Rural Development Organisation

Gramya Bhavan, P.B.No.7, Aruvankadu – 643202, Nilgiris, IndiaTel/Fax: (0423)2230851, www.rdotrust.org , email: rdotrust1980@gmail.com,rdotrust@hotmail.com

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ANNUAL REPORT - 2013-2014

RURAL LIVES

“India lives in Villages and the downtrodden and the rural poor are to be uplifted”. Mahatma Ghandi.“There must be complete confidence and mutual trust between the bureaucracy and the voluntary organisations” Rajiv Gandhi.

Rural Development Organisation (RDO): The Beginning 

The RDO was founded by Mr N. K. Perumal in 1980, after he moved to the educationally and

economically challenged Nilgiris hill district in the 1970s. Witnessing the pathetic circumstances

prevailing in the remote rural pockets he recalled that he “almost broke down.” It was then that he

made up his mind to do something “to permanently improve the appalling conditions”. The RDO

was thus formed with one clear objective: to develop the remote poor villages. A simple objective

but a Herculean challenge. Like the villager who has to walk miles through forest with the ever

present threat of elephants, the path ahead was not always clear.

RDO: 34 YEARS OF TRANSFORMING RURAL LIVES

1. Established in November 1980 by social activist N.K.Perumal.

2. RDO’s impact has resulted in remarkable achievements in the fields of education, health, women’s empowerment, social justice and the improvement of livelihoods in thousands of the poorest and most remote villages.

3. RDO fights for justice, freedom from slavery, livelihood guarantees and economic empowerment of Tribal and Dalit communities

4. RDO taught more than 30,000 women to write and read.

5. Rural women were enabled to attend action meetings across the country with foreign delegates.

6. RDO rehabilitated 52 Paniya Tribals who are now owners of a tea estate valued Rs. 25 crore

7. RDO is committed to schooling children, breaking the cycle of child employment

8. RDO built 55 schools in 30 years educating 85,000 children.

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9. RDO identified 671(2012 figure) migratory children and enrolled them in RDO’s special schools. All the children were provided noon meals, uniforms, rain coats, warm clothes & teaching/learning materials. All now enrolled in Goverment schools.

10. With the help of government of Tamil Nadu, infrastructure such as roads, community halls, foot paths, electricity, public toilets etc were provided to hundreds of Tribal and Dalit villages.

11. Hundreds of medical camps were conducted and patients were referred to government hospitals.

12. The youth were trained in trades such as tailoring, embroidery, hand knitting, type writing, secretarial course, synthetic gem cutting, coir mat making, pottery, motor vehicle driving, steel fabrications, carpentry etc.,

13. RDO was one of the front line organizations in the relief operation during 1989, 1993 and 2010 flood. The RDO provided shelter to affected flood victims, supplied food, clothes and utensils in the flood affected villages and also provided interest free loan to repair their homes.

14. With the financial support of MHFW, AYUSH division, RDO made a comprehensive study on Revitalization of Local Health Traditions and Folk Medicines. The outcome of study will be immensely helpful for future generation of the concerned Tribals and as well as Ayurveda and Sidda medical colleges.

15. RDO identified 4 NGOs to undertake 2003 Tsunami rehabilitation works

16. RDO played significant role in enabling the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Former Prime Minister Honorable Rajiv Gandhi released an Audio cassette produced by RDO in the presence of half a million people in Rajapalayam in 1989.

17. The Swiss Development Corporation hired RDO founder to make a study on ethnic issues in Sri Lanka in 1984.

18. The RDO’s founder served as Chairman of Tamil Nadu State Voluntary Resource Centre (TNVRC) and Tamil Nadu Corporation for Women Development.

19. Mr. Perumal is a sitting member of Aide et Action, France and FINISH, Lucknow (FINANCE INCLUSION IMPROVES HEALTH AND SANITATION)

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20. In 2006, the Silver Jubilee of the RDO, a spontaneous crowd of 30,000 people undertook a procession in appreciation of the work it had done.

21. RDO strongly believes that the NGOs and CBOs must work closely with the Government. Due to close and constant contacts with district administration, RDO is able to take various Government’s Development and Welfare schemes to the remote villages.

22. RDO is collaborating with NABARD, Canara Bank, Bank of India, NDCC Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI and Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services. Approximately ` 2 crore is disbursed to various SHGs and JLGs through the above mentioned financial institutions.

23. RDO rehabilitated 52 bonded Paniya Tribal families by providing 52 acres of land and raising tea plantation. Those 52 Tribal families are proud owners of ` 25 crore worth of tea plantation.

