TSFIF has six main focus areas: * Maternal and Child Health: TSFIF(Tata Steel Family Initiative Foundation) addresses family planning concerns through the use of communication media. This programme has successfully destroyed prejudices created by myths and traditional beliefs. TSFIF focuses on reproductive health services and creates awareness on spacing methods and family planning options. * Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health: TSFIF has four projects — * Youth Access to Reproductive Health Services in India (YARS) provides high quality, comprehensive reproductive health services to youth and adolescents and helps them to practice healthy sexual behaviour. * Strategies to Improve Adolescent Reproductive Health and Rights through Advocacy and Services (SAHAS) seeks to improve the sexual and reproductive health and well-being of adolescents. * Apni Baatein is a school-based teen health programme that emphasises value-based education. “There was a need for school students to have a platform where they could share their concern about values and reproductive health. The project was born from this need,” says TSFIF manager Dilith Castleton. The topics include effective communication skills, dealing with emotions and peer pressure, understanding one’s body, HIV/AIDS and personality development. * RISHTA is an adolescent health project, in collaboration with the Tata Steel Rural Development Society and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. * AIDS awareness: Understanding the threat of HIV/AIDS, TSFIF realised the importance of integrating HIV/AIDS programmes with RCH services. Screening tests for pregnant mothers were introduced along with counselling and treatment for those infected. * Drinking water and sanitation: Nearly 2,000 tube wells have been constructed for a population of 3 lakh. At least 2,000 toilets are constructed annually. * Eye care and cleft lip: More than 1,500 eye-related
TSFIF has six main focus areas: * Maternal and Child Health: TSFIF(Tata Steel Family Initiative Foundation) addresses family planning concerns through the use of communication media. This programme has successfully destroyed prejudices created by myths and traditional beliefs. TSFIF focuses on reproductive health services and creates awareness on spacing methods and family planning options. * Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health: TSFIF has four projects — * Youth Access to Reproductive Health Services in India (YARS) provides high quality, comprehensive reproductive health services to youth and adolescents and helps them to practice healthy sexual behaviour. * Strategies to Improve Adolescent Reproductive Health and Rights through Advocacy and Services (SAHAS) seeks to improve the sexual and reproductive health and well-being of adolescents. * Apni Baatein is a school-based teen health programme that emphasises value-based education. “There was a need for school students to have a platform where they could share their concern about values and reproductive health. The project was born from this need,” says TSFIF manager Dilith Castleton. The topics include effective communication skills, dealing with emotions and peer pressure, understanding one’s body, HIV/AIDS and personality development. * RISHTA is an adolescent health project, in collaboration with the Tata Steel Rural Development Society and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. * AIDS awareness: Understanding the threat of HIV/AIDS, TSFIF realised the importance of integrating HIV/AIDS programmes with RCH services. Screening tests for pregnant mothers were introduced along with counselling and treatment for those infected. * Drinking water and sanitation: Nearly 2,000 tube wells have been constructed for a population of 3 lakh. At least 2,000 toilets are constructed annually. * Eye care and cleft lip: More than 1,500 eye-related