Spectra

About Company

Spectra is a voluntary development organization involved in rural and development work in Alwar district, Rajasthan, India, since 1996-97. The area covered by the project has a predominately Mev population, with an agriculture-based economy. The goal of the SPECTRA As health programme is to achieve sustainable improvements in health status among vulnerable groups, especially the geographically remote, women of childbearing age and children under five. Health is more then health care, while the SPECTRA work the strengthen health systems and services, it also promotes initiatives that offer people the knowledge and skills to avoid illness. These measures include educating women and girls and enabling families to adopt appropriate hygiene practices. In addition, the SPECTRA supports testing and implementation of income-generating strategies that allow households and communities to acquire better nutrition and health status. Increased income enables communities to improve nutritional status, particularly that of women and children, and to build and maintain water and sanitation systems. A major goal of the SPECTRA is to improve the quality of basic education. Four objectives set the wider agenda: ensuring better early caring and learning environments for young children; increasing access to education; keeping children in school longer; and raising levels of academic achievement. In common with other donor agencies, the SPECTRA intend those girls, the very poor, and geographically remote populations should receive special attention. Of the may factors, that influences the quality of basis education.