Projects - Family Planning

Our goal is to help reduce the fertility rate (births per woman) to two or less in the project areas taken up. The average fertility rate in the India is nearly double when compared to Kerala, which has the lowest rate in India. Lack of access to family planning options is significant in explaining the high fertility rate in the rest of India. Therefore access to and education about contraceptive methods would bring actual family size in line with desired family size of two or fewer children. Promoting the acceptability of having families with only girl children will also be an emphasis. (Note that a lot of families in India expand their family just for the sake of having a male child.)

We have three specific goals:

1. Increase our family planning activities to other rural areas.

2. Create a second grade and fifth grade level textbooks on population and the environment. The book would be made a part of the curriculum of the schools that we support. If successful, we would promote these books as standard textbooks for government schools. Videos that complement these textbooks will also be created.

3. Create a permanent family center in one location. This center will provide medical advise to patients, distribute contraceptives, and conduct sterilization operations (vasectomy/tubal-ligations).

Since 1998 we have funded a number of family planning camps impacting over 1300 individuals in Warangal, Medak and Karimnagar districts.

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