Regional Perspective Plan

AUGUST 19-25, 1998 REVISITED : FEBRUARY 8 -10, 2000

REVISITED :DECEMBER 15-17, 2005

Our Vision is
A Social Order where Gospel Values of Love, Truth, Justice and Peace are Nurtured and Lived Our Mission is To build a community of persons by upholding the Dignity of all through an Empowering Process, with an option for the Poor.

Strengths
1. Basic Infrastructure 2. Some committed and trained personnel 3.Openness to work with secular organisations

4. Involvement of the church to work with the poor

and the marginalized 5. Clearly stated vision and mission 6. Increased liaison with the Government Bodies

Weakness
1. Lack of critical analysis of the reality and Concept

Development 2. Lack of trained personnel in certain specialised fields and inadequate remuneration 3. Lack of professionalism to development approaches 4. Poor planning, co-ordination, integration and inadequate monitoring, evaluation and documentation systems 5. Poor management of human and materials resources 6. Inability to mobilise resources) local & Govt.

Opportunities
People are responsive to our programmes Religious tolerance Political system allows some space for NGOs to

operate Availability of human and material resources Local self Govt. Institutions (Panchayat Raj) offer space for participation of our target groups in the governing structure Possibility of networking with like-minded NGOs, Govt. Organizations Increased availability of mass media

Threats
Politicization of issues and organized violence. Possibility of fundamentalist activities Oppressive attitude of vested interest groups (tea-

estate managers, others) leading to perpetuation of extreme poverty, illiteracy, ignorance, superstitions etc Increasing natural and man-made calamities Negative effects of Globalization Cross border migration and terrorism Govt. interference on NGOs Effects of rapid urbanization

Problem Analysis
Politicisation of every sphere of life; Search for statehood Exploitative / oppressive political

mechanisms Increasing criminalisation Marginalisation of women Widespread corruption in all quarters Growing signs of fundamentalism. Growing influx of migrants

Problem Analysis Contd..

Degradation of environment & Ecology Repeated natural calamities Disfunctional / irrelevant educational system

Commercialisation of education
Erosion of values in education Dysfunctional Govt. schools

Displacements of tribals and marginalized

groups. Erosion of cultural values through modernisation

Problem Analysis Contd..

Caste factors underlying the attitudes, habits

and motivation, affecting development Deterioration of health Child labour/ abuse/human trafficking Unemployment : Growing problem Agriculture production and market structure Dependency attitude and expectation by people on the Govt. and NGOs.

Major Concerns
Politicisation of issues in every sphere of life Increase in crimes, specially by the young "Bandh"

culture, disruption of public life affecting the target groups Corruption becoming the ethos of life Pauperisation of the target group Growing displacement of tribals Emerging signs of fundamentalism/ terrorism Exploitation of women in families and gender discrimination

Major Concerns Contd..

Environmental

degradation and growing ecological imbalance Children in distress, especially child abuse/trafficking and labour Acute unemployment Natural and man-made calamities Consumerism, modernisation (influence of western culture) and erosion of values Growing no. of HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and Hepatitis cases Lack of quality education and health services

Our Strategic Choices

Issues
1. Increasing poverty 2. Education of the poor and marginalized 3. Health /HIV/AIDS /TB/Malaria 4. Environment and Sanitation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Focus groups
Women Children Youth Tribals SC, OBC

Critical condition to be addressed by policy level intervention

Owning of Regional and Diocesan perspective plans Planned capacity building at each Diocese and region Integrating Development Vision in all our activities

and programmes Coordination with church partners Formation of working groups for region specific issues Qualified staff and effective systems in the DSSS and Forum.

Capacity Building Tasks

Identification of capable resource persons Research and development Capacity building interventions to be organized by

way of plans and time targets Thorough need analysis for the region Capacity building of middle level functionaries Networking, Advocacy and Lobbying

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