T.H.I.S.

Underprivileged Child
JUNE 2019 EDITION
VOLUME - 6

The Underprivileged children of Tribal villages in Salur needs T.H.I.S improves lives of underprivileged children:
help T.H.I.S project
as living under poor and unhygienic circumstances, the
children get exposed to the harsher realities of life. Identified the cause: T.H.I.S project identified the causes of
Underprivileged children lose their right to emotional, physical
poverty and helping them. The causes being – Rapidly rising
and social development and are more likely to have depression,
low self esteem, lack of sleep and nutrition etc. population; Low productivity in agriculture; Underutilized
resources; Low rate of economic development; Price rise;
Poverty is undoubtedly one of the major causes of this plight. Lack Unemployment; Shortage of capital and Able Entrepreneurship;
of education being the second culprit. At present, around 30% of Social Factors and Political factors.
our population is residing below poverty line, i.e. these people are
financially poor and unable to meet their needs of food and shelter,
basic necessities basic while the later means the difference in the
income of individuals. In Tribal villages in Salur, whenever we
talk about poverty, we mean absolute poverty.

Poverty and underprivileged children: A child born to poor parent

means total exposure to malnutrition, diseases, inferior living
conditions, inadequate sanitation. The main reasons for poverty
in Tribal village in Salur are: Rapidly rising population; Low
productivity in agriculture; Underutilized resources; Low rate of
economic development; Price rise; Unemployment; Shortage of
capital and Able Entrepreneurship; Social Factors and Political
factors. Not just the government, but all the people of India need Spread Awareness: T.H.I.S project has Adopted 3 Tribal
to focus on the eradication of poverty, villages, and many social welfare schemes. T.H.I.S project task is
to provide such schemes to the target audiences so that poor people
There are many non-government organizations that are working
towards poverty eradication, but the success rate is very meagre. can raise their children in a better way.
The reason is simple, lack of people’s participation. We can’t
eradicate poverty without people’s active participation. There is
no denying of the fact that more supportive hands can share the
burden easily, so everyone must join hands to address the plight of
underprivileged children.

Schools: T.H.I.S project provides free uniforms, shoes, books and

stationery to underprivileged children in the 3 adopted tribal
villages in Salur. Every week monitoring is done by Philadelphia
community hospital, Salur nurses and the community manger to
check their personal hygiene, neatness, nutrition, healthcare and
discipline for betterment of these tribal children.

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AIM & Objectives

≥ To identify any clinical problem as early as possible among targeted Tribal Children
≥ To impart Health education on healthy diet, nutrition, hygiene and safety and conduct school medical checkups.
≥ To provide free medicines to common ailments and refer complicated cases to Philadelphia Community Hospital.
Profile of the 3 Villages Adopted by T.H.I.S project

1. Chinna Cheepuru Valsa 2. Pedda Cheepuru Valasa 3. Panasalapadu

Chinna Cheepuru Valasa village comes under Pachipenta Mandal of Vizianagram District. The village is located around 9 k.m
distance from Philadelphia leprosy Hospital, Salur. The population of the village is around 380 and having 75 houses. The main
occupations of the villager are daily labour, farming and wood cutting. Most of them are below poverty lines. The adult go for work in
the morning and come back in evening. They cook only once in the evening, eat dinner and kept the remains for morning breakfast. The
money what they earn 70% spend on alcohol consumptions. There is no savings .They cannot have one day assured meal. If someone
get sick they have to depend on Govt.Hospital at Pachipenta or Salur, which does not have the caring elements. The Govt. run school
has 1 to 5 classes having the total student’s strength of 20. .

Pedda Cheepuru Valasa village comes under Pachipenta Mandal of Vizianagram District. The village is located around 7 k.m
distance from Philadelphia leprosy Hospital, Salur. The population of the village is around 900 and having 200 houses. The main
occupations of the villager are daily labour, farming and wood cutting. Most of them are below poverty lines. The adult go for work in
the morning and come back in evening. They cook only once in the evening, eat dinner and kept the remains for morning breakfast. The
money what they earn 70% spend on alcohol consumptions. There is no savings .They cannot have one day assured meal. If someone
get sick they have to depend on Govt.Hospital at Pachipenta or Salur, which does not have the caring elements .The Govt. run school
has 1 to 5 class having the total students strength of 46. .

