Arogya Foundation of India (AFI) moving on the path of Healthy India, Stronger India & Literate India

"Illiteracy and epidemics are the two enemies eating into our society. Kill them. We will take care of ourselves," said an old tribal man in the district of India. The Arogya Yojana focused on health care education, to serve the health related needs of the tribal area. Thus providing an appropriate answer to the old tribal man's challenge. Arogya Yojana Health Care Education, focused on Healthcare, takes the next step forward by providing healthcare education to the villages through a Village Health Volunteer (Health Care Worker).
"Necessity for Arogya Yojana "
In India *the existing health system suffers from inequitable distribution of institutions and man power. Even though the country produces every year over 40,000 doctors in modern system of medicine and similar number of ISM&H practitioners and para - professionals, there are huge gaps in critical man power in institutions providing primary healthcare, especially in the remote rural and tribal areas where healthcare needs are the greatest.

*Source Tenth five Year Plan (2002-2007) Vol – II Planning Commission Government of India
People in remote and tribal villages die because of common, easily treatable and preventable diseases like malaria and diarrhea, whereas quality medical facilities are available in metropolitan cities.
Arogya Foundation activities are extended to provide healthcare education to villagers. The Arogya Volunteers collects data of the villagers, healthcare facilities, disease incidences and common health issues of the village. These are then reviewed by upper level management teams of the Arogya Foundation, and a plan is designed to provide healthcare education, services and access to facilities to the village. The volunteers is then trained to provide education and awareness on following areas.

• Personal Hygiene
• Sanitation
• Nutrition
• Awareness and identification of diseases such as malaria & diarrhea
• Maternal and childcare

The healthcare education and awareness activities are done through training camps, showing charts, healthcare awareness programs and health centers in the villages or at the block or district levels. The trained volunteers provides several levels of education or awareness to the children the villagers, and the housewives to take care of their and their families' health. In many cases, the teacher takes an active role in leading the change towards cleaning up the village, constructing toilets, or creating other sanitation facilities. Depending on the requirement, the volunteer is also trained as a primary health worker to serve the villagers at the time of need.