The motto of Project Medha is not only just helping a handful of brilliant but economically challenged students to achieve their full potential but also to uplift the backward communities they belong to. Through various counselling sessions with the students and study tours conducted to their villages, “Eso Kichu Kori” tried to understand the basic needs of these communities. The absence of proper awareness about Health and Safety was felt. To address the issue EKK decided to conduct a Medical and Health Awareness Camp at Ukhura, the native village of one of the Medha Phase-II Scholar, Tridib Ray in Burdwan. 
In the morning of 1st of May 2008, a team including Smt. Abira Ghosh, Shri Kaushik Das Sharma, Shri Suman Kumar Ghosh, Ms. Tania Dey, Shri Kushal Saha and Shri Nilarya Talukdar boarded the Katwa Local from Howrah for the camp. The aim of the camp was to spread the awareness of hygienic practices and to provide a brief idea about First-Aid best practices to the teens of the locality. For this camp to be effective, the volunteers of EKK had a First-Aid training session with St. John Ambulance. The volunteers had also prepared a booklet describing the basics of First Aid and Hygienic practices. All teachers and staff members of the High School in Tridib's village were very supportive. After a series of discussions with the Headmaster the team arranged the session for the students of class IX. A total of 52 girls and 42 boys attended the session. The teachers also took interest and joined us as audiences. The volunteers handed over the booklets to the students and conducted a survey on the physical conditions and nutritional & hygienic habits of the students. Shri Kaushik Das Sharma, with his long experience of teaching college-students instantly connected with our audience and conducted a very interesting session. Through the survey the team uncovered some basic nutritional and hygienic problems of the students and were able to give them some much needed guidance.
The Medical Awareness Camp was just one step towards EKK’s goal of betterment of this society. EKK wishes for your support to continue its work in this field in the days to come.
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