WOMEN AS HUMAN!

PROPOSED PLAN OF ACTION TO TAKE DOWN THE CRIME AGAINST WOMEN TO ZERO/MINIMUM LEVEL -By SANJHA SAMVAD

Dear all,

In last 8 days Delhi and entire India is united to demand justice for the “gang raped” victim Damini and demand is “Capital Punishment” for the rapist/culprits! And shouts and slogans at India gate are ….Phansi do…Phansi do…..we want justice…..gentlemen respect women….my voice is higher than rapist…….we want safety …..No talk we want commitment…….and many more! This all is a boost , energy and angerness of common people for cause and indeed is required, but important here is this type of movement may not be possible for everyday and for every victim of rape, even capital punishment will come , but is not possible to make such crimes at a minimum or ZERO level, in last three four days some of the members of SANJHA SAMVAD ( a network of 80+ development organisation including partner organisation of LIFE project, HARIT PRAYAS and JEEVIKA) has taken some initiatives gone through the various such cases of rape and based on the details able to come out with a proposal- feasible and sustainable proposal for the Indian government to scale down crime against women to a minimum or zero level. Kindly go through it and if any suggestion feel free for sharing it.

A. Make gender study compulsory and part of curriculum

Inclusion of Gender sensitive & justice studies from school to college education and from class 6th onwards (by the time child almost attained 10 years of his/her age).The study should be focused on not only understanding the gender part, but more concern would be on the following :

•How there would be a respect for gender (but it must not be ended with the highly respectable words like mother, sister, father etc. The focus here would be on equal platform, jut being a male and female how we can respect each other)

•Gender sensitiveness (Again here the focus on not only a male sensitive towards female, but a female sensitive towards male also)

•Gender equality and gender equity

•Gender safety-( on how we protect each other at the time of need/emergencies)

Also here important is all these should not be just incorporated as a chapter in the course book, but necessary is that would be practically demonstrated and the mode of study would be cases , and not only just defining the terms ( which most of the time in understanding gender we end up with)!

In the same way there must a course for POLICE FORCES on the regular basis on gender sensitiveness and importantly not only FOR MALE, but for females too!

WHY this is important? •Because its not only a physical crime or physical action, the case like rape molestation, and teasing are more related with a psychological action and one of the key reason behind it, we were always talked on respect for mother, sister, father, but hardly any saying for respect for male-female, which is equally more important as respecting mother, father and sister.

•Most of the cases the rapist hardly understand the feeling of women (this goes to every class either illiterate or the highly educated rapist) and again here one loop hole we would find it as hardly we have gone through any education, any understanding on understanding the pain of each other ( could be more understood with through psychological study of rapist).

•With education if many of us can walk on correct side of road, could respect our mother , father and sisters, could was our hands before we eat food, could travel from one place to other than why not could make rape cases ZERO!

B. Take step to change at administration level

B.1 In cities/Metros

•On the line of Child Help line, why not a women Help LINE? A women help line of 1091 is existing but is related with a polic station and hardly it works, because entire system of working is on catching the culprit and and that too through POLICE, where as in child helpline concept of counselling, and rescuing is there and the base is non-profit organisation, Could be one of the model to work on in Cities or could be collaborated with child line helpline ( but important is engagement of organisations of high credit and work experience of women safety, counselling and rescuing) OR on the basis of customer care why not a concept of Women care would be adopted by the metro administration, which would help the women in need in terms of counselling, legal advice, and indeed rescuing!

•The punishment for culprits for crime with women must be promoted in various public transports like metro and on frequent there would be electronic announcement of such laws (AS MANY OF US ARE STILL UNAWARE of the law and the punishment), this would probably create a fear factor and would help in scaling down the crime.

•With every bus and at every bus stop provision for CCTV cameras ( probably in cities like Delhi, KOLKATA , CHENNAI, Bangalore and MUMBAI) and no bus and bust stand would be approved without CCTV camera’s.

•Cases of rape could be taken on daily hearing (as already Delhi High Court has stated this) and decision must be with 30 days (like RTI) and if no decision the concerned Judge would be questioned.

•With the help of NGOs, govt could initiate a physical training centers for women in various parts of the cities where women could be physically trained on protecting them self.

B.2. At Panchayats:

•The recent case has happened in Delhi and has become a national issue, but what about the regular such cases happening in remote rural and tribal belts? At panchayat level there no such body which can address the issues of gender sensitiveness. There is education committee, sanitation committee, but why not a gender committee ( a women headed)? Although many of these committees hardly function, but at least there would be initiation of considering gender issues at Panchayat level.

•There must be a law of at least 50 of women participation in Gram Panchayat meetings and Gram Sabah meetings and gender issues must be facilitated in those meeting with gender committee. Without 50% participation and discussion of gender issues no meeting should be recognised. Gender facilitation could also be done by the SHGs (women) in the concerned panchayat/village.

By SANJHA SAMVAD

Madhya Pradesh number one state in country in terms of forest cover: Report!

