Drinking water can hurt babies under 6 months
Sucking reflexes can put them at risk for water intoxication, say doctors
Babies younger than six months old should never be given water to drink, physicians at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore remind parents. Consuming too much water can put babies at risk of a potentially life-threatening condition known as water intoxication.

"Even when they're very tiny, they have an intact thirst reflex or a drive to drink," Dr. Jennifer Anders, a pediatric emergency physician at the center, told Reuters Health. "When they have that thirst and they want to drink, the fluid they need to drink more of is their breast milk or formula."

Because babies' kidneys aren't yet mature, giving them too much water causes their bodies to release sodium along with excess water, Anders said. Losing sodium can affect brain activity, so early symptoms of water intoxication can include irritability, drowsiness and other mental changes. Other symptoms include low body temperature (generally 97 degrees or less), puffiness or swelling in the face, and seizures

vision of komandoo

Vision of Komandoo 2002-2012

1. Supplying pure drinking water for everyone. ( Achieved)
2. Reclaiming the island as much as possible and connect Mathikomandoo,a neighbouring uninhabited island as a ward of this island.
3. Disposing the waste in a safe way. ( Achieved)
4 .Providing all types of suitable sports facilities.
5. Building an operating theatre to do the minor surgeries and a laboratory for testing everything.
6. Constructing modern houses with modern facilities for every family.
7. Building a boatyard and fixing a slipway.
8. Starting higher secondary classes (11and 12). ( Achieved)
9. Building a Social service Centre.
10. Enhance opportunities to improve one’s income according to the population of the island. ( Achieved)
11. A pre school with modern facilities. ( Achieved)
12. Constructing a sea wall around the island to protect.
13. Finding out new ways to sell fish easily.
14. Banking service.
15. Getting sufficient oil for the fishermen and travelers. ( Achieved)
16. Modern boats for fishing. ( Achieved)
17. Exporting of the fish products should be done by the islanders.
18. Facilities for reading the Quran completely after primary education.
19. Supplying Electricity, continuously without causing any problems to the environment.
20. Fixing a permanent fish aggregation device.(FAD) ( Achieved) ( Achieved)
21. Telephone service for every one. ( Achieved)
22. Separate classes for studying the Quran.
23. Providing a public library service.
24. Providing Satellite TV service through cable network by a committee such as IDC. ( Achieved)
25. Good transportation facilities. ( Achieved)
26. Well-qualified people for fishing and traveling in order to earn more income.
27. People must be deeply religious and respect Islam.
28. Building a gymnasium for everyone.
29. Teachers should be highly qualified people from this island.
30. Creating awareness about saving money and arranging some programmes to save money.
31. Bulding a Fish Market.
32.Establishing an ice plant to preserve fish for marketing.
33. Constructing a park for the children with all the modern facilities. ( Achieved)
34. People must be responsible and accountable and known the rights and wrongs.
35. Improving marine products using modern technology.
36. Providing good land transportation.
37. Building a park (FINIMAIZAN) for everyone to spend their free time.
38. Constructing a good open stage for conducting entertainment programmes.
39. Highly skilled people should be appointed in all the government offices.
40. Planting trees on the wide roads of the island and people must love to protect the environment. ( Achieved)
41. Opening bakeries.
42. People should be educated and love for developing the island.
43. People should know how to use the internet to get the information to know about the world and should not misuse it.

44. Tuition centre should be opened for giving private lessons in all the subjects.
45. People should preserve the traditional fishing and should not harm the marine environment.
46. Giving facilities to continue the distant education.
47. Opening café, restaurants. ( Achieved)
48. Business men of this island should go abroad to import goods and do the wholesale business.
49. Highly educated/trained religious people from this island should give advice and teach Holy Quran.
50. Beauty parlour should be opened.
51. Vegetables and fruits should be available. ( Achieved)
52. Due to lack of space on this island there should be some convenient ways to do agriculture in one of the neighbouring uninhabited islands.


Vision of the first development project of komandoo. 2003-2005.

1. Reclaiming and protecting the island.
2. Secondary education for everyone.
3. Pure drinking water for everyone.
4. Repairing the jetty.
5. Facilities for pulling up boats out of the water in a safe and easy way.
6. Laboratory
7. Banking service.
8. Disposing of waste products.
9. Children’s park.

VISION ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL.
1. Reclaiming and protecting the island.
The project has been announced.
2. Secondary education for everyone.
Achieved.
3. Pure drinking water for everyone.
Achieved.
4. Repairing the jetty.
Achieved.
5. Facilities for pulling up boats out of the water in a safe and easy way.
Some of the things have been brought but waiting for the reclamation to be done.
6. Laboratory
Achieved.
7. Banking service.

