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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
RURAL CAMP REPORT-2016
Rural Camp - III Semester MSW HRDM
04 to 10 August 2016
Hoskote, Karnataka
TABLE OF CONTENTS
S.No: Contents
1 Introduction
2 About the Project
3 Objectives of the Rural Camp
4 Proposed Tasks
5 Committees
6 Groups
7 Activities Conducted
8 Special Activities
9 Committee Wise Report
10 Outcome of the Survey
11 SWOC Analysis
12 Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
The Department of Social Work, Christ University organized rural camp in
collaboration with Centre for Social Action (CSA) for III Semester MSW students
specializing in Human Resource Development and Management (2015-2017 Batch) at
Hoskote, Karnataka. The camp focused on providing Cross- Cultural exposure to
students in the villages.
The Rural camp was held from 4th August to 10
th August 2016. The students were
divided into eight committees that catered to the different aspects of the camp. Also,
at the camp site students were further divided into four groups for village visits in
Hoskote, in order to collect required information that meets the objectives of the
camp.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
CHETANA is a unit of Child Focused Community Development (CFCD) project
implemented by Centre for Social Action (CSA) during the period 2003 -2010. It is a
group of women who are now sustainable and managed by the community itself and
funded by KNH Germany through CCCYC Bangalore. This is located in Malur
Taluk, Hoskote. This project is meant to enrich the performance of CSA in promoting
CFCD programs in a participatory manner with the goal of improving the quality of
life of marginalized communities and their children. In these seven years of the
project, CSA with the guidance of KNH-CCCYC, has developed several strategies
and innovations in order to draw the best results out of the project.
OBJECTIVES OF THE RURAL CAMP
To understand the socio-economic status of the villagers (Hoskote)
To gain insight on the business and economic activities of the Self Help
Groups (SHGs)
To conduct engagement activities and awareness program for the community
To collect data for MY GAON project of Lister Technologies
To propose recommendations for improving economic activities
PROPOSED TASKS
To develop tool for analyzing the businesses carried out by the SHG women
To interact with the village communities, beneficiaries of CHETANA project
To organize cultural programs for the community.
To prepare an micro business proposal
METHODOLOGY USED FOR CONDUCTING THE TASKS
For collection of data mixed method approach was used:
Observation
Interview
Survey
COMMITTEES
The camp coordinators formed eight committees and the members were enrolled on
voluntary basis. The camp and committee leaders were elected with mutual consent of
the students and camp coordinators
FACULTY COORDINATORS
CAMP LEADERS
1 DR. PRINCY THOMAS 1 R.V. SUDARSAN
2 DR. PM MATHEW 2 SANJANA K.V.
PLANNING & TROUBLESHOOTING FINANCE COMMITTEE
1 R.V. SUDARSAN (L) 1 MERISHA JOHN (L)
2 KISHORE KUMAR S 2 RAKESH GOPAL V
3 ABINESH R 3 TAMILARASAN V
4 KARTHIKRAJA M FOOD COMMITTEE
5 SIDHARTH BHARADWAJ 1 SELVA JOYSON C (L)
6 SHILPA MAZUMDER 2 ALAN SHANY
PUBLIC RELATION COMMITTEE 3 DIANA DAHLIA GOMES
1 BHAGYASHREE B SAMBRANI (L) 4 SURANJANA KAUSHIK
2 AAKANKSHA N S 5 D’SOUZA RAINA ROBERT
3 JONATHAN D MANUEL 6 ROHINI GEORGE E C
4 SHYNA DEVAMMA B A 7 ASHWINI KALYANI BIRADAR
5 NAVYA A 8 HELEN MARY JOSE
6 ARPITHA G TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
7 DECHAMMA M M 1 TONY THOMAS MATHEW (L)
CULTURAL COMMITTEE 2 MERIN JOHN
1 SANJANA K (L) 3 PRIOTA PAUL
2 THOMSON JACOB FIRST - AID COMMITTEE
3 D’SOUZA REMY 1 GUNJAN KACHHWAHA (L)
4 ANTARA DUTTA 2 RAJITHA K L
5 NOOPUR ARORA 3 GAYATHRI K S
6 TANYA DARBARI 4 SHARON THOMAS
DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE
1 HEMANI MOHAN (L)
2 DEVIKA A (L)
3 OINDRILA BARMAN 4 PREETHI PROMOD
5 SAMEERA VASIREDDY 6 SONALI MARY HACKETT
GROUPS
The planning committee divided the students into four groups which can
independently function for taking surveys and other activities concurrently in different
villages. The following criteria were used in dividing the groups:
The Public Relation committee as the front runners in all the groups
Few members from the planning, documentation and food committees
Few members from the cultural committee to conduct engagement and
cultural events
One member each from the first aid, transportation and finance committees
ACTIVTIES CONDUCTED DURING THE RURAL CAMP
DAY: 1 - 4th
August 2016
Industrial Visit
The rural camp started with an industrial
visit to a manufacturing unit of BEML
Limited in Bangalore. Mr. Prasad,
Executive Director, BEML (Bangalore)
addressed the entire class along with Mr.