24. Home for Homeless; Forty Dalit families from Karanoor were assisted to build new homes and raise tea plantation for sustainable livelihood.

25. Retrieval of Tribal Land: Bellathicombai Kurumba Tribal’s land was grabbed by a group of outsiders. RDO retrieved the land by paying ` 65,000. The Tribal were assisted to raise tea plantation in the said land.

26. RDO is committed to build 1,38,000 household toilets in the Nilgiris and 500,000 toilets across 11 states to achieve an Open Defecation Free society.

27.AWARDS Tamil Sakidhiya Academy SriLanka Vijay Ratna The Best Social Service Guinness World Record in Tree Planting Excellence award for Economic Empowerment of Women Environmental Protection

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VISION 2023 of

Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu-

Eradication of Open Defecation

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VISION 2023. Theme A.“Water & Sanitation: Tamil Nadu shall provide piped and pressurized 24x7 water supply to100% of its residents and ensure that all of them have access to safe sanitation including open defecation free and garbage free environment”.

RDO/FINISH PROJECT:

Every 3 minutes one toilet is constructed by RDO/FINISH project. Average expenditure to construct a toilet is Rs.15,000 RDO directly helps in the procurement of loans No contractors are engaged. The loan is given directly to the beneficiaries. The beneficiaries procure materials and build on their own.

RDO ACTIVITIES IN NORTH INDIA:

During the Financial Year 2013-2014, RDO extended its activities in North India. RDO is working with Lucknow based NGO FINISH (Financial Inclusion Improves Health & Sanitation) with 3 primary objectives in mind.

1. To assist 500,000 families to build household toilets through 75 grassroots level NGOs across 11 states.

2. To work with financial institutions including Government / Private banks and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) to lend loans to individual families to construct toilets.

3. To work closely with state Governments and district administrations offering incentives to construct toilets.

Overall the sanitation coverage has increased in the RDO/FINISH project areas. The total number of systems constructed has reached 297,392.

The Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities provided complete coverage to all families in the project area.

RDO - FINISH Project Across India

S.No State

Number of Sanitation

System (Oct 2009-March

2010)

Number of Sanitation

System (April 2010-March

2011)

Number of Sanitation

System (April 2011-

March 2012)

Number of Sanitation

System (April 2012- March 2013)

Number of Sanitation

System (April

2013 - Dec 2013)

Total Number of Sanitation

System

1 Jharkhand 4,398 7,155 11,553

2 Bihar 3,320 20,187 23,507

3 Odisha 17,874 37,630 1,765 11,435 6,972 75,676

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4 Gujarat 1,280 14,059 30,514 13,181 59,034

5 Maharashtra 212 2,499 2,345 2,542 2,105 9,703

6 Rajasthan 552 7,884 20,224 28,660

7 Uttar Pradesh 150 2,769 7,651 10,570

8 Tamilnadu 5,801 3,404 3,871 3,162 12,290 28,528

9 Madhya Pradesh 1,102 1,910 319 236 4,921 8,488

10 Karnataka 2,728 342 3,070

11 West Bengal

Total 24,989 47,275 25,237 66,260 95,028 258,789

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SANITATION AWARENESS PROGRAMME:

In 2013-2014 RDO/FINISH partners carried out 756 Sanitation Awareness Programs covering 35,136 people, 1,177 film showings of “Let’s make it Right” were held reaching an audience of 50,000, 43,525 leaflets have been distributed, murals have been drawn at 269 places, in 2,614 SHG meetings the need for safe sanitation was discussed and different school activities have been carried out in 163 places.

RANGE OF COST EFFECTIVE TOILETS

CDOT (MFI partner) from Patna, Bihar and project area is in Nalanda District of Bihar As a matter of fact, it is very innovative model "CDOT" is practicing where two precast tanks of 1.8 m by 0.9 m (6 feet by 3 feet) are being set. Both tanks are connected and the final outlet from the tank goes to the soak pit, so the water from the tank is not discharged to the drainage. The tank is also precast so setting the toilet does not take much time. People like it because it is easy to install. The manufacturers are local and now CDOT is also setting up the production centre in Patna district which will maintain the quality and cost.

ANCHALIK based at Udaipur District of Rajasthan prepares Pre-Cast structures which is cost effective and is in sync with rural environment and local culture. It has a well established manufacturing unit with all necessary infrastructures.

