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- Name
- Ruchira Neog
- How did you know about Constellation community?
- From a Constellatiom team member
- Organisation
- Voluntary Health Association of Assam
- About Me:
- I have been working with communities for the last two decades.
- My dream:
- To see communities live their dreams and aspirations
- I'm proud of:
- Being able to empathise with communities and understand the issues that concern them.
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Male Involvement in an Assamese Muslim Village
Seema Begum carries little brother Rafiqul, while Marshida looks on...sibling care in the village of Lormorgorhati in Kamrup...a sultry afternoon where we first play with the kids till the adults in the community gather...what was special...the encouraging male participation and involvement, the fact that male members in a minority community speak openly about family planning and family spacing...where they nudge their woman folk to open up and speak...a community that identifies their own task for the next few weeks...a village and a community that will forge ahead to realise their dreams and aspirations...
Ruchira Neog's Blog
Recognising Inner Strengths, Taking Collective Action and Fostering Ownership
Posted on October 29, 2018 at 11:00am 1 Comment 2 Likes
In Lormagorhati, a remote village of Kamrup, the youth and ladies in the community have realised that the sanitary latrines being provided to every home in the village are either made of sub-standard materials or that households are being left out. Based on a Self Assessment done by the community earlier, proper sanitation was an issue that they felt they were lagging behind on, so it became a part of their action plan. They would ensure that each household would be covered using sanitary…
ContinueA SALT Village After Our Hearts
Posted on July 12, 2018 at 3:30pm 0 Comments 4 Likes
A SALT village after our hearts...where a young husband ensures that his wife has her Ante Natal check up (ANC)...and so does a conscientious Mother in Law...two different generations bridged by the SALT approach and exemplary instances of male involvement and family concern for girls and women...an Aanganwadi Centre (AWC) throbbing with energy and exuberance where the responses of chirpy tots are a clear indicator of an enterprising and responsible Aanganwadi worker (AWW)...…
ContinueDoing a recce of where our dreams in SALT are leading us...
Posted on July 12, 2018 at 3:30pm 0 Comments 5 Likes
As the Sun beat down on us on a hot, sultry summer afternoon...the women in Jongakhali village in Kamrup district of Assam, were in turns shy and reticent, but it took a few moments for the reticence to change to expressions and words and confidence...as they admitted that they have dreams, but are wary to share them...they proudly show off…
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