Area: This area is not easily accessible by road or transport, medical facilities are unavailable, and malnutrition is widespread (~50% of the children are severely undernourished). 

Child care centers (anganwadi): Villages with populations of 800 to 1000 have an anganwadi where the local children receive free medical check-ups, medications, and dietary supplements .� The anganwadis also carry out educational activities for the children.

Impact: In 2003, early reports from the Gandevi area showed that there was a marked improvement in the nutritional status of the children.� Over half of the children from the area were rated as nutritionally normal compared to only one-third just 3 years earlier.� The project workers also identified village groups in the Gandevi area and began to educate and empower the girls in the area, including the introduction of income generating activities.� The project expanded to the Chikhali area, which is very remote and isolated from the general population; preliminary work involved doing health check-ups of children, most of whom do not go to school.

 The government: has opened 40 new anganwadis in the area and has asked the organization to manage this aspect of the work based on the organization's past successes.

Dietary supplements: iron-folate and iodination of salt, vitamins, milk powder, Hyderabad mix powder (a high protein energy powder) etc.