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5th Rashriya POSHAN Maah completes the second week of celebration
Chandigarh, September 13
The second week of 5th Rashtriya POSHAN Maah, 2022 is about to end but meanwhile, the celebrations have been going in full swing. The Department of Women & Child Development and all the line Departments are pressing hard to achieve the missions of POSHAN Maah i.e. eradicating malnutrition from UT Chandigarh by maximising the involvement of the community and converting this campaign mass movement.
From the start of Rashtriya Poshan Maah i.e. 01.09.2022 to till date approx. 37461 numbers of massive activities have been conducted and continue the same, today also plenty of activities have been conducted at various Anganwadi Centres. The major activities conducted include the ECCE (Early Childhood Care Education) activities with parents organized at Sector 24 Anganwadi centre. The aim of the activity was to introduce Anganwadi centres as learning centres to parents. Further, a lecture by FSSAI team was also given to the beneficiaries regarding healthy eating habits. On a similar theme, Preschool activities were also conducted at the Industrial area during the event various education activities were carried out with children of Anganwadi Centre. Further, the beneficiaries are also sensitized to preparing low-cost nutritional-rich recipes, sanitation and maintaining personal hygiene.
Another notable Poshan Maah activity “Fun with clay modelling” on the theme “Poshna bhi Padhai bhi” was organized at Manimajra. During the event fruits and vegetables were made using clay by beneficiaries (mothers and their children). This activity focused on the fine motor development of children as well as the importance of fruits and vegetables in our daily diet.
The Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre and Department of Pediatrics, GMSH-16, Chandigarh has initiated a month-long (September 2022) intensive campaign for universal screening of children enrolled in all 450 Anganwadis of Chandigarh for the Elimination of Childhood Malnutrition. In this series, a health checkup camp at Maloya colony where approx. 1600 children checked by doctors of which 09 Children have been referred to Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre, UT Chandigarh for further adequate management of malnutrition.
Department of Education under POSHAN Maah has organized Traditional games events at various schools including kho kho, stapu, hide and seek, pithu, etc. The importance of these activities is not only to promote to boost our immunity, breathing capacity, physical fitness, release stress and increase stamina but also to inculcate the habit of teamwork, and good eating habits by choosing healthy food and learning about nutrition. Further, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has organized a Food safety awareness camp at Anganwari village Kaimbwala, Chandigarh.
Department of Women & Child Development requests the community members to visit the nearest Anganwadi centres to join hands together to be a part of POSHAN Abhiyaan to eradicate malnutrition from each corner of UT Chandigarh.
