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Adivasi Chetna Shikshan Seva Samiti

Annual Report 2013-14

Subsequently, various capacity building interventions for women

improved their knowledge and made them friendly with banking

procedures. These members being the shareholders attend the Annual

General Meeting. Among these women, few members are looking after

the administration of the cooperative.

Core Activities

Micro financing (lending and repayment);

Saving account openings and provide banking facilities;

Capacity building of SHGs members through various trainings at villages;

Motivational Sessions for improving saving habits and get rid of debts;

Awareness on social rituals, women participation and women rights;

Networking with various government program and other agencies for benefits of members;

Key features

Membership fee of Rs. 110 which includes Equity share.

Loaning based on shareholdings viz. Maximum 10 times of the share holding.

Total SHG’s : 403

Total Members: approximately 2015 members.

Revolving fund : Rs. 10,55,500/-

Interest Rate 18% per annum reducing.

Accomplishments

Activities No. of Women Amount (in lakhs of Rupees)

Savings accounts

Loans

Share Capital

Total Working Capital

Surplus

150 SHGs were formed by

ACSSS with aim to

upliftment of socio economic

status of tribal women. Then

these groups transformed into

a Mahila Cooperative Bank.

Presently more than 2000

women members are

associated with the Bank.



Women Empowerment leads development………

Amlifaliya is almost 8 kms from Jhabua and 1 km

from Ranapur Road. It has four hamlets. The village

doesn’t have road and to access drinking water, the

community need to cross sewage pipe (Nala). During

rainfall, the sewages are full and unable to access

drinking water as well as the children is unable to

attend school regularly. This was the major problem

which the villagers were facing. The problem was put

in notice of government officials and departments,

but did not showed fruitful result.

Amlifaliya, is under the PACS intervention area, the

animator made the community aware about

MNREGA Scheme. This village has 3 SHG’s with 36

members, they united and gave their application for

work under MNREGA scheme on 21st May 2013 to

Janpad Panchayat. Latter, they again submitted the application in “Jan Sunwai” to the collector Mrs.

Jayshree Kiyawat on 10th June 2013. The application had demand for work for 43 women for road

construction from “Kaladungar Hamlet to Mata Hamlet”. The efforts showed no result. On 4th

September 2014 the group along with community presented their problem in front of media.

With the continuous efforts and strong determination the group did not step back and was regularly

following up and on 30th June 2014 the community met the collector Mr. Chandreshekhar Borkar

and narrated their problems as well as the steps taken so far. On 2 July 2014, the animator enquired

about its status from the Panchayat secretary. The work of sanctioning was in process and once it is

approved from technical department, work of construction of road can be started.



Improve Accessibility of health Services

2.3.1 Prevention of Silicosis

Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by commonly caused by inhaling free crystalline silica or

silica dust. This deadly scourge unleashed upon migrant labourers of Jhabua districts of Madhya Pradesh by

quartz crushing factories in neighbouring Gujarat. It is an incurable and irreversible respiratory disease that

may take from a few months to a few years to manifest itself. The labourers who work in these factories inhale

it for about 8-12 hours every day for a period of three months to a year.

According to the National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), “quartz grinding is one of the deadliest

occupations causing exposure to almost 100% free silica leading to silicosis in a matter of few months.” In

Madhya Pradesh, it has assumed a class character: that of a disease almost exclusively affecting migrant

labourers. Further, it's a disease that kills not just individuals, but entire families.

In Jhabua, during non agriculture season, tribal community migrate towards Gujarat in search of labour work

and usually they get work in stone factories. In 2007, silicosis among migrant labourers were identified in

Jhabua , resulted in more death cases in 2010. The government look measures and identified 234 families of

2.3 Quality Health Services



Jhabua and Meghnagar, and in support of health department arranged medical examination health and

confirmed/certified/marked 121 people to be silicosis victim.

In this context, ACSSS emphasised on awareness generation and medical health check up facilities for villages in their operational areas. To prevent this disease ACSSS conducted much health check up camps and made rigorous efforts to link them government schemes. This program has aim to support and mainstream silicosis affected Family ensuring livelihood and improve the education level of children as well.

Program Implementation Strategy

Accomplishments

Baseline survey conducted in ----villages and identified -----people suffered with silicosis.

Identified ----orphan children in ---villages and linked them to Chetna High School for further education.

Organized---vocational trainings for improving livelihood and benefitted….people.

Baseline Survey

Identification and Selection of

Orphan Children

Admission in School

Vocational training for

affected Family for livilihood generation



2.3.2 Initiative towards TB free society - Akshaya ACSSS initiated Akshya (meaning TB free) project covering Jhabua and Rama blocks of Jhabua district with support of CBCI- CARD. The primary focus is to provide and improve accessibility TB medical services to vulnerable communities and tribal populations especially in remote and difficult geographically areas.

Key Features

Formation of Gaon Kalyan Samiti along with other community groups

Generation of awareness on TB through street plays/nukkad nataks, rallies, mike announcement, awareness

camps etc.

Capacity building of CBO’s and health care providers.

Collection of Sputum and send for testing.

Positive cases link to DOTS providers.

Identification of initial defaulters and default retrieval of patients who missed their doses.

