C-NES Newsletter(For the quarter July- September 2020) The Tinsukia Boat Clinic celebrates the Indian Independence Day onboard on 15th August 2020. On way to conduct health camps in flooded island villages As floods ravage Assam once again and fear of the pandemic looms large, this is how the Boat Clinics work. Every year, every monsoon-facing…
C-NES Newsletter (Vol: 49)(For the quarter January- March 2020) Knowledge Fair New York based story teller Laura Simms introducedLaura addresses the participantsAn interactive session in progress at the Knowledge Fair Laura Simms, a New York-based award-winning performer, writer, and educator advocating storytelling as compassionate action for personal and community transformation was the resource person at…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 48) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter October – December 2019) From The Field Awareness on IDD by Boat Clinic Units: Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) constitute the single largest cause of preventable brain damage worldwide. Majority of consequences of IDD are invisible and irreversible but at the same time these are preventable.…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 47) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter July – September 2019) As floods ravage the northeast Indian state of Assam once again, this is how the Boat Clinic teams work, every year, every monsoon. Facing an angry river,the flood fury, wading through knee high water, walking for miles and reaching out to…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 45) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter January – March 2019) C-NES at Arogya launch event Programme Manager Ashok Rao and Communications Officer Bhaswati Goswami attended the launch event of Arogya, a community based intervention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) organized by Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) on 12th February,…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 44) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter October – December 2018) C-NES- Boll Project: The Assamese Sikhs: Negotiating Transitions Sanjoy Hazarika giving his remarks at the eventNiyati Singh presenting the reportManjit Singh speaks at the panelA section of the audience Heinrich Böll Stiftung in collaboration with C-NES and Majha House, a Punjab…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 43) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter July – September 2018) Researcher on the Boat Clinic: Pratyasha Acharya, a Market Research Associate working for the US based UnitedHealth Group, accompanied the Kamrup Boat Clinic health team Kaltuli char of Chhaygaon, Kamrup on 10th July 2018. She also visited the Boat Clinic unit…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 42) / C-NES Newsletter / April - June 2018 SALT Knowledge Fair Supported by Voluntary Health Association of Assam (VHAA) and Constellation, C-NES organized a Knowledge Fair on 27th April 2018, at Pragjyoti ITA Centre, Guwahati, Assam. Community facilitators and champions of the SALT intervened villages shared successful stories and experiences…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 41) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter January – March 2018) Women’s Day at Radio Brahmaputra On the occasion of Women’s Day, a group of women from Maijan Nahor Line gathered at the Radio Brahmaputra studio on 8th March 2018 to listen to a Women’s Day special program and share their…
