Volunteer /Internship & Student Study Tour Program At HEEALS

by Sylvie Hughes  Gurgaon,India 5th November 2013 Child marriage in India affects a huge  portion of adolescent girls in the country.  With 47% of girls in India marrying below the legal minimum age of 18,  India has the highest number of child brides than any other nation in the world.  However, despite its huge  number of illegal marriages, in October India refused to sign the first ever UN resolution against the practice of child marriage – an initiative which is being supported by 107 other countries worldwide. Child brides face a multitude of serious mental and physical health problems.  Young married  girls face problems of sexual and domestic abuse, causing high rates of severe depression.  Girls as young as 13 drop out of school once they get married, and as a result they are unable to continue their education or seek help. The section of society who are the most in need of education, health and hygiene awareness are unable to access  it. This leads to  an increase in

  Water Sanitation Menstrual Hygiene & Girl Education Awareness Project Learn Hand washing & Hygiene Practice Through Games & Multimedia.   Promoting awareness among children about Handwash & Menstrual Hygiene through games and multimedia. Games and Multimedia played a very important role in creating awareness among school children about Hand wash and Menstrual Hygiene. We created four different Games for children and we called them as WASH Games. Our Games are as follows : 1.a) Sanitation search,b) Hygiene ladder, c) Wash card ,d) Poster and Quiz., 2).In Multimedia children watch Cartoon Films on Hand Wash & Menstrual Hygiene. 3) Super Wash Drama: 2 children chosen to act as Super Wash stars. It is very interactive for children to learn hygiene practice and Helps children in memorising the techniques about Hand wash and menstrual hygiene. We played four different types of games with children and also showing videos of Hand wash and Menstrual Hygi

According to Webster’s dictionary, a volunteer is a person who voluntarily undertakes or  expresses a willingness  to undertake a service and citizenship is the  character  of an individual viewed as a member of society; behavior in terms of the duties, obligations, and functions of a citizen. When willingness and character combine, the results are amazing; they create a community RICH in assets. Volunteering for some work for helping somebody from the time immemorial is considered to be as the work of God , and a volunteer a messenger of the god  According to Great  Mahatma  Gandhi he said that , " if you feel very sad or very lonely or depressed , help a weeping child to make him or her happy, help a poor mother , help a poor  man , the feeling the happiness you will get is above all else and you will proud of your self ". Not only Volunteering helps a person gaining his confidence , but it  also  locates his desire ,  his willingness to support , to help to

Volunteers have healthier cardiovascular systems Heart health improves after 10 weeks' volunteering The most empathetic see the greatest health benefits Older volunteers are less likely to be depressed By  JENNY HOPE Being a volunteer is good for the heart as well as the soul, claim researchers. A new study shows even at a young age, people who volunteer have healthier cardiovascular systems that could stave off heart disease. The study found improvements in several measurements of heart health among volunteers after just 10 weeks of taking part in community programmes. Even at a young age, people who volunteer have healthier cardiovascular systems Experts say the research adds to evidence that giving time and energy to help others not only makes people feel good, it has a positive effect on physical wellbeing. Researcher Hannah Schreier, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, said: ‘The volunteers who reported the greatest increases

GAIA HEALTH U.K. - Program of Hope for India’s Girls Imagine having no choice but to relieve yourself out in the open, in front of anyone who’s there? That’s the reality for millions of poor girls in India. HEEALS is a charity that’s working to end that lack of the basic right to sanitation. It’s changing lives. Girls who’d had no chance in life now have a future. The effects of not having adequate toilet facilities on girls are terrible. They have no choice but to perform this vital function publicly. Read The Eye Opening Article by - Heidi Stevenson : http://gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2013-02-15/heeals/

The Role of Sanitation in Girl Child Education - A Documentary Film by HEEALS  Please Click on the following link to Watch Documentary Film :-  YouTube :-  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-_2hGn_ebY   OR  Vimeo    :-  https://vimeo.com/58771979 Heeals is a Non Profit Organisation registered under the Indian Government societies act 21 of 1860 A vibrant civil society organization aims to safeguard health, environment, education and livelihood to promote sustainable development of society. Through The Medium of Documentary Film and Art we are trying to create Awareness Among the Masses about Girl Child Education , Menstrual Hygiene, Sanitation and Safe Drinking Water and trying to relate how Girl Child education is directly suffering due to bad sanitation facilities , unsafe drinking water and lack of knowledge to obtain the same. For suggestions , feedback related to the documentary please contact us at communications@heeals.org  To support our work and help us in o

We Can't Do it Alone ,  We Need Your Support !!! To Provide awareness regarding Girl Child Education , Menstrual Hygiene ,Girls Toilet , Sanitation and Safe Drinking Water , to thousands of families to make there lives Healthy and Happier !!! Please Support Our Fundraising Campaign To Reach Out To 25,000 Targeted Families In 5 States of India PLEASE MAKE THIS PICTURE YOUR COVER PAGE JUST FOR A DAY AT LEAST ! DONATE & SHARE AT : http://igg.me/p/310655/x/1003631