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Convergence for livelihood creation of rural poor
Picture the Change | Change the Picture
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PRADAN in Chhattisgarh
Teams Raigarh Dhamtari Bastar Kanker Total
Blocks 3 4 3 1 11
Villages 177 112 58 15 362
SHGs 745 482 270 47 1544
Families 9495 5982 4375 617 20469
Families in Livelihood
2640 3165 763 147 6715
SDTT supported SRI Project: 16660 families through 12 partner NGOs in 408 villages covering 11 districts of Chhattisgarh
As on Sep 2013
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Context
• Homogenous societySimilar caste (Gond), similar economic conditions
• Strong social boundingStrong social institution (Samaj), village level support system
• Culturally women has respectable position in the society.
• Gradual cultural invasionGovernment officialsOther Political Movement
• Some scheme like PDS running well
• Small and approachable Gram Panchayat but loosing importance and trust of community
• Lots of government scheme for development of people and area- people know it but difficult to access
• Lack of communication and trust between community and department / officials
• Alienation from government
• Farming, agricultural labour, NTFP collection and trading are major source of livelihood.
• Agriculture– Average land holding is 2.5- 3
acres but 80% household struggling to fulfill the basic necessities
• NTFP– Provides 2-3 months sustenance– Resources degrading• Wage labour– Seasonal migration for 2-3
months– Strong feeling of inferiority /
backwardness
Society Resources / Livelihood Institution/ Stakeholders
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Beliefs and assumptions
•People have potential to change their own life and influence change in lives of others .•Changes has to happen in people – all our interventions or interactions should lead towards it.•Development of area is possible only if people collectively want it, own it and take lead for it. We are just a catalyst, demonstrator, co-traveller.•Alone we cannot make much difference. There are number of stakeholders and they can be influenced and oriented.•A strong, vibrant women collective and Gram Sabha is a must for sustaining change.
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PRADAN at Dhamtari, Chattisgarh
Working with 4562 families organized into
350 SHGs spread over 82 villages
Started in 2007 with SHG
Demonstration CRP/ CSP/ BNV
Influencing Convergence
Women INRM
Group Participation
Area Saturation Capacity building
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The Approach
Elements of our Approac
h
Promoting and
strengthening
women Self Help Groups
Understanding
family’s resource base and ensuring
utilizations
Integration of
different programme in INRM approach
Scaling up through pool of
Resource Persons
Institutional
arrangement for
planning and
implementation
Linking community with various department
and programme
Influencing the
relationship among
I- P- R
Approach of area saturation
Building an area based perspective
Identifying poverty pockets Mapping potential families,
needs and opportunities Mapping potential activities Developing a proposed course
of action in each area
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The Intervention- Convergence for livelihood of rural poor
• Organised Community• Orchard plantation demonstrated• Linkage with field level officials of
agriculture & horticulture dpt.• Land & water resource development
activities demonstrated
Background• To enhance productivity of resources
(land and • water) following NRM approach.• Collaboration and convergence as a
basic • approach towards creating
significant impact on • livelihoods at the household level.• Active participation of the
community (SHG and • Gram Sabha) in planning and
implementation.
Central theme of intervention
Demonstrated at one village- helped
in developing system processes &
formats
Further replication by PRADAN as well
as by district
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Process Followed
Hamlet or Village is taken as the basic unit of planning
Village: PRADAN- where about 60-70% of households are mobilized and organised into SHGs.District- Gram Panchayat where Sarpanch is proactive
Active participation of SHGs and PRIs member based at the hamlet is ensured
Exposure visits for SHGs and PRI members
Hamlet level meetings after exposure visits - whether they are interested in such work and whether they can pursue their plan
Plan for one year at a time- helpful for government as well as the community
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Process Followed
A 4-5 days event
Plan is prepared and the task is divided amongst the
PRADAN team, CSP and SHGs
Officials from Agriculture and allied department to help community in mapping
plan with schemes
Present status and use of resources, potential of using it alternatively, present status of
existing schemes in the village etc. are discussed in detail.
