Community Baby Shower Programs

Community baby shower programs (Dohale jewan)

The problem of malnutrition of children in rural and vanavasi areas starts actually from their mothers. It is very much needed that would be mothers and mothers are given proper education and guidance for the same. Organization is conducting community baby shower (dohale jewan) programs from the beginning to educate the pregnant women of these areas. They undergo check up from the doctors and they are guided about their diet, care to be taken during pregnancy, consuming iron tablets regularly, arranging delivery in hospital instead of home etc. They are given a packet of green gram, pea nuts and jaggery on that day (Oati).