In partnership with Ruma Devi’s NGO Gramin Vikas Evam Chetna Sansthan, initiatives will be launched
Alisha Moopen, Deputy Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare has led Aster Volunteers, the global CSR arm of Aster DM Healthcare, to partner with India’s well-known rural activist Ruma Devi, a Nari Shakti Puraskar 2018 awardee to provide health access to the rural household in Barmer, Rajasthan. Announced on occasion of International Women’s Day, the partnership will see Aster Volunteers and Ruma Devi collaborating to improve access to primary healthcare services for the rural population of the Barmer District, alongside launching women empowerment initiatives.
The mobile clinic called as ‘Aster Volunteers Mobile Medical Services’ to cater to the villages of Barmer, Rajasthan and will provide primary health check-ups, medical eye exam, health education and training. The women empowerment initiatives would start with education and training for the rural women to manage their own health alongside the required medical examination, and also teach them to manage their families’ health like vaccination for their children, hygiene and sanitisation, awareness on different diseases. This would be further followed by skill development training for rural women which will enable them to earn their own livelihood. The initiatives will further support rural artisan women to enhance their skill sets, help them source material and also market their products.
Talking about initiative, Alisha Moopen said, “Women are the centre of caring of their family. With programs like these, we can educate the women better so that she is enabled and empowered to take better care of herself and her whole family. In villages, where most of them live as big joint families, this would mean caring for old, young and for herself better. However, the health of a women particularly in the rural household is the most neglected. The notion that her health is least priority has been weaved into her. We are glad to partner with Ruma Devi and support her in her journey to improve the health and welfare of these women and in-turn empower them to support their families’ welfare.”
“We are really glad that Aster Volunteers and Ms. Alisha Moopen have decided to join our cause and see value in the work that we are doing for the upliftment of the villages of Barmer, Rajasthan. We are eagerly looking forward to take our partnership forward,” said Ruma Devi.
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