Annual Report 2012-13

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About us

NIPDIT was founded by a few individuals

along with some eminent social activists,

academicians, tribal leaders of the state and its

operational areas. NIPDIT started functioning

in 1982 in Paburia of Kandhamal district, Orissa

and gradually extended to other parts of the

state, Presently, it specifically works in 4 tribal

districts (Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Bolangit &

Keonjhar) covering 853 villages and strategically

covers the whole state on policy issues & right

based activities.

Vision

A changed society with social peace, gender

equity & justice, in favour of the poorest of the

poor/oppressed, weaker sections of the society

irrespective of caste, creed, sex & ethnicity.

Mission

Sustainable societal development/ change

through direct programmetic interventions and

by organizing training exposure, workshop,

seminar, study & research with greater emphasis

on their involvement & participation for

educational, socio-economic, political & moral

development with in- built bottom up PME

process and gender perspective.

From the Member Secretary

Self reliance in the life of an organization can only be understood if a synergy among promoting –

practicing and sustaining some key practices are evident in its ideological & policy framework; through its

model of practice & propagation. All these three factors are considered as an ongoing process than as an

end. With this motto the organization has to go a long way to arrive at a self satisfying point. The indicators

of progress in this direction are more complicated to measure which do not maintain a muiterm pace

rather show a zigzag motion caused by both internal & external blocks.

During the year NIPDIT has experienced such variations through its course of action and struggled hard

to maintain consistency in the pace. The 4 milestones which NIPDIT considers as key to approaching

sustainability further to address the central theme of Autonomy and growth in the context of the

organization suffers with inconsistency it its pace.

The following analysis shows the performances of these 4 milestones where its objectives are achieved and

where it failed.

During the year although vocational & Academic education has shown a rising trend, on the

other, Micro Finance & Micro Entrepreneurship activities has remained stagnant. Similarly the

scope & opportunity of consultancy & support services has shrinked due to lack of adequate

demand generation.

Under the situation of universal resource crunch, conservation with Govt. Schemes & program

were chosen as an effective mode of resource generation at the community level. This has been

partially possible under food & social security programs such as MNREGA, FRA etc. but

convergence with micro economic program has not done much as per expectation. This has

created problems for micro economic groups in the programme villages to sustain their enterprise

activities.

The deployment of facilities & assets were tried out at the organization but did not yield expected

result. Similarly at the Pos level nothing prominent achieved under local resource generation

program.

However, so far as the 4th milestone is concerned NIPDIT has emphasized on localized methods

& strategies through capacitating the community, local facilitators, Local Resource Team to do

their job for continuing & sustaining the present activities. Most of the programs & issues driven

events are self financed by the community. The low cost and people centric yardstick deployed

yielded result up to satisfaction.

The major reasons for non achievement under certain principles are mostly due to

Lack of in time demand generation by the community

Human resource encountered at both organization and PO’s level.

Now the basic outcome of the approach has gone deep into the heart of the organization, Pos and CBOs

and they are better convinced to live with their changed mindset in future until they achieve self reliance in

its true sense. The profile of different activities undertaken during the year carried forward this trend. For

this the credit also goes to different stakeholders, starting from CBO to DSOs who share the vision with

NIPDIT with concern.

Phulbani R.C Dash

1st April 2013

Acronyms & Abbreviations

AMS : Anchalika Maha Sangha( Area Level PO’s Federation)

CFM : Community Forest Management

CLO : Cluster Level Organization

DFF : District Forest Forum

EC : Executive Committee

EDP : Enterprise Development Training

FRA : Forest Right Act

GKS : Gram Kalyan Samiti

KL : Kendu Leaf

LRT : Local Resource Team

NTFP : Non Timber Forest Producer

PDS : Public Distribution System

PRI : Panchayati Raj Institutions

SHG : Self Help Groups

SJSY : Swarna Jayanti Swarojagar Yojana

TBA : Traditional Birth Attendance

THP : Traditional Herbal Practitioners

VDAC : Village Draught Action Committee

VFPC : Village Forest Protection Committee

VLO : Village Level Organization

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Contents Page No.

CHAPTER—1

About NIPDIT (1-3)

CHAPTER—II Programme Highlights

01. Institution Building (4-9)

02. Micro Finance & Micro entrepreneurship development (10-15)

03. Education (16-17)

04. Policy Research & Advocacy (17-18)

05. Decentralized Governance (19-20)

06. Other cross cuttings programms (21-22)

07. Collective Action for drought mitigation(follow-up) 23

08. Sustainable Livelihood (follow-up) 23

09. Organization Development (23-25)

Conclusion 26

ANNEXURES

1. Workshop, Training, Consultation organized at project level

27

2. Workshop, Training, Consultation organized at Organization

level 28

3. Workshop, training, consultation attended 29

4. Governance 30

5. Visitors of the year & Statutory information 31

6. Governance 32

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CHAPTER-1

About NIPDIT

National Institute for People's Development Investigation & Training, shortly known as NIPDIT, has been working in the field of Tribal and Rural development since 1983. In the course of 30 years of its tryst with social work, NIPDIT has spread its coverage to 42413 families of 853 villages in 55 GPs of 4 tribal districts (Bolangir, Kandhamal, Kalahandi & Keonjhar). Although its field operations are organized in the four tribal districts, it covers the entire state strategically with formation of issue-based networks with NGOs, Natural Resource Management Forums (NRFMs), people's organizations & movements in all the districts.

1.1 Area & Population

Districts Blocks No. of

GPs

Village

Covered

Target Population No. of

Families SC ST Gen./ Others Total

Bolangir Khaprakhol 7 52 3346 10631 18214 32191 4211

Kandhamal Phulbani 5 95 5021 8035 2520 15576 4374

K. Nuagaon & Tikabali

10 151 8083 20965 3105 32153 7368

Phiringia 20 413 22156 51593 3511 77260 11750

Kalahandi M. Rampur 4 84 4962 9503 8864 23329 5608

Keonjhar Banspal 9 58 4565 8293 5133 17991 4702

4 Districts 7 Blocks 55 853 48133 109020 41347 198500 42413

1.2 Evolution of Intervention Strategy Since its inception, systematic effort to identify the real causes opposed to myths of distress & deprivation has been the hallmark of NIPDIT's engagement with the partner community. While massive awareness generation, formation of village level community institutions, organization of collective action at the local level, promotion of IG Activities with community marketing & cooperative farming were the priorities in the early decade of NIPDIT's involvement with the community, the priority transformed into federation of the village level POs at t h e c l u s t e r & d i s t r i c t l e v e l a n d t h e i r institutionalization, expansion of the constituency from block to district level by networking with NGOs, POs, NRMFs, shift in focus from “Forest & Environment” to “Natural Resource Management”, graduation of micro finance to micro enterprise, from women development to gender mainstreaming, from capacity building at the community level to support service to CSOs and institutionalization of policy advocacy. The influence of the external factors has strengthened since the 1990's when the macro-micro dynamics and the need for synergization have attained significance.

With the strategic shifts, NIPDIT has adopted the following “Intervention Strategy” to address the core issues & priorities.

Identification of activities at the Micro (people's organization & project), Meso (district level networks), Macro

(Regional Resource Centre/ state) and Organization levels (NIPDIT) and establishment of organic linkage

through programmatic & strategic convergence

Autonomy & decentral izat ion at each of the domain of activity and establishment of system & procedure for

sharing of experiences and linkage

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Integration & synergy building with past developmental initiatives

Convergence & cross-fertilization of resources, experiences, practices among developmental work & activism

Strengthening community based organizations & institutions of local self-governance along with p ro m o t i o n of

c i t i z e n e n g a g e m e n t w i t h institutions of governance

Alliance & network building with other CSOs and effectualization of convergence of effort.

Research & alliance based policy advocacy through convergence among issues & agencies imparting a

multiplier effect to activities undertaken at each level.

1.3 CORE ISSUES & PROGRAMME FOCUS

Core issues Programme focus

Sustainable Livelihood Campaign, Lobby, Advocacy on forest, land, water, income and food security of the weaker sections through applying the available Acts and legislations.

Formation of economic groups to engage in production, value addition and marketing of local products.

Expansion of micro finance & micro entrepreneurship development activities beyond credit through developing vocational skills particularly among youth mass.

Adoption of climate change action plan in all the districts covered by RRC.

Basic Social Services Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in programme & Policy regimes at community, organization and network level.

Priority on propagation of ISM through training THPs.

Affiliation with National & regional Institutions for ensuring school dropouts to access mainstream education

Adoption of RTE in the operational districts.

Right to life & security Strengthening GP level DMCs and POs to cope up with disaster preparedness & management in their own locality.

Establishment of emergency fund at all project areas to address relief & rehabilitation activities at the time of occurrence of disaster.

Facilitation of community based peace building efforts.