Syed, HR Manager on the history of the
organization, other units, collaborations,
human resource department etc. We had a
visit to the production line of BEML where
we learned about safety, working conditions
and the process of manufacturing of the Rail
coaches. Later, the HR manager gave the overview about the HR practices and the
role of Trade union in the organization.
Introductory Meeting
A briefing session headed by Ms. Shakuntala
was conducted at 7:00 PM for the campers,
regarding rules and regulations to be
followed during the stay in the camp and
planning for the activities and events to be
carried out for the upcoming days.
DAY: 2 - 5th
August 2016
Inauguration of the Camp
At 11:00 AM, Mr. Murugan (Programme
manager) CSA along with Ms. Sharda, Ms.
Shakuntala, camp coordinators and the
camp leaders inaugurated the rural camp. The prayer song was sung by Mr. Sidharth
Bharadwaj, followed by an inaugural speech by Mr. Murugan. He gave valuable
inputs about the evolving of Chetana project and the purpose and accomplishment of
their project over a period of time.
Group 3 & 4 members went to the
government school in the nearby
village accommodating 190 students in
and around villages and were given an
opportunity to interact with the
students. The group met the Head
Master and under his request few of
the group members trained the 8th
Grade children for their upcoming
Kabaddi game which was to be held at Taluk level. Other group members conducted
small group activities with the lower level grade children in the school. As a token of
appreciation, the students gave gifts for the children. Other members of the group
went to know about the different cultivations happening in the village. The students
had a home visit in that particular village to know about their economic status and
their occupations. Around 15 home
visits were done who were
economically backward and
understood their living conditions. On
way back to camp site the students had
opportunity to visit carrot cultivation
field, there orientation regarding carrot
cultivation and its marketing strategies
were given by farmers.
To assist Lister Technologies “MY GAON” project, few Group members went to the
Panchayat office and interacted with the PDO (Panchayat Development Officer) Mr.
Harish Kumar. Standardized tool was adopted in order to collect information on
community, problems of villages, water shortage problem, transportation facilities,
education and hospital facilities. The students found that there is CSR activity
undertaken by VOLVO called “Nammahalli” and through their analysis there seems
to be problem pertaining to scarcity of water in that Taluk.
In the afternoon session, all the four
group members went to four different
villages namely Yellachamanahalli,
Dodanahalli, Apsandra and
Gokanahalli to conduct survey with
the SHG groups to understand about
the establishment of their SHG,
number of meetings, their awareness
on fund raising (loans & interest) and
their business activities. After the survey the cultural committee conducted small
activities for the SHG women.
DAY: 3 - 6th
August 2016
Cluster Level Association Meeting
All campers along with the camp
coordinators attended the Kirana Maha
Sangha’s (Cluster level Association)
general meeting at Gonakanahalli. The
major discussion was held on
inauguration of tailoring and
embroidery in the villages that was
given by Sukrupa Foundations.
