Women Health & Empowerment Activities by SUNDESH
                     WOMEN HEALTH & EMPOWERMENT 
ACTIVITIES BY SUNDESH
Menstrual health is crucial to the 
overall well-being of every woman. It 
is also amongst the most 
challenging development issues 
today, particularly in the developing 
world, with lack of awareness, old 
mindsets, customs and institutional 
biases preventing women from 
getting the menstrual health care 
they need. Statistics suggest that 
women in the unorganized sector 
are more susceptible to menstrual 
infections due to poor sanitation 
facilities and lack of awareness. To 
bridge this need gap, SUNDESH 
Chairperson Mrs. Indira Burman had 
spearheaded a special initiative on 
menstrual hygiene in rural india, 
especially for women from rural 
India and underprivileged sections of 
the society.
We commenced our Woman Skill Development Centres, also known as 
Nari Shakti Kendras with a Cutting-Tailoring Training Centre in 1994-95, 
offering tailoring training to women between the age group of 15 and 
35 years. Our first Cutting-Tailoring Training Centre was set up in 
village Shaulana. This activity has since been extended to cover 
several villages in the vicinity.
Even after seven decades of 
Independence, the discrimination 
against girls is still rampant in India. 
As part of its efforts to nurture the girl 
child and provide her equal 
opportunities, SUNDESH along with 
Dabur India Ltd crafted an integrated 
programme for improving her health 
& nutrition, besides ensuring her 
safety. As the implementing partner 
self defence training program in Uttar 
Pradesh, SUNDESH has been working 
towards giving the girl child the right 
opportunities to nurture her talent 
and skills, and help her excel in 
different areas of life. The programme 
operates on four key pillars of:
Safe and Nutritious Food
Promoting Kitchen Garden
Self-Defence Training
Promoting Health Care
Considering the special needs of rural 
women, SUNDESH started organising 
breast cancer free check up camps 
with a female doctor. The programme 
was conducted jointly with the Centre 
for Agrarian Research, Training, and 
Education (CARTE) and Chunni Lal 
Medical Trust.
The camps allow women to assess 
their risk of breast cancer and other 
health issues.
Community Health workers are 
trained and skilled female workers 
of Sundesh at village level. The 
purpose of this initiative is to 
monitor the health status of women 
at village level.
These health workers with the help 
of ASHA didi’s are not only creating 
awareness but also providing 
proper suggestion for any heath 
complexities of women. The health 
workers of Sundesh monitor 
maternal health program  the 
health of pregnant ladies and 
encourage them to go for proper 
ANC checkups and follow the 
balance diet at the period of 
pregnancy.
They also help Sundesh Assistance 
Project Coordinator for health to 
conduct awareness meeting for 
child and mother care.
Contact Us 
Address: Sustainable Development Society 22 Site-IV, Sahibabad, 
201010
Email : [email protected]
Phone: +91 753 500 5783
Website:  http://sundesh.org/about-sundesh.php