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CINI will provide staff to upskill and support existing government healthcare workers to reduce rates of severe malnutrition across tea plantations. We will support monthly village health and nutrition days where we will improve monitoring and screening of malnourished mothers and children.
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Situation
Reports indicate that nearly 100 workers have died due to starvation on tea plantations in West Bengal in the past 3 months. Extreme poverty, fuelled by cripplingly low wages and social isolation, had already led to severe malnutrition issues in the area. COVID 19 caused many plantations to close and many migrant workers to return to their rural homes bringing COVIS 19 with them. This has added even more pressure to an extremely delicate situation.
Solution
CINI will employ 4 community workers to work across 5 vulnerable tea plantation communities. The community workers will work with and provide training to the 330 existing government Anganwadi workers to set up monthly screening of children;to directly monitor and link identified malnourished children with extra support; and to ensure pregnant women have access to proper antenatal and postnatal care and attend all healthcare appointments. We will provide weekly education sessions for mothers.