Proceeding to that discussion, pencil,
pen, notebooks, tables were planned to
be given on the occasion of
Independence day in the nearby school.
There was also discussion pertaining to
free vocational training program on
beautician and computer skill
development course for the people between age group 18 to 35 for a duration of 100
days. A cluster level survey was conducted with 10 cluster level heads in the meeting.
In the evening, all the four groups went to different villages mainly Gootagalli,
Chiknalha, Halsinikaipura to conduct survey on SHG’s followed by review meeting
of that particular day.
DAY: 4 - 7th
August 2016
Launching of SUKRUPA & Hearfon ear check - up camp
The entire class was present for the
inauguration of SUKRUPA’s vocational
training courses and “HEARFON” ear
check-up activities. The event was
presided by Dr. Victor Paul, Mr.
Murugan, Ms. Shakunthhala, members
of Sukrupa foundations and Ms.
Meenakshi. The PR committee was the
front runner by anchoring the program
and cultural team conducted activities to
the people in order to entertain them and
rest of the teams helped in managing the
crowd and documenting the program.
During the program, the students
conducted games and activities for the
children and SHG women. In the
evening, there was a guest lecture by
Ms. Meenakshi from Puvidham Trust.
DAY: 5 - 8th
August 2016
Federation Meeting
Morning, there was an interaction with the group of federation members which was
headed by the President and board of directors. The invocation was done by PR
committee member. Also cultural team conducted activities to the federation members
and made the entire participants enjoy the
session. The PR team carried out the
interaction and helped in the translation
of the whole meeting.
Indoor Cleaning and Painting
The PR team also went to the government
school and with the help of the cultural
team conducted games for the school children. The games were designed in such a
way that the children could improve their reasoning skills. In the evening, the whole
living room and kitchen was painted. In the evening the students had review meeting
and student engagement activities.
DAY: 6 - 9th
August 2016
Outdoor Cleaning and Painting
In the morning, the students continued
with the leftover painting of the
accommodation and the kitchen. The
whole of the students enormously
participated in clean-up of in and around surroundings of stay place. The activities
carried out are clearing the grass, gardening works and there was water stagnant for
longer period, which was unhygienic to health made the student to create water
passage towards outside wall making path
as watering to green grasses.
Data Analysis
In the afternoon the students had a
discussion on overall analysis of the camp
visit and valuable suggestions were given
in consent with Ms. Shakunthala for the betterment of village which helped the
students to develop a proposal for the village.
DAY: 7 - 10th
August 2016
Feedback Session
On the last day of the rural camp, it was a
feedback session given by the students and
the camp coordinators about the overall
camp and the best campers were selected.
They are Mr. Sudarsan R. V and Ms.
Dechamma.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
Physical activities
Fresh morning breeze and beautiful view of the fields motivated the campers wake up
early and go for jogging, walking, playing cricket and other games like 7 stones,
throw ball, dog in the bone, chain-chain, red letter, lock & key etc near the camp site.
Poster making
A group of eight members i.e.
Karthik & team and few more
campers volunteered for preparing
the posters for the camp events.
After initial brainstorming, a lot of
creative ideas were suggested by the
campers and then final design for
the poster was decided. The
members ensured optimum utilization of the minimal resources as the paints to be
used in making the poster was not available in and around the camp site and so few
members had to travel till Hoskote town to purchase it.
Friendships day Celebration
On 6th
August at midnight, all the campers came together for celebrating friendships
day along with the camp coordinators and camp organizers with a cake.
Grooming of a Villager
Mr. Narsimha, a mentally challenged villager actively assisted in carrying out the
recreational activities conducted by the campers. This friendly approach from him
made the campers to give him a makeover.
Camp Fire
To bid adieu to a weeklong stay of
the rural camp, a surprise camp fire
was organized by the planning
committee. These committee
members along with Ms. Shakuntala
reached to the venue
(Yelachamanahalli) few hours
earlier to make the arrangements.
The camp fire was made using
waste products such as dry woods,
waste clothes, few meters of metal
wire and kerosene. One of the
campers birthday was celebrated,
community members also
participated in dancing along with the campers, thereby making this a successful and a
memorable event for both campers as well as the villagers.
