Janakalyan 11 Annual Report 2007-08

11th year of professional serv ice committed to peoples empow erm ent
Jana kaly an exists to serve four hol y mothers- manavi ma ta, bhoomata, goma ta & ga ngam ata
Annual Achievement Report 2007-08
Janakalyan
Janakalyan is a team of p rofessio nals co mmitted for peop le s empo werme nt. What started with 4 rehab ilitatio n co lonie s o f Sindhanur taluk in 1997 to empo wer refug ee s and e nsuring their rig hts has now spre ad acro ss the district in mo re than 1000 village s directly and also thro ug h its netwo rk p artners. A community b ased o rg anizatio n transformed as a fully equipped pro fe ssional institution to hand le varieties o f inte rventio ns both d ire ctly as imple menter and also thro ug h its ne twork p artne rs as facilitato r. Be sides having a special team fo r handling re fugee rights it has a spe cialized wing fo r NRM based interventio ns with focus on b iodiversity, e co -farming, organic app roach, chain comp letion, value ad dition with Intensified Integ rated Farming Syste ms. Janakalyan has also specialize d in he alth, hygiene, nutrition, sanitatio n and educatio n to mo thers and child re n through various innovative strateg ies and co mmunity based mo nitoring mechanisms. Educatio n has remained as o ne o f its focal are a since fro m the incep tio n and has deve lo ped a poo l o f e xperience s in addre ssing the issue s like d rop out, slow learne rs, child labors, vocational training , remed ial coaching , e tc. along with the fo rmal ed ucation prog rams. The major activity-frames o f Janakalyan are Jana Sanghatan, Jana Krishi, Jana Jala, Jana Raksha, Jana Shakti, Jana Udyog and Jana Shiksha; all the se are ce nte red to 4 holy mothers manavi mata (wo man), bhoomata (soil), gomata (animal) and gangamata (water). Janakalyan b elieves in empowerme nt and sustainab ility strategie s and all its p rograms are de sig ned with these co re princip les. Acco untab ility and transp arency are core value s of Janakalyan and maintained at all levels to its highest level. Janakalyan ne ve r considers itse lf an alternative to Go vernment but a watchdog for the community. It d oe s believe itse lf as an assisting age ncy for the Government in develop ing the nation and its citizens. Ind ia lives in its village s and therefo re Janakalyan dedicated itself fo r the upliftment o f the rural co mmunities believing in Gandhijees word s. To p ractice the same in letter and spirit, Janakalyan has it o pe rates from a re mote village with a full fledged office on 2acre lush-g reen campus with a training hall having a capacity for 100 participants with all mo de rn audio-visual facilitie s.
VISION Creation of an enabling healthy environm ent where all individual has equal access to and control over the social, cultural, educational and political institutions with an economically secured livelihood
MISSION Janakalyan exists to empower the four holy mothers so that an econom ically secured healthy atm osphere is developed where all individual identity has their deserved status through institution building by 2020
Janakalyan is registered u/s 80G of IT Act, 1961 and donor is exemp ted fro m 50% tax
Contents
Chapter Janakalyan Interventions on Refugee Rights Index From the Directors Desk. Highlights of the year 2007-08 Chapter I Achieving Self-sufficienc y (10 securities) for the farmers through ecological farm ing Chapter II Achieving 100% Routine Immunization Action. Chapter III Achieving efficiency in service delivery Monitoring . through through Community Community and 1 2 3 7 9 12 14 17 T otal 21 24 26 Particulars Page No.
Chapter Achieving voluntary action among adolescent IV youths. Chapter V Achieving zero dropout by reaching the un-reached Chapter Achieving Nirm al Gram Puraskar through VI Sanitation...
Chapter Achieving safe behavioral practices among rural communities through VII Behavioral Change Communication . Chapter Major Publications of Janakalyan .. VIII Financial Position of Janakalyan Management Team ..
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Interventions on Refugee Rights The refugees belong to a caste called Namasudra - Scheduled Caste as per the Gazette notification of Govt. of India and Govt. of West Bengal but not of Karnataka; hence they deprived by the benefits those are enjoyed by the people of same caste, resettled elsewhere in U.P., M.P., Orissa, Assam, West Bengal etc . T he efforts initiated in 1997 has sustained till the year with the support of the comm unities. A delegation of 11 members led by Mr. Prasen Raptan met Mr. Jagadish Shettar, honorable Speaker (ex-Revenue M inister) of Government of Karnataka and also the Sri Tangaraj, IAS, Principal Secretary, Revenue Department and submitted the memorandum and discussed about the issue. Constitution of India defines citizenship either by birth or if resides in a place for m ore than 10 years. However, after 4 decades of rehabilitation also, many of the refugees are not considered as citizens of India nor their children born in this country. As a consequence, they are deprived off their basic rights like education, voting power, ration card, etc. Intervention in appropriate manner needs to be initiated imm ediately to ensure the rights of children, women and farmers. Mr. Jagadish Shettar, the Revenue Minister of GoK was invited to the Sindhanur Rehabilitation Project along with all the government machineries. They assured appropriate action but unfortunately the government dissolved. Agriculture is the sole occupation for the survival of these refugees; but inadequate water for irrigation in the peak season made their life difficult. T he farmer is unable to utilize their land fully, due to non-availability of water. Also the farmers have no proper planning before starting cultivation which kicks them into utter poverty. Fertility of the soil reduced due to over doses of chemical fertilizer and pesticides as well as the irrigation water applied in the initial period. Janakalyan initiated Jana Krishi activities with these refugees. Primary education must to be in m other tongue; but unfortunately is not true for these refugees. It is difficult for a 5 year old child to learn a new language other than its m other tongue. Thus, they left the schools, increased the percentage of illiteracy. Education- the backbone of the society and how to provide these refugees? Janakalyan started hostels for girl-child in Sindhanur and also providing stipend for their education. Most of the wom en are illiterate; thus, social injustice is very common in the society. Child marriage is in practice. How to stop these? Janakalyan started legal awareness and SHG empowerment program for the refugee-women. Dairy is found as only alternative livelihood option in present context; Investment & marketing of the produce are the problems. How to overcome it? Janakalyan has started marketing initiative for the milk with an investment of Rs.40,00,000 on plant and machineries to set up Pousthik Milk Plant. The important aspect about these right-based interventions with the refugees of Karnataka is that, these self-funded activities since 1997 and continued till today. But it is realized that to make it impact-oriented program, this kind of independent initiative would not help. A nationwide campaign needs to be launched soon invol ving all the refugee-centers in the country; because the issues of all these refugee-centers are similar and alike.
From the Directors Desk

Janakalyan has successfully served its primary target (rehabilitated refugee) groups for more than a decade and I feel proud to release this report as mark of 11 years of successful interventions in this part of the cou ntry where its necessity is felt by the very communities for and by whom it is being established. Unlike other organizations, Janakalyan started withou t any prior experience by any of its founders but grown to this level with expansion of geographical coverage, areas of expertise, human as well as financial resou rces, etc. over a period of 11 years. I, being associated with Janakalyan since from its inception (formulation of byelaws) at various capacities, am the only first hand witness of its incremental growth over these years. Hundreds of people have come and gone both in its Governing Board as well as in the Management Team but I am still associating myself with it mu ch before the foundation of the society on 2nd July 1997. The year 2007-08 is another su ccessful & memorable year for Janakalyan wherein Janakalyan got the status of Nodal Agency for the district for UNICEF supported projects thereby changing its role from only implementation to monitoring & funding. Responsibility to organize the State Level Child Rights Convention for Karnataka was another major yardstick to measure its success as part of the national process to prepare an alternative report to the UN Child Rights Convention. During the year, Janakalyan participated in many state, national and international seminars, workshops, conferences, etc. which are described in this report under different chapters. The credit for achieving this status goes to the transparent, accountable and systematic management procedure practiced in the organization and also to the dedicated team of professionals who are committed to the cause of the needy groups for whom Janakalyan exists. The clear vision of the organization gives the impetus to its workforce to carry ou t mission-driven activities in order to achieve its goal & objectives set forth by the selfless Governing Board. The efficient management team evolves appropriate strategies from time to time in order to exhibit highest level of efficiency in using human and financial resources. Janakalyan is indebted to its donors for continuous support in serving its target groups with innovative and need-based interventions.
2nd July 2008 Shantinagar
Prasen Raptan Executive Director
Highlights of the year 2007-08