Dec 19 2012: INDORE: With the forest cover of 77,700 square kilometre area Madhya Pradesh retain its coveted title of number of state of the country in terms of forest cover, according to Indian State of Forest Report 2011. When forest cover in the country has decreased by 367 square kilometres, forest cover in MP has remained unchanged.Excited with the forest department's efforts in maintaining the forest cover of state, forest minister Sartaj Singh has directed officers to increase density of forest cover by planting maximum saplings in moderately dense areas and further strengthening forest protection arrangements.

Minister said out of total forest cover of 77,700 square kilometres in the state, there are extremely dense forests in 6,640 square kilometres and 34,986 square kilometres dense forests, whose density needs to be increased. Moderately dense forest area is spread over 36,074 square kilometres while open area is 16,989 square kilometres. Seven percent of the total forest cover is extremely dense, 36 percent dense, 39 percent moderately dense and 18 percent open area.

According to the report MP tops in the country in terms of forest cover with 77,700 sq km followed by Arunachal Pradesh with 67,410 square kilometres, Chhattisgarh with 55,674 square kilometres, Maharashtra with 50,646 square kilometres and Orissa with 48,903 square kilometre forest cover. When forest cover has remained unchanged in three states including MP, Delhi and Sikkim, report point out that forest cover has decreased in 14 states including Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh. At the same time forest cover has increased in Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka and Andaman-Nicobar.

Source:http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-19/indore/35911992_1_forest-minister-total-forest-sq-km

JEEVIKA cluster report till Nov 2012

Here it is important to know that within 60 days of project initiation, JEEVIKA project has achieved 3% of the total set results.

Source: Monthly progress reports from JEEVIKA project partners

Empowering tribal women farmers with SWI technique @JEEVIKA Umariya

In order to make small and marginalised farmers ( especially women farmers) technically more sound and able to get more production from the small patch of land, in Uchehara JEEVIKA project village at Umariya (Madhya Pradesh), JEEVIKA Umariya (of JDSS-Jabalpur) team has initiated the formation of Farmers club and then provided them “on field training cum actual practice” of sowing the wheat seeds through SWI ( System of Wheat Intensification). The unique part of the process adopted was the farmers club of Uchehara village which has initiated this SWI process is headed by a women and the first such method of SWI has been adopted by a women farmer Ms. Sufal didi. Sufal has a small patch of land of 1 acre and she is actively growing food grain crops and vegetable on it and shown her interest in growing wheat this year with SWI technique. She is the president of ‘Baiga kissan club’ in Uchehara (Malhadu panchayat, Umariya, Madhya Pradesh). Baiga Kissan Club has formed on 18th Dec 2012 and the process of adopting SWI has started from 19th Dec 2012. At present there are 42 members in Kissan Club ( 32 male & 10 female) and now all have started adopting SWI technique for wheat cultivation.

Safal Didi along with her 6 female family members has adopted the following for SWI •Used only 5 Kg Seeds sowing in 1 acre. area, leads to saving of seeds

•2-2 seeds sowing in 8 inch distances

•Before sowing seeds are treatment cow urine and Farrago (Gudd) , tricodarma (an organic input)

With JEEVIKA project we are trying to bring out the identity of women farmers (especially from the tribal belt) of Madhya Pradesh and their contribution in agriculture and its allied activities.

Till now in 15 JEEVIKA project villages at Umariya, 5 farmers club have been formed and all the farmers club are headed by a women farmer from a tribal community. As per NABARD records the farmers club formed in Umraiya district are first of such type of farmers club where women membership and leadership is there. (Source: www.nabard.org)

Linkages with KVK & benefit to 31 target community members @JEEVIKA Shivpuri

In Nov 2012 JEEVIKA team at Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) has established linakages with the district KVK and also shared with the community about the services of KVK (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) and in the first step of linkages 31 community members from in Neemdanda village have received seasonable vegetable seeds (. Seeds of Spinach, Beans, Bitter Melon, Green Chilly, Pumpkin and Tomato). Team has also given a small on farm training with support from KVK for the sowing of seeds in their kitchen garden and get quality vegetable in minimum water were distributed.

by JEEVIKA GCSS-Gwalior team

1st Farmer's club with women leadership in the district@JEEVIKA Umaria

JEEVIKA Umariya team has facilitated the formation of farmers club on 17/12/2012 in Barhai JEEVIKA project village, Barhai Panchayat. The uniqueness of the facilitation was that it’s a first farmers club in the district with a female leadership (Source: www.nabard.org ). The selected president of farmers club is Ms. Putto and community members are calling her as Putto didi! Ms. Putto has 2acre of land on her name and is actively engaged in cultivation of vegetables and food crops.

With this there is a new beginning of giving identification to the women farmners in the tribal pockets like Umariya in Madhya Pradesh.

