Health camp, new clothes in Sundarbans before puja
Times of India | 27 September 2024
Kolkata: A host of events and workshops were held in the Sundarbans ahead of the puja for the well-being and empowerment of villagers. City-based Nature Mates-Nature Club conducted its third free cancer awareness camp to combat the rising incidence of cancer among women. It was held at Patharpratima island.
“Amongst 29 women, 22 were screened for cervical cancer.
We have now screened more than 130 for breast and cervix cancer across different blocks of Patharpratima and treated about 2%,” said Diya Banerjee, a cancer survivor and member of the NGO. Another camp has been lined up next week with ASHA workers.
City-based Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS) organized a workshop recently, ‘Training on Handicrafts’, at Kumirmari. It aimed to empower local women by enhancing their skills in creating handicrafts made from water hyacinth.
Kolkata’s Society for Heritage and Ecological Researches (SHER) distributed new clothes among 4,500 children from 14 villagers in the Sundarbans. It is also running a tailoring training centre and smart classroom at Pakhirala for the villagers.