Author: Abhishek Sagar

We all need help or a small support in almost many aspects of life. During my early days at Jawhar while exploring the geography and the partner organisation working at different themes here. It’s little bit tough for me to convey my thoughts, and ask queries, doubts. The reason was the local dialects of Jawhar […]

The journey begins from framing the statement of purpose to keep your thoughts, prospective and understanding of the core theme along with your past professional and personal experiences. How you groomed in a competitive environment of running fast to achieve your dream while keeping side your fun moments. For baking your future bright sometime, you […]

In general, “Disease is defined as any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms and differing in nature from physical injury”. Also, a diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or symptoms indicative of its abnormal state. On the other hand, “Health is a state […]

The meaning of the word ‘Anganwadi’ in the English language is “courtyard shelter”. The word Anganwadi is derived from the Hindi word “Aangan”, it refers to the courtyard of a house. Aangan is a rural Indian term for “a place where people get together to discuss, greet, and socialize their matters”. The Aangan is also used occasionally […]

In brief- my fieldwork journey at Jawhar was full of learning experiences not only from the project basis but also from observing the surrounding environment and human to learn from them. The story begins with the morning jeep ride to village Devtali and Vadpada for visiting village Aanganwadi and Health and Wellness Center- Vadpada, gram […]

ASHA has Sanskrit roots that mean ‘hope.’ It also has an Arabic origin that means ‘Alive and Healthy. Asha can be translated into various meanings, including ‘happy,’ ‘life,’ ‘wish,’ and ‘desire.’ In term of medical and health ASHA signify as; – “Accredited Social Health Activist”.  One of India’s most successful community health initiative programs, designed […]

The gram panchayat Jamsar which is located around 8 km from the Taluka- Jawhar. the village where currently I am working as a health fellow from past two years. The gram panchayat caters a population of approximately 20,000 to 28,000 as per panchayat records of 2022. The village Jamsar itself has a mixed culture of […]

The city of waterfall, Jawhar at Palghar now a days during the summer shows mixed weather condition from cold wind to hot dry wind. The greenery cover of the ground slowly turned into yellowish fade and later deep brown dry. All herbs and shrubs, trees, fodder grass everything appeared chlorophyll less. The beautiful natural view, […]

The story started during the transit walk of my gram panchayat- Jamsar, Taluka- Jawhar.  The beautiful geography of tourist spot place- jawhar in the district- Palghar, Maharashtra. There is Aarogya Vardhini Center/ Health and wellness center (HWCs)/ Sub-Centre at the village Vadpada. The HWCs cater basic healthcare services of grassroot level through its dedicated health […]