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GSBS, Darbhanga District, Bihar has introduced low cost toilets in which the leach pits are constructed with the help of bamboo sticks. Bamboo scaffolds are made to cover the pits. A concrete meso structure is built to ensure safe disposal of excreta. A total amount of INR 2,035 including labour costs needs to be invested to construct this low cost toilet. Lok Jagriti Kendra, Deoghar District of Jharkhand through its community driven approach has brought massive behavioral change in the area. Communities, after realising the need, have started constructing temporary low cost toilets. After arranging the finance the temporary structures are replaced by permanent structures.

Low Cost Toilet-Lok Jagriti Kendra

UNICEF partnership in Maharastra: A partnership was created with SACRED-Aurangabad, Unicef, Mumbai and Finish Society for the project namely “Creating Sanitation Foot Print in selected GPs of Bhokardan Block of Jalna District” . It started on 1st February 2014. The service area comprises 67 Villages and 52 Gram Panchayats from Bhkardan Block of Jalna District covering 24,878 Households and a population of 132,319. Details are in Annex 4.

A MOU has been signed between Gujarat Livelihoods Promotion Company and FINISH to provide sustainable livelihoods for poor in the state of Gujarat. Precisely, the programme will bring social entrepreneurial opportunities for SHG women through building their capacity in the areas of micro insurance and promotion of household sanitation & hygiene.

Result 1.1 MFIs offer sanitation loans as part of their loan product portfolio

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Milestone 2013-2014: 20 million Euro in hardware financing has been organized by the project.

Indicator Targets 2013-2014 Results 2013 – 2014

Output MFI pre-selection criteria developed,

organisational capacity assessment,

MoU with each implementing MFI

partner stipulating roles of different

parties vis-à-vis implementers

OBA detailed criteria

4) Proposal for GP-OBA

funding submitted.

Innovative use of current

project related OBA

funding documented

Proposal submitted to WSP India, reformatted

to result based financing. Due to change of staff

at WSP, not being pursued by WSP presently.

Out-come The end of the programme has

provided 100% of all necessary

loans provided to the users.

Additional 20 million in

other funding will be

mobilised.

In the year 2013-14, 133,631 safe sanitation

systems have been built using multiple sources

of finance.

Finance

(Bank/MFI/NABARD/NHB/SHG

Other): INR 288 M

Subsidy (partner leveraging Govt.

subsidy):  INR 575 M

Client contribution: INR 128 M

CSR support: INR 5.3 M

Sustain-ability By the end of the programme, the

occurrence of water-borne diseases

among the program target group has

decreased with 50%.

Results from impact

surveys will be known

and will inform on the

occurrence of water

borne diseases, these will

be widely disseminated.

Impact survey in Gwalior completed. Report

awaited.

Impact survey commenced in Tamilnadu.

Milestone 2013-2014:

Indicator Targets 2013-

2014

Results 2013– 2014

Output Assessment stakeholders

sanitation support services at

different levels (MFI, NGO,

government, institutional,

primary beneficiary)

Existing sanitation system-

assessed. Identification of

target areas. Identification of

issues /gaps. Identification key

persons (champions)

Information system options

75 partners

contracted MC

Saatchi developed

habit change

material Official

launch technology

cartoon.

In 11 states 61 active partners are

presently associated with FINISH

503 Animators have been trained.

refresher trainings carried out for

225 Animators trained earlier.

Trainings have been carried out by

Master Trainers from FINISH and

External Master Trainers trained

under the FINISH TOT programme.

402 Masons have been trained.

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evaluation. Tangible win-win

situation (commitment/

motivation due to genuine self-

interest) identified,

Stakeholder capacity assessed,

gaps targeted through specific

CB, Handbook developed

Learning Guide Part B is revised.

Learnings from the field are being

collected and will be incorporated

in the Learning Guide.

Outcome The constructed sustainable

sanitation systems supported

by the PIT are functioning

properly and satisfactorily by

the midterm of the

programme.

Randomised

sampling of work of

partners

To partners PIT provides:

Hand holding support

Training support

Technical guidance

Random validation

Sustainability At the end of the programme

90% of all sanitation system

constructed during the

previous programme years

still function.

Documented

sanitation supply

side chain leading

to cost reductions.

(re) use film in

local languages

Documented (re)

use pilots

Reuse film is complete with

different vernacular versions

Milestone2013-2014: The Programme has established a range commercial and other-non-commercial by which sanitation can be financed. The ratios will vary per state and per partner and will be as low as 0-1 as 12-1.

