janakalyan 11 annual report 2007-08

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11th year of professional servicecommitted to peoples empowerment

Jana kalyan exists to serve four h ol y mothers- man avi mata, bho omata, gomata & gangamata

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Annual Achievement Report 2007-08

Janakalyan is registered u/s 80Gof IT Act, 1961 and donor is exempted from 50% tax2

VISIONCreation of an enabling healthy

environment where all individual hasequal access to and control over thesocial, cultural, educational and

political institutions with an

economically secured livelihood

MISSIONJanakalyan exists to empower the four

holy mothers so that an economicallysecured healthy atmosphere isdeveloped where all individual identity

has their deserved status through

institution building by 2020

Janakalyan

Janakalyan is a team of professionals committed for peoples empowerment. What

started with 4 rehabilitation colonies of Sindhanur taluk in 1997 to empower refugees

and ensuring their rights has now spread across the district in more than 1000 villages

directly and also through its network partners. A community based organizationtransformed as a fully equipped professional institution to handle varieties of

interventions both directly as implementer and also through its network partners as

facilitator.

Besides having a special team for handling refugee rights it has a specialized wing for

NRM based interventions with focus on biodiversity, eco-farming, organic approach,

chain completion, value addition with Intensified Integrated Farming Systems.

Janakalyan has also specialized in health, hygiene, nutrition, sanitation and educationto mothers and children through various innovative strategies and community based

monitoring mechanisms. Education has remained as one of its focal area since from the

inception and has developed a pool of experiences in addressing the issues like drop

out, slow learners, child labors, vocational training, remedial coaching, etc. along withthe formal education programs.

The major activity-frames of Janakalyan are Jana Sanghatan, Jana Krishi, Jana Jala,

Jana Raksha, Jana Shakti, Jana Udyog and Jana Shiksha; all these are centered to 4

holy mothers manavi mata (woman), bhoomata (soil), gomata (animal) andgangamata (water). Janakalyan believes in empowerment and sustainability strategies

and all its programs are designed with these core principles. Accountability and

transparency are core values of Janakalyan and maintained at all levels to its highest

level. Janakalyan never considers itself an alternative to Government but a watchdogfor the community. It does believe itself as an assisting agency for the Government indeveloping the nation and its citizens.

India lives in its villages and therefore Janakalyan dedicated itself for the upliftment ofthe rural communities believing in Gandhijees words. To practice the same in letter and

spirit, Janakalyan has it operates from a remote village with a full fledged office on 2-

acre lush-green campus with a training hall having a capacity for 100 participants with

all modern audio-visual facilities.


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Contents

Ch ap ter Particul ars Page No .

Janakalyan

Interventions on Refugee Rights

Index 1

From the Directors Desk. 2

Highlights of the year 2007-08 3

Chapter I Achieving Self-sufficiency (10 securities) for the farmers throughecological farming

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Chapter II Achieving 100% Routine Immunization through CommunityAction.

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Chapter III Achieving efficiency in service delivery through CommunityMonitoring.

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ChapterIV

Achieving voluntary action among adolescent andyouths.

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Chapter V Achieving zero dropout by reaching the un-reached 17

Chapter

VI

Achieving Nirmal Gram Puraskar through Total

Sanitation...

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ChapterVII

Achieving safe behavioral practices among rural communities throughBehavioral Change Communication.

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Chapter

VIII

Major Publications of Janakalyan .. 26

Financial Position of Janakalyan

Management Team .. 27


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Interven tions on Refugee Rights

The refugees belong to a caste called Namasudra - Scheduled Caste as per the Gazette

notification of Govt. of India and Govt. of West Bengal but not of Karnataka; hence theydeprived by the benefits those are enjoyed by the people of same caste, resettled elsewherein U.P., M.P., Orissa, Assam, West Bengal etc. The efforts initiated in 1997 has sustained tillthe year with the support of the communities. A delegation of 11 members led by Mr. PrasenRaptan met Mr. Jagadish Shettar, honorable Speaker (ex-Revenue Minister) of Government of

Karnataka and also the Sri Tangaraj, IAS, Principal Secretary, Revenue Department andsubmitted the memorandum and discussed about the issue.

Constitution of India defines citizenship either by birth or if resides in a place for more than 10

years. However, after 4 decades of rehabilitation also, manyof the refugees are not consideredas citizens of India nor their children born in this country. As a consequence, they are deprivedoff their basic rights like education, voting power, ration card, etc. Intervention in appropriate

manner needs to be initiated immediately to ensure the rights of children, women and farmers.Mr. Jagadish Shettar, the Revenue Minister of GoK was invited to the Sindhanur Rehabilitation

Project along with all the government machineries. They assured appropriate action butunfortunately the government dissolved.

Agriculture is the sole occupation for the survival of these refugees; but inadequate water for

irrigation in the peak season made their life difficult. The farmer is unable to utilize their landfully, due to non-availability of water. Also the farmers have no proper planning before startingcultivation which kicks them into utter poverty. Fertility of the soil reduced due to over doses of

chemical fertilizer and pesticides as well as the irrigation water applied in the initial period.Janakalyan initiated Jana Krishi activities with these refugees.

Primaryeducation must to be in mother tongue; but unfortunatelyis not true for these refugees.

It is difficult for a 5 year old child to learn a new language other than its mother tongue. Thus,they left the schools, increased the percentage of illiteracy. Education- the backbone of the

society and how to provide these refugees? Janakalyan started hostels for girl-child inSindhanur and also providing stipend for their education.

Most of the women are illiterate; thus, social injustice is very common in the society. Childmarriage is in practice. How to stop these? Janakalyan started legal awareness and SHG

empowerment program for the refugee-women.

Dairy is found as only alternative livelihood option in present context; Investment & marketing

of the produce are the problems. How to overcome it? Janakalyan has started marketinginitiative for the milk with an investment of Rs.40,00,000 on plant and machineries to set upPousthik Milk Plant.

The important aspect about these right-based interventions with the refugees of Karnataka is

that, these self-funded activities since 1997 and continued till today. But it is realized that tomake it impact-oriented program, this kind of independent initiative would not help. A nation-

wide campaign needs to be launched soon involving all the refugee-centers in the country;because the issues of all these refugee-centers are similar and alike.


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From the Directo rs Desk

Janakalyan has successfully served its primary target(rehabilitated refugee) groups for more than a decade and I

feel proud to release this report as mark of 11 years ofsuccessfu l in tervent ions in t h is part of the cou nt ry where it snecessity is felt by the very communities for and by whom itis being establ ished. U nlik e other organiz at ions, Janakalyansta rted w it hou t any p rior experience by any of it s f oundersbut grow n t o this level w it h expansion of geographical coverage, areas of expert ise,human as well as f inancial resou rces, et c. over a period of 11 years.

I , being associa t ed w it h Janakalyan since from it s in cept ion (formu lat ion ofbyelaw s) at va rious capacit ies, am the only f irst hand w it ness of it s incrementa lgrowt h over t hese years. Hun dreds of peop le have come and gone both in it s

Governing B oard as well as in t he M anagement Team bu t I am st il l associat ingmyself w it h i t mu ch before the f oundat ion of t he society on 2ndJuly 1997.

The year 2007-08 is another su ccessfu l & memorable year f or Janaka lyan whereinJanakal yan got t he stat us of N odal A gency for t he dist rict f or U N I CE F supportedprojects t hereby changing it s role from only implementat ion to monit oring &f unding. Responsib ili t y t o organize the State L evel Chil d Right s Convent ion forKarnataka was another major yardstick to measure its success as part of thenat iona l process t o prepare an alt ernat ive report t o t he U N Ch ild R ight sConvention. During the year, Janakalyan participated in many state, national andint ernat ional seminars, w ork shops, conferences, etc. w h ich a re described in t hisreport under d if ferent chapt ers.

