AnganwadiCenter
Anganwadi
Center
The ultimate destination for nutrition, immunization, and early childhood care in your neighbourhood. Authentic service, government-backed, and already waiting for you.
"One center. One worker. An entire community's first thousand days."
Everything a child needs
in their first six years
The Integrated Child Development Services scheme delivers six interlocking services from a single courtyard — nutrition to education, immunization to referral.
Supplementary Nutrition
पूरक पोषण
Hot cooked meals and Take Home Rations reach children aged 6 months to 6 years, pregnant women, and lactating mothers every single day — regardless of season.
Immunization
टीकाकरण
Pulse polio rounds, BCG, DPT, measles, and Hepatitis B — all administered at the center in coordination with the nearest PHC and ASHA workers.
Health Check-ups
स्वास्थ्य जांच
Monthly growth monitoring with hanging scales and MUAC tape. Every child is weighed, plotted on a growth chart, and assessed for signs of acute malnutrition.
Referral Services
रेफरल सेवाएं
When a condition exceeds the center's capacity — complicated delivery, severe wasting, high fever — the worker initiates referral to PHC or district hospital with a completed referral slip.
Pre-School Education
पूर्व-विद्यालय शिक्षा
Children aged 3–6 gather each morning for rhymes, stories, and play-based learning. The dari on the floor, the painted alphabet wall, the wooden abacus — this is where school readiness begins.
Nutrition & Health Education
पोषण व स्वास्थ्य शिक्षा
Group counselling sessions on breastfeeding, complementary feeding, hand-washing, and birth spacing. Knowledge shared in the courtyard travels back into every household in the basti.
The Anganwadi Worker —
bridge between home and health
She is not a doctor. She is not a teacher. She is something rarer — a trained community worker who lives in the same lane as the families she serves.
Savitaben Rathod
Anganwadi Worker · Ward 7, Nadiad Block
14 years of service · 312 families in register
6-month certified
ECCE Training
NHM certified
Nutrition Module
8 official registers
Register maintained
300–500 families
Village coverage
Her Daily Register
Every family in the catchment area has an entry in her register — birth date, weight-for-age, immunization status, pregnancy outcome. The register is a living document of the community's health.
Open the center
Sweep the courtyard, fill water, arrange mats for morning session
Morning circle
Preschool session — rhymes, stories, and activity for children 3–6
Supplementary nutrition
Serve hot cooked meal, record attendance in the nutrition register
Home visits
Visit flagged households — newborns, SAM children, pregnant women
Weighing day (monthly)
Weigh every child, plot on growth chart, counsel mothers on findings
Register update
Update village health register, prepare THR packets for next distribution
Parvati Devi
Mother of two, Basti No. 4
"Jab mera chota beta wajan mein kam tha, didi ne khud ghar aakar samjhaya. Ab wo bilkul theek hai."
"When my youngest was underweight, she came home herself to explain. He is completely fine now."
Meena Solanki
Pregnant, 7 months, Nehru Basti
"Mujhe pata hi nahi tha ki MCP card mein itna sab likha hota hai. Didi ne sab samjhaya."
"I didn't know the MCP card had so much information. She explained everything."
Kamla Bai
ASHA Worker, PHC Sector 3
"Anganwadi worker ke bina humara kaam adha reh jaata. Woh hi toh pehli line hai."
"Without the Anganwadi worker our work would be half done. She is the first line."
What to bring
to your first visit
No appointment needed. Walk in during center hours and the Anganwadi worker will register your family. Bring these documents to make the process faster.
Immunization Card / MCP Card
If already issued by a hospital or PHC
Aadhaar Card (mother or child)
For enrollment in nutrition programme
Pregnancy health card
For pregnant women seeking ANC
Birth certificate
For children under 6 — if available