Like every year, the services of Janakalyan continued for the deprived com munities of Rehabilitation Projects in Karnataka. The regular projects on IIFS with organic approach to maintain ecological balance; community health, education, sanitation and nutrition status improvement through various need-based interventions; reaching the un-reached children through special educational interventions were major (yearlong) programs during the year. However, besides these, there were few special events of the year which are illustrated below. State Child Rights Convention: For the 1 st tim e, Janakalyan organized a State Level Convention on Child Rights as part of a national process to prepare an alternate report to the UN Convention on the Rights of Children in India in Hotel Nripatunga, Raichur on 4th Septem ber 2007. Subsequently, the South India Child Rights convention was on 18-19th September 2007 at Bangalore wherein the Karnataka state was represented by Janakalyan by presenting the situation of children in Karnataka. NREGA implementation by community: A m ass cam paign (dharna) by the villagers against malpractices in implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 yielded results; the villagers themselves executed quality works worth Rs.13 lakhs leaving aside the elected representatives. District Workshop on Immunization: A district level workshop to sensitize the health department involving all the Taluk Health Officers (THO), DHO and RCH Officer on 100% immunization was organized at Hotel Nripatunga, Raichur on 7th September 2007; the event was sponsored by UNICEF and implemented by 5 NGOs wherein about 100 staffs participated. International Workshop on Fund Raising : It was for 4 days from 22-25th August 2007 at Hotel Jaypee Palace, Agra wherein the participants were from more than 15 countries of South Asia with all international cadres of trainers. Mr. Prasen Raptan, the CEO of Janakalyan participated in the workshop to enhance the fundraising capacity. Home Replacement of a Bangladeshi child: Md. Zuber, a 13 years old boy from Bangladesh found on Secunderabad Railway station was handed over to Janakalyan by Sathi, an organization working with platform children, who was then reunited with his family with lot of efforts on 24th September 2007.
Davanagera exposure on withdrawal strategy: A learning trip for the SWASTHH PLUS team of Janakalyan as well as other partner NGOs were organized to Davanagera, wherein UNICEF & NORAD jointly im plemented in collaboration with District Administration and NGOs. Janakalyan organized the trip with the support of UNICEF and the participants ranked the exposure as the best trip in their lives. Gender Policy for Janakalyan: Janakalyan has developed its own institutional gender polic y to becom e more gender transparent. T he technical know-how was improved by attending a weeklong training program on gender mainstream ing in developm ent organization at IRMA between 30th July and 3rd August 2007. 3rd Regional Review of Village Planning: Janakalyan made a presentation on its progress at the 3rd regional review meeting of Village Planning project on 28-30th Aug 2007 at BIRDY, H yderabad organized by UNICEF where NGOs from 16 states participated. Own Campus: Janakalyan has shifted to its own and new campus at Shantinagar,
Rehabilitation Colony No.4 which has been developed as a training center for the wom en, farmers as well as youths on its 10th foundation day. Sarpanches training at Chattisgarh: Believing in the capacity of Janakalyan, UNICEF invited to train up the Sarpanches of 5 blocks of Rajnandagao district of Chattisgarh state on Comm unity M onitoring Process using red alerts. More than 500 sarpanches were trained effectively to im prove the environm ent around the child & mother in Rajnandagao district. Nodal NGO: Janakalyan has changed its role from implementation to facilitation and was identified as the nodal NGO for Raichur district by UNICEF to implement sanitation projec t. Partnering with 4 NGOs, Janakalyan has covered 300 villages of 43 GP from all 5 taluks of Raichur district thereby spreading its operational area to entire district and reaching thousands of needy families. Organic Producers Marketing Training: A 1-day training on cotton value chain was organized at PUSA New Delhi wherein Janakalyan was invited as a participant. India Organic Trade Fairs: Janakalyan was a delegate for the IOTF which was the largest national event for m arketing of organic products at PUSA New Delhi.
Community Led Total Sanitation: CLTS is an innovation by M r. Kamal Kar and is introduced in Karnataka by Janakalyan with the support of T he Knowledge Link Pvt Ltd, New Delhi sponsored by Water & Sanitation Program (WSP), New Delhi and UNICEF Hyderabad. About
55 trainers were trained from 5 partner NGOs for 5 days about its application in the field. Unlike other trainings, this was a field-based training used directly in the villages with community involvement. Action Research in Medhak & Vikarabad: In collaboration with The Livelihood School promoted by B AS IX, 2 action research projects are taken up in Medhak & Vikarabad districts of Andhra Pradesh on 1) usage of press-mud (a sugarcane industry byproduct) to enrich soil health by converting into compost and 2) entrepreneurship development on green fodder. Study of Bijapur livelihood situation: The Ants & Partners, Bangalore sponsored a livelihood opportunities study in World Vision areas of Bijapur district. Janakalyan suggested various livelihood options available for the SHG m em bers and other individuals in the villages of Bijapur district as an outcome of this study. Sanitary Napkin Production Unit: In collaboration with Vivekananda Education Society, Janakalyan established a sanitary napkin production unit to promote menstrual hygiene among the rural wom en and adolescent girls. T he rural wom en as well as adolescent girls in the villages and schools were trained about the importance of sanitary napkin and why and how to use it. Sanitary napkin disposal units are also installed in identified high schools of Sindhanur taluk. The project was spread across the district in almost 300 villages where sanitation project is being implemented. 10th Foundation Day: On completion of 10 years of service to the comm unities for whom Janakalyan exists, it felt to celebrate it in a big way as mark of its achievem ent. It was
celebrated in its new campus on 12th January 2008 in collaboration with Vivekananda Education Society. The daylong celebration started with a procession at Sindhanur town by m ore than 1200 (Shantivahini) volunteers from Sindhanur and Manvi taluk, who have been trained by our program. The day was inaugurated by the Sri Govinda Reddy, KAS, Assistant Commissioner, Lingasugur and the Closing remarks was given by Sri K. Virupakshappa, the MP of Koppala Constitution in the gracious presence of Swam i Jnanananda Maharaj. 10th Annual Achievement Report: To docum ent the decadal contributions of Janakalyan to the communities, about 1000 copies of Annual Achievem ent Report 200607 was published on the occasion of 10th Foundation Day of Janakalyan. Volunteers M ela: World Youth Day
was celebrated with more than 1200 youths (male & female) on 12.1.2008 at Vivekananda School campus with Sanitation theme in the International Year of Sanitation 2008.
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Chapter I Achieving Self-sufficiency (10 securities) for the farmers through ecological farming Satisfied with the perform ance of the Self-sufficiency model for tail end farmers, Janakalyan felt its necessity to scale it up with more number of farmers and Hivos is pleased to extend the support for 50 more farmers for 4 years. The Internally Initiated External Evaluation (IIEE) report executed by P rof. Rajendra Poddar of
Excavation in progress
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dhawad also reported its suitability to these refugees in the present context. The result sharing program conducted with 3 categories of farmers from the project area depicts that it is worth investing in pukur in the tail end. T he data from the farm s of participating farm ers and their neighbors are furnished below for comparison.
Field Day on SRI paddy
Farmers without pukur Farmers with own pukur Farm ers with HIVOS supported pukur Nam e of Exp en Return Net Name of Exp end Return Net Nam e of Expend Return Net farm ers diture Profit farmers iture Profit farmers iture Profit Subhas h Bisw 35,000 90,000 55,000 Bikas h Adhik 35,000 110,000 75,000 Sm t Debi S 39,225 109, 772 70,547 Ranjan Monda 15,000 45,000 30,000 Naray an Mond 31,000 80,000 49,000 Sri Abinash 22,813 72,135 49,322 Ratikanta Bis 30,000 70,000 40,000 Bijan Haldar 45,000 118,000 73,000 Sri Anil B 11,188 34,294 23,106 Bipul M ondal 50,000 100,000 50,000 Sabuj Roy 35,000 75,000 40,000 Sri Babu M 43,072 114, 500 71,428 Gobardhan 48,000 100,000 52,000 Hrid ay Bisw as 50,000 150,000 100, 000 Sri Dev anand 27,953 93,405 65,452 Nim ai Sark ar 20,000 60,000 40,000 Gandhiraj Bep 40,000 105,000 65,000 Sri Jagadish 28,825 104, 360 75,535 Shy am alal 22,000 65,000 43,000 kanti Mondal 25,000 60,000 35,000 Sri Jeetendra 40,391 89,155 48,764 Rasaraj Patra 25,000 75,000 50,000 Bishw a Mond 30,000 70,000 40,000 Sri Khadu Mo 22,516 66,720 44,204 Ram esh M ond 30,000 80,000 50,000 Buddadeb M aj 30,000 65,000 35,000 Sri Manisnkar 66,679 144, 127 77,448 Saty a M ajumd 25,000 70,000 45,000 Jaharlal Roy 35,000 80,000 45,000 Sri Manranjan 26,069 90,140 64,071 Sam arendu S 40,000 100,000 60,000 Pram atho 27,000 60,000 33,000 Sri Pradeep D 24,358 57,500 33,142 Sadhu S 25,000 70,000 45,000 Ashim M ondal 42,000 90,000 48,000 Sri Rajndrnath 60,080 107, 600 47,520 Anil Roy 22,000 63,000 41,000 Dines h Sarkar 40,000 80,000 40,000 Sri Subhas h 64,682 165, 336 100, 654 Chandi Chara 20,000 60,000 40,000 Saty apriy a M 15,000 45,000 30,000 Sri Sudhanya S 63,926 103, 695 39,769 M adhav Baw al 35,000 120,000 85,000 Sri Mantu Bis w 3,940 15,840 11,900 Prabhash M oh 35,000 100,000 65,000 Sri Sunil Bisw a 70,660 126, 100 55,440 Sri Nak ul Sard 58,320 122, 330 64,010
