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A DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR MAKING REHA A MODEL VILLAGE

A Development plAn For mAking economically backward village in Kutch district of Gujarat during mid-2016. The village, comprising of two hamlets, Mota Reha & Nana Reha, having 2658

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A Development plAn For mAking

Reha A moDel villAge

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A Development Plan For Making Reha A Model Village 1

Contents

1. Executive summary ............................................................................................... 3

2. SOS Children’s Villages India: brief background ................................................... 5

3. Rehavillage:Briefbackground&profile ................................................................ 7

4. Participatory Rural Appraisal at Reha village ....................................................... 10

5. Analysis of issue and challenges of major livelihood sectors .............................. 31

6. Goal, Objectives & approach to “Reha Model Village Project” ............................ 35

7. Key Activity Plan for intervention ......................................................................... 37

8. Project Timeline ................................................................................................... 41

9. Proposed interventions and expected outcomes ................................................. 42

10. Potential stakeholders & convergence matrix ...................................................... 49

11. Project monitoring & evaluation ........................................................................... 52

12. Project exit plan & sustainability .......................................................................... 54

13. Proposed Project budget ..................................................................................... 55

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1. Executive Summary

SOSChildren’sVillagesofIndia,underits“modelvillage”programmehasidentifiedReha, an isolated & economically backward village in Kutch district of Gujarat during mid-2016. The village, comprising of two hamlets, Mota Reha & Nana Reha, having 2658 residents, is one of the “younger villages” of

the state having 1079 (about 40%) children below 18 years & 1528 (about 57%) residents below the age of 35 years. A preliminary feasibility study was conducted during the month of June-July 2016, followed by a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exerciseinOctober2016.Thefindingsofthefeasibilitystudy&thePRA exercise revealed that the literacy rate of the village is 68%, which is 10% below the state average. It hasa significantly high rateof school drop-outs,withonlyabout 30%school going childrenable tocomplete high school education. The study also revealed that the village has poor sanitation facilities; with more than 50% families going for open defecation. The village has no regular medical service facilities both for human & animal; no medicine shops, no pathological lab or diagnostic centres within a radius of 6-7 kilometres. Most of the people have abandoned agriculture due to lack of irrigation facilities; animal husbandry is also suffering due to shortage of quality fodder, veterinary services, distress selling of milk and lack of market linkage to milk & value added milk products. The village also lacks crucial infrastructures like all-weather road, street lights, playground, public parks, entertainment facilities, village library, market information centre, internet-based service centres, markets, round-the clock public transport, etc. Among the social bottlenecks to development, issues like country liquor addiction, conservative social norms; gender discrimination; restriction of movement for women & grown-up girls, depleting male-to-female ratio, etc. top the chart.

Proposed for a period of 5 years, the goal of this “Model Village” initiative is to nurture, enhance and sustain the vibrant & dynamic socio-economic ecosystems of the Reha village, empower the village community to make optimum utilisation of their resources that enable them to increase their asset-base and enhance theirincomegenerationopportunities.Thisinitiativewillimprovetheflowofinformation&servicestothevillage, making the village community more resilient & informed, and will help enhance an environment of social equity & social justice, while ensuring participation of all sections, particularly women in all the developmental activities in the village.

Some of the important milestones planned to be achieved under this “Model Village” initiative is to increase the literacy level by 10% (thereby, making it at-par with the literacy rate of the Gujarat state), bringing down school drop-out rates to 0% (from present rate of about 30%), open defecation free village, increase family income by at least 200%, formation & strengthening of various community structures such as Bal Panchayats, youths clubs, Self-Help Groups (25 numbers), village education committee, village health committee, etc., to ensure their full participation in the development of their village and strengthen school management committees, gram sabha & gram panchayat to secure different Government projects & benefits, bringing in bank finances for the economic activities, establishing market linkages to theenterprises and facilitate construction & renovation of essential infrastructures in the village like all-weather roads, street lights, village library, play-ground, public park, value-addition centres for agriculture & dairy products etc. which will lead to holistic development of the village.

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SOS Children’S VillageS india

Every Child belongs to a family & grows with love, respect & security

We build families for children in need, we help to shape their own futures, and we share in the

development of their communities

O u R V I S I O n

O u R M I S S I O n

Out-of-home family-based care

SOS Children’s Village

Family Strengthening

Prevent children from losing parental care

2. SOS Children’s Villages India: A brief background

SOS Children’s Villages of India is an independent, non-governmental, social development organization that provides family-based care for parent-less and abandoned children in India. The organization is over 50 years old in India and it advocates the concerns, rights and needs of children in need of care and protection. At SOS Children’s Villages India, we are committed to the welfare of children - often throughout their entire childhood and to strengthening families andcommunitiesasapreventivemeasureinthefightagainstabandonmentandsocial neglect.

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Flagship Programmes of SOS CV india:

Therearetwoflagshipprogrammesthatformthecoreoftheorganization.Thefirst

being the Family Based Care (FBC) - a curative program for parent-less and abandoned children who are brought up in our SOS Families under the care of SOS Mother. Through this programme we reach out to over 7000 girls and boys in 32 children’s villages across India.

Family Strengthening Programme (FSP) - a preventive community intervention program that covers over 24000 children and youth at 32 locations across India. Designed to prevent children from losing parental care or from being abandoned, this program runs with slum dwellers & other underprivileged communities, within a 30 km radius of an SOS Children’s Village. Spanning 3 to 5 years, the program aims to enable families to move out of the vicious cycle of poverty towards greater dignity and self-reliance by ensuring

education of children and income generation, capacity development of the care givers along with skilling youth for employability. During the previous years, hundreds of children & youths from underprivileged families were supported with training in employment oriented skill development courses in information technology, computers, DTP etc. Soft skill development courses like English communication, personality development were also imparted to youths to enhance their employability.

Each programme under the FSP is made up of a package of services to support families and communities to assume their responsibility to protect and care for their children as well as to encourage and support the government and other duty bearers to meet their obligations to respect,protectandfulfilltherightsofchildren.At the same time, we empower children and their families to claim their rights.

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Mota Reha

nana Reha

3. reha village: brief background & general profile

Reha is a Village in Bhuj Taluka in Kutch District of Gujarat state. It is located 16 KM South-East from District headquarters Bhuj & 346 KM West from State capital Gandhinagar. Its geographical coordinates are 23° 9’ 0” north, 69° 45’ 0” East. The village is situated slightly off-the-road and the nearest bus stops are located at Ler & Kukma, which are 4 KM & 6 KM away from the village respectively. The nearest rail stations are situated at Kukma (6 KM) and Bhuj (16 KM) respectively; while the nearest Airport is at Bhuj which is 16 KM from the village.

Satellite image of Reha village showing both the hamlets of Mota Reha & nana Reha (Source: Google Map)

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Reha is an old village, having a history of its own since last 400 years, when it used to be a village of army-men, agriculturists &

artisans who worked in the durbar of the king of the Kutch region. Till date, the majority community of the village is from the durbar clan, who are comparatively economically well-off in context of the village.

The village Reha is divided in to two parts or hamlets, called Mota (meaning Big) & Nana (meaning Small) Reha respectively. The total population of the village is 2658, belonging to 566 families. There are 3 major communities in the village, the Durbar community (General), the muslim minority (OBC) and the harijan community (SC).

The majority of the population are engaged in agriculture & allied activities and also in unskilled casual labour works. The minority (muslim) community of the village are skilled craftsmen and are engaged mainly in production of traditional knives, weaponries and other household equipment. The women from the durbar community are skilled artisans of traditional handloom & garment works; however, they do it

more as a hobby, rather than a profession. The harijans (SC) are mainly landless casual workers and are engaged in unskilled works in both the farm & non-farm sectors. A few of them also rear cattle & goats as an alternative source of income. The village also has few families in Government services and a few youths who are self-employed in small-time business & trading activities and as contractors with the government departments.

The average literacy rate of the village is 68.41% which is much below the state average of 78.03%. The village has one high school and two Anganwadi centres. Almost all the children study in this school till class 10th. For further education, the number of which is very less, the nearest colleges & institutions are located at Bhuj, the District headquarter of Kutch, situated 16 KM away from the village Reha. For record, the Kutch itself is one of the most backward districts of the state of Gujarat in the sectors of literacy, higher & technical education.

The village is fully equipped with electricity facility and has water connections in more than 75% households. But there is no drainage

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facility, neither has it proper black top road, whichmakesitreallydifficultespeciallyduringthe rainy season. Absence of gutter line in the village, all the house-hold sewage & waste water accumulate in the roadside and create anidealsituationformosquitoesandfliestogrow. Thus health has remained always a major cause of worry to the villagers. It is often the children below 6 years of age who suffer most from different water & vector borne diseases in the village. The village is poor in terms of infrastructure for sanitation. There is no PHC in the village, no doctors & no medicine shops. The villagers depend on the government mobile medical services (medical van) which visit the village twice a week, every Monday & Friday.

