RCHSS

Rajadighi Community Health Service Society (RCHSS) seeks to improve the overall satisfaction of the local community through the promotion of community coalition, human mobility, and joyful living. The eradication of mass dissatisfaction can be achieved through constant communication with the community, creating an environment of complete transparency, whereby a clear purpose can be identified to manifest a vision for the future together.

 

Our emphasis is on increasing mental well-being, rather than material well-being which can only be attained through material development. All of our training programs and community activities exist to provide a scope for inner search, which leads to problem-solving that best suits the needs of the people. For example, when the issue of using chemical fertilizers was addressed, farmers were asked to identify solutions that were in accordance with their innermost thoughts, which led to the implementation of organic farming methods that are sustainable for future generations. The tools are provided to enable the community to identify and create that which they truly want, thereby moving toward solution-based leadership.

 

Our role in working with the many different marginalized populations of North Bengal, including the indigenous tribal and Indo-Mongol groups, has been to collect through assessment the needs of the tribes and plan accordingly, utilizing strategies that preserve the local environment and promote social development. Issues that have been addressed include poverty, lack of hygiene awareness, poor nutrition, challenges facing seasonal migrant workers, and the negative impacts of chemical fertilizers, among many others.

 

RCHSS has strict criteria for assessing progress, one that is focused entirely on progress at the human level. Our emphasis is not on quantitative output and consumption, but rather on qualitative assessments of social, environmental, and human development. Therefore, the emphasis is removed from profit-oriented goals and redirected toward the quality of life goals that inspire constant change in order to evolve toward the future.