Right to social & political

participation

Capacitating POs and their networks to create conducive environment for its target groups to increase their participation in decision making, with shared interest & shared values as true partners of development.

Ensure effective participation of women & men in the local governance system and exercise the essence of devolution of power

Right to identity Emphasis on Human Development component particularly of the backward and marginalized communities to bring them at par other privileged section of the society.

Promotion of Gender & youth mainstreaming at all programme & policy regimes through adoption of uniform gender workplace policies & policies for youth as principal change makers in the community.

Strengthening of community based structures, redressal cells to ensure gender justice at the community & organization levels.

Structural Programmes for structurization, strengthening and sustainability of different wings of NIPDIT (RRC, Microfinance, POs, Gender & Disaster cell and Education wings)

Strengthening the SSU of the organization for capacity building of network partners, federation, DMCs, PRIs on thematic interest areas, organization development & policy advocacy

Action research & publication

Resource generation, asset creation for organization’s future sustainability.

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1.4 Strategic Focus

Considering the theme of the year where sustainability of self reliant practices are the key, the following things were

chosen as strategic focus for the year 2012-13.

1. Structural Strengthening with additional intake and skill building of staff in key positions.

2. Strengthening gender structures at organization and community levels.

3. Humanitarian assistance at the time of emergency, strengthening GP levels DPDM committees.

4. Increasing political participation of women in all project areas and building federation for elected women

representatives at least in one area.

5. Emphasis on forming & strengthening producers cooperatives.

6. Vocational & secondary education for dropout youth and promotion of Micro Enterprise by them to reduce the

trend of migration through local employment generation.

7. Strengthening monitoring & supervisory systems at Pos level to ensure quality services to the CBOs.

8. Deployment of productive assets of the organization for resource generation.

9. Increasing the scope of convergence with different Govt. schemes related to food & social security of

marginalized sections.

10. Land &forest rights for the individual families & the community.

11. Policy advocacy on RTE and climate change action plan of the state

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CHAPTER II PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

1. 1. INSTITUTION BUILDING

1.1 Forest, Land & Agriculture

Since inception, NIPDIT has given emphasis on conserving natural forest through forming village level forest protection committees (VFPC). In each areas the VFPCs were federated at the area level & persuing the conservation activities in their respective areas. All total 335 VFPSs have been the members of 5 federations and carrying on their task of protection & conservation of Natural resources. Now through their effort this activity has taken momentum & self driven. Every years they organize workshops, rallies, demonstrations, padayatra to assert their rights over their protected forest. Those occasions are world environment day, world forestry day, earth day so on and so forth. In the year 2012-13 they have also organized few programs in their own areas as per the table given below.

Activities

Participants Outcome

M F T QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE

Watershed follow – up 35 10 45 Beneficiaries had cultivated vegetables like Potatoes & Tomatoes and plantation of Mango plants in their backyard.

Earned 3000/- to 5000/- from each Mango plant yearly from 3 nos of watershed area.

Meeting on sustainable agriculture

92 111 203 The farmers have reduced their expenditure in agriculture

203 people are practicing SA

Conducting Gramsabha for FRA.

46 32 78 Aware about community claim with increased rate of community claim

All community claim’s copy submitted to GP office with resolution

Bamboo permit to villagers 41 28 69 Got confidence to meet Govt. officials and submitted Memorandum to DFO

3 villages of Brabandha GP got benefited with transit permit.

Follow up Farmers Club 272 20 292 Awareness on soil test, organic farming, sustainable agriculture among the farmer committees

20 nos of farmers club covered in 2 GP named Nunpur & Mohangiri.

Besides the committees keep an eye on the trading of NTFP in the areas where lots of exploitative practices are taken place. The federations play a safeguard against these malice’s and restrict the traders to further exploit the tribal’s & particularly women. However over a period the primary collectors are adequately educated about the modus operandi of illicit practices of trading and are able to protect their own interest. Now the committees and federation with the support of AMS have shifted their focus on mere conservation effort to rights related efforts by directly getting involved in forest land rights activities both for individual claimants & community claimants As they are the members under FRA at the village level they pursue the matters of claims with district administration /state govt. for allocation of forest land to the claimants During the reporting year the status of FRA is illustrated in the table under Mass Action.

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JAMGUDA – FINALLY WON THE BATTLE

Jamguda village is located in Barabandha Gram Panchayat of M. Rampur block in the

Kalahandi district. Out of 65 households in the village, 60 are tribal and rest 5 are Schedule

Caste. So , most of the villagers are totally dependent on the forest for their livelihood. The

forest produce forms a major part of their diet and source of income. The forest is dry

deciduous in nature. The dominant species is bamboo.

Understanding the importance of forests and its survival relation with the people, in 1990,

being motivated by the project staff of NIPDIT the youth committee of Jamguda village

started protection of forest. This was done with the basic motive of protecting the forests

against illegal timber felling. The youth committee laid down some rules for the protection.

It restricted green felling and put a stop to illegal smuggling of timber. The sale of bamboo

or timber was restricted but these could be harvested for personal use. Collection of NTFP was allowed for personal use as well as for sale. In 2004,

the Forest Department persuaded villagers for joint forest management (JFM) and Vana Surakshya Samiti(VSS) was formed.

After the government came out with the most effective Act of FRA in 2006, the villagers decided to shift to community forest management by claiming

their rights over their forests. In 2010, Jamguda village got recognition of community forest rights in the reserve forest area. VSS was dissolved by a

resolution of the Gram Sabha and it was decided that the community forest resources would be managed by the Gram Sabha as per the FRA rules.

The Gram Sabha has formed a committee for executing its decisions with regards to forest conservation and management. As Bamboo was given

the status of Minor Forest Produce for the first time in Forest Rights Act(FRA), 2006, the right holders are entitled to collect and market minor forest

produces including bamboo. This right had been ensured to the Jamguda Gram Sabha.

After observing large scale flowering of bamboo in the Community Forest Resource (CFR) area the Gram Sabha planned the harvesting of bamboo.

170 Numbers of Bamboo clumps were marked for harvesting with prior information to the forest department. But the transit pass was not permitted .

After, the Central Govt amended the FR rules and acknowledged the authorities of Gram Sabha for issue of Transit pass. Then the central & state

ministers along with PCCF visited to the viallge on 3rd March 2013 and issued Transit Pass on the same day to the GS.

After Mendha-Lekha of Maharashtra which is the first village in the country to have legally exercised it community right to harvest bamboo under the

provisions of the Forest Rights Act(FRA), it is now the turn of Jamguda in Odisha to become the first village in the state to do the same

Farmers club

Follow up action for capacitating & sustaining the activities initiated by about 20 farmers clubs are continuing by the project & Pos functionaries in M. Rampur block of Kalahandi district. With the support from NABARD, these clubs were formed and supported with some institutional input.

Now the clubs are mobilizing support from different line departments in the form of plants, seeds & seedlings, capital & technical support to continue their venture. This years the clubs have mobilized different support which boost their production and agricultural practices. They have also undergone some training on soil testing, organic farming, sustainable agriculture. Their acquired knowledge, skill and input will help them to move forward to make their occupation more paying and sustainable.

Sustainable agriculture practices This has been an important intervention where NIPDIT has ventured in all its operation areas to sensitize farming families to change their practices. The major components of SAP propagated are.

Establishing local seed & seedling banks.

Increased use of bio-manure & bio pesticides

Propagation of crop rotation & companion cropping

Dry land farming

Water & soil conservation

Stopping of shifting (Podu) cultivation etc.

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All the above methods of SAP are being practiced by the farmers as they have been convinced through their exposure to different realities where the practices are successful. Therefore in the era of commercialization of agriculture the influence on those farmers are minimal. NIPDIT used to follow-up this activities in all its operational areas to keep the tempo of SAP alive among the farmer community. NIPDIT has established 3 demonstration farms in its own operational areas where the farmer visit often and enrich their knowledge and skill. This year taken a step forward to train the youth on Nursery management (agriculture horticulture) in 2 of its operational area. Which will diversify Agri-Occupation among the families. 1.2 Community Health Traditional Birth attendants (TBAs) and Traditional Herbal Practitioners(THPs) are 2 streams of health cadres who belong to the community and can do wonders in taking care of community health specifically the health of women & children. They have been trained and acquainted to specific methods of addressing the issue of IMR, MMR and common ailments. NIPDIT has trained about 300 TBAs and 200 THPs in all its operational; areas to work as barefoot doctors. Every year in few occasions programme are organized for them to share their success, failures, problems & prospects and look forward to improve their common role & responsibilities. This year THPs & TBAs attended follow up orientation program organized by NIPDIT in different areas. As recognition of their skills, some of the TBAs were engaged as ASHA workers under NRHM. Some community health related activities were organized in different area which are given in the table.