The village has separate community halls for the durbar, muslim & harijan communities. One can see a number of abandoned & incomplete government structures scattered across the

village. There are six to seven temples in the village and one mosque. The reach to the welfare programmes & schemes of the government can be improved. A number of infrastructure programmes under Government welfare schemes which have remained half-completed or abandoned before completion can be taken to its completion.

Limited community empowerment initiatives thus far can be strengthened in partnership with the Government and other nGOs. The village has no self-help groups catering to the needs of the members. Apart from the SOS Children’s Villages India, which has covered the most vulnerable families of the village under its Family Strengthening Programme (FSP) in the late 2016, no other developmental nGO is working in the village at present. There are no avenues for entertainment for the villagers inside or nearby the Reha village.

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“Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is an approach to data collection that grew out of rural development work. PRA is widely used since it applies traditional methods by which communities share information, such as asset mapping. PRA is an assessment and learning process that empowers the village community to create the information base they need for participatory planning and action.”

4. Participatory rural appraisal (Pra) at reha village

Village community participating in PRA exercise at Reha village (October 2016)

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Participatory rural appraisal (Pra) is an approach used by developmental agencies involved in rural & social development.

The approach aims to incorporate the knowledge and opinions of rural people in the planning and management of development projects and programmes.

A PRA exercise was conducted by SOS Children’s Villages of India in Reha village during October 2016, in which the village communities of both the hamlets of the village participated. More than 500 participants, including children, youth, women and men of the village, together with members of the Gram Panchayat actively took part in the PRA which used different tools to analyze different aspects of the village and prepared a sketch of the development plan of Reha village.

The following tools were used during the PRA exercise at Reha village:

• Social Map

• Resource Map

• Venn Diagram

• Seasonal Calendar

• Income vs Expenditure Matrix

• Daily Activity Clock

• Focused Group Discussion (FGD)

• Community Workshops

Below mentioned are some of the important sector-wisefindingsofthePRAExercise:

a. demographic Profile of reha Village:

(PRA tool used: Social Map & Focused Group Discussion)

There are a total of 566 families in the village, 271 in nana Reha while 295 in Mota Reha hamlets respectively. The total population of the village is 2658, with an average family size close to 5. The table below shows the age-wise & gender-wise distribution of the village population. An analysis of Table 1 shows that while 40% of the total population falls under the in-study bracket (below 18 years), about 48% population are in the bracket of active working age. This leaves only about 12% of the population in the village who are under the bracket of senior citizens. This is an interesting and positive pointer for the village as there will be no shortage of active manpower in the village for a long time to come. At present, a little over 51% of the village population are male, while close to 49% are female.

Table 1: Age-wise & gender-wise distribution of population of Reha village

name of the Village

name of the Village

Below 18 years 18 to 50 years More than 50 years

M F M F M F

RehaMota Reha 291 260 347 328 75 68

nana Reha 266 262 323 295 77 66

Total 557 522 670 623 152 134

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There are 70 households in the village which are headed by single women, most of them are widows. However, they are yet to be linked to any social welfare schemes of the state government. There is a requirement of sustained capacity building in this direction. Similarly, there are 5 children having single parent and 1 child having lost both the parents in the village. The children who have lost one of their parents are taken care of by their living parents and the child who has lost both the is living with her close relatives. However, noneofthemyethaveaccesstobenefitsofanywelfare schemes. There is no case of child labour reported till date from the village.

AcloselookatthefindingsoftheSocialMapAnalysis (conducted during the PRA exercise in the village) can be summarised in Table 2. It shows the category of residents in the village who are in social distress.

Table 2: The different categories of residents in the village who are in social distress. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

name of the Village

Types of social distress numbers of residents in

social distress

number of residents availing pensions/welfare

programmes/schemes

Widow leading household 60 10 (widow pension)

Reha

Old age people 198 20 (old age pension)

Orphans (one parent alive) 5

Orphans (none of the parents alive) 1 X

Physically challenged X 17 (state transport pass)

Child labour X X

Migrated families (due to economic distress) 200 not applicable

B. Physical & infrastructure resources:

(PRA tool used: Resource Map Analysis, Venn diagram & Focused Group Discussion)

i. access to Public amenities/Services:

Though the village is only about 16 KM from the district headquarter town of Bhuj, Reha, till date, is on an average 4-5 KM away from the crucial public amenities including that of medical care, medicine shops, highway, bus stop, train station, veterinary services, banks, ATMs, colleges, markets etc. The Venn diagram depicts the scenario of access of the villagers of Reha to the important public amenities & infrastructures.

Table 3 provides the scenario of access to the different public services & amenities by the village community of Reha.

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Table 3: Access of villagers of Reha to different public amenities (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

Community/Public infrastructure

Status of access of the public amenities by the villagers of reha

distance from reha village (in KM)

PanchayatOffice Inside the village. At Mota Reha. 0

PHC (Primary Health Centre) not present inside the village. The nearest ones are at Kotada and at Kukma

5 (Kotada) and 12 (Kukma)

Medical clinic/dispensary & medical stores

not inside the village. nearest clinic (dispensary) is situated at Kotada and Kukma

5 (Kotada) and 12 (Kukma)

Veterinary Clinic (functioning) not present inside the village. The nearest one is at Madhapar

17

Schools (Primary / Secondary / Higher Secondary)

Inside the village.2 (up to Class VII)

1 (from Class VII – X)

0

Higher secondary schools/ Junior college

not inside the village. nearest one is at Kukma 12

Graduate college not inside the village. nearest one is at Bhuj, the District Headquarter town

17

Post Graduate College / R&D institutions / universities

not inside the village. nearest one is at Bhuj, the District Headquarter town

17

Skill Development Institutions/ Vocational Training Institutions/ITI

not inside the village. nearest one is at Bhuj, the District Headquarter town

17

Madrasa Inside the village. 1

Temples Inside the village. 9

Masjid Inside the village. 1

Community Halls Inside the village. 2

PostOffice Inside the village. 1(sub-postoffice)

School Library Inside the village. 3

Community/Public library not inside the village. nearest one is at Bhuj, the District Headquarter town

Bus Facility 3 buses run per day to & fro Bhuj 4

Major Bus Stand not inside the village. nearest one is at Kukma 12

Telephone facility (landline & private mobile)

Connected through both BSnL landline & private mobile companies

0

Road Connected to the highway by a black-top single-lane road (3 KM long). Village roads are not cemented; they

are both earthen & sandy.

3 (to major highway)

Water reservoirs (functioning) none. A few ponds present, but dry. 2 water tanks are functioning to store government supply water (total

capacity 90,000 litres)Bore-wells (Public) none

Bore-wells (Private) 25 (but none functioning)

Dug water wells (functioning) 0

Hand pumps 0

Cable connection Connected. A total of 453 house-holds (almost 80%) have connections to cable TV.

0

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Institutional Resources: Village mandir & masjid: Religious institutions of Reha village

Pukka, semi pukka & kutcha houses exist in the same neighborhood in the village

ii. Pattern of housing:

There are three types of housing patterns in the village namely Pukka (RCC roof, brick & cemented walls), Semi Pukka (Clay tile roof, brick & cemented walls) and kutcha (mud wall, thatch roof). Out of a total of 550 houses in the village, 64 are Pukka (12%), 367 are Semi Pukka (67%) while 119 houses are of Kutcha category (21%). Table 4 shows the statistics of housing in the Reha village.

iii. infrastructure for sanitation:

AsperthefindingsduringthePRAexercise,only 122 families in the village, which accounts for a mere 22%, have constructed toilets in their households. There are 428 families, i.e. about 78%, who do not have access to modern toilets in the village. Some of the families, who have constructed a toilet under the concerned government schemes, have been using it as store rooms rather than for the cause it was meant

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Table 4: Statistics of housing pattern in the Reha village. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

name of the

village

name of the hamlets/

sub-village

housing pattern & number Total

Pakka Semi Pukka Kucha

RehaMota Reha 42 191 67 300

nana Reha 22 176 52 250

Total 64 367 119 550

age of 6 years. There are 70 infants (0-3 years) who do not go to anganwadi centres. Tables 6 below shows the distribution of children (below 6 years of age) in the Anganwadi centres of Reha village and the distribution of school going children as per age & gender (Table 7).