Source: Daily reports of JEEVIKA Umariya (JDSS_Jabalpur) team

Development Diaries-3: Progress in JEEVIKA project field in Nov 2012@JEEVIKA Jhabua

(1) Rapport building: Staff continued visiting the remaining houses in the working area. This is their regular activity besides conducting planned programs. Friendly relations are getting strengthened. Staff could meet around 650 members during this month and informed them about the crop diversification, Mixed cropping, Vegetable cultivation, Hedaawaadi, Well deepening, Bij Samiti etc. Staff visited 14 Anganwadi centres and interacted with staff, children, ‘kishori balika,’ lactating mother and pregnant women at the centre.

(2) Community led development process: Tribal community has a system of community led development process. This is visible even in the market surrounding where group of people come together along with a matchmaker or mediator who helps community in finding the facts in decision making process. Numbers of cases gets settled with very minimum cost. Similar manner on 26th of November the community of Gomlisath phaliya by them selves gather together to take a community decision against the consumption and serving foreign of liquor on celebrations especially on marriages. Community made situational analysis of the issue. : Pragati Director shared about the negative impact of the social issues with facts that alcohol consumption and dowry are the major causes of continues indebtedness and fight in the society since years. Community set a monitoring community by selecting 5-6 members from each of the phaliya and also set a fine Rs.10000/- if caught red handed. Extension agriculture officer shared information about the government schemes like schemes for irrigation pipes, seeds and formation of seed production society, sprinkler system and rain gun, bore well digging, wormy pit and nadep construction etc.

(3) Staff visited the farmers at their respective fields and discussed about the importance of seed society in the area. Some of the farmers expressed their concern and support in this regard. Staff also discussed on formation of ‘Bij Samiti” and informed them about the eligibility for the samiti.

Source: Monthly Progress report by JEEVIKA project team of Pragati-Jhabua. For more updates follow JEEVIKA on twitter https://twitter.com/JeevikaCARITAS

Signing an agreement with Horticulture department@JEEVIKA Umariya!

JEEVIKA Umariya of JDSS-Jabalpur lead by Mr. Rajesh ( Project Coordinator-JEEVIKA) has given a brief presentation to the head of the Horticulture department in Umariya (Pali) and shared the objectives and the process part of JEEVIKA formation. Based on the interaction the head of Horticulture department has signed an agreement to support JEEVIKA project and official wrote to the team for support from horticulture department for the farmers.

It is worth to know that Horticulture department in Madhya Pradesh has many development schemes for farmers and with this agreement and support hope more farmers will receive benefits.

By JEEVIKA project Coordinator ( JDSS-Jabalpur)

Orientation of JEEVIKA Project in 14 target villages@JEEVIKA Shivpuri

Jeevika project orientation program was conducted in all targeted villages for better implementation of project. 30-40 community people participated in program in each village. We explained them about how Jeevika will help them and vice versa. Our team focused on explaining various govt. schemes, their rights and organic farming practices.

Source: Monthly progress report of JEEVIKA ( Nov 2012)

Development Diaries-II: Critical Challenges faced in Nov 2012 in field@JEEVIKA Ujjain!

•Ratnakhedi, Buchakhedi, Panvihar & Chaprikeda villages’ staff had to work hard to break the non- cooperation of the villagers. When cluster coordinators begun their interaction in these villages people were receptive. As the coordinators started to inform people about the Jeevika project and its activities then villages began to move from the coordinators. So cluster coordinators had to visit house by house to know the real problem and motivate the villagers to be part of the project. Our study revealed that villagers were cheated by some other NGO. They took the money of the villagers and went away from the villages. The regular visit of cluster coordinators could bring changes in the attitude of the people but kripa could not form any self help group in these villages however the cooperation of the villagers are increasing in these villages.

•Rajesh Nagar has taken a project from zillapanchayat for the formation of self help groups in Basikhedi, Bodani and Tankariya villages. He was threatening cluster coordinator that he will not allow Kripa to form self help groups in above mentioned villages. Cluster coordinator met the sarpanch and dealt the matter with him. He toled the cluster coordinator that Mr. Rajesh is running mid-day meal in three villages and he has the fear that if you form BPL group this mid-day meal programme in three villages may go from his hand. Sarpanch has assured his full support to cluster coordinator.

•Conflict among the Hindu and Muslim is visible in Baba Baderka village. When cluster coordinator conducted the household visit she did not feel such problem. Hose hold visit helped the cluster coordinator to form a self help group in the village. When women came for the self help group formation meeting cluster noticed that women were sitting in two groups keeping a distance. She did not feel anything unusual. Vidhya self help group was formed and elected the president and secretary (educated women) unanimously. Reporting was over and meeting was about to disperse Muslim women demand that one among the office bear in the group will be from their side otherwise we do not want to be the group. Again cluster coordinator had to r-elect. Mrs. Bisemilla zerubhadhar was elected as president and mrs. Harubai Atmaram was elected as secretary.

