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SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

www.seedngo.india.in

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VISION

MISSION

THE MAIN OBJECTIVES

STRATEGIES

To contribute in accomplishment of environmental and educational concern s in the project area of our operation.

The SEED has a wide mission in reduction of extreme poverty by sustainable development focusing on natural resource management, blending the traditional and latest technology adoption. Besides strengthen the community towards food security, nutritional balance, sanitation, and health and quality education to children.

To protect the environment for effective utilization and management of natural resources - through mobilizisation, collective action, capacitate the local institutions and ownership by the community.

To ensure food security by promoting traditional agriculture practices and to bring back ecological balances and bio–diversity making the surroundings green and cool.

To reduce cost inputs, enhance productivity, market linkages and access to allied line departments in farming sector by introducing cost effective and new technologies.

Promote federation of farmers groups to get legal identity such as mutually aided cooperatives/ Producer Company for self financing by thrift and credit.

To enforce the rights applicable to children by ensuring quality education, nutritional balance, primary health, hygiene and sanitation.

To capacitate the youth towards skill based trainings, provide sustainable opportunities, to cope up with the market demand and develop their own entrepreneurship.

Besides establish knowledge management center to access information, develop training modules, relevant reading material and development models.

To prohibit alcoholism, drug-addicts, superstition through social awareness and create awareness on community health and sanitation. Create opportunities and special education too physically and mentally challenged.

To frame strategies for conducting survey, studies, evaluations, develop the plans.

Mobilise, motivate and organise the community to form local institutions.

Through community participation identifies the local resources, assess the problems and issues, analyse and arrive at appropriate actions plan.

Develop Project Cycle frame work and log frame for the programme

Formulate Operational guidelines to implement the programs through people’s participation.

Strengthen the community through various training programmes

Establish operational systems, implementation, institutional and financial arrangements.

Develop Management Information System for timely monitoring the program and appropriate actions.

Build accessibility to outside avenues and opportunities.

Develop linkages with GO, banks and NGOs.

Develop mid- term evaluation for mid course corrections

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ONGOING PROJECTS

Activities/Agency Years of supportWatershed Development Fund Project- NABARD Since 2008

Farmers Club Program - NABARD Since 2010

Tribal Development Fund Project- NABARD Since 2011

By Donars -Mertious Scholar ship Program Since 2008

National Environment Awareness Campaigns-MoF From 2012

National Green Corps- Ministery of Forstery From 2012

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ABOUT SEED

Society for Environment protection and Education Development (SEED) is a not-for-profit, non-political, social service organization established in the year 1993 with a high level of commitment and experience by young professionals in health and social development sectors .It is registered under Andhra Pradesh Telangana Public Societies Registration Act. O f 1350 Fasli with 2667 Registration Number in Hyderabad.. The President of the organization has 20 years experience in implementation of educational and environmental development programs.

The main objective of the SEED is to empower the downtrodden community and help them for the progress of health, environmental, social, educational, and economic standards of living by initiating various sustainable activities.

SEED has been actively working in the area of watershed Development Programmes, Biodiversity conservation Programmes , Education and sustainable agriculture development programmes in Rangareddy and Karimnagar Districts. The past and present activities in the area of women and livelihoods have largely been focused on awareness creation, training and livelihood creation.

SEED has proven track record and field experience in implementation of environmental, promoting kitchen gardens, Watershed Development, Tribal development, farmers club and promotion of quality education programmes and strong base on community based NRM activities..

SEED has partnered with government departments and reputed development agencies such as the NABARD, Ministry of Environment and Forests, and National Green Corps

Project implemented by the SEED for the Year 2010-14

Name of the Project District MandalVillages covered

No .of Beneficiaries

covered

Year of the projects sanctioned

Watershed Development Fund Project -WDF(NABARD)

Tribal Development Fund Project -TDF(NABARD)

Farmers Clubs

National Environment Awreness Campaing-NEAC(MoEF)

National Green Corps-NGC(MoEF)

Finanacial Litercy Programme

Micro-Entrepreneurs Development Programmes –MEDP

Rangareddy

Karimnagar

Rangareddy, Madak and Karimnagar

Rangareddy

Rangareddy

Karimnagar

Karimnagar

Nawabpet

Husnabad

Nawabpet

Hayathnagar

Vikarabad, Nawabpet, Shankarpally and

Mominpet

Koheda, Husanbad

Husnabad

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16

75

3

50

50

10

6500

3500

1250

120

12000( Students)

5000

300

16670

2010

2011

2010

2012

2012

2014

2014

During the year 2012-13, the organization has made tremendous growth in the term of work and finance. During this period it has not only able to continue its good progress in the existing projects but has added more program. The continuation of the Tribal Development Fund and Watershed development Programme by the NABARD ,NEAC and NGC Programmes has added new dimension in the community base activities of the organization.

