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.