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NBMVs_ Annual Report_ CDHI_Goal 2012

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Annual Report

On

North Bengal Model Villages

( NBMVs )

Submitted by

Centre for the Development of Human initiatives (CDHI),Jalpaiguri

Submitted to

Goal India, West Bengal


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Preface

Centre for the Development of Human Initiative (CDHI) caters to encourage the inner strengthin an individual human, who makes a greater contribution to the society. CDHI follows a strategy

of testing the efficacy of various strategies in dealing with poverty and other social issues,

monitor their functioning over time and continues education and awareness building of various

agencies-state and non-state. This process has helped facilitate policy integration of several of

its strategies in education, health, livelihoods and gender. CDHI proactively collaborate with

government agencies. This is in this context that Goal-CDHI collaboration evolved for the Model

Village project at Turturikhanda G.P. since 2009.

Year 2012 is the initial year of 2nd phase of NBMVs project 2012 - 2015. In this annual report,

we have contextualized and described NBMVs programmatic interventions during 2011-12;

outlined the given activities of component of the project, deliverable to the project side and

cases to reflect the situation on field.

The year 2012 followed a homogenous intervention of both physical and social activity at the

community. An integrated and holistic approach to strengthen local development initiatives and

support to develop human resources, Introduction of Innovative ideas and working models,

liaison with the local governance, line department to attain desired objective.

Villagers, local governance, Tea garden management, Sasatra Seema Bal and GOAL were very

supportive and extended their helping hands for common interest. We would like to extend

sincere thanks to all of them and look forward.


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Content Page

Background 4

Project location 5

Summary of the Programme 6

Activities 2012 7-18

Deliverables from project 19- 25

Visibility 26

Special highlight of the project 27

Case study 28- 33

Way forward 34


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ackground

The Gram Panchayat of Turturikhanda lies in the buffer

zone of the Buxa Tiger Reserve, which is contiguous

with the Jaldapara and Gorumara National Parks,

these parks contain some of the last few populations of

the Indian Tiger. The people in the area depend on the

hills for their drinking water, springs and gullys are diverted through man made channels to

provide water to the population in the foothills, over the years these sources have begun to dry

up or choked. Without jobs and an earning, scarce drinking water, inadequate public

infrastructure such as roads and transportation, limited or no access at all to Governmentservices for health these people are confronted with the choice of either continuing to live a

difficult life or migrating elsewhere.

Turturikhand presents a picture of marginalization of large number of its population mostly

representing the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (ST) communities. The tea based

livelihoods to the poor communities is inadequate to respond to their subsistence needs what to

talk of their development and wellbeing. Per capita land holding is meagre, the natural

resources including the tea gardens are not accessible to them who have no control over them

to use and expand their livelihoods. Credit availability is uncertain and inadequate. The area has

been found to be vulnerable to endemic malaria and water borne diseases. The wild animals,

especially the elephants, are constant threat to their crops and dwellings. The ground water

table is quite low and availability of water for human consumption and agriculture is

inadequately available. The representatives of the Gram Panchayats (GPs) are not articulate to

lead the communities to deal with such vulnerabilities and uncertainties caused by them. The

state agencies are widely spread and have thin presence. Their bureaucratic top down

perspective does not lead to planning of need based development plans and strategies. Poverty

continues in a whirl.

It was in this context that Goal decided to initiate the Model Village project in partnership with

CDHI, a local non-government organization (NGO) which has similar vision and framework for

development for the poverty pockets.

Project North Bengal Model Villages (NBMV) focuses on Integrated Development based on

MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) through health, education and livelihood initiative in 9

villages. The project aims to address causes for high levels of child trafficking and forced

migration through designing a community based protection mechanism. The project is covering

3392 households and 16294 people for their holistic development.

The GOAL CDHI Model Villages Programme operational since 2009 has strategized to

improve the health, education and livelihoods status of the population in the project area.


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roject location

Kumargram block of Jalpaiguri district consists of 11 Gram

Panchayat (GP). It is one of the most backward and least

developed areas in West Bengal where 29% of the geographical area is covered by forest and

only 6 % of the land is classified as agriculture / cultivable. An official unemployment figure for

the block is 57.47% and 77% of the eligible population is dependent on wage earning.

Turturikhanda Gram Panchayatof Kumargram block of Jalpaiguri district consists tea gardens,

forest villages. The GP is surrounded by Jayanti hill, Bhutan and Sachaphu forest on its North,

Roydak GP in the south, Roydak River and N.K.S. GP in the east and Jayanti River, Jayanti

forest and Kalchini block in west. The GP is rich in natural resources. The Gram Panchayat has

nine sansads / villages which include one forest village, one revenue village and five tea

estates.

Although the area is rich in natural resources this hardly supports the livelihoods of the people.

The stifling forest law, indifferent government policy, non-functional services delivery system

has resulted into lower level of development. There is no assured system of irrigation, extension

functionaries of the government are not reaching the technological innovations to them and the

local governance systems (PRI) is not able to respond to the needs of the local communities.

Implementation of the government schemes is tardy and inadequate

Turturir

ikhanda

Turturik

handa


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ummary of the Programme

The current programme, is for a community based programme on health, child empowermentand protection and livelihoods for the period 2012 to 2015. The overall aim of this programme isto establish linkages between the existing service delivery system and the project participants toensure their rights and entitlements. An integrated programmatic approach has been adoptedhere with the objectives of addressing the underlying causes of poverty and vulnerabilitythrough strategically designed programme interventions in health, child empowerment &protection and livelihoods and the cross cutting issues of gender, HIV, Child protection andEnvironment. Families have been considered as units of intervention and the key emphasis of

this phase of the programme will be on:

1. Engendering community based development initiatives through the creation ofcommunity based institutions (Self Help Groups, farmers groups, etc.), building theircapacities to understand and plan their development, mentoring them and linking themwith Government development schemes.

2. Strengthening community management of health, nutrit ion and WASH through training,supporting and mentoring community groups / volunteers to enable improved access tohealth, nutrition and WASH entitlements.

3. Design, development and implementation of strategies to prevent & mitigate thevulnerabilities of Children to neglect, abuse and exploitation.