Total 407,000 1048,000 641,000 Total 550,000 1408,000 858,000 Total0 674,697 1,617,009 942,312 Average / farm 29,071 74,857 45,786 Average /farm 34,375 88,000 53,625 Average /farm 39,688 95,118 55,430 Average / acre 5,814 14,971 9,157 Average/ acre 6,875 17,600 10,725 Average/ acre 7,938 19,024 11,086
While an exclusive volum e of report is brought for this project and the salient features of the project are only covered here. The details could be referred in T he Livelihood Model.
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The farm ers were taken to 2 exposures at Neermanvi and Belgaum which played a major role to this success during the year. T he Best Farmer award of Rs.50,000 & Rs.30,000 is instituted
Biogenic Pesticides prepared by farmer
SRI paddy grown by Subhash Roy
to first and second best farm ers among the participating farmers and also Rs.20,000 to the staff responsible for m aking the farmer as best which geared up the practices and brought to this status. About 3 field days were organized during the year to reach out to m ore number of farmers from the vicinity and proved to be as an effective comm unicating tool as far as agricultural interventions are concerned. These field days were on a) organic approaches, b) SRI paddy and c) IIFS concept.
Nursery grown by farmer in the farm
As an innovative tool to learn and get motivated by the works of their fellow farmer periodic farm-based meeting was organized on rotational basis from one farm to the others. T his being a daylong event, all participating farmers gathered on one farm in the morning and go through the farms to observe the Orchard grown by farmer activities followed by discussion throughout the day. After lunch, they prepare a plan of action for fortnight and process continues in next farm.
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The happiest moment during the year was when Sri Subhash Palekar visited one of our IIFS
Vermicompost pit
I FS Fie ld Day at Sudhanya Farm
(organic) farms and appreciated the efforts accom panied by the M LA and DySP of the area. It was a surprise visit organized by the MLA Sri Hampanagouda Badarli. Mr. Sudhanya Sikdar, one of the farmers, was invited in the training program organized at Sindhanur for more than 5000 farmers to share his experiences.
Indicator-based Farm Infor mation Board
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Live mulching in the farm
Sri Subhash Palekar on Pedal Pump
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Chapter II Achieving 100% Routine Immunization through Community Action The caste-class nexus in the villages and the status of basic services among the ham lets is very poor in Raichur district. T he social dynamics of hamlets / camps that are located either in the peripheries of the main villages or as an isolated habitation geographically cut-off, however, rem ain the same. Ghettoized and often homogeneous families belong to the ex-untouchable castes groups or other groups that occupy the lower rungs in the social hierarchy. The historical deprivation of these comm unities reflec t in the vicious c ycle of poverty vis-a-vis low literac y, poor health status, engagement in low productive econom ic activities, high under-
Project Orientation Workshop at Nripatunga hotel on 7.8.2007 with DHO, THOs and 100 field staffs facilitated by Prasen Raptan, Secretary, Janakalyan
employm ent, etc. The survey conduc ted by Janakalyan has confirmed that women and children who are left out of service delivery network- whether through the health, education, DWCD or Panchayat departments are from such hamlets / camps. This exclusion from services that can be attributed to the obvious reason of social distance is further worsened by the physical distance from the m ain village with no facility to com mute. Often, front line functionaries justify their less frequent visits to these hamlets / camps on account of the low receptivity or response levels of the community m embers. It is in this context, Janakalyan felt the necessity to fill this gap, especially for the mother & child and designed a project to reach out and achieve 100% routine immunization in all 34 gram panchayats (231 villages) of Sindhanur taluk and 105 villages of Manvi taluk. A village-wise target sheet was prepared by house-to-house survey to know the present status of the immunization in villages in the beginning of the project in September 2007. Then about 1100 volunteers were trained from these 231+105 villages who assisted the frontline
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functionaries to achieve 100% routine im munization. The theme of volunteers training was concept of program , roles and responsibilities, age-wise immunization details, im portance of immunization, and how to m obilize the children during immunization day. A taluk level m eeting was conducted with THO, MO, ANM s, MHW, BHEs about 100% routine im munization program in Sindhanur & M anvi Taluks at the beginning of the program. The PHC level m eetings in 14 PHCs of Sindhanur & Manvi taluk were conduc ted m onthly to
PHC level review meeting with doctors
discuss progress in immunization and to draw an action plan for the subsequent months, plan for regular immunization day in all the villages and participation in mass imm unization programs. Besides participating in the fixed immunization day, we also had organized special immunization day for the left-out mothers & children. Major roles played by the volunteers and staffs were mobilizing the children and pregnant mothers, assisting ANM s and
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male health worker in immunizing the children and pregnant mothers. Further, on the previous day mike announcement was done in all villages. In main villages, a name slip for the potential children was distributed to their parents on the previous day. Further, at the end of the day a review of the list was done and the missed out children were called for immunization by doorto-door visits. The data sheet as at the end of the program looks likeSl. Particulars M anvi Sindhanur No. 1 No. of PHCs 5 9 2 No. of sub centers 24 47 3 No. of villages 109 224 4 Villages where immunization completed 90 212 5 Incomplete villages 19 12 6 Villages attended by Janakalyan staffs 90 192 % of imm unization 0-1.5 yrs children 68 85% (8PHC) 30% T urvihal 7 done No. of PL 50 90% (8PHC) 50% T urvihal Meetings were conducted with pregnant m others, lactating mothers, VDM C mem bers and
discussed about im portance of vaccination, pregnancy registration within 16 weeks, ANC checkups, TT injection, health care, institutional delivery, etc. and obtained their help in disseminating the m essage and mobilizing the potential candidates for immunization. Further, house-to-house visits, meeting of immunization committee, schools children, prabhat pheri, etc. were some of the other outreach activities. Recommendations: To make the program more effective following could be practiced in future Preferably im munization shall be in the early hours of the day or in the evening
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Organize thematic training / orientation to the communities directly Availability of vaccines need to be ensured Gaps & Issues in achieving 100% Routine Immunization Immunization in 2-3 villages on the sam e day by 1 ANM become practically difficult Vacancies in front line functionaries caused irregular immunization in few villages Lack of timely supply of m edicine / vaccines ANM does not open BCC vaccine if there is less than 5 children in a village Lack of vehicle/transportation to reach the remote & small village The balance of immunization on the day of staff training and / or holidays are not covered Seasonal engagement of community during the routine immunization day It takes time to change the mindset of the people The program should be on long term basis not less than a year to show visible impacts Filling up of the vacancies in the health department, especially the frontline functionaries is important to achieve 100% routine immunization Superiors need to instruct their subordinates for cooperating the volunteers in achieving the goal Still better communication and coordination m echanism between NGO staffs / volunteers and frontline functionaries. Lessons forward to achieve 100% routine immunization Joint implementation of the immunization activities Volunteers : Motivates, mobilizes and coordinates Frontline functionaries: immunize Most of the denial cases have come forward to immunize their children after joint motivational campaign by volunteers, staff, frontline functionaries, opinion leaders and youths The joint effort of GP members, youths and volunteers in the village on the previous day yielded results Pregnant women meeting demystified many unscientific belief amongst women
