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Village Upliftment Programme Six-Month Report

Koneripatty Agraharam, Tamil Nadu, India

Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercise being done along with community

Submitted to: Bona AB

By: Hand in Hand India

November 2016

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HAND IN HAND INDIA VILLAGE UPLIFTMENT PROGRAMME

Please find enclosed the six-month report on the Village Upliftment Programme for Koneripatty Agraharam panchayat, made possible through a grant supported by Bona AB. Implementation for the project began in March 2016 and the activities conducted from March 2016 to August 2016 are detailed in the report below.

Achievements

List of activities during the last six months is given below Village Development Committee Formed

Four meetings conducted to involve the community in planning the activities to be implemented under VUP

Self Help Groups and Microfinance

Four Self Help Groups are functioning with 48 members

48 Self Help Group members were given basic capacity building training

Two veterinary camps conducted in which 1155 animals treated

Child Labour Elimination Project

56 children were enrolled into school.

40 awareness meetings conducted on child labour elimination

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

348 people were given e-literacy training

36 people attended computer courses

15 awareness programs conducted on Govt welfare programme and RTI Health

67 health awareness meetings on basic health and personal hygiene conducted with total number of 1205 people benefitting

One free medical camp conducted for the general public with 177 people benefitting

One special (pediatric) camp conducted with 109 children benefitting

72 women undergone anemia screening test in which 18 women identified ane-mic

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Environment

12 awareness campaigns conducted on environment protection & vermicom-posting

Four mass village cleaning camps conducted

15 kitchen garden units promoted

Six Azolla units promoted

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 774

Total Population (i) + (ii) 2853

i) Total Male 1469

Adult: Men 1091

Boys (0-18 years) 378

ii) Total Female 1384

Adult: Women 1072

Girls (0-18 years) 312

Total 0-18 years children 690

Total 6-18 years children 536

School-going children (boys and girls of 6-14 yrs) 329

Drop-out children (boys and girls 6-14 yrs) -

Attending educational Institution (boys and girls of 15-18 yrs)

185

Not Pursuing education (boys and girls of 15-18 yrs) 13

Total children upto 5 years 154

Children attending Anganwadi centre 89

% of Scheduled Caste/Tribes 10%

% Engaged in Agriculture 23%

% Engaged in Agriculture / other labour 65%

% Engaged in Service (government and private jobs) 10%

% Engaged in Business/Self employed 2%

No. of Household Toilets 103

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Key Findings of PRA

No. of Anganwadi Centres (day-care centres) 3

No of Government Schools Primary school-2 (Class 1 to 5) Middle school-1 (Class 1 to 8)

No of Health Centres 1

All sources of drinking water Over Head Tank-21; Street tap-20; Open well-6; Ponds-2; Borewell-17

Availability of waste disposal bins Nil

Availability of waste collectors Nil

No of Libraries 1

No of Computer Centres Nil

No of Government Fair Price Shops 1 part-time

No of existing SHGs (both HiH and others) Hand in Hand India SHGs-4; Other NGO SHGs-13; In total-17 SHGs.

Needs highlighted by the VDC:

S.No Needs to be addressed HIH Panchayat Public

1 SHG formation and Skill training to the SHG

2 Veterinary camps

3 Children Learning Centre

4 Providing sports materials to the school

5 Citizen center

6 Awareness camp (Toilet), Individual toilet construction

7 General and Special medical camps

8 Distributing vessels and play materials to the Anganvadi

9 Dustbins

10 Horticulture plants distribution to all households

11 Mass tree plantation in the common place

12 Awareness on nutrition and anemia

13 RO plant for school

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Women discussing on savings and identifying suitable skill training during the SHG meeting

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Animals being treated during the veterinary camp

Slow learners coached at Children Learning Centre (CLC)

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E-Learning program for school children

Awareness creation on personal hygiene and nutrition

Children being examined during the free medical camp (pediatric)

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Beneficiary in her kitchen garden