Indicator Targets 2013-

2014

Results 2013– 2014

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Output By the end of programme year 2, the

financial closure of commercial and non-

commercial financing is taking shape

through:

- Contract with each MFI stipulating

deliverables

- Mobilising different financial support

schemes (credit guarantee, equity

participation, line of credit, programme

finance) catering to higher financing

demands

75 partners, all

financial

support

schemes

documented

Finance Bank/MFI/

NABARD/ NHB/SHG

Other): INR 288 M. Almost

at par with 2012-13 figure

of INR 291.51 M

Subsidy (partner

leveraging Govt. subsidy):

INR 575 M. With

strengthening relationship

with Government and by

leveraging tri-partite

partnerships 2013-14

figures are nearly 276% of

2012-13.

Client contribution: INR

128 M (€ 1.83 M). Strong

demand creation has

resulted in 100% jump in

client contribution over

2012-13.

CSR support INR 5.3 M

Outcome By the end of the programme, the

percentage of commercial funding vis-à-vis

non-commercial funding for different

sanitation systems, different organisations

and different regions in India is

established. This will serve as much need

benchmarks for interventions elsewhere.

Ratios for

different

funding routes

Availability of finance for Sanitation

lending continues to be a challenge.

Because it is not treated as a

‘productive loan’ and not clearly

categorised as a ‘priority sector’ –

comes under the overall umbrella of

‘micro-housing’.

Sustainability By the end of the programme participating

MFIs will be able to demonstrate the real

benefits of improved sanitation, compared

to the real costs. This means that they can

continue with little-or even without-

external support.

Two impacts

studies will

have been

completed by

UNU

Data collection in Gwalior is

complete. In TamilNadu it is work-

in-progress.

MOU signed between Hindustan Zinc Limited and FINISH. HZL provides INR. 2,500/toilet for construction.

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MOU signed between World Vision and FINISH Society wherein World Vision will provide INR 6,700/ toilet including management cost for FINISH.

The stronger ties with the Indian Government are clearly visible in Graphs 1.2 and 1.3 below. In Graph 1.2 the subsidy from the Indian government for the first time exceeds the loan funding. Though still limited, corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding has also started.  As this is very much track record based, and the Government has very conducive support policies, we expect CSR funding to increase in time.

Graph 1.3: Overall RDO / FINISH sanitation system financing 2009-2014

Milestone 2013-2014: Virtual presentation of project performance (increase sanitation density); FINISH presentation at SWW and other events.

Indicator Targets 2013-2014 Results 2013 – 2014

Output By the end of year 2 of the program the

monitoring system is developed and

operational: Programme management

committee  Programme coordinator with

support staff; Baseline data, PRA/RRA Key

indicators health products and iterative review

process established

- Key non health indicators established

Virtual Presentation

FINISH implementation

accessible

www.finishsociety.org

Exit strategy FINISH

redefined

A robust concurrent

validation process in

place implemented

by the PIT members.

Partners are

contracted on

‘pockets of intensity’

approach so that they

are not dispersed and

easier to manage.

On a periodic basis

validation of partner

figures done using

the methodology as

prescribed by IFS/

UNU-Merit. The

cornerstone of which

is ‘random selection’

of areas to be

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validated.

Out-come The results of the monitoring increase the

effectiveness of the programme intervention by

an annual increase in demand for sanitation and

micro health insurance products.

Impact evaluation report with health and

sanitation baseline, control, basic loan increase,

with sanitation support services and with

sanitation support services and micro health

insurance. Also qualitative differences in village

life (post-FINISH), if any, will be reported. The

outcomes are widely shared within India and

outside.

Data on systems

constructed (passing

4,00,000 mark)

Systems contours will be

defined for impact analysis

Sustain-ability 50% of the MFIs include the monitoring system

in their own monitoring protocols.

FINISH monitoring system

visualised (modern media),

pilot started whereby

monitoring will strengthen

capacity of partner as

objective.

Milestone 2013-2014:

Indicator Targets 2013-2014 Results 2013 – 2014

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Output Number of newly

established MSMEs through

the program

7 Product markets

combination (PMC)

Documentation of

various enterprise

Approx. 700 animators and 175 project

coordinators engaged.  

Approx. employment/ number of man days

generated for masons: 467709 man days

(@3.5 md/ ss) valued at INR 164 M

In 5 districts of Rajasthan 200 odd masons

are working supported by 100 helpers. On an

average every mason is earning INR 4000 pm

(Highest earning for mason has reached upto

INR10000 pm) through our RSM operations

earlier it was not more than INR2500.

Moreover it was not consistent. This

intervention by providing livelihood at the

village has helped, though in a very limited

way, curb seasonal migration of labour to

nearby big cities.

RSMs Rajasthan: FINISH supported RSMs /

vendors employ For  manufacturing bricks,

slabs and precast structures:

Machine Operators 10 nos INR

10000 – 15000 pm.

