annual report · mahila vikas mandal in 2005. though women empowerment was our core work area, we...
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Founder’s Speech
Dear Readers,
I was born and brought up in village, got married at a very early age and came to Mumbai. Since
more than 20 years I have been staying in Maharashtra Nagar area of Mankhurd. After coming
here I could see the plight of people and always wanted to do something for them, but did not
have any direction. The passion towards working for the society drove me in this field. I started
meeting different people in social sector and came in contact with the Community Development
Officer of MCGM. Being a woman myself I could understand the power a woman has and
decided to form SHG groups under the Swarnajayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana. Women
empowerment was the main issue we wanted to focus on and hence we formed Vishwa Shanti
Mahila Vikas Mandal in 2005.
Though women empowerment was our core work area, we were involved in other community
activities like employment generation, child labour eradication, vocational training, sanitation and
health, housing etc. This year the organization has been actively involved in many activities like
providing mid day meal to anganwadi kids, waste management under Swachcha Mumbai
Prabodhan Abhiyan, organizing training workshops for women empowerment and livelihood
trainings. For the coming year we are looking forward to work for the holistic development of the
community.
Regards,
Ms. Sangeeta Kamble,
President, Vishvashanti Mahila Vikas Mandal
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 2
Governing Body .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Health Program ........................................................................................................................................... 2
Skill Development Program ....................................................................................................................... 2
Civic Service Program ................................................................................................................................ 2
Other Collaborations .................................................................................................................................. 2
Key Stakeholders ........................................................................................................................................ 2
The way forward ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Vishvashanti Mahila Vikas Mandal (VSMVM) is the non government organization founded in
the year 2005 by the proactive community women from Mankhurd area of Mumbai. The
organization was especially formed for holistic development of the community through, basic
education, health and protecting women rights. The organizations governing body consists of
mainly women from the community.
The organization mainly focuses on the rights of women and their empowerment through
education, health and employment opportunities. SHG is one of the excellent medium to
empower women through provision of various kinds of employment opportunities at their door
steps. It also does capacity building of women by providing various trainings to girls and
community women for literacy, employment opportunity, health etc. The main purpose of the
organization is to empower women by utilizing all of its capacity for their development, it
includes the opportunities of jobs where they have to provide nutritious food to the children of
Anganwadi in ICDS program and/or run canteen at the government offices etc.
Vision
Holistic development of women
Mission
To address need based community issues
Team work Honesty Commitment Integrity Gender equality
Equal participation
Introduction
sName Qualification Designation
Ms. Sangeeta Kamble MSW President
Ms. Suman R. Kamble 10th
Secretary
Ms. Meenadevi Vishwakarma Illiterate Treasurer
Ms. Sungandha Jadhav 7th
Member
Ms. Seema Gaikwad Illiterate Member
Ms. Sanjali S. Chavan 7th
Member
Ms. Rekha Kamble 7th
Member
Ms. Neela Kamble 7th
Member
Ms. Ranjana Kamble 4th
Member
Ms. Jyoti Jadhav 7th
Member
Ms. Neeta Jadhav 12th
Member
Governing Body
Swachcha Mumbai Prabodhan Abhiyan (SMPA)
The Swachcha Mumbai Prabodhan Abhiyan project is run by VSMVM in Mankhurd area since 4
years. Initially the project was taken up for a year but every year the term got extended. The
objective behind taking up this project is to provide employment opportunities for men and
women and also for environmental conservation. The project is run in a society called Jankalyan
Society at Mankhurd.
Various activities are conducted under this project like cleaning the society, cleaning gutters in
and around the society, cleaning drainages etc. which is done by the 7 workers appointed. The
workers also collect the segregated waste (wet and dry) from houses and take all the waste for
making compost. The compost is further used in trees. The organization also conducts awareness
programmes in and around the society as well as in other areas of Mankhurd about waste
management. To conduct these workshops the organization conducts meetings of mahila
mandals and youth group and distribute tulsi plants, cloth bags, pamphlets, conduct activities
where they paint the walls by writing environmental messages on it like “Save trees” and they
also talk to parents of kids coming to anganwadis to join them by helping to save the
environment. Through the awareness created by the organization in Janakalyan Society now the
residents have started segregating the waste which reduces the work of the workers.
