Voluntary Health Association of India organized a state level consultation workshop under the project Amplify Change on 9th February 2021 in Bhubaneswar with an objective to develop a way forward to promote SRHR, combat child marriage and also to develop a road map for convergence with important stakeholders in addressing these issues during the post COVID-19 times. Further, a future course of action for the State SRHR Alliance was also developed in the workshop. A total of over 37 participants from 34 partner CSOs participated, who shared a few best practices from at the field and addressed the issues and challenges they faced during COVID-19 pandemic.
The programme was inaugurated by Ms. Divya Saswati, representative Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in the presence of Shri Dhiren Pattnaik, Retd. IAS, Shri K.K. Swain, Secretary- OVHA, Mr. Jose Thomas and Mr. Mahip Kumar from SRHR India Alliance. Under the Amplify Change Project, VHAI is working as SRHR Alliance India partner in 5 districts of Odisha in collaboration with 40 local CSO partner.
