DISTRICT FLUORIDE MONITORINGCENTER (DFMC)

Office:SE,RWS, Visveswarayya BhavanBeside M.G. College, Panagal,

NALGONDA-508001, TelanganaEmail:fluoridenalgonda@gmail.com

DFMC StructureChairman

(Dist Collector)

Monitoring Officer

PartnershipsOther Stakeholders

17 Key Line DeptsHoDs & Point Persons

1. Rural Water Supply & Sanitation (RWS&S)2. District Medical & Health Officer (DMHO)-Health3. District Rural Development Agency (DRDA)4. District Water Management Agency (DWMA)5. Women and Child Welfare (ICDS)6. Rajiv Aryogya Sri7. Social Welfare8. B.C. Welfare9. Tribal Welfare10. Horticulture11. Education12. Civil Supplies13. Animal Husbandry14. Minor Irrigation15. Forest16. Rajiv Vidya Mission17. National Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis (NPPCF)

DFMC KEY LINE DEPARTMENTS:

DFMC- StaffSTAFF: • Point Persons as STAFF (16 members) on deputation drawn from

member departments one PP per dept. Support for atleast two days a weak.

• Full-fledged Office at SE,RWS, Visveswarayya Bhavan, Beside M.G. College, Panagal, Nalgonda, Telangana state

• One District Fluoride Monitoring Officer (DFMO)• One Project Coordinator • One Computer Operator• UNICEF Consultant for technical support

DFMC-Review MeetingsREVIEW MEETINGS:• Regular bi-monthly review meetings held

with 17 key line departments

• Review done against performance indicators embedded in Action Taken Report (ATR)

• District Collector as Chairman, DFMC presides over review meetings

• All Head of Dept (HoD) attend meeting along with Point Persons

• So far 5 such review meetings organised and status updated in ATR

• ATR submitted to District Collector & circulated to all departments

• Monthly review meeting held with Point Persons

DFMC –NGO Network

NGO/CSO NETWORK:• A network of NGO/CSOs formed and about 50 organizations are

members • A two day consultation workshop held and an action plan

developed • The action plan is reviewed periodically and thus NGO/CSO

engagement promoted• On July 2nd 2015 a GO-NGO Consultation meeting held with

network partner and Govt functionaries. • It was decided to closely converge GO- NGO Collaboration for

Fluorosis mitigation• Now areas of NGO engagement has to be identified and an action

plan with financial plan to be prepared for rolling the activities

DFMC -LinkagesLINKAGES WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS:1. National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad2. Academy of Sciences (CCMB)3. M.G. University4. National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) 5. International Water Management Institute (IWMI), ICRISAT6. State Council for Education Research Training (SCERT)7. Fluoride Knowledge and Action Network (FKAN ) 8. NGO/CSO Network

DFMC- Linkages

Other Professionals:• Dr Raja Reddy (Apollo Hospitals)• Communication Specialists• Ph. D. Students• Project Work Students (Interns) • School teachers & professors• Volunteers

Nalgonda Collaborative

• Full-pledged office set up in Nalgonda• Two fellowships are awarded i.e. 1) Sadguru Prasad and 2) Mr Subhash

Kanchukatla are part of the team of FKAN –Under fellowship programme• Strengthening civil society engagement – Fluorosis Vimukthi Porata

Samithi (FVPS) led by Mr Subhash Kanchukatla • Conducting Thematic Studies – Internships- two studies conducted 1)

DFMC, Role and Structure by Mr Rahul Rathod from SP University, Gujarat, and 2) Water Scenario in fluoride affected region – a case study of Nalgonda distirct

• Participation in summer heat wave relief activities in collaboration with Plan India and Mahita agencies

• Capacity building and awareness training to SHG leaders and project staff on fluorosis mitigation

• Coordinating with DFMC, UNCEF and NIN for various support activities on fluorosis mitigation

Work in other districts• Kadapa Distirct: Collaboration with Mines, Minerals and

People (mmP) – led by Keystone Foundation on issues related to drinking water, water quality issues, rights of indigenous people on water, water pollution with Uranium and other toxic elements and fluorosis mitigation

• Chittoor District: Member of District Level Steering Committee led by Outreach on water harvesting, watershed development, food, nutrition, and fluorosis mitigation

• Approached by ‘Foundation for Indigenous Tribes’ (FIT)-NGO Network of Chittoor District to assist them in the issues of access and quality of water of indigenous tribe

Dist Collector & FKAN Interface

Heat Wave Relief Work

Heat Wave Relief Work

Mr Subhash Conferred with Best Social Worker Award

Go-NGO Consultation

Go-NGO Consultation

THANKS