4. Enhancing the capacity of the project team to better facilitate community participation indevelopment planning & implementation through strategic capacity building activities.

5. Design, development and implementation of a sustainable livelihoods framework and

6. Enhance liaisons with the Gram Panchayat of Turturikhanda, Panchayat Samity ofKumargram and the District Administration of Jalpaiguri district for the implementation ofGovernment of India development schemes and programmes in the project area.


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ctivities 2012

Health

1. Conducting social audit of the programme

The Project team facilitated to design and conducts a participatory review of the

programme and identified with priority of current and future programme strategies of the

project.The project team under gone an exercise to scrutinize the impact of activity imparted for

the community. It was aimed that the community participation empowers the

development wheel and race the speed of development so as take active participation in

gram sabha. Moreover to get an idea what the community people plan for the village

development.

The programme implemented all through the year from project side was shared. Impacts

of the programme are as follows

1. The house to house visit

and discussing on

various topics like health,

education led to

knowledge building

among community and

rise of institution visit on

health matters has

increased.

2. The mothers meeting at

the ICDS center has generated consciousness among the parents to send their

children to the center.

3. The installation of hand pump has helped a lot for the community.

4. The health awareness camps have provided various knowledge for the community.5. The SRI technique of rice cultivation has encouraged the farmers to inculcate the

system in their cropping practice.

6. The outreach camps have helped a lot to the community people to get immune.

7. Functioning of ICDS has lubricated.

8. Irrigation facilities have helped a lot to the community for irrigation, construction and

event community event.

The community plans for further development are:


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1. More drinking water source.2. Trafficking is a big concern, any strategy to tie the issue.

3. The adolescent boys and girls need direction on how to lead their future, so as to

become a successful person.

4. To strengthen the SHGs.

5. To build more ICDS center.

6. Malaria awareness and diarrhea awareness.

7. Development of dhoksha dam.

8. Alternate source of livelihood.

9. Livestock development and management for the livelihood.

2. Conducting a district level workshop on theimplementation status of the Government of Indias

ICDS Scheme

The workshop was organized with the administrators of

the Department of Women & Child Development, Pradhan of gram panchayat, ICDS

workers, Supervisor of ICDS. That paved a direction for better and smooth running of

ICDS at the gram panchayat. During the year four more center were sanctioned for the

gram panchayat. Now the total numbers of ICDSS center are 50.

3. Meetings with Government health workers

The project team meets with the government health

workers once every month to jointly take stock of the

health status of the programme population particularly

the status of children and Pregnant Lactating Women.

ANM, ASHA, Dhai and the project staff meet and

discuss regarding the medicine availability, delivery,

camps, any diseases detected, fever, and skin

problem. The outreach camps are also planned. This proves to be very much helpful to

encounter the health issue at the community level.

4. Training of project staff on forming mothers groups

The Project staffs were trained on ways to form the groups at the community level. Itwas then followed by train upon to facilitate Pregnant Lactating Women in theprogramme area to form community care groups who would support and mentor women


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within their community to adopt health seeking behavior and adequate and appropriatemother and child health care & treatment.

At the same time training was provided by the supervisor of health on NRHM andsupervisor of ICDS on its scheme. The programme area will have community caregroups to promote MCH and to review and monitor the implementation of theGovernment of Indias Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDSS) and theNational Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

5. Meetings with mothers groups in all ICDSS and health sub-centers

Regular monthly meetings with the mothers groups in all44 ICDS centers were conducted to promote appropriate

and adequate nutrition for mothers and their children,

growth follow-up and immunization to regularize the

children participation at the center.

The mother meeting is proving to sensitize the mothers

regarding the ICDS scheme, the health facilities from the

govt. and other govt. facilities.

6. Meetings with TBAs

The project conducted monthly planning and review meetings with Traditional BirthAttendants. The data collected by the health worker of NBMV are shared with the ANM

and even the house to house visits by the staff are discussed to ensure hype for

institutional deliveries. The meeting emphasis on issues like clean delivery, appropriate

and adequate mother and new- born care, identification of high-risk PW and ANC &

PNC.

7. Training of TBAs on safe and clean delivery

The project will provide a three days refresher training on safe birthing to 15 Traditional

Birth Attendants. This training will also include appropriate mother & child health care.

8. Training of project staff on MCH

Training was conducted for all project staff on Mother and child health with focus on

health entitlements. This training enabled project staff to understand MCH delivery and

to promote health seeking behavior in the programme area and assist community groups

to monitor the delivery of MCH services in the programme area.


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The project staffs were trained on precaution that need to be taken during pregnancy.Hand wash practices were also emphasized in the training.

9. Implementing a Community based malaria surveillance system

In collaboration with the National Institute for Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED),

Kolkata and the Department of Health & Family Welfare,

Government of West Bengal, the project has piloted a

community based surveillance system for the project area.

18 numbers of volunteers were selected for implementing

the programme. The program provided training to thevolunteer rigorously on malaria and its consequences.

Volunteers were even trained to extract blood for test. They

visited each house of entire gram panchayat. They detected if any of the household

have fever.

10. Training women members on diet & nutrition

The project staffs, members of SHG who are engaged in the

cooking of the mid-day meal were provided training on diet,

nutrition and hygiene.The participants were given training on how to cook food, how to

retain the nutrition of the vegetables.

11. Up- grade support to ICDS centres

During the current phase of the project 44 numbers of ICDS centers

were supported with toys, boxes. Community care groups are

organized and encouraged with this support to maintain

environmental hygiene around the ICDS centers.

12. Mapping the drinking water resources of the programme area

Using participatory processes involving the

community the project team have

developed the local maps of the cluster of

each sansad indicating the water resources

of the community. They reflected the


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condition of the existing water source. If the sources are properly maintained,contaminated and destroyed. Committee formed at some of the cluster to determine

whether the sources are maintained well and are retained from being contaminated.

13. Bi-annual testing of Drinking water sources

On the current year for the first time 100 numbers water test was

conducted to examine the conduct the water quality tests. The

test includes ph, temperature, turbidity, hardness, arsenic,

chloride, fluoride, iron, nitrate, residual chlorine, dissolved

oxygen, phosphorous, ammonia, coliform bacteria. This year the

test was conducted at the dry season.