Activities Participants Outcome

M F T QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE

Follow up of GKS in all program villages

292 92 384 People are aware about the provisions and the process of claiming.

23 villages got benefited through different health services.

Health Camp 80 1103 183 People got free medicine and health checkup

Malnutrition Camp 70 157 222 Participants aware about Malnutrition

One child found Malnourished & had treatment in Medical.

Revival of THP and TBA activities

9 7 16 TBA and THP discussed their success and failure of their services.

21 cases were attended by TBAs, who helped in delivering 8 male and 13 girl child .

Follow-up of TBA and THP

20 20 40 People aware about TBA & THP covered.

Covered 4 nos CLO

1.3 Mass action

The Pos of all the operational areas are active in choosing mass issues for collective action. These issues include MGNREGA, liquor & kenduleaf issues, mining & displacement issues, FRA and Governance issues, food security & employment issues, Health & education issues etc. They organize workshops, Rally, demonstrations, public hearings, IEC activities, social audit and advocacy to address these issues. The following table show the type of programmes the Pos have organized in different locations.

Community Action /Demonstration under FRA

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Activities Participants Outcome

M F T Qualitative Quantitative

MGNREGS Rally 30 143 173 Memorandum to collector. Rs. 1761875/- pending dues were paid to people of 4 CLOs.

Antiliquor Rally 82 450 532 Stopped country liquor in the Panchyat

82 liters destroyed in common place by the women. .

Rally and memorandum to Branch manager for opening of SBI counter.

30 143 173 People got confidence to demand for their entitlements.

Opening of 2nd SBI counter in Paburia branch

FRA Rally 1538 1580 3118 Organized rally with collaboration of PAG, and other NGOs.

Claim for individual & community patta.

CFR issues are getting momentum gradually

ITDA declared that 1100 claims soon finalized.

62 nos got patta on community claims & 1810 nos. got patta on Individual claim.

PDS Rally 580 160 740 Ensured food security to deprived families

1412 BPL families got benefit

Public hearing on MGNREGS

411 723 1134 People got Rs/- 12, 46,243 rupees as their pending dues.

Rally on irregularity in food supply at ICDS/AWC

70 140 210 Regularity in food distribution. 47 village in 7 Gram Panchyats benefitted.

Memorandum to RI for land development

13 8 21 10 people got support for land development

Memorandum to DFO, Range office for pending dues of Kenduleaf.

0 7 7 7 women got Rs/- 21000 pending dues from DFO.

Memorandum to collector for road repairing from Dadaki to Talapada.

10 15 25 Tender finalized for road repairing

Antiliquor Rally for stopping license

86 296 382 Foreign liquor shop could not be opened at Dubagada. Country liquor shops were closed on.

Complete prohibition of liquor in one GP.

Gandhamardan Rally 1200 800 2000 Memorandum give to Collector through BDO for save forest

Between 27 to 75 villagers attended

1.4 Resource Mobilization &convergence Incremental growth of membership and renewal of membership is one of the priority areas for strengthening of AMS. During the reporting period,196 new memberships have been collected; and 469 have been renewed. This further strengthens the AMS horizontally and helps them to meet their own operational cost in the phase out context. Through the membership drive & other sources local funds were mobilized to the tune of Rs.27500/- which are spend in programs & rest deposited in the banks in their respective accounts. Besides the PO’s have taken some economic activities directly to increase their resource base. Those activities are turmeric

cultivation, brick making, leasing of market & facilitation of development programs like organizing capacity building & exposure

visits for others as part of its resource mobilization. During the reporting period, POs of different areas have mobilized Govt.

resources in the form of cash/kind/wages/ asset as a result of demand generation through mass action.

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Activities

No of

Village

covered

Resource mobilization/convergence

GOVT NGO Local Others Total

Cash kind Cash kind Cash kind Cash kind Cash Kind

FRA Rally 177 0 0 21500 0 2000 85 Kg

rice-4980

0 0 21500 4980

MGNREGS Rally 20 Rs.17,61,875/- 0 3000 0 0 280 0 0 17.64,875 280

Old age Pension 20 Rs.154200/-

MGNREGS Public Hearing 13 Rs. 12, 46,243/-

Lift Point Irrigation at

Pandapadar by Farmer

Club

1 7,00.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,00,000 0

PMRY ( 2nos Road

construction)at Mohangiri

1 5,00.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,00,000 0

Memorandum to RI for

land repairing

3 0 0 0 0 420 0 0 0 420 0

Memorandum to DFO

range office for pending

dues of Kenduleaf.

3 21,000 0 0 0 300 0 0 0 21,300 0

Memorandum to collector

for road repairing from

Dadaki to Talapada.

0 0 0 0 0 1000 0 0 0 1000

Antiliquor Rally for

stopping license

30 0 0 0 0 4320 382kg

Rice -

5730

0 0 4320

5730

1.5 Governance-Internal strengthening & management

Increasing the membership base every year is key to the gradual growth of the PO’s. Through this they are able expand their outreach to the community. Besides organizing regular meetings, capacity developments events, effort towards resource mobilization and convergence with Govt. plans and programmes strengthen them further to enhance their self confidence. PO’s are being regularly supported by federation of VFPC, ASSK, gender promoter & LRT”s in accomplishment of their planned target. Over a period of time the Pos have graduated to handle grassroots advocacy on NRM, Livelihood, Health and education related issues in a collective manner. Through their collective effort they have been able to achieve result towards fulfilling the community interest.

Name of the project.

Membership status

2011 2012 2012-13

M F T FRESH MEMBERS RENWAL TOTAL

M F M F FRESH RENWAL

Paburia 1026 1126 2152 0 0 0 0 0 0

Keonjhar. 981 725 1706 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kalahandi 19 13 32 25 0 0 230 25 230

Dadaki, 18 14 32 15 25 24 25 40 59

Bolangir 1435 1317 2752 98 27 110 80 125 190

Total 190 479

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Capacity building of PO’s

Every year capacity building trainings are provided to the committees and functionaries at CLOs, AMS, issue based federations, members of

gender and project level support units(LRT). Those trainings are on leadership development, different schemes of Govt., different Acts and

legislation like RTI, NREGA, PESA,RTE programme and financial management etc.etc. This year total 230(M-119, F-117) persons were trained

in different project areas.

Reorganization & internal strengthening

Besides capacity development, reorganization of POs and its support structures are an

ongoing activity towards strengthening them for their continual growth. During the year

special effort were made to reorganize different community structures through organizing

meetings, reconstituting their committees.

Activities

Nature of Organization

Participants Outcome

M F T QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE

Revival of CLOs CBO 205 170 375

After change of EC members CLOs are active and regular meetings are conducted by CLOs.

4 CLOs reorganized and regularly conducting meetings and working on identified issues.

5 CLOs are working on local issues at their cluster and participating in different Mass program.

Covered 60 villages & identification of local issues like liquor, PDS, MGNREGS, Health education, FRA & Drinking water.

Revival of Sexual Harassment committee

Gender 2 13 15 Addressing sexual assault /Sexual harassment on women.

Revival of AMS Federation of CBOs 153 108 261

Jointly working on FRA, Liquor. Wage, MGNREGS .

Smooth functioning of AMS, developed capacities for identification of issues and doing micro advocacy.

Effectively working on leadership growth. All the EC members of AMS and ASSKs were trained to actuate their role and responsibility.

Revival of VFPC Federation

Forest committees 153 114 267 Awareness generation on NRM issues & community claim

40 VFPCs of 4 GPs were reorganized

Revival of LRT Local Resource Team

10 11 21 Development of skill to all AMS EC & LRT members Quarterly monitoring of progress conducted

Out come of IB activities

1. Achievements of operational and functional self sufficiency by the community based people’s organization , 2. Enhanced capacity of leaders of the POs to facilitate use of instruments of governance, 3. Increase of knowledge of community on resource convergence. 4. Independent program management, network building ,decision making and resource mobilization by the POs to sustain and

strengthen the changing trends even after the withdrawal 5. Promotion of grass root advocacy on the basis of partnership of PO-PRI for establishments of micro models to enrich policy change

with regard to critical livelihood issues. 6. Community participations in health care and provision of low-cost and accessible health services to community . 7. 1810 families and 62 villages got Patta under FRA. 8. Resource convergence up to Rs.44 lakhs were possible through gainful employment of families in different Govt. schemes as a result

of mass campaign.

Project monitoring is part of internal strengthening

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2. MICRO FINANCE & MICRO ENTREPRENUERSHIP DEVELOPEMENT

2.1 Micro Finance Wings (SWABALAMBAN)

Microfinance as a means of empowering the poor and marginalized community is a vital concept in the development of rural India. It offers valuable services in terms of providing food security as well as offering support encompassing livelihood promotions. It not only gives an opportunity to be self reliant but also gives them an opportunity to improve their social status in the society. When Mohammad Younus pioneered the concept of Micro finance in Bangladesh nobody thought that one day it would be followed at each and every developing economy. Today in India there are more than 700 microfinance institutions working and bringing a change into peoples lives.

