HARIT PRAYAS hi meri pehchan hein ( HARIT PRAYAS is my identity)-A cover story
Based on the ownership and benefits of community by HARIT PRAYAS project in Bundelkhand region, almost 7 months back, a small village named Majhota in Chatarpur district (Madhya Pradesh) has renamed by community and gram panchayat as HARIT PRAYAS Majhota, and has become India’s 1st village to named on any development project. Now people and different agencies from different places are visiting this village to know the impact and are learning from it. Recently a leading media house has covered a story (find attached paper cutting) on HARIT PRAYAS Majhota village, where villages have shared that:
- With the name HARIT PRAYAS Majhota is now being used in all official documents from ration card to BPL card and from bank account to marriage/cultural functions card.
- Recently they have applied all the BPL cards with village name as HARIT PRAYAS Majhota.
What bigger changes are happening with the change in name?
Villagers from HARIT PRAYAS Majhota shared that now almost every 3rd day there is visit by any agency or individuals to the village to know about it and process of organic cultivation and to share about village, Farmers club of HARIT PRAYAS Majhota has developed a strategic plan where they have started charging fees (INR 500/- as resource fee and Food charges-depend on number of pax) with receipt from the institutions who are visiting to village. In return of the fees two members of Farmers Club take the lead and make the team to visit village and also take few sessions with the team on low cost organic cultivation. The amount collected from resource fee is being deposited in farmers club account and villagers are planning to utilise this money for the common purpose in the form of purchasing utensils for the cooking food in marriages and other functions.
Please find attached news paper cutting on a cover story of HARIT PRAYAS MAJHOTA and filed submitted form for BPL card with name HARIT PRAYAS.
May be now for people from HARIT PRAYAS MAJHOTA , HARIT PRAYAS has become their identity and their Pechchaan!
Lets feel HARIT PRAYAS inside us, lets come together to support the movement to bring change in Bundelkhand with HARIT PRAYAS!
For more on HARIT PRAYAS log on to:
Blog: www.haritprayas.blogspot.com or on www.caritasindia.org (blog)
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/harit.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/
HARIT PRAYAS online channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/
HARIT PRAYAS is a development movement supported by caritas India, caritas Spain& caritas Italian in Bundelkhand region (India)
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