Anganwadi team interacting with a beneficiary at her home in Datauli village
How Anganwadi Workers Changed The Lives Of Women And Children In Haryana
The tireless efforts of the Anganwadi workers and the officials of the women and child development department are bringing in significant improvement in the realm of health and nutrition of Haryana
There was a time when people in Ganaur Tehsil of the Sonipat district in Haryana hardly felt any need to take special care of a pregnant woman in their family. Following the tradition, they relied on the life experience and wisdom of elderly women in the family. For all medical assistance, they engaged a ‘daai’, a local midwife who was not qualified to offer her services. People hardly took pregnant women for regular medical check-ups at nearby public health centres. They did not even go for the immunization of pregnant women and babies. In most cases, babies were delivered at home with the help of