RASHTRIYA JHARKHAND SEVA SANSTHAN At-Sihas (pahalwan Ashram Bhakhara),Post-Satgawan,Dist-Koderma(Jharkhand)Pin-825132

www.rjssjharkhand.com

Annual Report 2013-14

Gandhi's Talisman

I will give you a Talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the

weakest man (woman) whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him (her).

Will he (she) gain anything by it? Will it restore him (her) to a control over his (her) own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj (freedom) for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away .

About the organization

Vision Mission

Area of Operation

Organizational Structure

Ashram

Child Right

Drive to protect the Schedule Tribes - Birhor

Education – Against child labour and schooling for orphans boys.

Orphan child education

Health –

o Community Mental Health Programme

o Disability

o Health Camp

o Sanitation

Women Empowerment

o Self Help Group

o International Women’s Day

o Advocacy & Governance

o Lok Samiti

o Training

o Vocational training

o Agriculture training

o Training on Forest rights / wild life protection

Environment

o Harit Chetna Abhiyan

o Awareness

o Formation of Forest Protection Committee and strengthening

Adopt a Village Program

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

With the start of year 2013-2014 Rashtriya Jharkhand Seva Sansthan entered its 16th

Year of age. The year 2013-2014 was another year to fulfil the dreams of “RJSS” so it was

full of activities for “RJSS”. This was leap in our vision to an indiscriminate society ,

focussing on child right, education of the budding children , empowering half the

population and providing hand and legs rather wheel to run. Farm , non farm , skill

development work for the poor with an strong institution have provided them wing of

freedom to live alike other denizens of the country.

RJSS has formed around 50 SELF HELP GROUPS during the year , comprising

600 rural women members. RJSS continued its project on child right with CRY on quality

education through advocacy and forming institution of the children within the school and

strengthening Govt. system of SMCs, working on child marriage and formed several

village level institution of poor children such as Bal Akhra , Adolescent group

.PARLIAMENT OF THE CHILDREN(Bal Sansad) is an innovative initiative under the project

have its astounding result in improving quality education, improvement in attendance,

reduction in drop out rate and improvement in aadmission of out of school children.

Working with most vulnerable section of the society i.e Birhor community is regularly

been served and this year too the community have been converged with Govt. schemes,

grants.

Education for the orphans, which is very near to the heart of the organization is regularly

been executed, there are 8 children who is taking education with the support of

organization.

Adopt a village program has been successfully been executed , agriculture intervention is

the core of the development of the poor farmers, the intervention of the organization

have remarkably helped them coming working on development of the villagers

Community mental health programme with support from Basic Need (Bangalore) and co-

ordination from has regularly been catering the need of the vulnerable mentally ill

people .

Fortunately expressing my views that the organization has always been supported by

young and dedicated work force who always aspires to reach our set vision and mission.

I express my heartfelt gratitude towards our supporting agencies local individual persons

and well wishers without whose support; it was not possible to reach this small

destination. I am beholden to all the donors and support agencies and individuals, whose

generous support have always been a great strength for R.J.S.S. in reaching out to the

marginalized.

Manoj Kumar Dangi

Secretary

GENESIS

Mr. Manoj Kumar and Vijay Kumar dedicated their life for the upliftment of Society from

their college life. The two young college students from remote village could not see the

injustice, atrocities, disparity and unethical values widely prevailed in the society. They

were influenced by the thought of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash and Lohia .During their studies

they formed an organisation Rashtriya Jharkhand Seva Sansthan(RJSS) on 2nd Oct 1999

with the help of their friends Mr. Ram Nandan Prasad with a vision to make a model

society where injustice disparity atrocities have no place. There have been regular

endeavour towards creating a favourable environment for socially balanced society and is

been established from small effort of regular intervention in the area with dedication and

determination of change in mind

VISION

Establish a socio equal discrimination free society, a prosperous country where farmers,

women have their equal right.

MISSION

To work with the poor & marginalized people, to eradicate poverty, unemployment by

overcoming in justice & inequality that causes it.

