RELEASE OF HARIT PRAYAS HANDBOOK!

HARIT PRAYAS project takes shape each and every day and every day it reaches closer to the community. In endevour of making it more reachable to the community in the form of strengthening the capacity of entire HARIT PRAYAS project staff (especially village level field staff); Caritas India team along with the HARIT PRAYAS project team has worked on the handbook for the project. The handbook has been released by Fr. P. Chinnappa (Administrator, Caritas India) on 12^th Jan 2012 at Caritas India Head Office before in the zonal review meeting of Caritas India north Zone staff; after the release of handbook Fr. Chinnappa said that the handbook would be able to strengthen the capacity of staff as well as the project partners. He has handed the handbook to Dr. Haridas ( Manager –Caritas India)  During the release Caritas India HOD-Mr. Nelson, North zone manager- Mr. PU Francis and Caritas India Head office & North zone staff were present there.

Strength of this booklet…

·         Handbook is in Hindi: It took almost a year to develop this handbook, initially the handbook has developed in English and later on it has translated to Hindi for better clarity of this booklet especially on HARIT PRAYAS field staff, which in turn would reflect in the form of better implementation.

·         Some chapters of handbook are pictorial

·         Come out with intensive work out of one year and with 14^th draft preparations

·         Translation job has done by the HARIT PRAYAS project staff

Brief about the handbook…

The book includes each and every aspect of the projects focusing

• Project overview
• Project on strategy,
• Project process,
• Result achievement (PMF),
• Project detailed activities
• Budget,
• Time line
• Gender concept in HARIT PRAYAS ( pictorial)
• Note on NRGEGA, Mahila Mandals, FRA, RTI, Village information centers  and farmers club
• Project guideline
• Caritas India’s concerned staff ( associated with HARIT PRAYAS project)

 We are thankful to Caritas India and the HARIT PRAYAS project partners and staff for the release of this handbook.

Let’s bring change through HARIT PRAYAS!

Let’s promote sustainable agriculture!

Let’s make people aware about their rights!

Let’s secure the livelihood of poor!

Let’s come together to make this change happen!

HARIT PRAYAS IMPACT….securing better production in very first year of organic cultivation!

Most of the time it has been reflected and heard that at initial level with organic inputs production of crop goes down, but we are experiencing a different scenario in HARIT PRAYAS project villages of Satna-Kahjuraho.

HARIT PRAYAS IMPACT….

For the promotion of organic cultivation before the rabi crop, our HARIT PRAYAS team at Satna has organised 6 village level capacity building programmes on organic cultivation ( basically on preparation on inputs and usage of the same) in six training programmes in total 233 target community members have participated and around 130 participants have adopted the complete organic way of cultivation for rabi crop, and now they are able to see the result that organic cultivation saplings of wheat are much better than those who have adopted the inorganic way. One more result has started coming out in the form of local seed bank amongst the villages.

Below are the pictures from the field of Bhola Ahirwar ( SC community) from kanwar village ( Satna-Khajuraho-HARIT PRAYAS project target village), he has used the same seed ( w –wheat) in two different field and given organic input and treatment ton one part and inorganic to other part; you can easily see the difference of organic and non organic  ( for 20 day  wheat crop-same seed);

WITHOUT ORGANIC INPUT

WITH ORGANIC INPUT

Now our HARIT PRAYAS Satna team is doing the follow-up with 130 farmers practicing organic cultivation.

आइए मिलकर कुछ बदलाव लाए !

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...begining a new life: Sustaining livelihood through HARIT PRAYAS efforts!

Fact file

Name - Mrs.Rama Devi,  W/o Mr.Sitaram,

Age- 40

Caste – Kushwaha,

Children- 2 daughter , 1 son

Land – Landless, 

Village – Imilia,

Name of the S.H.G—Parwati Mahila Swayam Sahayata Samooh, Members – 13,  

Monthly saving - Rs.-50/.

Date of formation –6 July, 2011

Group Category—B.P.L

Project - Harit Prayas

Rama Devi, the mother of 3 children, falls under BPL category and having no land for agriculture. The source of income for this family is daily wages, earned by Rama’s husband Sitaram. Since this is a landless family, Sitaram has to work on other’s agricultural plot as a labour or sometime as a bataidaar.  They find it difficult to manage their daily food.

In the project Harit Prayas, a Self Help Group/Mahila Mandal was formed, under the guidance of cluster co-ordinator Mrs. Malti Devi, in the month of July, 2011. Rama Devi also joined this group. By the end of October this group had saved Rs. 2600/-. In a monthly meeting of Parvati Mahila Swayam Sahayata Samooh, Rama Devi requested to get a loan of Rs. 2000/- from the group. She wanted to open a Tea-stall in the Imilia village. The members of this group agreed to grant her the loan of requested amount. Then Rama Devi opened the tea-stall in the village itself (October, 2011).

At the tea-stall she keeps Nimki,Pakauri, Samosha and other snacks item. Now she earns Rs. 100-150 /- daily. She has also returned the Rs.1000/- to her group. This tea-stall has become a major source of income for her family. Now economic condition of the family has improved. Rama devi and her family is happy. She has become a source of inspiration for other members of the group and the village.