14. Training to project staff on community management of Water resources

Project staff will receive 2 day training on community management of Water resources.

At the end of the training staff will be able to assist communities to form community

Water groups, support them in identifying water priorities and facilitating the Water

committees to undertake planning for development and mitigation.

15. Bi-annual stakeholders meeting on WASH

Two meeting were organized with all stakeholders included the water committees, Gram

Panchayat representatives, teachers, government health workers etc. to plan the

development of their water resources and to review action plans.

The teachers of the primary school accepted that the hand wash practice would be

maintained at the school, the health worker popped to induce hand wash practice to the

mothers. The community members committed to maintain the water sources from being

dirty and contaminated.

16. Training of school teachers on hygiene promotion

The teacher from each primary and SSK School

including the ICDSS worker received training on good

hygiene practices and the promotion of hygiene in their

schools and centres. The training included the project

staff.


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17. Training Government health workers on hygiene promotion

Training was organized for all health workers on hygiene

promotion. To ensure cleanliness at the individual level, at the

sub center and family / household level to led a safe life. It was

established that the ASHA and the ANM will be visiting the

school for health checkup monthly.

18. Training students in 9 primary schools hand washing

At all the eight primary school and two SSK, training on hand wash practice was

organized. Keeping hands clean through improved hand

hygiene is one of the most important steps we can take to

avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Many

diseases and conditions are spread by not washing hands

with soap and clean, running water. If clean, running water

is not accessible, as is common in many parts of the world,

use soap and available water.

It was made ensure that the school authority will facilitate soaps at the toilet and thewash place to ensure practice hand wash.

19. 1 day Workshop at block level on - Community management of Health

Being effect of the project since 2009 the prime focus was health and ensuring itsfacilities proclaimed by the community. After a short span of three years the healthfacilities have improved a whole lot. The staffs are regular at the center, the medicines

are almost available at the center and the health workersare making visits to the house hold. The monthly meetingof the health staffs, the project staffs are always fruitful.To influence the Government health system, CDHI & the

officials from the health department engaged inconstructive discussion to improve the existing systemsand processes of implementing NRHM and to reach

more number of families more effectively as well as more efficiently.

20. 1 day workshop at block level on community based malaria surveillance systems- To influence the Government health system and the Department of Health & Family Welfare inparticular to adopt community based surveillance systems for control and prevention of malaria,


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CDHI had consultation with the BMOH and CMOH. The health units are ready to workcollaboratively but the technical assistance will only from the health department.

CEP

1. EVCY study

In order to comprehensively map the vulnerabilities of children and youths in the projectarea and to link causal factors for vulnerability and migration, a study has beenconducted with the assistance ofan external resource person/organization. It is expected thatthis study will lay the programmeframework for an integratedprogramme with EVCYs in theprogramme area. In a recentsurvey, the project team foundthat out of 103 children ( 41 girlsand 62 boys) in the age group 6-14 and who were not in schools, 69 children ( 31 girlsand 38 boys) had left their homes in search of employment elsewhere.

2. Participatory exercises to identify vulnerability indicators and identifying children

who are extremely vulnerable

The project staffs were briefed on to an exercise on how toundergo such exercise. The project staff engages withcommunities in all 9 sansads and identified factors causingvulnerabilities in children and mapping households withEVCYs.Both survey and PRA tolls were promoted to undergo theevent.

3. Monthly meetings with school teachers and ICDS Instructors

This event led to ensure school enrollment for the children during the transit period fromICDS to primary school. The ICDSS worker provides the list of children who havecompleted six years and are eligible to primary school.To protect the children from drop out and trafficking this meeting led very helpful.


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4. Facilitate parents and teachers meetings in each of the primary schools in theprogramme area

The parents and teacher leads to a great platform to interact on various issues. The

distances have narrowed. The problem of the family, complain for the children and

quality of mid-day meal, study are discussed. The project has organized 90 meetings at

9 villages of the project area to sensitize the parents toward the need for their

involvement in the education of their children and to retain apathy of the community to

the development of the school. The project ensures that parent- teachers meetings are

conducted regularly and issues such as rights to education, health and safety / child

trafficking are discussed. The parent teacher meeting is emerging as a great mechanism

to ensure partnership among the schools and the community both focusing on theeducational achievement of the children. The gap is minimized among the school and

community and emphasized to get the tract of school dropout.

This activity also minimizes the probability of trafficking of the children.

5. Facilitate meetings of the Village Education Committees

The projects facilitate 72 numbers of meeting of each of the Village Education

Committees in the programme area once every four months.

These meetings used to discuss and finalize action plans for

improving childrens access to schools and their learningachievements under the Right to Education Act, 2010.

It focuses that every child in the age group of 6-14 years will

be provided elementary education in the vicinity of his/her neighborhood. No child shall

be denied admission for want of documents; no child shall be turned away if the

admission cycle in the school is over and no child shall be asked to take an admission

test. Children with disabilities will also be educated in the mainstream schools.

6. Organize school enrolment drives

In coordination with the Jalpaiguri Primary School Council and the respective Villageeducation committees, the project has organized enrolment campaigns and drives in

each of the 9 programme Sangsads.

This program creates a great effect in the mind of the

children and pushes school enrollment. He campaign

involved the participation of the ICDSS children,

mothers and the ICDSS worker, school teacher and

students. The community participation was

enthusiastically reflected from the program.


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7. Function & skill mapping exercise:As part ofthe strategy to build organizational capacity todesign, implement and monitor programmes forEVCYs, CDHI had seek the support of anexternal HR consultant who engage with theproject team, conduct a function and skillmapping exercise and recommend teamrestructuring including monitoring & reportingsystems and training and capacity developmentplans for the team members.

8. HR management Review: Manab Adhyan Kendra had under gone HR managementassessment of CDHI and suggested a comprehensive report to strengthen the

Administrative Management Procedures to be added to the HR manual, since both HRand administration functions are interlinked. Development of a comprehensiverecruitment policy dealing with all aspects of recruitment and selection, preparation of agender policy, performance appraisal system etc. The outcome will help to strengthenCDHI as a team.

