Samhathi
SAMHATHI Hilfe für Indien Gemeinnütziger Verein
Mararikulam, Kerala, India
About
Founded in 1994, Samhathi is a non-governmental organisation based in Mararikulam, India working on poverty & hunger, health, children & youth +3 more.
Samhathi is an independent non-governmental organisation founded in 1994 in the Alleppey district of Kerala, South India. Based in Mararikulam, it works on a self-help principle to improve living conditions for the poorest, mainly fishing families on the coast between Kochi and Alleppey, regardless of religion, party or caste. Its projects cover palliative care, mobile health clinics, child sponsorship, education, vocational training, women's self-help groups, a people's bank and organic farming. Samhathi India is supported financially and ideally by the German and Austrian associations, Hilfe für Indien, which are run entirely by volunteers.
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Palliative Care Projekt
Health · India
Palliative care for patients, including monthly basic food rations for the poorest patients so they can take prescribed medicines.
Mobile ambulances
Health · India
Regular village visits by doctors and nurses to examine and treat children, refer cases to hospitals, and care for bedridden patients.
KIGE Children Health Care
Health · India
Child health care project in Kerala.
Women's self-help groups
Community development · India
Self-help network of women's groups forming the base of the organisation's work.
Peoples Bank
Poverty & Hunger · India
Bank founded to widen the economic base of poor people and free them from exploitative moneylenders.
Sponsorship programmes (Children, Family, Study Fund)
Children & Youth · India
Sponsorship of children's education, family support and study funding for successful graduates of the student home.
Career Garden
Employment & Skills · India
Training in business English, bookkeeping, computer use and personal development coaching to improve young people's start in working life.
Organic Farming
Poverty & Hunger · India
Biological farming operation run by a group of families under professional guidance.
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DESWOS, Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
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