Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS)
An NGO is tackling hunger right at the source, by providing three meals a day to children under three, together with daycare. The Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS) has been running creches or phulwaris since 2009, where children under the age of three can stay for 8 hours. Children get a diet of khichdi (a salty porridge made of rice and lentils), sattu (a mix of cereal-pulse-oilseed), iron supplements, and eggs twice a week. Also, they are taught to maintain hygiene. Bilaspur alone has 91 creches for 38 villages serving 1,200 children. Dr. Yogesh Jain, public health physician, and the founder-member of JSS said to the Times of India, “Treating sick children was only a short-term solution. We had to prevent malnourishment.”
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