While doing this work the organization faces lot of challenges like staff retention is a big task,
because cleaning gutters is a tough job as your body can stinks and because of which very few
people continue the job. As the project is given by MCGM, the salary of the staff and other
expenses are provided by MCGM only, but it doesn’t include mask and other safety equipments.
The organization is planning to provide training to residents of Jankalyan Society on making
compost.
Health Program
Sakas Ahar Puravatha project
Health care, growth monitoring, immunization, supplementary nutrition and pre-school
education are parts of these services directed to Anganwadi Centers (AWC). Under this
programme, children six years old and below, are entitled to 500 calories and 12-15 grams of
protein. Undernourished children are guaranteed to avail 800 calories and 20-25 grams of protein
regularly while, pregnant and lactating women are entitled to 600 calories of energy and 18-20
grams of protein a day.
Since the year 2012 the organization is running the Sakas Ahar Puravtha project. Through this
project the organization is providing meal to 19 anganwadis of Mankhurd and Cheetah Camp.
Under this project there are 5 staff members and all are women of Mahila Mandal, who prepare
the food and deliver it to all the 20 anganwadis. The menu for six days is fixed,
The organization receives Rs. 4.92/- per kid per day which includes the material, preparation and
delivery cost. In this money the organization is able to pay the women workers but faces
difficulty in running the operations. Further the bills are not cleared on time from the ICDS
department which forces the organization to shell out money from their own account.
This project of providing nutritious food to anganwadis has helped these women to come out of
their houses and earn a living. They are now looked upon as an important source for the family
income and are respected by the family members.
Monday- Lapsi and chiwda
Tuesday- Usal and kurmura laadu
Wednesday- Khichdi and chiwda
Thursday- Lapsi and chiwda
Friday- Usal and laadu
Saturday- Masoor bhaat
Hemoglobin Check up Camp
Hemoglobin check up camp was organized by the organization in collaboration with Family
Planning Association (FPA), Tilak Nagar. The camp was organized on the same event of
savitribai Phule Jayanti where all the women present were asked to get themselves tested, but
only 50 of them took the benefit of it. These women were given reports after 8 days of the check
up and those with sever health issues were referred to FPA for further treatment.
HIV AIDS Awareness Rally
On 15th
December 2015, an awareness rally on HIV AIDS and Swachcha Mumbai Prabodhan
Abhiyan was organized by VSMVM. Around 300 people had participated in the rally which
included mahila mandal women, anganwadi teachers and sevika, students of Subhash Chandra
Bose, community leaders and staff members of World Vision. They were given t-shirts with a
message written on it, “Zero HIV”. The participants shouted slogans like “Hum sabka ek hi nara,
swachcha sundar sheher humara”, “Amche laksh, Zero HIV”, “Ek do teen chaar, HIV ho
haddapaar”.
Swachcha Mumbai Prabodhan Abhiyan Rally
A rally was organized by the organization in Spetember, 15 in which organizations and bachat
gat working in 134 regions had participated, organizations like, Sangharsh Berojgar Sanstha,
Saavli Mahila Bachat Gat, Shivkirti Bachat Gat, Shivsmruti Bachat Gat etc. had participated in
the rally. Officers of Solid Waste Management of MCGM had also participated in the rally.
Slogans like “Sukha kachra ola kachra vegla kara, mahanagar palikechya swachchata mohimela
sahakarya kara”, “Jhade lava jhade jagva”, “Plastic pishvyancha wapar karu naka, kapdi
pishvyanchach wapar kara”, “aapla parisar swachcha theva”.
Beauty Parlor, Cooking and Tailoring Training
In the last year many workshops and
trainings were organized and
conducted by the organization.
MCGM under its Shahari Unnati
Yojana, provides beauty parlor,
cooking and tailoring trainings to
girls and women. VSMVM had
organized such training in
collaboration with MCGM and filled
forms of 200 both girls and women
in and around Maharashtra nagar. As a result of which now the classes have been started in the
area for each course. Similarly the organization in collaboration with YUVA organization had
started tailoring and beauty parlor classes in the area. Initially 100 women had filed the form, out
of which 90 women completed the 3 month long training. YUVA had charged Rs. 100 for these
three months.
