Jeevaniya Society

Projects Completed

Following is the summary of the projects completed by Jeevaniya society.

Sr. No	Programme/ Project	Sponsor/ Collaborators	Period	Objectives	Outcomes	Remarks
1	Lok Swasthya Parampara Samvardhan*	CAPART, GoI Ayurveda Dept, GoUP	1988- 92	Promotion of Health Traditions to evolve a self reliant model of Primary Health Care	- Primary Health Care & Awareness through a Herbal Garden and Simple medicine preparation facility set up at Govt. Ayurveda Dispensary - Survey & documentation of LHTs & LHPs in the community & networking
2	Brainstorming Workshops on Research Priorities in Local Health Traditions**	DST, CAPART, GoI, CDRI Lucknow	March 1989	Identify priority of research areas to enrich and promote local health traditions	Completed the Workshop, submitted report & recommendations	DST initiated a program on medicinal plants
3	Publication of Jeevaniya Magazines in Hindi & English**	CAPART	1989-98	To attain self reliance in primary health care by using medicinal plants and other food materials found nearby	Published regularly for 9 years and widely circulated	Used by large no. of NGOs and Govt. agencies in health education and Adult literacy campaigns also.
4	Jadi Booti Yatra to Valley of flowers**	CAPART, GOI	May 1990	To collect knowledge about endangered species of medicinal plants and methods of their preservation	Collected data on more than 100 plants	Follow-up Yatras undertaken at Chitrakoot, Ginda, Udaipur & Kangra
5	National Convention on Management of Jaundice**	DST, GoI, CAPART, CDRI Lucknow	Sept 91	To share the experiences amongst physician of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha & Allopathy about various aspects of Jaundice	Completed the convention, Report published & Programme initiated by collaborators	Health care and research institutions followed with R&D
6	Health Care and Survey of Jaundice epidemic in Kanpur	Self Collections & Contribution from Industry, Coordination from Govt. of UP	May-July 1991	To understand reasons of spreading epidemic and its magnitude by epidemiological survey and provide health care facilities	Provided Health Care and conducted door to door survey of 2000 households. Report & recommendations submitted to State Govt. also.	Studies showed it to be the largest ever reported Jaundice epidemic in the world (Two papers published) and follow up also at Lucknow
7	Publication of Wall papers on Local Health Traditions	NCSTC, GoI	1991-94	To spread information about medicinal plants and prevention from common diseases	Total of 13 Wall Papers published	Being used by large no. of NGOs and Govt. agencies in health education and Adult literacy campaign
8	Publication of Hindi Translations of Monographs on Local Health Traditions	CAPART, GoI	1989-94	Hindi translations of LSPSS monographs were published to spread the information amongst hindi speaking people	Three monographs published	One of the monograph was awarded best for 1996-97 by Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
9	Training programmes on Science Journalism to develop a course outline for same	NCSTC, GoI	1994-97	Development of curriculum for training science communicators amongst person working in institutions and individuals	Two training programmes of 12 weeks each besides curriculum development and Evaluation Workshops were organized	Trainees completed their assignments and received certificates from VC and recognized by Lucknow University
10	Publication of Booklets on Science in Daily life	NCSTC, GoI	1995- 2000	To publish books on popular science to promote scientific temper & understanding about science	8 books published with different styles of science writing	Private publishers also published some of our similar booklets
11	Status and availability of Medicinal Plants in North India	CAPART, GoI	1995- 2000	Availability of medicinal plants in market, nurseries, garden data collection in selected states	Survey report published in 2005	Follow up interaction done in several states
12	International Ayurveda & Modern Conference	Bio-Ved (USA & India), SGPGI, CDRI Lucknow	1997	To have a dialogue between Ayurveda and bio medicine experts to develop fundamentals and specific themes	Conducted a conference in collaboration with SGPGI & CDRI, Lucknow	Follow-up done with funding agency and others to develop projects