The credit for achieving this status goes to the transparent, accountable andsystematic management procedure practiced in the organization and also to theded icat ed team of p rof essionals who are commi t t ed to th e cause of t he needy groupsf or w hom Janakalyan exist s. Th e clear vi sion of th e organizat ion giv es the impetust o it s workf orce t o carry ou t mission-dr iv en acti v it ies in order t o achieve its goa l &object ives set f ort h by th e self less Govern ing B oard. The ef f icient management t eamevolves appropria te st rat egies f rom t ime t o t ime in order to exhib it highest level ofeff iciency in using human and f inancial resources.

Janakalyan is indebted to its donors for continuous support in serving its targetgroup s w it h i nnovat ive and need-based int ervent ions.

2nd July 2008 Prasen RaptanShantinagar Executive Director


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High lig hts of the year 2007-08

Like every year, the services of Janakalyan continued for the deprived communities ofRehabilitation Projects in Karnataka. The regular projects on IIFS with organic approach tomaintain ecological balance; community health, education, sanitation and nutrition status

improvement through various need-based interventions; reaching the un-reached children

through special educational interventions were major (yearlong) programs during the year.However, besides these, there were few special events of the year which are illustrated below.

State Child Rights Convention : For the 1st time, Janakalyan organized a State Level

Convention on Child Rights as part ofa national process to prepare analternate report to the UN

Convention on the Rights of Childrenin India in Hotel Nripatunga, Raichuron 4th September 2007.Subsequently, the South India ChildRights convention was on 18-19thSeptember 2007 at Bangalore

wherein the Karnataka state wasrepresented by Janakalyan bypresenting the situation of children inKarnataka.

NREGA impl emen tation b y community : A mass campaign (dharna) by the villagers againstmalpractices in implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 yieldedresults; the villagers themselves executed quality works worth Rs.13 lakhs leaving aside the

elected representatives.

District Workshop on Immunization : A district level workshop to sensitize the health

department involving all the Taluk Health Officers(THO), DHO and RCH Officer on 100%immunization was organized at Hotel Nripatunga,

Raichur on 7th September 2007; the event wassponsored by UNICEF and implemented by 5

NGOs wherein about 100 staffs participated.

International Workshop on Fund Raising : It

was for 4 days from 22-25th August 2007 at HotelJaypee Palace, Agra wherein the participantswere from more than 15 countries of South Asia

with all international cadres of trainers. Mr. PrasenRaptan, the CEO of Janakalyan participated in the workshop to enhance the fundraisingcapacity.

Ho me Rep lacem en t of a B angladesh i child : Md. Zuber, a 13 years old boy from Bangladeshfound on Secunderabad Railway station was handed over to Janakalyan by Sathi, an

organization working with platform children, who was then reunited with his family with lot ofefforts on 24th September 2007.


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Davan ag era exp osure on withd rawal strateg y: Alearning trip for the SWASTHH PLUS teamof Janakalyan as well as other partner NGOs were organized to Davanagera, wherein UNICEF

& NORAD jointly implemented in collaboration with District Administration and NGOs.Janakalyan organized the trip with the support of UNICEF and the participants ranked theexposure as the best trip in their lives.

Gender Po lic y for Janakalyan:Janakalyan has developed its own institutional gender policyto become more gendertransparent. The technicalknow-how was improved by

attending a weeklong trainingprogram on gendermainstreaming in development

organization at IRMA between30thJuly and 3rd August 2007.

3rd Regional Review ofVill ag e Plann ing : Janakalyan

made a presentation on itsprogress at the 3rd regionalreview meeting of Village

Planning project on 28-30th Aug2007 at BIRDY, Hyderabadorganized by UNICEF where NGOs from 16 states participated.

Own Campus: Janakalyan has shifted to its own and new campus at Shantinagar,


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Rehabilitation Colony No.4 which has been developed as a training center for the women,farmers as well as youths on its 10th foundation day.

Sarpanches train ing at Ch attisg arh: Believing in the capacity of Janakalyan, UNICEF invitedto train up the Sarpanches of 5blocks of Rajnandagao district

of Chattisgarh state onCommunity Monitoring Processusing red alerts. More than 500sarpanches were trained

effectively to improve theenvironment around the child &mother in Rajnandagao district.

No dal NGO: Janakalyan haschanged its role from

implementation to facilitationand was identified as the nodal

NGO for Raichur district byUNICEF to implement sanitation project. Partnering with 4 NGOs, Janakalyan has covered 300villages of 43 GP from all 5 taluks of Raichur district thereby spreading its operational area to

entire district and reaching thousands of needy families.

Organic Producers Marketing Training :

A 1-day training on cotton value chain wasorganized at PUSA New Delhi whereinJanakalyan was invited as a participant.

India Organic Trade Fairs: Janakalyanwas a delegate for the IOTF which was the

largest national event for marketing oforganic products at PUSA New Delhi.


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Co mmuni ty L ed Total Sanitation: CLTS is an innovation by Mr. Kamal Kar and is introducedin Karnataka by Janakalyan with the support of The Knowledge Link Pvt Ltd, New Delhi

sponsored by Water & Sanitation Program (WSP), New Delhi and UNICEF Hyderabad. About

55 trainers were trained from 5 partner NGOs for 5 days about its application in the field. Unlike

other trainings, this was a field-based training used directly in the villages with communityinvolvement.

Action Research in Medhak & Vikarabad: In collaboration with The Livelihood Schoolpromoted by BASIX, 2 action research projects are taken up in Medhak & Vikarabad districts ofAndhra Pradesh on 1) usage of press-mud (a sugarcane industry byproduct) to enrich soilhealth by converting into compost and 2) entrepreneurship development on green fodder.

Study of B ijapur li velihood situ ation : The Ants & Partners, Bangalore sponsored a livelihoodopportunities study in World Vision areas of Bijapur district. Janakalyan suggested variouslivelihood options available for the SHG members and other individuals in the villages of Bijapur

district as an outcome of this study.

Sanitary Napkin Production Unit: In collaboration with Vivekananda Education Society,

Janakalyan established a sanitary napkin production unit to promote menstrual hygiene amongthe rural women and adolescent girls. The rural women as well as adolescent girls in the

villages and schools were trained about the importance of sanitary napkin and why and how touse it. Sanitary napkin disposal units are also installed in identified high schools of Sindhanurtaluk. The project was spread across the district in almost 300 villages where sanitation projectis being implemented.

10th Found ation Day: On completion of 10 years of service to the communities for whom

Janakalyan exists, it felt to celebrate it in a big way as mark of its achievement. It was


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celebrated in its new campus on 12th January 2008 in collaboration with VivekanandaEducation Society. The daylong

celebration started with a processionat Sindhanur town by more than 1200(Shantivahini) volunteers fromSindhanur and Manvi taluk, who have

been trained by our program. The daywas inaugurated by the Sri GovindaReddy, KAS, Assistant Commissioner,Lingasugur and the Closing remarks

was given by Sri K. Virupakshappa,the MP of Koppala Constitution in thegracious presence of Swami

Jnanananda Maharaj.

10th Annual Achievement Report: To document the decadal contributions of Janakalyan to

the communities, about 1000 copiesof Annual Achievement Report 2006-

07 was published on the occasion of10thFoundation Day of Janakalyan.

Volunteers Mela: World Youth Day

was celebrated with more than 1200 youths (male &female) on 12.1.2008 at Vivekananda School

campus with Sanitation theme in the International Year of Sanitation 2008.


