First Basti Davakhana with a Wellness cum physical fitness centre by HHF
Nikhat Fatima, Siyasat.net
Helping Hands Foundation with support from SEED-USA has been doing considerable work in the city of Hyderabad to help the underprivileged from several years. But it is during the lockdown and the floods of October 2020, their work has increased and extended to newer communities so that the outreach is more than before.
Helping Hands Foundation (HHF) had initiated running clinics in the premises Masjids in the suburbs of Hyderabad like Rajendranagar, Osmannagar, Nawab shah kunta among others.
And in January 2021 have set up a first of its kind Wellness Centre for Women in the Women’s and Child Centre, at Masjid Mohammed –e- Mustafa at Wadi e Mehmood in Rajendarnagar.
“For the first time women from weaker sections are getting an opportunity to do physical exercise under a professional women’s trainer. The Wellness program is designed for Women who suffer from NCDs (Non Communicable diseases like diabetes, HTN etc) or who are at higher risk of NCDs” said Mujtaba Aksari who is heading HHF.
The fitness centre is equipped with a few essential equipments like treadmills, equipments for leg press, biceps bars etc. So the sponsorers prefer not to call it a gym although the excited women do refer to it as a gym.
It is a pleasant surprising sight to see burkha clad women taking up to do all these exercise which they never had an opportunity to do so earlier.
One home maker, Razia Sultana said, “ I started my fitness regime from the last one week. And I feel this is the best decision I have taken in my life to have joined this gym. I am following the routine set by my trainer. I am thankful to her for all the valuable tips she has been giving me. Also I thank the organisation for providing us with such a good opportunity.”
Another woman named Syeda Seema Begum, aged 58 years, who has been taking treatment at the ‘ Rabia Clinic’ in the Masjid for cardiac and general illness says she has improved considerably ever since she began taking treatment at the clinic. Now with the fitness equipment at the clinic, she says she is doing a little everyday under the guidance of the trainer. “ The services at the clinic are commendable and I am extremely thankful to each one of the staff right from the doctor to the nurse who are kind and passionate”.
Another woman, a mother of 4 children shared that ever since she joined the gym, she has begun to feel the flexibility in her body and many of her body pains like back ache and join pains have reduced considerably making it easier for her to do the household chores which she was finding it very difficult to do earlier.
Many other younger women said that they could actually feel the change in their body which had become rigid as they had gained weight during the lockdown. While some said that working at a gym was something they had never ever imagined they would be able to do. It is quite an experience for the women from the underprivileged section of the society to whom health care itself is not easily accessible and an exclusive work-out centre just for women with a trainer is almost like a dream come true.
Apart from exercises, diet control and other life style changes are part of the counselling efforts under this program.
The response to the program has been overwhelming but due to space constraint, we could only accommodate 30 participants in the morning and evening batches.
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