initiatives towards change
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Initiatives towards change
Picture the Change | Change the Picture
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SOCIAL MOBILISATION
ADDRESS HUNGER & FOOD SECURITY MANAGE
NATURAL RESOURCESSUSTAINABLY
IMPROVELIVELIHOODOPTIONS ORGANIZE
SELLING & MARKET LINKAGES
RIGHTS & GOVERNANCE EMPOWERMENT
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Enter a new area
Transition exit once change is sustainable
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OUR APPROACH TO CHANGE
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› Major Initiatives:Community Managed Lift Irrigation Community Water Harvesting TanksHomestead WellsCheck Dams in Watershed
› Investment Worth Rs. 396 million mobilised in FY 13
› Key Sources:MGNREGA, SGSY, IWMP, MKSP, OTELP.
› Approx 3,278 Ha belonging to about 10,424 families (83% ST/SC) treated
in FY 13, assuring kharif and rabicrops
Integrated Natural Resource Management
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› 8,000 families grow cash crops –vegetables , oilseeds, pulses
› 20,000 truckloads of different vegetables with a turnover of more than Rs. 600 million
› 11,044 families. Half of them sold 600 truckloads of mangoes earning a collective income of Rs. 60 million
Commercial Farming
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TASAR› Over 6,800 participants› 195 decentralized grainagesprocessed 6.3 million seed cocoons› Total commercial crop production was 34.1 million cocoons
Lac Cultivation› Over 1,100 farmers from over 250 SHGs› Technical training provided to participants› 26.6 tons of Lac produced in FY 13› Turnover of Rs. 13 million
Forest Based Livelihoods
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Poultry› 6,017 families participated› 19 cooperatives› Turnover of Rs. 1830 million in FY 13› Margin of Rs 107 million to the
producers
Small Holder Poultry
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› Pilots in Purulia, Balliguda, Koderma
› Work initiated with UNICEF & GoJ in 20 projects in Jharkhand
› Under Tata-Cornell Initiative collaboration with Aquaclara or design of international quality water purification system
› Partnership with Gram Vikas under OTELP & BMGF
› Plans to work with CINI around sanitation in Jharkhand
Water & Sanitation
NEW INITIATIVES
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›Concerted efforts in 9 teams focus on: integrating nutritional dimensions as a variable in crop planning
› MoU with Tata-Cornell Initiative (TACO-AN): Collaboration aimed at building locally relevant knowledge
› Partnership around “Pulse initiative” with McGill World Food Forum
› Exploratory discussions with PHRN, and a few nutrition experts
Integrating Nutrition with livelihood gains
NEW INITIATIVES
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› PRADAN has taken up a program on Adult Functional Literacy (AFL) in the Purulia district of West Bengal.
› The functional literacy program is targeted to reach around 3,200 women across two blocks—Barabazar and Kashipur.
› After passing through the Adult Functional Literacy Program, the neo-literate women are using their literacy and numeric skills in personal contexts.
Functional Literacy and Education Program
NEW INITIATIVES
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NEW INITIATIVES
›Two year inter-disciplinary praxis based MPhil Programme in Development Practice in collaboration with AmbedkarUniversity, Delhi
› Received 223 applications and finally 24 students joined in July 2012
› School of Development Studies (SDS) and School of Human Studies (SHS) of AUD are offering the course
› In-house AUD Faculty and visiting Faculty from PRADAN along with Field Guides from PRADAN are working together to teach and supervise the Students
Partnership with Ambedkar University, Delhi
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