Advocacy for rights of TB patients to avail required benefits

Accomplishments

ACSSS formed District TB forum which involved NGOs/CBOs representatives, cured TB patients, existing TB patient who are on TB treatment, dedicated DOT providers, retired teacher/Professors and media representatives. This forum has been advocating rights of the patients and also facilitating in networking with government schemes. Through the rigorous efforts of forum district health department started to provide nutritious food along with folic acid tablets to patients on regular basis.

Akshay Samvad, household survey was undertaken in Ranapur and Jhabua district which covered 5346

households.

During the year, total Gram Kalyan Meetings held was 129 with 1286 participants; 89 at Ranapur and 40 at

Jhabua.

S. No Particulars Ranapur Jhabua Total

1 Sputum collection & Transportation

135 80 183

2 Sputum Transport

103 48 183

3 Positive Cases 6 4 10



Towards building educated society “All children will learn, grow and develop to realize their full potential” – is the mission of the sector which motivates ACSSS to ensure Rights of every children through education based intervention.

Chetna High School In order to promote education in the tribal area, ACSSS started Chetna High School at Garbada village (a tribal

village, Jhabua) in the year 1992. Since inception, school has been striving to provide quality education which

includes improved classroom teaching, sports facilities, advancement of student’s learning method, co-

curricular activities, career guidance etc. Presently more than 350 students (from 1st to 10th standards) are

gaining benefits from the school and facilitating them to get rid of becoming child labor or drop out due to

poverty.

Chetna High School is brightening the lives of poor and vulnerable children from the disadvantaged

community. School is not only providing quality education to children but also catering residential and food

facilities. These children are also benefitted with government scholarships.

2.4 Quality Education



Balak Ashram (Boys Hostel): In the reported year, 175 students were enrolled in the boys hostel and received residential and food facilities

along with education.

Balika Ashram (Girls Hostel): Educating girl is one of the focused area of quality education thus 150 girls students motivated and enrolled in

girls hostel in the reporting year.

During the year, various sports activities and co curricular activities were carried out in the schools. Students

also participated in district level cultural programs and received prize.

ACSSS have been continuously exploiting various intensive interventions towards improving quality of

education and learning ability of children by giving quality inputs in an interesting manner through TLM, TLA

and interactive sessions.



3. Institutional Development

3.1 Governance and Management ACSSS has an effective Governing Board as statutory body for management of the organization. It performs

the following functions:

Designing programme directions and strategies

Developing institutional policies for programmes, funds, HR/admin, etc

Reviewing organization’s performance (project wise)

Approving annual budgets and audits

Appointment of Board Members

During the year, board meetings held on- agm 30/9/ 2014 and board ------- for discussing various above

mentioned points. This year main agenda was organization development and resource mobilization to ensure

sustainable development. Now organization will have to focus on resource mobilization through identifying

new funding opportunities, strategy formation for fund raising, seek potential partnership for joint

interventions and overall management for organisation development.

Apart from board meetings, regular monitoring and guidance meetings have organized to streamline the

project as per the desired goal. This year total 10 review meetings were held through which required inputs and

directions were put to improve project performance.



3.2 Capacity Building of Team

ACSSS has a dedicated and professionally qualified team and village volunteers to implement various projects

in operational areas towards achievement of the expected outcomes. To improve knowledge, skills and

working competencies, organization envisaged comprehensive training and capacity building program at grass

root and management level. In the reporting year, the following capacity building sessions and trainings were

carried out;

12 Capacity building sessions on communication, community mobilization, Participatory rural

appraisal and report writings were conducted in which total 22 staff members participated

Two workshops on Leadership, Project Planning, Budgeting and monitoring tools were held

for senior team members.

Sessions on emerging development issues and trends were conducted for village volunteers and

grass root level staff.

3.3 Community Stakeholders Management

The organisation has been working towards strengthening the community stakeholders ie the anganwadi

workers, elected body of the villages; Farmers group other powerful persons of the village so that they can as a

change agent. The organisation provides regular training to capacitate them to make the development

interventions sustainable.

3.4 Networking and Liaison

Regular liaison with various government departments and agencies viz. Health Department, MNREGA,

DRDA, Tribal Welfare Department, Agriculture and Watershed Departments etc. were undertaken by ACSSS

through monthly liaison meeting, program planning, joint interventions and knowledge sharing meetings.

3.5 Our Partners



4. News and Events



4.2 Accolades Events

The Director of the organisation, Mr. Benedict Damor receiving award ………



5. Financial Overview



6. Abbreviations

ACSSS Adivasi Chetna Shikshan Seva Samiti

CBCI- CARD Catholic Bishop’s conference of India Coalition For AIDS & Related Diseases

CBOs Community Based Organisation’s

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CMCB Chetana Mahila Cooperative Bank

DFID Department of International Development

DOTS Directly Observerd Treatment, Short course

DRDA Department of Rural Development

FRA Forest Rights Act

FVTRS Functional Vocational and Research Society

MNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

PACS Poorest Area Civil Society

SHG’s Self Help Groups

TB Tuberculosis

TLA Teaching Learning Aid

TLM Teaching Learning Material

NIOH National Institute of Occupational Health



ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14


(ACSSS)

District Jhabua, M.P. - 457779

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