Legal Status

The organization is registered under Indian Trust Act 1882,

Registration No : 1882/IV-7/1999. F.C.R.A. No. : 337760001 PAN : AAATR-4985M Bank Account No : Bank of India

A/c No:483010100004793 : FCRA Bank A/c –

Bank of India: A/c No: 483010100005548

Punjab National Bank: A/c No :1903002100001274

State Bank of India:

A/c No:30309118658 Tax exemption issued 12(A) No : 32-2005-06 80 G No : 13/05-06/454/56

OFFICE ADDRESS RJSS has following locations for its operations:

(a) Registered Office: Organization has its registered office at -Sihas, Post- Satgawan

Dist-Koderma(Jharkhand)Pin-825132,

( b) Central office cum Correspondence Address: Rashtriya Jharkhand Seva Sansthan At-Sihas (pahalwan Ashram Bhakhara),Post-Satgawan,Dist-Koderma(Jharkhand)Pin-825132

(C) Coordination Office: Sukhen Bhawan. Chotaki Bagi, Shahana Rood District: Koderma. PIN:825410. Mobile- (+91) 9939298583, 9631531006, 9661411777 E-mail: rjss@rediffmail.com,rjssjharkhand@gmail.com. www.rjssjharkhand.com

AREA OF OPERATION

Please attached Jharkhand Maip and indicat the operation area.

Infrastructure

Organization has an Ashram having one acre land and a building consisting of Seven

rooms, Office Cum Two Training hall,

the orphanage centre runs their.

Furnished office come Stor of three rooms on rent basis at Sihas, Po-Satgawan Dist-

Koderma. And one coordination office two rooms on rent basis at Chotaki Bagi Koderma.

01 four wheeler-Jeep

04 Motor Cycle and 02 Bicycle

Three computer with printer and scanner

One Laptop

Four Digital Camera ,one and VDO Camera.

4 Steel Almirah ,3 Self rank,06 big Steel Box and Two Small Box and Furnitur etc.

08 pattal plate making machine.

5 sewing machine and one pico machine and other machine.

Human Resource

Rashtriya Jharkhand Seva Sansthan is a team of 15 dynamic and committed individuals devoted

volunteers and professionals. The organisation is run by our intellectual, skilled and professional

workforce.

The management personnel from reputed institutions, Rural development professionals,

specialized consultants are our strength to run the organisation smooth.

STAFF STRENGTH OF RASHTRIYA JHARKHAND SEVA SANSTHAN

Total Staffs 11

Professional/Technical Staffs 5

Permanent Staffs 6

Volunteers 115

Ashram Development begins with....

Ashram , the poor people place of solace , comfort, cheer. RJSS is proud to have more people on the soil of small Ashram, could continue serving the poor people since 2001 , The community comfortably comes and find respect, solutions. The word Ashram is always understood a place of sufi saint, the Ashram of RJSS is alike in work what the sufi saint does for the society but unique as it has no saints but a dedicated team. It enlightens the people towards finding new livelihood opportunity, execute Lok Adalat to solve villager’s family and other village level problems which abstains going court of Law , it is an abode of development where planning and development work begins such as child right, health , education, protection of environment ,forest protection etc. The Ashram is established with a view to provide a wave of happiness in the face of villagers, is truly realizing the vision. This is a center of training for different socio economic trades such as Craftsmanship, vermin compost, leaf plate, embroidery and tailoring for youths, adolescents and women group especially to the SHGs. A complete production Centre of leaf plate making is established in the premises where young villagers are employed.

Women Empowerment and Institution of Women Women empowerment refers to increasing the economic, political, social, educational, gender,

or spiritual strength. RJSS has been working on empowerment of the women since its inception.

RJSS has been working with members of SHG to provide economic freedom through bank

linkages and creating women

entrepreneur through skill development

programs, it has been building them as

self- reliant, and independent

entrepreneur. Educating the girl child

has been focus and the organization has

expertise in it, provided education to

hundreds of poor children from remote

area of the state. RJSS is providing poor

women leading their group, their

business, a platform to gather and

owning their own dais to convey the world their concern and share their happiness of

empowerment. RJSS has always been putting its best effort to empower them financially, socially,

politically and to instill leadership quality, to strongly stand on their own, can run their livelihood

and above all can boldly face the situation of molestation, abuse prevailed in the society.

