Monday, 16 July 2012

Adhikar - A Caritas India initiative

Adhikar programme is an initiative of Caritas India (North Zone) to empower the poor and the marginalized to access their entitlements by imparting to them the required knowledge of the provisions, skills and confidence to approach the concerned authorities and to realize their rightful entitlements. 
Being a Result-Oriented programme and following a Right Based Approach, Adhikar aims at facilitating communities to access their entitlements for a just living. The major components undertaken in this programme will be Right to Work, Right to Food, Right to Health and Right to Education.
As Caritas India was supporting the Integrated Development through Empowerment and Action (IDEA) programme in the 13 dioceses of North India for the past 5 years starting from 2007 March, it was found that all the dioceses started focusing on Rights based Approach for development. Hence, it was a result of this that the Adhikar programme has been initiated. This three year programme will  purely focus on: 

  • Right to Work
  • Right to Food
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Education
The project area covers 13 dioceses of Ajmer, Jaipur, Lucknow, Agra, Allahabad, Meerut, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Bijnore, Bareily, Bettiah, Patna, Buxar in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar.


Strategies of the Programme:
  • Community Mobilization
  • Formation of Community Based Organizations
  • Capacity Building of the project staff, CBOs, PRI members, ANMs and ASHA workers
  • Developing Linkages with duty bearers/Government departments
  • Promotion of traditional water harvesting structures/irrigation facilities

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