Inauguration of  HARIT PRAYAS MAJHOTA village!

9^th June 2012

Village: HARIT PRAYAS MAJHOTA

Panchayat: Silone

Block: Bijawar

District: Chatarpur ( Madhya Pradesh)

( 35 kms from Khajuraho)

“There is something called miracle! and there is something called change! with HARIT PRAYAS  we are able to bring miraculous change in the life of poorest of the poor people! We work with SC & STs, small and marginalized and empower them and in turn they own the empowerment, they own the HARIT PRAYAS!”

                                                            -Vinod Pandey (Caritas India; Project Officer)

we are really glad to share with you all that the village HARIT PRAYAS Majhota village has been inaugurated by our Caritas Spain representative Ms. Maria Isabel , PRI & community members on 9^th of June 2012. At the time of inauguration around 80-90 villagers were there and Panchayat representatives have also joined the hands. The entire environment was like a festival and community members were so happy that they have organized a small cultural programme including songs, poetry recitation and a gallery walk and entire thing was based on the process and the result of the HARIT PRAYAS project. It is good to see that now in the village from child to old on everyone’s lips only two words-HARIT PRAYAS!

Ms. Maria Isabel has shared that she is “so happy to be the part of this process of change that  she can’t express her feelings and she wish that with HARIT PRAYAS people from the HARIT P{RAYAS Majhota village would be able to sustain the better livelihood options for generations and generations”

Farmers club  and Mahila Mandals members of HARIT PRAYAS Majhota also shared their feeling that its not only the changer4 in the name of village, its mainly the impact of HARIT PRAYAS project for improving their life through

• Sustainable agriculture ( by making them to learn and practice low input cost and good production through organic cultivation)

• Entrepreneurship development ( specially for women where they have learnt the process of agarbatti making and now getting involve in marketing of the agarbatti with brand name as HARIT PRAYAS)

• Secured rights ( by initiating the first time process of filling applications to get the work under NREGA-which till now since the beginning of the NREGA they have never did)

• Promotion of human collectiveness ( in the form of farmers  group and Mahila Mandal)

• Gender positiveness ( it’s the impact of HARIT PRAYAS only that now men and women sit together in Farmers club meting and even to discuss any social development issues) 

One of the farmer Mr. Hardeen from the HARIT PRAYAS Majhota has shared that HARIT PRAYAS has not only changed their lives but its changing the life of entire country, although start is small but every day moving many steps a head!

Ms. Asha Devi , the  Sarpanch of the Silone Panchayt said that, it is good to see that projects like HARIT PRAYAS are able to reach to the community members and finally community owns it!

The success of HARIT PRAYAS at Chatarpur Majhota needs to be understood in terms of how?

It’s all the team work of Caritas India, Community, Partner (SSSS-Satna), and PRI. If any one from outside would visit the HARIT PRAYAS project villages at Chatapur would able to see how different stakeholders work in the partnership for better deliverance of the project!

What’s unique is now happening in the HARIT PRAYAS Majhota?

• Villagers are using the name HARIT PRAYAS Majhota in the marriage cards for the forth coming marriages!
• Panchayat is progressive to include the name on the revenue map of the village!
• Community member from surrounding 28 villages are visiting to HARIT PRAYAS Majhota and learning about sustainable agriculture and MGNREGA!
• National leading weekly magazine Outlook ( Hindi) is soon going to cover the story of HARIT PRAYAS Majhota village!

सिर्फ़ हंगामा, खड़ा करना, मेरा मकसद नही

sirf hangama, khada karna, mera maksad nahi

सारी कोशिश, है की ये, सूरत बदलनी चाहिए

saari koshish, hai ki ye, soorat badalni chahiye

मेरे सीने में नही, तो तेरे सीने में सही

mere seene mein nahi, to tere seene mein sahi

हो कही भी आग लेकिन, आग जलनी चाहिए

ho kahi bhi aag lekin, aag jalni chahiye

Poet Dushyant Kumar wrote above lines on bringing change-describes that its not only we talk about change…but instead we must bring change!  And with Caritas HARIT PRAYAS and LIFE project we have tried to bring some of the institutional changes (which probably not happened earlier)!

Please Find attached three short films on the inauguration of HARIT PRAYAS Majhota village!

• Film on Impact of HARIT PRAYAS project on Majhota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvushbTJpa4&feature=youtu.be

• Film on Inauguration of HARIT PRAYAS village by Ms. Maria Isabel (Caritas Spain): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xke6SXtAI_U&feature=youtu.be

• Film on real heroes of the change factor of HARIT PRAYAS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHF0emrpQ2I&feature=youtu.be

• Video document on a poem by Mr. HARDEEN- farmer from HARIT PRAYAS Majhota ( the poem focuses on how with HARIT PRAYAS project we are and would be bringing change in the life of poor and marginalized farmers of Bundelkhand region). This poem has been written by Hardeen after realizing the benefits of organic cultivation through HARIT PRAYAS project. Now Hardeen is brand ambassador of promotion of organic cultivation in the entire Chatarpur region): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A28Z2W-QfPE&feature=youtu.be

At the end again congratulations to the entire HARIT PRAYAS Majhota village community, HARIT PRAYAS team of SSSS-Satna & Caritas India team and Caritas Spain  team for regular support and motivation.

Let’s hope for some more developmental miracles!

Let’s hope for more empowerment to the community!

and let’s hope to bring change in the life of poorest of the poor community!

For more on HARIT PRAYAS log on to http://www.caritasindia.org/ (blog-HARIT PRAYAS) or www.haritprayas.blogspot.com  or on Face book (HARIT PRAYAS).

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