Support staff 40nos INR 5000

pm.

Contractual 30 INR 250 per day

50% female  workers

vendors have engaged villagers

in local transportation, loading,

unloading and driving jobs etc.

Out-come By mid term of the

programme 3000 women

have increased earnings

Data will be qualified

and quantified

Sustain-ability Savings of up to 20% of

family freely disposable

income (in terms of totally

family income about 3-4%)

due to lower costs for health

related expenses

Impact survey

expected this year

which may confirm

the hypothesis;

another survey from

one of our partners

to be seconded

academically

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RDO Team

S.No Name Designation Phone Number Email Id

1.

Mr. Santosh Kashyap Regional Programme

Manager – (Uttar Pradesh)

08400149157 santoshkash@finishsociety.co m

2.

Mr. saurabh Agnihotri Regional Programme

Manager – (Rajasthan –

MP)

09672988255 saurabhagnih@gmail.co m

3.

Mr. Saurabh Pandya Zonal Coordinator

(Gujarat and Maharashtra)

09925227284

saurabh_cpandya@finishsociety.

co m

4.

Mr. Pradeep Mohanty Regional Programme

Manager (Odisha and West

Bengal)

09776080273

pkmohanty32@finishsociety.c

o m

5.

Mr.Sarojkant Chowdhury Programme Manager

(Bihar)

09776078999 sarojbbsr@finishsociety.co m

6.

Mr. Arunav

Chakrobarthy

Regional Programme

Manager (Jharkhand)

08969107397 arunavachakrabortyster@gmail.

com

7.

Mr.Rangarajan Regional Programme

Manager(South)

09003395505 kmssatya@finishsociety.co m

8.

Mr. Roshan J Project coordinator

Karanataka

0988649887 post.roshan@gmail.com

9.

Nirbhay Singh Kushwah Project

Coordinator

(Rajasthan)

07727839090

nirbhayk449@gmail.co m

10.

Khengerbhai Jethabhai

Rangi

Project

Coordinator

(South Gujarat)

09825445028 rangi_72@finishsociety.co m

11.

Kailas Maruti Sawant Regional

Programme

Manager

(Maharashtra)

09420857892

kmssatya@finishsociety.co m

12. Ashutosh Agrawal Project Coordinator

(Rajasthan) 09875122191

aashutosh15@yahoo.co m

13.

Gaurav Bhagat Finance Officer

(Lucknow)

08009903698 gauravbhagat@finishsociety.com

14. Devdeep Saha Documentation and

Monitoring officer

(Lucknow)

09471192132 devdeep.saha@finishsociety.com

15. Ms. Sapna Verma Singhal Office Manager 08009903700 sapnaverma@finishsociety.com

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(Lucknow)

16. Manoj Paswan Office Boy

(Lucknow)

08009903696 -

17. Rajesh Chaturwedi Project coordinator

(Rajasthan)

09414068011 arush_rajesh@yahoo.co.i n

18. Khirod Kumar Jenamani Project

Coordinator

(Odisha)

09776906375 kshirodkumar100@gmail.com

19.

Rakesh Mewara

Project

Coodrinator

(Rajasthan)

09649170851 rakesh.mewara@rediffmail.com

20. Anil Kumar Sawant Project

Coordinator

(Maharasthra

09850980315 bhaktiraj02@gmail.com

21. S.Rajkumar Chief Executive Officer 9894105113 sampath_rajkumar@gmail.com

22. D.Joseph Project Manager 9442323598

23 E. Abimanyu Project Manager 8754344776 abiraj0220@gmail.com

24 K. Subramani Project Manager 94427 92359 -

25 Sathish Account Manager 9042850454 Sathish.thanikkal@gmail.com

26 N.Thiagu Accountant 9585377021 thiagu@gmail.com

27. B. Murugan Master Trainer 8098014419

28. K.Narendiran Master Trainer 89400 02072 naren010@gmail.com

29 S. Thilibeena Master Trainer 97862 63337 -

30 M.Prema Master Trainer 97875 06065 -

31 M. Sujatha Field Coordinator 97514 78293 -

32 K. Niruba Field Coordinator 98439 23349 -

33 S.Sujatha Field Coordinator 96269 62633 -

34 B.Santhosh Field Coordinator 97906 11961 santhosh.manju@gmail.com

35 S. Mahalingam Field Coordinator 98653 41634

36 B.Ravi Field Coordinator 9487070490

37 Devi Animator 9787179916 -

38 Manikandan Animator 9500915051

39 M.Saraswathy Animator 97871 82070 -

40 Kohilarani Animator 98653 41634 -

41 Nithiya Animator 9965338863

42 Jeyadevi Animator 9943059307

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43 J.Lalitha Gladys Animator 9486463570

