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Hospital
Citta's most established project was opened in 1996 in Juanga, Orissa, one of the most rural and poorest states in India. The state has little infrastructure and the highest infant and maternal mortality rates in the country. This coastal area of Orissa is prone to cyclones before and after monsoon season (June-September). During monsoon rains, the area of the hospital is isolated from urban areas in the state due to poor roads that become impassible.
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The Vivekananda Public School is situated in Orissa, one of the poorest states of India. Only 10% of the local population has received any formal education.
The majority of students come from families relying on subsistence farming and fall well below the poverty line established by the Indian government. In 1999, a devastating cyclone destroyed what few government schools existed. In August, 2001, with the collaboration of the Michael A. Daube Charitable Trust, the Vivekananda Public School was registered with the educational board in the state of Orissa and opened with 140 students and has grown to serve over 300 students.
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Women's Center
Orissa has the highest rate of infant and maternal mortality in India. This center built next to the hospital in Juanga, offers institutional delivery, pre- and postnatal healthcare, and education to pregnant woman in the area. The center will provide educational seminars for mothers on nutrition and hygiene for the improvement of family welfare and will develop a mobile team that will outreach seminars in neighboring villages.
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Girls' School
The availability of an educational support system for young girls and women specifically designed to encourage intellectual inquiry and provide opportunity is relatively inaccessible in India. Although the Indian Constitution has stated a goal of providing free education up to the age of 14, literacy rates are still very low. Recent figures state that average literacy rates in India are at a total of 64.8%, with men at 75.3% and women at 53.7%. In Rajasthan, however, the figures illustrate the condition for women more critically. The 'Land of Kings' has one of the lowest literacy rates for women in all of India, with men at 75.7% and women at 43.9% for a total of 60.4% overall (Source: Census of India, 2001).
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Women's Center
Originally in Ghaikur, the women's center has now shifted to Kathmandu due to the Maoist conflict. The training center was developed to house the offices for work being done in Nepal. It creates a facility in the capital city where the women from the rural areas can come to learn many different handicraft techniques.It teaches them skills that they can use to provide for their families while keeping their cultural traditions alive.
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Clinic
After The Women's Center was built in Gaikhur, Gorkha District, it quickly became apparent that health care was also an equally pressing issue for this poverty stricken and remote area. The only health facility available to this and nearby communities was located an eight hour walk away through long winding mountains trails. The center now provides medicines in a small pharmacy on the second floor, but so much more is needed.
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Orphanage
After the women's center was moved to Kathmandu, the building was converted into an orphanage to house children displaced by the Maoist conflict, which continues to undermine family life in much of rural Nepal. Two local women who were unable to follow the women's center to Kathmandu have taken responsibility for the care of the children and a local teacher has been hired to tutor them.
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Dr. Christopher Barley Hospital
Humla lies beneath the Himalayas in the northwestern region of Nepal in one of the most remote and unspoiled areas of the country. It is also the poorest area of Nepal and lacks modern facilities for transportation, health, sanitation, and education. Most children must work in the fields and few attend school.
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Clinic
The Benito-Juarez Clinic was opened in 1999 in the Lacandon Rainforest of Chiapas. This clinic serves 5,000 people from 12 communities made up of four ethnic groups: Tzetzal, Chol, Tojolabal, and Tzotzil. Spanish is spoken to bridge the language differences, although it is not their native tongue. Basic services such as roads, schools, and health services are rare or non-existent. The clinic is a regional project run by elected officials from local communities. It consists of three buildings; a surgical unit, a dormitory for patients, and a pharmacy/consultation room.
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School
The school house in the central village of Benito-Juarez has been left empty for some years. Attracting teachers to this remote area has been difficult. One young man in the village has already been given the responsibility of educating the youth in the area. Other trained teachers are available, and with our help these people can receive the education they need to survive and communicate with the outside world.
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