Health Awareness Program (HAP) was initiated by Michael Dcosta after working for many years with leprosy-affected community and noting a change in their health due to continuous health awareness and cleanliness drives and teachings given to them over the years. By helping and teaching the leprosy-affected, about general hygiene, prevented many visits (especially, their children) to the local doctor. Training a couple of people on how to detect initial symptoms of certain diseases helped them to identify and transport several patients to a clinic/hospital on time. This helped in the prevention of strokes and heart attacks. The success of this led the Span Trust trustees to start HAP. The programme aims to spread information on hygiene and teach about health awareness using audiovisuals in schools, colleges and community centres, in surrounding villages.....
HAP's mission is to:
In the initial days, Michael and his team put tremendous effort to translate audiovisuals and presentations on various health topics to local languages. Presentations were prepared for various age groups for better understanding. In July 2019, HAP launched its first programme. We have now reached 800 students and 150 teachers with health awareness.
Gandhi Leprosy Colony, Gulbarga
Nurses Training Programme, Salem