Watershed development Fund (WDF)-NABARD

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Year the programme implemented: 2008- still continuing Fund Received and utilized: Rs. 2.23 crores and utilized so for Rs.0.86 (crores) Villages and Area covered: 2 Watersheds spread in 8 villages covering area 2280 hectares.

NABARD has created watershed development Fund (WDF) for promotional efforts, capacity building to implementing micro watershed projects. The objective of the fund is to spread the message of participatory watershed development and to replicate and consolidate the isolated successful initiatives under different programmes in the government, semi-government & NGO sectors. Watershed Development Fund is grant based programme to communities, as consequence given greater role for NGO’s in this programme. The Watershed Development Fund programme in Andhra Pradesh is part of “Distress Relief to Farmers”

To identify distress areas where farmers suicides is predominant and bring relief to farmers through watershed programme

To generate labour oriented works

To conserve soil and moisture in the degraded and eroded lands.

Besides enhance productivity in agriculture and livestock management and livelihoods to marginalized community.

Establish institutions to manage and own up the program.

A common activity through people contribution called as qualifying shramadhan contributed four days of labour from each household by executing percolation tank value worth of Rs 60000 to Rs.70000.

Formed Village Watershed Development Committee, with the community involvement identified 10% of the watershed area in the ridge portion and prepared plan for soil and moisture conservation and implemented. This phase is called Capacity Building Phase (CBP), it is more or less a learning phase to the community as well as to SEED.

While implementation of 60 percent CBP fund simultaneously SEED facilitated the community to plan for the balance watershed area that is 90% of the area. This phase is called Feasibility Study Report (FSR).

The FSR plan was prepared in a systematic way.

The farmer wise Net Plan consolidated, the plan was assessed by NABARD and Resource Support Organization and approved by Project Sanctioning Committee. The amount sanctioned for each watershed on an average was Rs.1.10crores for a period of three years.

The two watershed projects graduated to Full Implementation Phase (FIP), here facilitated the Village Watershed Committee (VWDC) in preparing phase wise plan giving prominence to ridge to valley dividing the plans into four parts.

Oriented VWDC to operationlise the plan on seasonality an labour availability and fix the targets including physical and financial targets.

Oriented VWDC for greater involvement in the programme more so to give priority to execute quality works, monitor the works, updating the records, timely payments and livelihood management led to formation of Sub committees in order to make the VWDC functional.

Established VWDC Offices, displaying information related to list of VWDC members, roles and responsibility, Watershed map, Plan of action, Projections to complete each phase, Standard Schedule rates etc.

To supplement transparency displayed social audit boards in visible location giving details of sanction, Releases and Expenditure activity wise and timely updations were made.

Once in three months conducted Gram Sabhas. Displayed welcome boards.

Under WDF watersheds identified two watersheds scientifically as per the drainage line and one outlet. Covering as area of 2280 hectares in Nawabpet Mandal of Rangareddy district. The two watersheds are Kesavpalli and Chittigidda spread in 8 villages.

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OUT COME OF THE PROGRAMME• Through capacity building the local institutions have been empowered taking greater responsibility in

executing as per the plan without any plan deviation. The attitudes of the committee members have changed from nominal membership to responsible committee members. Introduced farmer card for transparency – it is a first model and same replicated in the other project area. The purpose of farmer card is for the farmer to ensure the quantity and value of work to execute in the field.

· So far the area treated is 1600 ha as against 2800ha, which includes soil moisture conservations works and vegetative measures and utilized Rs.113 lakhs in two watersheds.

· Generated 48250 employment days in two watersheds.· Due to stone works in the gullies and drainage the run off reduced

and soil deposited.· The area treatment especially after formation of New Farm Bunds,

farm ponds helped in retaining the rain water in the farm, moisture content retained 15 to 20 days, earlier before Watersheds it was 7 days to 8 days. Execution of CCTs and Water Absorption Trenches,(WAT) the land below the hillocks, the soil erosion, formation of rills and small gullies reduced to a greater extend. The soil looked healthy, moisture content improved, plant too could sustain despite long intervals of rain fall.