•Surasa and Buchakhedy alcoholism is a main problem for the smooth implementation of the project in the villages. Both the villages women are going for the work but they do not get chance to make use their earning for their house hold purpose. Quarrel among the husband and wife is a very common in these villages especially in Buchakhedy. Women at Buchakhedy say that they do not have money to form the self help group. Women toled that they are ready to form the group but their husbands do not allow them to save the money. Staffs are in constant effort to bring change in the attitude of the people and to form the group. At Surasa staff could form one group but Buchakhedy village demands more hard work from the staff to break with.

Submitted by JEEVIKA project team of Kripa-Ujjain!

Farmers Club formation with support from NABARD@JEEVIKA Indore-Dhar

JEEVIKA IDSSS-Indore team has facilitated to form two farmers clubs at Kassi kho village (Khurda cluster) and Muwad village (Dh

ani cluster). In Each group there are 35 members including 4 women farmers in each club. They have elected the president and the secretary for running the group.

Each group has been provided with a register to record details of meetings to fulfil the requirement of NABARD formalities for getting future benefits. The groups have decided to have monthly meetings and discussion on issues related to sustainable agriculture practices through the help of KVK & NABARD. The members of the clubs are taking interest to learn more about organic agriculture & new practices.

By Project Coordinator ( JEEVIKA-IDSSS-Indore)

Empowering women to demand for food security@JEEVIKA Shivpuri

Kuwarpur Tapra at Shivpuri District is a JEEVIKA project village (tribal) where 60 families of tribal community living, PDS system is totally paralyzed here. Community people haven’t seen sugar on ration shop for more than a year; they are getting one moth’s kerosene oil in three months which, same condition with rice and wheat also. Leela and Geeta Adiwasi, members of a self help group Jai Bajrang Sahoom told us that “Gram Sevak kept distribution register in his custody and eating our whole ration, we are having two self help groups here one is 5 years old but there is no meetings of groups.”

After hearing about this problem we contacted following Sarpanch of village and planning for working on this problem with community people.

(In above picture: Leela Adiwasi and Geeta Adiwasi talking about irregular PDS system in their village)

By Mr. Nagendera ( Project Coordinator-JEEVIKA GCSS-Gwalior)

Formation of BPL women SHGs in Indore-Dhar JEEVIKA field!

JEEVIKA team at IDSSS-Indore has started formation of BPL ( Below Poverty Line ) women Self Help Groups (SHGs). Till date are ablr to form around 10 SHGs. The focus of the JEEVIKA team is there first to establish the basic structure of BPL women SHGs and then to strengthen them.

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What is direct cash transfer scheme?

In a landmark step, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the much-awaited direct cash transfer scheme wherein the subsidy amount will go directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.

The government will implement the scheme for cash transfer to the beneficiary's account in 51 districts from January 1, 2013.

About direct cash transfer scheme:It is a poverty reduction measure in which government subsidies and other benefits are given directly to the poor in cash rather than in the form of subsidies.

What are its benefits?: It can help the government reach out to identified beneficiaries and can plug leakages. Currently, ration shop owners divert subsidised PDS grains or kerosene to open market and make fast buck. Such Leakages could stop. The scheme will also enhance efficiency of welfare schemes.

How is it implemented?:The money is directly transferred into bank accounts of beneficiaries. LPG and kerosene subsidies, pension payments, scholarships and employment guarantee scheme payments as well as benefits under other government welfare programmes will be made directly to beneficiaries. The money can then be used to buy services from the market. For eg. if subsidy on LPG or kerosene is abolished and the government still wants to give the subsidy to the poor, the subsidy portion will be transferred as cash into the banks of the intended beneficiaries.

What are the scheme's disadvantages?:It is feared that the money may not be used for the intended purpose and men may squander it.

Has it already been implemented in India?Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) has already begun on a pilot basis in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Karnataka, Pondicherry and Sikkim. The government claims the results are encouraging.

Are there any other drawbacks?Yes, because only Aadhar card holders will get cash transfer. As of today, only 21 crore of the 120 crore people have Aadhar cards. Two other drawbacks are that most BPL families don't have bank accounts and several villages don't have any bank branches. These factors can limit the reach of cash transfer.

What about elsewhere in the world?Many Latin American countries have conditional cash transfer schemes in which money is transferred to poor families through women. The money is given, subject to them ensuring that their children attend school regularly, take preventive healthcare measures and provide better nutrition to their children. The Indian scheme is unconditional.

What are the scheme's political implications? While many studies have assessed positive impacts of such schemes, few have looked at their political benefits. A World Bank study recently reported there is a direct link between cash transfers and voting behaviour. It was found beneficiaries express a stronger preference for the ruling party that implements and expands cash transfers.

Read more at:http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/what-is-direct-cash-transfer/1/235028.html

27 days of JEEVIKA 90000 of fund leverage 100 farmers benefited @JEEVIKA Umariya

With JEEVIka we have established strong linkages with the government department from the day one of the beginning of the project. The linkages has established with NABARD, Panchayats, KVK and agriculture department. Now recently on 26th of Nov 2012 at Umariya (Madhya Pradesh, JEEVIKA project district) JEEVIKA project team of JDSS-Jabalpur has established linkages with the agriculture department and able to leverage certified seeds for 100+ farmers for the rabi cropping (Winter season cropping). An estimated cost of this leveraged seed is about 90000= ( Ninety thousand).