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEES
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Roles and Responsibilities
Time based overall planning
Industrial visit
Day wise planning
Day wise briefing
Facilitating the progress of the various activities
Coordinating work with other committees
Troubleshooting
Pre Planning
a. Meeting – I
The planning committee started the initial brainstorming session as soon as the pre
planning for the camp started (i.e.) after the place and the committees were divided.
So in the initial brainstorming the committee members met Mr. Murugan, Programme
Director, Centre for Social Action (CSA) to know about the background of the
organization and the village. With the advice from the Programme Director, CSA, the
members of the planning team started preparing the day wise plan for the camp.
Meanwhile as part of the rural camp, the team has organized for the industrial visit to
BEML in consensus with Ms. Bharathi, Associate professor for the visit and in
knowing the HR practices in that organization. Hence the first presentation about the
class was given about the rural camp place, days of stay, period of camp. An
important thing discussed in the meeting with the class was about the organization
and the focus area of student’s participation which is the concept of microfinance.
b. Pilot Study
The planning committee in the next level of consensus went for a pilot study to camp
site (Hoskote) to collect the in depth details about the organization, the activities
carried out by the SHG women and to collect the basic availability of resources in the
camp site. In the pilot study we met Mr. Murugan and Ms. Shakunthala, Board of
Director of Chetana project and discussed with her about the day wise plan for the
camp. Ms. Shakunthala also gave lots of recommendations in organizing the time
based activities for each day.The team has developed a checklist which is shown
below.
RURAL CAMP [HRDM] 2016
Check List
Accommodation(base camp area):
No. of fans Water supply(Drinking &
Other)
No. of Beds Food serving area
No. of Lockers Hand & utensils wash
No. of lightings Notice board
No. of cupboards First aid room & facilities
No. of sockets Safe assemble area
Bathroom facilities No. of Mic & Speakers
Toilet facilities in &
around and in School Projectors & computer
Transport: Local Authorities:
Local transport Panchayat office
Mapping Name & Contact
Events: Invite for event
Inauguration of camp Villages(for each):
Guest (Glasses &
plates) Distance from base camp
Stage Population
Place to conduct
games & cultural Meeting SHGs women
Place for Megha event No. of Schools &
community center
Place for 'Last
evening' No. of Mic & Speakers
Nearby:
Shops / Hotels School
ATMs Busstop
Hospital / Police
station Villages / Town
c. Meeting - II
In the next day, it was the second meeting held in the class in the presence of faculty
coordinators. As part of the pilot study, the team presented the resources available in
the camp, the present situation of the village and few of the challenges to be faced in
the camp. We also presented our rough day wise plan for each day to the class. There
were few consensus made by the class students and based on that we have modified
few changes in the schedule of the events.
d. Tool for the Study
In the next stage of our brainstorming, the planning committee has prepared a tool for
the study of the Chetana project. The tool we carried is the structured questionnaire.
Based on the organization structure of the Chetana we have developed three survey
questionnaires covering in these three dimensions given below.
With this we have submitted our proposal to Mr. Murugan, Programme director and
he also gave many suggestions regarding the focus of the study. The main elements
included in the questionnaire is
To see the impact of the project
To know about the skills of the SHG women
To propose them for the next level of business for the SHG women.
We have also included the questionnaire which was developed by the Lister
technologies in knowing about the issues and the problems in the village.
Federation
Cluster
SHG's
e. Meeting – III
In the last meeting which was held on 3 Aug 2016, the planning committee has
presented the final schedule of events. The day wise schedule was made with lot of
consensus made by the planning committee with the faculty coordinator guidelines.
The committee has divided the students into four groups for taking survey in fourteen
different villages.
PLANNING & TROUBLESHOOTING
a. Facilitation of Meetings & Events
During the camp days the planning committee facilitates and monitors the time based
activity of the events for each day. At the beginning of the day the committee gives
the day briefing on what are the events to be conducted on that particular day and in
facilitating each events on the day by allotting resources, venue, resource person etc.