13	North Indian convention of Local Health Practitioners & NGOs	IGSSS, Delhi & CDRI Lucknow	1998	Bringing together local practitioners from northern states and creating resources and their experiences	State-wise network of North Indian ISM practitioners being founded	Series of follow up meeting organized
14	Regional convention on Traditional Medicine, Lucknow	PPST Foundation & State Ayurvedic College, Lucknow	Sept 1998	To understand the status and role of LHTs in North India for Primary Health Care	Ayurveda, Unani & LHTs from North India & NGO representatives participated to identify the issues, souvenir published	Involvement of various stakeholders tried for implementation of the recommendations
15	Convention on traditional health at IIIrd congress on traditional S&T at Varanasi	CAPART, CSIR, ICPR, PPST Foundation Chennai, Institute of Gandhian Studies Varanasi	Oct 1998	To organize a dialogue between various stakeholders on the potential & Role of LHTs in Indian context	Organization of the conference involving scientists, NGOs & Health Care Practitioners, Souvenir Published	Involvement of various stakeholders tried for implementation of the recommendations
16	CDRI Golden Jubilee Conference on development of herbal drugs and National Exposition on Herbal products as a Regional Event of Swadeshi Vigyan Mela	CAPART, SIDBI, Vigyan Bharti, CBMD, Dept of ISM&H, CSIR, KVIC, GoI, CST of UP	Apr 2000	To organize a dialogue between Practitioners of different Systems of Medicine for development of Drugs	Organization of a conference & evolving recommendations for implementation at various levels. Demonstration of selected special practices from Traditional Medicines & Publication of Abstracts & Background papers	Recommendations sent to various stakeholders
17	Improving awareness & availability of ISM remedies with particular reference to promote under RCH Program	Deptt of Family Welfare, GoI	1999-2003	Generating awareness & availability of Herbal Medicines in Lucknow District	- Set up several Herbal Gardens in schools, parks, with farmers & family kitchen herbal gardens to promote their use through Health Camps and Awareness campaigns. - Published a book on '51 medicinal plants in RCH', a booklet each on "Herbal Remedies in MCH", "Spices for HealthCare", ”set of 20 posters” & several pamphlets on Herbal Remedies	Health camps and Awareness programmes are continuing continuedand with Support from Mission Samriddhi
18	Training in Agro-forestry of Medicinal Plants in UP	National Medicinal Plants Board, GoI	2004-06	Promoting cultivation of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants in surrounding districts surrounding Lucknow	Promoted cultivation of MAPs by organization of training & awareness programmes, provision of quality planting material, setting up demo cultivation & publication of a book on 'Preliminary Guide to commercial cultivation of MAPs' and helping them in processing & marketing of their produce	Continued this work on our own and with Support from Mission Samriddhi
19	National conference on Medicinal Plants & Home remedies in Primary Health Care & Income generation	CAPART, KVIC, CSIR, NBRI, CST of UP	March 2003	To share the experiences of Jeevaniya society & others on the use of MAPs & home remedies in Primary Health Care and Income generation & developing future strategies	Expanded this work on our own and with Support from Mission Samriddhi & through Reports & recommendations follow up	Expanding this work on our own & through Reports & recommendations follow up
20	Cluster development in Medicinal & Aromatic Plants in UP & Uttaranchal	SIDBI, UP	2005-07	To develop clusters of Farmers & Entrepreneurs who would be involved in the chain from cultivation to processing & marketing of MAPs from UP & UT	Organized groups of farmers & entrepreneurs who would cultivate, process & market MAPs & their processed produce through Buyers'-Sellers' networking meet. Set up a processing & distillation plant for organizing demonstrations and helping farmers with primary processing of MAPs	Followed up the training of entrepreneurs and helped several of them in later years
21	Awareness generation on Plant Biodiversity conservation through school gardens	DST, GoI	2007-09	To generate awareness amongst students and teachers about the importance of bio-diversity and its uses	Set-up 10 herbal gardens in rural and urban educational institutions of Lucknow. Organized several orientation workshops, visits and awareness campaigns	Several other schools and institutions were helped for setting up similar gardens.