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Chapter III Achieving efficiency in service delivery through Community Monitoring Comm unity Monitoring Project (CMP) was launched on 1 st June 2005 in Sindhanur taluk by Janakalyan to im prove the service delivery mechanism in School, Water, Sanitation, Health and H ygiene through the government machineries. The project was withdrawn in Septem ber 2008 and the major focus during this period was red alert monitoring. The red alerts which were monitored in health, education, sanitation and nutrition sectors are furnished in the table below. Health Education Sanitation Nutrition 1. Registration of pregnant 7. Children aged 5 10. Peopl 13. Infants women by 16 weeks years & 10 e / below 6 months 2. Pregnant women receiving 3 months enter in community are exclusively ANC check up, 100 IF A tablets class I wash hands breast fed & TT Injections 8. Children enrolled at critical 14. Children 3. Deliveries are attended by in schools have times in 0-3 years either ANM or qualified above minim um 11. Home receive 2 dozes 4. Children aged 12 months are attendance of s have of Vitamin A fully imm unized 75% usable toilets every year 5. Births are registered within 21 9. Children enrolled 12. Home 15. Reductio days and birth certificates are in class 1, 2, 3 & s with n in 34 grade issued / received 4th in 2006 will wastes level 6. Children with diahorrea receive be in next class disposal malnutrition in ORS and competent care for in 2007 systems under 5 years acute respiratory illness children The red alert monitoring was planned at Village, GP, PHC, Block, District and State level but could reach up to Block level only during the period. Village Level Review: This is first level of review where alm ost all red alerts are addressed by the concerned frontline functionaries. In this review all the NHLs from every NHG of the village participate where AWW, ANM & HM participate to address the red alerts of their concerned departments. T his review happened every m onth at Anganawadi or school. GP Level Review: T he VDMC convener of each village of particular Gram Panchayat participates in this review where GP president & secretary reviews the red alerts. Mostly the sanitation related red alerts are discussed at this level and addressed by the concerned GP secretary. Such review takes place once in a month at GP head quarter. PHC level review: At PHC level, the review takes place once in two months where the Medical Officer conducts the review in presence of Anganawadi Supervisors & Cluster Resource Person. Red alert monitoring process
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The GP level conveners of concerns GPs also participate in the m eeting. The red alerts which are not addressed by the frontline functionaries in the previous months are discussed at this level. Block Level Review: The taluk level review is conducted on quarterly basis where Executive Officer of Taluk Panchayat conducts the review in the presence of THO, CDPO, BEO, BRP, etc. T he PHC level m onitoring committee conveners also participate in this review m eeting. Efforts were put to strengthen the village level institutions by conducting training for the members. Such trainings were on red alerts concept, water & sanitation, nutrition and health, etc. To keep the project initiatives rolling on, emphasis was given to strengthen the capacity of the members at the grassroot through various training interventions as it was known that the project would be terminated from Septem ber 2007 onward.
SWASTHH PLUS review at UNDP: Prasen & Uma made presentation of Karnataka Experience
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It was felt that the participation of the elected representatives would improve the quality of the program and with this objectives orientation programs for MLA, ZP mem bers, TP m em bers, GP presidents, etc. were conducted during the year on red alert concepts and their role. This was also to handover the process of m onitoring by them after withdrawal of the projec t support.
Community Capacity Building Training
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Chapter IV Achieving voluntary action among adolescent and youths The district of Raichur being the integrated district for UNICEF and thus Janakalyan has been implementing various activities to promote child well being indicators that contribute to the MDGs. Convergence or integration of programs was envisaged through a process called
village level micro planning, in which the comm unities are made aware of and enabled to selfassess the status of the well being of women and children so that they can make their own social action plans. Village planning was initiated in Sindhanur taluk in June 2005 and the planning activities have successfully been completed in about 181 villages. An integral part of the village planning projec t is to respond to the demands articulated through the village level action plans through district level advocacy and focused sectoral activities in coordination with the concerned departments. However, to boost up the response plans especially to make it timely and effective in the villages where micro planning has been conducted, Janakalyan has prioritized two strategies viz., strengthening the delivery of basic services through demand generation and enhancing the capacity of the front line functionaries to improve services among the hard to reach groups. T he processes involved in village planning project are aimed at information empowerment of the communities leading to increased dem and for basic services. Along side, activities of the volunteers and the taluk level coordination com mittees provide regular feedback on service delivery to identify and plug up the gaps.
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Adolescent girls and youths were trained from each village to act upon the social plan (village
C hild reporters workshop
action plan) prepared during the micro planning exercise. Janakalyan has taken certain important decisions while conducting such foundation training to the volunteers in order to make it very effec tive and result oriented. The innovations in the training process were Distinct Features of Janakalyan adopted in Village Planning Rapport building visit by facilitator prior to the 5-days exercise. 0 day concept introduced mini meeting with village leaders on zero-day evening Identification of opinion leaders and individual interaction on the first day of the exercise Small group meeting with youths, women, leaders throughout the 5-days exercise Gram Baithak with mike arrangement on first day Motivational sessions for identified youths (volunteers) from the 1st day itself Each facilitator made responsible for 1-2 THEME of focused group discussions (FGD) Data of the sam e village used for FGD and also in triangulation exercise Conducting youths meeting every evening and sharing the information gathered Triangulation of data in evening meeting with larger group every day 5 days compulsory stay in the village by the entire team (2 male + 2 female) Food & accommodation provided by the villagers only not by a leader of the village Every time new batch of 4 members on rotational basis - avoid stereotype exercise and to have uniform exercise in all villages Meeting with pregnant women on ANC, PNC and with SHG members on health and education
Conduct 1 batch training every week by overlapping valedictory of 1 batch with inauguration of the next batch. Inauguration / valedictory by renowned officers / elected representatives of area from where volunteers are drawn for the training
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The facilitator to reside in the village in the previous night and escort the volunteers for the training on the day of inauguration.
Preparing Village A ction Plan
Innovative strategies to motivate volunteers Call the identified volunteers on diocese in Gram Baithak and give them a big claps for being nominated by villagers on the first day of the exercise What is the importance of human being?- a session after gram baithak for charging (m otivating) volunteers n the first day in the village Appreciating their efforts in everyday triangulation exercise in front of the communities Personal attention to them, every time somebody visits the village Introducing the volunteers with officers & political leaders to develop their self-esteem high Recognizing their contributions during 5 days village planning and thereafter Calling them by name (remem bering their name) Visiting their home and appreciating their efforts in front of their parents/ family members Always encourage them and compare their efforts with achievers. e.g. M r./Mrs._____ (renown people) also began like one you have done other day Speak more on motivation during 5 days training than their duties/ responsibilities Say Hello whenever you find time to the volunteers over telephone Appointed an exclusive 3 members trainers team; 2 in the class room - 1 in the field to invite next batch of volunteers on alternate day. Guest lectures by external resource persons were also organized during 5-days training M otivational Inputs on 1st day - why should s/he work without remuneration for his/her villagers was added in the syllabus. Designed a certificate with duties & responsibilities overleaf which would remind their duties
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Com pulsory residential training sessions till late evening; cultural evening organized to exhibit their skills Volunteers m ust report 0 day (previous day) evening to ensure size of the batch Guest lectures by concerned departm ent officers were also organized to establish linkage Wall magazine on days sessions by the volunteers Dem onstration on ORS, hand washing, iodine, etc. in the training
PRI members orientation
The volunteers are key fac tor making the village planning a successful event. Whatever little they perform needs to be appreciated in order to keep their tem p on. Here are few tips Janakalyan used to keep their motivational level high in the process. Lessons learnt: Janakalyan has capitalized many learning for future interventions as listed below. How to use volunteers free time? Use maximum IEC materials in FGD than talking 1st grama baithak m ust be very effective Time managem ent by all staff is very m uch essential Venue of Grama Baithak is very important Venn diagram should be done on last day of the grama sabha and not in between Organize cultural evening in the
