Half Yearly Report of Uttarakhand

Kopal Phase-II

(July to December 2007)

 


 

 Submitted by:-

Mr. Sudhir Bhatt

State Project Coordinator

Shri Bhuvneshwari Mahila Ashram/Plan

63-A, Vyom Prasth, GMS Road,

Dehradun

 

 

Table of Contents

 

                                                                                              Page Number

Ø     Basic Information

§        Introduction                                                                                         5

Ø     Project Context

§        Introduction to Kopal Project                                                            6

Ø     Project Coverage                                                                                     8

Ø     Project Objectives                                                                                   9

Ø     Strategy                                                                                                    9

Ø     Activities, Participation, Progress towards objectives                        10

Ø     Activities Achieved                                                                                 11

Major Activities (July-December 2007)

§        Quarterly Meeting Of PAC                                                                 12

§        Quarterly Meeting With State Directorate                                      13

§        Quarterly district NGO Review Meeting                                          13

§        State Annual Reflection Workshop                                                   14

§        Experience Sharing Meeting                                                              18

§        Publicity through Audio/Video/Print Media                                    20

§        Printing of Kopal Wall Magazine                                                     21

§        Quarterly Youth Capacity Building Program                                    21

§        College Seminars                                                                                  22

§        District Level Sensitisation Workshop                                              22

§        Registration Camp At Block Level                                                     23

§        Kopal Exhibition Camp                                                                      24

§        Rally At Block Level                                                                           25

§        Rally At District Level                                                                       26

§        Quarterly Sectoral ICDS Meeting                                                     27

§        CB of PRI Members                                                                             28

§        Annual Sensitisation of IMA & FOGSI Members                          29

§        Stakeholder Meet                                                                                 30

§        District Level Monthly Review Meeting                                          30

§        Half Yearly Coalition Evening Meeting                                           31

§        PCPNDT Committee Meeting                                                            31

§        Annual Capacity Building of Panchayat Sevak                                33

§        Nukkad Natak                                                                                      34

§        Details of Activities Other Than Planned                                         35

 

Ø     Progress Towards The Objectives                                                          37

Ø     Analytical Information                                                                          37

Ø     Sustainability                                                                                          39

Ø     Gender Equity                                                                                         39

Ø     Child Centerdness                                                                                    41                                                       

Ø     Advocacy With Government Departments                                           41

Ø     Lesson Learning and Dissemination                                                     41

Ø     Success Case Studies                                                                               43

Ø     News Papers Clippings                                                                           49

Ø     Kopal Activities from The Eye Of the Camera                                     52

                

 

List of Acronyms

 

UBR                     Universal Birth Registration

PCPNDT              Pre Conception Pre Natal Diagnostic Technique

BDC                     Block Development Committee

AWW                   Aganwadi Workers

ANM                    Auxiliary Nurse Midwife

PRI                       Panchayati Raj Institutions

CMO                    Chief Medical Officer

CDPO                   Community Development Program Officer

PHC                     Primary Health Center

IEC                       Information Education and Communication

MMD                    Mahila Mangal Dal

SHG                     Self Help Group

NYMD                  Nav Yuvak Mangal Dal

UNDP                   United Nations Development Program

IFAD                    International Fund for Agricultural Development

BDO                     Block Development Officer

VDO                     Vilage Development Officer

ADO                     Area Development Officer

YMD                    Yuvak Mangal Dal

DPO                     District Program Officer

DPRO                   District Panchayati Raj Officer

ICDS                    Integrated Child Development Services

MCF                     Mountain Children Foundation

NSS                      National Social Services 

NCC                     National Cadet Corp

 

 

 

Basic Information

 

Introduction:-

Uttarakhand is a mountain state of the middle Himalayas. This scenic state of India was formed on 9th of November 2000. The working capital of Uttarakhand is Dehradun. Made of combination of Garhwal & Kumaon regions the natural beauty of this mountain state is non-pareil. The total population of Uttarakhand is 84, 89,349 as per 2001 census. Uttarakhand in relation to the population is placed 20th in the list of states. The literacy rate of Uttarakhand is 71.6% out of which male literacy rate is 83.3% and female literacy rate is 59.6%.

 

Uttarakhand is predominantly rural with about 74% of its 8.5 million populations living in 16,826 rural settlements. Small sized, scattered villages without road connectivity pose a major challenge to service delivery.

