Gramashri Medical, BalaVikas Camp and Skills development awareness for women at Ratnapur on Sunday, 20th July, 2025

Medical Camp Highlights:

* Around 118 patients received free health check-ups and medicines.
* Common health issues included diabetes, high blood pressure, body pains, fever, and infections.
* Vitals were noted for all patients.

Bala Vikas Camp Highlights :

* Total around 120 children participated in the camp.

Activities included:

* Prayers and bhajans
* Value education through stories and quotes by Swami Vivekananda
* Health and nutrition awareness by the doctors
* Career guidance for 10th-grade students
* Coloring and games for younger children
* Distribution of til laddus, fruits, milk, and biscuits

Skill Development Awareness Drive:

* A door-to-door campaign was conducted to gather women and create awareness about available skill development opportunities

* Met with Village Organizer Assistant (VOA) enquired about active women groups within the mandal and interacted with the women of Ratnapur.
* 10 women have participated and gained awareness about various skill development possibilities.
* Information was shared on:

Kumkum making
Soap making
Pain relief oil preparation using locally available natural products
* Other homemade products and micro-enterprise ideas
* Few women expressed keen interest in learning kumkum making and pain relief oil preparation

Provided information on some of the Government Schemes

* RAMP Program (Govt. initiative for women entrepreneurs)
* Mahila Sambaralu
* Self-help groups and available support/resources

Though there were a few participants,
it was impactful overall.

Next steps - train the interested women in a few skills like kumkum making , Ghee diyas by providing materials initially to start with