INSTITUTION OF THE POOR –WOMEN S.H.G. :

Poverty alleviation of the poor has been major challenge to the country, the strong institution of

the poor in form women SHGs and federation has played vital role in eliminating poverty. The

poor members of the SHG managed to come out of clutches of money lenders, have access of

easy and affordable access of loan amount from their small saving. The women under RJSS

guidance have formed SHGs in the area coming together on a self-selection basis for sharing their

common concerns, pool their own resources (both financial and non-financial) and work together

for their personal, social, economic and

political development.”

To improve the socio economic status of

the women, R.J.S.S. has been actively

involved on S.H.G. Bank linkage and

promoting internal lending within the

group. The SHGs have now empowered

and got freedom from the clutches of

money lenders.

SHG STATISTICS

RJSS has promoted total of 589 SHGs ,344 S.H.G. in Koderma District alone and 245 SHGs in

Gumla district and 15 SHGs in 171 DRDA Koderma has done grading of the group , 112 Groups

have been graded first and got Rs.25000(Twenty Five thousand) each and 59 groups have

qualified for Grade II under SGSY and got Rs.250000/(Two Lakh Fifty Thousand)- each. For doing

small business in their area, the groups has been linked to various income generation activities

like Dairy, Vegetable cultivation, Agriculture goatry, Bangles shop, Pattal Plate making etc. The

livelihood activities has raised their income level and helped to improve their social and economic

status in the society. The groups have their own saving of Rs.31,22,128/- Out of which Rs.

11,13,000.00 have been circulated as internal loan and Rs. 9,34,300 has been returned . As of

now 59 groups have been linked with S.G.S.Y. schemes

Ensuring Safe Migration of Women

Food insecurity in the lean period, unavailability of work at villages , unskilled labor are

forced to migrate to earn to secure food , checking migration in the state is a gigantic

task of government to provide employment at villages, blocks or at city so that the poor

people may not migrate and should stay in state itself.

The development of the state is abysmal , citizen of the

state are with no hope of speedy development which can

fulfill their two square meal round the year in state itself.

RJSS , understanding the situation of the state and pitiful

situation of the poor farmers advocate for safe migration

of the women in the country so that they may earn their

livelihood with dignity , safety .RJSS has been successfully

mobilizing , driving an awareness towards safe migration

concept so that all the stake holders , Govt. may think

positively towards it. It has been great success after

putting lot of effort in sensitizing the community,

Government, NGOs.

RJSS is willing to work in it , it has laid founding stone in the year 13-14 towards safe

migration and will work with vigor , dedication in achieving this task..

LIVELIHOOD Agriculture

SRI Paddy is been cultivated across state, the

majority of the population depends on

rain fed paddy. Average yield per acre is

very less in comparison to other states in

Jharkhand, RJSS promoted System of Rice

Intensification (SRI) with 75 farmers in 25

acre of land. There were proper training

on seed selection, nursery, field

preparation, marking, transplantation

and conoweeder application. This was

eye opener for those who did first time,

their yield were more than 20 quintal per

acre.

Pulses In Rabi season, it has been observed that most of the field were not used, RJSS promoted pulses

in Rabi, to take advantage of moisture of rainy season, RJSS has promoted pulses specially arhar

with 25 farmers. Farmers could learn the period of sowing

Horticulture RJSS has been working in the horticulture to provide sustainable livelihood opportunity round

the year, promotion of horticulture is one the option which has no maintenance if up bring

rightly in initial phase. The organization has promoted fruit

plants, timber plants, papaya for the poor farmers. This year

13-14 the organization has covered several families and

planted 125 fruit plants. Vegetable growing

RJSS has promoted cash crop which can meet their daily

expenses too. The organization believes in promoting

multiple livelihood activities with the poor villagers so that

failure of one livelihood activity can resist shock, can a poor

farmer withstand and face any loss, trouble and can easily

run their family. The organization promoted vegetable

growing with more than 70 farmers; the farmers are doing

vegetable cultivation along with paddy, selling in the local

market and have comfortable income to run their family.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING RJSS has been working towards empowerment of the women , encompassing social , economic,

political growth. RJSS effort to provide

economic independence through

providing skill development of the

women.

