Background

Role of SBMA as ANGO/FNGO

Activities

• The area having considerable no of scheduled caste population where viable agricultural and animal husbandry initiatives can be generated
• The people of the two identified working area should pursue similar interests in agricultural and other social initiatives.
• Both of the Nyay-Panchayats should have some common characteristics enabling effective implementation and monitoring of the program.
• The people of the identified working areas should have an acceptance towards the implementation of the livelihood promotion program.
  

Office Establishment, Team Selection and Capacity Building.

• Established office near Jogiyana, Jamnikhal which is the central point between two Nyay-Panchayats.
• Intensive training on Micro planning was imparted to the staff by DMU. Information about the tool and techniques of PRA(Participatory Rural Appraisal),was delivered in consecutive trainings building in capacities of the identified staff.
• Several Field visits were conducted by DMU along with SBMA staff.
  

• Through a joint effort of PMU,DMU and SBMA selection of two villages(i.e Arota Danda and Molta) were done followed by PRA exercises in one of the village(i.e Arota Danda). The team was unable to conduct PRA exercise in Molta village due to lack of response from the villagers. Hence in place of Molta another village (Rainithal) was selected and conducted PRA exercise.
• Village level micro planning was conducted by DMU and SBMA in 27 revenue villages and in 6 small villages of Poojar Gaon and Tuna Nyay-Panchayat. The initial survey conducted by the block team in the program area, unveiled various aggravating problems concerning women’s in the concerned area viz: Sanitation, Domestic cleanliness, deficiency of nutritious diet lack of health facilities and burden of food and fodder.
• A detailed participatory village level study was conducted to identify the needs of the target groups and the available Natural Resources for community development.The visit to MYRADA, Velugu and some organizations in Bidar concluded and reflected on the significance and role of SHGs in community development. Hence the core emphasis was towards formation of SHGs with maximum participation of Poor and poorest households which would ultimately enhance the participation of the entire village community for livlihood promotion in a sustainable manner.
  

• 38 SHGs, 28 MMDs, 23 CMFs and 4 Van panchayats were found to exists in the two concerned Nyay-Panchayats constituting the program area.
  

Self-Help Groups

Analysis of existing SHG's

• In consonance with the set parameters for SHG analysis, the functional status of the SHGs were identified.
• Information about the SHGs was collected through consecutive interaction with the group members during their meetings. This severed to be a tool for grading the existing SHGs in accordance to the functional status.
• As per the grading and analysis for SHGs were found to be in grade A, 17 in Grade B, and 17 in Grade C out of total 30 SHGs.
• In concurrence with the above findings Grade A and Grade B SHGs were collaborated with the present program.
• Following this an intensive analysis of the training needs for these SHGs was conducted with the purpose of building the capacity of these SHGs.
  

Formation of new SHG's

• The experience of MYRADA and VELUGU served to be catalyst for identifying 11 more SHGs in 33 villages constituting 294 total households.
• Poor and Poorest families were identified during the process of group formation.
• The month of September brought about the formation of several SHGs.
• Followed by this, decision was taken for formalization of the groups and determining the groups saving amount.

Traning and identification of Group facilitators

• Agenda for the next 6 months was to impart intensive training to the SHG members during the group meetings. In the course of training potential members were identified,who were furnishing an active role within the group.promoted as group facilitator consecutively.
• The ultimate aim of the process would be involve the facilitators in the program actively.

Community Managed Forest (CMF)

The program Team during the study analysis about the CMF discovered that the majority of the villages with in the program area were practicing traditional system of forest management.

The village communities inhabiting within 23 villages of the concerned project area were owning, managing and conserving their own forest resources. The laws required for practicing community forest management were consequently framed by the community itself.

Vanpanchayat

Vanpanchayats were found to be constituted in only limited number of villages falling with in the program area.Only 3 Vanpanchayats,were found to be existing in the Project Area.These Vanpanchayats were functioning well,and were being promoted by Govt. of India through a systematic chain of trainings for upgrading the functional capacities of the Vanpanchayats.These Vanpanchayats primarily served for forest conservation and afforestation.