Anganwadi Helpers

Anganwadi Helpers

She has to work 4 hours a day to help the Anganwadi Worker in the following ways : 1 Cooking and service the food to children and mothers; 2 Cleaning the Anganwadi premises daily; fetching water for Anganwadi; 3 Cleanliness of small children; 4 Collection of small children from village at the Anganwadi. Helper should develop skills in : 1 Training children to be hygienic in their personal and toilet habits; 2 Assist AWW in health check-ups, weighing of children and immunization of pregnant women and children; 3 Preparation of simple recipes, conservation of nutrients through correct methods of sanitation, storage and cooking; 4 Disposal of food wastes, peels etc; 5 Developing a small kitchen garden; 6 Organizing and conducting simple play and creative activities for the overall development of children; 7 Organising group activities like singing songs with music and actions, story tellingl dramatization etc. using folk media; 8 Eliciting participation of mothers in the Anganwadi Programme; 9 Creating an awareness among months about nutrition, health and play needs of their children; 10 Arrange equipment in the Anganwadi.         Additional Responsibilities  The Helper will assist Anganwadi Workers in :- 1 DWCRA meetings conducted by AWWs; 2 NHED demonstrations to be given by Mobile Food and Nutrition Extension; 3 Involving Adolescent girls in the activities of AWCs and providing them various services; 4 Motivating community women to adopt new schemes like Mahila Samridhi Yojana Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (where these schemes are applicable); 5 Providing information to Supervisors regarding growth of each child for community growth chart.