Dated 16 December 2007

Venue: MELAD COWK GOATH MEHRO - UC JINDO MISSON at 01:00 pm

Organized By: Kissan Welfare Association Bahawalpur

 

Background

KWA® is working with unicef on Health & Hygiene issues under the name of CAP Community Action process in august 2007.
Under CAP (Community Action Process) KWA will work on its FFS approach for improving the Health & Hygiene issues in two Union councils (Jindo Massion & 24-BC). KWA will establish 10 FFS, 10 WOS & 10 CEC in each UC which will work according to the core of project Development by People
In all activities communities will be involved through participatory process and responsibilities will be shared.
The three main activities
1-Vaccination,
2-Health hazards
3-Awareness and sanitation
will be easily placed in the training curriculum.
When the grass root level organizations like Rural groups and community based organizations are involved in such activities the sustainability is no more a problem. KWA would try to increase the community participation and would bridge gap between community & services providing agencies, NGOs & Govt. Departments.
KWA has started CAP activities from 4th of august 2007 in both union councils Jindo Misson & 24-BC. For this purpose one Project Coordinator & 12 Field Facilitators (6 male & 6 female) have been appointed (3 male & 3 Female Field facilitators for each Union councils)
KWA selected those areas of both U.Cs which were neglected previously or which are away from main localities and EPI coverage was very low, for establishing FFS, WOS & CEC.

Purpose of Activity
To maximize the awareness of community toward Vaccination, Health hazards Awareness and sanitation KWA organized a Community Active Theaters U.C Jindo Misson on 16 December 2007.

Summary

Melad Chowk Goath Mehroo

Community members started gathering at venue from 11:00am. this activity was arranged by KWA. All the arrangements were made by Mr. Haji Muhammad Iqbal finance Secretary, Mr. Sabir Hussain Press Secretary and field facilitators of KWA including the facilitators of CAP. Program started at 01:00 pm with the recitation of Holy Quran by Haji Muhammd Iqbal the finance Secretary of KWA. Mr. Sabir Hussain presented the progress review of KWA.
Then Ms Salma the facilitator of KWA told all the participants briefly about the activities CAP (Community Action Process) to all the participants.

There were about 5000-6000 persons including women & children were present there.
Then a speech competition was held among Children from different CEC established in U.C Jindo Misson told all the participants in their speeches about health and Hygiene issues in very simple and convincing way. Mr. Haji Muhammad Iqbal & Mr. Sabir Hussain from KWA gave them prizes.
From District Health Department Bahawalpur, Dr. Zakir Ali also appreciated this activity.

Play Presented By Local Participants
Then a group of Young volunteers from FFS of CAP participants of Basti Bhatiyaan and Facilitators of KWA wrote the script of play which was presented in a beautiful and convening way in local language (Sarikei). Main theme of the play was to enhance the role of vaccination in health of children. They presented two village families. 1st one didn't pay attention toward vaccination and other health & hygiene issues, not cooperating vaccinator and LHWs. 2nd family got vaccinated her women & children on time and cooperate properly with health team. While they acted and shown community that one child from 1st family got Polio and then they realized about the worth and importance of mother and child. This was a very touching and convincing play. Nazim of U.C Jindo Misson Malik Muhammad Iqbal also appreciated this and gave them 1000 rupees as prize.

  

After the play of FFS participants. Actress Miss Alishba, who was playing the role of a Fairy named as Achi Pari came on the stage. Most of the children were much excited. She welcomed all of them and then she got involved all the children in the play and invited famous Zakota Jinn( Munna Lahori). All the participants especially women and children were much excited and in the play
Zakoota Jinn put emphasis on the role of
vaccination in health. He got promise from
all the children that they would always help
in vaccination of their young brothers &
sisters. All the children promised to do so.

The way of all the artists for involving the community was much impressing for all of us especially all the children were much involved in the activity and showing great deal of response to all the artists.
In the next session of theater Hamoon Jadoger came on the stage who also presented the beautiful tricks and throw light on the impotence of washing hands and use of safe drinking water in our daily routine can be very beneficial for our health. All of us should make our children and others other community members habitual in washing hands especially after using toilets. They also put emphasis on the role every individual in development. All the community members should play their role in development.
All the children promised to use safer drinking water and will make washing hands their habit especially before eating and after using toilets.

He also advised all the people to make toilets in their homes in very interesting way.
In the end all of the artists and president and members of KWA thanked all the participants. In the end Mr. Nasir Sarwar President of KWA thanked all community members. This activity ended at 05:00pm.