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Chapter IAchieving Self-sufficiency (10 securit ies) for th e farmers through ecologi cal farm ing

Satisfied with the performance of the Self-sufficiency model for tail end farmers, Janakalyan feltits necessity to scale it up with more number offarmers and Hivos is pleased to extend the

support for 50 more farmers for 4 years. TheInternally Initiated External Evaluation (IIEE)report executed by Prof. Rajendra Poddar of

University of Agricultural Sciences,

Dhawad also reported its suitability tothese refugees in the present context.

The result sharing program conductedwith 3 categories of farmers from the

project area depicts that it is worth investing in pukur in the tail end. The data from the farms of

participating farmers and their neighbors are furnished below for comparison.Farmers without pukur Farm ers with own pukur Farm ers with HIVOS suppor t ed pukur

Nam e offarm ers

Exp enditure

Return NetProfit

Name offarmers

Expenditure

Return NetProfit

Nam e offarmers

Expenditure

Return NetProfit

SubhashBisw 35,000 90,000 55,000 BikashAdhik 35,000 110,000 75,000 Smt Debi S 39,225 109,772 70,547

Ranjan Monda 15,000 45,000 30,000 Narayan Mond 31,000 80,000 49,000 Sri Abinash 22,813 72,135 49,322RatikantaBis 30,000 70,000 40,000 Bijan Haldar 45,000 118,000 73,000 Sri Anil B 11,188 34,294 23,106

Bipul Mondal 50,000 100,000 50,000 Sabuj Roy 35,000 75,000 40,000 Sri BabuM 43,072 114,500 71,428

Gobardhan 48,000 100,000 52,000 Hriday Biswas 50,000 150,000 100,000 Sri Devanand 27,953 93,405 65,452Nimai Sarkar 20,000 60,000 40,000 Gandhiraj Bep 40,000 105,000 65,000 Sri Jagadish 28,825 104,360 75,535Shyamalal 22,000 65,000 43,000 kanti Mondal 25,000 60,000 35,000 Sri Jeetendra 40,391 89,155 48,764

Rasaraj Patra 25,000 75,000 50,000 Bishwa Mond 30,000 70,000 40,000 Sri Khadu Mo 22,516 66,720 44,204Ramesh Mond30,000 80,000 50,000 BuddadebMaj 30,000 65,000 35,000 Sri Manisnkar 66,679 144,127 77,448SatyaMajumd 25,000 70,000 45,000 Jaharlal Roy 35,000 80,000 45,000 Sri Manranjan 26,069 90,140 64,071

Samarendu S 40,000 100,000 60,000 Pramatho 27,000 60,000 33,000 Sri Pradeep D 24,358 57,500 33,142Sadhu S 25,000 70,000 45,000 Ashim Mondal 42,000 90,000 48,000 Sri Rajndrnath 60,080 107,600 47,520

Anil Roy 22,000 63,000 41,000 DineshSarkar 40,000 80,000 40,000 Sri Subhash 64,682 165,336 100,654Chandi Chara 20,000 60,000 40,000 SatyapriyaM 15,000 45,000 30,000 Sri Sudhanya S63,926 103,695 39,769

Madhav Bawal 35,000 120,000 85,000 Sri MantuBisw 3,940 15,840 11,900Prabhash Moh 35,000 100,000 65,000 Sri Sunil Biswa 70,660 126,100 55,440

Sri Nakul Sard 58,320 122,330 64,010Total 407,000 1048,000 641,000 Total 550,000 1408,000 858,000 Total0 674,697 1,617,009 942,312

Aver age / arm 29,071 74,857 45,786 Aver age /farm 34,375 88,000 53,625 Aver age /farm 39,688 95,118 55,430

Average / acre 5,814 14,971 9,157 Average/ acre 6,875 17,600 10,725 Average/ acre 7,938 19,024 11,086

While an exclusive volume of report is brought for this project and the salient features of theproject are only covered here. The details could be referred in The Livelihood Model.

Field Day on SRI paddy

Excavat ion in p rogress


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The farmers were taken to 2 exposures at Neermanvi and Belgaum which played a major roleto this success during the year. The Best Farmer award of Rs.50,000 & Rs.30,000 is instituted

to first and second best farmers among the participating farmers and also Rs.20,000 to the staff

responsible for making the farmer as best which geared up the practices and brought to thisstatus.

About 3 field days were organizedduring the year to reach out to more

number of farmers from the vicinityand proved to be as an effectivecommunicating tool as far as

agricultural interventions areconcerned. These field days were ona) organic approaches, b) SRI paddy

and c) IIFS concept.

As an innovative tool to learn and get motivated by

the works of their fellow farmer periodic farm-basedmeeting was organized on rotational basis from onefarm to the others. This being a daylong event, all

participating farmers gathered on one farm in themorning and go through the farms to observe theactivities followed by discussion throughout the day.

After lunch, they prepare a plan of action for fortnight and process continues in next farm.

SRI paddy grown b y Subhash Roy

Nursery grown by far mer in t he farm

Biogenic Pesticidesprepared by farmer

Orchard grown by farmer


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The happiest moment during the year was when Sri Subhash Palekar visited one of our IIFS

(organic) farms and appreciated the efforts accompanied by the MLA and DySP of the area. It

was a surprise visit organized by the MLASri Hampanagouda Badarli. Mr. Sudhanya Sikdar,one of the farmers, was invited in the training program organized at Sindhanur for more than5000 farmers to share his experiences.

Ind icator-based Far m Infor mation B oard

IIFS Field Day at Sudhanya FarmVermicompost p it


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Sri Subhash Palekar on Pedal Pump

Live mulching in t he farm


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Ch ap ter IIAchieving 100% Routine Immun ization through Communi ty Actio n

The caste-class nexus in the villages and the status of basic services among the hamlets isvery poor in Raichur district. The social dynamics of hamlets / camps that are located either inthe peripheries of the main villages or as an isolated habitation geographically cut-off, however,

remain the same. Ghettoized and often homogeneous families belong to the ex-untouchablecastes groups or other groups that occupy the lower rungs in the social hierarchy. Thehistorical deprivation of these communities reflect in the vicious cycle of poverty vis-a-vis low

literacy, poor health status, engagement in low productive economic activities, high under-

employment, etc. The survey conducted by Janakalyan has confirmed that women and childrenwho are left out of service delivery network- whether through the health, education, DWCD orPanchayat departments are from such hamlets / camps. This exclusion from services that

can be attributed to the obvious reason of social distance is further worsened by the physicaldistance from the main village with no facility to commute. Often, front line functionaries justifytheir less frequent visits to these hamlets / camps on account of the low receptivity or responselevels of the community members.

It is in this context, Janakalyan felt the necessity to fill this gap, especially for the mother & child

and designed a project to reach out and achieve 100% routine immunization in all 34 grampanchayats (231 villages) of Sindhanur taluk and 105 villages of Manvi taluk.

A village-wise target sheet was prepared by house-to-house survey to know the present statusof the immunization in villages in the beginning of the project in September 2007. Then about

1100 volunteers were trained from these 231+105 villages who assisted the frontline

Project Orientation Workshop at Nrip atunga hotel o n 7.8.2007 wit h DHO, THOs and 100 field

staffs facil it ated by Prasen Raptan, Secret ary, Janakalyan


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functionaries to achieve 100% routine immunization. The theme of volunteers training wasconcept of program, roles and responsibilities, age-wise immunization details, importance of

immunization, and how to mobilize the children during immunization day. A taluk level meetingwas conducted with THO, MO, ANMs, MHW, BHEs about 100% routine immunization programin Sindhanur & Manvi Taluks at the beginning of the program.

The PHC level meetings in 14 PHCs of Sindhanur & Manvi taluk were conducted monthly to

discuss progress in immunization and to draw an action plan for the subsequent months, planfor regular immunization day in all the villages and participation in mass immunizationprograms.