The organization has been working

since long to provide different skill

training to the women . This year 2013-

14 RJSS has provided skill based training

on Lac products like bangle, flower pots

, Lac Chauri , Bamboo craft , Sewing and

Cutting, embroidery, training on

agriculture, animal husbandry like goatry, piggery and on NTFP .

NTFP based skill development Training: Skill development on Lac, Production,

Processing and making produce of Lac:

RJSS in Khunti district among 40 Lac grower

women imparted training in 15 villages on

Lac production, processing, and finally

making produce out of lac. A comprehensive

training was provided by skilled trainer in the

district for lac produce such as bangles, pots,

etc. Lac Chauri is prepared after melting the

lac, is a material used in production of final produce of Lac. Producing Lac CHAURI requires

different skill so training on Chauri was also provided before making its final product.

Fancy Bamboo Craft Fancy bamboo craft is promising livelihood options for the rural people depending on forest

based livelihood. RJSS has organised training on Fancy Bamboo Craft for 25 SHG women. Fancy

bamboo craft is been crafted by the rural women which has good market in the city.

Leaf Plate RJSS has provided training on Leaf Plate making to

21 women. Pattal plate from sal leaf is another

promising mean of rural livelihood. RJSS has been

providing training since its inception on the very

intervention, till now 2400 women have been

provided training on leaf based plate. Non-Farm Sewing and Cutting Training RJSS has a good experience in promoting sewing

and cutting based entrepreneurship to women

since a long, it has always been providing training to

rural SHG women, this year too 264 women

through 8 centres have been provided training.

FARM Based Training

Training on Vegetable cultivation:

Agriculture is the main source of livelihood of the

rural population of Jharkhand, erratic rainfall does not allow farmer to do round the year

cropping in their field, although small amount of water at dug well always attract farmer to do

some crop. RJSS has took advantage and

provided training on vegetable growing who

can manage water round the year. Training and

exposure visit with the trained trainers provided

good result. There were 24 farmers who have

taken training at Ashram promised and are

doing vegetable cultivation, they have started

earning also.

Skill development training – Farm and non-Farm

RJSS has been providing training to the rural youths since long to get them economically

independent. The organization has focussed not only on farm but on non- farm activities too.

Activities Number of Trainees Entrepreneur

Agriculture 2425 Women and male 648

Sewing and Cutting 200 Women 600

Piggery 72 24

Goatry 200 72

Milk Production 75 26

Pattal Plate making 80 41

PDS Shop 220 220

Horticulture 65 10

Lac Production 40 18

Fancy product from Lac 40 22

Fancy Bamboo craft 91 35

TOTAL 3417 1716

Women’s Day On every 8th March, the organization organizes women’s day on the mark of solidarity towards women. Thousands of women gather on the occasion on Ashram premises, the

SHG women were facilitated with rewards for their achievement in different field of leadership , awareness drive, fighting with the society , livelihood and for any

distinguished work

Advocacy and Entitlement Advocacy for the rights and entitlement has been the need of the poor illiterate rural population. The organization has been doing awareness campaign, meeting with community members and different people, finding issues and putting before government officials for proper implementation of Government scheme and on policy level intervention on scheme like NREGS, RTI 2005, Disabled Act 1995 and on different Government welfare schemes.

Lok Samiti: RJSS has been doing advocacy and lobbying for the right and entitlement of the people. Lok Samiti is a network of different NGOs in different part of the state which fight against corruption, discrimination, callousness prevailed in the society and for the rights of the people. RJSS has been working since 1997 and taken up some urgent issues of the region such as poverty, right and entitlement for the people, implementation of government

schemes, right to information act, prohibition of dowry & elimination of female & foeticide etc. In year 2014 organisation has worked on child marriage and atrocities against women. In the year 2013-14 on the occasion of women’s day, organization had meeting with all the workers and have planned for next year advocacy issues.

