By Debadutta Dash | Executive Board Member, Sukarya USA
GOAL: Creating Model Villages in Mewat Region (Rajasthan and Haryana)
Problem Analysis:
In a country like India, where 70% of the total population live in villages, the Mewat region in Haryana is one of the most backward with respect to all socio-economic development parameters. Along with a very high level of illiteracy, unemployment, population growth, there is also high incidence of Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), poor maternal health, and mal-nutrition among the women and children. The lack of regular basic health care services and proper infrastructure in this region has been impacting peoples’ lives for a long time. The scarcity of water is also a huge deterrent factor in the daily life of villagers adding up additional financial burden to them.
About Program:
The Integrated Rural Development program [IRDP] aims to develop and design community based integrated sustainable development program to improve health, nutrition, sanitation and livelihood status of the village with special focus on women, children and youths.
The IRDP intervention can be categorized into 5 elements:
[1] providing basic primary services in the village by organizing health clinics, setting up vocational training centers to impart computer and English classes along with life skills for youths, creating and strengthening Self-Help Groups [SHGs], providing skills based training to rural women and initiating income generation activities for them.
[2] Behavior Change Communication – Creating community awareness on the importance of maternal and child health, preventive measures for healthy living, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, campaign against open defecation, gender issues and having a good environment.
[3] Ensuring safe drinking water at government schools, connecting water connection to girl’s toilets in schools and provision for community drinking water facilities in the village.
[4] Formation and activation of village level committees for ensuring proper health, sanitation education among adult and children, and a sustainable environment.
[5] Capacity building of PRIs [Panchayat Raj Institution] and Linking government ‘s schemes with all projects for the community.
Program Period- 3 yrs [yearly extension]
Project location- 3 villages of Haryana & Rajasthan [Mewat Region]
Estimated Population- around 15000 people
Key Services under the Program:
- Monthly health clinics to provide basic health checkups, ANC & PNC services, laboratory checkups, medicine disbursement and counselling services.
- Nutrition awareness sessions and cooking demonstrations
- Health awareness and community sensitization campaign
- Sanitation drive /environment awareness campaigns
- Training & capacity building of PRI system/local self-governance
- Setting up Computer and English language classes for youths in the village
- Formation of SHGs[Self-help groups ] of women and providing skill based training
- Income generation activities for women
- Linking government schemes with the community
Envisaged outcome /Impact of the Program:
Project Progress during the month of April and May 2017
HEALTH
Total numbers of health clinics organized – 6
Number of patients treated- 329; Number of patients counseled- 50
Number of home visits and patients follow ups done by Community Health Workers- 277
Number of cases referred to govt .and private hospitals -11
Number of health awareness sessions conducted- 12
Number of people participated in the awareness session- 174
NUTRITION
Total number of Nutrition awareness sessions organized- 3
Number of people participated- 41
Number of Nutrition Cooking Demo & classes conducted- 2
Number of women participated- 44
EDUCATION - Vocational Training Centre –Computer & English
Total number of Vocational training center in operation- 03
Number of students enrolled in computer and English classes- 34
Number of English classes conducted- 30
Total number of computer classes conducted -90
Number of life skills sessions conducted- 06
Number of students cleared IT beginners course affiliated from NIIT- 33
Number of students registered with IT beginners course [2nd batch] with NIIT -31
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Total number of Self Help Groups (SHGs) operational – 06
Number of women registered with SHGs – 76
Total savings of SHGs – Rupees 11365
Total inter loaning within the group- Rupees 69900
Number of SHG linked with Bank – 01
Number of saving meetings conducted with SHGs-11
No. of social awareness sessions conducted with SHGs- 03
No. of women acquired skills training – 10 [Tailoring and stitching] -3 months course
PRIs TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING
Number of PRIs training conducted- 01
Number of PRI participated in training- 07
LINKING OF GOVT. SCHEMES WITH THE COMMUNITY
Government schemes - (Bhamashah cards, JSY, Old age pensions, Pay reimbursement for Toilet construction and free treatment of TB Patients)
Number of people connected & benefitted from these schemes- 200
OTHERS
Total number of Sanitation Drives conducted -1
Number of People participated-24
Total number of sessions conducted on Environment Issues-2
Number of people participated -23
Total number of Awareness sessions conducted on Animal husbandry-3
Number of people participated in the sessions - 30
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