The percolation tanks constructed in watersheds, it was observed in the downstream the bore wells discharging half inch of water, able to discharge one and half inch of water. The Dug wells which were kept abundant for a very long time due to exploitation of ground water through bore wells. Now the dug wells are recharged and using irrigation for vegetable cultivation in small piece of land.

· Besides at least 225to 320 acres of waste land is brought under cultivation in each watershed. In some places the farmer started growing double crop.

· The owing to the labour oriented works, the labour stopped going outside the village for work especially to Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chenni, to large extent migration reduced. Increases crop yield in major crops Jowar and Red gram), farmers going in for vegetable cultivation.

· Due to improvement in moisture content changed from rain fed crops to Vegetable cultivation.

· 16 percent of Regular Shramdahan was contributed from farmers especially paying 16 percent to labour, in most of the cases farmer worked as labour to contribute 16 percent of regular shramadhan.

· Identified poorest of poor families mostly single woman, landless, small and marginal families were given livelihood loans that in each watershed disbursed Rs. 14 lakhs to 418 families. The recovery is 90 percent. Now even the recovered amount is given as loan to those who are not in the sanctioned plan.

· From the Milch animals they have benefited income from Rs.6000-12000/- per month. · The Productivity Enhancement so far disbursed loan under APE Rs.11.77 lakhs to each watershed is

also give as loan to small and marginal farmers. Established vermicompost units, adopted NPM practices, using Taiwan sprayers, Tarpaline sheets to harvest the crop, improved seed,

TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT FUND

Year the programme implemented: 2009- still continuing (7 years) Fund Received and sanctioned: Rs. 2.4 cores, so far released 1.42 cores and utilized so far Rs.1.28 ( crores) Villages and Area covered: Five Gram Panchyats spread in 15 habitations covering an area 500 acres..

SEED is acting as Project Implementation Agency implementing the Tribal Development Program in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh funded by NABARD. The operation area of Tribal Development program is Mirjapur, Mothkupally, Mallampally, Jillugadda, Vankaytanda, jalbaytanda, Nandaram, Balunayak tanda and Malcheruvuthanda are located in Husanabad Mandal of Karimnagar district.

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FARMERS CLUBS WITH THE SUPPORT OF NABARDFarmer Clubs are envisaged as tool for taking the message of finance and technology to the doorsteps of the rural entrepreneurs through their association with agriculture research and extension institutions as also development institutions. It also provides a platform to the farmers in discuss their problems and address the same through collective wisdom and integration with line departments.

To organize and facilitate these farmers club during this year SEED has facilitated in formation of 70 such Farmers Club in 50 villages of Nawabpet ,Husnabad and Nangunoor mandals in 3 District of Rangareddy, Karimnagar and Medak District with the support of NABARD. About 300 benefitted under this programme.

1 Husnabad Savings 70

2 Nawabpet Savings,Fodder cultivation 150

3 Nangunoor Savings,fertilizer License 80

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No .of Farmers S.No Mandal /District Activity

1 35hp Tractor 500 2.50 JDA –KARIMNAGAR

2 Pipe lines 45 0.65 JDA –KARIMNAGAR

3 Sprayers 10 0.50 JDA –Karimnagar

4 Vermibeds 36 1.40 ADH-Karimnagar

5 Teak plants 150 0.20 DFO/PD DWMA-Karimnagar

Totals 741 5.25

National Environmental Awareness Campaign on Biodiversity ConversionIn this phase SEED had organized National Environmental Awareness campaign on Biodiversity conservation for the year 2012-2013 with the support of Ministry of Environment and Forest, New Delhi through the Regional Resource Agency- SNAPS, Kadiri, Anantapur District.

The children , Teachers and Community members and Youth actively participated in the programme and expressed that the programme has enhanced their knowledge on Bio diversity conservation. The main activities initiated in the campaign were Rally with children by involving youth, Interactive discussions, Educating the community on Bio Diversity Conservation.

750 pamphlets distributed to school children and General Public to generate awareness on importance of Bio diversity Biodiversity conservation.

The objective of the project

Ÿ To facilitate in bringing the fallow lands to cultivation, encouraging fruit and tree plantation, introducing multiple crops, beside improving nutritional standards especially tribal community to supplemen income.