ENVIROMENT RJSS has been working on environment issues rioght from beginning to save the people from its ill effect. HARIT CHETNA: An innovative initiative of saving the environment has been quite successful in saving the forest. The abhiyan was an innovative in the sense that the people who used to cut the forest was voluntarily involved in saving the forest and involved in extensive plantation to protect the environment. An innovative initiative of Raksha Bandhan to bind ribbon on the trees understanding that this is a knot between the sister and the brother and the brother will never destroy the relationship in lifetime as is in Raksha Bandhan. The idea is to bind the community towards spirituality to save the trees. There were several activities under the umbrella of saving the forest. Community mobilization was major activity which was also been done in mission mode and in different fashion so that the people may really understand the need of protecting the forest. The villagers, volunteers and other stake holders like forest committee were given exhaustive training on the issue and created a big team to protect the forest. Organization has been working on Harit chetna focussing five areas of intervention to execute this innovative initiative

i. Awareness building: This year Organization has done awareness building program in

715 villages in different districts of the state i.e Koderma, Hazaribagh, Giridih,

Khunti, Gumla,Chatra,Simdega and west Singbhum.

ii. Street Play: Street play has been organized ,taking school children

iii. Strengthening Forest Committee: RJSS has strengthened 680 forest committee in

which 12180 members have been mobilised in Koderma, Giridih,chatra,

Gumla,Simdega and in east Singbhum.

S.No Name of District No .. of Forest Committee Total Members

1 Gumla 94 1692

2 Giridih 200 3600

3 Koderma 60 1080

TOTAL 6372 63

RJSS has not only strengthened the forest committee in the village itself but they have

been taken for exposure visit, 126 forest committee members have been taken to

different places like in model village of Anna Hazare-Ralegaon Sidde , Hibre Bazar and

place of origin of Forest Raksha Bandhan program

iv. Forest regeneration The fast reduction of forest plant is the result of cutting trees

but in some ways it could also be compensated by plantation of the trees also. The

organization has taken this issue very seriously and by the help of the community,

RJSS in the district Koderma and Gumla planted 8200 fruit plants

v. Forest Raksha Bandhan Program (A specialized intervention to protect forest)

An innovative initiative of Raksha

Bandhan to bind ribbon on the

trees not to cut the tree has been

initiated in 1995 at Tatijhariya

village of Hazaribagh district .

RJSS in the year 2004 has adopted

this as major program to save

thhe tree to save the

environment. Since the adoption

of the program as core program,

it has done worked for more than 1000 hectare of forest area in Koderma, Chatra,

Gumla,Giridih, Simdega nd in east Singbhum.

Detail of the coverage is as followed.

S.No District No of Villages where Raksha Bandha

Program was executed

1 Koderma 10

2 Gumla 34

3 Simdega 2

4 Khunti 1

5 Giridih 1

Total 48

There are various innovations have also been introduced to save the forest under Raksha Bandhan

Program like Pad Yatra, Cycle Yatra, Motorcycle Yatra, Bhikchatan and meeting with the villagers.

It has great impact on saving the forest by the villagers.

Health RJSS has been working for health improvement of the community focusing on both in demand

and supply side , the community is been mobilized, aware on the health issues, capacity built and

on demand side the Govt. agencies are

been mobilised to provide the better

services. Organizing General health

camps in different villages, Eye Health

camps , working on maternal and child

health, reproductive and child health

and community mental health are such

area on improving health of the

society where the organization is

regularly intervening. Poor health

status of the community is key factor of

the poverty, the poor are unaware of

preventive cure rather reluctantly go for curing while in trouble. The poor people are always get

trapped into the problems of health hazard , the consequence is that it make them poor. The

organization has taken initiative of organizing health camps, converge with the Govt. existing

facilities available in sub centre, PHC , CHS , immunization , taking benefits of AWC , institutional

delivery . T

Health Camp:-

RJSS has been organizing health camps on general health , eye check- up camp in differebnt part

of the blocks specially in the remote locality of the villages where the villagers are unable to

reach block centre, hospitals . The focus is always on poor community members at unreached

places and with unreached community.

