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    A dimension within Mahua for Children's Health

    Mahua & Child Wellness

    This theme focuses on the nutritional benefits of mahua, food, and vitamins to improve children's overall health and wellness, especially in schools.

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    The Voice Summary

    In your area, citizens are highlighting a significant opportunity to enhance public nutrition. There's a strong consensus on the problem of inadequate nutritional intake among vulnerable groups, particularly children. However, a positive and actionable solution emerges: the enthusiastic advocacy for integrating local, vitamin-rich forest produce like Mahua, Kendu, and Char 🌳, alongside indigenous grains such as millets 🌾, into school mid-day meal programs and the Public Distribution System (PDS). These natural, nutritious foods are seen as key to fostering better health and development for school children, pregnant women, and other community members. 💡

    Dominant Themes

    Utilization of Mahua and forest produce
    Enhancing nutritional intake for children and vulnerable groups
    Integration into school mid-day meals
    Inclusion in Public Distribution System (PDS)
    Promotion of indigenous and local food sources

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌳 🏫 🍎Formulate and implement a policy to integrate locally available, vitamin-rich forest products, especially Mahua, Kendu, and Char, into school mid-day meal programs and Anganwadi centers.
    • 🌾 💪 🌱Promote and procure diverse indigenous grains and local leafy greens (e.g., millets, ragi, drumstick leaves) for inclusion in public food schemes to further diversify and improve nutritional content.
    • 🤝 🛍 📈Establish local processing and supply chains for these traditional food items to ensure quality, consistency, and economic benefit for local communities involved in their collection and preparation.

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    🍎 🧒 💪

    Mahua fruit/extract contains vitamins. It would be beneficial if given to school children to eat and if one also consumes it.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 🍎 👶

    The Mahua from our forest is very rich in vitamins and is given to children as food for their nourishment.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 💪 👶

    Mahua is found in the forest, it is a very vitamin-rich food, it would be good to give this to children.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🏫 🍎 💪

    If food made from Mahua is given in schools, children will be able to get nutritious food.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌰 🏫 💪

    If the nutritious 'char laddoo' made from Mahua found in our forests is included in the school's mid-day meal, children will be nourished.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍎 👨‍👩‍👧 💪

    Yes, if we make Mahula and Ladoo and give them to the school children and pregnant mothers, they will get vitamins from eating that.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

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    🍬 👨‍👩‍👧 💪

    Giving Mahul laddu to school children, pregnant women, and lactating women will be beneficial as it contains vitamins.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Including ladoos made from Mahua, a food found in our forests, in the school's mid-day meal will be nutritious for children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🏫 💪

    Including food items like mahua ladoo made from mahua found in our forests in the school's midday meal can provide nutritious food to children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 🥣 👶

    It would be beneficial to give food items made from Mahua to pregnant women, children, and school children.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 🏛️ 🥣

    Among forest products, Mahua is also a nutritious food. It would be good if the government utilizes this Mahua in various ways and provides it in school mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍲 ✨ 🏫

    In ancient times, people used to boil and eat Mahua. Mahua has many vitamins and is nutritious food. It would be good if it was given in schools.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🏫 🍎

    Including Mahula laddus made from Mahula found in our forests in school's midday meals can provide nutritious food to children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 💊 👶

    We get a lot of vitamins from Mahul char. If we consume Mahul char, our children and babies will also get a lot of vitamins.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🥣 💪

    If Mahua is added to our food, it will provide vitamins.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    👧 🥣 💪

    If school children are given boiled and fried Mahul, and Kaku mixed in water to eat, it contains vitamins.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍎 💪 🧑‍🎓

    Mahul, char, and sargi have a lot of vitamins. Our bodies used to stay healthy by eating them. It would be good if the government provides food to students.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🍲 💪

    Mahua has good vitamins; it will be beneficial if eaten after cooking.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi

    🌳 👶 💪

    Mahul is found in the forest. If pitha made from mahul is given to children, their mental and physical health will remain good.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌰 🎒 💪

    If forest-based foods like Mahua, Chironji, and Kendu were prepared and given to our school children in their Mid-Day Meal, it would be beneficial.

    — Priti majhi

    🌿 🎁 💪

    Mahul-based sweets and cooked preparations were made and given to school children and pregnant mothers, as they contain vitamins.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍬 ✨ 💪

    Mahua oil has vitamins and if you make and eat Mahua ladoo, the body remains healthy and good.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi

    🌸 🍰 👶

    Mahula is available in our area. We have a lot of Mahula, even for pimples, Mahula is present. If we make cakes or chocolates and give them to children, they will be able to eat nutritious food.

    — Benedik Dungdung · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Mahua flowers and other foods obtained from the forest are very nutritious. Therefore, it is appropriate to include these foods in PDS or mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍎 🎁 🌱

    It would be good to give things made from Mahua to pregnant women and school children.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 💪 🍰

    News is that Mahua will be available, and Mahua has a lot of vitamins. If you make cake or ladoo from Mahua, eat it.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🥦 👨‍👩‍👧 ✅

    This has many good vitamins. If we all eat it, our bodies will be nourished. And if children also eat it, their bodies will also be nourished. Check the government date.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🏫 👍

    It would be good if food made from Mahua (Mahula) was given in our schools.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 👧 🧠

    If we talk about the most nutritious food, if the government provides our forest products like Mahul, Char, and Kendu as food in MDM (Mid-Day Meal), then children will eat it and become intelligent.

    — Priti majhi

    🌰 💪 👴

    If mahua is provided in PDS as laddus made from Etia Chakuna, then nutritious food can be obtained, and it can be good for the elderly or like milk porridge.

    — Laxmi

    🌾 🤲 💪

    Mahul was available. Mahul was consumed. If it could be provided adequately, all of us, including the children, would get nutritious food. Therefore, this is a matter to pay attention to.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 💊 🍚

    There are vitamins in mahua. It tastes good if you make and eat idli from mahua.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🍎 👶

    Our jungle, our jungle, our jungle, mahul will be found. Children will get many vitamins from mahul. Provide children with many facilities for making food.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 🍲 💪

    In the past, people used to boil and eat mahua from the village, which contained vitamins. Even now, if mahua is boiled and eaten, it will still be beneficial.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 ❤️ ➕

    Mahua is one of the most nutritious food items, which is very beneficial for our health. Along with this, coarse grains (millets) are also beneficial for health. They should be included. PDS.

    — संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

    🍯 🍲 🧒

    If we boil honey with tamarind for school children, they will eat it well. If we fry it, it's also good. If we boil and drink its juice, it contains vitamins, which is good for children.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🥣 🧠

    Speaking of the most nutritious food, if the government provides our forest products like Mahul, Char, Kendu, etc., as food in MDM (Mid-Day Meal), children will eat them and become intelligent/wise.

    — Priti majhi

    🌸 🍲 💪

    Mahua has vitamins. People used to eat it boiled before, and it would be good to eat it boiled now.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🧒 🍲 👍

    If children are given food like Kangu, Jannasua in school, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌿 💊 🍰

    Mahura has vitamins. Everyone can eat Mahura by making ladoo or cake.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

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