A human rights approach to health translates into the right to health. It embodies the right to equitable access to health care, including the underlying determinants like access to safe drinking water, proper sanitation and adequate supply of safe and nutritious food, healthy occupational and environmental conditions, and access to health-related education and information. Health is one of the core areas THF is focusing on in Uttarakhand. In our endeavor to take basic health services to remote and inaccessible areas of Uttarakhand, The Hans Foundation has committed 21 Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) in partnership with the Government of Uttarakhand. The primary objective of this program is to provide a set of preventive and curative services while establishing health histories and encouraging follow-up care. With a special focus on Maternal and Child Health, the Foundation has been actively engaged in the dissemination of information to raise awareness about the reproductive health of women, the importance of child immunization, anemia, cervical cancer, menstrual hygiene, health & sanitation of adolescent girls. The Foundation is supporting Mobile Medical Vans, Mammography Vans, Equipment for critical treatments in govt hospitals, support to govt health programs in the state of Uttarakhand.

The Hans Foundation has been tirelessly making efforts to ensure that children from remotest areas receive an affordable education. THF employs a broad-based strategy to address the issues of illiteracy and early dropouts in Uttarakhand. We are also introducing technologies and working along with government authorities wherever required, to improve the overall quality of education. We ensure education to the poorest of the poor while strengthening the connection between teachers and their students. THF has partnered with organizations working with educators, policymakers, parents and communities to expand and accelerate successful programs and identify innovative solutions to unlock students’ potential. A Tripartite MoU was signed in Feb 2018 between Govt. of Uttarakhand, The Hans Foundation and Akshaya Patra Foundation to set up nine centralized kitchens in Uttarakhand to serve mi-day meals to 3,00,000 children. THF will be funding the construction of these kitchens at a cost of INR 68 crores. These kitchens will be located at Roorkee, Kashipur, Rudrapur, Sitarganj, Nainital, Haridwar, and Dehradun. Shri T S Rawat performed Bhoomi Poojan at Sudhowala, Dehradun on 23 January 2018.

There are thousands and thousands of ghost villages in the hilly terrains of Uttarakhand where the youth have left their prime occupation of agriculture and left for urban areas in search of jobs. The foundation recognizes this monumental problem and has been working to mitigate this enormous task through various interventions such as supporting vocational training programs, good agricultural practices, encouraging traditional arts, animal rearing practices, setting up small enterprises etc. THF focuses both on-farm and off-farm sustainable livelihood base initiatives for women that will be integrated into the wider rural economy. We believe that on-farm activities address food security; supplementary non-farm activities can contribute to rural prosperity. Thus, ensuring food security through women empowerment should be the primary goal of sustainable rural livelihood so that women drudgery can be reduced, their socio-economic equality can be ensured and gender sensitization can be safeguarded.

The Hans Foundation is working on drinking water schemes in 100 remote villages of the State under the Hans Jal Dhara program. The project was begun in August 2016 with an overarching objective of improving the health status of communities by providing safe drinking water and sanitation facilities. The project is need-based and community participation was ensured right from the planning stage itself and villagers have been involved in all stages of implementation. They are also contributing 10 percent as cash and labor, which has ensured their interest and participation while building capacity for operations and maintenance later. The project focuses on gravity-based drinking water schemes, but other technologies like pumping, infiltration wells and Rainwater Harvesting Tanks (RWHTs) have also been used. Activities like spring recharge and source protection are also included. Work on more than 100 gravity-based water supply schemes, six pumping water supply schemes and 270 RWHTs is under progress. The distribution system covers each household of the entire village. A total of 19,447 people will directly benefit from this program.