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"We are six (6) founding members who, at first, randomly found opportunities to talk. Later, we convinced ourselves that we had to do something to "help the country" outside the framework of our professional activities, in order to make our small contribution to the fight against poverty. But what to do?"
"Based on our objectives, we decided to implement five-year activity programs, the first of which began in January 2007. Health promotion involves several factors—behavioral, cultural, social, economic, etc.—that are not part of the traditional health domain. Our means of action are advocacy, social mobilization, awareness-raising, and education. For this first program, we decided to focus on certain conditions."
"We plan to partner with the Ministry of Basic Education. This involves developing behaviors that protect children from health risks. We have two strategies: we plan to do this through extracurricular activities, where, through theater and stage performances, we will encourage children to think about behavioral hygiene issues, and also through the publication of educational and recreational books that we could popularize in partnership with the MEBA."
"I was glad to participate in an event like this during which I met people who are particularly passionate and enthusiastic to join us in doing all we can to protect our populations from these risks of vulnerability"
"In the context of Burkina, drinking water supply is insufficient and using polluted water remains widespread, especially in rural areas. Regarding hygiene and sanitation, rainwater drainage systems are weak in urban areas and almost non-existent in rural areas, causing floods and the spread of disease vectors"
"Most women and girls will develop schistosomiasis if they are not treated: if they are infected, the disease could develop into female genital schistosomiasis which increases the risk of contracting HIV and has a huge impact on the reproductive health of women, leading to complications during childbirth. For people living in isolated rural areas with limited access to regular health care, such risks regularly put their lives in danger."
"I created KIMI Foundation to promote the prevention of avoidable diseases, in particular among women and children. To achieve this target, I implement educational programs and hygiene promotion campaigns. I believe that these will contribute to health policy as implemented by the Government and public authorities of my country."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.