Below is a list of some of the projects that have been recently funded through Entrust Foundation. For more information on any project, simply click on the project image or title.
India Population 1.15 Billion GDP Per Capita US$2,700 Hindu 80.5% Mulslim 13.4% Christian 2.3%
Community Health Program 2010- Nth India Health - Nth India
Overview CHEER-Sampan, a community health and development project, is partnering with village health workers to bring spiritual and physical health in impoverished villages of Northern India. Income Tax Deductible: Yes
What We Like About it. CHEER is an initiative of a highly qualified Australian doctor that has undertaken extensive research on public health issues in India. Having spent considerable time in India over the past 4 years, a team has been established that is now delivering highly strategic and effective health care through the engagement of local community health volunteers.
Budget AU$45,000 (fy 2010/2011)
Total cost of the project including support of community health workers, training and research is $45,000 for one year.
1. The Opportunity The 8.48 million people who live in a remote province at the foothills of the himalayas in Northern India have little access to primary health care. The knowledge of basic public health care information is poor so the levels of mortality and mobidity from preventable conditions such as pneumonia and diarrhoea are high even today in 2010. The high prevalence of maternal and infant mortality can be easily reduced with simple knowledge and access to basic antenatal and postnatal care.
2. The Strategy The project will equip and train local indigenous people in public health and primary healthcare. Volunteers will be trained in skills to deal with diverse issues ranging from child birth emergencies, to building toilets to facilitating local self-help groups.
Training will be two fold - Firstly, training newly recuited health workers and secondly, ongoing training for exisiting health care workers. For new community health workers there will be a two week intensive introductory training followed by 20 modules delivered over a two year period. The students who complete the training modules will be awarded a Certificate of Public Health Practice. Exisiting community health workers will have access to continuing professional development through bi-annual training days, a training newsletter and web based sharing forum. This will facilitate a sharing of resources amongst network members and health workers.
3. The Impact
The main aim of the project is to give local inhabitants access to primary health care where exisitng infrastructure is failing. The networks training programme will be invaluable in building the health workforce to achieve this.
Budget AU$45,000 (fy 2010/2011) 