Every night we conducts the feedback session in that the students gives a brief
summary of the events happened in that day and few of the suggestions were also
made. In the course of the data collection (i.e.) survey the planning committee used to
have meeting with Public Relation committee in ways of planning and in facilitating
the events for the day. The planning committee has also facilitated in other main
events and they are painting, food and housekeeping. With the permission from Mr.
Murugan, Programme director the students painted the whole living room in just two
days. By helping hand in hand with the food committee the planning committee has
made breakfast in the camp days. Moreover we have facilitated in celebrating
Friendship day by buying cake from Hoskote and celebrating to the fullest of joy.
b. Guest Visit
During the camp days, the planning committee has arranged for the guest lecture
which was given by Ms. Meenakshi, founder of Puvidham trust. It was indeed an
impressive session given by Ma’am as she was telling about the journey of her life,
the organic farming. The planning committee was involved in receiving the guest and
in taking care of the guest.
c. Camp Fire
At the last day of the camp the planning committee have organized camp fire at
Yelachamanahali village with the help of Ms. Shakunthala and few of the villagers
involved in the lighting of the camp fire followed by which we had cultural
engagement of sharing the experiences of the seven days rural camp.
POST RURAL CAMP
a. Distribution of Certificates
In the post planning session the committee has worked intensively to congratulate
each one of the campers and the faculty coordinators. For that we have made
certificates for each student stating about his or her excellent performance and the
core contribution to his or her committees. The certificates were approved by the Dr.
Victor Paul, Head – Social work department and was distributed to the students by
Mr. P. M. Mathew and Dr. Princy the faculty coordinators.
1. FINANCE COMMITTEE
Finance committee was the backbone of the rural camp making it possible and
successful. Budgeting and finance was divided in two phases
· Pre –Rural camp
· Post – Rural camp
Budgeting work was mostly carried out during pre-rural camp and settlement of
money was done post rural camp.
All the other committees were asked to submit a budget at the beginning, in order to
get an aggregate of monetary requirement, after which the individual contribution was
calculated and collected from the 44 students. A request letter was submitted by the
committees for the release of funds. The finance committee went through the items
mentioned in the request letter and made required changes. Recreation committee and
medical committee was approved with the whole amount as they had the purchase the
materials. Food committee was approved half the amount for their smooth
functioning.
All the committees were asked to be conscious about their expenditure and to
minimise the use of money through availing discounts and other avoiding unwanted
uses. Strict orders were given to the committees to produce bills and cash memos for
their expenses for documentation purpose. During the last day of rural camp the
remaining amount was given to food committee as well as the transportation
committee was settled. After the camp, amounts were tallied and the excess amount
was distributed back to the students equally.
2. PUBLIC RELATONS COMMITTEE
The PR Committee was the front runners for this camp as they had the most powerful
advantage over others: that was language. The members knew the common language
spoken in the village mainly Telugu and Kannada. This advantage made it very
effective for the students to build a good rapport and interact very well.
The members of the committee divided themselves into four groups and lead each
group in gathering the information for the survey. The members were the face of the
student in building a rapport, gathering information and also were helping the cultural
team in conducting games.
5&6th
August: The day commenced with inauguration of the camp by the presence of
Murugan sir and the president- Sharadamma and secretary- Shankuntalamma and the
faculty and camp leaders. The invocation was done by Sidhharth and then was
followed by welcome speech by Aakanksha. After the welcome speech, the
dignitaries were asked to speak a few words with regard to the camp and the origin of
the SHG in brief and were concluded by vote of thanks by Jonathan.
Post the inauguration program. The groups divided into two: group 1 and group 2
were asked to meet the Panchayat and the government officials and interact and
gather information and also ask about the grievances they face. Group 3 and group 4
went to the government school in the nearby village and were given an opportunity to
interact with the students. The leader met the head master and after having a
conversation with him, we came to know that few of the students were competing in
the Taluk level competition for kabaddi and running race. So our group took up the
task of training them in running race and kabaddi. We made the girls and boys play a
game of kabaddi. We also had other games for small children and were given small
gifts as a token of encouragement.
