Pillar 3 · Community Resilience and Opportunity
A hungry child cannot concentrate. An anemic mother cannot earn steadily. A broken handpump steals hours every day. We address food, iron and water together, with local farmers and health workers.
The need we answer
57% of women aged 15 to 49 are anemic
67% of children aged 6 to 59 months are anemic
35% of children under five are stunted
Source: National Family Health Survey 2019 to 2021 (NFHS-5)Behind these numbers are daily realities: tea in place of breakfast, skipped meals in lean months, early pregnancies without supplementation, and water that is far away or unsafe.
Progress on clean water under the Jal Jeevan Mission has been historic, yet last mile maintenance remains fragile. One failed pump or contaminated tank can undo months of health gains.
Our principle. Food from local farmers first. Screening plus follow up, not camps alone. Water repair plus a community fund for maintenance. Every activity coordinated with the anganwadi, ASHA and primary health centre, never parallel.
What the programme does
Monthly family food boxes for 90 days for the most vulnerable households, sourced from local farmers and SHG kitchens. Take home ration support and counselling for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. Kitchen gardens with seeds, training and follow up. Men invited to nutrition meetings, because food decisions are family decisions.
Fortified snacks three times a week in partner schools alongside mid day meals. Hemoglobin screening for mothers and adolescent girls, with referral and adherence support. Deworming, vision and dental drives with the PHC. Growth monitoring for children under five with anganwadi workers.
Survey and repair of 40 handpumps and school water points in year one. Water quality testing and chlorination training with jal samitis. A community maintenance fund: a small monthly contribution plus CJF seed money, managed in the open. Handwashing stations and menstrual waste disposal in schools.
Learning from our sister branch
CJF Sri Lanka launched a 90 day Community Nutrition and Dignity Programme for 1,000 households and 600 children, with locally sourced boxes, school snacks and monthly screenings.
CJF India adapts that playbook: short, measurable and transparent, and then a decision to continue or change, based on data. Visit CJF Sri Lanka.
What success looks like in 12 months
साथ चलो · Walk with us
Teachers, nurses, accountants, designers, coders, drivers, cooks. Schools, NGOs and companies. Every craft and every partner has a place.