Besides

participating in thefixed immunizationday, we also had

organized specialimmunization dayfor the left-out

mothers & children.Major roles playedby the volunteers

and staffs weremobilizing thechildren and

pregnant mothers,assisting ANMs and

PH C level review meeting with doctors


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male health worker in immunizing the children and pregnant mothers. Further, on the previousday mike announcement was done in all villages. In main villages, a name slip for the potential

children was distributed to their parents on the previous day. Further, at the end of the day areview of the list was done and the missed out children were called for immunization by door-to-door visits. The data sheet as at the end of the program looks like-

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No.Parti culars M an vi Sindhanur

1 No. of PHCs 5 9

2 No. of sub centers 24 47

3 No. of villages 109 2244 Villages where immunization completed 90 212

5 Incomplete villages 19 12

6 Villages attended by Janakalyan staffs 90 192

7% of immunization

done

0-1.5 yrs children 68 85% (8PHC) 30% Turvihal

No. of PL 50 90% (8PHC) 50% Turvihal

Meetings were conducted with pregnant mothers, lactating mothers, VDMC members and

discussed about importance of vaccination, pregnancy registration within 16 weeks, ANC

checkups, TT injection, health care, institutional delivery, etc. and obtained their help indisseminating the message and mobilizing the potential candidates for immunization. Further,house-to-house visits, meeting of immunization committee, schools children, prabhat pheri, etc.

were some of the other outreach activities.

Recommendations: To make the program more effective following could be practiced infuture-Preferably immunization shall be in the early hours of the day or in the evening


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Organize thematic training / orientation to the communities directlyAvailability of vaccines need to be ensured

The program should be on long term basis not less than a year to show visible impactsFilling up of the vacancies in the health department, especially the frontline functionaries is

important to achieve 100% routine immunization

Superiors need to instruct their subordinates for cooperating the volunteers in achieving thegoal

Still better communication and coordination mechanism between NGO staffs / volunteers andfrontline functionaries.

L essons fo rward to achi eve 100% rou tine immun ization

Join t implemen tation o f the immun ization activitiesVol un teers : Mot ivates, mob ilizes an d c oo rd inatesFrontl in e function aries: im mun ize

Most of the denial cases have come forward to immunize their children afterjoint motivational campaign by volunteers, staff, frontline functionaries, opinionleaders an d youth s

The joint effort of GP members, youths and volunteers in the village on theprevious d ay yield ed resu lts

Pregn ant women meeting d emystified many unscientific b elief amon gst women

Gaps & Issues in ach ieving 100% Routine Immun ization

Immunization in 2-3 villages on the same day by 1 ANM become practically difficultVacancies in front line functionaries caused irregular immunization in few villagesLack of timely supply of medicine / vaccinesANM does not open BCC vaccine if there is less than 5 children in a village

Lack of vehicle/transportation to reach the remote & small villageThe balance of immunization on the day of staff training and / or holidays are not

coveredSeasonal engagement of community during the routine immunization day It takes time to change the mindset of the people


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Chapter IIIAchieving efficiency in service delivery thro ugh Commun ity Mon ito ring

Community Monitoring Project (CMP) was launched on 1st June 2005 in Sindhanur taluk byJanakalyan to improve the service delivery mechanism in School, Water, Sanitation, Healthand Hygiene through the government machineries. The project was withdrawn in September

2008 and the major focus during this period was red alert monitoring. The red alerts which weremonitored in health, education, sanitation and nutrition sectors are furnished in the table below.

Health Educ ation Sani tation Nu tritio n

1.Registration of pregnantwomen by16 weeks

2.Pregnant women receiving 3ANC check up, 100 IFAtablets& TT Injections

3.Deliveries are attended byeither ANM or qualified above

4.Children aged 12 months arefully immunized

5.Births are registered within 21days and birth certificates are

issued / received6.Children with diahorrea receive

ORS and competent care foracute respiratory illness

7.Children aged 5years & 10

months enter inclass I

8.Children enrolledin schools haveminimumattendance of75%

9.Children enrolledin class 1, 2, 3 &

4th in 2006 willbe in next class

in 2007

10. People /

communitywash handsat critical

times11. Home

s haveusable toilets

12. Homes with

wastesdisposal

systems

13. Infantsbelow 6 months

are exclusivelybreast fed

14. Childrenin 0-3 yearsreceive 2 dozesof Vitamin Aevery year

15. Reduction in 34 grade

levelmalnutrition in

under 5 yearschildren

The red alert monitoring was planned at Village, GP, PHC, Block, District and State level but

could reach up to Block level only during the period. Vill ag e Level Review: This is first

level of review where almost all red alerts

are addressed by the concerned frontlinefunctionaries. In this review all the NHLsfrom every NHG of the village participate

where AWW, ANM & HM participate toaddress the red alerts of their concerned

departments. This review happened everymonth at Anganawadi or school. GP Level Review: The VDMC

convener of each village of particular GramPanchayat participates in this review whereGP president & secretary reviews the red

alerts. Mostly the sanitation related red

alerts are discussed at this level andaddressed by the concerned GP secretary.

Such review takes place once in a month atGP head quarter.

PHC level review: At PHC level, thereview takes place once in two monthswhere the Medical Officer conducts the

review in presence of AnganawadiSupervisors & Cluster Resource Person. Red alert monitoring process


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The GP level conveners of concerns GPs also participate in the meeting. The red alertswhich are not addressed by the frontline functionaries in the previous months are discussed

at this level. Block Level Review: The taluk level review is conducted on quarterly basis where

Executive Officer of Taluk Panchayat conducts the review in the presence of THO, CDPO,BEO, BRP, etc. The PHC level

monitoring committeeconveners also participate inthis review meeting.

Efforts were put to strengthenthe village level institutions byconducting training for the

members. Such trainings wereon red alerts concept, water &sanitation, nutrition and health,

etc. To keep the projectinitiatives rolling on, emphasis

was given to strengthen thecapacity of the members at thegrassroot through various

training interventions as it was known that the project would be terminated from September2007 onward.

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It was felt that the participation of the elected representatives would improve the quality of theprogram and with this objectives orientation programs for MLA, ZP members, TP members, GP

presidents, etc. were conducted during the year on red alert concepts and their role. This wasalso to handover the process of monitoring by them after withdrawal of the project support.

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Ch ap ter IVAchieving volun tary action among ado lescent an d you th s

The district of Raichur being the integrated district for UNICEF and thus Janakalyan has beenimplementing various activities to promote child well being indicators that contribute to theMDGs. Convergence or integration of programs was envisaged through a process called

village level micro planning, in which the communities are made aware of and enabled to self-assess the status of the well being of women and children so that they can make their ownsocial action plans. Village planning was initiated in Sindhanur taluk in June 2005 and theplanning activities have successfully been completed in about 181 villages.

An integral part of the village planning project is to respond to the demands articulated throughthe village level action plans through district level advocacy and focused sectoral activities in

coordination with the concerned departments. However, to boost up the response plansespecially to make it timely and effective in the villages where micro planning has beenconducted, Janakalyan has prioritized two strategies viz., strengthening the delivery of basic

services through demand generation and enhancing the capacity of the front line functionariesto improve services among the hard to reach groups. The processes involved in village

planning project are aimed at information empowerment of the communities leading toincreased demand for basic services. Along side, activities of the volunteers and the taluk levelcoordination committees provide regular feedback on service delivery to identify and plug upthe gaps.


