Monthly Training for 16 Community Health Workers in Kotagiri
December 20, 2023 By Anagha C.Technical Coordinator – Community Wellbeing On December 19 and 20, our cadre of 16 community health workers convened for their routine monthly training session at the Keystone campus. These are community members who have been trained carefully by our team and medical partners to provide crucial healthcare consultations in the […]
World Mental Health Day Discussions: a Universal Human Right
October 10, 2023 By Anagha C.Technical Coordinator – Healthcare (Community Wellbeing) This year, World Mental Health Day that fell on October 10, chose the theme “Mental Health is a Universal Human Right”. The annual day in resounds calls to intensify endeavours towards improving mental health, reiterating an approach that is mindful of human rights. Mental […]
Building Awareness on Human-Wildlife Interactions and the Way Forward
September 25, 2023 By S.P. Silambarasan & Habeeba FathimaConsultant & Technical Coordinator, Biodiversity Conservation In September 2023, the Biodiversity team conducted several human wildlife awareness sessions for the villages of Mettukal, Semmanarai, Kadasolai, and Karikkaiyur. Within the Nilgiris, human-wildlife interactions are incredibly commonplace, with negative interactions becoming more frequent as increasing development occurs throughout the […]
Nikshay Mitra Award 2023: Nilambur Against Tuberculosis
September 13, 2023 By Faseela V.Additional Programme Coordinator The tireless work done by our field centre in Nilambur, Kerala, to improve community health in the region was recently lauded. The Malappuram District Tuberculosis Cell in collaboration with Keystone’s Community Wellbeing programme, has been providing nutrition kits and aiding in setting up kitchen gardens as part […]
Training Communities: Identifying Early Signals of Anemia
September 8, 2023 By Anagha C.Technical Coordinator, Community Wellbeing Today, we joined hands with Transdisciplinary University (TDU) in Bengaluru, to conduct a comprehensive training. This initiative aimed to equip our community members and health workers with the knowledge and tools necessary to combat anemia, a pressing concern in the indigenous communities we serve. The training, […]
Awareness for Nutritional Security Among Indigenous Children in the Nilgiris
August 17, 2023 By Anagha C.Technical Coordinator (Healthcare) According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) data, being underweight, malnutrition, stunting, wasting, and anemia are still common among the Indian public, and below the State levels among marginalised communities, especially women and children. The fact stands true in the Nilgiris context, where Keystone’s Community Wellbeing […]
Sathyamangalam Team Makes Recce Visits to Kadambur
July 22, 2023 By N.M. Vishnu, Vandana Kannan, Mahadesh B. & Shivanna The Sathyamangalam field centre staff visited various villages within Kadambur to understand communities and their interactions with natural resources and status of their wellbeing to plan potential work here. We first arrived at Uginiyam village from our field centre in Arepalayam via Mavalla, […]
Shrad Shukla on Food Insecurity Warnings & Climate Data Analysis
May 24, 2023 By Vaishnavi Patil & Yashaswini Narayanappa, Climate Change programme On May 9, Keystone received the privileged to host a talk titled ‘Multi-stage Drought Prediction to support Food Insecurity Early Warning’ by Dr. Shrad Shukla, a Fulbright Specialist from University of California – Santa Barbara. A large-scale hydrologist with expertise in drought monitoring […]
Talking About Mental Health with Children in Krishnapudur
April 2, 2023 By Reet Kaur Goraya, Oberlin Shansi Fellow, Community Wellbeing On April 2, 2023, members of Keystone’s Community Wellbeing team organised a meetup in Krishnapudur to encourage conversations on mental health among young children. A group of 21 students came together to play games that helped them find ways to discuss what they […]
Keystone and IIT Palakkad Sign an MoU to Improve Sanitation
March 20, 2023 By Pratim Roy & Nathania JohnFounder-Director, Keystone & Communications Intern On March 20, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was established between Keystone Foundation and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad in Kerala. This agreement was under the wood work’s for quite some time but was only solidified in recent months. IIT […]