NIPDITs microfinance initiatives has been very successful from the day it started its operation in Kandhamal district. It has been able to position itself among the masses as a primary institutions in providing financial support to the needy. With the vision for a changed society with sustainable societal development it was able to garnered the support of masses with its microfinance initiatives. NIPDITs microfinance initiatives not only ensure food security and creation of livelihood options but also it plays a major role in women empowerment of the society. The focus of NIPDIT on empowering women by giving them financial support in their endeavor has resulted in women earning and leading a happy life.

The journey began few decades ago in Kandhamal and latter on spread to other operational districts of NIPDIT. Initially it has chosen to work through indirect mode by forming self help cooperatives (ASSK) in the project area and afterwards since the years 2007-08 it also started operating directly through establishing micro finance wings which is otherwise known as SWABALAMBAN at the central level. Since then the MF wings has mobilized resources from different sources and support SHGs/JLGs in their venture.

During last 4 years MF wing has reached to 2750 clients consisting of 275 SHGs & 1360 clients consisting of 272 JLGs who have proved themselves self reliant in their livelihood ventures and continue to lead better life.

During the year 2012-13, although there has not been much expansion in the client base due to financial constraint, NIPDIT has been able to continue transactions with 74 number of groups and have encouraged micro entrepreneurship development among the borrowers.

Profile of achievement under MF wings 12-13(SWABALAMBAN)

Activity No. of

Group

No. of

members

Credit linkage (Rs.) Total

Institutional Others

Total Group

(Cumulative) 74 370

4500000 2857000 7357000

Saving at Bank 2 10 4300

Interest collected 2 10 7189

Security deposit of JLG 2 10 4300

Loan processing fees

collected 2 10

2150

Loan disbursement to

JLG 2 10

86000 86000

Loan Recovered 65 Institutional 390718 {33068 I + 357650 P}

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Internal Reorganization and Strengthening

This year NIPDIT has evaluated current policy and procedures and is able to reorganize and strengthen its Micro Finance Wings. A

more relevant approach has been adopted in order to strengthen the Micro Finance wings. Followings steps were taken.

To strengthen the MIS system of the MF wings a new Financial Management software has been installed and used. Capacity building of MIS asst has been done by Basix staff regarding the new financial Mangement software (Delphix

Nano) The field supervisors of Micro Finance wings are trained on the approach they should have while they are on recovery. A more refined need based model has been adopted for disbursement of loans. To streamline the documentation of the wings, steps has also been taken. Strategic plan has been developed for the wings which are followed strictly by its functionaries.

2.2 ANCHALIKA SWAYANG SAHAYAK SAMABAYA SADHAN KENDRA(ASSSSK)

NIPDIT is one of the prominent organizations that provide financial services to the poor inhabitants of 4 tribal districts of the state through its

Micro Finance program. NIPDIT facilitates formation & nurturing of thrift& credit groups (SHGs) in its project areas. The SHGs have been

federated in each project area. Which is called Anchalika Swayang Sahayak Samabaya Sadhan Kendra (ASSSSK).

NIPDIT has established 6 such federation in its 6 operational areas and has been supporting them to take up micro credit activities through its

member SHGs. It further helps individual entrepreneurs to establish their units/workshops. It provides credit linkages to potential groups

/individuals with Banks & MFIs and more importantly it provides support to ASSK to run outlets for marketing of SHG & Local products. As these

cooperatives/producer groups are more focusing on women membership, by registering themselves with the SHG & ASSK women have

been able to use the funds to finance, agriculture, cottage industry and other forms of business and able to meet education, health,

and other household needs. Starting with meager savings, women have learned how to keep accounts, develop their

entrepreneurial abilities and plan for the financial security of their families. This has led to the increased investment on education

and health.

FROM PROVERTY TO PROSPERITY

Smt Sakuntala Rana, aged about 45 years resident of Manignila, M Rampur, Kalahandi. Her husband is working as daily labourer.

She has 4 children. She is very poor & BPL category. She has 2 Acr of agriculture land. Due to financial problem she could not

cultivate total land. Due to her elder son used to go outside for labour he remains absent in school.

One WSHG was formed by NIPDIT in the same village. Where Sakuntala was one of the members. SHG got loan from ASSSK

Ltd, M Rampur for agriculture purposes in 2010. She utilized the loan & started getting some benefit. After the increase of the family

income, her elder son didn’t go for labour work and attend the school regularly. Besides she started collecting Non Timber Forest

Produces (NTFP) like Mahula, Chara and also collected Broom (Jhadu) sticks, Kendu leaf from nearby forest. From Broom sticks

she made Broom business & got benefit Rs/-8 per Broom (Jahdu). Overall her income raised to Rs/- 2000-2500 per month.

Now her family income is sufficient for day-to-day necessary expenses. She was also selected as leader of Nari Sangha (Village

Mahilla Committee). Due to her perseverance , she was able to set an example for other women member of her village.

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2.3 Linkages and credit flow of ASSSK:

ASSSSK provides loan support to the groups and individual entrepreneurs and also facilitate linkages of groups with financial institutions and

Govt. schemes to promote entrepreneurship. There has been increase in the linkages of groups with financial institutions and less dependency

in the revolving fund. The following table shows the status of linkages of SHGS with financial institution during the year 2012-13.

Financial Linkage (ASSSK) 12-13

Linkages ASSK FIS Govt.

1. Support to individual entrepreneurs

Nil Nil Nil

2. Support to groups Nil 6 Groups / 560, 0000 5 Groups / 60,0000

Membership

Membership till 2011-12 2012-13 Total

Male Female Male Female Male Female

2749 3962 8 19 2757 3981

Financial Achievements

Sources No. of Group/individual Amount (Rs.)

Membership collected 31 nos 620

Share capital mobilized 120 nos 1200

Loan recovered 24 groups 82928

Interest earned 24 Goups 17688

Bank linkages 11 Group 11,60,000

Savings of members 859763

Internal Reorganization and Strengthening Various measures have been adopted to strengthen ASSSSK at project areas.

Reconstitution of Executive committee- through election/selection

Regular Meeting of Board of directors at ASSSSK project- monthly basis

Devising collection policy to increase group collection.

Capacity building of staff and EC members at ASSSSK- periodical

Assessment of functioning of groups through grading exercise.-by using appropriate tools.

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Activity Place No. of

Members/ groups

Outcome

Qualitative Quantitative

Annual Meeting

2 ASSK areas ( 2 Nos.)

337 members Aware about IG activities

Annual physical & financial review was done.

Cluster level Cooperative meeting

1 ASSK areas (5 Nos.)

220 members

Members know about Cooperative activities

Selection new EC Members for cooperative

Step taken for cooperative regularized

Training to EC member

All Project areas

75 members EC members took responsibility to strengthen the cooperatives.

ASSK members tried to revive the operation system to regularize the financial activities.

Statutory Compliances:

Name of the project.

Activities 2012-13

Paburia

Organizational Audit No

General body meeting Numbers -2

Governing body meeting Numbers -6

Annual report yes

Keonjhar

Organizational Audit Yes

General body meeting Numbers -1

Governing body meeting Numbers -13

Annual report yes

Kalahandi

Organizational Audit No

General body meeting Numbers -4

Governing body meeting Numbers -13

Annual report No

Dadaki,

Organizational Audit No

General body meeting No

Governing body meeting Numbers -7

Annual report yes

Balangir

Organizational Audit No

General body meeting Numbers -1

Governing body meeting Numbers - 2

Annual report yes

Credit Plus activities

Apart from ensuring food security through income generation and creation of livelihood opportunities through promotion of micro enterprise, women empowerment has been one of the objectives of MF program. Women empowerment has been envisaged in terms of women’s role in decision making on the issues and activities arising within the household and in the overall context of their defined role in the present socio-economic scenario.

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ASSSK (The federation of SHGs) works in close association with Anchalika Maha Sangha (AMS) i.e. Federation of issue based organizations

(Village & clusters level organizations). The women SHG members participate in awareness generation programs and occasions of celebration

of important national and international days carrying messages like gender equity, gender justice and women empowerment.

Women members of SHGs have participated in public hearing on MGNREGA, signature campaign on liquor issue, kendu leaf movement, rally

on health issues organized by AMS and ASSSSK in the respective areas as mentioned the activities under institution Building.

2.3 Micro Enterprise Development

Promotion of Micro-enterprise development has always been an important thrust area of micro finance program. For promotion of these

activities NIPDIT organizes skill trainings and creates linkage of the Groups entrepreneurs with different government schemes aimed at their

employment towards fulfilling the objectives of food security and livelihood promotion.