The project Harit Prayas ensured food security and thus prevented a distress migration, since the tea-stall has been opened in the village only. Rama Devi along with all SHGs members are thankful to the project Harit Prayas.  At the same time, Harit Prayas team members are encouraged to assist many more women like Ramadevi.

Courtsey: HARIT PRAYAS -JHANSI TEAM

HARIT PRAYAS at Sagar strengthening MGNREGA!

In Samnapur village of Samnapur Panchayat of Rehli block (Sagar-Madhya Pradesh) were mostly the work on NREGA was checked this month. We found out that 25 members applied for NREGA and got work in their respective villages under kapil dhara yojna. The daily wages for these labourers were also fixed at 120/- per days work, but due to delay of evaluation by the govt officials of the work the wages were met by the owner for whom the well was to be dug.  The work is continuing for the last 32 days. The owner also had met the sachiv of the panchayat who found some or the other accuses against the work done.

It was here that the owner of the well came in contact with Mr. Raja Patel who reviewed the case to the project coordinator who advised him to take the matter in favour of the block auditing committee. Later on when the matter was inspected by the Harit Prayas staffs and the committee official it was found that our side was clear. Taking advantage of the situation the cluster coordinator decided to make a warning before the Sachiv of filing an RTI on this matter. The Sachiv panicked and took urgent decisions regarding the matter and soon auditing was conducted at the end of December. As a result of which the money was re-imbursed and the work is carrying on now as per the norms of NREGA.

Courtsey : HARIT PRAYAS SAGAR TEAM

HARIT PRAYAS at Sagar strengthening MGNREGA!

In Samnapur village of Samnapur Panchayat of Rehli block (Sagar-Madhya Pradesh) were mostly the work on NREGA was checked this month. We found out that 25 members applied for NREGA and got work in their respective villages under kapil dhara yojna. The daily wages for these labourers were also fixed at 120/- per days work, but due to delay of evaluation by the govt officials of the work the wages were met by the owner for whom the well was to be dug.  The work is continuing for the last 32 days. The owner also had met the sachiv of the panchayat who found some or the other accuses against the work done.

It was here that the owner of the well came in contact with Mr. Raja Patel who reviewed the case to the project coordinator who advised him to take the matter in favour of the block auditing committee. Later on when the matter was inspected by the Harit Prayas staffs and the committee official it was found that our side was clear. Taking advantage of the situation the cluster coordinator decided to make a warning before the Sachiv of filing an RTI on this matter. The Sachiv panicked and took urgent decisions regarding the matter and soon auditing was conducted at the end of December. As a result of which the money was re-imbursed and the work is carrying on now as per the norms of NREGA.

Courtsey : HARIT PRAYAS SAGAR TEAM

...on 12th Five Year plan

Jan 2012 Monthly Action plan-SSSS-Satna

S.NO	TENTATIVE DATE	CONCERNED  ACTIVITY	VENUE	RESPONSIBLE PERSON
1	01/1/12	Sunday
2	02/1/12	Preparation of Action plan	Zonal Office Khajuraho	Project manager &coordinator
3	03/1/12	Planning for Review Meeting	Zonal Office Khajuraho	Project manager &coordinator
4	04/1/12	Linkage with Rajnagar Block	Rajnagar Block	Project manager &coordinator
5	05/1/12	Training on MGNREGA	Motidungaria	Project manager &coordinator
6	06/1/12	Training on MGNREGA	Kawar	Project manager &coordinator
7	07/1/12	Skill Development Training for farmers	silone	Project manager &coordinator
8	08/1/12	SUNDAY
9	09/1/12	Training for preparing Pesticides	Amronia	Project manager &coordinator
10	10/1/12	Capacity Building of Farmers Club	Motigarh	Project manager &coordinator
11	11/1/12	Skill development Training for farmers	Majotta	Project manager &coordinator
12	12/1/12	IGP Training (Agarbatti)	Motigarh	Project manager &coordinator
13	13/1/12	Linkage with Bijawar block	Bijawar Block	Project manager &coordinator
14	14/1/12	HOLIDAY
15	15/1/12	SUNDAY
16	16/1/12	IGP Training	Adiwashipura	Project manager &coordinator
17	17/1/12	Linkage with KVK Nowgong	Nowgong KVK	Project manager &coordinator
18	18/1/12	IGP Training	Tapra	Project manager &coordinator
19	19/1/12	Skill Development Training for Mahila Mandal	Majotta	Project manager &coordinator
20	20/1/12	Capacity Building of farmers club	Kota	Project manager &coordinator
21	21/1/12	Training on Govt. Schemes	Lehar	Project manager &coordinator
22	22/1/12	SUNDAY
23	23/1/12	Training on Sustainable Method of Agriculture	Saleiyya	Project manager &coordinator
24	24/1/12	Capacity building of farmers club	Karondiya	Project manager &coordinator
25	25/1/12	Staff Meeting for preparation of Monthly Meeting	Zonal office Khajuraho	Project manager &coordinator
26	26/1/12	Holiday
27	27/1/12	Preparation Of Review Meeting	Samaritan social service society satna	Project manager &coordinator
28	28/1/12	Review Meeting	Samaritan social service society satna	Project manager &coordinator
29	29/1/12	Review Meeting	Samaritan social service society satna	Project manager &coordinator
30	30/1/12	Review Meeting	Samaritan social service society satna	Project manager &coordinator