The village has three schools, out of which one is high school having education up to class X, whereas the other two, one each in the two hamlets have education facility up to class VII. There are a total of 781 children who go to either of the 3 schools present in the village. While 405 numbers are from the Mota Reha hamlet, the remaining 376 are from Nana Reha hamlet

Table 5: The status of toilet facilities available in Reha village. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

name of the village

name of the hamlets/sub-village

households having access to Toilet

households not having access to Toilet facility

Total

RehaMota Reha 84 216 300

nana Reha 38 209 247

Total 122 425 547

Table 6: Distribution of children (in age group 0-6 years) in the Anganwadi centres of Reha village.

name of the village

name of the hamlets/sub-

village

Total no. of anganwadi

centres

Total no. of Children

Male Child Female Child

RehaMota Reha 02 173 103 70

nana Reha 02 152 82 70

Total 04 325 185 140

Table 7: Distribution of school going children as per age & gender in both the hamlets of Reha village.

name of the village

name of the hamlets/

sub-village

Male child Female child Total

7 to 12 13 to 18 7 to 12 13 to 18

RehaMota Reha 142 34 182 47 405

nana Reha 139 7 204 26 376

Total 281 41 386 73 781

for. With more than 70% of the population of the village going daily for open defecation, there is a serious issue of health & personal hygiene, especially for the women, in the village. There is a need for serious and sustained awareness by the concerned authorities & the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) of the village to play their roles in this direction. Table 5 shows the status of toilet facilities available in Reha village.

iv. educational infrastructure:

There are four anganwadi (balwadi centres), two each in the two hamlets of the village, which caters to the pre-school education & other developmental needs of the children below the

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high School drop-Outs: An analysis of the education data of the Reha village for the past few years have brought to light the fact that the village has a total of 113 children below the age of 18 years who have dropped out of the schools. This means that out of the population of children who are at the age bracket of 7-18 years, 16%-17% have opted out/dropped out from their regular schools. This is a very high dropout ratio considering the fact that there are 3 schools with average infrastructure which are available inside the village. Table 8 shows the statistics of school dropouts in the village:

During the focussed group discussions, as part of the participatory rural appraisal process, this issue of high school dropout was discussed in-depth. It was understood that there are a number of reasons behind this more-than-usual rate of school dropouts. One of the most

dominating reason is that the durbar and the muslim communities living in the village follow a conservative lifestyle, in which, the grown up girls are not allowed to go out of home to anywhere, schools included, till they are married off. Although the situation is changing gradually, however, till date, only a handful of girls attained higher education, for which, they must go out of the village. In past, a few untoward incidents happened with a few grown up girls while they were going out for education, which has further demotivated the village community to provide higher education to girls. For the boys, lack of facility inside or near the village for education after class X, combined with inability of their parents to bear the cost of education away from home, is the main reason for school dropout, especially beyond class X. The issue, however, requires further study. At present, only 68.5% of the total

One of the primary schools in the village

Table 8: The statistics of school dropouts in the village Reha. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

name of the village name of the hamlets/sub-village number of school dropouts

Male Female

Reha Mota Reha 46 34

nana Reha 21 12

Total 67 46

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population of the village are literate against a state average of 78%, which means that there is a scope to extend adult literacy programme for the 31% illiterate population in the village

v. health infrastructure:

The Reha village does not have any permanent infrastructure for health & medical services. There is no PHC, CHC, diagnostic clinic or hospital in the village. The nearest Government PHC is located about 7 KM away from the village, whereas, the closest major hospitals having multi-speciality medical facilities are located in Bhuj, 16 KM away. The health needs of the people in the village are addressed, at present, by the mobile health services of the state government, which visits the village twice every week, on Mondays & Fridays.However,thisonlyfulfilsthebasicneedsas there remains shortage of medical practitioners & medicines in these mobile health services. There are two Asha workers in the village. However, they are also in serious constraints as there remains shortage of basic medicines with

them. They are not fully equipped to deal with the emergency situations, especially in the issues related to pregnant women & new-born babies. There is an urgent requirement of awareness & capacity building of both the Asha workers & the PRI representatives in this area. Table 9 shows the status of health infrastructure facilities in the village as of date:

According to the senior participants of the Focussed group discussion held as a part of the Participatory Rapid Rural Appraisal exercise, there were very few cases of illness and disease in the village till 35-40 years back. Although on an averagewomenusedtogivebirthtosignificantlymore number of offspring as compared to the present yet, the incidents of issues like anaemia were almost zero in the village. Water was clean and green vegetables were in abundance in the village. However, today, the situation has changed and the villagers are facing a series of health related issues on a daily basis. The common & most frequent health issues of the village are listed in Table 10.

Village anganwadi centre: an infrastructure under-used

Children at the village anganwadi centre

Table 9: The status of health infrastructure facilities in Reha village. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

name of the village

name of the hamlets/sub-village

health & Medical Facilities available in the reha village

remarks

PHC CHC/ SHC

Clinic/Medicine store

Mobile medical

van facility

Reha

Mota Reha X X X Twice a week

(Mondays and

Fridays)

Basic & functioning infrastructure available

in the Chakar kotad which is 7 KM away from Reha village.

nana Reha X X X

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Table10: Common & most frequent health issues of the village. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

health issues approximate number of cases reported till date

EnT 700

Asthma 100

Gynaecological 40

uTI 60

STD/HIV AIDS 0

Kidney Stone 30

Anaemia 240

Total 1170

C. Status of natural resources:

i. land resources: The village is spread over 1400 Ha (approximately) land, out of which 980 Ha (70%) land is inhabited by the villagers. The land under agriculture is 250 Ha. (17% approximately), out of which only 40 Ha is irrigated. There is (approximately) 90 Ha. (6%) of waste land available under the village limits, which is used by the villagers as grazing land for their domestic cattle. Approximately 70 Ha. (6%) land is under the Forest department, while the land under the temples (9 temples) accounts for 10 Ha. (approximately), which is less than 1% of the total area of the village. Table 11 shows the distribution of land in Reha:

land use: The soil type in the village is sandy (80%) and sandy-loam (20%). A total of 250 Ha of village land is under agriculture, out of which only 40 Ha (less than 10%) is irrigated. The irrigated land belongs to the relatively economically well off families of the village who could afford electrically run bore wells to irrigate their crop-lands.

The major agriculture crops of the village with approximate areas are given in Table 12:

ii. Water resources: Reha has been struggling with the issue of shortage of clean drinking water for last two decades. Previously, there were few natural & man-made ponds & lakes which contained water round the year. The water table was also shallow and people earlier dug wells as a source of clean water for drinking. However, over decades, the weather & climate changed and all the natural sources of water around the village dried up.

The ground water table is very low and it is not possible to access it by digging wells. At present, the only source of water, both drinking & agriculture, is the government supply through pipelines. Out of 547 households under this survey, 396 households have water connection; while 148 households, situated in the upper part of village, don’t have the same due to the lack of required water pressure to reach those heights. Table 13 shows the status of water resources in the Reha village.

Table 11: distribution of land in Reha. (Source: Focused Group Discussion (FGD) during PRA exercise, October 2016)

name of the village Types of land area in hectare*(*figures are approximate only)

Reha (mota & nana)

Human settlement area 980

Dry Land (under agriculture) 210

Wet Land (under agriculture) 40

Waste Land (twoer land) for grazing 90

Forest Land 70

Temple Land 10

Total land 1400

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Table 12: Major agriculture crops of the village with approximate areas under cultivation. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

name of the village important agri produces of the village

area in hectare*(*figures are approximate only)

Reha

Seasonal vegetables 25

Ground nuts 10

Cotton 70

Caster 80

Fodder grass and plants 20

Others (fruits included) 45

Total 250

Table 13: The status of water resources in Reha village. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

name of the village

name of the

hamlets/sub-village

Sources of water don’t have water

connection

Lake(dry)

Well(dry)

Water connection

at home

Bore well infield

Water tank

Reha

Mota Reha 0 3 195 200 0 105

nana Reha 7 0 201 50 2(60000 litres & 30000 litres)

46

Total 7 3 396 250 2 151

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vi. animal resources: A sizeable population of the village, mainly the harijan (SC) community rear animals as a major source of their livelihood activities. There are a few Rajput/Durbar (upper

caste) families also present in the village who mainly rear cows & buffalos, mainly for milk & milk products. The minority (muslim) community mainly rear goats.

Table 14 shows the distribution of animal resources sources in the village

Table 14: Distribution of animal resources at Reha. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

name of the Village Types of available livestock number of animals reared

Cows 11

Reha

Buffalos 159

Goats 404

Bullock 1

Poultry Birds 0

Total 675

250

200

150

100

50

0

90

215

Cows Buffalos

darbar-general

Muslim-Minority

harijan-SC

goat Bull

210

90

2

350 0 0 0

70

40

Ownership of livestock in the village by the different communities

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d. analysis of Social resources:(PRA tool used: Social Map Analysis & Focussed Group Discussion):i. Status of Social institutions: The Reha

village has a number of social institutions, both in functional as well as in semi or non-functional state. Table 15 shows types & status of the different social institutions present in Reha.

Table15: Types & status of the different social institutions present in the Reha village. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

Social institutions Status at present

ngOs (functional) At present there is no nGO working in the Reha village. There were a number of nGOs working for a few years in the village immediately after the devastating earthquake of 2001. The projects are all closed now.

Cooperative society / Producer Company etc.

A functional milk cooperative, namely Sarhad Milk Cooperative Society has a milk collection centre inside the village; to which, the villagers, mainly the members belonging to the upper caste Rajput/Durgah community sell their milk & milk products. However it is open for everybody in the village.

industry & enterprise A registered cottage industry of iron work & manufacture of iron knives & weaponry souvenirs owned by an individual craftsman is present inside the village. The owner is a award-winning traditional craftsman and government registered master trainer. Apart from this, there are 30-40 numbers of similar cottage industries in iron knives manufacturing are present in the village..

