ABOUT SNEHA

SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action) is a Mumbai-based non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health, nutrition, and safety of women and children living in vulnerable urban informal settlements. Our mission is to empower urban women and children through integrated health and nutrition programs, education, and advocacy.

We work through a dual approach—engaging both care seekers and care providers. At the community level, we empower women and families to become agents of change, while simultaneously collaborating with public health and safety systems to drive sustainable improvements in urban health outcomes.

SNEHA’s key programs include:

Maternal and Child Health

Empowerment, Health and Sexuality of Adolescent Prevention of Violence against Women and Children Public System Partnership

Palliative Care

Between 2016 and 2025, SNEHA directly reached over 620,555 women, children, and healthcare workers, and indirectly impacted a population of over 3.63 million across seven municipal corporations and three municipal councils in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

Today, SNEHA is a 500+ member organization with deep grassroots presence and a strong track record of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, child malnutrition, adolescent anemia, and gender-based violence—key determinants of health equity for families and communities.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

SNEHA has extensive experience working with health systems, fostering strong relationships within these systems. We also have experience working with the community, respecting their beliefs and values and

establishing volunteer groups while building their capacities to ensure sustainable action even after SNEHA’s exit. Our expertise extends to managing complex, multifaceted healthcare models, supported by strong intervention, and monitoring and evaluation protocols. We leverage technology for efficient data collection, visualization, and real time data analysis for intervention planning. We have trained human resources to carry out intervention and we have shown impactful changes in our interventions in the past. In this Aahar Samarth project F North ward, we aim to scale up our efforts to reach 400,000 of the most vulnerable people out of a total population of 561,000 focusing on strengthening the health and nutrition system to ensure effective community outreach and effective service delivery to the community.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The SNEHA Aahar Samarth “Enhancing Collaboration with Public Health (BMC) and Nutrition Systems (ICDS) to Improve Health of Women and Children in Mumbai” is a three-year initiative (April 2025–March 2028) implemented in the F/North ward targeting vulnerable populations in urban informal settlements. Aimed at improving maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes, the project will directly benefit over 46,000 individuals—including pregnant women, children under five, frontline workers, and married women of reproductive age—and indirectly reach around 400,000 people. It focuses on strengthening collaboration with public systems like BMC and ICDS, building the capacity of frontline health workers, ensuring better service delivery, and engaging the community through volunteers and group meetings. Key goals include increasing immunization, improving antenatal care and nutrition, promoting family planning, reducing malnutrition, and enhancing the performance and accountability of Anganwadi and health systems.