SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS

HEALTHCARE PROGRAMME

With rising costs of health care, the disadvantaged and poor families often put off medical care until an emergency arises. Healthcare expenditure usually puts a strain on the financial resources of these families. MNTN's health care programmes have been developed to provide beneficiaries with quality health care at affordable costs. Over the years, MNTN has strengthened its programme by building networks with specialized hospitals, clinics and non-governmental organizations. We have also created a health care manual and a database of health care providers. An important aspect of our programme is to provide awareness about the various government schemes and to link our beneficiaries to these schemes, because very often they get left out due to lack of information about them. Health camps conducts periodic health camps for its beneficiaries to meet their immediate health care needs. Multi-specialty health camps including pediatrics, gynaecology, ophthalmology and dental treatment are organized extensively across the country. Our health camps offer curative, preventive and promotive services to the beneficiaries and upon completion of the health camp, we ensure that they complete follow up treatment.

GOAT REARING RURAL WOMEN

Goat is known as poor man's cow in India and is a very important component in dry land farming system. Marginal or undulating lands unsuitable for other types of animals like cow or buffalo, goat is the best alternative. With very low investments goat rearing can be made into a profitable venture for Goat issued to Beneficiary small and marginal farmers. Goats are reared for milk and meat Goat is a multi functional animal and plays a significant role in the economy and nutrition of landless small and marginal farmers in the country Goat rearing is an enterprise, which has been practiced by a large section of population in rural areas. Goats can efficiently survive on available shrubs and trees in adverse harsh environment in low fertility lands where no other crop can be grown. Around the world more people drink goat milk than cow milk also.

MILK SOCIETY FORMED FOR RURAL VILLAGES

Dairy forming has been part of agriculture for thousands of years. Need based consultancy is provided to help evolve strategies to promote and strengthen in

• I. Enhancing women involvement in cooperatives
• II. Strengthening procurement systems
• III. Village based milk procurement systems
• IV. New generation cooperatives leading to producers' companies.