Youth Voices

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Adolescents account for one fifth of the world population and have been an increasing trend. According to the planning commission Population Projection, as n 1st March 2000, in Indian they account 22.8% of the population. This implies that abut 230 million Indians are adolescents in the age group of 10 to 19 years. Largely, the young people are the effected as well as affected by alcohol use. The drink and tobacco industries are also primarily focuses and to target the young. Nada India has been an institutional member of IOGT International now Movendi International since 2005. Nada has been promoting involvement of young people in promotion of NCD Free healthy life. Nada India has been a founding member of ITYF Indian Temperance Youth Federation and was elected as being ITYF board during General Assembly held on 7th February 2009 at Bhubaneshwar, Orissa. Later, Nada India Nada India believes that meaningful youth participation involves recognizing and nurturing the strengths...

Heena Young health advocate & a peer leader from Nada India advocating for people to patients engagement at workshop organised by Nada India and Dakshama members of Healthy India Alliance.

Youth Catalyst *Navya Narang Youth Catalyst *Navya Narang facilitated the campaign run by Nada India Foundation and Young India Network for Good Health to appreciate the hard work and efforts of Nurses and Health Attendants by spreading awareness and getting network members and volunteers to connect with nursing assistants and thanking them for their service, patience and dedication.   In conversation with Nada team member Riya Thapliyal, Navya shares her journey of working on the campaign. #Youthforcaregivers Riya : Hi! Navya. First of all, thank you so much for associating with the campaign and working so hard to make it a success. What motivated you to join the campaign in the first place?  Navya : I personally feel that the work all the nurses do is always worth saluting and thanking. I saw a nurse at work when I was 9 years old, taking care of my grandfather who was on his deathbed. She used to stay with us the whole day, helping us everywhere wherev...

“Everyday , you come to hospital with a smile; Keeping your priorities aside ,you take care of patient’s priorities with utmost perseverance; Navya Narang Youth Catalyst Navya Narang is a Youth Catalyst at Nada India Foundation, and is currently a first year student at Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi, pursuing Psychology (H). She is interested in learning  about human behaviour. I personally feel that the work all the nurses do is always worth saluting and thanking. I saw a nurse at work when I was 9 years old , taking care of my grandfather who was on his deathbed. She used to stay with us the whole day, helping us everywhere wherever she could; whether it was cooking food for my grandfather or consoling our family members when they were broken seeing the state my grandfather was in. The nurse even took out time from her personal life, to help us .  That was why I joined the campaign initiated by “World Health Organisation” and facilitated by...

Health Advocate, Pooja Choudhary, felt that everyone uses eCPR in their daily lives, knowingly or unknowingly. She also observed that generally we practice it with people we know. “jo humse close hote hain, unhi ke saath hum eCPR practice karte hain. Anjaan log jab apno se hi nahi baat kar pate toh humse kaise karenge (We practice it with people who are close to us. When a stranger can’t tell their plight to the people they know, how will they discuss it with us)”, noted Pooja.  Dr Fisher agreed that connecting is easier with people we know however eCPR can be practiced with strangers also. It’s like CPR. In his words, “It (eCPR) is a universal language of emotions which supersedes language and culture.” He substantiated this with the example of a baby. We and the baby don’t share a language; it cries and we try to soothe it. We don’t know why it is crying, it gives us clues, we try to address its needs but almost always it needs to be soothed and eventually we realise what ...

Image source Enhance the quality of social bonding and social wellbeing  by connecting with people living with COVID19 and empower them with their rights as patients and caregivers   and create safe space for everyone....   The World Health Organization (WHO) has started using the phrase  "physical distancing" instead of "social distancing"  as a way to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus from people to people. I think it was over due,  Young India Network for Good Health   welcomes this move as a step towards to bring back social wellbeing of People Living with COVID19 and their families suffering from social isolation. We underline the importance of a physical distance as  "absolutely essential" to respond to global pandemic "it does not mean that socially we have to disconnect from the people who are significant and part of day to day life. Image source   Since coronavirus is spread mainly through respiratory d...

Movendi International statement of concern regarding the role and actions of the alcohol industry during the COVID-19 crisis Stockholm, Sweden,  March 26, 2020 – Major alcohol producers have announced their commitment to helping fight the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Alcohol producers are  shifting production  to make hand sanitizers. While this is welcome, there are several reasons for caution and concern. In this statement of concern, Movendi International addresses three aspects that show worrying developments. We also make three calls for urgent action to mitigate alcohol harm during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Movendi International is gravely concerned about free PR and extensive media coverage of a health harmful industry; we are worried about preferential treatment of alcohol producers by regulators that might foment alcohol harm; and we are seriously concerned about the deregulation and weakening alcohol policy protections. In light of latest developments,...

Nada India Foundation organised a training on emotional CPR that was conducted by  Lauren Spiro at the Shantiratan Foundation, Chhatarpur  on 14th & 16th March'20. The training was attended by 12 participants from various walks of life (Circle of Hope) while Ayaz is the Program Coordinator at Ashra Adhikar Abhiyan , Kushangi has a master's in Clinical Psychology and Pooja is a student of Geriatric Care and Nada Health Advocate. Upon being asked what he was expecting from the training, Amar, also a student of Geriatric Care at American India Foundation (Nada Circle of Hope), said, " CPR toh maine kiya tha, yeh eCPR kya hai yeh janne aaye hain" (I have practiced CPR , I'm here to learn what eCPR is all about).  eCPR is a public health education program designed to teach people to assist others through emotional crisis through three steps: C = connecting, P = emPowering, and R = revitalizing. eCPR recognizes that the experiences of trauma, emotional ...