This year (2013-14) 13 camps were organized in which 2345 adult and children have been

treated free of cost . The organization apart from organizing health camps , have organized

village level health camps specially for the age group of 0-6 years of age group . There were 48

children KUPOSHIT children have been treated , 419 children have been given immunization after

mobilizing AWC , 1205 children have been regularly immunized . 216 left out children have been

immunized. Detail of intervention is as follows

Health Camp 8 Health Camps covering 1144 adults

and Children

Kuposhan 48 Children

Total immunization 419 Children

Regular Immunization 1205

Left out children immunized 216

TT )10-16 Years 52

Tika for Pregnant Women 335

Registration of children (non-

institution delivery mother)

117

Birth Certificate 138

Community mental health program

RJSS has been working for mental ill people , are

vulnerable section of the society , among them,

women are the worst vulnerable. Mentally ill

people are always seen in the platform, bus stand

and in the roads moving around, are not been

thought of by any segment of the society. The

organization has been working on the serious

issue since last 12 years 2002 with the support of

Basic Needs Bangalore under the network of

organization “Sharda” Ramgarh. The program is

been implemented in 55 villages of Satganwan

block of Koderma district and Nawada district of

Bihar state .The program has been quite successful

in providing health to the mentally ill people

whom even the family members left them

considering they wouldn’t be ever cured.

Under the Community mental health program

mentally disabled person are identified by the

supervisors, mobilized the community for their

treatment, taken for free treatment to Nawada district or Ranchi Mental hospital, given medicine

and finally closely monitored to timely administer the medicine. This year (2013-14) Two hundred

and twenty six (256) patients had been identified in which 95 patient were undergone treatment

and 59 have been fully cured and are been living as normal life with their members of the family.

The organisation also tried to sensitize the community on this very issues, and sensitised 4932

people on this issue.

Health Education:

The organization has been working on educating community on different health issues. There are

different village level institution of the poor which is been used for awaring the community such

as SHGs, adult group, health committee, youth group, children Akhra.

Awareness building has been quite a successful program. Community has been taking initiative

on all front, institutional delivery has increased, children are regularly been immunized.

Right of Children

The organization has continued its work on children with the support of CRY on UN convention on the rights of the children. The project is to provide survival, development, protection and participation rights of the children, focusing on improving health, nutrition and education of the children. The project has entered into second year and has tremendous result in the area. The awareness and capacity building campaign has been giving result and the project is towards giving long term impact on overall development of the children.The organization has already formed health committees, strengthening and regular execution of school management committees (SMC) meeting,organizing health camps for the children. the of the community and to the stake holders like Mata Samiti, ANM ,Sahayika of ICDS centre, Village Health Committee(VHC),Rogi Kalyan Samiti,Hospital Management committee, Sahiya, doctors and to Village Education Committee ,school teachers. The organization has focussed on mobilization of the top officials at district level for better and proper implementation of the government run programs in the block.

Children’s Parliament (Bal Sansad) Bal Sansad (court of

the children) has

been running in 25

primary and middle

school of Mirganj

and Kataiya

panchayat of

Koderma district.

There are 525

children members under the Bal Sansad program. Bal Sansad

has been quite successful initiative to solve the problems of

WHAT IS BAL SANSAD

Children’s parliament (Bal Sansad), it is just a replica, portrayal of our Republic Of India PARLIAMENT(SANSAD). This is an innovation implemented under CRY project .The entire concept of SANSAD is been translated for children, here students of the school are in opposition and one group is running the country (School) (Satta Paksh), there is PRIMINISTER , FINANCE MINISTRY, WATER MINISTER , EDUCATION MINISTER , ENVIRONMENT MINISTER , CLEANLINESS MINISTER etc. Once in a month the whole ministry with opposition sits , work done is been evaluated , opposition raises their hand for non realization of work, ministers are been asked to clarify . The whole team take decisions in presence of Principal to solve the problems, and appreciated if work is been done. This innovation has been wonderful experience for the children and helpful in mitigating the problems of