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Adolescent girls and youths were trained from each village to act upon the social plan (village

action plan) prepared during the micro planning exercise. Janakalyan has taken certainimportant decisions while conducting such foundation training to the volunteers in order tomake it very effective and result oriented. The innovations in the training process were-

Conduct 1 batch training every week by overlapping valedictory of 1 batch with inaugurationof the next batch.

Inauguration / valedictory by renowned officers / elected representatives of area from wherevolunteers are drawn for the training

Distinct Featu res o f Janakalyan ad op ted in Vill age Plann ing

Rapport building visit by facilitator prior to the 5-days exercise.0 day concept introduced mini meeting with village leaders on zero-day eveningIdentification of opinion leaders and individual interaction on the first day of the exerciseSmall group meeting with youths, women, leaders throughout the 5-days exerciseGram Baithak with mike arrangement on first dayMotivational sessions for identified youths (volunteers) from the 1st day itselfEach facilitator made responsible for 1-2 THEME of focused group discussions (FGD)Data of the same village used for FGD and also in triangulation exerciseConducting youths meeting every evening and sharing the information gatheredTriangulation of data in evening meeting with larger group every day5 days compulsory stay in the village by the entire team (2 male + 2 female)Food & accommodation provided by the villagers only not by a leader of the villageEvery time new batch of 4 members on rotational basis - avoid stereotype exercise and tohave uniform exercise in all villagesMeeting with pregnant women on ANC, PNC and with SHG members on health and

education

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The facilitator to reside in the village in the previous night and escort the volunteers for thetraining on the day of inauguration.

Appointed an exclusive 3 members trainers team; 2 in the class room - 1 in the field to invitenext batch of volunteers on alternate day.

Guest lectures by external resource persons were also organized during 5-days trainingMotivational Inputs on 1st day - why should s/he work without remuneration for his/her

villagers was added in the syllabus.

Designed a certificate with duties & responsibilities overleaf which would remind their duties

Innovative strateg ies to m oti vate vol un teers

Call the identified volunteers on diocese in Gram Baithak and give them a big claps forbeing nominated by villagers on the first day of the exercise

What is the importance of human being?- a session after gram baithak for charging(motivating) volunteers n the first day in the village

Appreciating their efforts in everyday triangulation exercise in front of the communitiesPersonal attention to them, every time somebody visits the villageIntroducing the volunteers with officers & poli tical leaders to develop their self-esteem

high

Recognizing their contributions during 5 days village planning and thereafterCalling them by name (remembering their name)Visiting their home and appreciating their efforts in front of their parents/ family

members

Always encourage them and compare their efforts with achievers. e.g. Mr./Mrs._____(renown people) also began like one you have done other day

Speak more on motivation during 5 days training than their duties/ responsibilitiesSayHello whenever you find time to the volunteers over telephone

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Compulsory residential training sessions till late evening; cultural evening organized toexhibit their skills

Volunteers must report 0 day (previous day) evening to ensure size of the batchGuest lectures by concerned department officers were also organized to establish linkageWall magazine on days sessions by the volunteersDemonstration on ORS, hand washing, iodine, etc. in the training

The volunteers are key factor making the village planning a successful event. Whatever littlethey perform needs to be appreciated in order to keep their temp on. Here are few tipsJanakalyan used to keep their motivational level high in the process.

Lessons learnt: Janakalyan has capitalized many learning for future interventions as listedbelow.

How to use volunteers free time?Use maximum IEC materials in FGD

than talking

1st grama baithak must be veryeffective

Time management byall staff is verymuch essential

Venue of Grama Baithak is veryimportant

Venn diagram should be done on lastday of the grama sabha and not inbetween

Organize cultural evening in the

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Gram Baithak to attract parents

Involve women SHGs, Youth Cubs; promote youth clubs wherever possibleOrganize special meeting of pregnant womenConduct FGD wherever the women are involved in workConduct FGD in every street, especially in affected areasFood from any & every households no discrimination of caste, creed or religionSlogans on village issues in the prabhat pheri

Innovations in fo llo w / monitoringmechanism

Every month, 3 village planningexercises are conducted by 4

members team in 3 weeks & lastweek is used for follow up meetingin the villages by a pair of

facilitators to keep contact with thevolunteers.

The volunteers are invited inVDMC meeting for review andplanning.

GPO along with the volunteersmonitors the Village InformationBoard.

Monthly GP / PHC levelVolunteers Review along with

SWASTHH PLUS red alert review.

Salary mode experimented; notper village mode for the facilitatorsas done by other NGOs.

Volunteers also need to follow upafter training; Cluster Coordinatorsare appointed for this task.

Cluster Coordinators to visit 3 GPsevery day to cover all the GPs in a

week.

Recommendations for future interventions:While taking it forward, one must consider thefollowing points for effective implementation of

the project.

Demonstration of low cost structures must bein the house of volunteers to give them some

incentives.

Construct solid wastes disposal systems likecompost, vermi compost, etc. in the villages.

Provide an Identity card to all VP Facilitators,Cluster Coordinators and volunteers.

Cluster Coordinators must visit the villagesand finalize the date of VPP with community

convenience in advance.Regular experience sharing & exposure with

other similar organization is necessary.

The VP Facilitators must be provided withspecific knowledge on various indicators

The VP Facilitators cultural skills must beimproved / imparted

More IEC material need to be providedStrategies to make the government officialsto participate in VPP need to developedInternal exposure to volunteers to keep the

tempo on.Refreshers course to volunteers bimonthlyGPO must up date the Village BoardUse more IEC materials in FGD


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Chapter VAchieving zero dropou t by reach ing t h e un -reached

Raichur district has the dubious distinction of finding the bottom most spot in humandevelopment index in Karnataka. Amongst the HDI of 175 countries in the world, Raichurdistrict is equal to that of the 154th country. The district

population is 16,69,762 out of which 12.49 lakhs are from ruralareas. There are about 1187 government and 162 privateprimaryschools in the district with 293,960 students and 5,069

teachers (teacher-pupil ratio is 1:58).

It is estimated that 32% children are out-of-school because ofvaried reasons and total dropouts in the district are 120,645 out

of which 62% are girl-children. These children are regarded aspotential income earners and have already started playing adultroles; they are EARNING in the age of LEARNING. The issues

like in-migration, out-migration and child labor are very commonin the district because of varied water availability from one taluk to the other.

Whydoes a child like playground and not school? is a question to be asked to oneself. Can wecreate same amount of interest in child for school? If we design all educational interventionsmaking this as a central question, we strongly believe, it will bear desired impact on the child.

We believe that the community development is directly related to quality education at

foundation level; all children are not born talent but learn in the process; whatever a child learnin 6 hours with teachers de-learn in 18 hours of bad company; and above all mothers are moresensitive towards their childeducation.

Raichur being the mostbackward district, it is

estimated that about 32%children are out-of-school inthe age group of 6-14 years;most of them are engaged in

hazardous activities. Whilethe total dropout children are about 120,645 whose major share (62%) is of girl childdemarcating clear gender disparity. Further analysis of data related to the dropouts and out-of-

school children depicts that the major contribution is from rural areas.

BlocksL iteracy Rate Primary Education

Male Female Total Schoo l Pup ils

Deodurg 51.73 27.20 39.56 230 42797Lingasugur 66.28 36.27 51.39 292 57058

Manvi 54.79 30.71 42.78 246 53224Raichur 66.28 45.45 56.05 258 72605

Sindhanur 65.46 37.81 51.56 270 68572

District 62.02 36.84 49.54 1296 294256

HDI (Literacy)Country, State

& Districts

Rank

or %

INDI 65.38

Karnataka 67.04Top 2 Districts

South Canara 1st

Bangalore (U) 2nd

Bottom 2 Districts

Blocks tobe

coveredArea

(Sq.