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Gram Baithak to attract parents Involve women SHGs, Youth Cubs; promote youth clubs wherever possible Organize special meeting of pregnant wom en Conduct FGD wherever the women are involved in work Conduct FGD in every street, especially in affected areas Food from any & every households no discrimination of caste, creed or religion Slogans on village issues in the prabhat pheri Innovations in follow / monitoring mechanism Every month, 3 village planning exercises are conducted by 4 mem bers team in 3 weeks & last week is used for follow up meeting in the villages by a pair of facilitators to keep contact with the volunteers. The volunteers are invited in VDM C m eeting for review and planning. GPO along with the volunteers monitors the Village Inform ation Board. Monthly GP / PHC level Volunteers Review along with SWASTHH PLUS red alert review. Salary mode experimented; not per village mode for the facilitators as done by other NGOs. Volunteers also need to follow up after training; Cluster Coordinators are appointed for this task. Cluster Coordinators to visit 3 GPs every day to cover all the GPs in a week. Recommendations for future interventions: While taking it forward, one must consider the following points for effective implementation of the project. Demonstration of low cost structures must be in the house of volunteers to give them som e incentives. Construct solid wastes disposal systems like compost, vermi compost, etc. in the villages. Provide an Identity card to all VP Facilitators, Cluster Coordinators and volunteers. Cluster Coordinators must visit the villages and finalize the date of VPP with community convenience in advance. Regular experience sharing & exposure with other similar organization is necessary. The VP Facilitators must be provided with specific knowledge on various indicators The VP Facilitators cultural skills m ust be improved / imparted More IEC material need to be provided Strategies to make the government officials to participate in VPP need to developed Internal exposure to volunteers to keep the tempo on. Refreshers course to volunteers bimonthly GPO must up date the Village Board Use more IEC m aterials in FGD
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Chapter V Achieving zero dropout by reaching the un-reached Raichur district has the dubious distinction of finding the bottom most spot in human development index in Karnataka. Amongst the HDI of 175 countries in the world, Raichur district is equal to that of the 154 th country. T he distric t HDI (Literac y) population is 16,69,762 out of which 12.49 lakhs are from rural Country, State Rank areas. T here are about 1187 governm ent and 162 private or % primary schools in the district with 293,960 students and 5,069 & Districts INDIA 65.38 teachers (teacher-pupil ratio is 1:58). Karnataka 67.04 It is estimated that 32% children are out-of-school because of Top 2 Districts varied reasons and total dropouts in the district are 120,645 out South Canara 1st of which 62% are girl-children. T hese children are regarded as Bangalore (U) 2nd potential income earners and have already started playing adult Bottom 2 Districts roles; they are EARNING in the age of LEARNING. The issues Gulbarga 26th like in-migration, out-m igration and child labor are very comm on in the district because of varied water availability from one taluk to the other. Why does a child like playground and not school? is a question to be asked to oneself. Can we create same amount of interest in child for school? If we design all educational interventions making this as a central question, we strongly believe, it will bear desired im pact on the child. We believe that the community development is direc tly related to quality education at
Male Population Female Population Total Population Rural Population Urban Population SC Population ST Population
Blocks to be covered
Deodurga Lingasugur Manvi Raichur Sindhanur
Sex Ratio
Area (Sq. Km)
Total %
1508 1948 1791 1541 1598 8386
112245 162628 166063 220675 180229 841840 50.42
110212 158414 164656 214705 179935 827922 49.58
222457 321042 330719 435380 360164 1669762
200463 247478 293106 208976 298902 1248925 74.80
21994 73564 37613 226404 61262 420837 33.70
44349 68412 62239 82649 59630 317279 19.00
74910 148 51332 165 77956 185 52129 283 46715 225 303042 199 18.15
982 974 992 973 998 983
foundation level; all children are not born talent but learn in the process; whatever a child learn in 6 hours with teachers de-learn in 18 hours of bad company; and above all mothers are m ore sensitive towards their child Literacy Rate Primary Education Blocks education. Male Female Total School Pupils Deodurg 51.73 27.20 39.56 230 42797 Raichur being the most backward district, it is Lingasugur 66.28 36.27 51.39 292 57058 estimated that about 32% Manvi 54.79 30.71 42.78 246 53224 children are out-of-school in Raichur 66.28 45.45 56.05 258 72605 the age group of 6-14 years; Sindhanur 65.46 37.81 51.56 270 68572 most of them are engaged in District 62.02 36.84 49.54 1296 294256 hazardous activities. While the total dropout children are about 120,645 whose major share (62%) is of girl child demarcating clear gender disparity. Further analysis of data related to the dropouts and out-ofschool children depicts that the major contribution is from rural areas.
Decade Growth
Density
25.76 22.52 22.82 21.33 26.48 23.52
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In the rural context, these children are regarded as potential incom e earners and play adult 1. In -M igration: Sindhanur & Manvi bloc ks have lot of wet lands dem anding lot of work force during the season. In migration of farmers as well as wage earners from neighboring districts of Andhra Pradesh is a comm on phenomenon and such migrants stays in the fields with their children having no access to formal schools. Even if there are schools, due to language problem most of them are forced into agricultural laborers and cattle grazing. 2. Out-migration : Lingasugur & Deodurga blocks are completely dry having maximum SC / ST population. M igration of able-bodied persons to Maharashtra range & Bangalore leaving behind the aged people is a common phenom enon in these blocks. Children m oving out with parents into foreign lands forgo education and fall prey to different forms of child labor. Deodurga block is also declared as m ost backward taluk in India and its HDI is less than the African countries. 3. Child Labor: Raichur being the district head quarter have lots of enterprises. T he children from vulnerable sections of the society are forced to child labor, like hotel industry, auto garages, domestic help etc., due to illiterac y and poverty. Part of Raichur being irrigated the children are also used in cottonseed production, chilly cultivation, etc. Drop out Gender disparity Total Boys Girls 120645 45845 74800 % 38% 62% roles. They look at the formal education system as irrelevant to their future roles in life. Most of these children are from the most vulnerable sec tions of rural com munities and m ost of their wage earning is from unskilled labor. Janakalyan believes education as the backbone of the society. Given quality education at foundation level, developm ent of comm unity will happen its own.
All children are not born talent. T here are very few who are good at study from very beginning; most of the children learn in the process. Unfortunately, one who becom es teacher in the regular school wishes to have all the good students in the school. They discriminate between the good and average students in the class. This hurts the m indset of the average and below average What makes a child attracting Play ground and not school? Any child irrespective of caste, creed, religion & sex prefers playing because it enjoys and finds fac tors of interest & recreation in playing. On the contrary, the same child avoids going school with several efforts of parents, why? We have learnt in past that it is only because the child does not find any amount of recreation in our education system but only burden to im part them bookish knowledge that makes them to drop out from m ainstream education. students. They start escaping from school and therefore parents get chance to force them to go to field to earn instead of school to LEARN. Drop out increases and they enroll their name in the list of child labors. Mothers are more sensitive towards their child education . To enroll, retain and ensure attendance in regular schools, m others of the children need to be motivated and convinced through formal and informal m eeting. Therefore, the issue is addressed from all the corners using the tools like a) Pre-school, b) In-school & c) Out-of-school to uproot the causes completely. Village Institution for (educational) Development of Young-children & Adolescents (VIDYA) is promoted to involve comm unity in planning and implem enting activities from the day-1 to ensure participation and sustainability.
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Pre-School: It is now well-acknowledged that good pre-primary education is foundation for quality education of a child. The strategies / institutions those were used as via media Therefore, Janakalyan started 20 to reach the goal areBalwadi centers in the villages of 1. Parents C lub: Parents usually misuse their time sitting Sindhanur taluks, run & managed in the teashops, spade/gamblers houses and thus by the com munity for improving become victims of addiction. Idle mind is devils workshop. Motiv ating such parents is a daydream. If a access to pre-prim ary education for place with recreational facilities is created where they rural child, especially girls between can assemble together, they will definitely utilize it for the ages of 4 & 6 years. In -School: It is known fact that the children in rural governm ent schools hardly know how to read & write even after 5th standard. Further, dropout rate in these schools is also high, especially in 2. Residential School: In the residential school the rural areas. T o create a child(Balvikash Manaparivartana Kendra), the Child Labors friendly and learning environment in are kept for 6 to 18 months, depending on the previous the schools, Janakalyan trained the education level, age, interest, and other criteria. During teachers with behavioral inputs & this period the efforts are put to change their mentality accelerated teaching-learning and make them to realiz e the importance of the m ethods (quality education). Also education in their life. Less importance is given towards the desire