ARCH Dharampur

 ARCH dispensary is equipped with a laboratory and a low cost diagnostic center at its campus in Dharampur. The low cost diagnostic center includes facilities for all essential lab tests, EKG and sonography and is accessible to poor patients. This dispensary not only caters to poor patients in and around Dharampur, it is also a referral center for all patients referred by our trained village health workers and by other NGOs.

In the absence of rational low cost medical services for poor patients in this area, this center is gradually becoming a popular medical care center. Daily, about 40-50 patients benefit from this service. Patients pay just a token fee for consultation and medicines to ensure that our services have value but are affordable for all.

We are always sure to include maximum health education while giving clinical treatment.

In the rural tribal communities in southern Gujarat, the quality of education is very poor. In many villages, primary schools arrived only within the last ten to fifteen years, and secondary education is quite limited. Teachers are not properly trained in either subject matter or teaching methods. Students are mechanically led through lessons, but they do not learn, and teachers are completely unenthusiastic. ARCH seeks not only to remedy the systematic dysfunction of the education system, but also to provide quality education, particularly in the critical subjects of math, science, and literacy.

Our approach is twofold: we provide direct services to students and schools, in the form of extracurricular educational programming, teacher trainings, and school help. Secondly, we create and promote quality educational tools that not only educate but also engage children, and make learning enjoyable. We want to replace parroting lessons and mechanical complacency in the classroom with curiosity, creativity, critical thinking and a love for learning that will last students a lifetime.