what are anganwadis and how are they different from of creche in today's time?
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Anganwadi Centre, Odisha, 2018
Anganwadi Centre, Odisha, 2018Anganwadi is a type of rural child care centre in India. it helps poor children to eat food stomach full They were started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to combat child hunger and malnutrition. Anganwadi means "courtyard shelter" in Hindi and otherIndian languages[clarify].
Anganwadi Centre, Odisha, 2018Anganwadi is a type of rural child care centre in India. it helps poor children to eat food stomach full They were started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to combat child hunger and malnutrition. Anganwadi means "courtyard shelter" in Hindi and otherIndian languages[clarify].A typical Anganwadi center provides basic health care in a village. It is a part of the Indian public health care system. Basic health care activities include contraceptive counseling and supply, nutrition education and supplementation, as well as pre-school activities.[1] The centres may be used as depots for oral rehydration salts, basic medicines and contraceptives. As of 31 January 2013, as many as 13.3 lakh (a lakh is 100,000) Anganwadi and mini-Anganwadi centres (AWCs/mini-AWCs) are operational out of 13.7 lakh sanctioned AWCs/mini-AWCs. These centres provide supplementary nutrition, non-formal pre-school education, nutrition, and health education, immunization, health check-up and referral services of which the last three are provided in convergence with public health systems.[2]