About NGO:

"Family Service Centre is a voluntary organization committed to preserve, promote and strengthen the family as a unit. The centre strives to reach out to families in difficult circumstances through its various non-institutional and community-based programmes, namely sponsorship, foster care, adoption and counseling. The Ultimate goal is to empower the family, the core unit of the society.

Founded in 1955, Family Service Centre is managed by professional social workers, under the professional guidance of the College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan. The Centre believes that the socioeconomic pressures in urban areas often result in family stress, disintegration and child destitution. Special interventions need to be evolved as a response to the "needs" to the "rights" approach is a significant change that the organization is striving to achieve. This broadening of concern is reflected in intervention strategies that are non-institutional, community-based, family-oriented, and preventive and development in nature. "

Fund Usage:

"Keeping in mind the holistic development of the child our work is directed to areas of health, education and family of the child. Research and various students have shown how health is directly linked to an individual's performance in school/work. In our intervention too, through the Reproductive and Child Health Programme, we have realized that the various issues of health is primarily due to unavailability and non-consumption of nutritious food. Thereby we see undernourished children and mothers.

To explain further, in our intervention at the school level, we have come across most children having poor academic performance, due to poor attention span and lack of concentration. The primary cause of the same is absence of good health.

To bring about a change by improving the health status, we intend to sustain a nutrition program whereby nutritious supplements with sufficient protein can be provided to our Balwadi children, pregnant mothers and women & children who are in need. We aim to provide them access to adequate nourishment and medical assistance to them.

We believe that the effectiveness of this project will be seen through change in the growth and development of mother and the child which can be monitored and assessed. "

Impact:

"1. Geeta, 27 years resides at Sunder Nagar. She was high risk pregnancy as is physically handicapped, severely anemic with other medical problems like asthma, iron deficiency and low weight.. Her husband worked as daily wager, but lost his job as didn't have any support system to take care of his pregnant wife. They had severe financial constraints with no means to even have one meal. Her case was taken through RCH visit and was assisted through ANC nutrition project. When she was taken through RCH visit, she weighed 28 kg. She was regularly provided soya protein supplement and milk, due to which there was significant gain in her weight. Her case was registered at St. George Hospital. On interaction with the Gynecologist, Social worker was informed that as it was high risk pregnancy they were concerned about the complications which may arise during delivery for which they were not well equipped. Hence, she was referred to KEM Hospital. Social Worker was in regular touch with the Gynecologist and social worker of KEM hospital. She had a normal delivery though it was LBW baby. The baby was kept in NICU for one month. Presently, both mother and child are doing well.

2. Ms. Vandana, 27 years old woman was taken on the project in August 2010 as she was 6 months pregnant. This is her 3rd child. She delivered a healthy baby at Sanjeevani Nursing Home, Virar in December 2010. Post delivery within a few days she developed severe pain in abdomen with profuse vaginal bleeding. She was immediately rushed to Padmavati hospital and it was detected that she had developed a cyst in her fallopian tube and had to be operated for the same. The cost of surgery was estimated to be above over a lac. With intervention of the agency social worker with the hospital authorities it was reduced to Rs. 70000/- which also the family was finding it difficult to bear. FSC helped to raise Rs. 30000/- for the same while the other was managed by the family through church and other support. "

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http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo213_fsc.htm

Founded Year: 1955

Cause category: Health

Telephone: 022 2202 1432, 022 2282 8862, 9819020112

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