Km)

Male

Population

Female

Population

Total

Population

Rural

Population

Urban

Population

SC

Population

ST

Population

Density

SexRatio

Decade

Growth

Deodurga 1508 112245 110212 222457 200463 21994 44349 74910 148 982 25.76Lingasugur 1948 162628 158414 321042 247478 73564 68412 51332 165 974 22.52Manvi 1791 166063 164656 330719 293106 37613 62239 77956 185 992 22.82Raichur 1541 220675 214705 435380 208976 226404 82649 52129 283 973 21.33Sindhanur 1598 180229 179935 360164 298902 61262 59630 46715 225 998 26.48

Total 8386 841840 827922 1669762 1248925 420837 317279 303042 199 983 23.52

% 50.42 49.58 74.80 33.70 19.00 18.15


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In the rural context, these children are regarded as potential income earners and play adult

roles. They look at the formaleducation system as irrelevantto their future roles in life. Most

of these children are from themost vulnerable sections ofrural communities and most oftheir wage earning is fromunskilled labor.

Janakalyan believes educationas the backbone of the society.Given quality education at

foundation level , developmentof community will happen its

own.

All children are not born

talent. There are very few whoare good at study from verybeginning; most of the childrenlearn in the process.Unfortunately, one whobecomes teacher in the regular

school wishes to have all the good students in the school. They discriminate between the good

and average students in the class. This hurts the mindset of the average and below average

students. They start escaping from school and therefore parents get chance to force them to goto field to earn instead of school to LEARN . Drop out increases and they enroll their name in

the list of child labors.

Mothers are more sensitive towards their child education . To enroll, retain and ensure

attendance in regular schools, mothers of the children need to be motivated and convincedthrough formal and informal meeting. Therefore, the issue is addressed from all the corners

using the tools like a) Pre-school, b) In-school & c) Out-of-school to uproot the causescompletely. Village Institution for (educational) Development of Young-children & Adolescents(VIDYA) is promoted to involve community in planning and implementing activities from the

day-1 to ensure participation and sustainability.

1.In -M ig ration : Sindhanur & Manvi blocks have lot ofwet lands demanding lot of work force during the

season. In migration of farmers as well as wageearners from neighboring districts of Andhra Pradesh

is a common phenomenon and such migrants stays inthe fields with their children having no access toformal schools. Even if there are schools, due tolanguage problem most of them are forced intoagricultural laborers and cattle grazing.

2.Out-migration : Lingasugur & Deodurga blocks arecompletely dry having maximum SC / ST population.Migration of able-bodied persons to Maharashtrarange & Bangalore leaving behind the aged people is

a common phenomenon in these blocks. Childrenmoving out with parents into foreign lands forgoeducation and fall prey to different forms of child labor.

Deodurga block is also declared as most backwardtaluk in India and its HDI is less than the African

countries.3.Child Labor: Raichur being the district head quarter

have lots of enterprises. The children from vulnerablesections of the society are forced to child labor, likehotel industry, auto garages, domestic help etc., dueto illiteracy and poverty. Part of Raichur being irrigated

the children are also used in cottonseed production,chilly cultivation, etc.

What makes a child attracting Pl ay g round and not sch ool?

Any child irrespective of caste, creed, religion & sex prefers playing because it enjoys and

finds factors of interest & recreation in playing. On the contrary, the same child avoidsgoing school with several efforts of parents, why?

We have learnt in past that it is only because the child does not find any amount ofrecreation in our education system but onlyburden to impart them bookish knowledge thatmakes them to drop out from mainstream education.

Drop ou t Gend er d isparity

Total Boys Girls

120645 45845 74800

% 38% 62%


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Pre-School : It is now well-acknowledged that good pre-primary education is foundation forquality education of a child.

Therefore, Janakalyan started 20Balwadi centers in the villages ofSindhanur taluks, run & managedby the community for improving

access to pre-primary education forrural child, especially girls betweenthe ages of 4 & 6 years.

In-School : It is known fact that thechildren in rural governmentschools hardlyknow how to read &

write even after 5th standard.Further, dropout rate in theseschools is also high, especially in

the rural areas. To create a child-friendly and learning environment in

the schools, Janakalyan trained theteachers with behavioral inputs &accelerated teaching-learning

methods (quali ty education). Alsothe desire so created among thechildren that they find equal amount

of satisfaction, which draw them tothe playground (retention). Thus theeffort was to improve quality of

education in rural primary schools.The tools like ARP (AcceleratedReading Program), 3R (Reading,

wRiting, aRithmetic), remedialcoaching, providing play kits,learning kits, mobile library, etc. areused to achieve this target.Out-of-School: Special

interventions are necessary to bringthe out-of-school children under theumbrella. The out-of-school

children in Raichur district areabout 32% whereas that of State is10.03%. To take the district to the

state average, Janakalyan adoptedstrategies like motivating andconvincing their parents, especially

mothers, about importance ofeducation to send their children to school (enrollment & retention); also by mainstreaming theout-of-school children, especially girl child labors, by enhancing their learning levels andcreating a microclimate (residential schools) conducive to them. This is to keep child away frompolluted environment for maximum time to avoid neighbors impact (access).

The strategies / institutions those were used as via mediato reach the goal are-1.Parents C lub: Parents usually misuse their time sitting

in the teashops, spade/gamblers houses and thusbecome victims of addiction. Idle mind is devils

workshop. Motivating such parents is a daydream. If aplace with recreational facilities is created where theycan assemble together, they will definitely utilize it forgossiping & time-pass. Different communicationmethods can then be used to convey our messages onimportance of education, Child Labor Problems, usingaudio, film, slogan, discussion, meetings, seminars,street plays depending upon the target audience. Whenthey understand importance of education, they will startsending their children to the Schools

2.Residential School: In the residential school(Balvikash Manaparivartana Kendra) , the Child Labors

are kept for 6 to 18 months, depending on the previouseducation level, age, interest, and other criteria. Duringthis period the efforts are put to change their mentalityand make them to realize the importance of theeducation in their life. Less importance is given towardsthe educational inputs. This is only to motivate thechildren to join the regular Schools (mainstream).Various techniques like audio-visual, drama, groupdiscussion, public meeting, exposures, address byOfficers, film shows, picnic etc. can be used to servethe purpose.

3.Vi llage educ ati onal institut ions (VIDYA): Throughgovernment primary schools & Anganawadies we canreach maximum number of children to provide qualityeducation. Further, the child motivated in our specialschools can also be admitted to these institutions. Suchchildren are generally little elder than the regularstudents but performance may not be at par with theregular students. There are every chance of againdropping out and then never join in their life if they dontreceive encouragement and special treatment fromteachers. Thus, the teachers play an important role inthis respect to encourage their participation. Further,the dropout rate could be checked (who drops out theschools due to fearing atmosphere) if the teachersbehave like parent. Teachers training are organized byJanakalyan. VIDYA are promoted to take care of thevillage level interventions.


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Chap ter VIAchieving Nirmal Gram Puraskar th rough Total Sani tation

Total Sanitation Campaign, a national program on sanitation is being implemented in RaichurDistrict since 2001. The NSSO survey carried out in 2004-05 indicated that hygiene practicesrelated to personal hygiene and disposal of human excreta are practiced by a small proportion

of population in thedistrict. According to thesurvey, only 3.8%

household use toilets inthe district, 0.3% ofmothers dispose off their

childrens excreta safelyand 5.6% of mothers andcaregivers wash their

hands with soap beforefeeding children. Theproportion of households

using the toilets has nowgone up to 6.4% in the

district as of September2007 but still it isconsiderably below the

State Average of 16.7%. Low awareness among families in the district has been the majorreason for such poor indicators in hygiene and sanitation.