44 S.Chinnapillai Animator 9655854661

45 A.Kodimalar Animator 9943983789

46 C.Bannari Animator 7639360779

47 Paranjothi Animator 9843785261

RDO- FINISH PARTNER  NGOS:

State Name of the Partner District

Maharashtra India Women High Tech Agro Co-operative Limited (IWHACL) Ahmadnagar

Gramin Samassya Mukti Trust (GSMT) Yavatmal

Harappaani Gorbanjara Mahila Kala Vikas Mandal (HGMKVM) Beed

Halo Medical Foundation Osmanabad

Institute Of Rural Credit & Enterpreneurship Development (IRCED) Sangli

Nageshwara Charitable Trust (NCT) Nagpur,Wardha&Amravati

Yuvagram Beed

Gujarat PRAYAS Surendernagar

Gram Vikas Trust Bharuch

SUMUL Surat

AMUL Anand&Kheda

SETU-SEVA TRUST Anand

SHREE PRAGATI SARVJANIK TRUST Kheda,Gandhinagar, Banaskantha&Anand

Kunturkar Education SocietyAnand&Kheda

Prakruti Charitable Society Kheda

Dr Manibhai Desai Valsad

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Odisha & KolkattaREAD (Rural Effort for All Round Development ) Nabarangpur

RUCHC (Rural Community Health Center ) Nabarangpur

IHDAWC Nabarangpur

CO-IDEA Nabarangpur

Democratic Action Nabarangpur

SEDP (Social Economic Development Programme) Nabarangpur

RASS Koratpur

MERCY FOUNDATION Kalahandi

GRAM UTTHAN Kendrapada

PARIVARTAN Kalahandi

KALPVRIKSHYA Kandhamal

DARIDRA NARIYAN CLUB (DNC) Balasore

NIGAM Institute for Governing Activities of Mass Cuttack

Mahashakti Foundtion Kalahandi

Banjari Akshyama Seva Kendra (BASK) Nuapada

Gram Bikash Kendra Nadia

Seba Jagat Kalahandi

Tamilnadu Bharathi Women Development center Thirvruar

Gramium Karur

Madurai Non Formal Education Center Madurai

Bihar&JKH NEEDS Deoghar

C-DOT Nalanda

NIDAN Vaishali,Muzaffarpur

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Gram Jyoti Bhagalpur-Bihar,Deogarh

GSBS Darbhanga

Nav Jagriti Samstipur

Lok Jagriti Kendra Madhupur

ASHRAY Deoghar

Bhartiya Jan Utthan Parishad (BJUP) Nalanda

Institute of Khadi Agriculture and Rural Development (IKARD) Saran

RajasthanDHARNI JAN KALYAN SANSTHAN,JHALAWAR Jhalawar

ANCHALIK KRISHI SHODH EVAM MANAV SEVA SANSTHAN Udaipur

People Eductaion and Development Society Dungarpur

Kalyani Samagra Vikas Parishad Udaipur

Arawali Serva Seva Education Trust (ASSET) Baran and Banswara

Bal Evam Mahila Vikas Samiti Lashkar,Gwalior

Devotee for Nation Society (DNS) Damoh

SANCHETNA Udaipur

U.P Nehru Yuva Sanghthan Tisi Fatehpur

Action for Holistic Empowerment and Development Hardoi

PACE Ambedkarnagar

SRAJAN Foundation Barabanki

Support for Implementation and Research Lucknow

CASHPOR Baxur

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GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE OF SANITATION PROJECT IN NILGIRIS:

Geographical Coverage of Sanitation Project in the Nilgiris

S.No Block Panchayat

No. of.

hamlets

Total

Households

No.of toilets

available

before

RDO’s

intervention

No.of families

constructed

toilets through

RDO Trust

( as on

31.03.2014)

No.of families

not accessible

to toilets

( as on

31.03.2014)

1 Ooty 17 450 48519 15099 7712 25708

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2 Coonoor 10 306 39335 16113 3100 20122

