Health Service: TRIBAL HEALTH CENTRE-
Manoj Manjari Sishu Bhawan with the assistance of Usthi Foundation Switzerland has been running a health programme and health centre viz. Tribal Health Centre providing health services to poor tribal people. This center has provision of 8 indoor beds & maternity and child centre. Forty villages have been adopted by the health center and 44 trained lady workers are working in the villages. The health center has introduced health cards to the families in the villages and also children reading in the village schools. Immunization programme is taken up in these villages.
The tribal health centre organizes health camps in different villages to create health awareness among the villagers.
UNNAYAN
A health and Education Project named as “UNNAYAN” supported by Usthi Foundation Switzerland is in operation to improve the health and Educational development of children in the age group of 3-6 years in 8 tribal dominated village viz.Saratpada, Dasgharia, Budhakhaman, Patulikota,Bhadhunidhada,Sahartagiri,Panasia and Masinajodi of Harichandanpur block.
EDUCATION PROGRAMME:
Five schools had been established at five villages in the year 1981 to provide free education to the tribal children at Gajamba, Saratpada, Haladiapada, Balidanda,Sartpada and Somagiri and later handed over to the Govt.
The Somagiri School was upgraded to High School in the year 1992.There is a hostel at Somagiri with provison to accommodate 100 boys and 50 girls..