Deshhealth

Highlights

Supported by the Tata Trust for over two decades
One of the earliest organizations in India to receive program grants from International donors like Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, CEBEMO/BILANCE, UNICEF, Global Fund, etc.,
Recognized as a Mother NGO (MNGO) by Government of India
National Training Partner (NTP) for the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK), Government of India
Recognized as one of the training Centres by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Central Government of India -NACO and State AIDS Control Society (SACS) under GFATM Rd. II, IV and VI
Presentation of a Dance Ballet on ‘AIDS, Youth and Women’ at Delhi in 2003 in the presence of Mr.Bill Gates of the Gates Foundation, USA

News / Events

51 Most Impactful Social Innovators (Global Listing) Award, 2019

Awards and Recognition

NGO Excellence Award–“Best NGO/Trust Award-India”, 2018
SKOCH Challenger Award for Social Inclusion – the Highest Independent Honour in India, 2017
Polestar Award for exemplary work in community development, 2017
Member of National Health Mission-Tamil Nadu State NGO selection committee, 2017
An empanelled NGO with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)-CSR-Hub, 2014
ALL Grassroots Women of the Decade Achievers Award, 2014
Peak Achievers Award by National Integrity Cultural Academy, 2009
Member of National AIDS Council & Working Group for Youth and Gender, 2005
Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Ekta award, National Awareness Forum, 2004
State Award "Best Social worker in HIV/AIDS for the year, 2003
Nehru Yuva Kendra State Award for DESH for Youth, 2003

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Years of Services

Deepam Educational Society for Health (DESH)

The two key words "Safe and "Change" are very important in the lives of human beings to lead healthier lives. DESH facilitates the journey of thousands of individuals towards safe lifestyle by making them take decisions to change certain unsafe behaviour and practices. Empowering women and making them agents for social change is the greatest lead that DESH has taken. Communication strategy has played a vital role in the success of DESH using Social Health Education (SHE), as the tool used. ‘SHE’ follows dialogue centred approach, helps the outreach awareness programs to be powerful and generates interest to adopt safe behaviour. This approach has been appreciated by the beneficiaries and the donor organisations.

DESH implements programs for women and children, students, industrial workers and high risk groups like sex workers, transgenders and truckers. Evidence based initiative helps DESH to reach out the unreached. The organisation focuses on both prevention and treatment of communicable and non-communicable diseases.

DESH’s services include certificate courses in Social Health Education, skills in counselling, research methodology and also offer personality development trainings. DESH’s evaluation wing offers its services to benefit other organisations. DESH has appropriate infrastructure and well trained human resources to support various initiatives. Two decades of services help DESH to understand that scaling up and leaving behind a program which can sustain on its own is pertinent. DESH’s journey continues with support from various national and international donors, partners and the execution team.

SOCIAL HEALTH EDUCATION

DESH enhances social skills and life skills to bring about attitudinal and behavioural change. DESH mobilize communities with prevention and intervention programs, utilizing cultural factors rather than biological factors to improve their health seeking behaviour."

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