Self-help groups (Shgs) The District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) formed 10 women SHGs in the village; 6 in the Mota Reha & 4 in the Nana Reha hamlets. However, none of them are active today.

Youth/ Children Club & Bal-panchayats etc.

As per the direction from the Government, all the three schools have formed Bal-panchayats in the schools. All the students of the schools are the members of these Bal-panchayats. The village has 3 Youth Clubs, 1 each for the youths of the Rajput/Durbar, muslim and the Harijan communities. They are mainly associated with organizing cultural functions & events etc.

gram Panchayat (PRI) There is one Gram Panchayat namely, the Juth Gram Panchayat in the village, which takes care of the developmental & statutory activities of both the hamlets of the Reha village. The same is located at the Mota Reha hamlet.

religious institutions 9 temples, 1 masjid, 1 dargah & 1 edgah within the limits of the village.

Anganwadi centre There are 2 Anganwadi centres in both the hamlets. They take care of the pre-school education, health & nutritional aspects of the children belonging to the 3-6 years age.

Community hall 1 common hall is present inside the village and is open to all the communities. Apart from this, all the communities have their own community halls which are used for their socio-religious celebrations & ceremonies.

library All the 3 schools have their own school libraries for the students. However, the quantity as well as the quality of the books is poor, mainly due to the lack of fund. There is no community/public library present inside the Reha village.

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e. analysis of Financial & economic resources

(PRA tool used: FGD, Interview with the Key Informants & analysis of secondary data)

i. Banking scenario

At present, there is no bank, nationalised or otherwise, present in the immediate vicinity of the village. The nearest bank branches (SBI & AXIS Bank) are located at Kukma, 12 KM away from the village. The nearest & functional bank ATM is also located at the same place. Although there is asub-postofficeinthevillage,butitdoesnotdothe activities related to day-to-day savings & credit. Table 17 shows the present status of availability as well as physical distance of the formal FIs & Banks (both nationalised & private) from Reha village.

ii. Credit scenario

The villagers of Reha, for generations, have remained dependent on the private money-lenders who charge 5% per month interest on personal loans. There have been some efforts

during the recent years from the concerned agencies to persuade the villagers to open bank accounts, including zero balance savings accounts under the Prime Ministers Jan-Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) & also under the national flagshipschemeslikeMahatmaGandhinational Rural Employment Gurantee Scheme (MGNREGS).However,tilldate,asignificantportion of the population of the village does not have bank accounts. The absence of micro-credit institutions like the Self-Help Groups (SHGs) have also been a critical factor behind lack of awareness of the village population about institutional credit through banks & other establishedfinancialinstitutions.Atpresentmorethan 80% of the villagers are dependent on the private money lenders for their immediate credit requirements, with rate of interest ranging from 2%-5% per month and against collaterals in the form of their movable & immovable assets.

A detailed credit scenario of personal loan & credit requirements prevailing in the Reha village is depicted in the Table 17:

Table 16: Types of Formal FIs & Banks & their distance from the Village Reha. (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

Types of formal Fis & Banks number of branches

Physical (by road) distance from the Village reha

Commercial Banks (both nationalised & Private) 2 7 km from the Village

Credit Societies Facilities 1 16 KM from the Village

Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) 1 16 KM from the Village

Table17: Access to Loan / Credit scenario prevailing in the Reha village at present (Source: PRA exercise, October 2016)

loan/Credit Sources

av. number

of families

average person al

loan amount (in rs.)

Common season for loan/credit

requirements

Common purposes for loan/credit

Terms & Conditions for loan/credit

Private Money lenders

150 Minimum 10000/- & Maximum

need based

Oct. nov., December

Marriage, family rituals, festivals,

Education & Health

Mortgage Goldornaments & immovable assets Interest @ 5% per

monthnationalised/Private Banks

- - - - -

SHGs - - - - -

Relatives/Friends etc.

150 Minimum 5000/- & Maximum

need based

need based Marriage, family rituals, festivals,

Education & Health

no interest

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Table 18: The different types of Livelihood activities & average approximate income of the villagers of Reha. (Source: Livelihood mapping (LM) & Focused Group Discussion (FGD) during PRA exercise, October 2016)

Types of livelihood activities number of dependent families

Seasons of the year

days in a year

approximate monthly income

Primary Secondary

1 Animal Husbandry 35 66 All 365 Rs.9000/- p.m.

2 Agriculture 100 0 Monsoon / Winter

315 Rs.12000/- p.m.

3 Craft work (20-Son) 55 0 All Rs.6500/- p.m.

4 Casual Labourer (125-Son & 2 Daughter)

297 30 All 240 Rs.7500/- p.m.

5 Carpenter (24-Son) 26 0 Summer / Winter

295 Rs.6500/- p.m.

6 Welder (3-Son) 6 0 All 317 Rs.6500/- p.m.

7 Masonry (13-Son) 18 0 All 295 Rs.7500/- p.m.

8 Petty Shop 6 0 All 345 Rs.5500/- p.m.

9 Job 32 0 All 317 Rs.9000/- p.m.

10 Handi-Craft 0 35 All 365 Rs.2500/- p.m.

11 Bandhani Work 0 62 All 365 Rs.2000-2500/-

12 Agri. Labourer 37 16 Monsoon / Winter

210 Rs.6500/- p.m.

13 Anganwadi Helper 0 1 All 317 Rs..3500/- p.m.

14 Asha Worker 0 2 All 317 Rs.6500/- p.m.

15 Barber Shop 4 0 All 345 Rs.5500/-

16 Contractor 1 0 All 295 Rs.15000/- p.m.

17 Cycle Shop 1 0 All 335 Rs.3000/- p.m.

18 Driving (11-Son) 29 0 All 317 Rs.7500/- p.m.

19 Electrician 2 0 All 317 Rs.7500/- p.m.

20 Grassing Animal 5 0 All 355 Rs.4500/- p.m.

21 Kandoi 1 0 All 365 Rs.6000/- p.m.

22 Flour mill 1 0 All 345 Rs.5500/- p.m.

23 Mechanic 1 0 All 317 Rs.4500/- p.m.

24 Milk Dairy 1 0 All 365 Rs.12000/- p.m.

25 news Paper Seller 1 0 All 362 Rs.4500/- p.m.

26 Painter 3 1 All 285 Rs.7500/- p.m.

27 Plumbing 2 0 All 317 Rs.7500/- p.m.

28 Sarpanch 1 0 All 317 Rs.30000/- p.m.

29 Anganwadi Helper 0 1 All 317 Rs.3500/- p.m.

Total 668 148

iii. livelihood analysis of villagers:

The villagers are engaged in a spectrum of livelihood activities. While the majority of the village population are labourers, both agricultural & casual, a group of people from minority community are traditional craftsmen in

manufacturing of iron knives & other household equipment. A few youths are engaged in small time business & trade activities. There are a few people who are working in lower positions in government departments and district court.

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Irrigated agricultural land

iv.a. Productivity, risks & income analysis

of agricultural activities:

Agriculture has been the backbone of the village economy and farmers of Reha are used to two- season-per year cropping system for ages. While cotton, bazzara, moong, ground nut, urad and maize are cultivated in kharif season, the crops like wheat and caster dominatesthefieldsduringtheraviseason.

Although the numbers of active cultivators have reduced over the years and the younger generation visibly showed their preferences towards non-farm sector, about 25-30% of the population still depends totally on agricultural activities in the village. A closer look at the status of the agriculture sector & its productivity reveals that the farm management

A few women from the Durbar community are skilled craftswomen in silk & handloom. The harijan community depends on livestock and casual unskilled works under the developmental schemes & programmes of the government.

As majority of the population of Reha village are engaged in casual work, therefore, they have irregular income. On a good day they could earn anything between Rs.250-400, while on another day they do not get work. Agricultural labours get employment only for 7-8 months in a year and remain largely unemployed during the lean months of the year. Many of them also migrate to Bhuj, Rajkot & Gandhinagar in search of unskilled labour work during the lean season. Table 18 shows different types of livelihoods practised by the residents of Reha and their average monthly income:

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Rain-fed agricultural land

Table 19: Major crops of kharif & Ravi seasons

Cropping season name of Crop avg. Production per acre (in quintals) avg. rate per quintiles (rs.)

Kharif Ground nuts 4 4000

Cotton 6 5000

Bazzara 6 1500

Moong 2.5 5500

Guvar 3.5 2700

Ravi Corianders 5 5000

Wheat 10 1700

Mustard 4 900

and agricultural practices used at present by the farmers are mostly conventional and non-mechanised in nature; which is a reason behind the less than the average productivity in this sector. There is a need to infuse modern farm management techniques, technologies, equipment & tools and improved varieties of

seeds etc. to increase agricultural productivity in the village. Table 19 shows the major crops in kharif season along with production & rate of selling:

During the Focussed Group Discussion with the farming community in the village it was

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revealed that attack of insect & pests in the crops like cotton & groundnut during kharif and wheat & castor during ravi season has been a major risk factor. Together with this, absence or less than optimum irrigation facilities and absence of warehouses & storage centres also contributes

towards loss of quality of the agri-produces of the village; ultimately leading to poor market price & less income to the farmers.

