Linkage with University for Project Baseline Survey Facilitation @HARIT PRAYAS Jhansi

Harit Prayas is getting over by December of 2013, so for the next phase of Harit Prayas 2 a Baseline. Workshop was organized in PUNE by Caritas India on last august. This time JCSS initiated to link with professional students in social work and approach them through social media to be a volunteer for social survey and research including the analysis of situation of people in villages. We have called all ongoing project staff from ADHIKAR, AAJEEVIKA, GAD, and HARIT PRAYAS PROJECT to be the part of baseline survey. An intense training than field work, form filling, data collection was done in field (16 villages of Babina block as a new project area of Harit Prayas 2) from 4 September to 18 September. Than situational analysis and computerfeeding took 5 days more as on 23 we finished our baseline. After the survey is over JCSS planned to provide them certificate from Caritas representatives as to boost the moral and motivation of MSW students. Students were not charged nor given any stipend for survey form filling, data collection and analysis along with data entry. All the the work of volunteer babsis but the good feature was “we are giving them an experience certificate with practical experience” which is very helpful in their future. So on 10 November 2013 from MR. Beppe – Caritas Italiana, MS. Mayte – Caritas Spain distributed certificates of Baseline Survey were to MSW students who participated in Baseline process. As their strong will power and determination it helped organization as well as their personal skill & strength as becoming a professional in development sector. JCSS is thinking to practice this in other projects to as to give young social worker a qualitative working knowledge in development sector. 

By HARIT PRAYAS JCSS-Jhansi 

....developing skills of staff @HARIT PRAYAS Jhansi

As JCSS is growing as a professional organization so we need to see the individual strength and skills and capability of staff in the same way after the caritas representative visit we introspected our strengthen, weakness, goals in working as social change elements. Director - Fr. V J Thomas, Asst. Director – Vinu George along with HP team had a small meeting and Director took a small written test cum details of understanding the field. All staff members submitted the answers and after that individual level feedback were given to each staff and also called every one for the suggestion as the things required for the skill development. 

By JCSS-Jhansi HARIT PRAYAS team 

Agriculture Training @ HARIT PRAYAS JCSS-Jhansi

As the new crop season has arrived and Ground nut crop is over farmers needed better training and information for their cultivation in the series Harit Prayas organized an Agriculture Training in the project villages – Shekhar, Baghora, Koti, Rasina, Lahar. In the training information of natural and organic farming imparted to the farmers so that they can use organic methods for better output with low investment. Farmers were advised to have soil testing after every cultivation and follow the measures suggested by KVK in soil health card. And motivated to make Matka Khad as much as they can to reduce chemical feritlizer and pesticide. HP team focused on decreasing the use of chemical fertilizers in the field. Video audio and written communication tools were used for spreading awareness on sustainable agriculture. 

By JCSS-Jhansi HARIT PRAYAS team 

Poultry farm Fund distribution @HARIT PRAYAS JCSS-Jhansi

Farmers got benefit of backyard poultry farm as 425/- were given to each along with 50 chicken from veterinary department. Dr. R K Tripathi from Raksha Vet. Hospital along with Bundelkhand package van came to village and phoned MS. Malti & Sr Anna (Both are Female cluster coordinator of project Harit Prayas in Jhansi) to identify the beneficiaries in Bamer & Rajapur village and in her presence money and chickens were distributed. 

By JCSS-Jhansi HARIT PRAYAS team (Oct MPR)