Chelembra
Grama Panchayat

Mission First Aid

Mission First Aid is an innovative project initiated by Chelembra Grama Panchayat during the financial year 2017–18, with the following objectives:

• To conduct comprehensive First Aid training classes and awareness programmes.

• To purchase the necessary First Aid equipment and organize practical training programmes with the support of such equipment.

• To make First Aid equipment available at essential and strategic locations.

• To minimize, to the maximum possible extent, deaths that may occur due to the absence of timely First Aid.

• To prevent the worsening of a patient's condition that may result from incorrect or improper First Aid practices.

Chelembra – A First Aid Literate Community

Chelembra Grama Panchayat became the first First Aid Literate Panchayat in India.

On 3 August 2019, the then Hon'ble Health Minister Smt. K. K. Shailaja Teacher officially declared Chelembra Grama Panchayat in Malappuram District as India's “First Aid Literate Panchayat.”

This achievement was made possible through the Mission First Aid project jointly implemented by Chelembra Grama Panchayat, Healing Foundation India, Ramanattukara, and Devaki Amma Memorial Educational Institution.

Key Features

• Objective: To ensure that at least one person from every household is trained to provide First Aid during emergency situations.

• Achievement: First Aid awareness and training were provided to families across the Panchayat, creating a community with basic First Aid literacy.

• Official Declaration: Chelembra was officially declared a First Aid Literate Panchayat by the then Health Minister Smt. K. K. Shailaja Teacher.

• Awareness Areas: The programme created awareness among the public about the importance of providing appropriate First Aid in situations such as stroke, heart attack, drowning, lightning strikes, electric shock, snakebite, road accidents, choking, burns, loss of consciousness, suicide attempts, and animal attacks.