CAPTION: Vandana Maitry, center, is again a very active member of Community COPE and a part of the panchayati raj system. She also works as a trainer of sahiyas at the block level. Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) work at the grassroots level in the health system; they are called sahiyas in Jharkhand, which means 'people’s helping hand'. Vandana is particularly active in helping to keep hospital premises clean. She serves an educative role, working to ensure trashcan usage increases, spitting is prevented, and people use toilets properly, especially as many are reluctant not to use open spaces for defecation. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Bisu Murmu, Vandana Maitry and Parwati Murmu.
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