Here important aspects are ( In concern with Umariya):

• In the interior tribal belt community has started getting benefits of certified seeds rather than using hybrid seeds ( 70% of farmers uses hybrid seeds)

• JEEVIKA tem has trained 50 farmers in 7 days on organic seed treatment.

• Just it is only 27 days passed that officially project has started and in 27 days a strong leverage of on an average 90000 has been mobilised.

• JEEVIKA is slowly taking a shape of working in collaborative way with government departments

For all this JEVIKA team at Umariya starts working at 6.am in the morning with farmers and meet with PRI and agriculture department by 10-12 and interconnect both community, PRI and agriculture department.

-Information is based on the inputs of JEEVIKA team of JDSS-Jabalpur

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JEEVIKA blog fever of India’s blog readers!

Changing the face of Development!

With JEEVIKA we are brining a new face of development, making development field more close, accessible and transparent through out the globe through JEEVIKA blog!

I please to share with you all the that in almost 15 days time JEEVIKA blog has crossed the mark of 25000 (Twenty Five Thousand) viewership and it’s the biggest land mark in the blogs of development project and has become the fever of India blog readers. Now you can watch an ATTRACTIVE GALLERY OF JEEVIKA BLOG designed by Mr. Hayden (with support from Caritas Spain).

We are also planning have thorough research on the communication and marketing of this blog so that similar process could be adopted for other development aspect mainly for advocacy and generating funds!

Some interesting facts about JEEVIKA blog? • It’s the entire team of JEEVIKA project from project Coordinator to Directors to update and see what could be update on it. We have a team lead by caritas india project Office now, soon it will be lead by some of the Coordinators and Directors.

• At places like Indore, Gwalior JEEVIKA team meet with got officials and give presentation through JEEVIKA blog!

• Is designed by a web designer from Spain with support from caritas Spain.

What Impact JEEVIKA blog is generating?

• JEEVIKA blog has not the strong viewership base; it is able to most of the computer systems of government offices in Madhya Pradesh and is able to attract many individual donors to support for it!

• It has enhanced the visibility of partner organisations, community, project area, and the supporting agencies. The best part In Field the project team is working and off field online this blog is working for generating support for the field from various agencies.

• Blog has been shared with most of the innovative agencies and institutions -The World bank, UN Development, Greenpeace International, Times of India (ToI) and has a strong sharing of this blog through its twitter account.

We are thankful to the JEEVIKA project Partners team that are so actively involved in field and keep on updating us for the content of JEEVIKA blog!

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Innovative way of orienting JEEVIKA staff on SHGs@JEEVIKA Umariya

JEEVIKA team of JDSS-Jabalpur has organised a one day orientation programme on “BPL Women Self Help Group” on 26th Nov 2012 at Umariya field office for the JEEVIKA project team. The uniqueness of the programme was that rather than someone from outside would orient; team has involved those who all are the part of women self help group and get oriented with them. It has given them an interesting learning, not only to understand the SHG concept but to feel the inner politics, dynamics and complex relation in SHG. Also this orientation has not only finished here it will be an ongoing process in the form that the JEEVIKA team meber will first of all visit some of the SHGs in the near by villages , would spend some time in there meeting, would learn from them and and then would start working on SHG formation.

Important here is not only to learn how to form SHGs, but to feel how to sustain SHGs!

Rajesh (Project Coordinator-JEEVIKA-JDSS-Jabalpur)

Learning’s of JEEVIKA project team in 1st month of project implementation ( Oct 2012)

ANWC-Bhopal JEEVIKA team: JEEVIKA brings out platform of equality and a strong coordination among the staff members which has supported for establishing a good relationship between the community and the PRI members.

GCSS-Gwalior JEEVIKA team: First of all it’s a result based project so all will have to work hard for getting results in particular time duration. Biggest learning is how we will have to cooperate with related departments and officials, villagers and PRI members. It’s a process of time management, team management. It needed regular contacts with govt. departments because there are various immediate schemes for community like seed distribution.

IDSSS-Indore JEEVIKA team: JEEVIKA as systematic project is establishing systems in the team as well as in the intervention in the field.

JDSS-Jabalpur JEEVIKA team: JEEVIKA is bringing a team spirit in the team!

KDSSS-Khandwa: JEEVIKA has given spirit to get involve from the day one of the project and learning by doing!

Pragati-Jhabua: Regular visit to field is vital to work on and with projects like JEEVIKA.

Kripa-Ujjain: No key learning!

