Hamara Milan

Hamara Milan is the similar 'meaningful engagement' but with the adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers. It was conceived by team 5 with the idea of providing some life-based domestic skills to the local girls which includes vocational training also. However, reshaped by the team 6, Hamara Milan now has a broader canvas which includes in itself also the pregnant women and lactating mothers of the community along with the adolescent girls. The core principle of the concept, Hamara Milan is to provide RCH (Reproductive and Child Health) services along with imparting the domestically useful skills. Considering the social structure of the community, it was difficult to bring the girls and boys together at a similar platform. Hence a separate platform was created for the girls of the community. Hamara Milan is a platform wherein the girls can come together to discuss their issues and get the opinion of others as well. The experiences of the initial days were very rich. It was found that initially the girls were not sharing their problems, however with the rigorous attempts of our volunteers; these girls are now actively sharing their views. Hamara Milan has also motivated two girls to volunteer for Hamari Paathshaala run by DSW. Although in its embryonic stage, the components of Hamara Sankalp and Hamara Milan are already yielding results for the process of community development at Dafarka, Triveniganj.