This year through both direct & indirect mode of credit support aimed at potential individual & group entrepreneurs to further scale up their

entrepreneurial activities. The following table shows the details.

Enterprise Development/ food security

Activity No. of Individual

No. of Groups

Khali stitching 1 unit 2 units

Poultry Unit ( Hen) 1 unit

Brick Making 2 units

Goatary Farm 1 unit

Outcome

Poor people have access to credit, savings and other financial services and becoming self reliant.

Encouragement of micro entrepreneurship among rural youth.

Empowerment of women economic measures & credit activiteis.

Access to credit allows the people to take advantage of economic opportunities.

ASSSSK are able to manage their programmatic & operational cost independently & now they are growing towards

becoming self reliant institutions.

Creation of food security by promoting micro entrepreneurship.

Gradation of 100 groups during the year followed by introduction of corrective measures helped improving their self

confidence and resume/scale up their activities.

Additionally 550 families, who were supported this year through MF & MED programme attended from food security and

are able to improve their economy.

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3. EDUCATION 3.1 Vocational & Secondary education NIPDIT has started these initiative during the year 2010 in collaboration with FVTRS, Bangalore and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Noida. The second phase vocational training has been started from June 2012 and likely to be completed on May 2013 at both the training center of NIPDIT at Dadaki &

Paburia in Kandhamal district with the support of FVTRS, Bangalore. The objectives of this projects were.

To economically rehabilitate the rural dropout and local youth who are under employed and exploited in the rural sector. To create alternative opportunities by using the local resources with appropriate value addition and to reduce the tendency of

migration among youth mass. To provide a basket of opportunities to start their own enterprises. To create a growing feeling of self-confidence among the girls/young women through upgrading their skills. To create entrepreneurship development among school dropout and

sustainable livelihood through enterprise development. To create a growing feeling of self confidence among the girls/young women

through upgrading their skills.

During the six month training the trainees were imparted training according to the course curriculum meant for each trade by the experienced and expert trainers. Besides, entrepreneurship development programs were conducted by experts/resource persons to educate the youth how to run the initiative at their own level. Banks, District Industrial centre, Industrial Promotion officer, District employment Officers and authorities from different line departments of District Administration were invited to EDP to share scopes and opportunities available in their respective field. For practical knowledge placements has been organized at nearby workshops, farms & various institutions etc. During one year of the project period 105 youths have been trained in 3 different trades such as Agriculture Nursery Management, Plumbing and Basic computing. Among them 17 youth have been self employed or engaged elsewhere in their respective jobs during the reporting period and are able to earn Rs. 1500-6000 pm. The trainees of Plumbing and basic computing were being enrolled in the NIOS and they will be also certified by the latter which will be very

much useful for their carrier.

Details of the Vocational Training

Skills No. of

Batches

No. of Trainees completed training

No. of Trainees self employed

Men Women Total Men Women Total

Agri. Nursery Management

2 25 5 30 8 0 8

Plumbing 2 29 1 30 6 1 7

Basic computing 3 10 35 45 2 0 2

Total 64 41 105 9 1 17

Basic computer skill development for unemployed youth

Learning workshop for vocational trainees

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3.2 Secondary Education NIPDIT has been accredited by NIOS to run secondary education with an objective to make the rural youth qualified with both academically and vocationally. The dropout students who had left their education since long are now able to appear the HSC examination. Personal Contact programmes have been conducted by the trained teachers to facilitate the leaning of the students. During the year 114 students have been enrolled in secondary course from different

parts of Kandhamal District. 71 students have passed the secondary course and

continuing their higher studies & employed in different jobs. Remaining students

have appeared their examination conducted by NIOS.

Outcome Skill building created self employment to the rural youth which has checked migration.

Involvement of women in vocational education empowered them financially and socially

School dropout students felt self confident on sustainable livelihood though enterprise development

The trained youth acquired knowledge on business development plan, marketing, enterprenual motivation, competition skill through EDP.

The dropout students who had lost their confidence for appearing HSC exam are able to complete the secondary Education

Dare to dream

Mrs. Rebika Pradhan of 26 years is a resident of Burbinaju , Tikabali block, Dist Kandhamal. Being

plucked in matriculate she got married, but had been divorced by her husband. But she did not lose

her patience and vowed to stand in the society with dignity. She is very stunt in nature and choose

to undergo Plumbing training such a hardworking trade to make a carrier.

She got admitted in Plumbing trade at Education Resource Centre, Paburia, Tikabali organized by NIPDIT from 1st December 2012

and attended the training programme regularly. During the placement period she has been engaged in maintenance of plumbing

work of nearby ST/SC Girls’ hostel and is paid Rs. 200/- per day towards her Daily Allowances. Besides, she used to work on

contract basis in her nearby town and is now able to earn Rs. 10000-12000 p.m. Now she is quite confident to sustain her

livelihood easily without depending on other family members. Her family feel proud on her as she is the only women in the whole

district who is engaged in plumbing trade.

Students are in a NIOS PCP class

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4. POLICY RESEARCH & ADVOCACY 1. Information Dissemination

Type of Information/Policy Document Sent to Outcome

Qualitative Quantitative

Information about meeting on Right To Education Act-2010

All DRCs members

All members were decided to how to progress education system in rural areas.

20 members were attended

Information about for T.O.T programme

All DRCs members

All members were decided to organize District level meetings for progress education at rural areas.

14 members were attended

Information about Print for annual report 2011-12

All DRCs members NIL

NIL

Print for Sameekshya

All DRCs members

Article Collected from cws,Agragamee,People’s form,Nadiya Chand Kanoongo,Vasundhara ,RCDC & NIPDIT.

10 articles collected

Jan Lokpal script All DRCs & Other NGOs. DRCs members

Article Collected from cws,Agragamee,People’s form,Nadiya Chand Kanoongo,Vasundhara ,RCDC & NIPDIT.

Distrubuted Sameekha,Pratibimba & Annual Report 09-11

DRCs , NGOs & others.

25 copy Annual report & 11 copy –Pratibimba, 51 copy from Sameekhya.

2. Consultations / Meetings

3. Capacity building

Theme/issues Date Venue Participants from

DRCs Outcome

TOT on Right to Education Act- 2010

29th & 30.11.2012 RRC 15

ToT helped the participants to understand the provisions of the Act and skill to increase in their respective area for some affirmative action.

4. Research & Documentation

Theme Mode of publication No. of

volume

Annual Report 2009-11 Report 1

Quaterly Magaizne Sameekshya 1

Paper Clipping Land & mines, Farmer-2, Posco & Tribal

5

Theme/issues Date Venue Participants Outcome

Zonal level consultation

on RTE

18. 8.2012 &22.08.201

2

NIPDIT,RRC,

37

All DRC representatives decided to organize on District level meetings on different provisions of RTI act & plan for intervenes in their operative areas.

State level consultation on Right To Education Act.

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5. DECENTRALIZED GOVERNANCE

The programme for Strengthening Women Political Leadership in Local Governance

through different program and capacity building interventions started from 1st April 2012 to

31st March 2013 in Phulbani Block of Kandhamal District . 71 EWRs of 11 Gram Panchyat

of Phulbani Block were direct beneficiaries of the programme. The core objectives are;

Create women as leader at the Panchayat.

Role or PRI will be clear and they will work effectively with other

Federation of EWRs will be strengthen who will initiate the local issues related to Women and child, and Food security

To develop understanding about their work / role.

To educate them about the function of Ward, Gram Panchyata, Panchyata Samitee and Zilla Parisad.

Promote women leadership in LSG.

To achieving the program objectives different activities /interventions were implemented

during the reporting period. Quantitative progress and the qualitative changes though

programs are captured briefly which are mentioned in the following table.

PROJECTION OF ACTIVITIES ON DECENTRALIZED GOVERNANCE

Activities Quantity No of GP covered

No of Village

covered. No of Beneficiaries Qualitative achievements

Conducted baseline survey before WLW 1 11 71 1)Reached out to more elected PRIs particularly for EWRs in all project. 2)Increases attendance of women in Pallisavha & Gram Sabha, 3)Women are able to ventilate their problems at different place. 4)Got confidence and able to argue at the GP level meeting . 5)Women are started comparing with men and identify as leader for their village. 6)Feeling confident to raise their voice against any issues affecting women rights and any form of violence at home and work place. 7)Women created self image at the village as PRI leader. 8)Other women are inspired by seining the activities of EWRs af the village/GP. 9)PRIs are exercising their power as they understood their role and responsibility. 10)Men PRIs are not harassing women PRIs as earlier

Formation Cluster level federation 4 11 71 71 EWRs

Quarterly Clusdter level federation meeting 16 11 71 304 ( average attendance in meeting is 19)

Block Level Workshop with all EWRs 1 11 61 72 (EWRs -61 NGOs-2 Media Persons -5 Govt. official -5)

Conducted women leadership Programs 2 11 70 70 (EWRs -53 NGOs-4 Media Persons -6 Govt. official -7)

Block level federation building Training 1 9 33 33( EWRs-25 and other ther-8)

Conducted VAW campaign A 5 days 11 53 1793

Celebration of Women Rights Day on 10th Dec. 1 12 blocks 91 170 ( EWR, Govt Official, Media persons

Conducted Block level Federation Building workshop for ALIVA Workshop

1 11 45 61(EWRs-44 Other -17)

Conducted Block level interface meeting 1 11 25 39 (EWs , Media persons , Govt Officials . )

Conducted Capacity building of PRIs 4 11 GPs of Tikabali Block.

