NECHA BULLETIN_JUNE 2020

NECHABULLETIN NORTH EASTERN COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSOCIATION BHOLABABA PATH, HOUSE NO. 2, SIX MILE, GUWAHATI - 781022, ASSAM VOL. I. NO. 2 JUNE 2020 Message from Director, The Vision & Mission of CBCI (Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India) and NECHA (North eastern Community Health Association) are the same. \"...that they may have life, life in its fullness.\" John.10:10. (Vision). \"To ensure curative, preventive health care and promotion of CURATIVE HEALTH health; to reach out to the poor and marginalized PREVENTIVE HEALTH to enable in social mobilization of communities for creation of leadership” (Mission). A time has come for all to join hands, keeping up the curative health care and preventive health, to promote health and reach out to the villages for creation of leadership and enable them to be responsible for their health. We wish NECHA BULLETIN to reach in all the villages of the North East Region of India. CONTENTS: GOD BLESS THE GOOD WORKS HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE PROMOTION OF HEALTH VISION OF CBCI MISSION OF CBCI COMMON AILMENTS AND COMMON REMEDIES ANAEMIA HEALTH TIPS SPIRITUAL ANAEMIA PROMOTION OF HEALTH Health is Wealth ***Private circulation only ###

NECHA BULLETIN . During the past 77 years CHAI has accomplished and achieved a lot GOD BLESS THE GOOD WORKS of good results in the Health care sector. WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO), within the past 72 years, since NORTH EASTERN COMMUNITY its establishment, has done much good HEALTH ASSOCIATION (NECHA) has for the Health care, Development and gone beyond the boundaries of health relief activities all over the world. The care (Curative Health) to Preventive amount of health activities undertaken health and Promotion of Health. and accomplished by the WHO are enormous. HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE In the same way during the past 76 HEALTH is the total wellbeing of years of the existence the CATHOLIC the whole person: physically, BISHOP'S CONFERENCE OF INDIA (CBCI) mentally, socially, culturally, has undertaken and achieved very much economically and spiritually and not in the field of Health care, both National mere absence of sickness (WHO). and State level, in health, Development and relief activities. Also CBCI is guiding HEALTH CARE is caring for and encouraging many Catholic persons, families or communities Associations and Societies, which are against sickness or contamination by involved actively in Curative, Preventive bacteria, virus, amoeba or any other and Promotional Health activities. way. It is curative Health care through hospitals, doctors, nurses, and CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION dispensaries etc. We are equating OF INDIA (CHAI) was the vision of Health and Health care. At present, Blessed Sr. Mary Glowrey JMJ, 77 years we are mostly involved in Curative ago, to unite all the Catholic Doctors in Health Care. We have less motivation India for better and effective health or no motivation to take up services to the poor and the preventive health care and promotion marginalised, under the guidance of the of health or community health. Bishops.

NECHA BULLETIN Before getting too late, this is the Enabling is different from right time to think more about providing. Enabling is to begin in the Preventive Health Care and Promotion community. So promotion of health is of Health. also called Community Health. It is a process in which people are made PREVENTIVE HEALTH aware of their rights, duties and responsibilities. In the process people \"Prevention is better than cure.\" are enabled to come together, prevention means blocking the causes discuss their problems of health, of sickness or any event so that it may education, development and so on. not take place. Once the causes of sickness or anything that do harm or People after discussion and lead to harm stopped, we are safe. deliberations make their own Preventive education starts at home decisions and actions according to from parents and home atmosphere at their priority. Decisions are the an early age. For example washing of outcome of people's discussions and hands before eating, handling edible deliberations. By following the items with clean hands, wearing clean democratic process and leadership dress, avoiding flies and food the people implement the decisions. contaminated by flies and not to share contaminated things with friends. As for family or community life, During the School education step by promotion of health or Community step or class by class students are Health is of utmost importance. The taught preventive measures according Vision and Mission of the CBCI and to their grasping ability and capacity. NECHA promote it. PROMOTION OF HEALTH (Community Health) By promotion of health we mean making the people responsible for their health. In this we only have to enable them.

NECHA BULLETIN VISION OF CBCI COMMON AILMENTS AND COMMON REMEDIES To ensure life in its fullness (Jn.10:10) and inspired by His ANAEMIA compassionate love, Catholic Church in India envisages a healthy society A shortage of red cells or where people, especially the poor and haemoglobin in the blood, causing the marginalised, attain and maintain tiredness. holistic well being and live in harmony with the creator, with self, with one Anaemic: Suffering from Anaemia. another and with the environment. Lacking spirit or energy. MISSION OF CBCI CAUSE: Common people understands anaemia as lack of blood. The cause To ensure promotive, curative may be lack of nutrition or balanced diet. Quality of food is more important and rehabilitative health care to all, than quantity. Another cause may be due to parasites like intestinal worms particularly to the poor and the or any infection due to bacteria, amoeba, virus and so on. Third cause marginalized through their may be due to loss of blood. empowerment. REMEDY:  To engage in social mobilization 1. Balanced Diet of the community by creating awareness on rights, duties and 2. De-worming and follow hygiene responsibilities related to health issues. 3. Iron tablets  NECHA believes and stands for 4. Gooseberry Arishtam/ tonic/ vine. the VISION AND MISSION of CBCI to accomplish it in action in the 5. Sprouts. day to day life of the people.

NECHA BULLETIN HEALTH TIPS How to make gooseberry Arishtam a) Goose berry 1 kg b) Gur or Sugar 200 grams Goose berry (Gur scrapped) Gur c) Cardamom (Elichi) for Rs. 5/- mix d) Clove (Laung) for Rs. 5/- e) Cinnamon (Dalchini) for Rs. 5/- Method:  Dry in the sun items (c, d & e), grind and keep safe.  Wash the gooseberry.  One glass or plastic container with lid, wash it with warm or hot water.  Fill in 4 layers as in picture (Goose berry and Gur).  Keep in a warm place for 40-50 days, shake it once a week  Strain after 50 days and add the spices and keep one month for sedimentation.  Strain every week for 4 weeks. It will turn to dark red. You can use after 3 months. You can keep for many years. Keep it tightly closed.  50 days processing may be done also by burying the container in paddy or in dry earth.

NECHA BULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETIN SPIRITUAL ANAEMIA  NECHA Bulletin is for the health education of the people, Spiritual anaemia is said to be a especially the youth. slowdown in your Spiritual Exercises and Practices.  You may share this, with all your people. SYMPTOMS:  We wish to circulate the Bulletin In spiritual life or practices, laziness, no to all the villages in the North interest, distractions, sleepy, negative Eastern States. feelings leading to pride, boasting, selfishness, critical, compromising  You may give us the WhatsApp attitude, emotional imbalances and so No. or Email ID of your people. on. Fr. K.C. George, REMEDY: Director, NECHA Bholababa Path, House No. 2 1. Read and meditate the Word of God. Six Mile, Khanapara Guwahati -781022, Assam. 2. Drink 1 tea spoon of any Arishtam Mobile: 9678224827 (0) before spiritual practices. 8974008332 (P) 3. Positive Thinking. Email: [email protected] Website: nechaindia.org 4. Drink one spoon full of any Arishtam before bed time. 5. Pray for deliverance and get a blessing for deliverance from a Priest.