Interface meet
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 22 2012:
Civil Society Organisations including CBOs, alliance bodies, NGOs and Integrated Child Development Schemes (ICDS) Ukhrul held an interface meeting discussing means to improve the ICDS services in the district on June 20 at TTA Conference Hall under the aegis of Ukhrul District Alliance for Child Rights, an Ukhrul district chapter of Manipur Alliance for Child Rights, according to a statement issued by the State Coordinator of MACR, S Bheigya Sharma.
Among others, the meeting discussed non receive of provisions for supplementary nutrition from January to April 2012; difficulties in organising pre-school education for the age group 3-6 due to lack of ICDS centre; need for mobilisation of community participation; problems that arise due to lack of godown for the projects.
While acknowledging the need to have community participation through SHG, members suggested to working out more modalities with the participation of community leaders, it stated.