Organizational Profile

BACKGROUND

Health Education and Literacy Programme is:

A non-governmental, Community Based, Primary Health Care Programme
Working in various katchi abadies of Karachi.
It was established in 1990 and registered with the GSSWD in 1991.
The Organization has tax exemption.

HELP comprises of professionals including:

Doctors
Chartered Accountant
Lawyers
Social workers

The Motto of the Project is SELF SUFFICIENCY

Aims at Social Mobilization and Self-Support

The organization's focus is on Healthcare for women of reproductive age and children pertaining to:

Reproductive health
Family planning
Nutrition
Early child development and pre-primary schooling
Immunization

Presently HELP is working in:

Neelam Colony
Lower Gizri
Khuda ki Basti (Karachi)

District Sanghar:

Taluka Shahdadpur

District Tharparkar:

Taluka Nagarparkar

Indicators

Following indicators are used to measure the objectives.

- Increased awareness regarding reproductive health.

- Increased in Contraceptive use rate.

- Decrease in the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases.

- Increased coverage of tetanus toxoid vaccination among women of child bearing age.

- Increased No. of Antenatal registration.

- Increased No. of Hospital deliveries.

- Increased EPI coverage.

- Decreased NMR, IMR, 5 years, MMR.

- Increase in children with normal nutrition status.

Objectives

1. To increase and improve existing services:

Increase in coverage of population in providing Ante-natal, Natal and Post-natal services

Family Planning and birth spacing motivation.

Increase awareness regarding reproductive health by.

Decreased incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among married couples.

Sustain 95 coverage of full immunization in children 5 years.

Provide nutrition counseling to women (IYCF and maternal nutrition) of target population.

Rehabilitation of malnourished children to normal nutritional status through counseling and dietary supplementation.

Provide medical treatment for common childhood illnesses.

2. Develop referral link with Community Hospitals:

Consolidate referral linkages with government Hospital, Maternity Houses, Green star (Family Planning) clinics.

Initiate referral linkage with private medical hospitals in vicinity of target areas.