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1 Village Upliftment Programme SixMonth 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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Page 1: Village Upliftment Programme Six Month Report Koppampatty ...Koppampatty, Tamil Nadu, India ... Forty Eight women attended SHG health training on Personal Hygiene

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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