Table 20 presents the scenario of diseases, control measures and average income of the farmers from the agricultural sector in the village Reha:

Rain water harvesting tank for irrigation purpose

Table:20 Crop diseases, control measures and average income of the farmers from the agricultural sector in the village Reha.

name of Crop. Common diseases/insect-

pest attack

Control measures in

practice

Selling rate /income to

farmers (per Kg)

additional use

Maize nA nA Rs. 22-25/- Plant parts used as fodder after harvesting

urad (gram) Ill attack Pesticide Rs. 30-33/- none

Wheat Bust and termite Pesticide Rs. 20-22/- Plant parts used as fodder after harvesting

Castel Rs. 35/- Plant parts used as fodder after harvesting

Cotton Rs. 50-55/- Plant parts used as fodder after harvesting

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Irrigation channel at Cotton plantations at Reha

iv.b. Productivity, risks & income analysis in

livestock sector:

In the village Reha, majority of the Rajput/Durbar and minority community keep cattle for milk purpose. There are two milk collection points of the Sharhad diary and Mahi diary inside the village where the villagers sell the milk of their animals twice a day; between 7- 8 a.m. in the morning & 7-8 p.m. in the evening. The payments are made on a weekly/fortnightly basis. However, the price offered to the milk producers of the village is much lesser than the prevailing market rate in Bhuj and nearby urban areas.

Total milk collection in these collection points, on an average, is 550 litres in the morning and 300 litres in the evening. A few families sell milk directly to nearby dhabas or to private vendors. The approximate daily milk production of the village is 850 litres during the winter, which falls to about 550 litres during the lean periods in summer months.

The overall milk production of the Reha village showed a rapid increase from merely 120 litres a day in 2011 to 750 litres in 2016. This is mainly due to the active role played by the two private diaries who set up their milk collection points within the village limits of Reha. The number of cattle increased many folds during this phase and more number of families adopted cattle rearing as a sustainable & additional means of livelihood. Mainly the village women are engaged in the entire chain of activities related to livestock, starting from looking after cattle, cleaning of cattle-shed, milking cattle up to selling them in the milk collection centres.

The major cause of concern for the villagers includes absence of medical facilities for the animals within or nearby the village. The nearest vet centre is located at Kukma is about 7 KM away from the village. There is no trained manpower in or nearby the situations & vaccination etc.

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There is no practice of commercial production of value added milk products in the village. A few households in the village, however, use to make ghee, curd, cream & butter from milk for their household use. Table 21 shows the average income scenario from the livestock sector in Reha village along with the associated risk factors.

Scenario of fodder security in the village:

Major fodders available in village are wheat husk, maize and gram crop residue and different species of grasses. The farmers gather a major portion of the required quantity of fodder from the residueoftheircropfieldsinpostharvestperiod.

According to the milk producers taking part in the focussed group discussion as part of the Participatory Rapid Rural Appraisal (PRRA)

Villagers selling milk at the milk collection centre

Table 21: The average income scenario from the livestock sector in Reha village along with the associated risk factors

name of livestock

Breed of livestock

Milk Production

per day

Fodder & Feed

requirement per day

Fodder requirement

per day

Selling rate per litre

diseases remedies in practice

in the village

Fodder Feed

Cow Deshi / Kakrej

7 litre 20-22 KG feed &

4 kg Fodder Rs. 20-25/ litre FMD Vaccination and

Traditional remedies.

Buffalos Deshi 16 litre 25-26 KG 7-8 KG Rs. 30-35/litre FMD

Goat Deshi Open grazing X Sell of goat for meat Rs. 3000-4500 per animal

FMD

exercise in the village, the residue of the jowar crop and certain special varieties of grasses are most palatable & nutritive fodder; leading to higher

Cattle rearing & farm management need to be made scientific to avoid recurrence of FMD

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milk productivity in their cattle. Wheat husk usually remains available with almost every farming family for 8-10 months. The farmers store dry fodders near their home to be used during the lean period (March-July). During the dry season, sometimes, the farmers are required to purchase green fodder. As the cost of the fodder usually higher than what the farmers could afford, the over-all milk production falls during the dry season.

iv. c. analysis of traditional crafts sector of

iron Knife & weaponry making:

Iron knife & weaponry making has been a 400-year old traditional & indigenous skill of the minority communities in Reha village. But of-late this 400 year old enterprise is facing the threat of extinction due to several internal & external factors; which includes among others, the factors like stiff competition from the cheap but similar China-made products, high cost of raw material, no direct access to the markets of raw material as well as the manufactured products, high commission by middlemen, lack of bank finance,reductionindemand,lackofresourcesfor promotion & mass-awareness among buyers, conflictwithintheproducercommunityetc.Asaresult, the new generation youths are not willing to pursue this craft as a means of livelihood. It was revealed during the focussed group discussion

with the craftsmen community of the village that almost half of the families of this craft-work have migrated to other areas of the state, country and even abroad during past two decades. The situation is so grave that out of about 250 people who were actively involved in this unique crafts two decades back, only about 60 people are there at present in the village who are pursuing the same as a major means of their livelihood. If quick action is not taken to restore this livelihood, it will die down over time. Table 22 elaborates the status of the traditional crafts sector of iron knife making in the village:

Traditional iron weaponry: decorative product of craftsmen of Reha village

Iron craftsmen working with outdated equipments in worn-out working sheds

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iv.d. analysis of traditional crafts sector of

handloom:

Traditional handloom & designer cloth product making has been a traditional skill acquired by the womenfolk of the village Reha for generations. Almost all the females of 16 years & above from the Rajput/Durbar and minority communities are expert craftswomen in the traditional craftwork called bandhani & bharat and also in manufacturing of woollen garments & designer cloth products. However, the majority of these ladies in the village practice these

skills more as a hobby rather than taking it up as a serious profession. Some craftswomen however, have taken it up as an additional means of income. They use to receive bulk production orders along with the required raw materials from some local cloths merchants. There is a great scope to upgrade this crafts sector in the village through skill development trainings, enterpriseformation,facilitatingbankfinanceandstreamlining market linkages. Table 23 elaborates the status of the traditional cloth crafts sector in the village Reha.

Table 23: The status of the traditional cloth crafts sector in the village Reha. (Source: Focused Group Discussion (FGD) during PRA exercise, October 2016)

Sl. no details of the crafts-women number of crafts-women

1. Crafts-women who are skilled in traditional cloth-crafts. 5602. Crafts-women who at present are actively involved in this craft 3563. Crafts-women who are skilled, but practice it more as a hobby

than a livelihood189

4. Ckilled crafts-women, no longer practicing & changed their priorities altogether

15

Handloom crafts-women of Reha with their designer products

Table 22: The status of the traditional crafts sector of iron knife making

Sl. no details of the craftsmen number of craftsmen

1. Craftsmen who are skilled in traditional knife & weaponry making 123

2. Craftsmen who at present are actively involved in this craft 57

3. Craftsmen who are skilled, but practice it more as a hobby than as a source of livelihood

12

4. Craftsmen who are skilled, but no longer involved in it and changed their profession altogether

54

Total 246

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The charts below explains in detail the most prominent issues/problems related to the major livelihood sectors in the village Reha along with the major causes/ reasons behind these issues/problems:

5. analysis of issue & challenges of Major livelihood Sectors

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6. goal, Objectives & approach to reha Model Village Project

►Approach,

►Goals

►Objectives

►ActivityPlan

►Timelineforimplementation

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Approach: SOS Children’s Villages India will adopt four major pillars - capacity building, access to quality services,

infrastructure development and sustainable livelihood opportunities in its approach to Reha Model Village development which will lead to vibrant community that is able to sustain, maintain & make optimum utilization of their resources to improve their asset base, economic condition & over-all wellbeing without adversely affecting its cultural, social & environmental values.

As part of its strategy, SOS Children’s Villages India would initiate structured capacity building of the community institutions, target groups and the village community as a whole, on the thematic areas whichwereidentifiedduringthePRAexercise.Anempowered village community would seek better services, better infrastructure and would endeavor to improve their economic condition by undertaking sustainable livelihood activities. To this end, SOS Children’s Villages India would tie up with other development partners, including the state & central government departments, agencies, corporates, industries, private sector organisations, like-minded nGOs, civil society organisations, institutions and individuals to mobilize resources & expertise to strengthen the village infrastructure, streamline the flowofessentialservicesandcreatevalue-addedsustainable livelihood opportunities for the people of Reha.

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2. Increase sustainable livelihood opportunities to the families and support the entrepreneurs to have easy technical, marketandfinanciallinkages.

3. Improve the access and quality of services which are essential for survival, development, protection and participation of children, families and village community.

4. Build and enhance the capacity of children, youth, caregivers and various community structures such that they are able to actively participate in the decision making processes for the development of the village and exercise for their rights.

goal: nurture, enhance & sustain the vibrant & dynamic socio-economic ecosystems of Reha village and empower the community for optimum utilisation of their resources, enhance income generation opportunities and increase their assets base to enable an environment of equity and social justice.