so created among the the educational inputs. This is only to motivate the children to join the regular Schools (mainstream). children that they find equal amount Various techniq ues like audio-visual, drama, group of satisfac tion, which draw them to discussion, public meeting, exposures, address by the playground (retention). Thus the Officers, film shows, picnic etc. can be used to serve effort was to im prove quality of the purpose. education in rural primary schools. The tools like ARP (Accelerated 3. Village educational institutions (VIDYA ): Through Reading Program ), 3R (Reading, government prim ary schools & Anganawadies w e can wRiting, aRithm etic), remedial reach maximum number of children to provide quality education. Further, the child motivated in our special coaching, providing play kits, schools can also be admitted to these institutions. Such learning kits, mobile library, etc. are children are generally little elder than the regular used to achieve this target. students but performance may not be at par with the Out-of-School: Special regular students. There are every chance of again interventions are necessary to bring dropping out and then never join in their life if they don t the out-of-school children under the receive encouragement and special treatment from umbrella. T he out-of-school teachers. Thus, the teachers play an im portant role in children in Raichur district are this respect to encourage their participation. Further, about 32% whereas that of State is the dropout rate could be checked (who drops out the 10.03%. T o take the district to the schools due to fearing atmosphere) if the teachers state average, Janakalyan adopted behave lik e parent. Teachers training are organized by Janakalyan. VIDYA are promoted to take care of the strategies like motivating and village level interventions. convincing their parents, especially m others, about importance of education to send their children to school (enrollment & retention); also by m ainstreaming the out-of-school children, especially girl child labors, by enhancing their learning levels and creating a microclim ate (residential schools) conducive to them. This is to keep child away from polluted environm ent for maxim um time to avoid neighbors impact (access).
gossiping & time-pass. Different communication methods can then be used to convey our messages on importance of education, Child Labor Problems, using audio, film , slogan, discussion, meetings, seminars, street plays depending upon the target audience. When they understand importance of education, they will start sending their children to the Schools
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Chapter VI Achieving Nirmal Gram Puraskar through Total Sanitation Total Sanitation Campaign, a national program on sanitation is being implemented in Raichur District since 2001. The NSSO survey carried out in 2004-05 indicated that hygiene practices related to personal hygiene and disposal of human excreta are practiced by a small proportion of population in the district. According to the survey, only 3.8% household use toilets in the district, 0.3% of mothers dispose off their childrens excreta safely and 5.6% of mothers and caregivers wash their hands with soap before feeding children. The proportion of households using the toilets has now gone up to 6.4% in the district as of Septem ber 2007 but still it is Community transect walk to the open defecation spot in CLTS considerably below the State Average of 16.7%. Low awareness among families in the district has been the major reason for such poor indicators in hygiene and sanitation.
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It is in this context, Janakalyan initiated an intervention in 300 villages of the district aiming at improving the awareness at all levels on hygiene and sanitation through various comm unication strategies in the district and comm unity mobilization activities at the local level to improve sanitary conditions in the villages leading to make these villages fully sanitized. While an exclusive volume of report is published on achievement of Sanitation Program through NGO partners in the district, the highlights are furnished in this annual document. The birds eye view of the progress during the project period is presented in the table below.
Sl No . Prerana Ingrid Janakalyan Lingasug Deodurg Lingsugur Raichur Raichur Manvi Manvi Sindhanur ur Achie Achie Achie Achie Achie Achie Achie Achie Targ Targ Targ Targ Targ Targ Targ Targ veme vem e veme vem e veme veme veme veme et nt et nt et nt et nt et nt et nt et nt et nt 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 10 14 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 57 57 57 57 57 2 1 2 18 1 15 3 52 52 52 2 2 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 2 3 25 25 25 25 3 25 25 25 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 3 38 38 38 38 38 1 1 12 1 9 3 38 38 38 1 1 1 0 1 9 2 24 24 24 24 -24 1 1 1 6 1 6 2 24 24 24 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 2 24 24 24 24 24 1 1 6 1 6 2 24 24 24 1 1 1 0 1 6 3 37 37 37 37 37 1 1 1 12 1 7 37 37 37 1 5 70 70 70 70 1 70 70 70 3 1 1 1 12 1 15 Sam uha
Activities
1 Staff training 2 Media sensitization 3 Scrolling message 4 VIC set up 5 6 steps process 5.1 VSAG form ation 5.2 Situation analysis 5.3 VSAG training 5.4 Facilitate construction 5.5 Social Regulation 5.6 Link w ith gov ernment 6 RSM set up 7 Sanitary P ark 8 Child friendly toilet 9 Best practices 10 School Based Sanitation 11 CLTS com pletion
1 27 (38) 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 16 6 1 8
1 25 (14) 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 12 1 8
1 70 (22) 2 2 2 8 1 7 18 1 15
To build the capacity of the staffs, more than 55 staffs from 4 NGOs covering 5 taluks were taken to Teerthahalli taluk of Shimoga district and learnt from their experience on achieving NGP. Similarly, with the sponsorship of Water & Sanitation Program, New Delhi and UNICEF, 5 days residential training for 45 staffs were conducted pulling the resource persons from T he Knowledge Link P vt. Ltd., New Delhi on Comm unity Led T otal Sanitation (CLTS), a wonderful tool to trigger comm unity ac tion on sanitation. Collaborated effort initiated with Swam i Vivekananda Youth M ovem ent (SVYM), Mysore for construction of 500 Low cost toilet with locally available materials toilets in Rehabilitation GP with the financial support from CAPART . T he masons are trained on sanitary park at S VYM, Saragur.
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Nagarsi Camp in Raichur, Sopinayakanatanda in Deodurg, Gudihal in Lingsugur and R H Colony in Sindhanur are marching towards NGP by achieving 100% sanitized village. On the occasion of 10 th Anniversary of Janakalyan, a volunteer m ela was organized for m ore than 1200 youth volunteers of Sindhanur & Manvi taluks. A rally by these 1200 volunteers wearing uniform T -shirt with a label Nrimal Gram was conducted in all streets of Sindhanur town and few selected villages on 12.1.2008. T here were banners, play-cards with slogans and other dissemination tools on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene practices.
The key learning of the interventions are Involvement of government officials is key component to make the program successful; especially the projects of this nature where community need to get the support from the
Active young teachers are involved in hygiene games during CEE training; students camps later
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government. This kind of project also need to converge with existing government schemes like TSC and thus ensuring their participation is very m uch essential from the day-1. The RSM need to be put up 1 in each GP and to be managed by mason only; this can keep the momentum on in every village if the mason is really in need of works. Sanitary Park is a good concept and need to be put up 1 in every hobli / on m ain road villages; there shall be a person to explain to the visitors. Wherever, it has been constructed in the TP campus, locking facility is essential. Though, it is recom mended to construct the Sanitary Park in the TP cam pus, our experience has not been very positive in TP campus. The sanitary parks constructed in TP campus are like orphans. Exposure for the VS AG members is necessary to the NGP / ODF gram panchayats; also some of the VSAG members need to be replaced who cannot give adequate tim e for the community works. Another round of training to all members is needed to strengthen their capacity to convince the comm unity and the appropriate time for training the community is AprilJune 2008. Although, the teachers training on hygiene & sanitation were extrem ely useful, it is learnt that the school base camps with the students would have been more meaningful and sustainable. Identify small but good committed partners to im plement the project. Big NGOs having m any projects give least priority to this kind of sm all project. Spend more tim e in the family to interac t with each and every member to identify the deciding m embers and get their comm itm ent on toilet construction. Long term vision need to be developed am ong the staffs and NGO about the project. It should not be a 3 months assignment. S hort term assignment to the staff will hinder the progress of the project We have to categorize the fam ilies into phases like those who are interested to construct imm ediately, some in 6 months, some in 1 year and likewise some will construct in 10th year and then target them accordingly. For making the villages ODF, one needs to concentrate on small villages in the beginning. Village with homogeneous community is easier for achieving the result.
