IMO News Service
There is a growing need for fitness and healthy well being of Muslim women in India. A mosque in Telangana’s capital Hyderabad realized the health concerns of women and recently set up a wellness center, including a gymnasium in its complex. The mosque Masjid-e-Mustafa is situated in Wadi-e-Mahmood, a slum area in Rajendranagar mandal, in the southern state’s capital city.
There is a growing need for fitness and healthy well being of Muslim women in India. A mosque in Telangana’s capital Hyderabad realized the health concerns of women and recently set up a wellness center, including a gymnasium in its complex. The mosque Masjid-e-Mustafa is situated in Wadi-e-Mahmood, a slum area in Rajendranagar mandal, in the southern state’s capital city.
This is the first-of-its-kind initiative taken by a mosque in the state. The gym for women, which has an expert trainer, is being funded by US-based NGO called Support for Education and Economic Development (SEED).
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The purpose of the gym is to effectively curb the growing cases of non-communicable diseases in women residing in the slum areas. A professional woman trainer will be conducting two sessions daily and help women to achieve fitness.
The wellness centre will be operated with the help of Hyderabad-based NGO Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) in coordination with the mosque committee. The HHF had last year collaborated with the mosque to open a community healthcare centre for helping women and children living in the slums. Mujtaba Hasan Askari, HHF managing trustee, while talking to mediapersons said, “The key components of the NCD programme at the mosque clinic-cum-gym are risk assessment, counselling on diet and exercise and screening for renal, liver and eye issues. Trained and professional counsellors are part of the clinic.”
A recent study conducted on Hyderabad slum-dwellers said that 52 percent women are at risk of cardiometabolic syndrome and about 30 percent women are suffering from the polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD). Among other health problems include diabetes, hypertension, thyroid and obesity.
The purpose of the gym is to effectively curb the growing cases of non-communicable diseases in women residing in the slum areas. A professional woman trainer will be conducting two sessions daily and help women to achieve fitness.
The wellness centre will be operated with the help of Hyderabad-based NGO Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) in coordination with the mosque committee. The HHF had last year collaborated with the mosque to open a community healthcare centre for helping women and children living in the slums. Mujtaba Hasan Askari, HHF managing trustee, while talking to mediapersons said, “The key components of the NCD programme at the mosque clinic-cum-gym are risk assessment, counselling on diet and exercise and screening for renal, liver and eye issues. Trained and professional counsellors are part of the clinic.”
A recent study conducted on Hyderabad slum-dwellers said that 52 percent women are at risk of cardiometabolic syndrome and about 30 percent women are suffering from the polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD). Among other health problems include diabetes, hypertension, thyroid and obesity.