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8. Tree Donation to the Primary Health Centre, Thekkumkara:

Vimala College (Autonomous), under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) has donated 15 tree
saplings to the Primary Health Centre, Thekkumkara. We have taken part an initiative of the
health centre to make it patient friendly by greening the campus. UBA sourced 15 fruit tree
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saplings like Mango, Gooseberry plants and donated to the health centre on 4 October 2016.

9. AROGYASAMHIDA
As part of the syllabus a Community Nutrition Camp “AROGYASAMHIDA” was
conducted by 1 st Year MSc. and P.G Diploma Nutrition & Dietetics students of Home
Science Department , Vimala College(Autonomous) Thrissur from 10 th to 14 th December
2019. Community of Kallampara Colony belongs to a below poverty category and they
were not aware about nutrition and health. Our aim was to improve their knowlegde on
nutrition related problems and its prevention. So the students took Nutrition awareness
classes on various topics like Balanced diet, Lifestyle diseses, Mensrtual hygiene, Cancer
and importance of Kitchen Garden. The classes were taken for the local community of
Kallampara Colony, Thekkumkara, Wadakkanchery, Thrissur District in association with
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UBA on 13 December, 2019.

The classes were taken by Anjana C.S,Sarika.V.Rajan, Akshatha T.V, Aneesha Paul T,
Sandra P.S and Mehnaaz Asaraf. The beneficiaries were adult females within the age group
20-55, in the presence of Smt. M.K Sreeja (Panchayat President), Smt. Eliamma Johnson
(Block ember), Smt. Saritha A.K (CDS). Leaflets regarding the same topics taken in
awareness class were also distributed. With regard to this an interactive session was held.