Tarun Karthick
Port Blair, 06 March 2023
To celebrate ‘POSHAN Pakhwada’ under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ from 1st March 2023 to 16th March 2023, a rally was conducted under ICDS (Urban Project), South Andaman on 1st March 2023. The rally was flagged off by the Child Development Project Officer, ICDS (Urban Project), Ms. Zarina Bibi. The objective of the celebration of ‘POSHAN Pakhwada’ is to bring to focus on nutrition with the tagline ‘Har Ghar, Poshan Tyohar’. The initiative is about spreading behavioural change and communication (BCC) messages related to maternal, infant and young child care and feeding practices. It also includes other related interventions such as growth monitoring, anemia management, hygiene and sanitation etc.
On 2nd March 2023, various programmes were organised on the theme ‘Addressing Nutritional challenges through Food Forestry’ at various Anganwadi Centres under ICDS Urban Project. Distribution of samples of nutrition rich plants to Anganwadi Centres in the Aspirational Districts was carried out under the supervision of Mukhya Sevikas, Anganwadi Workers and ANMs.
On 3rd March 2023, programmes were organised on ‘Yoga for Health’ at various Anganwadi Centres under ICDS Urban Project. At AWC Calicut-3, Dr. Karishma Khan highlighted the importance and benefits of yoga. She also demonstrated some Yoga poses to the gathering.