Human Interest Story: Actions Speak Loud- Mobilising the Paudi Bhuyan Community for Well Nourished Babies

As a warm breeze rustles the bamboo stalks outside her hut, Rekha sits inside and lovingly holds her new-born daughter close, to feed her. Recalling the instructions given by her village’s ASHA just two days ago, she expertly adjusts her arm to help her daughter properly latch on and starts to breastfeed her baby. Rekha’s attendance at the awareness campaign on breastfeeding in the under the JibanSampark program during the Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Day at her village Anganwadi centre two days ago, has newly boosted her self-confidence and knowledge to best care for her baby. Read more...