OVERVIEW

Family Planning has been one of the core thematic pillars of Reach India Trust, grounded in the organisation’s long-standing commitment to improving reproductive health outcomes and supporting informed, voluntary choices for individuals, couples, and communities. Through partnerships with government systems, development agencies, and technical organisations, Reach India Trust has worked extensively across rural and peri-urban regions to strengthen access, awareness, and utilisation of family planning services.

The organisation adopts a comprehensive approach that integrates community mobilisation, counselling support, health-system strengthening, and evidence-based behaviour change communication. Field teams, trained facilitators, and community mobilisers engage closely with households—particularly women, adolescents, and newly married couples—to address barriers, dispel myths, and create a supportive environment for safe and informed FP decisions.

Reach India Trust has played a crucial role in building the capacities of ASHAs, ANMs, counsellors, and health facility teams, ensuring they are well-equipped with knowledge, counselling skills, and tools for effective FP outreach. The organisation has facilitated FP counselling corners, strengthened village-level health sessions, and supported service-delivery linkages for a range of modern contraceptive options.

Through school- and community-based awareness activities, group meetings, couple counselling, and youthfocused interventions, Reach India Trust promotes responsible decision-making, spacing awareness, menstrual health, and reproductive well-being. The organisation also supports targeted interventions such as postpartum family planning (PPFP), adolescent-friendly health services, and informed contraceptive choice models, ensuring that FP uptake is voluntary, safe, and rights-based.

Today, the Family Planning portfolio of Reach India Trust reflects a robust, community-driven, and healthsystem–aligned approach that empowers individuals with information, strengthens provider capacities, and builds long-term awareness for healthier families and communities. Through sustained engagement and collaboration, the organisation continues to advance reproductive health rights and expand access to safe, highquality family planning services across its project geographies.

Promoting Choices in Bihar

OVERVIEW

The Promoting Choices in Bihar initiative, supported by Pathfinder International, strengthens informed decision-making, counselling quality, and community awareness around family planning and reproductive health. Leveraging Reach India Trust’s strong grassroots presence and health-system partnerships, the programme focuses on creating an enabling environment where individuals and couples—especially women and adolescents— can access accurate information and make voluntary, safe, and well-informed family planning choices. Through a network of trained counsellors, community mobilisers, and frontline workers, Reach India Trust facilitates structured counselling sessions, household outreach, and service linkages. The project emphasises rights-based family planning, improved contraceptive uptake, and strengthened referral systems to enhance the overall quality of FP service delivery in Bihar.

OBJECTIVES

• Improve access to accurate, comprehensive family planning information.
• Strengthen the counselling skills of ASHAs, ANMs, and community providers.
• Promote informed, voluntary contraceptive choices for women, couples, and young people.
• Enhance linkages between communities and public health facilities for FP services.
• Build supportive community norms around spacing, reproductive agency, and health-seeking behaviour.

IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK

The Promoting Choices in Bihar programme includes:

• Deployment of trained counsellors and mobilisers to support household- and community-level FP counselling.
• Capacity-building workshops for ASHAs, ANMs, and health staff on contraceptive options and informed choice.
• Establishment and strengthening of FP counselling corners at health facilities.
• Behaviour-change communication using community meetings, couple counselling, IPC sessions, and group interactions.
• Outreach activities focusing on newly married couples, adolescents, and postpartum women.
• Systematic monitoring and reporting to support district health teams and improve FP service delivery.

KEY COVERAGE AREAS

• Family planning counselling and informed choice.
• Community-level FP awareness and mobilisation.
• Capacity building of frontline workers.
• Strengthening contraceptive access and referrals.
• Behaviour-change communication and outreach.

SUPPORTED BY

Pathfinder International

YUVA – Pathfinder International

OVERVIEW

The YUVA project, supported by Pathfinder International, focuses on empowering adolescents and youth with accurate information, life skills, and improved access to reproductive health services. Through targeted interventions, the programme equips young people to make informed decisions about their health, well-being, and future aspirations. YUVA strengthens community engagement, builds youth leadership, and promotes positive behaviours related to reproductive health, gender equity, and overall personal development.

Reach India Trust implements the project using a youth-centric approach that includes counselling, group education sessions, and peer-led learning. The initiative creates safe spaces for adolescents, strengthens school and community networks, and fosters supportive environments where young people can openly discuss their challenges and access reliable guidance.

OBJECTIVES

• Empower adolescents and youth with accurate information on reproductive health and life skills.
• Promote healthy behaviours, confidence, and decision-making skills among young people.
• Address socio-cultural barriers and stigma through community outreach and sensitisation.
• Strengthen peer networks and youth leadership for sustained community impact.
• Enhance linkages between adolescents, schools, communities, and health facilities.

IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK

The YUVA project includes:

• Structured adolescent and youth group sessions facilitated by trained educators.
• Life-skills education covering communication, decision-making, gender, leadership, and reproductive health.
• Peer educator development and capacity-building to strengthen youth leadership.
• Engagement with schools, communities, and parents to build supportive environments for adolescents.
• Counselling sessions focused on reproductive health, well-being, and problem-solving.
• Community-based events, awareness activities, and youth-led initiatives to shift norms.
• Strengthened linkages with health facilities for youth-friendly services.
• Regular monitoring, assessments, and follow-ups to track youth engagement and progress.

KEY COVERAGE AREAS

• Adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
• Life-skills education.
• Youth leadership and peer networks.
• Community and school-based engagement.
• Behaviour-change communication.
• Youth-friendly counselling and service linkages.

SUPPORTED BY

Pathfinder International