Panasalapadu village comes under Pachipenta Mandal of Vizianagram District. The village is located around 8 k.m distance from
Philadelphia leprosy Hospital, Salur. 4 wheeler (13 seater) vehicles cannot reach this village. One has to park the vehicle and walk
about 1 k.m to reach this village. The population of the village is around 200 and having 33 houses, most of them were migrated from
nearby Orissa state. The main occupation of the villager is daily labour, farming and wood cutting. All of them are below poverty lines.
The adult go for work in the morning and come back in evening. They cook only once in the evening, eat dinner and kept the remains for
morning breakfast. The money what they earn 70% spend on alcohol consumptions. There is no savings .They cannot have one day
assured meal. If someone get sick they have to depend on Govt.Hospital, which does not have the caring elements. The Govt. run
school has 1 to 5 class having the total students strength of 31 the main motivation / attraction for the children to come to the school is
Mid day meal which is provided in the school during lunch time. And the sad thing is during Holiday like Sunday when no mid day
meals provided, children spend their days without food whole day.

T.H.I.S (Tribal Health In Salur)

In Partnership with Philadelphia Community Hospital, Salur
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 THERE IS A LOT TO OFFER AT THE GRASS ROOTS OF COMMUNITIES IN
RURAL SALUR TO MAKE CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES.

T.H.I.S. helped a tribal Girl Child from Severe Tooth problems

Chelluri Parvathi is a 7 years old girl child from the adopted village of
Peddachipuruvalasa of T.H.I.S Project in Salur. She is from a very poor family, she is
studying in second standard and was identified by our nurse Mrs Vijaya, the incharge
of the Child clinic, on 25th June 2019 suffering with a severe dental pain and couldn’t go
to any hospital due to the poverty. Community Manager Mr Lazarus brought the
child to Philadelphia Community Hospital and was examined by Dr Anuradha
Edward the Dental Surgeon who found out that she had acute pulpits in her deciduous
teeth, dental caries and root stumps. Medicines were prescribed and X rays taken. On
examination she was found to have root stump 84, caries on 64,65,74,75,84, and
tenderness on 65,85. Pulpectomy on 65,85 and restorations on 64,74,75,done and
Extraction 84 done under local anaesthesia. She had been advised to attend to all the
appointments. Thanks to T.H.I.S FOR THE HELP TOWARDS
UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN OF TRIBAL AREA OF SALUR.

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 AWAITING FOR HELP

Mamidi Hari Prasad is from Boruchadra village in Santabommali Mandal, Srikakulam District. He is 16 years of age and lost his father at the age
of 4 years. His father Late Rajulu died of a road accident and his mother, Mamidi Aadamma is a house wife from a poor family and is weak and frail.
After the father’s death the mother worked in different places to earn their living and many days they are left hungry. They do not have industries or
farming or daily labour works to give them employment in the place they live because it is a backward tribal area so she used to go for 100 days
employment through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). Hari Prasad stays in a small shed i n their
village with his mother. His Elder Sister is married and stays in Palasa, a small town in Srikakulam District. When Hari Prasad was 8 years he was
put in a electrical shop in Hyderabad for work, and he used to send some money to his mother too. Hari Prasad studied while working and passed
10th standard and last year when he came for a festival to his village he found out that he is having claw hand, foot drop and Lagophthalmos. He then
visited Srikakulam government hospital for checkups and came to know that he has leprosy and immediately the doctors put him on MDT
medication. He was in great depression due to shattered dreams and was angry that he was cursed by God. He did not have strength to lift heavy
things or do any kind of electrical work and got blisters and ulcers due to the heavy work when he joined back. Hari was removed out of work and
went back to his village for taking treatment. He doesn’t want to continue his studies as he is afraid that he will be ill-treated by the community.
This made the poor mother worry and she wept about his career. Philadelphia Community Hospital, Salur, came to know about Hari Prasad and the
Counsellor and Community Health Manager of the hospital travelled about 275 kilometres to his place and counselled him and his mother. They
explained about the disease and this brought them back the hope to live. They said that he will become normal after the five surgeries required are
done. They also promised to refer him to The Leprosy Mission Training centre in Vizianagaram to be able to stand on his own feet working as a
bread winner of the family.

Your generous contribution will make a difference to the lives of people affected by leprosy in India.

Payment by cheque : You can send your donations by cheque in favour of P L HOSPITAL, payable at Salur. Payment by NEFT payment: You can send your donations

through Transfer / NEFT: P L HOSPITAL, A/c no: 11370742563, State Bank of India, Salur branch (00914), IFS code: SBIN0000914

All donations to The Leprosy Mission Trust India are eligible for 50% tax relief under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

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WORD OF THE MONTH

Joshua 1:7-9 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the Law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left,
that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of Law depart from your mouth. Meditate on it day and night, so that you may be
careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Deuteronomy 31:8 The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you. There are two kinds of success in life. First success is that fulfils God’s will in
your life. Second success is when you go alone and make yourself a famous name and immense amount of money. When you put God first, then the
plan will carry on and, it will not only be successful, it gives you immense satisfaction. Real success is putting God in first place and allowing God
to do everything for you. Besides whatever project you are doing putting God in the front runs for ever. In comparison the project you do for your own
sake and for your name runs short of fuel soon. Would you like that sort of success? Think about it!

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