Livelihood

1. Development of A Sustainable Livelihoods Promotion framework

CDHI in collaboration with PRADAN got engaged to develop a sustainable

livelihoods framework for the Model Villages Programme. A team from PRADAN

conducted desk research and field assessments to understand the needs,

opportunities and threats for livelihoods promotion in the programme area. It

emerged that the livelihoods promotion will have to include both farm and non-farm

activities.

2. Conduct Participatory Poverty Wealth Ranking

Initially using PRA tool the project team tried to conduct Participatory Poverty Wealth

Ranking (PWR) exercises in two Sangsads (Kanjali Bustee and Hatipota) to develop a

poverty matrix. Following this exercise, the project team conducted household visits to

all those who have been categorized as Poorest. Extensive discussions with

households enabled the development of a poverty profile for the programme area.


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3. Conduct Food Security Surveys for poorest households

The project team undertaken Food Security surveys for poorest households (identified

though PWR) for measurement of food access per family.

Sample surveys of five families from each sansad out of the POP families were

. Undertaken.

4. Conduct a land holding survey for poorest households

The project in collaboration with the panchayat of each sansad a land holding survey for

the poorest families identified in the programme area. This reflected the use of their

holding.

5. Conduct a survey of poorest households to assess their food entitlements

status

On the same point a survey was conducted on anassessment of the status of poorest households interms of their access to schemes provided from thegovt. and related scheme on food entitlements fromthe various Government of India schemes &programmes.

6. Promote 'SRI" methodology of growing rice

The System of Root

Intensification (SRI)

techniques have encouraged

the farmers to take led to

agriculture. For the current

year it was taken in to

account that 10 numbers of

farmers were provided hand

holding practice along with seed support and follow-up through the growing season.


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7. TOT of SHG leaders on group promotion

To kick start women empowerment at the gram panchayat CDHI - Uttar Banga Terrai

Mahila Samity have chosen the SHG group members.

Recent development at the village level can be sustained only through group activity.

This involves the SHG that need to structured and functional.

The skilled person from UBTMS promoted the SHG members

of the gram panchayat and headed them to train on the

process of facilitating women to properly run its group norms,

group functioning and systems. These trained SHG leaders

will facilitate the process of promoting community institutions

in the Gram Panchayat of Turturikhanda.

8. Organize poor & marginalized women into self-help groups (SHG)

Replicating the experience of decade long federation UBTMS focuses to organize the

marginalized women into groups. Hence forth initiatives were taken to promote

marginalized groups.

Twenty such groups are organized and formed groups.

9. Train SHG members and leaders in matters relating to group functioning, group

norms and systems.

The skilled personnel from UBTMS trained the SHG members on matters relating togroup functioning, group norms and systems. This hashelped the group members to get on to keep the book oftransaction, resolution, meeting minutes etc.

10.Setting up Farmers club

The encouraged farmers who weresupported with the irrigation facilities were

made intended to organize. These farmerswere supported to form farmers club andseek formal accreditation. Two farmers clubwere formed viz, at Kanjalibasti and Hatipotaalong with bank account. The accreditationwill allow the farmers clubs to seek credit aswell as receive technical and other supportfrom the Government AgricultureDepartment.


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The farmers club were addressed by the ADO Kumargram and insisted to get enthusiastof various agriculture activity. The department will be providing all level support.

11. Veterinary camps

The veterinary camp at the sansad level provides directtreatment and care for the livestock.

This has generated zeal to raise importance of care forthe livestock at the house hold level. This can be a goodsource of supplementary income for the family.

12. Entitlements Certificates camps

Sensitization programme was conducted for the projectstaff on the understanding for need of the cast certificatesand procedure to get certificates.

Awareness programme at the community level conductedto sensitize for the need of the cast certificate andutilization of the same. Related document required forcertificates. Communities mostly scheduled tribes (ST)

and scheduled castes (SC) are entitled special privilegesby the Constitution of India. An ST or SC certificate is adocument that subsidizes food and commodities, as well as provides employment andcredit facilities to the card holder.The document required for applying for the cast certificates are three copies of passportsize photo, school certificate, resident certificate, parents voter id card and ration card,two blood related cast certificate and voter id.

After the camp, 47 numbers of families from all nine sansad applied for the certificate.Until date 18 numbers of families have received the cast certificate and all are scheduledcast.


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eliverables from project

illage No. of

Families

Community assets

(Government

funded)

Delivered under the

project in 2009

Delivered under the

project in 2010

Delivered under the

project in 2011

Delivered under the

project in 2012

KANJALI

BASTI

651

Total

Population3,046

Adult:1250

Male :659

Female:591

Children

(0 to 18 yrs)

Total 1796

Male :928

Female:868

Mix of agricultureand forested land.

Approved ICDSSCenter: 9 (5approved in 2009)

Infrastructure not

available. Primary School-1

(Received grantfor ACR in 2010)

Health Sub

Centre-1 Hand Pumps-9 GP office

Revenue office Library-1 Boarder Security

Forces camp Tea garden guest

House.

Water filterdistributed to: 68

HH, 9 ICDSS1

Center, 1 PrimarySchool and 1

MSK.

Soil testingconducted at 65

points Ground water

investigation

conducted at 7sites.

Mosquito net

distributed to 55Households (2nets each family).

Organized villagecommitteemeetings

2 Malaria and 2diarrhea campsconducted.

2 Malaria and 2diarrhea camps

conducted. Treated old

mosquito nets of

53 families.

68 nos. offamilies received

mosquito nets. Sanitary facilities

constructed at 3

ICDS centers. 3 tube-wells

installed.

2 new ICDScenterconstructed.

1 TBA takentraining.

Water harvesting

tank constructedat a primaryschool.

Conducted 2VEC meetings.

Conducted oneveterinary camp.

2 Malaria and 2diarrhea camps

conducted. Treated old

mosquito nets of

258 families.