BIO FARMING: Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

Organic farming practices are being implemented under the guidance and supervision of a team of experts comprising scientists, environmentalists, and food management personals in 1565 villages selected from 313 blocks of 48 districts in the State. Use of agro-chemicals in these selected villages for growing crops is strictly prohibited. Nutrients to the crops are provided through green manuring, composts, phosphocomposts, fermented preparations prepared from cow dung and urine etc. .

Pests are being managed through use of neem and cow urine based fermented preparations. Most of the organic farmers in these villages are following the principles of diversity in crops, variability in farm operation and integration of crop production system with livestock maintenance/Crop wastes are being used as valuable feed to the livestock and livestock wastes like dung and urine are used as resources for providing nutrients as well as managing the pests problems.

The success of this programme is evident from the fact that these villages have become model for other. The message of growing crops through organic resources is spreading from village to villages through farmers contact programme.During the year 2004-05 five cultivators have been selected for Organic farming from each village of the state.

Use of cow dung & cow urine is resource for providing nutrient & pest management . For this GAU SEWA SADAN is ready to provide cow for those cultivator who wants to adopt bio farming .

Govt. Agri. farm has already been followed the approved methods of bio farming. A modle Gau-Shala has been establishment at Govt. Agri.Farm PHANDA Distt.-BHOPAL. For more on this http://www.mp.gov.in/biofarming/bio-village.htm

HARIT PRAYAS team supporting JEEVIKA team: A write-up from HARIT PRAYAS Project Manager

JEEVIKA: Key highlights in October 2012

At Shivpuri: • Seed distribution to 35 selected farmers with support from Horticulture department • Formation of 3 farmers club and 5 Women Self Help Group (SHGs) • All concerned 9 Panchayts have give in written the support letter to JEEVIKA project

At Indore-Dhar: • 4 BPL women SHGs has formed • All concerned 8 Panchayts have give in written the support letter to JEEVIKA project

At Jhabua: • JEEVIKA team Visited 805 target families out of 1685 target families • Team has developed a model which is self explanatory in nature for community strength and which highlights the very skill of the uneducated person in the tribal community.This is about a grain container made by uneducated women of the community. This container is made-up of the mud. The technology is very simple but highly skilled work. Items like mud, manure and wheat fodder are proportionally mixed. Same is case with formation of the SHG. There is a selection of members, they are trained time to time and facilitated during the meetings just like ‘Kothi” the grain container is polished time to time and kept in a secured place. SHG also get empowered with necessary information and knowledge.

At Shehore: • All concerned 9 Panchayts have give in written the support letter to JEEVIKA project • JEEVIKA project team meeting with officials of KVK & NABARD

At Ujjain: • 10 Panchayats has supported in written to JEEVIKA project

At Khandwa: • 3 SHG formed in the very 1st month of the project

At Umariya: • 9 Panchayts have give in written the support letter to JEEVIKA project • JEEVIKA project team meeting with officials of KVK & NABARD

JEEVIKA in action :From field office

IDSSS_Indore has started a field office for the operation of JEEVIKA project. The office is in Manpur, just near to the project field area. The concept of field office has been introduced in JEEVIKA so that a close accompaniment must be given to the community through the project ffield office and also it would establish a a better understanding of project staff with community. The intervention of project field has its own challenges like electricity ( hardly available)and in interior context, but the passion and the commitment of the JEEVIKA team is quite higher than the challenges!

GENDER in jeevika: By Deepti ( Caritas India)

Gender is a crosscutting issue in any developmental work, and hence any and every initiative for the development of the community needs to involve the gender perspective so as to ensure equity and equality.Hence with the same understanding, on the occasion of the launch programme of JEEVIKA project, Caritas India organized a session on understanding gender and gender mainstreaming for the JEEVIKA project team members and the community representatives ON 7th Nov 2012 at Jhanbua. The session defined gender as the "Socio Cultural definition of man and woman,the way society distinguishes men and women and assign them social roles". Thereafter,gender was understood in the context of project implementation and how gender can be mainstreamed at each and every stage of project cycle management.The session facilitator organized theme specific games and video shows for the participants in order to make the session more interactive and to ensure that the participants take back the learning's to their work areas. The session discussed topics such as difference between Sex and Gender, creating an enabling environment and mainstreaming gender by understanding project cycle.

JEEVIKA blog...with feelings!

Travelling to Madhya Pradesh , its severe cold, a sweater and a jacket but still feeling cold…thanks to god the just now has send a tea seller…now bit ok with the sip of tea…is thinking how this blog mere from information sharing of project could become more interactive with the audience reading it…or just it would be a blog to share the happenings of JEEVIKA project field! But what a reader sitting somewhere else will gain from the reading this blog? Obviously its not that only we want to make this blog as a reading hub, we want that it would be a part of discussion and at the end some where it lead to benefit the community of 104 villages from 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh….with the concept of Development diaries on this blog we are trying to bring out the feelings in words from all those who will be associated with JEEVIKA and its field…either community, PRI, NABARD, partner organisations, donor agencies or any one who is associated with it. Lets make this blog one part to share the feelings, lets understand the feelings…and lets not only discuss but work on the feeling…hope next time some feeling from community end would be here….. -Caritas India Project Officer

What is special about the JEEVIKA blog?