8. Disposing of waste products.
Achieved.
9. Children’s park.
Money was raised but the work has been postponed because of Tsunami.

About komandoo

Background

Komandoo belongs to Shaviyani atoll which is located in the north of the Maldives, the national island code is C-13. According to the recent statistics the population of the island is 1667 and which is very high when compare to the other populations of the atoll comparatively and at the same time, the land size is just 6 acres which is known as largest population with the smallest island last in the atoll.

Among the inhabitants of komandoo, there are signs of other clusters, the people in the island include the inhabitants from Mathi-Komandoo and Keekimini, and it was believed that the reason for the migration of those islands is caused by the disturbance of Malabaries during the time Portuguese invasion according to the ancient history.

The major occupation of the locals is fishing, and the fisherman makes a quite reasonable income from fishing and enjoys good living comparatively.

Though the population growth is controlled, it has stroked the social harmony by over-crowding in the island. The minor and the major obstacle faced for the locals and the development activities are land tribulations, insufficient land. As a result, enormous number of crisis has started arising. Huge number of households is located at the shore, and the shoe has to be protected to live at normal life. Groundwater-lance of the island was totally contaminated. Waste management system is miserable, all the domestic waste are dumping into the sea. Even though the situations are in such condition, the beloved people of the island had the will and made the difference, no halt was made to their commitment. As a consequence, the people of the island have made number of remarkable achievement with support and assistance of the government and other aid agencies such as UNP


Information Technology

With the initiation of the Island Development Committee of Komandoo has implemented an IT center with the aim of providing Internet, telephone and fax service to the community in the year 2003. And today the services of the IT center have increased and now it has implemented telephone exchange and a cable TV network though out the island. Intercom and incoming, out going call can be made from each house. Next, providing intranet and internet service to the households is on the go.


A BRIEF SUMMURY OF THE PROJECT.

The main idea of starting this project at komandoo is to provide intranet service for the students’ community and the people of this island to keep abreast of current affairs. They can use the E-Library, E-Video, Internet browsing etc, comfortably sitting at home. This project will definitely will help the students as well as the people to motivate for the modern education and to pursue their studies too. Under this project people will be given training to provide this valuable service for ever with the help of the I.T.C through the telephone exchange. We hopefully will start it in the month of July, 2007 and it will be over in July 2008.
REASONS.

• Most of the students badly need this service because every year a large number of students sit for the Cambridge Examination and also most of them are not well off to buy costly books and magazines. They will gain the good results in the exam if they have an access to the net and E-Library.
• Student will have an opportunity of acquiring more knowledge after completing their education.
• Students especially girls who don’t have a chance of pursuing their higher studies can surf the net. It will help to know about the jobs and educational opportunities.
• This facility will be certainly a great boon for the business people to keep in touch with other business men as well as different islands in our country to order or buy things through E-mail, internet browsing etc. Lack of these communication facilities will be a handicap for our islanders. It will bring a tremendous change for everyone.
• The present younger generation of this island who completed their O’ Level exams at Sh. Atoll Education Centre need the net facilities to know what is going around this world. Now they feel that they are completely cut off from the rest of the world. This net facility will give them a permanent solution.

AIMS

This project will hopefully be established by the end of 2008.The students’ community, past students and others will get a lot benefit and have the chance of getting opportunity to do their studies, finding information and business as well.

TARGET GROUPS.

This project has been planned after a lot of discussion with the following people.

1. Islanders.
2. Island developing committee.
3. Woman’s welfare committee.
4. Past students and Fishermen’s Association.
5. Business men.
6. Government Employees.
7. Owners of fishing boats.
8. Students
9. Youth.

PROCEDURE.

It is planned to select a member from the past students association and fishermen’s association and also 2 members from the rest of the mentioned associations. The respective members of this committee have been assigned the following responsibilities.

• To observe the project.
• To check whether the project work will be done properly, once a week.
• To set up management committee and provide information about the project work.
• To talk to the experts to complete the project.
• To train a person to provide net service.
• To give information about the people who will contribute money for the project.
• To check weather they will finish the work within a stipulated time.


PROJECT PLANNING TABLE

Main Activities Date Responsible groups.
Raising fund July - December 2007 Island developing committee / volunteers.
Buying Equipments January – March 2008 Island developing committee
Getting connection April 2008 Island developing committee
Finishing the project May, June, July 2008 Island developing committee