96 103 PRIs

Capacity building of EWRs on leadership and Management.

PRI members in a CB training

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TABL

EMPOWERMENT BEGETS EFFICIENCY

Name : Smt. Sukanti Mallick , Age : 40 years Position : Ward Member, W/O : Sri Niranjan Mallik, Ward : Majhipadar, Gram Panchyat :Bisipada

Smt. Sukanti Mallick is primarily an wage laborer having very less land for agriculture. She is popular at her village/ GP due to her leadership qualities and community work. Her active involvement in the community work and the relationship with villagers influenced her to be nominated as ward member and finally she got elected during 2012 Panchyat election.

After the election ,NIPDIT aimed to work with Elected Women Representatives ( EWRs) in Phulbani Block of Kandhamal District of Odisha. NIPDIT implemented various IEC and capacity building activities during one year for strengthening EWRs. As Sukanti Mallick is one among 84 EWRs of the block , she regularly attended the program and acquired Knowledge, Awareness and Skill which helped her to work as a potential leader. Over a period of one year she understood her role in PRI , different govt. schemes/programs and more importantly she understood the root cause why people are deprived from their rights and getting justice .

She feels confident and happy to do some work for the village and Gram panchyat. She took the leadership to make other women aware and understand the role they can play for reducing all form of violence , discrimination in the village particularly for women.

She initiated the anti liquor movement in the village and took the movement to block level with other women groups. She emphasized to regularize the Palli sabha and ensured more participation of women in Gram sabha. She has developed confidence and strong feeling that no male could be able to dominate her and she could do what her male counterpart could do.

During last one year she highlighted the problems of village and GPs at the Gram sabha. Strengthening GKS, regularizing MGNREGS payment, rregularized school , Strengthening vigilance committee , Conflict resolution ( Diverse and women trafficking ), Supported old people for pension. Organized health camp in the school , Arranged drinking water facilities in the village. Help patient from the GKS fund.

After she was elected as ward member her role for the SHG is very active and the AWC s are functioning regularly. Public distribution system is quite transparent and no complain received from the villagers. She has hope to develop the Gram Panchyat with all different scheme and program such as Health, Education, Road, Pension , AWC etc.

Her potentialities are also acknowledged by other EWRs of the block and now she s one of active EC member of ALIBHA, block level federation of EWRs.

Qualitative Achievements.

While implementing different activities we experienced Changes at individual

EWRs level and the community level . Following are some visible impact of the

programs.

1. Increases attendance of women in Pallisavha & Gram Sabha, 2. Women are able to ventilate their problems at different place. 3. Become confident and able to negotiate at the GP level meeting. 4. Women have started comparing with men and identify as leader for

their village. 5. Feeling confident to raise their voice against any issues affecting

women rights and any form of violence at home and work place. 6. Women created self image at the village as PRI leader and able to

exercise their power. 7. Other women are inspired by seeing the activities of EWRs of the

village/GP. 8. Men PRIs are not harassing women PRIs as earlier.

Campaign on violence against women.

Preparing people to claim for their rights through Pallisavha

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6. Other cross cuttings programs 6.1 Youth for social change

Since the inception NIPDIT has put emphasis on the youth mass and Developed them

as change makers getting support from the State Govt. and overseas donors. Periodic

youth trainings are organized for developing their critical understanding on the society

and its change perspectives. Both uneducated and educated youth are target group of

NIPDIT. As a result of this effort local and state level youth federations have come up

and from time to time they take up common issues at the micro & macro levels through

organizing campaigns, rally. The issues so far taken are Natural Resource Management,

Right to education, climate change, HIV-AIDs etc.

In order to add the number of trained youth in the present pool, this year NIPDIT has taken initiative to train around 1000 1st & 2nd generation

youth in all its operational areas. The process began in the month of Sept - Oct 2012 for identifying potential youth. After identifying , a ToT was

organized for the facilitators who could take up series of training programs in their respective areas where the 1st generation youth got an

opportunity to transfer their knowledge & skill to the 2nd & 3rd generation youth for the sake of societal change.

Details of youth covered through the sensitization program

Project

area

No. of

trainings

Participations Total Content covered outcome

M F

Bolangir 2 28 13 41 Process of organizing mass programme.

Process of identifying issues and planning to address.

Different Govt. schemes and program to reduce poverty and ensure food security.

Different Acts & legislation( RTI,RTE,FRA etc).

Information & communication skill.

Functioning of 3 tire system.

Participants were able to explore their self & the role they could play in addressing the local issues.

They are becoming instrumental to strengthen their VLOs & CLOs.

Paburia 5 67 50 117 -do- -do-

Kalahandi 4 39 44 83 -do- -do-

Keonjhar 4 63 57 120 -do- -do-

Dadaki 2 25 20 45 -do- -do-

On the basis of the responses of the youth, further capacity building events will be organized in the coming year.

In the meanwhile state youth policy has come up in Odisha which brings an opportunity for the trained youth for their

mainstreaming and making them capable to fulfill the objectives of the policy. In this way a convergence between NIPDIT’s youth

policy and the state policy was established for taking this common cause forward

Preparing rural youth as social change maker.

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6.2 GENDER

6.3 IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER AND SANITATION PROJECT. (BALIGUDA/ PHULBANI)

Name of the Block covered

No of GP covered

No of village

covered

Target IHHL of the village

Present status Peoples contribution

Completed Partially

completed. Cash kind

Phulbani 11 37 1507 47 90 Sand, labor, mason metal et costing around 900 per HH.

Baliguda. 5 13

1340 10 134

16 50 2847 57 224

For establishing Block Resource Center , NIPDIT selected by Water and sanitation Mission , Govt of Orissa during this reporting period. For managing field level activities 4 staff are appointed in both the Block. Initially Baliguda and Phulbani are taken as model block. One block coordinator and one cluster coordinator are placed at Block headquarter and working closely with the block administration and with the field functionaries such as BDO, JE , RWSS , AWW , GRS, Asha, VLW, Sarpanch and word members etc. Target for each village are fixed during last Gramsava and the benificiaries contacted for construction of IHHL. The progress till 31st March are 57 completed and 124 are in progress. The role of staff to conduct village meeting for motivating beneficiaries to construct IHHL at their house and contribution. Lessoning with Block, RWSS, People and NIPDIT for

better implementation of the project.

Activities Participants Outcome

M F T QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE

Follow up of gender promoters work

7 8 15 Equal wage for same work

Meeting on gender issues. 16 12 28

58 villagers aware about the legal aspect for women,

Sexual Harassment Committee. Meeting

8 6 14

Aware about low and specific provisions for women.

Meeting on Violence against Women.

7 28 35

Committee formed for addressing local issues related to Women violence.

Aware about low and specific provisions for women.

Revival of gender promoters work 10 11 21

30 case successfully solved.

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7. COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR DROUGHT MITIGATION ( follow-up) The project Collective Action for Draught Mitigation in Bolangir (CADMB) which was supported by Action Aid, India was concluded

in the year 2011-12. In the year 2012-13, the activities initiated during the tenure of the project were followed up by the local staff

and POs to sustain the progress so far made. The following interventions were emphasized during the year 2012-13.

Follow up of Grain banks established in 26 villages to ensure food security among the families.

Follow up of migration issue to reduce the trend in 52 villages.

Alliance building among POs/ Lok Sangathan to carry out right based / entitlement activities in the area.

Strengthening of village and cluster Drought Action Committee through regular meetings.

8. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD ( follow-up)

In the year 2011-12 sustainable livelihood programme was implemented in 27 villages of 2 blocks of Kandhamal district taking 417

women SHG members. The major focus were to set up 2 women producer groups of 2 important products of the area Turmeric &

Sal/ Siali leaf. As the project was closed in the year 2012, during 12-13, the activities initiated were followed up in the area. The

following things were emphasized.

Strengthening of the producer groups through regular meetings & supervision.

Establishment of turmeric procuring unit.

Leaf plate making continued by the SHG members.

Marketing of processed turmeric & leaf plate.

