Health Camp

One day health camp was organized at Donyi-Polo Tea Estate (DPTE) by DPTE Dispensary where Medical team from Primary Health Center, Sille lead by Medical Officer i/c along with Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) Coordinator (PPP) was called to examined the patients. The camp was started at 9 am. Adjoining people mostly Tea Estate Labors participated in the camp where 81 beneficiaries blood sample collected for microscopic examination and send to PHC, Sille and 51 beneficiaries were registered under various kinds of ailments viz. Skin diseases, respiratory tract infections, hypertension, gastritis etc. The medical team not only gave curative care but also advices on preventive and pro motive care through which many diseases can be control at home by following hygiene and sanitation tips. It is worth mentioning that the Primary Health Center, Sille is being manage by Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) under Public Private Partnership (PPP) model of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) since 2006. The camp came to end at 3 Pm.

RKS MEET

A Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS) meeting was held at PHC Sille on June 10, 2011 in presence of Medical Officer i/c and RKS members. After a long threadbare discussion, the following points were approved by the RKS member for the session 2011-12.

• The selection procedure for ASHA facilitator will be done by the PHC staff.
• Onwards, the post of chairman will be held by ASM and the ASHA will be secretary for smooth functioning of RKS committee.
• Any RKS member who miss the RKS meeting consecutive for trice a times. S/he will be automatically dissolve from the RKS list.
• Regarding RKS fund utilization viz. corpus, annual maintenance and untied fund and execution of planning work will be look after by the MO i/c who is the Co-Chairman (RKS). However, the chairman & the secretary will monitor the work.

In any other agenda, the RKS member congratulated the PHC staffs for their sincerity and dedication in the improvement of work and urging them to keep up the spirit for the welfare of the communities in coming days.
Earlier, Ms Anyak Mize, PPP Coordinator, explained about the purpose of the meeting and said that without participation of RKS members and the local communities , the management of hospital will not be satisfactory. Hence felt that timely RKS meeting and the participation of its member in the meeting is must.

Best Practices Training

The training of trainers for selected women leaders in the Best Practices project sites in Mechuka, Yachuli and Koyu areas that started on February 2, was concluded yesterday. Twelve women from the three sites enthusiastically participated in the program. One of the participants was Mary, who has started school after she managed to struggle free of his husband to whom she was married when she was still a child.


On the first day, Dr. Tage Kanno, Executive Director talked about the purposes and importance of the program, the works of Future Generations, concept of development and the roles of communities in shaping their own future. In the following two days, the resource persons comprising of the FGA staff and staff of PHC, Sille demonstrated effective conduction of participatory training. The highlight was field visit to Mangnang village where the trainers interacted with the community members there and saw how each one is playing significant roles in the affairs of the village. The role of the VWW, who have also become the ASHA now, was especially inspiring. In the following days, the participants practiced the skill of participatory training that they had learnt. Each of the six teams tried to perform better than the other. The result was a strong team of trainers in some of the most inaccessible villages in Arunachal Pradesh.

While the training program ended well, an unfortunate incident dampened the mood in the last moment. One of the participant's child suddenly fell ill in the afternoon and expired early today morning. The father had brought the child to Itanagar from Yachuli and was upset that the mother could not be with the child at the time of need. All the resource persons and participants from all sites stayed with the mother till a vehicle could be hired. All the women who had come from Yachuli area accompanied the mother till her home. It was a tragedy nobody could foresee. Losing a child is an irreparable loss, but the solidarity that other members in the program showed was exemplary

Anniversary Picnic

The communities of Sille-Oyan area in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh organized the Anniversary Picnic in Sille Korong on January 4 last. Officers from various departments, Panchayat leaders of the area and selected FGA volunteers from Yazali, Ziro, Koyu and Mechuka were invited.

The Anniversary Picnic is arranged by the staff of the Primary Health Center, Sille and the community members to mark the occasion of starting the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project with the Government of Arunachal Pradesh where FGA is managing the health facility. The health facility was handed over to FGA on January 4, 2006.

Groups of women led by the VWWs from Mangnang, Baro-Mile, Sille, Oyan, Sika Bamin and Sika Tode came with their contributions in the forms of local beer, rice, vegetable and so on. The Gaon Buras (village heads) of all the villages and members of the Rogi Kalyan Society (Hospital Management Society) proudly welcomed the guests.

It was a day of enjoyment and relaxation for the staff of the PHC and other project workers of FGA after all the works throughout the year.

PHC Review Meeting

The half-yearly review meeting of the Primary Health Center, Sille, which is being managed by Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh was held in the Circle Officer’s Conference Hall at Oyan today. All the Panchayat leaders, Gaon Buras and other senior leaders of the area attended the meeting.

The leaders who spoke in the meeting representing their villages were all praise for the staff of the PHC, who have brought significant changes in the morbidity and mortality pattern of the whole area by improving the clinical services, regular outreach activities and training of mothers on basic health care. The shape of the PHC now is ten times better than that in 2005 before FGA took over the management, said Nalo Tasing, Anchal Chairperson. Okyam Gao, Zilla Parishad Member, agreed with him said that the leaders of the area should work together to get an X-ray unit for the PHC. She added that the NGOs should be working in more difficult areas and FGA should keep on improving their performance since Sille is well connected with road.

Nakek Moyong, Zilla Parishad Member (Bilat) explained about the purpose of the government’s PPP project and congratulated the people of the Sille-Oyan area for getting their PHC managed under the project. Byabang Rocket, Chairperson, Master Coordinating Committee (MCC), FGA gave an overall view of the works being done by FGA in other parts of the state. He recounted various misgivings about the organization in early days in places like Palin when it was misunderstood to have political agenda. He urged the leaders not to repeat the same mistake since FGA is working with the welfare of the people of Arunachal Pradesh as the only motive.

Aying Perme, Circle Officer, Sille-Oyan, who chaired the meeting congratulated FGA for good performance and urged the leaders to continue making contributions in managing the center.

Earlier, Dr. Tage Kanno, Executive Director, FGA explained about the purpose of the meeting and said that involving the communities in managing the PHC is one of the main objectives of the organization, and the meeting aims to elicit more participation in the project. He added that FGA hopes that the communities themselves should be able to manage the PHC whenever the PPP project comes to an end.

It may be mentioned that FGA has been managing the PHC, Sille since 2006 when it took over from the government. PPP project is one of the innovative project conceived by the government of Arunachal Pradesh as a part of National Rural Health Mission and has been nationally acclaimed for its success in improving rural health services.