Ÿ Provide livelihood through promotion of agri- horti- forestry

Ÿ To increase the agricultural productivity through promotion of appropriate technologies like tree based farming, sustainable agriculture, and adopting water harvesting technologies.

Ÿ To improve the socio-economic condition of women and other socially challenged sections.

Ÿ To reduce migration.

S.No Name of the activity taken up under convergence

Farmers/families benefited

Cost in Lakhs

Deportment

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PLANTATION PROGRAMME The aim of plantation programme is to create community awareness on the importance of plantations. The program targets to plant 2000 saplings of local species in the back yard of the house, in places of local institutions such as schools, Gram Panchayath, Community Hall and roadside plantation. The area selected for plantation is Hayathnagar mandal in Rangreddy district. The villages covered are Yamjal, Surajagar and patiguda the plants were distributed to 100 households; and the Species were Acid lime, Pomegranate, Guava and curry leaves. The Gram Panchayat, community hall and School planted Subabul, Neem and Pongamia. The program actively involved Youth, Self Help Groups and Gram panchayath in distribution of plants and plantations. SEED formed a committee in the village involving members from Self Help Group, Youth and Gram Panchayath in order to take the responsibility of protecting the plants. The plants were collected from Social forestry at nominal price. With the technical support of M.V. Foundation, various activities like bringing awareness on environmental issues were organized.

ENVIRONMENT AWARESESS CAMPAIGNS AND RALLIES: SEED Organization has conducted a rally to celebrate the Environment day on 5th June 2008 with coordination with local women groups, Chiranjeevi Youth association members, college students and Mother Theresa Women Cooperative Society members participated in the rally.

The major focus of the rally was to highlight on the critical Environmental issues like climate change and global warming.

In the rally, children carried placards, posters, banners and distributed material and the captions indicating to safeguard the environment, threats that are leading to global warming, do’s and don’t.

The rally was very educative, informative and awareness to change the attitude of the community. The Circle Inspector of Vansthalipuram in GHMC -Rangareddy District launched this program.

KITCHEN GARDEN PROGRAMME

Under this programme SEED collaborated with Horticulture department & M.V.Foundation for Kitchen gardens kits. The purpose of supplying the kits

was to inculcate the habit of including vegetables daily in the diet regime and improve the nutritional standards of the children and women besides recycling and utilizing the domestic wastewater.The kit contains seeds such as Tomato, Brinjal, green vegetable leaves, Beans, Bitter guard and bottle guard. The Society made efforts by selecting families who are located in the periphery of the village mostly living in the thatched houses and especially to families migrated from other villages for source of living. In the process, in July 2008 SEED identified 150 families in 4 villages in Hayathnagar (Mandal) and supplied kits.

Later, SEED visited the 150 families in the village in the month of September; and observed that most of the roof of the thatched houses was covered with vegetable creepers and flowering stage. Subsequently, in the following revisits, it was observed that the 150 families were able to consume vegetables and green leaves daily, as per the estimation, at least for a period of three months they were able to save Rs 150 per month. Besides, it is interesting to note that some of the families have left healthy vegetables to dry up for seed purposes. Others have sold the excess vegetables in the market and earned an amount of Rs.600 to Rs.800. However, the concept of promoting Kitchen garden leads to habit of growing vegetables and consuming regularly.

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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME IN SCHOOLS - NGC

With support of the Andhra Pradesh National Green Corp (APNGC) SEED monitoring 50 Government & private upper primary and High schools in the Ranga Reddy District.

Under the National Green Corps activity we have been involved in motivation of 50 schools in Hayathnagar Mandal of Rangareddy district. The project staff actively involved in training of Teachers and Students on the concepts of Environmental Education, school level committees formation and its functions, parade, drums beating, auditing and plantations at the school levels. At the school levels the project staff identifying the gaps in implementation of the NGC activities and motivate them to fill the gaps and helping them for future plans preparation.

H.No.4-4-23,Near Saibaba temple Ayyappanagar, Hayathnagar Rangareddy 501505 phone:040-24203050,mobile Numbers:9603747750,9951646635

FLC awareness programme attended by lead bankers and NABARD

Maathota meeting

APMIP DRIP UNDER CONVERGENCY

FLC awarness programme

Impact of Veg-cultivation

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NGO Chief with farmer and VWDC ChairmenVegetable Nursery growing- field

Visit by DGM, AGM NABARD