Due to closure of the project, although there are no full time staff for this purpose, other staff members of nearby project areas are

regularly deputed for some days to follow up the continuity of the activities and support the groups in their venture & marketing of

the products.

9. ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT Organization Development broadly highlights the internal strengthening aspects

of the organization such as Policy development & administration, Program &

personnel management , Resource mobilization and providing support services

to different organs of the organization as well as outside organization etc.

9.1 Policy development & administration

1. First draft of some additional policies on leadership

succession, computer & MIS and communication were

prepared and presented in the AGBM 2012, which was

discussed circulated among the members for their comments.

After receiving their comments, these policies will be finalized

and incorporated in the organization’s policy document.

Annual Review & Planning Workshop

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2. Amendment of some clauses of the by-law were sought/

immediately by the Income tax deptt in connection to

awarding 80G to NIPDIT. Documents relating to the

proposed amendment was submitted with Dist.

Administration along with their query for compliances with

reasons.

3. Committee against Sexual Harassment of women under

the Gender policy of the organization was reconstituted

both at central office & project office level. Outside experts

participated the process of reconstitution and oriented the

members about their roles & responsibilities.

9.2 Governance & management 1. As usual organization conduct its general body and executive body meetings every year. During this reporting

period one general body and one Governing Board meeting were held .Matters relating to plans, policies,

programs and reports, future strategy have been the key areas of deliberation.

2. Annual planning workshops organized, 26 persons from all 6 projects and RRC, Representatives of Pos and

project staff including central office presented their report and after presentation critical gaps were identified

and discussed in detail for planning. After analysis of the issues all the project team were prepared the

annual plan for the year 2012-13 .

3. Physical & financial monitoring conducted 3 times in all

the project areas where review the quarterly plan,

budget utilization and performance appraisal of staff,

discussion of critical operational issues were focused .

Before quarterly review project staff and LRTs were

given formats and guidelines to do the exercise at their

own

4. Training workshops, seminars attended by staffs

organized by FVTRS, NIOS, THP, IGS in different

places(see separate table)

5. Celebration of 31th foundation day of the organization

where NGOs and Staffs were participated and deliberated on success & failure of NIPDIT. In this occasion

workshop was organized on youth policy in the context of Odisha. Similarly the foundation day was observed

in all project areas followed by issue based people’s workshop on FRA, NREAGA, RTI etc.

6. Recruitment of new staff in different positions and transfer of existing staff were done as per the need and the

project requirement. Staff orientation were conducted based on different projects need before induction.

Celebration of 31st Foundation day of Organization.

Construction of State Resource Center at BBSR

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7. Due to shortage of human resource in the organization the available staffs are assigned for multi functional

responsibilities .

8. Strict monitoring appraisal system maintained to assess performances of staff.

9.3 Resource mobilization Resource mobilization for organization are basically from internal sources and from outside donor agencies. For resourse mobilization internally organization used the 3 farms/Centers and cultivated turmeric, Yam and vegetable & horticulture plants, procured turmeric for Processing, Packaging and marketing. Further reinvesting corpus funds & organizations general & CSWF fund in term deposit schemes, hiring of training centers & infrastructures for organizing programmes were also adopted as potential source of earning for the organization. During this reporting period organization mobilized resources from FVTRS for vocational training, NIOS for secondary education, THP & SIRD for empowerment of PRI functionaries with particular focus on women, DWSM for establishment for BRC. The organization also negotiated with other donor agency such as IGSSS, OTELP, CEE-UNDP, ILP, ITDA, OGIP, PACS, Ford Foundation, Deptt. Of health & family welfare and District Administration for mobilizing project based support. 9.4 Support Service 1. Supported Pos financially for organizing different program at all

projects and also management / administration. 2. Rescores team facilitated different program at field as hand

holding support to project staff and Pos on MGNREGA campaign, Social audit , campaign on Kendu leaf, FRA , PDS and different micro issues.

3. Supported project staff for organizing capacity building at project

, Guiding LRT for monitoring etc. 4. Provided guideline and formats for different programs for better

management of PMES . 5. Exposures organized for Pos representative and staff of RCDC

on indigenous practices of forest dwellers in one of the project

area of NIPDIT & on process of strengthening of peoples

organization in another area. Selected & 20 volunteers with

ICDS for preparing micro plan for anganwadi centers in

Phulbani block,

POs leaders and Lokdrusti staff on Exposure visit to NIPDIT

POs leaders and RCDC staff on Exposure visit to NIPDIT.

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CONCLUSION

Sustainability of self reliance practices relies on 4 important principles. They are: 1) Institution building & strengthening 2) Resource Generation & Access 3) PMED focusing on HRD component 4) Replication of best

practices.

In this context if one analysis the present scenario of institutional behavior of the CBOs after going through the pages of the report one can easily make out the difference by applying these 4 principles. The gist of the assessment is given below.

NIPDIT at the beginning of the year set the mandate to address sustainability element of its structure & programme through adopting certain

system and methods in its broad plan of action. To its own assessment & realization, it has identified few areas of interventions which have

shown to have fetched result towards the directions of sustainability. Some of the experiences are mentioned below.

Through its long association with Pos, they have gained both horizontal & vertical growth in their status. It is gradually increasing the

membership base as well as able to establish network relationship with likeminded CBOs, federations starting from Block level to the state level.

Likewise they are improving their capacities to identify their issues, work on those issues and are able to manage their affairs independently.

Different community issue based structures associated with the Pos are also growing simultaneously and handle the issues at the village &

cluster levels. Broadly those issues are on land, forest, social and food security, education, health, displacement so on and so forth.

Always financial resources are treated important to run an organization or its programs. Now a day’s availability of resources from outside

sources are becoming more difficult. The Pos have found its own solution by mobilizing resources from the locality. These are in 3 different

ways 1. Through increasing membership base 2. Through initiating income generating activities 3. Through establishing relation with Govt.

departments for convergence. These approaches has minimized their dependency on outside resources to a great extent.

Earlier the Pos were dependent on outside agencies who helped them to prepare their Annual or a multiyear prospective plan. This was mainly

based on the scope of availability of outside resources/project funds. Now the POs could prepare their plan according to their own resources

and implement those plans without much difficulty. For monitoring & evaluation of their progress few intermediary systems & structures were

established such as developing Local Resources Team (LRT) and constituting Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) who could help the Pos

in performing their PME role.

Over a period of time the Pos are able to set a model on Institution building of community levels to address both thematic areas as well as

managerial issues efficiently and have become examples for others, therefore every year Teams/groups from outside come on exposure visits

to exchange learning on these 2 aspects. Therefore different norms, practices, processes & methodologies are replicated outside which provide

ample opportunities for the horizontal growth of the POs.

NIPDIT being an facilitating organization have mainly provided quality support to those 10 POs and its village, cluster and area level structures to bring about sustainability at both programme & structural levels. During the year NIPDIT has focused specifically on youth mass & sensitized them to understand their community role and play the role positively to address the issue of area development, communal harmony, self employment and need for active political participation in local self governance. This activity created the scope for the new generation change makers who would carry forward the ethics of sustainability through strengthening the existing structure of community organization. As NIPDIT has realized that taking youth as an entry point to any form of community development brings higher rate of success. Practice of different sustainable methods mostly depend on the structure of the governance, its way of functioning. The more accountable,

transparent is the governance, the more effective would be the practice. Therefore the organization will continue to ensure a sound Human

Resource development policy for a sound governance in future.

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ANNEXTURES

I-WORKSHOP, TRAINING, CONSULTATIONS ORGANIZED

Project Level

SL NO.

Programme Location Date Contents/ Themes

No of Participants

01. MGNREGA Rally Paburia 24.04.2012 Public Awareness 173

02. EC members capacity building training

M.Rampur,Dadaki Paburia,Banspal

Bolangir Mayl’12 to Mar’13

Management of federations 475

03. Gender Promoter Orientation Dadki,Paburia, Banspal

Every Quarterly 22.07.2012 to

16.03.2013

Orientation on Gender promotion 64

04. Celebration of World Environment Day

Paburia,Dadaki Balangir

05.06.2012 Discussed on Plantation & forest protection & benefit of Waste management

85

05. Youth Sensitization programme

Paburia,Dadaki Bolangir,M.Rampur

Banspal June’12 to Mar’13

Role of youth as change makers. 406

06. Sustainable Agriculture orientation

Banspal July’12 Orientation on Agriculture practice

203

07 Capacity Building of PRI members

Paburia July to Dec-2012 Role, responsibility and accountability.

