THE KOLHAPUR CAMP--
A health and hygiene campaign
has been implemented for the last five years at Kolhapur-Karanjphen. LAST year(2008) about 16,300 students and villagers availed of medical examinations. Accordingly medIcines were distributed and treatment advised. Many were given spectacles. .Tests like the ECG, the sonography, X-ray, etc. and even dental check-ups and treatment are conducted free of cost. Besides, 7634 students were examined medically and were then given uniforms (2 sets each and so 15,268 sets), sports material, caps, slippers, etc. all free ofcost so that they attend school regularly. The uniforms
thus distributed are made from the fabric woven from the yarn that results from the ‘vastra project’ (charkha project) under the 13 point programme. The volunteers themselves spin the charkha and the yarn produced is used to make uniforms for the needy students. Till date, 4000 charkhas have yielded 1,58,700 metres of fabric resulting in 71,376 uniform sets that were received by 35,683 needy students.
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