Building Confidence among Adolescent Girls

I am Narmatha studying 9th standard at Kolimeddu village. I am a member of the Vigneswarar adolescent girl's group and I used to participate in the meeting without fail. My father is a daily labourer. I had three siblings and my family is always in financial crisis. In 9th of every month Kalanjiam health staff come to conduct meetings for adolescent girls in our area. In the group, they discussed Hb level, the importance of vegetables, spinach, fruits and hygiene. At the end of the meeting, I said about my problem of having irregular periods in long intervals.

The health associate spoke to my mother about my problem. My Mom told about the financial constraints as the doctor from a local hospital has prescribed test and scan for Rs.2,000/- which the family couldn’t afford for taking the treatment. So the health associate took me to SUHAM Hospital. They recommend me to change my food habits and advised me to take one Iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablet in morning and evening. The IFA tablets were obtained from the primary health centres. At our home, my mother also took additional care of my food habits and started to get a suggestion from Health staff from Kalanjiam. Now after six months of regular monitoring, change in food habits and treatment; my periods got regularised and got out of the stress I undergo. I feel thankful to Kalanjiam for their no-cost interventions that give confidence in me.