Dalits are often unable to receive proper health care due to insufficient finances, caste discrimination, and lack of knowledge about proper health and hygiene. Because of these conditions, diseases and sickness can spread quickly. Without proper care and treatment, Dalit children face unnecessary illnesses. Health awareness in the community has immediate positive results that benefit the entire community.
LIFE STORY:
A young Dalit student, Hariveerag, burned both his hands when he fell into the boiling food that was cooking over the open fire outside his small grass and wooden hut. Blistered and bleeding and crying out in pain Hariveerag’s parents took him to the Community Health Care Worker at our Good Shepherd School The health worker was able to treat his burns and prevent infection. She was also able to instruct the parents in burn care and gave tips on preventing such an accident in the future.
Today Hariveerag’s hands are fully recovered despite some minor scarring. His parents are so thankful and related the story to others whose children have had a similar accident and became handicapped because of a lack of health care in their village.