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1. Development of essential infrastructure in the village .through active engagement &

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7. Key Activity Plan for Intervention

Objective 1: development of essential infrastructure in the village through active engagement & partnership with public and private sector stakeholders.

area activity Year1 Year2 Year3 Year4 Year5

1. Water

(a) Construction of 2 lakhs liter capacity water tank

(b) Strengthening of irrigation infrastructure

(c) Construction of rain water harvesting tanks

(d) Demonstration of roof water harvesting structures

(e) Digging of bore wells and ponds

2. Road

(a) Facilitate construction of all-weather motor-able road inside village

(b) Facilitate installation of Solar Street Light

3. Hygiene

(a) Facilitate construction of toilets

(b) Facilitate construction of sewage system

(c) Facilitate construction of garbage disposal system

4. Education

(a) Support construction of new school building at nana Reha

(b) Support Renovation of existing school structure Mota Reha

(c) Support infrastructure for smart classes in 2 number of schools

(d) Construction of a village library with necessary infrastructure

(e) Construct games and sports facilities on the schools

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5. Health

(a) Facilitate establishment of a primary health centre (PHC) in convergence with Govt.

(b) Support establishment of a diagnostic clinic & a pharmacy in convergence with private partners.

(c) Improve the infrastructure of anganwadi centres

6.Business / enterprise

(a) Construction of a common work-shed for iron craftsmen with modern tools & machines

(b) Construction of a common work-shed for handloom & garments crafts-women with modern equipment & tools

(c) Expansion of the village milk collection centre

7. Others(a) Facilitate establishment of a bank ATM

(b) Construction of a village playground for children with playing equipment

(c) Construction of a recreational park for the senior citizens with necessary infrastructure

Objective 2: increase sustainable livelihood opportunities to the families and support the entrepreneurs to have easy technical, market and financial linkages.

1. Group livelihoods

(a) Creation of a village trading cooperative for collective procurement of essential input items & collective marketing of village output items.

(b) Encourage dairy farmers to form a dairy farmers’ federation and make value added dairy products. Collective marketing of milk products through it.

(c) Support establishment of a group enterprise of traditional snacks items making (Gujarati Food items) and link it to commercial buyers.

(d) Group enterprise of handloom & garment making

(e) Group enterprise of traditional iron knife & decorative weaponry making

2. Individual livelihoods

(a) Support promotion of individual livelihoods for alltheidentifiedfamilies.

(b) Support the unemployed youths to undertake skill-based service enterprises.

(c) Support cottage enterprises of value added dairy products.

(d) Promote modern farm management practices in livestock & agriculture sector

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Objective 3: improve the access and quality of services which are essential for survival, development, protection and participation of children, families and village community.

1. Education

(a) Tuition & group learning classes to academically weak children

(b) Special bridge courses to school drop-outs to rejoin classes

(c) Computer Classes for all children from VIII standards onwards

(d) Educational Material Support to economically weak families

(e) Organize career guidance, motivational sessions, educational trips for students

(f) Job oriented vocational training to unemployed youths & school drop-outs.

(g) Conduct regular interface meetings with education department

2. Health

(a) Half Yearly HB Check up Camp

(b) Provide supplementary nutritional to under nourished children in the village

(c) Facilitate health check-up camps at-least twiceayearandweeklyvisittoqualifieddoctors.

(d) Door-step delivery of services to pregnant women

(e) Support establishment of a veterinary sub-centre providing primary vet. services

(f) Facilitate essential immunization services for children

(g)Facilitateforbirthanddeathcertificates

1. Digital village

(a) Promote cashless transaction in the village. One card-swapping machine installed in the village for enabling cashless business.

(b) Promote the use of internet & mobile phone based farmer friendly apps

(c) Facilitate online study material to the smart classrooms of 2 village schools.

2. Others

(a) Establishment of a multipurpose service station for photocopy, photography, internet-based services, courier service etc.

(b) Facilitate village community in plantation of saplings of fruit & shade trees in private & community lands with support from social forestry / forest department of government.

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Objective 4: Build and enhance the capacity of children, youth, caregivers and various community structures such that they are able to actively participate in the decision making processes for the development of their village and exercise for their rights.

1. Children & youth

(a) Formation of at least 10 Bal Panchayats and 5 Youth clubs and build their capacity in relevant areas.

(b) Conduct regular Bal Panchayat and Youth Club meetings, awareness programs, motivational Sessions

(c) Formation & Empowerment of adolescent girls’ club

2.Women & caregivers

(a) Formation & capacity building of 25 SHGs and link with nRLM

(b) Conduct trainings to caregivers in the areas of child care, health & hygiene, nutrition and education.

3. PRI Members

(a) Capacity building of Village Panchayat members on relevant thematic areas

(b) Formation / strengthening of different village committees

(c) Awareness Programs and streets plays to overcome the social and cultural issues

(d) Enabling PRIs to facilitate disadvantaged families to access social security documents (voter card, PAn card, ration card, Adhaar card)

(e) Capacity building of PRI members to enable the disadvantaged families to access social securitybenefitslikeoldagedpension,widowpension, IAY etc.

4. General village community

(a) Capacity building of the anganwadi & asha worker

(b) Refresher training of school teachers

(c) Facilitate adult literacy program

(d) Mobilizing village communities on village cleanliness

5. Farmers & entrepreneurs

(a) Training & capacity building of agriculture farmers in modern agricultural practices, farm management, value addition & marketing.

(b) Training & capacity building of livestock farmers in farm management, value addition & marketing of dairy products.

(c) Training & capacity building of entrepreneurs inthedomainsofproduction,finance&marketing.

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8. Project Timeline

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activity Y0 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5

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1 Baseline survey

2 House-hold survey & situation analysis

3 Participatory Rural Appraisal

4 Preparation of Village Development Plan & Village Micro-Planning

5 Community mobilization& sensitization

Strengthening of social security measures

6 Institution building (SHGs, children/youth clubs, adolescent girls club etc.)

7 Strengthening of institutions (capacity building & empowerment)

8 Entrepreneurship development & promotion of micro-enterprises

9 Bank & credit linkages to SHGs/entrepreneurs

10 Strengthening of social sectors (Health, Education, Sanitation)

11 Strengthening of livelihood sectors (Handicraft, Snacks Items & Livestock)

12 Formation & strengthening of business entities (Cooperatives, Producer Company etc). for sustainability of micro-enterprises

13 Infrastructure Development

14 R&D, Innovation & Knowledge Management

15 Communication, PR, & Marketing of the project as a commercially viable product, to other stakeholders

16 Develop the next stage product, say model rural cluster, through ripple effect, handover the project to village stakeholders &exit.

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9. Proposed interventions vs expected outcomes

area gaps inputs expected outcome

Infrastructure development

no all-weather motor able road

Construction of Motorable Road in the village

2 KM village kutcha road converted to all-weather motorable road

Capacity of village water tanksareinsufficienttocaterto the population

Construction of 2 lakhs liter capacity water tank in nana Reha

All families in the village haveaccesstosufficientquantity of drinking water

More than 50% population do not have toilets in their home

Facilitate villagers to construct Toilets

100% families have toilets in their home & are using it.

no sewage line, garbage disposal system absent. Children fall sick frequently due to lack of cleanliness.

Construction of sewage & garbage disposal structures

Cleanliness of the village enhanced. 50% reduction in children’s diseases due to lack of cleanliness.

no street light. High rate of incidents due to utter darkness on village roads

Installation of solar Street Light

50% reduction in incidents related to street-darkness.

unproductive agriculture due to lack of irrigation water

Digging of bore wells and construction of rain water harvesting ponds

Agriculture productivity up by 50%

Existing school buildings areofinsufficientcapacity.Classrooms do not have education-friendly tools & equipment’s

Support for expansion of new school building, supply of modern educational tools & equipment. Smart classes in 2 schools to be initiated.

number of student enrollment increased by 20%. Average school attendance up by 40%.

Village do not have a quality playground for children

Construction of a village playground having children friendly play equipment

70% children regularly make use of the sports & activity amenities

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area gaps inputs expected outcome

Access to quality services

no health infrastructure, medicineshop,qualifiedmedical practitioner

Support establishment of a PHC with doctors & medicine

50% increase in people availing medical facilities

Absence of safe equipment & work-shed for safety of iron craftsmen

Construction of a common work-shed with modern tools & machines

Health issues related to unsafe work condition down by 50%. Average village production up by 50%.

absence of education support to academically weak children

Tuition classes / group learning support to academically weak children

Academic progress of such children up by 50%

no specialized training facility in computers & other soft skills

Computer & soft-skill development classes to school children

70% school children in standard VIII & above have acquired at least one IT/soft skill.

Children from economically weak families drop out from schools for lack of essential education material

Educational material support to all the children belonging to economically weak households

School drop-out rate goes down by 50%.

no career guidance to students / youths

Professional carrier guidance support to all the children in standard IX & X.

100% students in Class IX & X have career development plan prepared

More than 60% youths are either unemployed or under-employed

Vocational Training to unemployed & under-employed youths

unemployment / under-employment rate in youths down by 50%

More than 20% children are under-nourished

Distribution of nutritional meal to under nourished children

Malnutrition rate in children down by 50%.

