HARIT PRAYAS sign board in project villages@Sagar

All photos by MVSS-Sagar team!

...making change happening!

HARIT PRAYAS team at SSSS-Satna is making community aware about government schemes and project through cultural programmes. Its their own initiative and non-budgeted one! Also they focus on wall paintings to make community understanding more better!

...making people to get benifit from government schemes@JCSS-Jhansi

Mahamaya Aarthik Madad Yojna is one of the welfare schemes, launched by state Government. Under this scheme those households which have not been covered by any other schemes but are poor, being given Rs. 300/- per month as pension.

On 24^th of July, in village Rajapur, 10-12 people( Naresh Ahirwar, Ramlal, Mahendra, Asharam Pal, Sunil, Siroman and others) were discussing about Mahamaya Aarthik Madad Yojna. The cluster coordinator Mr. Krishna was passing through that meeting place. One of the villagers said Namaste to Krishna. Krishna responded positively. The villagers requested Krishna to tell them about Mahamaya aarthik madad yojna. Then Krishna gave them the Harit Prayas IEC material. One of the villagers read the provisions of MAMY. The villagers learnt that the parameters set by Government have not been followed in preparing the list of beneficiaries. They realized that all is not well with the implementation of MAMY in their village.

Next day Nareh Ahirwar and some other people went to Tehsil office and complained about irregularities in preparation of list of beneficiaries of MAMY scheme. 0n 27^th of July some officer from Babina block office came to Rajapur ( Mr. Verma and Panchayat secretary). The village pradhan also participated in the meeting at Rajapur. The cluster coordinator Mr. Krishna was also present in the meeting. People asked about the irregularities, the block officer were in defensive mode, the pradhan was a bit nervous and the community members were on the front foot. The block officers tried to clarify. But they could not satisfy the villagers. The meeting failed. And the people announced that they will complain with the higher authorities and if needed, they will also go to court.

As per the latest information available the some people of Rajapur have made a complaint to the higher authorities.

Once people come to know about the rules and regulation of different welfare schemes launched by Government, as it happened in this case (IEC material developed by Harit Prayas), people start demanding their right. They are no more passive receiver of benefit, but active participants. Harit Prayas is making its effort in this direction.

‘NREGA work must go on during farm season’-in NEWS

‘NREGA work must go on during farm season’

Hindustan Times, 3^rd August 2011: The ministry of rural development has written to all the states warning them not to go slow or suspend works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act at any point of time in the year. The communication reminding the provisions of the right to work Act comes in the wake of reports that some states are going slow in execution of works under the UPA's flagship social sector programme, during peak farming seasons.

"It has come to our notice that some states are going slow or have not been taking up new works under the same during kharif season. There is no provision of any suspension in NREGA entitlement in any season. Not providing work would tantamount to a penal offence and is also liable for compensation," the ministry letter to the state secretaries said.

"New works will continue to be taken up as per the demand generated," the letter adds.

The MGNREGA provides every rural household with 100 days of unskilled manual work in a financial year.

Though initiated as a programme to ensure livelihood in lean farm seasons, the scheme is facing protest from the farming community complaining of labour scarcity and steep hike in farm wages following the Act.

The department of rural development —  which implements the R40, 000 crore annual budget programme — had received several representations from the states and farmers bodies to tune the programme according to farming needs.

The concern also led the agriculture ministry to write to the rural ministry asking for suspension of NREGA works during peak farming seasons of sowing, transplantation and harvesting — to facilitate supply of labour. HT reported about the letter and the NREGA vs. agriculture debate on July 14.

"We have also communicated to the agriculture ministry that the Act does not allow such suspensions. NREGA is a legal entitlement and we cannot say no to a person coming to us for work," a ministry official said.

MY QUESTION IS THIS REALLY GOING TO SERVE FARMERS DURING OFF SEASON, WHEN REALLY THEY DON’T HAVE WORK! AND TO DO NREGA WORK FARMER CAN NOT LEAVE HIS MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME I.E. AGRICULTURE!

Regards

Vinod Pandey

RECRUITMENT for Project Manager- Livelihood (Kujraho-Madhya Pradesh)

RECRUITMENT for Project Manager- Livelihood (Kujraho-Madhya Pradesh)

SSSS (Samritans)-Satna is one of the leading non-profit organization working in the Madhya Pradesh  region for the upliftment of the deprived community. It works in the area of community development, human trafficking, women empowerment, Natural Resource Management (NRM) and Livelihood.

At present SSSS-Satna needs a young dynamic and highly active Project Manager for a new innovative project on Livelihood-HARIT PRAYAS. HARIT PRAYAS project is being supported by the Caritas India and is being implemented by the SSSS-Satna in 20 villages of the Chatarpur district (near Khajuraho). It’s a new innovative project involved field work, office work, research work and different trainings. The same project is also being implemented in Jhansi and Sagar.