127 nos. of familiesreceived pretreated

mosquito nets. 2 irrigation pump

installed for

irrigation ofcropping field

4 tube well installed

17 farmers adoptedSRI technique ofpaddy cultivation

1 TBA receivedrefresher training.

1 primary school,

upgradedbenefitting around200 students

3 veterinary campconducted

1 new ICDS centerconstructed.

1 farmers clubopened bank

account

Delivered from

government part

Block prani

sampad melaorganized forencouraging

livestockmanagement at

home. 5 families

received AMARBARI PRKOLPO

Two elephantwatch tower

constructed forthe villagers toprotect crops and

life.

New health sub

center building

2 Malaria campsconducted.

7 number offarmers usingtube wells

adopted SRI

17 farmers adoptedSRI technique of

paddy cultivation 1 TBA received

refresher training.


1 new ICDS center

constructed. 9 number of

ICDSS centers

are equipped. Out of 42

deliveries 31

number ofInstitutionaldelivery

encouraged 10 numbers of

VEC meetingsheld

18 no. ofmeetings with

School Teachersand project staff

2 no. of ICDSS

worker andteacher meeting

34 Number of

children enrolledin the schools

42 farmers

adopted SRI

techniqueDelivered from

government part

GP road

constructed pucca

60 numbers oflandless people

received landunder nijo bhuminijo griho

scheme.

Passengers


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constructed

waiting shed at

Mainabari

Community urinalfor both male and

female

Gram panchayat

office constructeda meeting hallroom

5 numbers ofdeep tube well

installed

Construction of

pucca drain forirrigation fromSachafu forest to

G.D. Shah via

Mahindra LamaHouse. At the

vicinity of 14 hale

TURTURI

DIVISION

207

Total

Population :

1161

Adult: 537

Male : 256

Female:

281

Children

(0 to 18 yrs)

Total 624

Male :295

Female:329

Predominantly

Tea gardens Approved ICDSS

centre: 1,

Infrastructure notavailable.

1 Primary School

Received ACRgrant in 2010)

One tea garden

dispensary Hand Pumps-2. 1 CEC centre

Water filter

distributed to: 18HH, 1 ICDSScentre and 1

primary School. Soil testing

conducted at 25

sites. Ground water

investigation

conducted at 5

sites. Mosquito net




2 Malaria and 2

diarrhea campsconducted.

Treated old

mosquito netsof 53 families.

20 families

receivedmosquito nets.

1 tube well

installed near

primary school. 1 TBA taken

training. Conducted 2

VEC meetings.

Conducted 2veterinarycamps.

One primaryschool havebeen up gradedand rehabilitated

2 Malaria and 2

diarrhea campsconducted

Treated old

mosquito nets of197 families.

87 nos. of families

received pretreatedmosquito nets.

1 tube well installed

1 TBA received

refresher training. 1 primary school,

received childfriendly toiletbenefitting around

200 students andteacher

2 veterinary camp

conducted

Delivered fromgovernment part

The bank of river

Daola constructedfrom irrigationdepartment to

stop flood. 200meter

17 families

received latrinefrom govt.


1 veterinary camp

conducted 1 new ICDS

center


ICDSS centers

are equipped Out 0f 18

deliveries 12



VEC meetings

held 14 no. of

meetings withSchool Teachersand project staff

2 No. of ICDSS


27 Number ofchildren enrolledin the schools


1 tube well

installed Pucca drain

constructed from

gram panchayat The bank of river

Daola constructed

from irrigationdepartment to


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stop flood. 100

meter 4 families

received IAY

4 person receivedNOAPS

2 person received

widow pension

TURTURI

TEA

ESTATE

311

Total

Population

:1438

Adult:811

Male : 411

Female:

400

Children (0

to 18 yrs)

Total 627

Male :304

Female323

Predominantly

Tea gardens. Approved ICDSS

Center: 5


1 Primary School

Received ACRgrant in 2010) 1 Tea Health

Centre with indoorfacility.

Hand Pumps -2

Water filter

distributed to: 18HH, 5 ICDSScentre and 1

primary School. Soil testing

conducted at 25

sites. Ground Water

investigation


Mosquito net


Organised villagecommitteemeetings

2 Malaria and 2diarrhoea campsconducted.

2 Malaria and 2


Treated old


33 families

receivedmosquito nets. Sanitary facility

constructed atone ICDScentre.


Conducted 2

VEC meetings. Conducted 2

veterinary

camps.

2 Malaria and 2


Treated old


215 nos. of families

received pretreatedmosquito nets. 1 TBA received

refresher training. 2 veterinary camp

conducted


Additional classroom fund

received fromSSM

1 Malaria camps

conducted. 1 TBA received

refresher training.


1 new ICDS center


ICDSS centers

are equipped 0ut of 27

deliveries 15

deliveries numberof Institutionaldelivery


VEC meetings

held 14 no. of

meetings with


2 no. of ICDSSworker andteacher meeting

28 Number ofchildren enrolled

in the schools

Delivered from

government part

Pucca drain

constructed nearprimary schoolfrom Gram

Panchayat 2 numbers tube

well installed from

zilla parishad Additional class

room fund

received fromSSM

Sikhabandhu

office constructedat the Turturiprimary school

compound. Sanitary latrine

separate for boys

and girlsconstructed atPrimary school


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4 families

received IAY 5 individual

received NOAPS

HATIPOT

A

192

Total

Population

:852

Adult:494

Male : 257

Female:237

Children

(0 to 18 yrs)

Total 358

Male : 189

Female:169

Predominantlyagricultural lands.

Approved ICDSS

Center-3.Infrastructure notavailable.

1 Private school 1 SSK ( Received

grant from

government in2010 forrenovation)

Post Office Police Station Bank

SSB Camp. 1 Health Sub

Centre

Water filterdistributed to: 20HH, 3 ICDSS

Center, 1 SSKand 1 PrivateSchool.

Soil testingconducted at 50sites.

Ground waterinvestigationconducted at 5

sites. Mosquito net

distributed to 18

Households (2nets each family).

Organized village

committeemeetings

2 Malaria and 2



22 familiesreceivedmosquito nets.

