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Village Upliftment Programme Six‐Month Report
Koppampatty, Tamil Nadu, India
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercise being done along with community
Submitted to: Hoist AB, Box 6074
Solna, Sweden
By: Hand in Hand India
October 2013
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HAND IN HAND INDIA VILLAGE UPLIFTMENT PROGRAMME
Please find enclosed the six‐month report on the Village Upliftment Programme for Kop‐pampatty panchayat, made possible through a grant supported by Hoist AB. Implementa‐tion for the project began in April 2013 and the activities conducted from April 2013 to Sep‐tember 2013 are detailed in the report below.
Achievements
List of activities during the last six months is given below Village Development Committee Formed
Three meetings conducted to involve the community in planning the activities to be implemented under VUP
Self Help Groups and Microfinance
Thirteen women Self Help Groups are functioning with 178 members
168 Self Help Group members were given basic capacity building training
150 Family‐Based Enterprises promoted through a total of INR 2203000/‐ loaned out to the members.
One veterinary camp conducted in which 1835 animals were treated.
Child Labour Elimination Project
Thirty Eight children were enrolled back into school
Two Children Rallies conducted on Right to Education Act
One Children Learning Centre established for school‐going children to improve their learning skills/abilities.
Citizens’ Centre
One Citizens’ Centre established
Fifteen persons attended E‐Learning
Health
Forty Eight women attended SHG health training on Personal Hygiene
Environment
One awareness campaign on environment protection & vermicomposting
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Social Mapping and Survey
Hand in Hand India has carried out a survey to identify existing welfare services, problems and issues in the Panchayat. Through this exercise, Hand in Hand India was able to map the physical and population demographics of the community and chalked out a plan for address‐ing the underlined issues most effectively.
The process began with a Door‐to‐Door survey and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA).
Key Findings of Survey
Number of household 314
Total Population (i) + (ii) 1442
i) Total Male 721
Adult: Men 476
Boys (0‐18 years) 245
ii) Total Female 721
Adult: Women 474
Girls (0‐18 years) 247
Total 0‐18 years children 492
Total 6‐18 years children 351
Total 0‐5 population 141
Children attending Anganwadi centre 25
School‐going children (boys and girls of 6‐18 yrs) 350
Drop‐out children (boys and girls) 1
% of Scheduled Caste/Tribes 14%
% Engaged in Agriculture 17%
% Engaged in Agriculture / other labour 75%
% Engaged in Service (government and private jobs)
4%
% Engaged in Business/Self employed 4%
No. of Household Toilets 19
Key Findings of PRA
No. of Anganwadi Centres (day‐care centres) 1
No of Government Schools 1 Middle school (Class 1 to 8)
No of Health Centres Nil
All sources of drinking water Over Head Tank‐1; Street Taps‐30; Household connection‐31; Pond‐6;
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Borewell‐4
Availability of waste disposal bins Nil
Availability of waste collectors Nil
No of Libraries 1
No of Computer Centres 1
No of Government Fair Price Shops 1 Part‐time
No of existing SHGs (both HiH and others) Hand in Hand India SHGs‐13; Other NGO SHGs‐10. In total‐23 SHGs.
Needs highlighted by the VDC:
Programmes To be met by the Panchayat
To be met by HiH India
To be met by the Community
a. Self‐Help Groups
‐Providing support for HiH initiatives
‐Providing space and electricity for the Tailoring Training centre
‐Forming new SHGs
‐Facilitating loans through HiH/Banks
‐Skill Training (tailoring)
‐Organising veterinary Camps
‐Participation ‐Supporting in mobilization
b. Child Labour Elimination Programme
‐Providing space for CLC(Child Learning Centre)
‐Identifying volunteers who would like to teach
‐Training the volunteers to become teachers
‐ Providing handholding support for the centre
‐Ensuring access to Potable water in the school
‐Participation ‐Supporting in mobilization
c. Citizens’ Centre
‐Space for the CC
‐Provision of electricity
‐Recurring expenses on electricity charges
‐Systems and installation
‐Training and handholding of staff
‐Supervision and monitoring support
‐Internal Monitoring
d. Health ‐Space for conducting camps and constructing toilets
‐Supporting the camp
‐Facilitating individual household toilet construction
‐Organising medical camps based on the needs of the community
‐Participation
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e. Environment ‐Identifying Green Friends
‐Selecting beneficiaries for distributing horticultural plants
‐Ensuring effective waste management
‐Providing dustbins at strategic locations
‐Awareness of plastic usage
‐Providing avenue trees
‐Maintaining clean and green village ‐Supporting in mobilization
Future Reports & India Contact
The next progress report will be a 12‐month report that you should receive in April 2014. Subsequently, we will submit the 18‐month report in October 2014 and the final 24‐month report in April 2015. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sandip Mookerjee at [email protected] or +91 95000 41800. Thank you for kind support to Hand in Hand India.
Animals treated during veterinary camp
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Children Rally conducted on Right to Education (RtE) Act
Children learning computer basics in the Citizens’ Centre
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Village Development committee (VDC) discussing development activities
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