JEEVIKA blog setting a new record of viewership!

With JEEVIKA launching with nine days of its beginning from the launching today we are able to set our mark at India level. We claim based on Google search http://indianbloggers.org/ that JEEVIKA blog is the highest viewed development project blog on 18th/11/2012 through out the India and it remarks its, Caritas India, and its partner’s organisation reach and visibility through out the globe. The blog has been shared with the in the JEEVIKA project orientation programme. In last nine days its has been visted 10000 (ten thousand times)

Agriculture department come foreword to support JEEVIKA project !

Agriculture department in Umariya ( JEEVIKA project district) come foreword to support JEEVIKA Project and has given written support for the JEEVIKA project. We are also signing MoU with KVK and NABARD for the the support of JEEVIKA project.

Empanelment Application form - National CSR Hub

In the wake of rapid globalization and pressing ecological issues, the perception towards the role of corporate in the broader social paradigm is undergoing a sea change. In the recent years, society and the state have put forward an expectation before public sector corporate to integrate the social responsibility aspects in their business persuasion. This scenario not only affects large scale public sector undertakings, but also includes firms of small scale. The underlying assumption that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one way through which companies can demonstrate their commitments towards being socially responsible. In fact, CSR as an integral aspect of corporate has double edge effect in terms of creating goodwill to the company and acting as a social and economic intervention to bring about large scale change in the life of people from different walks.

It is in this context, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Government of India have come to realize that there is a need to have centralized system where core functions of CSR including learning and knowledge dissemination take place. As a result, TISS, a pioneer educational institution in social sciences with decades of experience in teaching, research, publications, and field interventions (for more information visit www.tiss.edu) has come forward to host National CSR Hub. This hub is coordinated at the School of Management and Labour Studies (SMLS) at TISS. The hub carries out activities in a partnership mode i.e. TISS, civil society organizations, and the concerned PEs. Broadly, core functions of CSR Hub at TISS include inter alia Research, Publication and knowledge dissemination, Capacity Building, and Advocacy. A dedicated team of faculties and research associates at TISS work in collaboration with DPE, and the concerned Public Enterprise. Over a period of time, it is envisioned that the CSR Hub would work with many PEs and endeavor to reach out across India. For more log on to: http://tiss.edu/announcement/empanelment-application-form-national-csr-hub

jeevika project area

The project is being implemented in 104 villages of 11 blocks of 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh. The number of villages are as:- 15 geographically contiguous tribal villages of Thandla block (Jhabuwa district) , 15 tribal villages of Pali and Naurajabad block (Umariya district), 15 villages of Icchawar and Nasrullaganj block block (Shehore District), 16 tribal villages from Ujjain & Ghatiya blocks (Ujjain district), 14 tribal villages from Dharampuri & Mhow block ( Indore-Dhar District), 15 tribal villages of Khalwa block ( Khandwa district), and 14 villages of Shivpuri block ( Shivpuri district).

Development diaries-1

In development sector concept of “development” is little bit difficult to understand, we first plan a project and then we think about implementation in the actual field, but with JEEVIKA the concept is bit different, although for saying it was situation analysis, and base line, but I personally feel that during this initial process it self we have completed our first phase of project and now from October 2012 we have started the 2nd phase of JEEVIKA…its not just for the sake of writing, but it is mainly to share that how intense we have involved in the entire process of making of JEEVIKA. It took almost 105 days for entire process making, I myself visited 36 villages and it was heavily raining when my team was doing the baseline…..it was difficult situation…nights and nights gone like that…..but one interesting thing was there we all enjoyed with all odds and evens of making of JEEVIKA…some where I feel each and every members of JEEVIKA team starts loving the process , the engagement and indeed the the passion to bring change…..just to night I have received a message from JEEVIKA Khandwa team , stating night they are interacting with community and discussing on rabi crop……I just messaged why a meeting late night ? they replied its no meeting its interaction…we do not want any meeting …we want people shuld feel the process of change as the part of their life not as a formal meeting……a lot many innovation JEEVIKA team members have..a lot for me to learn from them……. Have a beautiful day! -Project Officer (Caritas India)

JEEVIKA Broucher in Hindi

35 concerned panchayts has supported jeevika project

Fr. Augustine (MPSSS-forum Director) has inaugurated the copy of support letters from 35 concerned Panchayats (out of 57 total Panchayats

covered under JEEVIKA project) of JEEVIKA projects and stressed that how it is vital that in the beginning of the project it self most of the Panchayats has came foreword to support for the project. He also shared that the JEEVIKA in itself is an innovation and is a change based practice which need to be adopted in other projects also.

