Description

Devi, Gangli and Kasni pose in the hamlet of Bhilwara in Banokda Village, Kumbhalgarh, Rajsamand. Since November 2014, Action Research and Training for Health has implemented the Taruni project in 467 villages in the districts of Udaipur and Rajsamand. The project employs an innovative model to deliver sexual and reproductive health information; community volunteers enable women to self-assess their pregnancy status, consult a telephone helpline, seek information and commodities from neighborhood entrepreneurs, and access reproductive health counseling and services at primary care clinics facilitated by escorted referral to specialists.