Community transect w alk to th e open defecat ion spot in CLTS


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It is in this context, Janakalyan initiated an intervention in 300 villages of the district aiming atimproving the awareness at all levels on hygiene and sanitation through various communication

strategies in the district and community mobilization activities at the local level to improvesanitary conditions in the villages leading to make these villages fully sanitized.

While an exclusive volume of report is published on achievement of Sanitation Program

through NGO partners in the district, the highlights are furnished in this annual document. Thebirds eye view of the progress during the project period is presented in the table below.

SlNo

.

Activities

Sam uh a Prer an a Ing rid Janakalyan

Deodurg LingsugurLingasug

urRaichur Rai chur Manvi Manvi Sindhanur

Targ

et

Achieveme

nt

Targ

et

Achieveme

nt

Targ

et

Achieveme

nt

Targ

et

Achieveme

nt

Targ

et

Achieveme

nt

Targ

et

chieveme

nt

Targ

et

Achieveme

nt

Targ

et

Achieveme

nt

1 Staff training 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 10 14

2 Media

sensitization

1 0 - - 1 1 - 1 1 0 - - 1 0 1 1

3 Scrollingmessage

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

4 VIC set up 5 3 2 - 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 1

5 6 steps process

5.1VSAG formation 57 52 27 27 25 25 38 38 24 24 24 24 37 37 70 70

5.2Situation analysis 57 52 27 27 25 25 38 38 24 24 24 24 37 37 70 70

5.3VSAG training 57 52 27 27 25 25 38 38 24 24 24 24 37 37 70 70

5.4Facilitateconstruction

57 2 27 2 25 1 38 1 24 1 24 1 37 1 70 3

5.5Social Regulation - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -

5.6Link withgovernment

57 1(38)

27 1(14)

25 - 38 - 24 - 24 - 37 1(22)

70 -

6 RSM set up 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 2 1

7 Sanitary Par k 1 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 - 2 1

8 Child friendlytoilet

2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 2 1

9 Best pr actices 18 0 6 0 12 0 12 0 6 0 6 0 12 8 18 12

10School Based

Sanitation

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

11CLTS com pletion 15 16 8 8 8 8 9 9 6 6 6 6 7 7 15 15

To build the capacity of the staffs, more than 55 staffs from 4 NGOs covering 5 taluks weretaken to Teerthahalli taluk of Shimoga district and learnt from their experience on achievingNGP. Similarly, with the sponsorship of

Water & Sanitation Program, New Delhiand UNICEF, 5 days residential trainingfor 45 staffs were conducted pulling theresource persons from The KnowledgeLink Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi onCommunity Led Total Sanitation

(CLTS), a wonderful tool to triggercommunity action on sanitation.

Collaborated effort initiated with SwamiVivekananda Youth Movement

(SVYM), Mysore for construction of 500toilets in Rehabilitation GP with thefinancial support from CAPART. The masons are trained on sanitary park at SVYM, Saragur.

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Nagarsi Camp in Raichur, Sopinayakanatanda in Deodurg, Gudihal in Lingsugur and R H

Colony in Sindhanur are marching towards NGP byachieving 100% sanitized village.

On the occasion of 10th Anniversary of Janakalyan, a volunteer mela was organized for morethan 1200 youth volunteers of Sindhanur & Manvi taluks. A rally by these 1200 volunteers

wearing uniform T-shirt with a label Nrimal G ram was conducted in all streets of Sindhanur

town and few selected villages on 12.1.2008. There were banners, play-cards with slogans andother dissemination tools on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene practices.

The key learning of the interventions are-

Involvement of government officials is key component to make the program successful;especially the projects of this nature where community need to get the support from the

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government. This kind of project also need to converge with existing government schemeslike TSC and thus ensuring their participation is very much essential from the day-1.

The RSM need to be put up 1 in each GP and to be managed by mason only; this can keepthe momentum on in every village if the mason is really in need of works.

Sanitary Park is a good concept and need to be put up 1 in every hobli / on main roadvillages; there shall be a person to explain to the visitors. Wherever, it has been constructed

in the TP campus, locking facility is essential. Though, it is recommended to construct theSanitaryPark in the TP campus, our experience has not been very positive in TP campus.The sanitary parks constructed in TP campus are like orphans.

Exposure for the VSAG members is necessary to the NGP / ODF gram panchayats; alsosome of the VSAG members need to be replaced who cannot give adequate time for thecommunity works. Another round of training to all members is needed to strengthen their

capacity to convince the community and the appropriate time for training the community isAprilJune 2008.

Although, the teachers training on hygiene & sanitation were extremely useful, it is learnt thatthe school base camps with the students would have been more meaningful and sustainable.

Identify small but good committed partners to implement the project. Big NGOs having manyprojects give least priority to this kind of small project.

Spend more time in the family to interact with each and every member to identify the decidingmembers and get their commitment on toilet construction.

Long term vision need to be developed among the staffs and NGO about the project. Itshould not be a 3 months assignment. Short term assignment to the staff will hinder theprogress of the project

We have to categorize the families into phases like those who are interested to constructimmediately, some in 6 months, some in 1 year and likewise some will construct in 10th year

and then target them accordingly.

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Ch ap ter VIIAchi eving s afe b eh avioral practices amo ng rural commun ities through Behavioral

Ch ange Communication

The major problems faced by the community in Raichur district are Drought, Famine,Malnourishment, Migration, Illi teracy, Unemployment, etc. All these root causes have lead to

low Human Resource Development and the two major neglected sectors in Raichur are Healthand Education.

IMR as per2001 surveywas 57 in

Karnataka andhas beenstagnant for

the last fiveyears. Theproportion of

low birth weightbabies is 18%

and 72% ofdeaths amonginfants occur in

the first monthof life. Thechild sex ratio

declined from960 in 1991 to 941 in 2001. Immunization coverage was 54% in the state and complimentaryfeeding rate is only 38.4%, lowest in South India. About 72% of children between 6 and 35

months are anemic and 44% children under three years are undernourished. Water quality andhygiene aremajor

problems inthe state

and overalltoiletcoverage is

about 36%(17% inrural

areas).

The IMR in

Raichur asper 2001census is67% andthe CBR is

26.5. Theoverall

Cluster level network meet ing fo r tr ain ed communicators

Communicators present ing their action plan in th e network meeti ng


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literacy rate is only 48.8% and the female literacy rate is only 35.9%. The children fullyundergoing the immunization process is only 45.3% in the district, the lowest in Karnataka.

One of the key reasons for this state of affairs is mainly due to the age old knowledge, skill andpractices still being followed by the community. Experiences around the country are that iffamilies and communities are to be empowered with appropriate knowledge and skills toimprove care and protection of children; the first requirement is to change mindsets and

behavior among families and within communities which would not only trigger the social changeprocess but also facilitate program implementation.

It is identified that the 4 key behaviors (see box) need immediate change in order to improve

condition of mother and child.

It is in this context Janakalyan initiated the BCC project aiming that the familyand caregivers

have knowledge and skills to carry out cri tical behaviors that secure survival, growth anddevelopment of children in 34 gram panchayats of Sindhanur taluk. This can be achieved by

following-

1.Mothers initiate breastfeeding within 1 hour of giving birth, and practice exclusive

breastfeeding during the first six months of the babys life.2.Parents enroll their girls in class I when they reach age of 5 and ensure they complete

primary education3.Sexually active young people already engaged in risk behaviors adequately protect

themselves4.Care-givers and children wash their hands after defecation and before handling food

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With this objectives, the BCC initiative have been initiated and the major activities undertakento change the behaviors of the communities during the reporting period are identification and

training to the communicators at the village level, who in turn would disseminate the messageson 4 key issues to the mothers, caregivers, parents of girl children and sexually active people.About 664 communicators from 165 villages were trained on BCC concept, the roles andresponsibilities of the trained communicators, importance of these 4 key behavioral issues, etc.for 3 days in 17 batches.

