Fight Menstruation Taboos Through Education

Dear Donor,

Save Kids Trust has had an eventful fall. We have enhanced our menstruation clinics with the addition of ‘teams’ of young women from the same neighborhoods bonding together to support one another. Each team has one lead who helps guide & clarify and this makes the clinics even more effective at educating young women and giving them a safe forum to ask questions.

The daily activity of the clinics, including the street pop-up clinics, have seen several unique cases. There were multiple cases where prior treatment (or lack of treatment) resulted in incomplete healing and made the situation worse. Keeping wounds clean and correctly shielded from germs is hard in the slum areas. The doctors teach about and show wound care, even to the point of patients returning to the clinics daily for proper wound dressings. There were also multiple work-related injuries where we assisted with assessment & treatment while providing support for the families since the income-earner was unable to work. Our dry-ration supplies continue to be crucial in numerous situations.

It is our hope in 2023 to open a new clinic for families who live farther from the center of Jaipur. We have a location identified and possible donors who would assist in securing the site. We are very hopeful that this will happen soon.

Meanwhile, Dr. Saini, our Executive Director in Jaipur, is planning his annual winter teaching & gift opportunities for the children of several informal housing areas! Look for these updated stories, and past stories, on our website as the new year rolls in.

Thank you for your continued support! As your gifts to SKT bless those in Jaipur, may we wish you many blessings this winter season.

Respectfully submitted,

The Save Kids Trust Team

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• More stories at our website

Save Kids Trust’s work in Jaipur this summer has been steady and effective.

Street medical camps have tackled many common seasonal ailments. . These included treatment for fever, vomiting, boils, shingles; occurrences that patients didn’t know how to treat on their own. We also provided training as well as treatments whenever appropriate. The mosquitos of summer also bring an education opportunity helping parents understand easy ways to keep children healthy - like making sure ankles are covered since that is where children are most often bit. This is hard to do in the heat of the summer but so important in the fight against malaria.

With the monsoon rains starting in late July, there was some relief from heat, but rain also brings life threatening water borne diseases apart from the monsoon flu. To help marginalized families, health awareness meetings providing preventative health techniques, including water cleanliness and healthy diet, are especially important for the young and old.

In the slum areas, the women suffer more in the rainy season. This moisture puts women at an increased risk of urinary tract, reproductive, and yeast infections. The team at SKT held preventative awareness clinics for women to help them keep these issues at bay. One menstruation clinic this summer was sponsored by a medical team from Saigon and held in an indoor facility that everyone really enjoyed.

The desire to open a fourth clinic in Jaipur is progressing. An area has been located and Indian donors are focusing on how to secure land and a building. The clinic leadership is also still looking for an opportunity to replace their old vehicle with a more reliable newer mode of transportation.

We will sign off this newsletter with a photo of one of the SKT Teams. Your donation support and these men and women are the reason we can help so many individuals in Jaipur! Thank you!

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