INDIA: Feature Stories

Rays of Hope: Young Indian Couple Faces Brighter Future with Help of PRACHAR Project: Veena Kumari*, married at 15, decides to delay childbearing and stay in school after support from Pathfinder's PRACHAR project.

Ceremony Celebrates Pathfinder-Trained Providers: Lady health visitors and auxiliary nurse midwives of Gaya district, trained in IUD insertion, receive certification at Pathfinder ceremony.

IUD Training Empowers Providers in India: Auxiliary nurse midwives and lady health visitors from Primary Health Centers trained on counseling, screening, and insertions.

Peer Educator Idol II: Mukta peer educators select their representatives to the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico.  

Reducing Reproductive Health Burden of Women—A Relentless Effort: Barachatti Primary Health Centre and PRACHAR conduct a non-scalpel vasectomy camp to help reduce burden of reproductive health care on women.

Expanding Contraceptive Choice: PRACHAR conducts IUD insertion training to improve access to contraceptive choices for women and men in Bihar. 

Newlywed Couple Learns Importance of Family Planning: Anil and Manju Mandal attend Nav Dampati Swagat Samaroh ceremony and after learning more about reproductive health, decide to delay first pregnancy. 

Eradicating Myths and Misconceptions: Young mother excited to learn how she can space her pregnancies and thus better care for her family.

Shama Parvin: Making the Right Choice: Family Welfare Counselor courageously decides to end early marriage in her own family.

Salute to the President, Pratibhatai: Sex workers from the Mukta Project celebrate the first female president of India.

Men Pledge Commitment to Family Planning: PRACHAR Project promotes non-scalpel vasectomy.

Mukta Project Holds Workshop with Local Police: Officers and sex workers pledge commitment to HIV/AIDS prevention.

A Silent Heroine: Celebrating the Life of Pathfinder International's Shubhangi Barawkar.

Pathfinder/India Hosts Peer Educator Idol: Winner attends 2006 International AIDS Conference in Toronto.