children in the school and helped the School in improving the quality of education, cordial relation with

teacher and students , cleanliness of school surroundings ,functionality of School management committee,

decrease in drop-out rate ,increase in attendance etc. Students have started placing their problems before

block and district officials and is been regarded and solved. The sansad also takes decision on cultural

aspects, gaming aspects for the students, so singing song, writing essays , stories competition have been

started. Most of the decisions taken in Bal Sansad is been implemented by the parents, teachers and are

been give due regard of their decisions as most of the decision are in favour of the school.

BAL AKHRA RJSS has been promoting children (BAL AKHRA), this is a place of gathering of all the village level children to

solve any of the child related problems

focussing on school dropout, irregular

attendance, admission, awareness on not

using tobacco, anti smoking campaign.

The children have been regularly solving the

problems prevailed among the children by

organizing regular Bal Akhra in the villages.

It has been executed in 25 villages. Bal

Akhra has been successful in stopping the ill

practices among the children. Bal Akhra

alone have started campaign and

successfully did several work such as 11

working children have been admitted to school, dropout rate has decreased. Children have also

worked on stopping liquor distribution which was affecting the children parents. Children are also

working on saving environment, cleanliness of the village so cleanliness drive, plantation is been

executed in the villages. Admission of out of school children: 65 children from 24 schools have

been admitted who were out of school and drop out.

Children’s Faire (BAL MELA) The word FAIRE (Mela) attracts children and fantasises to be part of that event and that too for rural children. This is another innovation under the CRY project to organise Bal Mela among the children to get them attracted towards and get benefitted from this emotional ways to improve the education system in the villages , stop drop out, improve attendance . The concept is helpful, attachment with the whole system of education has been perceived by the students. This is an occasion where the children shows their paintings ,innovative structures , science projects , rockets , showcase their other product and sale as well. In the current year 625 children have taken part in the mela organised by them.Parents , school management committee have actively taken part of the Faire organised by the children

Malnutrition: Malnutrition is major problem of Satganwan block of Ko derma district. The organization has

been working since last two years for

malnutrition children. Organization has

been strengthening the existing system of

the Government by , in n19 AWC centre ,

the organization is helping the children to

successfully implement the program. RJSS

with the help of dedicated workers

working on the health and malnutrition

day of AWC , helps in weighing the

children, making weight chart . Malnutrition centre is established in district headquarter which is

65 km from the block which always hinders the people to go and take advantage, hence

organization has after long advocacy , it has been successful to establishing a centre over their.

School Management Committee: RJSS has been working for smooth functioning of school, school management committee is a

committee comprising of school management,

parents and children solves the problems of

school jointly. It has formed for smooth

functioning in all 24 schools, School

Management Committee (SMC) has been

organised and regularised. SMC have regularly

been trained on their right and responsibility.

SMC team have mobilised the parents ,

community , aware them so the dropout rate has been dropped. PRI members have also been

involved in SMC.

Child Marriage RJSS has been working for stopping child

marriages under CRY project and also been

active since its inception , has been advocating

child right , chid marriage is one of them.

Illeteracy , poverty , unawareness are the major

reason of child marriage in Satganwan block of

Koderma district. RJSS has done s survey and campaign to stop child marriage in which 130 child

marriages have been identified by the organization in the area. Of Kataiya Panchat and Meerganj

Panchat.

RJSS under CRY program has been intensively working on awareness building of the community.

There are several innovative awareness drive which drastically stopped child marriages are as

follows.

Nukkad Natak : RJSS has organised Street Plays (Nukkad natak) in different villages to aware the

community.

Mobilizing Brahaman Samaj: Brahaman are the people who perform all rituals of marriage , the

Brahman have vowed not to perform any rituals for under age , child marriage , with this effort 14

child marriage have been stopped.

