Rural Development
Project: Integrated Rural Development Project (IRDP)
Project Duration:
- January 2022 – March 2023
Geographical Area of Activities:
- Suksale Village, Vikramgad Block, Palghar District
Funding Source:
- UPS EXPRESS PVT LTD Mumbai
Project Objective: The IRDP focuses on the integrated and comprehensive development of Suksale village, targeting improvements in health and socio-economic conditions while exploring local livelihood opportunities for tribal communities.
Key Activities:
- Data collection involving 781 individuals from 182 households in Suksale village.
- Organizing health check-ups and medical consultations for the local population.
- Capacity-building workshops for 12 Self-Help Group (SHG) members, spread across four batches, focusing on entrepreneurship development.
- Identifying and promoting various income-generation activities, including vegetable cultivation, bamboo products, tailoring, oil extraction, incense stick making, and papad production.
- Identifying aspiring micro-entrepreneurs.
Major Outcomes and Impact:
- Household data collection enabled a comprehensive understanding of local issues, challenges, and needs.
- Four health check-up and medical consultation camps benefiting 270 residents.
- Capacity-building of 208 SHG members from 12 self-help groups.
- Identification and promotion of a wide range of income-generation activities, such as vegetable cultivation, bamboo products, tailoring and fashion designating
- Identification of 50 aspiring micro-entrepreneurs
Project: “SWAVALAMBAN”
Project Duration:
- 2017 – 2021
Geographical Area of Activities:
- Samata Nagar, Tardobachiwadi Village, Shirur Block, Pune District
Funding Source:
- Rotary Club of Poona Airport and COOP-Co-operative, Switzerland
Project Objective:
Empowerment of the fisherman community with a specific focus on health, education, women’s empowerment, and social entitlements.
Key Activities:
- Capacity-building women, focusing on the formation and nurturing of self-help groups (SHGs).
- Gradation of SHG’s
- Entrepreneurship development of SHG members
- Vocational Skills Trainings for income generation
- Health Camps for Women
- Health Education Sessions with pregnant and lactating women and adolescent girls in reproductive and child health
- Access and Availment to Government Schemes
Major Outcomes and Impact:
- Socio- economic empowerment of 80 women and communities through strengthening and vocational skills training of members of SHGs in tailoring, fashion designing, kitchen gardening , poultry and broom making
- 23 SHG Members from 7 SHG’s started various income generation activities
- Availment of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Scheme to 27 women
- Revolving Fund Support to 3 SHG’s by Panchyat Samiti Shirur
- Support by ICICI Bank through District Rural Development Agency to 68 women
- Availment of Gharkul Scheme of Panchayat Smiti Shirur to 64 local residents
- Support for social entitlements to 80 women
Project: SAHAYOG
Project Duration:
- 2015- 2018
Geographical Area of Activities:
- Kurkumbh Village Daund Block, Pune District
Funding Source:
- United Way Mumbai and Cargill India Private Limited Kurkumbh
Project Objective: integrated and comprehensive development of village Kurkumbh in Daund Block of Pune District .
Key Activities:
- Capacity Building of women in promotion and development of Self Help Groups
- Health Initiatives for Women and Children INITIATIVES FOAdult WASH Session for Secondary and Higher Secondary School Children
- Construction of 2 toilet blocks for Zilla Parishad Primary School .
- Training programs in entrepreneurship development for sustained livelihood .
Major Outcomes and Impact:
- Capacity Building 415 women out of which 128 women formed 9 SHGs
- ENT Checkup of 413 students from 1st -7th standards
- 10 WASH Session for 842 students of Secondary and Higher Secondary School Children (377) and 465 students from Zilla Parishad Primary School
- Regular use of toilet blocks by the primary school children
- Entrepreneurship development trainings for 100 women