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Chapter VII Achieving safe behavioral practices among rural communities through Behavioral Change Communication The major problems faced by the comm unity in Raichur district are Drought, Fam ine, Malnourishment, Migration, Illiteracy, Unemployment, etc. All these root causes have lead to low Hum an Resource Development and the two m ajor neglected sectors in Raichur are Health and Education. IMR as per 2001 survey was 57 in Karnataka and has been stagnant for the last five years. The proportion of low birth weight babies is 18% and 72% of deaths am ong infants occur in the first month of life. The child sex ratio C luster level network meeting for trained communicators declined from 960 in 1991 to 941 in 2001. Imm unization coverage was 54% in the state and complim entary feeding rate is only 38.4%, lowest in South India. About 72% of children between 6 and 35 months are anem ic and 44% children under three years are undernourished. Water quality and hygiene are major problems in the state and overall toilet coverage is about 36% (17% in rural areas). The IMR in Raichur as per 2001 census is 67% and the CBR is 26.5. T he overall
C ommunicators presenting their action plan in the network meeting
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literac y rate is only 48.8% and the fem ale literac y rate is only 35.9%. The children fully undergoing the immunization process is only 45.3% in the district, the lowest in Karnataka. One of the key reasons for this state of affairs is m ainly due to the age old knowledge, skill and practices still being followed by the com munity. Experiences around the country are that if fam ilies and comm unities are to be em powered with appropriate knowledge and skills to improve care and protection of children; the first requirement is to change mindsets and behavior am ong fam ilies and within comm unities which would not only trigger the social change process but also facilitate program implem entation. It is identified that the 4 key behaviors (see box) need im mediate change in order to improve condition of mother and child. 1.M others initiate breastfeeding within 1 hour of giving birth, and practice exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of the babys life. 2. Parents enroll their girls in class I when they reach age of 5 and ensure they complete primary education 3. Sexually active young people already engaged in risk behaviors adequately protect them selves 4. Care-givers and children wash their hands after defecation and before handling food It is in this context Janakalyan initiated the BCC project aiming that the family and caregivers
Trained communicators inv olved in group discussio n
have knowledge and skills to carry out critical behaviors that secure survival, growth and development of children in 34 gram panchayats of Sindhanur taluk. This can be achieved by following-
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1. Enhanced capacities of front line functionaries of 3 departm ents viz. DWCD, Zilla Saksharta Sam mitti & N YKS to carry out BCC activities 2. Fam ilies and communities have increased exposure to knowledge around breastfeeding, hand-washing, girl child education and HIV/AIDS With this objectives, the BCC initiative have been initiated and the m ajor activities undertaken to change the behaviors of the communities during the reporting period are identification and training to the communicators at the village level, who in turn would dissem inate the messages on 4 key issues to the mothers, caregivers, parents of girl children and sexually active people. About 664 communicators from 165 villages were trained on BCC concept, the roles and responsibilities of the trained communicators, importance of these 4 key behavioral issues, etc. for 3 days in 17 batches.
Three days residential training to the village c ommunicators
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Chapter VIII Major Publications of Janakalyan It has always been talked about the NGO sector that though excellent in field implementation but not equally good in documentation. Janakalyan, therefore, published few reports during the year and are illustrated below. Handbook on Village Volunteers: A handbook for the village volunteers trained to induce voluntarism among the rural youths has been published which guides the volunteers to improve the health, hygiene, education, sanitation and nutrition situation for m other and child in the villages. About 500 copies are published. Annual Achievement Report: On completion of 10 years of dedicated service to the rural Indians, a book on decadal contributions of Janakalyan was published for wider circulations. About 1000 copies were distributed among all the stakeholders. Certificate: An innovative certificate for the trained volunteers was published with roles & responsibilities overleaf to remind their duties towards the society. IIEE report: Internally Initiated External Evaluation was conducted for Intensified Integrated Farming System program by the University of Agricultural Sciences and the report was published for the stakeholders. Gender Policy: A gender polic y for Janakalyan is developed during the year and published for internal use to achieve gender transparency in the organization. Report on NGP: An elaborated report on Nirmal Gram Purashkar on T otal Sanitation Campaign effort of Janakalyan in 300 villages of the district is published as a successful event. Report on IIFS: A detailed report on interim achievement of the IIFS project is published to docum ent the progress till date. Brochure on VP: Village Planning is an initiative to induce voluntarism among rural youths. A brochure is published for wider circulation am ong the villagers and youths.
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Management Team The m anagem ent of Janakalyan was entrusted to the following members of the team during 2007-08. M anagement Team
Sri Prasen Raptan Sri Venkatesh K Sri Shivram Reddy Sri Gangappa Sri Mallikarjun G Sri Venkatesh A Ms M anjushree Sri Pradeep Das Sri Swapan Baidya Sri Manoji t Biswas Sri Hulugappa Sri Umesh Sarkar Sri Sudhanya Sikdar Sri Khokandas B Sri Sunil Biswas Sri Prahlad Biswas Sri Radheshyam S Sri Krishnadas B Sri Channappa Sri Gurunath Sri Bheemesh Sri Basavaraj P Sri Nagaraj H Sri Dharmendra Sri Govinda Sri Moulasab Sri Devanna Sri Nagaraj K Sri Kala ppa Sri Devappa Sri Raghavendra Sri Ghanamatadayya Sri Kasimali Sri Venkatesh A V Sri Yankappa Sri Nagaraj C Sri Sharabhayya S Sri Ayyanna Sri Devayya Swami Sri Lingaraj Sri Basavaraj B Sri Hanumesh B. Tech.(A g. Engg.), PGDMN MSW BA BA BA MSW PUC Diploma in A griculture Chief Executiv e O fficer Project O fficer Project O fficer Project Coordinator Project Coordinator Project Coordinator Project Coordinator Agricultural Specialist Administrator Accounts Officer Documentation Offic er Office Assistant
Administrative Team
PUC B. C om DCA -
Executive Team
Ms. Sharanamma Ms. Eramma Ms. Jayashree J Ms. Jayashree K Ms. Karibasamma Ms. Shanta M Ms. Parvati Ms. Ayyamma Ms. Nagaveni Ms. Shilpa M Ms. Savita Ms. Shakuntala Ms. Ragumala Ms. Jhansi Ms. Swathi K Ms. Ratnavva Ms.Krishnaveni Ms. Eramma Ms. Indira Ms. Ambamma D Ms.Nagaratna Ms. Devamma Ms. Shobha Ms. Geeta Ms. Shailaja Ms. Bheemamma Ms. Ambamma Ms. Husenbee Ms. Bhuvaneshwari Ms. Shilpa T Ms. Vishalakshi Ms. Eramma P Ms. Pushpa Ms. Eshamma
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Financial Position of Janakalyan JANAKALYAN R H Colony No.4, Sindhanur-584128 INCOME TAX ASSESMENT 2008-2009 CONSOLIDATED RECEIPT & PAYMENT ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31.3.2008 RECEIPTS To Cash in hand To Bank Balances Syndicate Bank 9633 Syndicate Bank 10035 Syndicate Bank 10657 SBH ADB 52195220073 Fixed Deposits To Grants from Donors Indian Agencies Foreign Agencies To Receipts Service charges Contribution toward corpus To Work advance to staff To Interest Receipts Accrued Interest Interest from FD Interest from SB accounts TOTAL As per our report of even date For P.K. SUBRAMANIAM & Co., CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS For JANAKALYAN AMOUNT 2,344 1,11,930 977 10,76,571 3,15,629 4,56,639 52,28,518 30,65,506 PAYM ENTS By Expenses incurred for various Projects By Assets Purchases Two wheelers Laptop & computers Sony LCD Furniture & fixtures Organic Bazaar plant Laptop computers (kind) Fund returned to UNICEF Cash & bank balances Cash on hand Syndicate Bank 9633 Syndicate Bank 10035 SBH ADB 52195220073 SBI 30168833165 KBS LAB 1276 FIXED DEPOSITS Syndicate Bank 12844 SBH ADB 62000016208 KBS LAB TOTAL AMOUNT 81,74,566 98,975 81,920 37,200 1,700 2,46,065 41,600 3,30,600
1,11,258 10,83,674 82,029
9,532 5,526 1,521 30,566 2,03,784 2,620 18,368 47,417 23,99,555 1,17,31,515
1,69,096 2,524 24,820 1,17,31,515
PARTNER PLACE: RAICHUR DATE: 13.05.2008
Secretary
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Our Board in 2007-08 Sri S S K andagal Sri Sudhanya Burman Sri Prasen Raptan Sri Jaharlal Roy Sri Sunil Sarkar Dr. N B Naravani Sri Raj Iyer Sm t. Anima Mazumdar Sm t. Usharani Bachar
President Vice President Secretary & CEO Treasurer Joint Secretary Member Member Member Member
Our Donors in 2007-08 Hivos, The Netherlands Reach India (USAID) through Akshara Foundation UNICEF Hyderabad Zilla Panchayat, Raichur Department of Health & Fam ily Welfare, Raichur Our Banks State Bank of Hyderabad (ADB), Sindhanur State Bank of India, Sindhanur Syndicate Bank, Jawalagera KBS LAB, Sindhanur Our Auditor P K Subram aniam & Co, Raichur Registered Office Janakalyan Shantinagar Rehabilitation Colony No.4 Sindhanur 584128 Raichur district, Karnataka, India Tel: +91 8535 264488, 264140 Fax: +91 8535 23015 e-m ail: jankalyana@ sancharnet.in
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Janakalyan is registered under Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 Janakalyan is eligible to receive foreign contribution under FC(R) Act, 1976 All donations to Janakalyan is exempted from tax u/s 12A & 80G of IT Act, 1961 PAN of Janakalyan is AAATJ5178Q and TAN is BLRJ02258E Janakalyan also registered for voluntary EPF and the number is KN/RCR/39005
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11th year of professional serv ice committed to peoples empow erm ent

