ANTARANGto“Bharat Nirman Volunteers”

KANDHAMAL DISTRICTORISSA

Antaranga : Youth Mobilization Programme in Kandhamal

Antaranga (Intimate Friend) programme was launched in Kandhamal district in the aftermath of communal and ethnic violence in 2008

Aims at mobilizing youth for the purpose of building peace, communal harmony and also to channelize their energies in the process of nation development

Aims to provide a platform for coordinating various efforts of government, civil society organizations and individuals who were and are involved in process of not only bringing in harmony but also sustainable, equitable and rights based development to every village in the district

Vision:

Antaranga envisages harmonization of relations between various sections of society by accepting diversity not only as a way of life but also something to be celebrated and to contribute towards nation building. This is to be achieved by putting rights and dignity of individual as human being at the centre of the programme. Now this network would bridge the gap between people & administration.

Core Values:

Celebrating Diversity

Humanism

Nation Building

Objectives:To organize and bring youth of different cultural

and religious identities to a common platform.

To provide the youth with a larger exposure and broader understanding on reasons of economic and social marginalization.

To develop religious tolerance through wider exposure to appropriate literature and ideologies.

To develop leadership skills to strengthen secular democratic principles.

To analyze the status and role of girls and women and to conscientise them to take on constructive roles in nation building.

Project Structure:District level Federation:- Responsible for planning, coordinating and executing various programmes

Antaranga youth clubs:- in every Gram Panchayat at the village level, all sections of society with respect to religion and caste/community are represented. Aim is to ensure that at least 03 such clubs/groups are formed in each of the GPs of the district

14 Partner NGOs:- formation of these clubs, taking up training programmes, youth leadership development, organization of youth camps etc

ANTARANGA YOUTH CLUBS FORMED

Sl.No.

Block GP Covered No. of Clubs

Male Female Total

1 Kotgarh 10 14 14

2 Tumudibandha 9 29 29

3 Balliguda 9 22 5 27

4 K.Nuagam 8 21 21

5 Daringbadi 12 29 2 31

Bamunigam 8 13 1 14

6 G.Udayagiri 8 14 3 17

7 Raikia 10 21 3 24

8 Tikabali 11 26 6 32

9 Chakapad 10 10 2 12

10 Phiringia 11 18 3 21

11 Phulbani 10 16 16

12 Khajuripada 13 22 3 25

Total 129 255 28 283

Hon’ble Chief Minister attending ANTARANGA Programme in Kandhamal

Hon’ble Governer, Orissa encouraging ANTARANGA Volunteers

Mass Rally by High School Girls

Meeting of ANTARANGA

Meeting of ANTARANGA

Celebration of Holi creating communal peace

Theatre as a medium to unite people

Peace Meeting by ANTARANGA

Play by ANTARANGA Members

Street Play by ANTARANGA Members

Capacity Building of ANTARANGA Volunteers

Banner of solidarity

Peace Meeting

Rally on bi-cycle

Meeting of Antaranga Members

ANTARANGA slogan for peace & harmony

Shram daan by ANTARANGA volunteers in village Mundigarh of Tumdibandh block. The villagers got together to construct a 2 km

long road

ANTARANGA volunteers celebrating festival of minority

ROAD AHEAD…..

Antarang

To BHarat Nirman Volunteers

SUB-GROUPS FOR PREPARATION OF MODULES:

Following 4 sub-groups will be formed to facilitate this initiative.

Sub-Group No.

Members Task assigned

I I) PROJECT DIRECTOR, DRDAII) JEEVAN SANGRAM DASH, KALPAVRIKSHIII) PRAMOD PATNAIK, SEVA BHARATIIV) KUNJA BEHARI SENAPATI, OASISV) GOUTAM ARYABHUSAN, CONSULTANT,

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Identification of Resource Persons, Preparation of Hand out and other matters relating to training.

II I) ADDL. PROJECT DIRECTOR (ADMN.), DRDA, KANDHAMAL

II) AMULYA KHANDAI, PRADANIII) HARI SANKAR ROUT, SWATI

Modalities for training and monitoring of schemes related to livelihood like MGNREGS, Community Forest Rights, NHM etc.

III I) DISTRICT PROJECT COORDINATOR,SSA, KANDHAMAL.

II) ASWINI SINGH, AMAGAMIII) RABINDRA PANDA, BANABASI SEBA

SAMITI, BALIGUDA

Modalities for training and monitoring of schemes relating to Education, ICDS etc.

IV I) D.P.M., NRHM, KANDHAMALII) PRADEEP DASH, PRDATAIII) KAILASH DANDAPAT, JAGRUTI

Modalities for training and monitoring of schemes relating to Health.

Few villages will be taken up as focus villages.

Partner NGOs will adopt those villages & concentrate on them.

Intensive training will be imparted to 10-15 volunteers in each village

In 6 months these volunteers will take up all the development activities of the village.

It will have demonstration effect on other villages.

Efforts would be made to target parameters like IMR, School drop outs , participation in MGNREGS etc.

What’s to be Done?

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