Meera Foundation

Mutual Education for Empowerment and Rural Action (MEERA) functions as a women's organization, centring its efforts on women and gender-related matter Read mores. Its primary focuses encompass Women Empowerment, Water and Environmental concerns, Natural Resource Management, Education, Community Health, HIV/AIDS Prevention, TB Control and Care, Child Survival, Maternal and Infant Health, Diminishing Abortion Stigma, Ceasing Child Marriage, and Eradicating Child Labor. The group engages in collaborative ventures with entities such as the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), the Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria (GFATM), the Ministry of Women and Child Development (Childline India Foundation), and Nourish International – USA. Since 2005, the foundation has allocated its resources to Mother to Child HIV/AIDS Transmission outreach. Its expanded strategy entails TB education and outreach in the district, aiming to mitigate mother-to-child TB transmission with partner organisations. Under Project Axshya, supported by GFATM, The Union, and REACH, Chennai, TB control will operate for 2 years. It seeks growth in water-based enterprises, child protection, social enterprises, nature conservation, and environmental safeguarding. Its intent includes aiding HIV-affected children in Dindigul District through nutrition, medicine, education, and family empowerment. Additionally, MEERA envisions launching a comparable network to address maternal and childhood TB concerns.