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

From the Directors Desk

2nd July 2008 Shantinagar

Prasen Raptan Executive Director

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Highlights of the year 2007-08

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Biogenic Pesticides prepared by farmer

SRI paddy grown by Subhash Roy

I FS Fie ld Day at Sudhanya Farm

Indicator-based Farm Infor mation Board

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Live mulching in the farm

Sri Subhash Palekar on Pedal Pump

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

PHC level review meeting with doctors

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Community Capacity Building Training

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

C hild reporters workshop

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Preparing Village A ction Plan

PRI members orientation

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Area (Sq. Km)

1508 1948 1791 1541 1598 8386

112245 162628 166063 220675 180229 841840 50.42

110212 158414 164656 214705 179935 827922 49.58

222457 321042 330719 435380 360164 1669762

200463 247478 293106 208976 298902 1248925 74.80

21994 73564 37613 226404 61262 420837 33.70

44349 68412 62239 82649 59630 317279 19.00

982 974 992 973 998 983

25.76 22.52 22.82 21.33 26.48 23.52

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

C ommunicators presenting their action plan in the network meeting

Trained communicators inv olved in group discussio n

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Three days residential training to the village c ommunicators

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

1,11,258 10,83,674 82,029

1,69,096 2,524 24,820 1,17,31,515

PARTNER PLACE: RAICHUR DATE: 13.05.2008

Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

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