A recently conducted Community Monitoring process in Nuagaon village of Boipariguda block in Koraput district reveals that unavailability of designated Anganwadi Centre is depriving the pre-school activity and facilities. For a long time, the Anganwadi Worker runs the AWC on the veranda of her rented house where she is not able to do the required pre-school activity properly. She faces problems in storing the food grains, records and pre-school materials. Situation worsens during rainy season of every year.

Nuagaon Anganwadi Center falls under the Haladikund panchayat of Boipariguda block. It serves a total of sixty beneficiaries. Of the 60 beneficiaries, there are 23 children aged 6 months to 3 years, 25 children between the age group of 3 to 6 years, 2 pregnant women and 10 lactating mothers.

During a Community monitoring process initiated by CYSD at Nuagaon village, it was found that the Anganwadi Centre of the village has got damaged for nearly six years. In absence of a designated place to run the Anganwadi, the Anganwadi Worker runs the centre on her rented house veranda where she is staying. It is very difficult in her part to ensure the safety in keeping the records, registers, food grains and pre-school materials. It is mostly during monsoons, she faces hurdles in running the centre.

As part of Community monitoring, a village level interface was organized between the service providers and service users where Ward Member of that village was also present.  During a plan of action to smoothen the service of Anganwadi Centre, the Anganwadi Worker explained about the difficulties she is passing through in providing the services. However, in the same meeting it was decided by the service users that the mothers will take the issue forward, and the ward member was very enthusiastic to help them out in this regard. Within a week the ward member wrote an application and the mother participants endorsed to take it up to the appropriate authority. Then they submitted the application to the CDPO and BDO of Boipariguda block and continuously made follow up and negotiated with them to sanction a new Anganwadi Center.

Soon, the efforts brought fruition and a new Anganwadi Center was granted for Nuagaon village of Haldikund panchayat. The construction work was started and got completed soon. Now the Anganwadi Centre is functioning hassle-free. Monsoon is no more a hurdle for running the centre.