Several people's representatives, citizens and officers have adopted Anganwadis and malnourished children as a part of 10-day State-wide Anganwadi Quality Mission launched on January 4, an official Press statement informed on Thursday.
The Friends (Mitra) of Anganwadis and malnourished children will be attended at regular intervals. Korba District Collector P. Dayanand adopted Anganwadi Kendra Kirlali Para Bhayang. He pledged to improve the conditions prevailing at the anganwadi. He appealed to the citizens at the Mahila Jagruti Camp to improve the quality of services by active participation in the Anganwadi Quality Up-gradation Mission.
Many women and citizens of Gariaband have taken pledge to take care of the malnourished children at the Kendras. They have adopted village panchayat Kochvaya anganwadi Kendra's 32 malnourished children.
As a part of the campaign, a large number of women fed the Kochvaya Kendra's with U.H.T. sweetened milk. They distributed bananas, apples, oranges, sweets and dry fruits to the children. 'Bal Mitra' enquired about the nourishment and quality of education and urged the officials to provide nutritious diet to the Kendra children.
Gram Panchayat Sarpanch Devnarayan Thakur, Upa sarpanch Radheshyam, Panch Sharda Manikpuri and Women and Child Development Department Programme Officer Ajay Sharma and a lot of officers were present at the function.
Bilaspur District Collector Anblagan P. visited village Hirri anganwadi Kendra at Bilha Development Block and took stock of the Anganwadi quality up-gradation Mission.
He enquired about the steps being taken to reduce malnourishment in the vicinity. Three chronically malnourished kids were adopted by the Bal Mitra. They will monitor the kids on a regular basis to improve their nourishment levels.