High incidents of EnT & seasonal diseases in children & women

Regularizing services of mobile health check-up van, weeklyvisitbyqualifieddoctors, half-yearly medical camps

Incidence of EnT & other seasonal diseases down by 40%

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area gaps inputs expected outcome

Access to quality services

no institutional credit services to entrepreneurs. Dominance of local money lenders.

Extending banking services to the entrepreneurs. Micro-credit through SHGs.

100% women in SHGs availing micro-credit from their groups More than 50% entrepreneurs availing ban credits, , number of borrowers from local money lenders down by 50%.

0% cashless transactions in the village

One card-swapping machine installed in the village

At least 50% villagers availing cashless transaction facilities.

Only about 25% families have access to banks. nearest ATM is about 7 KM away from the village.

Opening of individual savings account by villagers. Facilitation in establishment of a ATM in/near the village

At least 90% families have their bank accounts opened .

Farmers & entrepreneurs do not have access to real-time information on production / marketing

Promote the use of internet & mobile phone based farmer friendly apps

More than 75% farmers & entrepreneurs start installing & using farmer friendly apps for accessing production / marketing information.

Villagers have to travel 7-8 KM to avail day-to-day services like photocopy, photography, internet-based services, courier service etc.

Establishment of a multipurpose service station for photocopy, photography, internet-based services, courier service etc.

number of villagers availing such services up by 50%. Average cost to avail such services down by about 70%.

Promotion of sustainable livelihoods

The producers & entrepreneurs do not get thebenefitofscaledueto absence of collective procurement & collective marketing system

Creation of a village cooperative for collective procurement of essential input items & collective marketing of village output items.

Cost of purchase of input items reduces by 20% while theprofitfromsaleupby15%.

The vulnerable section do not have a core sustainable livelihood

Support promotion of sustainable individual livelihoods for all the economically vulnerable families

100% vulnerable households supported. 70% attains self-reliance.

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area gaps inputs expected outcome

Promotion of sustainable livelihoods

About 70% unemployed youths undertake distress migration due to unavailability of suitable livelihood.

Support the unemployed youths to undertake skill-based service enterprises.

Distress migration of youths reduces by 50%.

Traditional handloom & garment-work: new generation losing interest in traditional handloom & garment work due to lack of modern tools, techniques, design & market.

Support establishment of a handloom cooperative in the village and link it to technical serviceproviders,financialinstitutions and commercial/institutional buyers.

50% increase in the number of new generation crafts-women. 50% increase in the number of crafts-women who earlier left the practice. 25% riseinindividualprofits.

Traditional iron-crafts: More than 50% fall in the number of practicing craftsmen. More than 50% craftsmen migrated from the village during past 10-15 years. Existing craftsmen do not have steady supply of inputs, modern tools, contempory design and city markets.

Support establishment of individual & group enterprise of traditional iron knife & decorative weaponry making. Promote use of modern tool & technology. Like the enterprises with major input sources and product markets. Promote the entrepreneurs & their products through exhibitions & fairs.

Averageprofitincreasesby15-20%

Av. input cost down by 20%.

Distress migration of traditional craftsmen comes down to 0% .

Majority of the womenfolk are expert in making traditional food items. However, they have no means to explore the same commercially.

Support establishment of a group enterprise of traditional snack item making (Gujarati Food items) and link it to commercial buyers.

50% of the village women become economically self-sufficientthroughself-employment as entrepreurs.

Villagers sell milk to a private diary at a rate much lower than the market. They do not make value added dairy products as there is no nearby markets.

Encourage dairy farmers to form a milk cooperative and make value added dairy products. Collective marketing of milk products through the cooperative.

Income of dairy entrepreneurs increased by an average of 25% by selling value added dairy products.

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area gaps inputs expected outcome

Empowerment & Capacity Building

The village has no self-help groups, which is a source of micro-credit to the members both for day-to-day consumption & production needs.

Formation & capacity building of at-least 25-30 SHGs and link them with banks,formalfinancialinstitutions (FFIs) & government programmes like nRLM. All the SHGs starts extending micro-credits to their members.

At-least 60% of the total village womenfolk, who are more than 18 years of age, are members of Self-Help-Groups.

At-least 25 women SHGs have been formed, empowered & functioning as a source of micro-credit to its members.

100% women SHGs are bank-linked & availing bank finance.

Almost all the statutory committees of the village (village education committee, health committee etc.) are dysfunctional for a long time.

Formation / Strengthening of different Village Level Committees

100% village level committees are activated through trainings & capacity building programmes and are delivering useful services.

Social development bottlenecks like alcohol addiction, conservative traditions, movement restriction on grown-up girls & women, strong castism etc. prevalent in Reha village.

Awareness & sensitization programs and streets plays etc. to overcome social and cultural bottlenecks.

•Alcoholabusedownby50%.

•Sharpdeclineinrestrictionon the movement of women.

•At-l-east50%riseintheparticipation of women in social development activities in the village.

About 32% adult villagers are illiterate.

Facilitate adult literacy program

More than 90% of the adults of the village become literate.

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area gaps inputs expected outcome

Empowerment & Capacity Building

Anganwadi workers are not trained in handling emergency situations. They do not have modern skills, knowledge & equipments.

Capacity building of the anganwadi & asha worker, provide them with modern equipments, knowledge & skills to deal with emergency situations.

More than 50% rise in the efficiencyoftheanganwadi/Asha workers.

School teachers are not trained in modern tools & techniques of teaching.

Facilitate refresher training of school teachers

100% school teachers attains refresher training and are capable of using modern teaching methodology.

• Bal Panchayats are dysfunctional.•Youth clubs not taking up any social cause.

•Noplatformforadolescentgirls to discuss their issues.

Formation of at least 10 Bal Panchayats, 5 Youth clubs and 4 adolescent girls’ club and build their capacity in relevant areas.

More than 75% children, youths & adolescent girls of the village is a member of at-least one of the mentioned platforms and are actively advocating their issues in the village.

Most of the PRI (gram sabha/panchayat) members arenotefficientinexecutingvillage developmental activities .

Capacity building of Village panchayat members on relevant thematic areas.

The village panchayat becomes more resilient, efficient&effective.

At-least 50% rise in the number of developmental issues raised & discussed in the panchayat meetings.

At-least 50% rise in the number of Government schemes sourced by the panchayat.

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area gaps inputs expected outcome

Empowerment & Capacity Building

•Manyfamiliesdonothaveimportant social security documents like voter card, PAn card, ration card, Adhaar card etc. •Lackofawarenessamong the villagers about government social security schemes.•Atpresentthereare180old-age people in the village, out of which only 20 have availed old-age pension from the Government. Similarly 50 widows in the village are yet to receive Government benefits.

•Enablingthedisadvantaged families to access social security documents (voter card, PAn card, ration card, Adhaar card)•Capacitybuildingofthegram panchayat to support the villagers in distress to accessgovernmentbenefitslike old-age pension, widow pension, IAY housing etc.

•100%villagershaveessential access social security documents (voter card, PAn card, ration card, Adhaar card etc.)•At-least50%increaseinthe number of villagers to accessGovernmentbenefitslike pension, housing etc.

Agriculture production is low as the farmers are practicing age-old production methods & equipment.

Training & capacity building of agriculture farmers in modern agricultural practices, farm management, value addition & marketing.

At-least 20-25% rise in farm production in agriculture.

Gradual decline in milk production.

Training & capacity building of livestock farmers in farm management, value addition & marketing of dairy products.

At-least 15-20% increase inprofitstothedairyentrepreneurs.

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10. Potential Stakeholders & Convergence Matrix

(a). government departments & agencies:

name of the department/agency

Broad sector of convergence

Specific area of convergence

district administration (d.C. office)

Administrative facilitation in all sectors

Administration

district development Officer ddO

Environment and infrastructure Road, sewage, sanitation, solar street light, plantation of trees

MP fund, Mla fund, governor’s Fund, Municipal President, district Panchayat, Block Panchayat and Village Panchayat

Infrastructure Road, sanitation, cleanliness, infrastructure for education, health, recreation, youth & skill development etc.

gujarat CSr authority Infrastructure / soft skill Education, health, skill building

gujarat Water infrastructure limited/ WaSMO

Water supply Construction of water tank and installation of pipeline

Paschim gujarat Vij Corporation limited, PgVCl

Electricity LED, domestic and street lights, installation of transformer

district rural development agency

Women Empowerment, & livelihood support

SHG Strengthening, Livelihood, Capacity Building

district industrial Centre Entrepreneurship development, business support

Training, skill building, enterprise promotion, trade support

nehru Yuva Kendra (nYK) Youth empowerment Strengthening of Bal Panchayat & Youth Clubs, social integration, skill development & vocational Training

national rural livelihood Mission

Women Empowerment SHG Strengthening, Livelihood, Capacity Building

naBard Institutionalfinance,enterprisedevelopment and training

Loans to SHGs, support to entrepreneurs, agricultural equipment, skill development.

national institute of Computer Training (skill india)

IT, education Computer, Vocational Training

national diary development Board

Dairy development Livestock, fodder development

Social Welfare department Education, social justice Educational material, awareness, training

The following table attempts to capture different potential partners who could contribute towards development of different sectors under the model village project at Reha village. This list is indicative and not exhaustive.