Child Labour:

Bachpan Bachao Andolan, it was some times back an identity of the organization, known to work

for. RJSS has been actively working to safeguard

the childhood for the children. The fire to work

for the children did not stopped, old lesson

revised with the innovative project supported by

CRY especially for poor children. In Satganwan

block, majority of the population are farm

labour . The level of education is very low, the

people are dependent on forest produce

specially forest timber. There whole family are involved in forest based livelihood, children rarely

get time to attend school, even if they have been enrolled. Here the poor house hold, not having

food security round the year have compelled entire family to involve into earning livelihood.

RJSS has been working on the serious issue , working simultaneously for the livelihood and

enrolment of the drop out, not school going

children.

Adolescent Group: RJSS has been

working on child protection and rights.

Adolescent group have been formed to work collectively to combat the problems of and take

collective decision to take rights and entitlement for the children. Adolescent group have been

regularly doing monthly meeting in which they discuss various issue such as illiteracy, child

marriage, child labour, drop out of students, out of school children and strategy have been

devised and worked on all such issues. The group have been successful in mobilizing the parents,

children , attendance at school have increased, dropout rate has also been decreased and out of

school children have been enrolled. The children and the parents have learned not to marry their

children in early age.

SUPPORTING VULNERABLE PRIMITIVE TRIBE- BIRHORE

A Successful drive to save the Birhore community

Supported By: Adim Janjatiya Society,

Government of Jharkhand, Giridih

The association of the organization with the

Primitive Tribe Group Birhore is very old as it

has been working with the group since a long

time. The communities’ pitiful condition had

been one of the reasons for RJSS to start

working for the group.

Saving the primitive tribe especially the

Birhore community is one of the focused agenda of the Government. The survival of the

community is on stake because of huge deforestation and climate change. The community used

to live in the forest and their livelihood was dependent on the forest produce, now they are

unable to cope the concrete world. The organization has been working to mainstream with the

society.

In Giridih district at Kalichattan Tanda the organization has been working since last three years to

fulfill the objectives.

Project Objective

Awareness on education, health, sanitation, living standard and livelihood.

Food Security

Providing education to the children

Regular health camps and awareness on hygiene and sanitation

Key Achievement

34 Birhore family is regularly been given support for their education, health and

livelihood

100% Institutional delivery , which drastically reduced IMR and MMR among PTGs

100% immunization

Regular monthly Medical Camp

Functional ICDS centre- Malnourished

children identified and treated

completely

Grain Bank- 400 quintal grain is stored to

save from food scarcity.

Regular bridge schooling for Birhore in

the Tanda

10 children are placed at Carmel

residential, preparation for another 4 for Kasturba Gandhi Vidyalaya and 8 for

carmel is complete.

Two SHGs have been promoted and doing their regular saving,

Next year they planned to do vegetable and paddy cultivation as the interest

towards cultivation has nurtured after doing sunflower and pulses.

Adopt a Village Program –A regular program of RJSS

The organization has adopted three villages namely Gajhad of satganwan block and

Simarkundi of Markachcho block since last three years for complete development of

these villages. The focussed intervention is related to education, health and to improve

cultivation practices with irrigation facility and scientific methodology. The adopt a village

program is quite a successful program in putting concentrated effort on the development

of the village. The villages are in itself depicts its development story as happiness on the

people can be seen clearly.

ORPHANAGE CENTRE

The son and the daughter of the organization are

non than the needy orphans who regularly shelters

in the premises of Ashram, the organization always

nurture those children to a socialized , educated

and a person who can earn their livelihood by their

own. The number varies as some of them finally

went to take higher education like ITI, engineering,

in Sainik School, Carmel school.

In 2011-12 the organization has been fortunate to take the responsibility of 11 orphans.

They are getting regular support from the organization in their education

Statistics of orphan children taken education in Ashram premises

Girl Child-3

Boy Child-8

Total -11

Children sent for higher education- 3

ACCLAMATION

The organization got acceptance from different part of the society .The administration appreciated its development model which was demonstrated for the PTGs and on environment, saving forest and the wild animal in different part of the state. This is acknowledgement for the community who could understand us and become ready to take our service and the praise goes to the our dedicated members of the team who have relentlessly worked for the community