From Our Correspondent
TURA, Dec 8: Meghalaya Speaker and North Tura MLA, Thomas A Sangma on Friday distributed mobile phones to Anganwadi Workers during a programme on: Strengthening the MIS on Nutritional and Health Status of Women and Children by Anganwadi Workers. The event was held at the District Auditorium in Tura.
The programme was organised by the West Garo Hills District Administration. Speaking on the occasion, Sangma, who was the Chief Guest said that Anganwadi Workers play a pivotal role in society by providing vital health care, nutrition and early childhood education services to the most vulnerable members of the community.
They not only work to enhance the quality of life of the people, but take much-needed care of maternal health, especially that of expecting mothers and newborn children, the Speaker added.
According to Sangma, providing mobile phones to these dedicated Anganwadi workers would help them immensely to access training materials, educational source materials and valuable information related to maternal and child health care easily.
West Garo Hills, Deputy Commissioner Jagdish Chelani thanked the Chief Minister as well as the Meghalaya Speaker for the support and initiative of providing smart phones to Anganwadi workers in order to facilitate better data collection of children and lactating mothers thereby strengthening the standardised Management Information System (MIS) in the district. He also informed that smartphones will be distributed to anganwadi workers at Asanang and Tikrikilla, too.