baseline findings in jeevika project

Process of developing JEEVIKA project

Project formulation has been initiated based on the concept of taking learning’s and good result from tow innovative projects LIFE project (Rajasthan) and HARIT PRAYAS project (Bundelkhand region) and considering to bring out the similar changes with different community in different project villages in Madhya Pradesh. Uniqueness of JEEVIKA is that it has developed with the support of community and project partner team and is based on 100% base line survey data analysis. The project has initiated with clarifying the concept and initiating recruitment process to hire quality staff at dioceses level to coordinate the project. In the recruitment process caritas India has given technical as well as hand holding support and finally 42 qualified staff have been recruited for the project before its initiation. The entire baseline in 104 village’s survey has been done by the newly appointed project staff. In the entire process of developing this proposal following are the key steps involved in it:

JEEVIKA

JEEVIKA is a ‘result based’, community owned and community managed project to address the issues of distress migration, food security and sustainable livelihood options through sustaining agriculture, promoting livestock, developing skills of youth and ensuring and securing entitlements of the deprived community (mainly SC/ST/OBC) in 104 villages of seven (6 tribal districts) districts(Umariya, Shivpuri, Jhabuwa, Indore-Dhar, Khandwa, Shehore, & Ujjain) of Madhya Pradesh. The project aims to bring changes in the practices and thought process of the community and system changes in the form of proper functioning of government institutions/structures for development community and the context. The project would be directly facilitating around 8592 BPL (Below Poverty Line) families The project targets around 48% of SC & ST women would be able to bring a bigger out change in the status and the role of women ‘from and in’ governance to income generation. In the region where agriculture has highly influenced by the synthetic fertilisers (around 100% % of cultivation is synthetic fertiliser based cultivation) and input cost in the agriculture is about 75% of the total benefit from the agriculture, JEEVIKA would be the first project to address the issue of sustainable agriculture with small and marginalised farmers with an average land holding of 3-4 bigha and the input cost would be reduced and profit for the farmers would be visualised in both increase in production and decrease in input cost. In terms of securing and ensuring entitlements JEEVIKA would accentuate on MGNREGA, FRA (Forest Right Act) and other social security schemes provided by the government. The deliverance of the project would be through Community Based and Community Managed Organisations, (CBMOs) and other stake holders as Krishi Vigyan Kendera (KVK), NABARD and Panchayats,NABARD, KVK and PRI would be the official partner of JEEVIKA project. The project uniqueness is it has its own web page which would be updated on daily basis about happenings of project field and would strengthen the visbility of project, partner organisation and Caritas India and also would establish transparent system of project operation.

Now get more close to the JEEVIKA field with JEEVIKA online channel!

To keep updates of live day to day happenings in the field of JEEVIKA, the informal communication and research wing of JEEVIKA has introduced its online channel JEEVIKA MP- http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuRdZRUBp-XpmJ7eMgz9rg. Now it would be there for 10 -30 minutes per day and soon it would be 12 hours LIVE channel per day. Interesting feature would be we would be developing and working on video volunteer from the field and most of these short films would be shot the community and field volunteer with locally available resources. Now get more close to the JEEVIKA field! For more on JEEVIKA log on to www.jeevikacaritas.blogspot.com or be a development friend of JEEVIKA on http://www.facebook.com/jeevika.caritas

Culural Programme during JEEVIKA launching!

The Launching programme has also entertained with the cultural programme by Project team members of JEEVIKA project partners of Jhabua, Khandwa and Bhopal. The highlight of the programme was the puppet show by the ANWC-Bhopal team which has addressed the various aspects of JEEVIKA in the story form and represented it through a puppet show. The entire cultural programme has shown the creativity and passion of the project team to work in the project for better results. At the end of the programme Fr. Sunil (Director Kripa-Ujjain) has thanked all the guests, community members, PRI representatives and JEEVIKA project Partners directors and teams to make the successful beginning of the JEEVIKA and seeing it as step of change rather than just a project… The launching programme has ended with the national anthem.

Orientation Programme for JEEVIKA team & PRI members

The launching programme was followed with the two and half days orientation programme for the JEEVIKA project staff and PRI members on various aspects of JEEVIKA project initiating from RBM (Result based management in JEEVIKA project), gender, finance management, role of PRI and Job Descriptions of JEEVIKA project team the entire orientation programme has been facilitated by Caritas India team, team members from LIFE (Rajasthan) and HARIT PRAYAS projects ( Bundelkhand region). Key aspects of the orientation programme was team members from ongoing successful and impact based projects like LIFE and HARIT PRAYAS of Caritas India has taken the sessions and shared how the change is possible also it’s the 1st time that PRI members also were the part of entire two and half day orientation programme so that they could also understand the process and implementation part of the project.

Media Coverage of JEEVIKA launching

The launching programme news has covered by leading Hindi news papers of national level-Dainik Bhashkar, Danik jagran, Patrika, Express city, Free press and Nav Bharat.All the leading NEWS paper accentuated on key aspects of JEEVIKA and its colloboration with KVK, NABARD and Panchayats from the begining of the project. Also all the news headlines expressed JEEVIKA as movement.