VISIT TO SHOSHANA MEDICAL CENTRE, RAMAPURAM.


Last visit on our schedule for this year to one our medical centres near the beach.
It is medical help for the fishermen community.

Chirala Beach

The situations were worse when we first started in the year 2004 right after the Tsunami hit the coast areas of A.P.  Instead of one time help like giving out fishing nets etc people wanted to have a regular medical help in that area which was not available for them at that time.

Shoshana Medical Centre, Ramapuram

Beach resorts came up and more tourists started coming to this area.
Now situations are better for the people with proper roads, electricity and housing from the government but medical wise they are still dependent on the medical project for basic medication since the area is far away from the town.

Shoshana's medical help at weavers colony, Epurupalem & Sai nagar.

Shoshana Medical Project - Epurupalem

Shoshana Medical Project - Sai nagar

Happened to meet special cases who are in need of surgeries and special medication at the medical projects.

Children born out of consanguineous families with genetic disorders. Whole family is suffering from having children with physical and mental deformities. Majority of them come from poor background and not in a position to afford the surgeries and the use of life long special medication .Requesting for special medical aid.

In need of a surgery

In need of special medication

ROLE OF LOCAL SOCIETIES IN SUPPORT OF SHOSHANA'S WORK

Besides Shoshana's contribution, 

Support of the local societies for the needy people in their respective areas is also commandable like providing rooms for the sewing and medical projects, looking out for needy girls and women, helping the sewing projects in empowering them with tailoring and embroidery skills so that they could take care of themselves as well as their families .

Sewing Project at Giripuram, Vijayawada

Shoshana Sewing Project at Bapatla

Helping in setting up of Medical projects,

make sure that majority of the needy people in rural areas and urban slums utilize the medial services given by the Shoshana Medical projects.

Medical Centre at Bhanu nagar, Vijayawada

Medical Project at Giripuram, Vijayawada

Medical Project at Heyerpet, Chirala

SHOSHANA MEDICAL CENTRE - WEAVERS COLONY, LOHIYAPURAM.

The handloom industry in India is an ancient cottage industry spread all over the country. This is  a source of livelihood for the millions directly or indirectly.

The weaving process starts with tying and dying, hand operated looms, foot pedals to weave a saree.

The main reason for setting up a medical project in this area is mainly because of the poor economic  conditions of the weavers and  the health problems they face like  high and low blood pressures, lung damage, arthritis, neck and shoulder pains, poor eye sight etc because of exposure to harmful raw materials for long hours, poor ventilation and poorly lit work spaces.

Shoshana Medical Project - Lohiyapuram

SPONSORING DIABETIC AND HYPERTENSION MEDICATION TO SOME PATIENTS AT SHOSHANA  MEDICAL PROJECTS.


Patients with diabetes are skipping their medications because they are expensive for them to afford. Since it is painless, they don't find any immediate need but underlying it would lead to other chronic diseases.

Same with hypertension many people are not aware that they have it.
Person with early stage hypertension has the risk of developing hypertension in future. Providing free B.P checkups helps them to understand their situation and see a doctor as soon as possible.

Medical project at Ravipadu, Narasaraopet

We have free diabetic and blood pressure check ups and providing prescribed medicine to some of the needy patients.

Medical project at Prasadhanagaram, Chirala

Medical project at Sampath nagar, Chirala

Medical Project at K.Sivaprasad colony, Narasaraopet

Donating a wheel chair -  Help Organization

Help is the non-profit charity from Germany.

They help people in the poor regions of the world, financing them for medical treatments, providing prostheses and also support medical facilities with medical equipment.


First project in India - Narasaraopet

Meerabhi ( Beneficiary along with her family)

SHOSHANA SEWING CENTRES - NARASARAOPET, PEDANANDIPADU AND ANAPARTHI

Majority of these women are agricultural workers.

The women in these villages have no formal education and therefore no access to decent well paying jobs and vocational skills like sewing hold an important alternative.

The sewing instructor Mrs.Sivakumari is running a tailoring shop besides teaching the women and she has some of her former students as helpers in her shop and they work together and they share their profit so  women will have an opportunity  to have more practice before starting their own business at home.

SHOSHANA SEWING PROJECTS - ANGALAKUDURU & TENALI

Shoshana sewing projects find out needy women and teach them sewing and embroidery skills
and provide them with a sewing machine, help them start their own tailoring business like
making dresses, doing repairs and alterations so that they earn a daily income, provide basic
necessities to their families and send their children to school.

A sewing machine is one of the simplest and most effective resource to give  a needy woman to help build her self confidence and empower her to earn a respectable living as a tailor and support her family.