A visit to Anganwadi Center Rampur

Zilla Parisad primary School, Rampur

Anganwadi was established in 2002 in the Rampur village, Siddipet district, Telangana. It is functioning well with providing services like supplementary nutrition, Health check-up, pre-school education, Nutrition and Health Education. There are 7 children (male=4, female=3) enrolled in the Anganwadi. The Anganwadi was located at the middle of the village. The Anganwadi has seven children including the worker and the helper. The purpose of the visit to the Anganwadi was to observe how the worker teaches the children, the sanitation, and hygiene and drinking water facilities.

We had an interaction with the worker and the helper.  

Inside Anganwadi Center, Rampur, Siddipet.

There are around 30 children from 0 to 6 year in the village out of which only 7 are enrolled. The day we visited there were only 4 children were present. We asked about the reason, why there is less enrollment, where we find out that the villagers send their children to private play school in Nangoor, Siddipet because of the better facilities. The Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker looks after the medication of the village, maternity ladies, and adolescent’s girls.  The ASHA worker is on a contract basis, she is been working for the last 16 years. The ASHA worker conduct meeting with the adolescent girls once in a month on personal hygiene, food, and nutrition. The last parents meeting was held on 17th July 2018 where there is also measurement on height and weight of the children are done. The Anganwadi provide medication for pregnant women and minor illness for the children in the village. As per interaction, there are no children with disabilities. Under the ICDS the food for mid-day meal was provided and uniform is given. For the food daily egg, sambar and dal are given to the children. The Anganwadi maintains the different register of the village like number of adolescent girls present, number of households, population, pregnant ladies. 

Then we asked about the reading materials they have in the Anganwadi. New reading materials were given on last June that includes preschool kits and poster month, numbers, fruits, alphabet, and object.

There is no reading material other than the templates and the poster posted on the wall while visited the children and were playing with the preschool kit. There are no water facilities inside the Anganwadi further questioning they are getting mineral water supply from Karimnagar.  Looking at the mid-day meal preparation the storage of the utensils and raw food materials are kept hygienic condition. For sanitation, the toilet is attached with the other toilets outside as the Anganwadi center located inside the school compound. The Anganwadi worker and the helper are in the village working efficiently. 

By Bodhi R Chakma