CITTA

Geographic areas served: India and Nepal

Programs: When citta registered the michael a. Daube charitable trust in odisha, india in 1997, there were no roads or electricity in the villages. The first order of business was to build a much-needed hospital in juanga village, and this was completed on april 2, 1997. The hospital has been growing in capacity ever since at the start of the project there were over 1,000 patients each month. There had been no previous medical care in the village, and the health issues the locals faced were neglected. As of 2012, we provide care for 25-30 patients daily and treat up to 8,000 patients annually. The education and services we provide have helped reduce the number of those in need of emergency care. We have 22 staff members including three general medicine physicians and three visiting surgeons performing gynecology, dentistry and general surgery. During the monsoon months june-september, extreme heat, rain and lack of sanitation bring many cases of dysentery and fever to the hospital.

in 2001, citta responded to the lack of education resource in the community by constructing the vivekananda primary school. This public school opened with 140 students in kg-1, 2 and 1st and 2nd grades. Now after 10 years, the school has grown to include all classes from kg-1 to 10th.

citta began to support the education of these three schools in collaboration with limi youth society as of june 2011.