 

 

Sex Ratio in Uttarakhand

(0-6 years of age group)

 

  Districts                                         Sex Ratio

  Champawat                                      946

  Uttarkashi                                        945

  Bageshwar                                       939

  Chamoli                                           935

  Tehri Garhwal                                  931

  Almora                                            926

  Pauri Garhwal                                  926

  Rudraprayag                                    924

  Udham Singh Nagar                          912

  Nainital                                            908

  Dehradun                                         903

  Pithoragarh                                      901

  Haridwar                                         852

 

 

District-wise Administrative Units and Rural Population, Uttarakhand

 

Districts

Development             Blocks

Gram

Panchayats

Villages

Rural

Population

Tehri

9

928

1,742

546,133

Udham Singh Nagar

7

303

748

831,407

Bageshwar

3

363

880

241,650

Almora

11

1122

2,139

576,497

Uttarkashi

6

427

669

271,255

Dehradun

6

370

743

601,965

Pithoragarh

8

644

1,551

406,025

Chamoli

9

552

1,206

316,913

Nainital

8

450

1,058

493,126

Champawat

4

283

623

191,727

Rudraprayag

3

318

561

224,740

Pauri

15

1165

3,197

606,629

Total

89

6,925

15,117

5,310,767

 

 

Project Context

 

Introduction to Kopal project:-

 

Uttarakhand society follows a patriarchal system. Female foeticide is the result of this system. Education is helpful in the development of each area but on this issue no impact of education can be seen. Female foeticide is a more prevalent in the cities than in the villages and educated people are involved in this heinous crime.

The PCPNDT Act was passed to prevent this and some ultrasound centers have been seized under the Act.

 

Most of the people don’t want two girl children. If the first child is a girl then they go in for sex detection during the next pregnancy and if it is found that the next child is also a girl child then they don’t think twice about aborting that child. Due to the increasing everyday expenditure and the slogan of only two children the ideal modern family quoted is of a boy and a girl. Two daughters are generally not accepted whereas two sons increases the happiness of the family.

 

Shri Bhuwneshwari Mahila Ashram has been working in Uttarakhand for over 35 years in development programs in Uttarakhand and is working towards the elimination of the crime of female feoticide from our society. Over the past 3 years SBMA, through the KOPAL Program seeks to address the issues of female feticide and increase the rate of birth registration in the state of Uttarakhand, with the support of Plan International and 13 district NGO partner. SBMA believes that it is due to the lack of awareness among the people that 100% birth registration is not being achieved. So, with the cooperation and coordination with the partner NGOs that awareness is being generated among the people of Uttarakhand regarding the ill effects of the Female foeticide in the society and the necessity and advantages of the birth registration.

 

 

The registration of births and deaths has been made compulsory under the Registration of Births & Deaths (RBD) Act, 1969. The state governments under the rules framed by them are implementing the provisions of this Act. Though more than 30 years have passed since the enactment of the legislation, the level of birth and death registration is not satisfactory in certain parts of the country. At the national level only about 55% of the births and 46% of the deaths are being registered and the picture is dismal in a number of States. The National Population Policy 2000 has recognized the need for registration of births, deaths and marriages and set the goal of achieving universal registration of these events by 2010.

 

 

Project Coverage:

 

The District and model blocks where Kopal Project is working:-

 

S.No.

District

Model Block

1

Dehradun

Raipur

2

Haridwar

Bahadrabad

3

Rudraprayag

Ukhimath

4

Uttarkashi

Dunda

5

Chamoli

Deval

6

Tehri

Chamba

7

Pauri

Khirshu

8

Almora

Takula

9

Nainital

Bhimtal

10

Bageshwar

Kapkote

11

Pithoragarh

Kanalichina

12

Champawat

Champawat

13

Udhamsingh Nagar

Khatima

 

Name of the district partners:-

 

1.     Kanya Jeevan Dayani Samiti                Dehradun

2.     Setu Foundation                                 Haridwar

3.     Institute for Development Support       Rudraprayag

4.     Participatory Development Institute     Uttarkashi

5.     SIMAR                                              Chamoli

6.     Gramin Kshetriya Vikas Samiti            Tehri Garhwal

7.     Jan Chetna Kendra                              Pauri Garhwal

8.     VIMARSH                                         Nainital

9.     SUDHA                                             Almora

10.  KASSAR                                          Bageshwar

11.  KAGAS                                            Udhamsingh Nagar

12.  KAGAS                                            Champawat

13.  ARPAN                                            Pithoragarh

 

Project Objectives:

The project is being executed with an endeavor to raise awareness amongst community to curb the practice of pre-sex determination and female foeticide together with promoting Birth Registrations in the area. All activities under the project aim at ensuring the widest public and stakeholder participation in an organized movement together with encouraging the participation of government, social and legal forces for making the programme output oriented and urging people to stop female foeticide.

Some objectives are highlighted herein:

§        Raise knowledge of community members in project area and vicinity on the harmful affects of female foeticide and infanticide.

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