Sanitaryfacilitiesconstructed at 2

ICDS centresand at one SSKschool1 new

ICDS centreconstructed. 1 TBA taken

training. Conducted 2

VEC meeting


4 farmersadoptedalternative

croppingpractices.( SRI)


Treated oldmosquito nets of112 families.

213 nos. of familiesreceived pretreatedmosquito nets.

1 tube well installed 12 farmers adopted

SRI technique of

paddy cultivation 1 TBA received

refresher training.

Conducted 2 VECmeeting

3 veterinary camp

conducted 1 new ICDS center

constructed.

1 farmers clubformed


Sanitary latrine,kitchen and

additional classroom approvedfrom SSM

7 number offarmers using

tube wellsadopted SRI

22 farmers

adopted SRItechnique

1 TBA received


conducted

1 SSK school,upgradedbenefitting around

200 students 3 number of

ICDSS centers

are equipped with Out of 16 number

14 are of

Institutionaldeliveryencouraged

8 numbers of VECmeetings held

15 no. of

meetings withSchool Teachers

and project staff 16 No. of ICDSS




2 Communitysanitation

1 elephant watchtower

5 well at individual

family from

panchayat 3 family received

IAY


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LIMBODO

RA

286

Total

Population:

1366

Adult:494

Male : 257

Female:

237

Children

(0 to 18 yrs)

Total 358

Male :189

Female:169

Predominantly

Tea gardens. Approved ICDSS

Center: 3


1 Primary School

(Received ACRgrant in 2009)

Tea garden

dispensary -1 (Not regular)

Source of water

streams .OpenWells-16. HandPumps-15

Renovated one

primary schoolwith WATSANfacilities.


Center and 1Primary School.

Soil testing


Ground Water

investigationsconducted at 5sites.

Mosquito net

distributed to 21Households (2

nets each family). Organized village

committee

meetings 2 Malaria and 2

diarrhea camps

conducted.

2 Malaria and 2


31 families

receivedmosquito nets.

Installed one

tube-well nearprimary aschool.


Conducted 2

VEC meetings. Conducted 2

veterinary

camps.

Rain waterharvesting tank

constructed at aprimary school.

2 Malaria and 2


Treated old


254 nos. of families

received pretreatedmosquito nets.

1 TBA received


conducted


1 TBA received


conducted

4 number ofICDSS centersare equipped with

Out of 36 delivery26 number ofInstitutional

deliveryencouraged

10 numbers of

VEC meetingsheld

16 no. of

meetings with





JAYANTI

TEA

ESTATE I

262

Total

Population :

Adult:

Male : 348

Female:

348

Children

(0 to 18 yrs)

Total 382

Male :201

PredominantlyTea gardens.

Approved ICDSS

Center: 3Infrastructure notavailable.

1 Primary School Tea garden

Hospital with

indoor facilities -1(Not regular)

Source of water streams, HandPumps-4


Center and 1Primary School.

Soil testing


Ground Water

Investigationsconducted at 5points.

Mosquito netdistributed to 19Households (2

nets each family). Organized village

committee


diarrhea camps

conducted.


Treated oldmosquito netsof 21 families.



Conducted 2VEC meeting

Conducted 2veterinary

camps. Renovated and

upgraded one

govt. primaryschool.







Conducted 2 VECmeeting

1 number of

ICDSS centersare equipped withmat, tarpaulin,

TLM


1 veterinary camp

conducted 1 number of

ICDSS centers

are equipped withWater tumblerand glasses

Out 0f 12deliveries 5number ofInstitutionaldeliveryencouraged

6 umbers of VECmeetings held

15 no. of


2 No. of ICDSSworker andteacher meeting




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Female:181 Pucca drain from

Doctor bungalowto primary school

JAYANTI

TEA

ESTATE II

491

Total

Population

:1265

Adult:537

Male : 256

Female:

281

Children

(0 to 18 yrs)

Total 728

Male :399

Female:329

Tea garden area Approved ICDSS

Center: 7,


1 SSK

Source of water Streams.


Center and 1SSK.

Soil testing


Ground water

investigationconducted at 5sites.

Mosquito netdistributed to 27Households (2nets each family).

Organised villagecommittee


diarrhoea camps

conducted.




Sanitary facility

constructed atan ICDSS

center. 1 new ICDS

centre

constructed. Conducted 2

VEC meetings.



Treated oldmosquito nets of 94families.



3 veterinary camp

conducted


1 veterinary camp

conducted Out 0f 27

deliveries 21


encouraged 7 numbers of VEC

meetings held

18 No. ofmeetings withSchool Teachersand project staff

2 No. of ICDSSworker and

teacher meeting 12 Number of

children enrolled

in the schoolsDelivered fromgovernment part

Sajaldharascheme

implemented

PHASKHA

OA

336

Total

Population

:1505

Adult:863

Male : 423

Female:

440

Children

(0 to 18 yrs)


Approved ICDSS

Centre: 6.Infrastructure notavailable.

1 Primary School(Received ACRgrant in 2010)

1 Health SubCentre

1 Tea gardendispensary

Source of waterstreams.


Center, 1 PrimarySchool and 1Health Sub

Center. Soil testing

conducted at 50

sites. Ground Water

investigationsconducted at 6sites.

Mosquito net







1 no. in totaland near Sub-

centre sanitarylatrine.

1 TBA takentrainings.

Conducted 2VEC meetings.

Conducted 2veterinary

camps.






1 rain waterharvesting tank

constructed at theprimary school.

2 VEC meeting

conducted

Delivered from

government part

Swajaldharaconstructed


1 TBA received


conducted


6 number of

ICDSS centersare equipped

10 numbers ofVEC meetingsheld

16 no. of



14 number ofchildren enrolledin the schools

Delivered from


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Total 642

Male : 328

Female:314

government / TG

part

Orange orchard Main road

towardsPhaskhwa fromSSB camp

constructed

CHUNIAJ

HORA

557

Total

Population

:1505

Adult:

Male : 749

Female:

730

Children

(0 to 18 yrs)

Total 642

Male : 922

Female:646


Approved ICDSS

Centre: 2.


School: Primary -1(Received ACR in2009)

Sub Centre: 1 teagarden healthcenter with

primary carefacilities.

