From 1992 Punar Jeevan has carried out the following
activities
1. Individual counseling 13126
persons
2. Marital counseling 513
couple
3. Psychiatric treatment 4372
persons
4. Rehabilitation of Alcoholics 627
persons
5. Referral service 2132
persons
6. Awareness progrmmes
134 villages
7. Seminar for parents on child reariry
148 villages
8. Counselling and career guidance 73
schools
9. Training to volunteers on community psychiatry
46 persons
10. Counseling the psychiatric patients and their family members
once a week in general hospital
2 hospitals
11. Seminar for teachers 32 schools
12. Free medical camp 8
13. Blood donation motivation camp 9
14. Displayed books on mental health in various places and distributed
leaflets on the same topic
15. Published handouts on the following: mental health, Alcoholism,
career guidance, child rearing,
healthy family, Role of teachers in personality development
16. Awareness was given to the public on the following matters
and certain remedy has been
achieved.
- Chaining of mentally ill patients and treating them in an
inhuman ways in worshiping places in Kanyakumari district.
- Problems of mentally ill patients abandoned by pilgrims from
other states
- Lack of psychiatrist in the Govt. General Hospitals of Kanyakumari
district.
- Production and consumption of illicit liquor 'Aristam' which
is the cause of many problems in Kanyakumari district.
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