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As the whole process of
implementation of the
programme activities solely
lies on the community
institutions, the primary
activity of this component
is “Institution building”.
Special care should be taken
for organizing the
communities into groups and
to familiarize them with the
concept of the programme
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As per the programme design,
the basic community level
organizations at the village
level are the Self Help
Groups, the Village Level
Sub Committees at the
village level and the
Village Development
Committees at the micro
watershed level. Besides,
community organizations like
Village Social & Financial
Audit sub committee, Vana
Sangrakhana Samiti, Common
Interest Groups, User Groups
etc. will also be promoted
during the programme
implementation. It is
essential that the FNGOs are
to establish a good working
relationship with the
community members through
frequent visit to the
villages and conducting
general as well as focused
group discussion and
disseminating the
information pertaining to
their roles and
responsibilities in
implementing the programme. |
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Entry point activity is a
major activity which brings
community’s ownership to the
programme and establishes
mutual trust. The fund
allocation for this is
Rs.100/- per ha which comes
to Rs.50000/- per MWS.
During this activity, the
FNGO will facilitate the
community to take up low
cost (small investment) but
critical activity at the
villages so as to address
the immediate need of
people. As the name
envisages, this really gives
an entry for the FNGO staff
to the community. Broadly,
the EPA activities include
improvement of drinking
water, facility, village
road repair, bathing place,
community meeting centers
etc. The approach of the
programme is to plan as well
as implement the activities
through the communities in a
participatory mode. So entry
point activity gives the
community a platform to take
decisions on their own
development and also boost
their confidence to take up
larger responsibilities. The
community mobilization at
the villages within the
micro watershed will start
with frequent field visits,
night halts inside the
villages and winning the
confidence of the people by
conducting small
mobilization camps such as
human & animal health camps,
school admission drives,
enrolling children into
Anganwadis, facilitating
several Govt. run programmes
in the village, conducting
street play for
disseminating information
about the programme etc.
During these initial
activities, the FNGO staff
has to identify the
potential community members
to be promoted as village
level volunteers. These
volunteers will be trained
on the concept of the
programme and its
methodology of
implementation. They will
work as link persons between
the communities and the FNGO
staff. Once the community
achieves a minimum level of
understanding on the
programme concept and
design, the Village
Development & Livelihoods
Plan (VDLP), for their
village will be prepared in
a participatory method by
conducting household survey,
baseline survey, PRA etc.
After the VDLPs are prepared
for each village within the
MWS, it will be consolidated
at the VDC level. |
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The VDLPs should be
reflect a holistic
plan for over
all development
of the villages
under all sectors. At
the same time the FNGO staff
has to promote the village
organizations and
simultaneously capacitate
them in order to take up
responsibilities for
implementing the programme.
Different trainings for
the
beneficiaries would include
the trainings of the SHG and
CBO leaders on gender
sensitization, leadership,
maintenance of village
infrastructure, PRI, rights
of tribal, communications,
self evaluation, group
dynamics, grass root
organization management,
funds management and
accounts etc. |
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Besides, the
members of the SHGs and
other CBOs will also be
exposed to the successful
community based
organizations implementing
similar programmes outside
their village. The total
fund allocation apart from
the EPA is Rs. 2.00 lakhs
per MWS, which will be spent
by the FNGOs against
approved yearly plans. |