Source of water

streams. Handpump -2


center 1 Primary

School. Soil testing


Ground Waterinvestigationsconducted at 5points.

Mosquito netdistributed to 44Households (2

nets each family). Organised village

committee


diarrhoea campsconducted.


Treated old



1 tube wellinstalled.

1 TBA taken

training. 1 water

harvesting tank

constructed at aprimary school.

Conducted 2

VEC meeting Conducted 2

veterinarycamps.


Treated old



1 tube wellinstalled

1 TBA received


conducted

3 VEC conducted

Delivered from

government part

1 Junior high

schoolestablished


1 TBA received


conducted

3 number ofICDSS centersare equipped with

10 numbers ofVEC meetingsheld

16 No. ofmeetings withSchool Teachers

and project staff 2 no. of ICDSS

worker and

teacher meeting 23 Number of

children enrolledin the schoolsDelivered fromgovernment part

Pucca drain fromgram panchayat


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Reflection


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pecial highlight of the project:

1. Model village is tech connected. Pregnant mother receives text message includes

mobile phone number of ANM, ASHA and details schedule of immunization. For details

please follow the link http://nrhm-mcts.nic.in/

2. ICDS centre increased from 44 to 50. Thus 6 new increased

3. At Phaskowa sansad, Tea Garden contributed land for ICDSS centre, NBMVs constructed

the centre and local panchayat parted the cause through MGNREGA. the big dig and

uneven land before the cenre was made plain.

4. Drain constructed through NREGA involving local panchayat at the water point of

Turturi Division primary school.

5. All 10 primaries and SSK School received allotment of sanitary latrine from Zilla

Parishad.

6. 70 Kishan credit card demand have been placed to ADO after a camp organized

through farmers club.

7. 437 children could be enrolled in 10 schools of Turturikhanda. We have identified 103

drop out student out of which 62 are male and 41 are female.

8. Under the supervision of Sabhapati of Kumargram under the scheme of Chas O

Basobas 60 household have 0.25 bigha of land received leased land by Government of

West Bengl

9. 60 numbers of landless people received land under nijo bhumi nijo griho scheme.

Each family received 8 decimal lands. Government will construct house for this family.

10. 5 numbers of deep tube well installed at Kanjalibast. 4 from Zilla parishad and 1 from

panchayat samity.


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Case 1

Mo alag chu ###

Kancha Limbu, 65 years a resident of Kanjali Basti is a daily labour and hardly can he earn his

livelihood .It is very difficult to get a work every day which

has made his life full of miseries. One day he found a nestof honey bee in his house and after he sold that he could

earn Rs 500 out of it within very short time and which was

a point which had triggered in his mind that this could help

him to earn his Livelihood. He consulted with some people

and who gave him an idea of how he can get it as a small

source of income .Slowly he made a hole in one wooden

log and made it honey bee friendly then he placed it below

his house, after the production he was encouraged from the earning and in the next step he

made more four such honey bee nest.

The other reflection of this activity was that as a result of this activity his son could continue hisschooling otherwise there was every possibility of getting drop out or a case of migration,

according to him yearly he could earn 7000 per year which is a

handsome amount according to the time he employ for the activity and

also the availability of the resources in Turturikhanda where according

to the community a person after loading heavy stones in truck could

hardly earn Rs 40-50 per day.

When NBMVs team visited this household it was a encouraging

activity though one point came out of this that if the below stated are

provided he could excel his practice and could upgrade his livelihood

status.

Financial assistance directly on by linkage

Technical assistance such as training

Exposure to some place which will help him and also other villagers to practice the same

Also the market chain would also be an important point of intervention

A little more initiative or support could help this person to increase his income and which will

encourage other who have time resource but are unable to utilize their resources and earn their

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livelihood by staying in their home in place of migrating to different places , which is not onlyhazardous for them but makes their family vulnerable .

Case 2

Satyani in Wonder land

Jalpaiguri is one of the least developed districts of West Bengal lying at north, ranking 10th out

of 16 in the Human Development Index (HDI) and 11th in the Gender Development Index (GDI)

bordering the countries of Bangladesh and Bhutan, the region is known for the very high

prevalence of child and women trafficking. Unsafe migration of women and children for

commercial exploitation and other abusive purposes is rampant in India and its toll on human

suffering is evident in urban and rural pockets.

Kumargram and Kalchini blocks in the district have emerged as areas from where the numbers

of children and women migrants are alarmingly high.

The Gram Panchayat of Turturikhanda lies in the foothills of the hills of Bhutan and the national

boundary of Bangladesh is within 50 KMS. The population continues to be excluded from

mainstream development is underserved by weak governance and suffer the impact of poverty

severely. About 12 % of the land is under protected forest and woodland cover. The Gram

Panchayat has seven villages which include one forest village, one revenue village and five

tea estates.

Turturi Division is one of the nine sansad of Turturikhanda G.P. with a population of 1092. The

entire population is based on tea garden as labour. Most of the household there is single bread

earner with an average earning Rs. 2160 per month. The population has no alternate source of

livehood. Hence a big lot of adolescent girls and boys lure to continue themselves willingly or

unwillingly in unfamiliar towns and cities in search of alternate livelihood and new explore for

wellness but they get lost in the wonder land.

Such is the story of a fifteen year old girl Satyani Kharia. She is resident of Turturi division. She

is born and brought with five other brother and sister. She just studied till class I at the local T.G.

primary school and left school for ever. Her father works in the local tea garden as permanent

labour, and the sole bread earner. The earning bucks were so limited that the family had tostrive. With no other option left with the family to revive from this economic crisis Somra Khria

father of Satyani decided to take her to Kolkata.

At the age of twelve she landed to a wander land Kolkata along, griping her fathers hand.

From Turturikhanda to Kolkata, the journey was a tale for her but very soon she was left all

alone in the wonder land.

Her father handed her to a family as house staff / helper in kitchen. It was fixed she would be

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tortured physically, mentally. She got very much upset and helpless. But as the time passed shegot used to the situation and created a peer group of almost same age indulged in same odd

job.