Name of the Post: Project Manager

Location: Kujraho (Madhya Pradesh), Our cluster office is near by Khjuraho Temples

Functional Area: Programme Management

Qualification & experience :

• Post Graduate in Rural Management, Rural Development, Social Work from a reputed institution
• Experience in the area of community development especially in sustainable agricultural and government schemes (NREGS) activities through CBOs.
• Experience in the area of government Liasioning
• Effective verbal and written communications skills in English, including computing skills.
• Ability to undertake unaccompanied travel in interior rural areas.

Responsibilities

§         Set overall directions/strategies of the project

§         Regular follow up on implementation and participatory monitoring of the project to attain desirable outputs.

§         Regular liaison with CARITAS for reporting and guidance. Implementation of overall plans within the district specific context and proper monitoring and reporting.

§         Extensive field visits to support direct actions field area.

Liaison with district administration for effective policy advocacy

§         Undertake capacity building initiatives at the grassroots for effective learning and support. Planning and conducting trainings.

§         Prepare best management of capacity building inputs through participatory monitoring and documentation.

§         Review the progress of activities at cluster of villages

§         Develop strategy for intervening with the marginalised sections of the village and provide handholding support to women/ dalit members as per needs.

§         Documentation of capacity building experiences for replication. Ensure timely completion of the activities and proper documentation

Providing access to information to Panchayat and Gram Sabha members

Salary and other benefits: 14000/-pm plus travel allowance, trainings and opportunity to be the part of innovative project.

How to apply: Interested candidates (both male and female) can send their CV along by 15th August  2011 with the covering letter and a page note (not more than 200 words) on ‘Importance of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in better management of MGNREGA & FRA ’

You can send the CV along with covering letter to  vinodnmtt@gmail.com & samaritans.sss@gmail.com to know more about the project you can also log on to www.haritprayas.blogspot.com

Interview date : 17/08/2011 time 10.00 am at

SSSS-Satna, Pateri, Mahadeva PO

Satna MP 485002

Ph-07672230098

Portal for government schemes

Indian Government, at all levels, announces Welfare Schemes for a cross section of the society from time to time. These Schemes could be either Central, State specific or a Joint collaboration between the Centre and the States.  Please find the link below to access all most all the government schemes in this section, government have attempted to provide you with easy and single point access to information about several welfare schemes of the Government and their various aspects including eligible beneficiaries, types of benefits, scheme details etc.

http://india.gov.in/govt/schemes.php 

August Monthly Plan of HARIT PRAYAS team SSSS-Satna

S. no	Tentative Date	Concerned activity	Venue & Time	Responsible person & Contact Details
1.	1-8-11	Preparation of Action Plan for August	Local Centre- Khajuraho, 10 a.m- 5 p.m	Project Manager/Field Supervisor
2.	2-8-11	Orientation to VIC in charges	in Cluster 4	’’
3.	3-8-11	Orientation on MGNREGA	Silone	’’
4.	4-8-11	Project Orientation Programme through Cultural Eve	Majhuwkala	’’
5.	5-8-11	Project  Orientation Programme through Cultural Eve	Amronia	’’
6.	6-8-11	Project Orientation Programme through Cultural Eve	Dewra	’’
7.	7-8-11	SUNDAY - Holiday
8.	8-8-11	Project  Orientation Programme through Cultural Eve	Tapra	Project Manager/Field Supervisor
9.	9-8- 11	Project  Orientation Programme through Cultural Eve & Meeting of Mahila Mandal	Pathra & Kotta
10.	10-8-11	Project  Orientation Programme through Cultural Eve & Meeting of Mahila Mandal	Udyapura	”
11.	11-8-11	Project  Orientation Programme through Cultural Eve	Dharampura & Phelpura	”
12.	12-8-11	Preparation to form  Mahila Mandal	in 4 clusters	”
13.	13-8-11	HOLIDAY
14.	14-8-11	SUNDAY – Holiday
15.	15-8-11	HOLIDAY
16.	16-8-11	Preparation to form  Kissan Club	in 4 clusters	Project Manager/Field Supervisor
17.	17-8-11	Meeting of Mahila Mandals & Kissan Clubs	in 4 clusters	”
18.	18-8-11	Meeting of Mahila Mandals & Kissan Clubs	in 4 clusters	”
19.	19-8-11	Village level training for PRI members	Dharampura	”
20.	20-8-11	Village level training for PRI members	Saleiyya, Thaleiyya	”
21.	21-8-11	SUNDAY – Holiday
22.	22-8-11	Orientation on MGNREGA	Motigrah	Project Manager/Field Supervisor
23.	23-8-11	Village level training for PRI members	Silone	”
24.	24-8-11	Orientation on MGNREGA	Dewara	”
25.	25-8-11	Orientation on MGNREGA	Dharampura	”
26.	26-8-11	Village level training for PRI members	Majuahakala	”
27.	27-8-11	Completion of Reports by Cluster cocordinators	In cluster office	”
28.	28-8-11	SUNDAY - Holiday
29.	29-8-11	Monthly Meeting of HARIT PRAYAS staff	Zonal Office, Khajuraho, 10 a.m- 5 p.m	Project Manager/Field Supervisor
30.	30-8-11	Monthly Meeting for the Coordinators’	SSSS- Satna,  10 a.m- 5 p.m	Director, Fr. Joseph porimattom