Workshop for Income Generation
In order to provide with livelihood
options, VSMVM in collaboration
with Don Bosco organized a
workshop which was conducted by
the trainers of Ratnanidhi charitable
trust. Approximately 20-40 women
attended the training. There was one
more workshop which the
Skill Development
Program
organization organized on agarbatti making and invited trainers from Nandai Trust. The training
was 8 days long and the organization had charged Rs. 600/- fees per person. Around 15 women
participated in the training. But the marketing strategies taught by them were not so good so the
women could not sustain their business. Training on dress painting was conducted for
adolescent girls by Asian Paints, this programme was organized in collaboration with Family
Planning Association. Around 12-15 girls participated in the program.
Referrals to Livelihood Program
The organization also does referral work, in the year 2015-16 the organization referred 30-40
youth to Kotak Education Foundation for job.
PAN card and Adhar Card Distribution
The organization in collaboration with Don Bosco organizaed a PAN card and Adhar Card
distribution camp, where 100 people filled the form and received their respective documents in
few days.
Equipment Distribution
Under MCGM’s Women and Child Development department funds are kept to encourage
women entrepreneurs; women are given necessary equipments to initiate their enterprises. In the
last year VSMVM in collaboration with Women and Child Development Department organized
a programme where 30 women were given various equipments to start their enterprise
Savitribai Phule Jayanti
As every year this year also VSMVM celebrated Savitribai Phule’s Jayanti in Maharashtra
Nagar. Around 200-300 community women had participated in the celebration. Various guests
were called, Ms. Vaishali Kamble Project Officer of TISS who spoke about the life journey of
Savitribai, increasing domestic violence in communities, the helpline available for registering
cases of domestic violences, how to use the helpline and what are its benefits etc. Mr. Gotavle,
Community officer from MCGM spoke about the Shahari Jivan Unnati Yojana, the courses and
trainings offered under this scheme etc. Mr. Rohit Balla, working with TISS and other guests
from Kotak Education foundation and other organizations were present for the programme.
Civic Service
Program
Workshop for Staff Development
In January, 2016 VSMVM in collaboration with Don Bosco by Kendriya Kamgar Shikshan
Board, Kurla. Various topics were covered during the workshop like Mr. Gorakh Awhad,
Nimantrak of Rationing Kruti Samite, spoke on the issue of rationing, Mr. Sandip Jadhav
counselor and psychologist spoke about stress management, Mr. Chandrakant Khot, member of
Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti took a session on Superstitions, Mr. Abhijeet Chawak , from
Kendriya Kamgar Shikshan Board spoke about various schemes available for SC/ST women.
Collaboration with World Vision
World Vision India is a Christian humanitarian organisation working to create lasting change in
the lives of children, families and communities living in poverty and injustice. World Vision
serves all people regardless of religion, caste, race, ethnicity or gender. Spread across 174
districts in India, World Vision works through long-term sustainable community development
programmes and immediate disaster relief assistance. All development work World Vision India
carries out is focused on building the capacity and ability of communities and families to ensure
the wellbeing of children. The wellbeing of children includes ensuring children have access to
education, health, protection and participation. To ensure this the organization offers sponsorship
support to the needy students. It has a set of criteria for selection. The organization works in
Maharashtra Nagar of Mankhurd, and has collaborated with VSMVM for implementation of its
educational programme. In the year 2015-16 VSMVM identified 500 needy students from
Maharashtra Nagar and all were enrolled for the sponsorship programme of World Vision out of
which 436 are still continuing. Under the sponsorship programme various activities like
distributing bed sheets, hygiene kits to students, 4 children’s clubs have been formed, life skill
classes are conducted, awareness sessions on child abuse and child rights are conducted through
magic shows, street plays etc. and CBOs like VSMVM play a very important role in
implementing such programs.
Other Collaborations
MCGM Partner organizations
Schools
Funders Consultants Staff
members
Residential Societies
Beneficiaries Hospital
Mahila Mandals
Key Stakeholders
The way forward
In the last few years the organization has been working actively in the field of sanitation. Being
working in Maharashtra Nagar of Mankhurd which is majorly a slum area, there is lack of toilet
facilities, which has a direct impact on the health of the people especially women. To have a
solution on this the organization is planning to introduce the concept of “one home one toilet” in
the area in the year 2016-17. In order to implement the idea VSMVM would need help from
MCGM for permission and also from a CSR who would provide financial support to implement
the project. Besides this the organization will continue with its other activities and work towards
creating holistic development of women.