Post lunch and rest, the groups again left for 4 different villages where the committee
members acted as the translators and also helped in gathering the information required
for the survey and also helped in the conducting cultural programs for the SHG
members.
On the 6th
of the august, the entire class attended the “Maha Sangha”, meeting where
the PR members helped in collecting the information for the survey. The members
also interacted and spoke about the problems persisting in the villages and how they
are trying to overcome the problems. Again in the evening, the four groups went to
different villages and collected data with regard to SHG groups. The PR members
again helped in collection of the data and conduct games for the SHG ladies.
On 7th
August, there was inauguration of the SUKRUPA team for the commencement
of vocational training. The SHG women would be given classes for tailoring and
English lessons. The program also had HEARFON organization doing free ear check-
ups for the village children and adults. The program was organized and carried out by
the juniors and members of the PR team.
On 8th
August, the class attended federation meeting and the PR team helped in
interacting and also translating and gathering the necessary information from the
federation heads.
To conclude, the PR committee acted as the backbone for the other committees as
they were able to communicate and interact well with the villagers which helped in
building a bond. Only when there is good communication, can a plan be successful.
The team worked with full coordination with their head and other teams and
supported other committees whole heartedly.
3. FOOD COMMITTEE
As the whole class was divided into various committees, we eight of us were part of
food committee. Since the food plays most important role in everyone’s life the
committee had decided to give best food possible in that location.
After having various discussions within the committee, class and Ms. Shakunthala,
the committee came to the conclusion of having the vegetarian meals during the camp
and the menu was finalized.
During the camp we not only as a committee but even people from other committee
joined together in helping those cooks to prepare those delicious meals. Even few
students prepared varieties of dishes. The food was very good as per the whole class
opinion. Initially we faced little shortage of food but later as per the request from the
committee the quantity as well as the quality of the food was increased. Though the
food was too good, enough to make everyone happy and satisfied.
4. CULTURAL COMMITTEE
After a hectic day, cultural events and recreational activities are the most effective
way to engage people and gear them up and motivate them for further tasks.The
Cultural Committee conducted many activities for Self Help Groups, School children,
Christites and few activities for staff as well.
The cultural committee was divided into four groups. The four groups visited
different villages and met SHGs. After the meeting, activities such as lemon and
spoon race, paper tearing, candle race and rice winnowing were carried out.
In some villages women were active while in others they did not take an active part in
the activities conducted. In some villages, women with good voices were encouraged
to sing as well. A token prize in the form of a steel bowl and plate were given to the
winners.
For the school children activities such as kabaddi, lemon and spoon race, 50m flat
race for tiny tots, hitting the wicket, balloon race, hitting cups and few more games
were conducted. Prizes such as notebooks, crayons and sketch pens were given to the
winners.
During the time of inauguration ceremony activities and games for women and
children were conducted. Apart from the games, women and children were asked to
sing. Many people actively took part and were engaged. It also helped in gathering
more people from the villages.
Last but not the least many games for the Christites were conducted by the cultural
team. There were 40 students. On the first day the students were divided into group of
10. There were 4 groups in total. A scorecard was displayed on the wall. Every
evening few games were conducted. The winning team use to get 10 points followed
by the second team who used to get 7 points and third used to get 5 points. Both
indoor and outdoor games were conducted. Few games are listed below:
1) Pinching the table tennis ball
2) Mad Advertisements
3) Passing the ball
4) Cup arrangement
5) Memory Test
6) Balloon and cup
7) Passing the egg
8) Table Tennis ball from back side
9) Balloon in the basket.
10) Quiz
Apart from this many games were conducted.
Every game had a message in the end which was told by the students and points were
added by the cultural team. In the end the marks were totaled and teams were given a
small token of appreciation.
Candle lighting game was conducted for the staff as well.
Two evenings were kept for dance programme. The students enjoyed a lot and
actively participated in all the activities. A healthy team spirit was seen among the
students.
5. DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE
The Documentation committee consisted of 7 members. During the 7 days at the rural
camp, the team made sure to document and take pictures of all the programs that took
place. The committee gave the groups a daily report format, so that each group could
keep a track of the events and places visited by that group. Also, these reports would
be submitted to the documentation team at the end of the camp.
The documentation committee members analyzed the data of the Surveys conducted
for the SHG’s, Villages and Cluster level meetings and entered the data into excel
sheets during the camp.
6. FIRST AID COMMITTEE
First aid committee consisted of four members who were placed in each group. As a
medical committee member we provided immediate first aid assistance to people who
required it. We were equipped with most of the basic medicines & tools required to
provide medical assistance.
We worked according to the needs of students. Our group was cooperative and helpful
in the times of need. In this camp mostly students suffered from minor sprains,
scratches & fever. The committee was prepared with all the required medications &
knowledge to tackle the situation effectively.
OUTCOME OF THE SURVEY
SHG level
In an average all self help groups consist 10 to 20 members making leaders on
rotation basis. They mainly concentrate on loans, education and cleanliness in their
weekly meetings held in some common place. They lend loans to members for
various domestic reasons at the rate of 2% per annum. Usually loans are borrowed for
weddings, education, house loans and agriculture which have fine and penalty if not
paid on time as mentioned in the agreement.
Cluster Level
Cluster level Association is a group of SHGs where around 10 groups exist in each
cluster and these clusters have potential and capable representatives to be part of the
Board of directors of the federation and apart from these two representatives there
will be a book writer who keeps record of the minutes of the meetings and other
official records of the cluster. The cluster meetings concentrate on training and
development opportunities and aims to empower the women in their community
through tailoring, computer and English training. Loans are distributed to SHGs
through CLA Cluster Level Associations based on the need.
Federation Level
The Chetana Federation is registered under the Souharda Act in the year 2014; it has
around 700 members where each member holds a share value of 2150 INR and this
will be the joining fee for new members. The Cooperative body takes loan from banks
like Canara Bank, SBM and HDFC. The profits are distributed equally among the
members. The members do voluntary cottage business of making traditional sweets
for which CSA helps in marketing. President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
and Board of Members are the designations in this federation.
SWOC ANALYSIS for the Federation
Strength
There is a federation to support
Registered individual body authorized to carry on any legal business
Sufficient man power is available
Weakness
Limited skills obtained by the members
Awareness and knowledge obtained is limited
Lower economic power and stability
Opportunities
Christ University and CSA is a huge market opportunity
Financial support can be obtained as a Registered Body
Connecting with a suitable CSR project
Challenges
Economic uncertainty in business
External factors
Stability of the members in the federation is not certain
PROPOSED SUGGESTIONS
Reducing the Eucalyptus trees in the village to conserve the underground
water resource
Having a small community hall in each village for the official meetings to be
held regularly
Connecting with a suitable CSR Projects
Promotion of multi - crops & crop rotation to retain soil fertility
Conduct Soil test for better results
SHGs having a piece of land for lease and shall try cultivating new crops
Promotion of economic activities through selling homemade products like
tooth powder, soaps and snacks
Members shall visit various farms and organizations expertise in agriculture
located in different places and try new methods
CHALLENGES FACED
Procrastination in starting the events
Shortage of resources
Frequent change in the day wise plan
Missed few of the events due to time constraint
CONCLUSION
To conclude, we thank the almighty God for the blessings bestowed on us, our faculty
coordinators who guided us and in holding our hands and Ms. Shakunthala (The
member of the Chetana Federation and camp supervisor and facilitator from the
community) who is involved in the planning team and guiding us in conducting each
and every event we organized. The camp was a huge learning experience for all the
students. The major objectives that were laid for the camp were met to a large extent.
One of the benefits of the camp was that students worked as a team. The students
interacted with the local community and adjusted extremely well with the food,
weather and the rural setting. The data collected through survey during the rural camp
are compiled for analysis and suggestions were given through the federation women
representative i.e., Ms. Shakunthala for betterment of the community.
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