Getting tired of such abuse and torture she lured for better place to live in. this fascination was

aired by her peer group and one fine morning they set out for Chandigar for better earning

prospect. Here again she got indulge in same type of odd home job. Salary was far better here it

ranged from Rs. 2700.00 Rs. 3000.00. But she just could stay there for eight month and had

to return Kolkata. Here again the level of torture, harassment and abuse arose to neck height.

As time passed she returned back home along with her peer group. Now she is fifteen years

old. But the families situation remains all same. So again the girl plans to get back to same job

at herwonder land.

Case 3

Force child labour

Rubel Munda an 11 years boy of Turturi TG used to live with his family. He used to go to school

along with his friends and enjoyed his school life, playing gossiping with friends. He stays with

his father mother and three younger brothers. He studied in class II at

Turturi TG pry school along with his brothers one in class II in same school

and other two go to ICDS centre. His father was the sole bread earner of

the family and involved in wood cutting from forest and selling in the localmarket as fire wood. That was the only source of livelihood for the family.

This would just fetch around Rs 35 per day. His mother was house wife.

And sometimes works as daily labour / home servant in staff quarter of tea

garden. The economic condition of the family was very much miserable and

was vulnerable to diseases, malnourished, family violence and poverty.

Rubel being the elder son of the family realized the pathetic condition of the

family and under gone a high a trauma with in his normal happy life. Then

while studying in class II and Then it was found, he left his home village to Bhutan just to earn

Rs 500 per month working as a house boy.

As per regular follow up on 19th Jan12 by the project staff of NBMVs to his house Rubel was

found back in home. He was motivated by the project staff of NBMVs to get his present

situation, to his pleasure the boy was ready to get back to school after such a long gap. But was

freighted to the teacher of the school as he left school without intimation to the school teacher.

The responsibility for readmitting the child in the school was undertaken by the NBMVs project

staff and was been readmitted in class III under a condition that his name would not be

registered in the register of the class as the admission period was over rather he would be taken

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the boy was very much unable to adjust with other children in the class and thus felt shy. Duringfollow up to house hold visit by staff of NBMVs he was informed by the mother of the boy that

for family economic condition was only reason for flying out to Delhi.

This is just an example representing a whole lot of family of this gram panchayat undergoing

such situation throughout years and even from decade.

Case 4

Necessity is the mother of invention

Suchitra Kharia a ICDS worker of centre number 428 which comes under the sansad Turturi TG

use to run her centre in a house of a tea garden worker , she did not had an infrastructure for

her center but she had the respect for her work and this was soon realized by the regular follow

up by the CM of NBMVs Aparna Pal .These was shared in several weekly meeting of NBMVs ,

she was very much eager to run the center very well but some external problems was disturbing

her she had several times requested to her higher authorities for the construction of ICDS

center .But hardly there was any possibility of construction of ICDS center by the Department

of Women and Child Development . So she also went to the local NGO named CDHI which

was working on NBMVs and requested for the construction of her center, though the local NGO

said they have certain condition and asked her to submit NOC. She very soon collected theNOC and submitted to the NBMVs office.

The project found the center was eligible and priority could be given to the construction of the

ICDS center number 428 and in the year 2012. Here she had done a great thing with her own

initiative and funding .She has constructed a smokeless woven which is a great achievement on

the part of project that she has ownership over the center and she not only takes her work as

duty but as worship.


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The project joined hands with her and have planned to construct the same in all 12 ICDS centreand the amount she had expended in her own centre would be paid as a respect to her effort. In

the visit by the Bani Ballav, PO, Goal India , she was very much impressed with the constructed

smokeless oven in centre .It is the greatest example that all in the community are not evils

rather there are more number of person who think for the development of the community . The

project gives a grand salute to the effort of Suchitra Kharia .

In this centre the total number of childrens is 36 out of which 24 are male and 12 are female , it

is not far from true that this childrens will have a better future .

The project is thankful to the ICDS worker for her innovation which gives a spirit to work, not

only the community but all the stakeholders are contributing to the cause of creating

Turturikhanda as a Model villages .She has been given the responsibility to construct the same

type of smoke less oven in all the 12 ICDS center who have their center constructed. Her father

has taken the responsibility and the work has started.Case 5

Connecting hearts leads to wonder

After the mobilization by the community mobilizer ICDS center number 432 was constructed by

the NBMVs project which was a great step in order to help the childrens of the area covered

under the ICDS center. The ICDS worker Susan Rajat Kharia and the community mobilizer of

NBMVs spoke to the Panchayat

The project found the center was eligible and priority could be given to the construction of the

ICDS center number 428 and in the year 2012. Here she had done a great thing with her own

initiative and funding .She has constructed a smokeless woven which is a great achievement on

the part of project that she has ownership over the center and she not only takes her work as

duty but as worship.


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The project joined hands with her and have planned to construct the same in all 12 ICDS centerand the amount she had expended in her own center would be paid as a respect to her effort. In

the visit by the Bani Ballav, PO, Goal India , she was very much impressed with the constructed

smokeless oven in center .It is the greatest example that all in the community are not evils

rather there are more number of person who think for the development of the community . The

project gives a grand salute to the effort of Suchitra Kharia.

In this center the total number of childrens is 36 out of which 24 are male and 12 are female , it

is not far from true that this childrens will have a better future .

The project is thankful to the ICDS worker for her innovation which gives a spirit to work, not

only the community but all the stakeholders are contributing to the cause of creating

Turturikhanda as a Model villages .She has been given the responsibility to construct the same

type of smoke less oven in all the 12 ICDS center who have their center constructed. Her father

has taken the responsibility and the work has started.

Challenges faced by the project team


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Way forward

We need to focus on creating enabling environment and conditions in which the communities

learn to manage their affairs themselves and prepare them for strong entrepreneurial innovation

and vigor to assert entitlements which the institutional and policy framework offers to them. The

interventions should offer opportunities for capacity building, hand holding and learning together

in an environment of multi stakeholders collaboration. A gradual phasing out should be carefully

evolved to systematically offer opportunity for ownership and risk mitigation on forced migration

or trafficking. The current phase will be emphasizing on livelihood intervention and focus on

strong policy integration for village development.


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Documents

Annual Report2012 CDHI Final 6.2