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| Rev. Emmanuel Lorraine Vicar and District Superintendent St. Thomas Church Islamabad |
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Col. Retd. Azim Ilyas Coordinator L.D.B.E Contact Person of K.N.H & Director St. Thomas CFCBR Project Dr. Georgina Tabassum
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Director Dr. Georgina Tabassum & All Staff members of St. Thomas CFCBR Project |
Poverty is one of the major social issues, people in slums are unable to
St. Thomas C.B.R project reaching out to the 11 slums providing protection to children, creating
Poverty and household deprivation have implications for the future of the inhabitants, their
Excess population, bad management of solid waste disposal, polluted water, and other crucial issues will challenge the future settlement conditions at the slums.
St. Thomas CFCBR Project has brought considerable changes in the 11 communities of Islamabad. The project reaches out to the children, their families, and their communities. CFCBR focuses on the social-economic issues of the underprivileged and will empower them for sustainable and
Project Dimension
The project is functioning/covering
following four areas:-
·Mother & Child Health
·Family Motivation/Support to Differently Able Children
·Basic Education
·Community Development
·Child Rights / Protection & Sexual Abuse
·Mother & Child Health
·Family Motivation/Support to Differently Able Children
·Basic Education
·Community Development
·Child Rights / Protection & Sexual Abuse
Mother and Child
Care
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The C.B.R project is taking care of the Mother and Child health through 05
Home visits are made in order to identify newborn,
babies with disabilities, so that they could be provided proper health
assistance.
· Health awareness
lectures are delivered in communities. The topics come are under discussion are family planning, symptoms of pregnancy, risk during pregnancy,
personal hygiene, balanced diet, and nutrition, clean drinking water, hand wash,
breast cancer,
· Monthly Four awareness classes are arranged in all areaVaccines for Chicken Pox, Typhoid, Cholera, Tetanus, Cough,
Malaria, Hepatitis and Polio Drops were given with the cooperation of the
Directorate of Health Capital Development Authority (C.D.A) Islamabad.
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Home
visits take place on a regular basis according to the time table, by
Care
of Differently Able Children
St. Thomas C.B.R the team arranges indoor and outdoor fun activities for the differently able
children. The project is providing services to 97 differently able children and
making their best efforts to rehabilitate and make them productive members of society.
Basic Education
Basic education activities are taking place in different areas (formal and non-formal). The objective is to meet the basic
educational needs of the children. The St. Thomas
Community Development
St. Thomas C.B.R Project contribute towards the
development of the communities by providing them opportunities to discusses and
present their opinion by holding community committees meetings for both Man and
Woman. i.e. helping them to have access to clean drinking water, the importance of
personal Documents, National ID cards, Birth/ Death Certificates. TB patients
are taken to hospitals for their check-ups, tests, and treatment.
Discussions, Lectures, and seminar were arranged to
addresses topic like Domestic Violence, Drug Addiction, Beggary, Human Rights,
Mental Illness, Vocational Guidance, child protection, and Child Abuses/ rights. Communities where St. Thomas