3 Kotagiri 12 376 35904 10749 2794 22361

4 Gudalur 4 8 898 236 126 536

Total 43 1140 124656 42197 13732 68727

SANITATION LOAN 2010 - 2014

S.No Name of the Bank Total Groups Total

Members Loan

Amount

1 Bank of India 63 690 13800000

2 Canara Bank 163 2351 47020000

3 NDCC Bank 137 1729 34580000

4 ICICI 239 3040 608000005 Sanghamithra (MFI) 419 4896 97920000

6 Indian Bank 48 577 11540000

7 Central Bank of India 1 17 340000

8 State Bank of India 21 256 5120000

9 Union Bank of India 5 65 1300000

10 Repco Bank 9 111 2220000

  TOTAL 1105 13732 274640000

RDO ACTIVITIES IN THE NILGIRIS

EDUCATION FOR MIGRATORY CHILDREN:

The RDO initiated education programme for 671 migratory children from North India. All the children are successfully enrolled in nearly Government Schools. The RDO is monitori8ng the progress of those migratory children. RDO is appointed 9 additional teachers to take care of the education of Migratory Children in Government Schools.

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SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS:

The RDO handed over all the 55 schools to the community with a Corpus Find of Rs.1 lakhs per school. The RDO is monitoring the project.

TRIBAL HEALTH TRADITIONS

Development must be implemented with respect to the customs and traditions of the area. The RDO are presently carrying out a comprehensive study on the Revitalisation of Local Tribal Health Traditions and Folk Medicines under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The outcome of the study will be documented and preserved for the future generation of tribal communities of the Nilgiris district. It will also be of future use to the students of Siddah and Ayurveda Colleges across India.

SANITATION:

The RDO generated Rs.15,20,40,000 from various banks to lend loan to 7602 families to construct household toilets.

Thanks to NABARD, Canara Bank, Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services for their commitment and support.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY:

International women’s Day celebrated at RDO campus on 8 th March 2014.  His Excellency Nikolay A. Listopadov, Consul – General of the Russian Federation, Mr. Michael J.Gorbatov, Director, Russian Centre of Science & Culture, Dr.R.Rajagopal, Chairman, Indo-Russian Centre for Rural Development, Mrs.Emily Richarad, Former Mayor of Trichy participated.

WORLD TOILET DAY:

World Toilet Day was celebrated at Shanthi Vijay Higher Secondary School, Coonoor and Girls High School Manjoor.

WORLD WATER DAY:

World Water Day was celebrated at at Kamarajapuram Village, Beratty Panchayat near Wellington.

Mr.Perumal, Founder/Chairman attended FINISH PMB meeting held at Lucknow.

Mr.Paul Joseph, Mr.Abimanyu & Mr.Subramani participated in Sanitation Training Programmes conducted by ExNoRa International & Water Aid.

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A Toilet Talks

I am proud to be a part and parcel of the life of Mrs.Ambika’s family. My contribution to preserving the clean environment of this beautiful hill district has been appreciated by many. I am also glad that my presence in households with aged and differently abled persons is a boon to them under difficult circumstances. My presence in each households in the neighbouring forest areas will ensure protection of lives and save them from being attacked by wild-life. I hope someday my presence will be in each & every household of Nilgiris district.

From the Mouth of Beneficiaries

“I never expected that I will build my own toilet.My Dream Come True”

Thanks to RDO Trust & NABARDKohilarani, Porthiyada Village, Nanjanad Panchayat

“For Forty five long years I practiced open defecation. Now I am a proud owner of toilet”.

Million Thanks to RDO Trust & NABARDRamavathy, Indira Nagar Village , Balacola Panchayat

“My village experiences heavy rain and wind for 7 long months. I underwent untold hardships to walk from home, hide in tea bushes and defecate. Now there is no problem. Anytime I can use my own toilet.

Thanks to RDO Trust & Sanghamithra

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Megala, Sivasakthi Nagar, Village,Bikkatty Panchayat

“When Kavitha (32) and Chinnappan (35) of my village went to answer their calls of nature, they were killed by a tiger. Had they owned a household toilet, their lives would have been saved. Now all our villagers are constructing household toilets with the help of RDO Trust and Canara Bank.

Hadasholai & Chinkona Villages, Dhottabetta Panchayat “The tea garden owners around my village used to scold us every day because their beautiful garden was used by us for defecation. Now we built our own toilets. No more scolding.

Thanks to RDO Trust & SanghamithraPoomani, Thavittumedu Village, Kotagiri Panchayat

“RDO Trust Chairman personally visited our village, motivated us to build household toilets and arranged loan through Bank of India, Elada. Due to RDO Trust’s efforts 90% of houses have built toilets.

Thanks to RDO Trust & Bank of India Indrani, Sundatty Village, Kodanad

“If the village perishes India will perish too” M.K.Gandhi

“Farmers are our life lineLet’s protect and prosperous them”.

