LOK SWASTHYA SEWA COOPERATIVE

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Making quality primary healthcare accessible to women in the informal economy

Lok Swasthya SEWA Cooperative

Lok Swasthya SEWA Cooperative is an initiative rooted in the 53-year legacy of the SEWA movement, founded by the visionary leader Elaben Bhatt. SEWA — the Self-Employed Women’s Association — is a national trade union of 3.2 million women working in the informal economy across 18 states in India. affordable for women workers.

Lok Swasthya Mandli (LSM) is a women-led health cooperative established in 1990 by the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to provide affordable healthcare services, provide social protection and create economic opportunities for informal women workers in healthcare. The cooperative emerged from SEWA’s early efforts in linking women to maternal healthcare and government’s public health service’, gradually evolving into a community-based and women-led cooperative. It now has 1536 shareholders, all women and offers an integrated approach to healthcare, social protection more broadly and economic empowerment.

“Affordable Healthcare that build stronger, Self-Reliant Communities"

At Lok Swasthya SEWA Cooperative, we are dedicated to building self-reliant communities by making healthcare truly accessible and affordable. Our work goes beyond providing quality care. It is about creating a deeper, more sustainable impact across the entire healthcare system. From supporting local producers and frontline health workers to promoting right sourcing and responsible practices, we focus on strengthening every link in the value chain.

“Working Towards Guaranteed Healthcare for Everyone”

At Lok Swasthya SEWA Cooperative, we imagine a world where healthcare is not uncertain or out of reach, but a guarantee for every person. We believe that health is a basic right, and that every individual deserves timely, respectful, and quality care.

Our vision is to build a system that puts people first; shaped by community participation, supported by local efforts, and guided by the belief that everyone, everywhere, should be assured of healthcare they can trust.

“Empowering Informal Women, Building Stronger Futures”

We believe in working with accountability and taking responsibility for everything we do. Integrity guides our decisions, ensuring honesty, fairness, and transparency at all times.

We strive for quality in our work and continuously look for better ways to grow and improve. Self-reliance is at the heart of our approach, we encourage initiative, resilience, and confidence in one’s own skills.

Most importantly, we put informal women workers first. We are committed to creating opportunities, support systems, and safe spaces that help women strengthen their livelihoods, build independence, and move forward with dignity.

Social Enterprise

Lok Swasthya SEWA Cooperative is a collective social enterprise in the health sector. It runs a chain of low cost medicine stores and an Ayurvedic, Neutracutical and Health supplements and cosmetic manufacturing unit and Ayuvama Panchkarma centre.

LSM is based on principles of self-help and self-reliance. All activities are organized such that long-term sustainability is ensured financially and decision-making and control by women workers themselves. LSM earns from low cost medicine shops and Ayurvedic unit. It has generated profit. This has been used for its health activities like health education and govt. linkage programme. It has also given dividends every year to its share-holders.

Ayurved , Neutracutical and cosmetic manufacturing Unit

The objective behind starting an Ayurveda manufacturing unit is to provide, quality products at reasonable price and with no side effects to informal women workers, their families and the general public.

Low Cost 24*7 Allopathic store

LSM began the sale of medicines when SEWA members explained that their hard –earned money was being used for expensive medicines. LSM runs a chain of low cost medicine stores, which make medicine more affordable.

Ayurveda Panchkarma Centre

Ayuvama is a Panchakarma and Ayurvedic wellness centre rooted in the ancient science of Ayurveda and committed to holistic healing.. Established under the umbrella of Lok Swasthya SEWA Cooperative.

Social Health Services for Community

At Lok Swasthya, we focus on improving health at the community level by providing primary health care services.

Health Education and Awareness

Health Education was provided at home on various topics such as anemia, nutritious food, sanitation, maternal and child health, government schemes, mental health, non-communicable diseases...

Sewa Shakti Kendra

SEWA Shakti Kendra’s are community-based empowerment centres that seek to improve awareness and access to health and social security for women in the informal sector through improved coordination...