Department of Home Science

YEAR

NUMBER OF INITIATIVES TAKEN

TO ENGAGE WITH AND

CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL

COMMUNITY

NAME OF THE

INITIATIVE

DATE AND

DURATION OF

THE INITIATIVE

ISSUES

ADDRESSED

PARTICIPANTS

2015 Jun- 2016 May

6  programmes

Talk on ‘Importance of breast feeding’ at vimala collge,TCR

06-08-2015

2 hour

Neglection

on breastfeeding importance

Students-88

Teacher-11

Class on ‘Yoga and nutrition’ for students of vimala college

10-09-2015,

1.5 hour

Lack of exercise

Teachers-3

Students - 50

Talk on ‘Diet and excercice’ for the students of dept of maths and sociology.

16-9-2015

Lack of knowledge about importance of proper diet

Teachers-1

Nutrition awareness program at vimala College

17/11/2015

Skipping of breakfast

Diabetic awareness class for staff and students of Vimala college students

24-11-15,

1 hour

Unaware about side effects of Diabeties

Students-64

Teachers-1

Anemia Detection camp for the sports students at vimala college

22-12-15

1 hour

Poor perfomance in sports

Students-41

5  programmes

Observational visit at vimala nursery school

22-06-2016

To check nutritional deficiencies

Students-30

Teachers-2

2016 June- 2017 May

Visit to st .joseph mentally retarded home and awareness class on balanced diet

05-07-2016

Unaware about  balanced diet

Students-28

Teachers-1

Community Nutrition Camp  "Manju Malakalil Oru Arogya Veekshanam" for the Tribals of Mananthavadi

18/07/2016-23/07/2016

Improper diet,smoking and alcoholism

Students -18

Teachers -4

Awareness class on  aneamia , balanced diet, malnutrition, effect of junk foods, non communicable disease and importance of physical activity

08/10/2016

Prevalence of Malnutrition and anemia

Students-25

Teachers -1

Exhibition cum sale on on plantain products conducted by Co-operative Public School, Padukkad

21/01/2017

Lack of awareness about importance of plantain

Students-5

Teacher-1

2017 Jun- 2018 May

9 programmes

Community nutrition and medical camp “SPARSHAM” conducted at Thalikkulam Tcr

24-29 July 2017

6 days

Poor nutrition among girls and women

Students -18

Teachers-2

Talk on nutrition in adult women at Vikas trust, Thalikkulam panchayat

25-7-2017,2 hours

Lack of nutrition

Students -18

Teachers-1

Talk on nutrition for girls,CSM Central school, thalikkulam

26-7-2017,1 day

Diet and PCOD issues among girls

Students-18

Teachers-1

Talk on life style diseases and medical camp,pakalveedu of vikas trust

27-7-17

half day

Prevalence of life style diseases in adults

Students -18

Teachers-2

Talk on Importance of

Breakfast, SNUUP school, Thalikkulam

27-7-17

2 hours

Skipping of breakfast

Students -18

Teachers-2

Talk on health and hygiene, Govt U.P school, Edassery, Thalik

28-7-2017

1 day

Health & hygienic practices during menstruation

Students -18

Teachers-2

Talk cum demonstration on benefits of millet Anganwadi of Thalikkulam

28-7-2017

1.5 day

Lack of knowledge about millet

Students -18

Teachers-1

Talk on Anemia, GVHS school Thalikkulam

29-07-2017

Anemia among students

Students -18

Teachers-1

Awareness class on AIDS /HIV for students at vimala college

5-9-2017

To check knowledge about HIV/AIDS

Teachers - 2

Students-59

2018 Jun- 2019 May

5 programmes

Community nutrition camp at capex for cashew workers’SWASTHYAM’, Kollam

25-31 July 2018

1week

Prevalence of anemia and poor health

Students-17

Teachers-3

Nutrition education for school children  at Penial Public School, Keralapuram

27-7-18

1 day

Skipping of breakfast

Teachers-2

Students-17

Nutritonal awareness cum demonstration at Perinad grama panchayathanganwadi

28-7-19,1 day

Lack of awareness on child nutrition

Teachers-2

Students-17

House visist cum nutritional survey at lakshamveeducolony, Keralapuram

29-07-2019

Lack of awareness on diet and nutrition

Teachers-2

Students-17

Food packets distribution at flood relief camp and conducted awareness classes at St. Antony’s Girls High School, Pazhavangadi,Alapuzha

31-7-2018

1 day

Lack of awareness of monsoon diseases

Teachers-2

Students-17

2019 Jun- 2020 May

8 programmes

Nutrition camp & awareness class’AROGYADEEKSHA’ at Mechanna, Wayanad

26june -1 july 2019

5 days

Lack of knowledge about adult nutrition

Teachers- 4

Students-21

Nutritional survey of tribal area at Mechanna, Wayanad

27 to 29-6-2019,3 days

Lack of knowledge about health, hygiene and balanced diet

Teachers -1

Students-11

Sanjeevani – Nutrition Exhibition

27/11/2019

28/11/2019

9.30am

Awareness on nutrition

participants – 55

World food day celebration –Nutri kit distribution

16-09-2019

To help raise people’s awareness of problems in food supply and distribution

Nutrikit  distributed to 25 students of Govt.H.S.S.Villadom,

TCR

Awareness class on ‘Microgreens and its probabilities’

10/10/2021

11.30am

Knowledge deficit on microgreens

Teacher – 1

Benefiary – students of St.Ann’s school , West Fort

Mega Arogyamela

3/12/2019

9.30-3.0pm

To create an awareness in the people of Anthikadu about various

lifestyle diseases and ways to prevent them.

Participants - 31

Arogyasamhitha – Nutrition Camp

10/12/2019-12/12/2019

Lack of awareness of having good nutritional status among women of age between 20-70

Samples collected-285

Gender inequality in the fashion industry

10/02/2020

10.00am-11.30am

Unawareness about gender equalities in the

fashion industry and career opportunities.

Participants-54

2020 June- 2021 May

2

Awareness session on blood donations

14/06/2021

Unwillingness for donating blood

Students -72

Workshop on ‘Sports Nutrition Counselling’

22/09/2021

1 hour

Importance of nutrition among sports students

Students -21