. 2016 Dec 1;10(12):LC28–LC32. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/23059.9041

[Table/Fig-5]:

Narrative comments of participants and salient observation of investigators related to functional aspect of AWCs.

Narrative comments of participants	Salient observations of investigators
“Lokamanakaraanganwadiuparebharasanahikhaligariba pila asuchanti. Jahar paisa achise ta pila ku private nursery kupathauchi” Translation: “People do not have faith in the anganwadi. Only children of poor family come to centre and those who have money send their children to private nursery school” (AWW-14, age 38) Regarding low attendance of pregnant women one participant said “sarkargarbhabati ma manakusaptahakuditaandadauchanti se bi fix dina re. Semanekahuchantiditaanda pain daily kieasiba” Translation: Government provides two eggs per week to pregnant mothers that too in specific days. Why we should come for two eggs” (AWW-7, age 32) “Ojanamapiba machine sahitajoukapadadiajaichisegudakharap quality ra. Mote ta bahutdara lag eta uparepilankubaseibaku” Translation: “Cloths on the weighing machine (referring to Salter weighing scale) are of poor quality. I feel scared whenever I put babies for weighing” (AWW-10, age 34)	Lack of guidelines for preparing meals on different week days, has resulted in preparation of same type of food each day that could cause resentment among children. Infantometer and stadiometers were not available in any AWCs that could compromise the nutritional assessment of children and early detection of malnutrition. Some of the AWCs even shared the utensils for cooking purposes indicating lack of sufficient funds for their operation. The income generated after selling the packing material of food was used to purchase PSE kits. Each AWC was supplied with a color coded bag with Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) for each beneficiary. Local self-help groups provided additional supplementary meals in the form of breakfast separately to these children and were funded under the same ICDS scheme

Narrative comments of participants

Salient observations of investigators

“Lokamanakaraanganwadiuparebharasanahikhaligariba pila asuchanti. Jahar paisa achise ta pila ku private nursery kupathauchi”

Translation: “People do not have faith in the anganwadi. Only children of poor family come to centre and those who have money send their children to private nursery school” (AWW-14, age 38)

Regarding low attendance of pregnant women one participant said “sarkargarbhabati ma manakusaptahakuditaandadauchanti se bi fix dina re. Semanekahuchantiditaanda pain daily kieasiba”

Translation: Government provides two eggs per week to pregnant mothers that too in specific days. Why we should come for two eggs” (AWW-7, age 32)

“Ojanamapiba machine sahitajoukapadadiajaichisegudakharap quality ra. Mote ta bahutdara lag eta uparepilankubaseibaku”

Translation: “Cloths on the weighing machine (referring to Salter weighing scale) are of poor quality. I feel scared whenever I put babies for weighing” (AWW-10, age 34)

Lack of guidelines for preparing meals on different week days, has resulted in preparation of same type of food each day that could cause resentment among children.
Infantometer and stadiometers were not available in any AWCs that could compromise the nutritional assessment of children and early detection of malnutrition.
Some of the AWCs even shared the utensils for cooking purposes indicating lack of sufficient funds for their operation.
The income generated after selling the packing material of food was used to purchase PSE kits.
Each AWC was supplied with a color coded bag with Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) for each beneficiary.
Local self-help groups provided additional supplementary meals in the form of breakfast separately to these children and were funded under the same ICDS scheme