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Developing Together: m-Mitra project, partner NGO’s meeting

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Mumbai Smiles member registering a beneficiary from the community

A child is the most precious gift a woman can create. However in the current century, just giving birth to a child is not sufficient. Taking care of their health is equally important for the ‘gift’ to benefit the larger society. The Millennium Development goals greatly emphasize on this factor. Health of the infant should be taken care of right from the day the mother conceives.  With these goals in mind Mumbai Smiles recently launched the m-Mitra project (Click here to read the article) in collaboration with Armman foundation and international body MAMA (Mobile Alliance for maternal action) to provide voice-call health advice for pregnant women and lactating mothers.

As a part of developing the project and ensuring smooth functioning, a meeting was organized for all partner NGOs on 27th November 2014. This meeting was attended by all the Program Officers and Field Coordinators involved in the project. The meeting began with the brief introduction of all NGO partners namely Apnalaya, Niramaya, CCDT, UAPHE, Parivartansheel Sanstha and Mumbai Smiles. Around 30 members participated in this meeting which was held in the office of Parivartansheel Sanstha. A detailed presentation was conducted on mMitra Project by ARMMAN Team emphasizing mainly on the need for such intervention. There was interaction with data entry team from ARMMAN. They shared their concerns and highlighted specific areas which must be filled while registering women. There were deliberations with regards to DND deactivation from service beneficiaries mobile, different ways to carry out awareness activities for mMitra Project for more visibility, reaching out to key stakeholders. Further, partner NGOs shared the field level difficulties while registering women under mMitra Project. Meeting ended with different innovative ideas and suggestions from partner NGOs to ensure effective implementation of the mMitra Project.

Such meetings help to stay connected with the larger goals and ensure that every element of the project is working towards the same goal. The meeting helped in involving every individual of the project with the beneficiary’s needs.

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Mumbai Smiles m-Mitra team attending the meeting with other partner NGO members

 

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Facilitating the meeting

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