• Exposure Visit
• Social Mapping / Wealth Ranking
• Resource Mapping/ Selection of Patch
• Transect Visit
• Activity Planning & Mapping
• Documentation- CSP
• Presentation & Approval from Gram Sabha; Application to relevant department
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Family Village Local area / cluster
Sub-Sector
Present situation
Visualized end state
Activities
Milestones * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The proposed operational framework
MGNREGA and Convergence
MGNREGA
Farm Pond, Well, Land development, CPT, Plantation
HorticultureTSC
Agriculture
Fisheries
CREDA
Sabji Kuti, Community Nursery,
Orchard
Borewell, Composting, Implements, sprinkler pipes and agricultural
inputs
Inputs for fisheries, training
Biogas
Toilets
BRGF
Forest ITDP PHED
Drinking water
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How it affected an individual family
Prabhulal Markam- Village Amlipar
•Own 4 acres of land but produce only 6 months of food for his family. •Developed orchard in 1.5 acre of land with support from NABARD and department of horticulture•Constructed a vegetable nursery shed with support from MGNREGS and RKVY. •MGNREGS further helped him to construct two farm ponds and level his 0.5 acres of land.•Earned Rs 25000 from vegetable cultivation, save paddy even after monsoon failure
Sushila Bai / Kisun Netam – Village Chhindbharri•Own 1.5 acres of land out of which 1 acre is upland•used to migrate for 45 - 60 days in a year for paddy harvesting•Developed orchard in 1 acre of upland and farm pond in paddy field•Earned Rs 35000 from vegetable cultivation in upland•Completed 100 days of work in MGNREGS
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Implementation
Work planned under MGNREGA
• By GP / departments• PRADAN conducts training of
Mates, Rojgar Sahayak and Technical assistants of block before initiation of work.
• The Community monitors the work for quality and to check irregularities.
• Cluster- Roaster System for work initiation and payment.
Work planned with other department
• By concerned department with support from SHG and CSP.
• SHG as forum for explaining the scheme/ programme.
• CSP help the department as well as households in documentation etc.
Implementation
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Action plan is prepared in the meeting for
following up with the relevant departments.
Roles and tasks are assigned amongst the
member.
Monitoring of Progress by Community
At hamlet or village level through regular meeting using
monitoring sheets to help ascertain the status of each part
of the plan
Follow up at Gram Sabha
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Efforts for Replication
The village plan is accepted as a base for planning by other departments like agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, forest, CREDA etc.
SHGs became a pioneer in spreading the message of INRM based participatory planning and successful experience of convergence.
Training of technical assistant and mates for planning and implementation.
Formats developed, System and processes established.
The CEO of block, PO of MGNREGA and technical assistants from all blocks, Sarpanch, Sachiv and Rojgar Sahayak from selected GP participated in the event.
Orientation and training of local youth (CSPs/ BNVs) to support the community in the planning and documentation process.
Workshop on NRM base planning and convergence for block and Panchayat level functionaries and PRIs
Orientation of PRI and officials on NRM Experience Sharing by SHG Member
Field Visit Orientation Workshop
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The Change Process – Chhindbharri Village, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh
Social mobilisation through women-led SHGs covering 85% families.
Introduced alternate land use, development of land and water resources and improved agriculture practices to improve land productivity
Horticulture in the uplands INRM based resource development and
utilisation planning Helping community to establish linkages
with different department- convergence Stabilisation of paddy yields Diversification into seasonal vegetable
cultivation.
All families are food secure throughout the year
Each family earns an average additional annual income of INR 25,400 from farming.
All children attend school.
No distress migration
PRADAN’s Intervention After (2012)
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71 tribal families (85% among them BPL) were food secure for only 6-8 months – distress migration was the main survival mechanism
No family had any savings.
Before (2009)
Creating A Ripple Effect of Transformation
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Community has provided tap water facilities to all the households through their contribution.
SHG members influenced administration to sanction and construct a heath centre in the Gram Panchayat.
Community has mobilised support from CREDA for bio gas and 56% families started using it.
Government officials visited Chhindbharri to assimilate learning and replicate the approach with other communities in the region.
The Ripple Effects
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• A mobilized and organized community is critical, hamlet level planning facilitates participation of poor.
• Perspective plan of the village and GP around people’s need, aspiration, resources, opportunities to be considered
• Whole gamut of forward and backward linkages which do not exist, have to be established in a way that they are sustainable
• Orchestrating convergence between a large variety of players – Govt, NGOs, technical institutions, banks, market.
• Requires capacity building, creation of appropriate linkage structures, infrastructure support
– Building people through series of trainings, exposure and field demonstration
– Engagement with the GP and departments, Ensuring inter-departmental resource integration
– Ongoing support to the planning unit– Proper investment to identify potential
activities/piloting/prototype development
– Facilitating appropriate mode of implementation
– Periodic review of plan
Learning
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