Government Renovate Pipeline and Villager's faith too

International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2014

International Women’s Day, is a global day of celebration where women from all Adhikar villages and of different economic, social and ethnic backgrounds join together. They reflected on the struggle for equality over the past centuries, and to celebrate the achievements to date and identify the challenges for the future. We believes that women's empowerment is the key to success and impact of the project. On this occasion women shared their successful intervention on bringing different issues like related to gender inequality.   

 

Information Education Communication (IEC-Expo) Kotdwar, Uttrakhand 3-5 February 2014

                FIRST PRIZE

Adhikar Lucknow team kept their innovative products which they use for facilitate communities for the better access to their rights and entitlements. The products were very simple but very creative which can be easily used with the rural community. Products were like block games, snake and ladder, magic cards etc. Award given to implementing partners Fr. Melwin, Director, Mr. Vimlesh, Project Coordinator. 

                                                                                              FIRST PRIZE

Adhikar Gorakhpur team shared the first prize with Lucknow. Adhikar Gorakhpur brought very practical model to facilitate communities to access their rights and entitlements. The products were very simple but very user friendly which can be easily used with the rural community. Products were like helpline numbers, mobile applications, simple formats for registering grievance etc. The team shared their successful attempts using this government mechanism. The team in this process also enabling the community to follow the mechanism on their own to access their rights and entitlements. The Award was given to implementing partners Fr. Jose, Director, Mr. Pawan Kumar, Project Coordinator. 

          SECOND PRIZE

Adhikar Buxar team got the second prize. The team has brought very innovative and user friendly model of MNREGA ‘Suvidha Kendra’. In this Suvidha Kendra the Adhikar Buxar team is facilitating the smooth implementation of MNREGA. The Suvidha Kendra provide information related to MNREGA. They also facilitate for the service like job card, work demand, pending wages etc. Suvidha Kendra is equipped with Internet enables computer which provide access to NetNREGA for villagers. The facilitator helps the villagers to know about their MNREGA account. The Award was given to implementing partners Fr. Anil, Fr. Sahay, Mr. Ashok, Project Coordinator.                                                                      

                                                                                                     SECOND PRIZE

Adhikar Ajmer team shared the Second prize with Buxar. Adhikar Ajmer brought very practical products to facilitate communities to access their rights and entitlements. The products were very simple but very user friendly which can be easily used with the rural community. Products were like handbooks, posters, Cartoon stories etc. The Award was given to implementing partners Mr. Mahadev Kumar, Project Coordinator. 

Mid Term Review-Adhikar Program

FRIENDS WE ARE HAPPY TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON ADHIKAR PROGRAM RUNNING IN 3 STATES i.e. BIHAR, U.P, RAJASTHAN. 

We are conducting a review of our 2 years interventions, we’ll look into the process and quality of the interventions so far and identify the factors responsible, if the quality is not up to the mark. We’ll also look into the approach and strategies that are being adopted for implementing the program and the appropriateness of the same, in relation to achieving the desired outcomes.  

The review is going to cover the following aspects of the Adhikar program: 

1. Relevance of the interventions in the prevailing context /background
2.  Effectiveness and Quality of various interventions including effectiveness of the functioning of the CBOs formed under the program
3. Process and Methodology applied, strategies adopted,  
4. Results / Changes so far      
5. Linkages established with other actors / stakeholders
6. Partnership Management: strengths and concerns of the collective functioning
7. Program Management including PME
8. Overall challenges and learning  

A team has been formed to carry out this entire exercise. They are moving around all the 13 NGO partners to review in your intervention with the support of your staff. The team will bring mid term review outcomes which will be officially released in Kotdwar on 3^rd February 2014. 

Adhikar Program internal Midterm Review Schedule
Partners	Person responsible	Date of visit
Diocesan Development and Welfare Society, Allahabad	Girish	14-15 January 2014
Diocesan Social Wok Society, Lucknow	Girish	16-17 January 2014
Purvanchal Gramin Seva Samiti, Gorakhpur	Girish	18-19 January 2014
Meerut Seva Samaj, Meerut	Francis	21-22 Jan, 2014
Jeevandhara Samaj Kalyans Sanstha, Jaipur	Francis	27-28 Jan 2014
Jhansi Catholic Seva Samaj, Jhansi	Mariadas	22-23 Jan, 2014
Agra Catholic Diocesan Samaj Seva Sanstha, Agra( Madura)	Maridas	21-22 Jan, 2014
Bihar Water Development Society, Patna	Girish	25 January 2014
Buxar Diocesan Social Service Society, Buxar	Girish	24 January 2014
Bettiah Diocesan Social Service Society, Bettiah	Girish	21-22 January 2014
Karuna Social Service Society, Uttarakhand	Anjan	17-18 January 2014
Suchetna Social Centre, Barely	Yet to confirm	Yet to confirm

SO KEEP READING THE BLOG TO KNOW THE RESULT OF INTERVENTION  IN 'ADHIKAR'

One human family, food for all

One human family, food for all, is a confederation-wide campaign by the global Catholic confederation Caritas Internationalis aimed at ending hunger by 2025.

