Madhepura Community Health & Development Program of the Madhipura Christian Hospital
(A Unit of Emmanuel Hospital Association)
Location:
Madhepura is a district of Bihar state. It is situated in the plains of River Koshi and located in the Northeastern part of Bihar. This district is a part of Koshi region in Bihar. Madhepura district is surrounded by Araria and Supaul districts in the north, Khagaria and Bhagalpur districts in the south, Purnea district in the east and Saharsa district in the west.
The people of Madhepura district are subjected to various natural calamities perpetuated by the vagaries of the Koshi River in the form of flood, famine and drought.
Project Area:
Madhepura Community Health & Development Project is implementing its programs in 40 hamlets of five panchayats of Murliganj block which is a multi- hazard prone area.
Types of communities we serve:
Project is serving Schedule cast and schedule communities. Murliganj block has 20 Percent Scheduled Caste and 2 Percent Scheduled Tribe Population. The Project adopted 40 hamlets of five panchayat of the block, where Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe population is concentrated that is over 40 Percent.
Total target population:
The Project is serving marginalized Schedule caste and schedule tribe communities. Murliganj block has 20 Percent Scheduled Caste and 2 percent Scheduled Tribe Population. The Project adopted 40 hamlets of five panchayats of the block, where Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe population concentration is over 40 Percent.
Total target population: 29,000 .
Main Interventions:
The main interventions of the project are;
- Prevention of Child Trafficking
- Agriculture based livelihoods
- Health & Nutrition
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- Advocacy
Project impacts:
All villages are aware of child-trafficking & keep track of those who migrate out of their villages. In case individuals are missing for a longer period of time, the police are informed.
A village called Mokahi became a model village for all the neighboring villages, after adopting new agriculture technology (System of root Intensification) for rice & wheat. Today whole village is adopting modern technologies for agriculture. They were awarded by the District Agriculture Office as a Progressive Village. This intervention helped them to increase their income and food security, reducing the migration rate by 60% and they are able to send their children to regular schools for better education.