1.Enhanced capacities of front line functionaries of 3 departments viz. DWCD, ZillaSaksharta Sammitti & NYKS to carry out BCC activities

2.Families and communities have increased exposure to knowledge around breastfeeding,hand-washing, girl child education and HIV/AIDS

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Ch ap ter VIIIMajor Publ ications of Janakalyan

It has always been talked about the NGO sector that though excellent in field implementationbut not equally good in documentation. Janakalyan, therefore, published few reports during theyear and are illustrated below.

Handbook on Village Volunteers : A handbook for the village volunteers trained to inducevoluntarism among the rural youths has been published which guides the volunteers to improve

the health, hygiene, education, sanitation and nutrition situation for mother and child in thevillages. About 500 copies are published.

Annual Achievement Report: On completion of 10 years of dedicated service to the ruralIndians, a book on decadal contributions of Janakalyan was published for wider circulations.About 1000 copies were distributed among all the stakeholders.

Certificate: An innovative certificate for the trained volunteers was published with roles &responsibilities overleaf to remind their duties towards the society.

IIEE report: Internally Initiated External Evaluation was conducted for Intensified Integrated

Farming System program by the University of Agricultural Sciences and the report waspublished for the stakeholders.

Gend er Pol icy: A gender policyfor Janakalyan is developed during the year and published forinternal use to achieve gender transparency in the organization.

Report on NGP: An elaborated report on Nirmal Gram Purashkar on Total SanitationCampaign effort of Janakalyan in 300 villages of the district is published as a successful event.

Report on IIFS: A detailed report on interim achievement of the IIFS project is published todocument the progress till date.

Brochure on VP: Village Planning is an initiative to induce voluntarism among rural youths. Abrochure is published for wider circulation among the villagers and youths.


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Management Team

The management of Janakalyan was entrusted to the following members of the team during2007-08.

Man ag emen t TeamSri Prasen Raptan B. Tech.(A g. Engg .), PGDMN Chief Executive Officer

Sri Venkatesh K MSW Project OfficerSri Shivram Reddy BA Project OfficerSri Gangappa BA Project CoordinatorSri Mallikarjun G BA Project CoordinatorSri Venkatesh A MSW Project CoordinatorMs Manjushree PUC Project CoordinatorSri Pradeep Das Diploma in A griculture Agricultural Specialist

Administrative TeamSri Swapan Baidya PUC AdministratorSri Manojit Biswas B. Com Accounts OfficerSri Hulugappa DCA Documentation OfficerSri Umesh Sarkar - Office Assistant

Executive TeamSri Sudhanya Sikdar Ms. SharanammaSri Khokandas B Ms. ErammaSri Sunil Biswas Ms. Jayashree JSri Prahlad Biswas Ms. Jayashree KSri Radheshyam S Ms. KaribasammaSri Krishnadas B Ms. Shanta MSri Channappa Ms. ParvatiSri Gurunath Ms. AyyammaSri Bheemesh Ms. NagaveniSri Basavaraj P Ms. Shilpa MSri Nagaraj H Ms. SavitaSri Dharmendra Ms. ShakuntalaSri Govinda Ms. RagumalaSri Moulasab Ms. JhansiSri Devanna Ms. Swathi KSri Nagaraj K Ms. RatnavvaSri Kalappa Ms.KrishnaveniSri Devappa Ms. ErammaSri Raghavendra Ms. IndiraSri Ghanamatadayya Ms. Ambamma DSri Kasimali Ms.NagaratnaSri Venkatesh A V Ms. DevammaSri Yankappa Ms. ShobhaSri Nagaraj C Ms. GeetaSri Sharabhayya S Ms. ShailajaSri Ayyanna Ms. BheemammaSri Devayya Swami Ms. AmbammaSri Lingaraj Ms. HusenbeeSri Basavaraj B Ms. BhuvaneshwariSri Hanumesh Ms. Shilpa T

Ms. VishalakshiMs. Eramma PMs. PushpaMs. Eshamma


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Finan cial Position of Janakalyan

JANAKALYANR H Co lon y No .4, Sin dhanur -584128

INCOME TAX ASSESMENT 2008-2009

CONSOLIDATED RECEIPT & PAYMENT AC COUNT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31.3.2008

RECEIPTS AMOUNT PAYMENTS AMOUNT

To Cash in h and 2,344By Expenses incurred for variousProjects 81,74,566

To Bank B alanc es B y Assets PurchasesSyndicate Bank 9633 1,11,930 Two wheelers 98,975Syndicate Bank 10035 977 Laptop & computers 81,920

Syndicate Bank 10657 10,76,571 Sony LCD 37,200SBH ADB 52195220073 3,15,629 Furniture & fixtures 1,700Fixed Deposits 4,56,639 Organic Bazaar plant 2,46,065

To Gran ts fro m Donors Laptop computers (kind) 41,600Indian Agencies 52,28,518

Foreign Agencies 30,65,506 Fund returned to UNICEF 3,30,600

To Receip ts Cash & b an k balan ces

Service charges 1,11,258 Cash on hand 9,532Contribution toward corpus 10,83,674 Syndicate Bank 9633 5,526

Syndicate Bank 10035 1,521

To Work advance to staff 82,029 SBH ADB 52195220073 30,566SBI 30168833165 2,03,784

To In terest Receip ts KBS LAB 1276 2,620

Accrued Interest 1,69,096 FIXED DEPOSITS

Interest from FD 2,524 Syndicate Bank 12844 18,368Interest from SB accounts 24,820 SBH ADB 62000016208 47,417

KBS LAB 23,99,555

TOTAL 1,17,31,515 TOTAL 1,17,31,515

As per our report of even date

For P.K . SUBR AMANIAM & Co ., For JAN AKALYANCHA RTERED A CCOUNTANTS

PARTNER Secretary

PLACE: RAICHURDATE: 13.05.2008


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Ou r Board in 2007-08Sri S S Kandagal President

Sri Sudhanya Burman Vice PresidentSri Prasen Raptan Secretary & CEOSri Jaharlal Roy TreasurerSri Sunil Sarkar Joint Secretary

Dr. N B Naravani MemberSri Raj Iyer MemberSmt. Anima Mazumdar MemberSmt. Usharani Bachar Member

Ou r Dono rs in 2007-08Hivos, The Netherlands

Reach India (USAID) through Akshara Foundation

UNICEF Hyderabad

Zilla Panchayat, RaichurDepartment of Health & Family Welfare, Raichur

Ou r B an ksState Bank of Hyderabad (ADB), Sindhanur

State Bank of India, SindhanurSyndicate Bank, JawalageraKBS LAB, Sindhanur

Ou r AuditorP K Subramaniam & Co, Raichur

Registered OfficeJanakalyan

ShantinagarRehabilitation Colony No.4Sindhanur 584128Raichur district, Karnataka, IndiaTel: +91 8535 264488, 264140 Fax: +91 8535 23015

e-mail:[email protected]

Legal info rmation about JanakalyanJanakalyan i s reg istered under K arnataka Societies R eg istration Act, 1960Janakalyan i s eli gib le to receive f oreign contribution und er FC(R) Act, 1976

Al l don ation s to Jan akalyan i s exemp ted fro m tax u/s 12A & 80G o f IT Act, 1961PAN o f Janakalyan is A A AT J5178Q and TAN i s BLRJ02258EJanakalyan also reg istered for vo lu ntary EPF and the number is K N/RCR/39005

janakalyan 11 annual report 2007-08

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