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(a). government departments & agencies:

name of the department/agency

Broad sector of convergence

Specific area of convergence

health department Health Health camp, medicines

Sarva Siksha Abhiyan(SSa) Education Infrastructure for education

gujarat State handloom and handicraft development Cooperation ltd.

Handicraft Development Training, technical and machinery

Forest department Environment Tree plantation and herbal park

Swatch Bharat Abhiyan Environment Cleanliness

PgVCl Environment Energy Conservation

director adult educatioin Education Adult Literacy Classes

Public Works department InfrastructureConstruction of roads, footpath, sewage line and public toilet

Banks (nationalized) Infrastructure, credit Street Light, ATM, credit, awareness.

(B). Corporates/industries (CSr):

name of the Corporate Broad sector of convergence Specific area of convergence

Welspun ltd. Enterprise Capacity Building

Kesar Thermal infrastructure ltd

Capacity Building and Livelihood Livelihood

adani Foundation Health, nutrition and EducationHealth camps, Free Medicine, nutritional

Meal, Education Material

ashapura Mine ltd. Education Education Material

Parle Pvt. ltd. Education Educational Material

Sanghi Cement InfrastructureToilet, Community Hall Construction,

Installation of street lights

asia Motor WorkInfrastructure, Livelihood and

EducationLivelihood support, Education Material

Bal Krishna Tyres Livelihood and Education Livelihood Support and Education Material

navneet Pvt. ltd Education Educational Material

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(C). ngOs/Trusts/CBOs:

name of the ngO/Trust/CBO Broad sector of convergence Specific area of convergence

Kutch MahilaVikashSangthan Women Empowerment SHG Strengthening

SeWa Women Empowerment Capacity Building and Livelihood

KhaMir Enterprise Skill Training related to craft

jan Shikshan Sansthan Enterprise Capacity Building, Livelihood

hunnershala Infrastructure Toilet and Community Hall Construction

SeTu Legal and Public Services Procuring Legal Identity, Accessing Schemes

rotary Clubs Health Health Camps, Free Medicine

lions Club Health, Education Health Camps

reach to Teach Education Education Material

Swaminarayan Trust Environment Plantation

Sahajanand rural development Trust

Dairy Development, Education Fodder Development, Livestock and Library

leva Patel Health Health Camps

navnirman Kutch abhiyan Environment Tree Plantation and Water conservation

(d). institutions

name of institution Broad sector of convergence Specific area of convergence

Kutch university Social sectors Training exposure workshops, skill building,

red cross Health Awareness Program, and Training programs

Prajanya ecology Private ltd. nutrition Training on Kitchen Garden

industrial Training Center (skill india) Eduction Entrepreneurhip, Vocational Training

different associations (like nri, Merchant, Farmers, Bar council, gujarat Corporation Social responsibility association)

Education, Health, nutrition, Agriculture

Education Material, nutritional Meal, Health Camps, Agriculture

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11. Progress Monitoring & Evaluation

A robust monitoring & evaluation system has been developed to measure progress towards objectives on a continuous basis.

The process of interventions and changes in the situation of the target group are taken as the subjects of monitoring. Baseline information is collected from programme participants to assess the situation at the beginning of interventions, so that later measures about impact can be made. This information is linked to the monitoring and evaluation plan as previously collected data. A consistent information gathering system is put in place to ensure that information is collected

at the programme implementation level and can beconsolidatedandfilteredtomeetinformationrequirements of different project stakeholders.

A mid-term programme impact evaluation will be carried out on the 3rd year of the project, whereas an end-term evaluation will be carried out after completion of the 5th year of the project. The mid-term evaluation is carried out to access the interim achievement of the programme’s goal and objectives, the difference that the programme has actually made in the lives of the target group and the deviations of the achievements from the

•Baselinedatacollected&recorded

• Indicators&timelinesare defined

•Evaluationofachievements against the planned goals & objectives

•Overallachievementsagainst the planned goals & objectives

•Overallimpactoftheproject on the lives of the target population

PrOjeCT M&e Plan

(aT The STarT OF The

PrOjeCT)

end-TerM eValuaTiOn (5Th Year)

Mid-TerM eValuaTiOn (3rd Year)

Course corrections

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planned objectives. necessary course corrections are made in the implementation strategy on the basisofthefindingsofthemid-termevaluation.The end-term evaluation, carried out at the end of the project, gives a picture of the overall impact of the project on the lives of the target population. This end-term evaluation report forms the basic document of any future intervention in the area.

Relevant indicators for assessment of impact willbedefinedaspartofthemonitoringandevaluation plan, during programme design. By comparing baseline information, gathered during programme design and at the onset of interventions with data collected later, impact will be measured.

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12. Exit strategy & Sustainability

An exit strategy for a programme is aspecificplandescribinghowtheprogramme will withdraw from a region or

population while ensuring that the achievement of development goals is not jeopardized. It is explicitly linked to sustainability in that it also considers means of ensuring further progress towards these goals after the end of technical and financialsupportoftheimplementingagency.‘Exit’refers to withdrawal from the operational area of externally provided resources, whether material goods, human resources or technical assistance.

Depending on the context, the exit strategy may bedescribedas‘phase-out’,‘phase-over’or‘phase-down’.The‘phase-over’ismostcommonlypracticed form of exit in that it seeks to transfer the full responsibility for programmatic activities to other organizations, governmental entities, community groups or individuals. This type of exit strategyrequiressignificantmanagementandtechnical capacity-building efforts, which must be initiated at the onset of the programme to ensure an effective transfer and the continuation of well-functioning activities. The success of this strategy depends on the current capacity, motivation and commitment of the group, organization or individual.

The‘phase-out’exitstrategyinvolvesthewithdrawal of programmatic resources, but in the absence of transferring responsibility or ownership to another group. In this case, the programmatic inputs are believed to have brought about sustained changes that do not require continued oversight or input, such as marked behavioral change in a target group.

‘Phase-down’exitstrategiesrefertothegradualreduction of programmatic inputs or resources, oftenpriortoa‘phase-over’or‘phase-out’strategy.

The exit strategy of the Reha model village project will be developed in a participatory manner in

consultation with different stakeholders and the village community. The exit strategy contains the following:

• specificcriteriaforgraduationand/orexit;

• specificandmeasurablebenchmarksforassessing progress towards meeting these criteria;

• clear action steps to reach benchmarks and identificationofthoseresponsiblefortakingthese steps;

• measures to periodically assess progress towards meeting the exit criteria and possiblemodificationoftheplanbasedonanyunforeseendifficultyinreachingthebenchmarks;

• atimeline(flexibletoadegree)specifyingwhen these benchmarks will be reached and when the assessments will be conducted

In case of this project, our goal is that support services provided to the village community, especially to the children and their caregivers continue, even when our direct involvement ends. As a part of our “phase-over” exit strategies, we will be working together with the other stakeholders & implementation partners and provide them with capacity-building support, with a view to their taking over full responsibility for running the project in the long-term. In cases where implementation partners are unable to take responsibility for particular services, we may consider assuming limited responsibility and secure local funding as a service provider, particularly through government funding sources. Over the years, as our direct involvement in the programme within the Reha village is reduced, any resources that are made available may be committed to a similar programme in another nearby community, which is in line with our long-term vision to create a “model village cluster” for greater sustainability.

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Abbreviations

ATM : Automated Teller Machine

CC : Cemented Concrete

CHC : Community Health Centre

DRDA : District Rural Development Organisation

IAY : Indira Awaas Yojana

FBC : Family Based Care

FGD : Focused Group Discussion

FI : Financial Institution

FSP : Family Strengthening Programme

HDI : Human Development Index

nGO : non-Governmental Organisation

nRLM : national Rural Livelihood Mission

PHC : Public Health Centre

PMJDY : Prime Minister’s Jan-Dhan Yojana

PRA : Participatory Rural Appraisal

RCC : Reinforced Cement Concrete

SBI : State Bank of India

SHC : Sub-Health Centre

SHG : Self-Help Group

R&D : Research & Development

SEWA : Self-Employed Women’s Association

SOS CV India : SOS Children’s Villages of India

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SOS Children’s Villages india Contact Persons For information and Collaboration:

anuja Bansal, Secretary General, Email: [email protected], Phone: 011-43239200

Project Office: SOS Children’s Village Bhuj, PB No. 26, P.O. Madhapar, Near Bhujodi Railway Crossing, Dadapatia, Bhuj - 370020

Pradeep jarwal, Village Director, Email: [email protected], Phone:(02832) 271653 Mob: 9687629511

National Office, Block C-1, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070

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SOS Children’s VillagesPlot no. 4, Block C-1, Institutional Area,

nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj, new Delhi-110 070Web: www.soschildrensvillages.in

Phone: + 91-11-43239200