TIDE trust
Tribal Integrated Development and Education
Outline
1. Philosophy
2. Approach
3. Work areas
4. Work in Dangs
Philosophy
Started by 10 diamond merchant friends in 2003
Integrated approach to tribal development while sustaining the tribal culture and heritage
Focus areas
o Healthcare
o Education
o Income Generation
o Vyasan Mukti (De-addiction)
o Preservation of Indigenous Faith and Culture
o Promotion of Rural Technology
Approach
Community Health Worker network – PMWs (Paramedial Workers)
Women’s Self Help Groups (SHGs)
Work in the most deprived areas
Work areas – 16 states – 5000+ villages
Biggest projects – Assam(1800 villages) and Gujarat(800 villages)
Work in Gujarat
o The Dangs (including Surgana block of Maharashtra)
o 496 villages
o 3,85,392 population
o Dharampur - Valsad district
o 304 villages – 2,84,732 population
Work in Dangs
PMW worker – 549 PMWs
A lady from the village – 8th standard – trained
Care for common ailments
Identify and refer patients
Health education
Identify needy families/individuals
SHG(Self Help Groups) – Sakhi Mandals
10-20 females from a village per group
1029 SHGs – 11658 SHG members – 17.8 cr
20-50 Rs individual savings per month
Government contribution and loans
Micro credit at reasonable interest rates
Eye care
Mobile eye team
Schools and villages
Spectacles distributed in the field ( ~ 1000 per
month)
Cataract surgery - referred
Referral of patients with major illnesses
Mobile Medical Team
Telepsychiatry program
MR(Manav Rahat) – Pension for the
needy
Old age, widow, no support, no addiction
596 beneficiaries – 400-1000 Rs per month
Other activities
Sale of sanitary napkins and other menstrual hygiene material at subsidised costs
De-addiction – tobacco, alcohol
Distribution of vegetable seeds, fruit saplings, etc
Distribution of mosquito nets, low smoke stoves(Damroo challah)
High protein supplements for TB patients
Employment generation – plant nurseries, farming
Purna clinic, Morzira
Comprehensive Primary Care
Co-ordinated care
Patient centred care
Integrated care
Affordable care
Team based care
Location
Services@ Purna clinic
Medical consultation
Physiotherapy
Dental services
Diagnostics –
Testing - Hb, Biochemistry – Sugar, Hba1c, Creatinine, Cholesterol; Urine – R/M; PSMP; Rapid tests –
Malaria, UPT, Others – Sickle cell – solubility test
Sample collection and transport at a higher lab
Pharmacy
Dressing and minor procedures – injectables, simple suturing, etc.
Telemedicine
Community outreach
COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION HEALTHY AGEING & GRAM VIKAS
Thank you !