Project Mitwa Mahila Kalyan Evam Seva Samiti (MMKSS)

Suhana Pravin, an adolescent girl from Chuchuhiyapara slum is a regular member of adolescent collective. She and other 12 girls regularly organize meetings in the slums on issues related to child rights like education and health. In the month of Nov 2021, she with support from project staff and members of collectives visited households of minority communities in the slum and motivated 12 women to get COVID-19 vaccination. Project beneficiaries like Jamira Nisha, a minority woman, have been immensely helped by her and the girls collective effort. Now 12 other minority women have been fully vaccinated despite so many misconceptions prevalent in their respective households. Suhana says that the CRY project has helped them build confidence in her so that she can raise the voices in the community related to various issues. Jamira says that the collective is doing a wonderful job by creating awareness in the community. If the project would not have been there it would not have been possible to break the superstitions related to vaccination. Similarly adolescent collectives from other slum i.e. Yadavpara with support from CRY and Mitwa staff has discussed the issue of vaccination in the slum area of Yadavpara and organized a vaccination camp in Nov 2021 and helped 250 community members to get vaccinated.

People like Suhana are the changemakers in the community who are helping us reach our vision.