103

08 VFPC meeting Dadaki

25.08.2012 & 12.12.2012

FRA 118

09 Community health M. Rampur & Dadaki 25.09.2012 TBA & RCH review 222

10 FRA Rally Paburia &Dadaki Kalahandi

22.09.2012 & 29.09.2012

Individual and community claim

1025

11 Anti liquor rally Paburia 15.09.2012 Violence against women. 532

12 Public Hearing Keonjhar Nov’12 MGNREGA 1134

13 Celebration of Education day Paburia 11.11.2012 RTE 41

14 EDP training Programme Malerimaha 22.12.12 Enterprise Development 40

15 Rally on Mass action Paburia 24.12.2012

To open second counter system in Paburia SBI Branch

173

16 Orientation on Violence against Women

M. Rampur 15.01.2013 Violence against women.

35

17 Celebration of International women day

Kangaon,Dadki, Banspal,

Paburia, M.Rampur 08.03.13

Interventions in Women development & protection issue & role of CASH committee

803

18 GKS orientation Keojhar 12.03.13 GKS fund utilization 384

19 Observation of NIPDIT 31th Foundation day of NIPDIT

Kangaon, Dadki,Banspal,

Paburia, M.Rampur 16.03.2013

NIPDIT’s interventions in rural development & micro/macro level issues FRA, NREGA, NTFP issues

200

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WORKSHOP, TRAINING, CONSULTATIONS ORGANIZED

Organization Level

Sl.

NO. Programme Location Date Contents/Themes

No. of

Participants

01. Annual Planning workshop Phulbani 30.05.2012 Review on Annual activities 26

02. Volunteers meeting (AWC) Phulbani 19.06.2012 Orientation to volunteers

for ICDS study. 14

03. PAG Meeting Phulbani 20.07.2012,

06.10.2012

Issues on different local

issues & P/A 24

04. Workshop on RTE Phulbani &

BBSR

18.08.2012

22.08.2012

Consultation on Right to

Education act-2010 17

05. State level consultation RRC, BBSR 22.08.2012 Meeting for progress of

education at rural areas. 20

06 Meeting for Sexual

Harassment Committee Phulbani 05.12.2012

Revival of Sexual

harassment committee &

redressal cell

15

07 Human Rights Day/ Women

rights day Phulbani 10.12.2012

Rally on women issues &

memorandum to CM

through Collector

124

08 TOT on youth sensitization Phulbani 21-22.12.2012 To develop training skill

among staff. 10

9 31st Anniversary of NIPDIT Phulbani 16.03.2013

Observation of 31st

Anniversary & Seminary on

state youth policy

25

10 Vocational Training Paburia June12 to

May 13

Training to unemployed

youth 105

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II- WORKSHOP, TRAINING, CONSULTATIONS ATTENDED

Sl. No.

Programme Organized

by Dates Place Person’s Name

01 PAG meeting PAG, Phulbani

19.04.2012 10.02.2013

K.Nuagaon P.K Nayak

B.N. Khatua

02. IGS workshop & 25th IGS

foundation day IGS

23.04.2012

to

29.04.2012

New Delhi Banamali Dash

03. FVTRS meeting FVTRS 13.05.2012

to 17.05.2012

Bangalore R.C Dash

04. NIOS tele-conference NIOS,

BBSR

24.05.2012

29.06.2012

26.12.2012

Bhubaneswar S.Subhadarshini

P.K. Nayak

05 Water & Sanitation

meeting SWSM 04.07.2012 Bhubaneswar B.N Khatua

06 TOT on Enterprise

Development

FVTRS,

Bangalore

05.08.2012

to

11.08.2012

Lucknow P.K Nayak

07 National Skill Conference FVTRS 19-09-2012

to 21.09.2012

Thrivanantapuram R.C Dash

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III- MANAGING BODY

Sl. No. NAME & ADDRESS Position

Status

Governing Body General Body

1. Ms. Pramila Swain C/o-FARR, Muniguda, Dist-Rayagada Email- pramilaswain@yahoo.co.in, Cont. No-9437013094

Chairperson √ √

2.

Dr. Rabi Narayana Dash Ward No. 15, VIP Road, Baripada, Dist-Mayurbhanj-757001, E-mail: rabidash@mail.com, Cont.No-08895071049

Vice-Chairman √ √

3.

Sri Sankarsana Hota c/o-PIPAR, Prakruti Niwas, Gudianali, Dhenkanal-759001 E-mail-pipardkl@gmail.com, Cont.No-9437014450

Treasurer √ √

4. Dr. Sabyasachi Rath C-14, Duplex, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar E-mail-rathsabyasachi@yahoo.com, Cont.No-9938707318

Member √ √

5.

Sri Rabindra Kumar Ray Secretary, LOKSHAKTI, Vyasakabi Nagar, Po-Sahadevkhunta Balasore-756001, E-mail: lokshakti_ray@rediffmail.com, Cont.No-9437192094

Member √ √

6.

Ms. Minati Padhi, Secretary, IWD, Upahar Residency 101, Hill Patna, Berhampur-5, E-mail-iwd1992@sify.com, iwd1992@gmail.com Cont.No-9437066362

Member √ √

7. Mr. Gadadhar Nayak At-Malerimaha, Po-Paburia, Dist-Kandhamal, Cont.No-9437769788

Member √ √

8.

Mrs. Sashiprava Bindhani 102-B Shnehalata Apartment, Vivekananda Marg BBSR-751012 E-mail- sashi.bindhani@gmail.com Cont.No-9437330808, 07873815658

Member √ √

9.

Mr. Sishir Kumar Satapathy, C/O-AWAAZ At/Po: Banasinghi, Via: Mahimagadi,-759014 Dist: Dhenkanal E-mail- shishira.media@gmail.com , idiot91@rediffmail.com Cont.No-9861097704

Member √

10.

Mr. S. M. Farooque C/o- FELLOWSHIP Tarini Bhawan Dist-Bhadrak-756 100 E-mail- farooque_sm@hotmail.com, fello_ship@yahoo.com Cont.No-9437266492

Member

√

11.

Mrs. Renu Mahara At/PO- Luhasingha Via-Dhandamunda Dist.: Bolangir, Cont.No-7894774423

Member

√

12.

Mr. Rama Chandra Dash Member-Secretary, NIPDIT College Road, Phulbani Kandhamal-762001 Mob: 9437112246, E-mail: nipdit@rediffmail.com, nipdit28@gmail.com

Member-Secretary

√ √

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IV-VISITORS OF THE YEAR

1. Mr. Amrut Ku. Prusty, Mrs. Rekha Panigrahi, Mr. Jyoti Prakash, Mr. Madan Mohan Rout, Mr. Prashant Ku. Dash.

CARE, Odisa

2. Dr. Amrita Patel Secretary, Sansriti, BBSR & Mrs. Sasiprava Bindhani , Women Activist & Governing Board Member,NIPDIT, BBSR

3. Mr. Rijan Gartia, Mr Susant Ku. Sahu, Mr. Gunanidhi Dash & Mr. Vijaya Ku. Singh BASIX, BBSR & Hyderabad

4. Ms. Pranita Patra PA, ITDA, Phulbani

5. Ms. Sanjukta Kanhar Chairman, Zilla Parishad , Phulbani

6. Block Development Officer Phulbani

7. Industrial Promotion Officer Tikabali

8. Dist. Employment Officer Phulbani

9. Bank Managers SBI, Paburia & Allahabad Bank, Phulbani

10. Mr. Debashish Mishra HIV/AID Counsultant, DHH-Phulbani

11. Deputy Director Horticulture Phulbani

12. RCDC team Bolangir & Lokdrusti team Nuapada

13. Mr. Sukanta Mohapatra The Hunger Project Bhubaneswar

14. Mr. B.B Champati Facilitator, NIOS, Kandhamal district

VI-STATUTORY INFORMATION

Registration Number : PBN No.109/28 of 1982-83

FCRA Number : 105010004 of February 1985

IT Pan Number : AAAAN2691R

TAN Number : BBNN00354E

IT 12 A Regn No. : Adm(GL)-48/12-A/84-85

Statutory Auditor : M/s GNS & Associates,Chartered Accountant Kanchan Talkies Comples, Angul-759122

Legal Advisor : Mr.V.V.Ramdas,Advocate Contractorpada,Phulbani Kandhamal,Orissa

Bankers : UCO Bank,Phulbani Allhabad Bank,Phulbani BCCB,Phulbani SBI,Phulbani ICICI Bank,Phulbani HDFC Bank,Bhubaneswar

Accreditation by : Credibility Alliance, New Delhi National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Noida

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GOVERNANCE

Sl. No. Meetings Members Attended Strength

1. Governing Board 6 9

2. General Body 9 12

Staff Details

Category Men Women Total

Full time 18 4 22

Part time 4 - 4

Total 22 4 26

Distribution of staff (Gender & Salary)

Staff Male Female Total

<2500 2 - 2

<7000 14 4 18

<15000 4 - 4

<30000 2 - 2

Remuneration & Allowance paid to chief functionary

1. Rama Chandra Dash-Member-Secretary-Rs.21732/- p.m