
River Brahmaputra which flows across the Northeast Indian state of Assam, carves out a network of nearly 2,300 islands, isolating them from the mainland and excluding their inhabitants from access to basic infrastructure and health facilities. Based on her fieldwork, Anjali Mariam Paul describes the working of an innovative intervention in health communication – a…
Human resources for health are a critical building block of every health system. In India, the health system has struggled with the shortage and inequitable distribution of human resources, including the challenge of attracting and retaining health workers in remote settings. This blog, on the lives and work of crew aboard a mobile boat clinic,…
The boat clinic at Malkangiri, Odisha, launched on 2nd May 2017 was inspired by the success of C-NES' Boat Story. We wish this Boat Clinic all success in its noble mission of providing service to tribal populations in (Maoist ) disturbed areas. It may be mentioned that in 2015 the district administration of Malkangiri along with…
Who is the public health system actually catering to, if not these vulnerable women and children of the riverine islanders who actually are in dire need of these services? Do they not come under the MDG goal umbrella? Author(s): Anjali Paul | Posted on: Apr 10, 2017 http://www.esocialsciences.org/Articles/show_Article.aspx?qs=+30QEbn3Sin1XnvhkfnzXVMpYu7w83gG7XAQhjbRJx5JvXK7N5iWCi/2rwY2lAl+6oxpsYPCEUch+Ij7qcM7DA==
The link to an article written by C-NES intern, Anjali Paul doing her M.A.Development Azim Premji University, about the riverine islanders in Assam http://www.esocialsciences.org/Articles/show_Article.aspx?qs=+30QEbn3Sin1XnvhkfnzXVMpYu7w83gG7XAQhjbRJx5JvXK7N5iWCi/2rwY2lAl+6oxpsYPCEUch+Ij7qcM7DA==
“The governments’ failure to deliver more effectively on human development indicates they need to look for new models and replicate them, taking advantage of NGO initiatives and their ability to provide services as effectively as the Brahmaputra boats do” Sir Mark Tully. Follow the link for more http://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/to-change-india-we-need-a-state-ngo-collaboration/story-7qnMxnsszPVhP5IEnFpsCL.html