Pope Francis’s campaign messageFood is not just a basic need but it is also a right. It is a right which is trampled on every day for the 842 million children, women and men who are hungry in the world.

“We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion – one billion people who still suffer from hunger today. We cannot look the other way and pretend this does not exist. The food available in the world is enough to feed everyone.”

All 164 Caritas member organisations are invited to take part in the campaign. This includes national members and the diocesan Caritas which belong to them. Caritas Internationalis will coordinate the campaign.

The foundation for any real change comes from within ourselves first and foremost and our ability to see the face of Christ in those who are suffering from hunger. When we start to look deep within ourselves regarding the issues around hunger at home and abroad we realise that it is only by working as one human family in a spirit of compassion and unity that we can finally bring an end to a grave injustice: that there is enough food in the world, and yet people still suffer from hunger.

Caritas asks all of its member organisations to pursue national goals which address hunger issues in their country. This could be, for example, on food waste, the promotion of market gardening, advocating to their government.

Caritas believes that the implementation of the right to food in countries where it doesn’t exist is a fundamental step to eliminating global hunger. Caritas will produce a draft framework law on the right to food which national member organisations can encourage their governments to adopt. Caritas will also advocate at the United Nations for a session on the right to food at the 2015 UN general assembly.

Caritas works in 200 countries. However, caritas is also the Christian love for humankind and exists wherever people reach out to perform an act of charity.

Food is essential to living a dignified life, it is also central to the Christian faith since bread is transformed into the body of Christ and shared with the faithful during the celebration of the Eucharist.

The first Millennium Development Goal is to eliminate hunger and poverty. As the MDGs are coming to an end in 2015, the Caritas confederation wants to put its collective power and good will, and join with many other organisations to contribute to the post-2015 Development Process and bring an end to the suffering of millions of hungry people around the world.

Bridging the Gaps....

Situation before intervention 

People were unaware about the animal vaccination and veterinary camps which are freely available from the veterinary department. Many buffaloes, sheep, goats, and cows were dying in these villages. People were not ready to give vaccination to their animals. They believed that it will harm their animals. 

Intervention 

Awareness classes, discussions , meetings , group formation of the livestock owners , input sessions by the experts from the veterinary  college, KVK , and veterinary department doctors, application to conduct vaccination camps & veterinary medical camps with the collaboration of veterinary college and KVK Mathura  brought a drastic change in these villages. 

Turning Point 

The doctors from the veterinary department accompanied the ADHIKAR staff to the different villages from house to house and gave vaccination to the animals and arranged a veterinary medical camp in Junsutty village on 8th December 2012.  Follow up is done by the project staff time to time. 

Challenges faced 

In the beginning people were not ready to give vaccination .Through the continuous effort of the staff and doctors we could achieve our goal. During the camp one goat died and after vaccination some buff allows gave less milk and fallen sick. Communication is one of the major problems in these area. Roads are not in good condition, during the rainy season we cannot go to these area 2 villages get cut off in rainy season. 

Present status or changed situation 

Within 10 months time we could give 6070 vaccination to the animals and conducted 3 veterinary camps along with artificial insemination, operations, free medication to 627 animals. During these months not even one single animal died in this project area. This is the best effect of networking with the veterinary college and KVK Mathura. There assistance is assured at any time by the project staff. 

Sr. Lima

Junsutty village

ACDSSS, Agra

STRUGGLE FOR MNREGA WAGES

Padria Dalelpur village is 7 km. away from Banda block. The villagers belong to SC and OBC categories. Most of the people are poor and about 90 % women are illiterate.   Major source of income of the people is daily wages and small farm products. Their main cultivation is Paddy, wheat & sugarcane.  Under MNREGA 42 people had worked 15 days in November-2012 for road making. The staff came to know when they visited the village in June 2013 that they have not yet received their wages. Through our motivation people wrote a complained letter to SDM Powyan. On 2nd July 2013 our animators along with the people went to Tehsil to submit the letter. The authorities (PD) accepted the letter. Turning Point: - following day the authorities (PD) visited the village for inquiry.

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}  Concerned people-Pradhan, Secretary, Rozgar sewak & laborers were called & listened to their complains. Since the estimate was not submitted before the work being done, they were asked by the authorities to pay the wages to the labors within a week from their own money, if not,  action will be taken in favor of labors.

}   Challenges faced: Pradhan threatened the animators & the people who complained saying that they will not support for any other program.

}     Overcome challenges: ADHIKAR team assured the people that they will be with them in their struggles to get the justice being done.

}   Changed situation: 35 labors received their wages on 17th August 2013.

}   Rs.142/- per day for 15 days.  These achievements encouraged all villagers & they gained confidence in MNREGA.

Village: Padria Dalelpur, Block- Banda, District-Shahjahanpur, State U.P