RAH (Responsible Actions for Health) is the Health Program of SACHET Health is not merely absence of infirmary but it’s a complete state of mental, physical, social and spiritual well-being.

RAH is the largest program area of SACHET. RAH when written and pronounced in Urdu means the path. Education/ Khazeena , Poverty alleviation cum Income Generation (PACIG) and Training/survival kit are support program areas.

SACHET has adopted the holistic interpretation of health, which goes beyond medical/curative models and includes Health promotion, advocacy, research, training, community involvement and outreach services, poverty issues and education.

All Programs are implemented through different projects which are Community based and community driven. Projects with tangible services, situated in rural areas are categorized as service delivery projects and are together, well-known as SACHET Community development Programs (SCDP).

SACHET Clinics



SACHET’s Health program started in Oct 1999 with the establishment of first health care facility in Shahdrah, a valley of rural Islamabad.( see annual report 1999-2000 for details). The objective of this initiative was to provide free quality primary & reproductive health care to the disadvantaged communities facing barriers like financial, geographical or social inaccessibility to such services. The objective continued with the establishment of Panyali, Banigala, Gagri & Pathergarh clinics in the network of SACHET free clinics.

At the moment SACHET clinics offer free primary and reproductive health services (family planning counseling and services) and referral services with provision of 83 different life saving drugs, temporary contraceptive products & health education to an estimated population of 200,000 of 57 villages located in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock districts. The average turnover is 80/patients per day in these clinics.

Till March 2006, Total 3, 50,916 patients benefited from SACHET clinics.

Please take a look at the following SACHET Clinics:

Shahdra	Banigala	Pinyali	Ghagri	Pathargarh

Change

When i joined sachet as community health educator my relatives said to my parents why you have sent your daughter to work outside the home. now they are sending their own daughters with me to work here. Other villagers` reaction has also changed. Now they say these girls are doing good work. They are giving knowledge to our females regarding health concerns

Surriyya Khatoon, 18, joined community health educator, Shahdra village,
September 2000




RHIYA (Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia)

RHIYA is a multi partner initiative that spans over seven south and south East Asian countries namely, Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Loa PDR, Nepal , Pakistan , Sri Lanka and Vietnam . In Pakistan , this project is being implemented in five districts .SACHET-implements this projects in pakistan with two other partner CSOs namely ,Marie Stopes Society and PAVHNA. The project RHIYA is an extension phase of the earlier initiative Reproductive Health Initiative" which was implemented in the period 1999-2002. The project is being funded jointly by EU and UNFPA.

• RHIYA (Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia) in Detail
• First RHIYA Youth Summit 2003 - A Report
• Second RHIYA Youth Summit 2006 - A Report
• Second RHIYA Youth Summit 2006 - A Report
• Watch Video Clip of RHIYA




DoSTI (In Urdu the word means Friendship)



Dare to Sensitize, Train and Inform -DoSTI is an advocacy project, and the goal is to promote awareness and sensitivity about sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS.. SACHET strategy to impart knowledge about HIV/AIDS involves the use of print media, electronic media and interpersonal skills. We organize awareness sessions, workshops and seminars in Rawalpindi and Islamabad districts. For urban population, we organize special sessions in schools and colleges and provide information through interactive sessions. For rural audience of our service delivery areas of Shahdrah, Banigala, Pinyali, Gagri and Pathergarh, we educate and train peer educators among the villagers, besides arranging Mehfils or assemblies in our community development centers. The exclusive feature of Mehfils is that the information about HIV/AIDS is transmitted in commonly understood concepts of rural dialects. Using print media we disseminate information through brochures, newsletters, calendar and annual report.

100 trainings/workshops/peer education sessions have been conducted on the issue of HIV till March 2006.




Promoting Responsible & Healthy Behaviors



Background: Pakistan being a developing country has been facing numerous problems which directly affecting the routine functioning of local masses especially the poor and neglected segment of the society.

Pakistan ranks 144 on Human Development Index and 120 on Gender Development Index. Health is one of these problems, too miserable and needs more concentration rather than before due to fast growing population. Regarding Pakistani population, number of hospitals and health care centers are not enough to fulfill the needs and proper treatment of patients. Infant as well as maternal mortality rate is alarmingly higher as compared to other developing countries.

For Complete Report




Mehfils



'Behnaan di Mehfil' and 'Bharavan di Mehfil' (assemblies of sisters and brothers respectively). These gatherings, are arranged by SACHET at the community level to sensitize the men & women (both young & old, married and unmarried) on different gender issues like Importance of education, girl education, poverty ,economic empowerment,& health (nutrition, immunization and preventable diseases, family planning, Hepatitis, HIV/AID, further more It also provide a forum to the community members to see their problems with their eyes and identify indigenous and realistic solutions.Mehfils also bridge the gap between perceived and actual needs of the community.

616 Mehfils have been organized till March 2006.