RDO Trust

“Rather than building templesLet’s build toilets”

Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Night – Soil as Manure

Mahatma Gandhi wrote in 1933

“ A proper disposal of human excreta would realize Rs.2 per head per year. In the vast majority of cases, all this rich manure is being wasted and disease invited. He quotes Prof.Brultini, from his volume The Use of Waste Materials, who says that “nitrogen derived from the 282,000 residents of Delhi is sufficient to fertilize a minimum of 10,000 and a maximum of 95,000 acres.” Because we do not know how to treat our scavengers, Delhi of ancient fame has pestilential spots of which we have to feel

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ashamed. If we all become scavengers, we would know how to treat ourselves and how to turn what today is poison into rich food for plant life. 30 crores of the population of India should mean, according to Dr.Fowler an annual gain of 60 crores of rupees to the country, if we would but make a wise use of human excreta”.

According to to-days Indian population “Nitrogen” derived from 1.2 billion people is sufficient to fertilize 42,55,319 acre and maximum 40,42,55,000 acres of agriculture land.

CONCLUSION

1. RDO Trust is on track, establishing well over 100,000 safe sanitation systems per year.  Together with the 300,000 safe sanitation systems already constructed, the target of 500,000 safe sanitation systems by 2016 will be met.

2. Different MFI partners have developed different types of sanitation loan products. Thus one of the objectives of the program is achieved, MFIs have diversified their portfolio and offering sanitation loans. Those outside the RDO Trust project areas are not counted to the RDO Trust numerical achievements described above.

3. In terms of pro poor financing or financial inclusion of the poor RDO Trust is on track. The earlier exclusive focus on micro finance has now been expanded to a broader access to financial services for the poor. This includes access to micro finance, government subsidies, cooperative soft loan financing, CSR funding and revolving funds. Thus the funding is no longer exclusively based on commercial micro finance, but it also includes these other categories. The subsidy programmes are run in partnerships with local government. The main advantage is that now people who were before excluded, i.e. the ultra-poor, can be included in the sanitation drive. Thus it certainly contributes to the financial inclusion paragraph of RDO Trust.

4. Another part of the financial inclusion, micro health insurance, is for different reasons not yet on track. Some 8 MIAs have been contracted, several training programs have been conducted, yet this has only resulted in about 2500 being sold. One of the reasons is the availability of the Rastriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) in the rural setup which has a highly subsidised premium (Rs.30/- only for family floater) with entire family coverage   Rs. 30,000. Yet efforts are underway to pursue sanitation in a sustainable way.

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5. Sanitation: demand creation continued in strong numbers and also qualitative. In 2013-14 another focus area was added: the sanitation supply chain and the ensuing business opportunities as well as exploring the (re) use of excreta. Presently RDO Trust along with other NGO/ firms/ entrepreneurs partners is engaged in supply chain activities in 5 Districts of Rajasthan. In other states innovations are recorded on cost of sanitation (Bihar, Tamilnadu) and type of sanitation (Rajasthan, Gujarat).

6. Reuse of excreta is facilitated by the earlier technology choices. The most popular sanitation system is a double pit system, whereby excreta can safely be reused after 2 -5 years depending on whether it is first time usage and the number of users. Several types of reuse systems are piloted at a certain scale, community biogas and co-composting of faecal sludge. It is hoped that some significant numbers will be achieved in 2014.

7. The financial sustainability of the RDO Trust is in progress. Activities in different states are generating some revenues. In the course of 2014 a detailed business plan will be prepared and presented to the program management board for adoption.

Visitors during Financial Year 2013-2014:

His Excellency Nikolay A. ListopadovConsul-General Russian Federation of South India, Chennai

Mr. Michael J.GorbatovVice - Consul, Consulate General of Russian Federation in South India

Mrs.Selvarani Vedhalingam,Petermaritz Burg, South Africa

Mr.Abhijit Banerji, Programme Director, FINISH

Mr.George Verghese and his team of Water Aid

Mrs.Emily Richarad, Founder – HOPE

Dr.Osha, Mumbai

Acknowledgment:

Govt of India Govt of Tamil Nadu District Administration WASTE WATERAID

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Aide et Action WASHNET - TN NABARD Canara Bank Bank of India ICICI Sanghamithra Media Specially The Hindu, Times of India, Indian Express, Deccan Chronic,

Dinamalar, Thina Hindu, Dinakaran, Dinamani, Dina Boomi, Dina Thanthi

Jaya TV, Sun TV, Kalaigar TV, Puthiya Thalaimurai, Raj TV, Polymer TV, AMN TV, Ragam TV, Nakku Betta TV, S TV

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