JEEVIKA -ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE INITIATIVE!

18th June 2013: In terms of strengthening a team work with agriculture department in collaboration to make services reach to farmers ( deprived and marginalized) JEEVIKA Pali team had meeting with Agri. Deportment Umaria D.D.A. (Dypty Director of Agriculture) Mr.. Suman Kumar and discussion and plan on Promotion of Organic farming and SRI in Paddy and vegetable production , Line sowing of Maize with women farmers. Mr. Suman Kumar has stated CARITAS INDIA JEEVIKA EFFORT AS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE EFFORT IN THE FIELD OF SUSTIANABLE AGRICULTURE IN UMARIA DISTRICT AND EXTEND THEIR SUPPORT for the promotion of JEEBIKA model.

In pic JEEVIKA project coordinator ( of JDSSS-Jabalpur) Mr. Rajesh with Mr. Suman in his office

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By JEEVIKA Umaria team ( JDSSS-Jabalpur)

I have an alternative livelihood..do you have?

Meet Gobind, 37, a tribal farmer, 6th pass, with 5 family members and with 2.5 acre of land from Durga nayak village ( Shehore, Madhya Pradesh). Just 6 months back hed had hardly any alternative source for income, but with intervention of Caritas India through its development initiative JEEVIKA ( through its implementing partner ANWC_Bhopla), life of gobind has changed, he recived training from KVk on alternative livelihood options and technical support from JEEVIKA team of ANWC and started vegetable cultivation. Initially invested about 500INR and earned about 2600 INR in 40 days, apart from this with vegetable cultivation he has learn the techniques of 100% organic cultivation. For more on Gobind and farmers like him coming out with sustainable livelihood options and on Caritas India initiatives in Madhya Pradesh log on to www.jeevikacaritas.blogspot.com or www.caritasindia.org

JEEVIKA Rural Scientist!

With CARITAS INDIA JEEVIKA we also promote innovation and development engineering amongst the youth of deprived community to make their innovation talent sharpen. To do this we have formed youth groups in the villages and upgrade skills of youths through skill development trainings and share knowledge about various technical institutions through Village Information centers known as Soochna Dhaba.

Satlu 21, 8th pass is a member of youth group of Soond village ( Shivpuri-Madhya Pradesh) formed under JEEVIKA development initiative and through group meeting motivation and through training get trained on various electrical aspects-specially related with mobile technology ( although Satlu has interest before JEEVIKA intervention, but with JEEVIKA interest get strengthen) and now Satlu has developed tool with a mobile based technology to ‘on’ and ‘off’ a water motor pump ( used for irrigation in field). One just need to give a miss call and the pump will start and with miss call the pump wil on, this will reduce farmers effort of going and coming to farm field ( especially when there is electricity fluctuation) apart from this this would also save electricity as once sufficient water would be there, it will give a miss call and pump motor would be closed. The instrument cost around 2000-3000 and at present satlu has developed it with waste of mobile and dvd player.

Story of satlu innovation has already covered in leading news paper.

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When it rains!

When it rains-I feel happy!

When it rains..i remember my soulmate…

When it rains…I come to my balcony and enjoy drops of rain…

When it rains…l listen my favourite song…Badal Barse tarse maan…

When it rains I wet myself and enjoy it….

When it rains..i enjoy tea with pakoras….

But when it rains in baglikheda village- people come to school building with their luggage!

When it rains….in baglikheda…people thinks why it rains!

I heard from my family members and friends that last day it was raining in Delhi..people feel relaxed..some of them came to their balconoies and enjoyed rain…..yes we all love rains….In India if two things we love…is one…one our soulmate/better half of life and other rain….probably both gives a new life to us to live!

…but this may not be case for farmers ( yes I am talking about farmers) of baglikheda village ( Bareala tribes) of Shehore district ( one of our JEEVIKA project village). People also their also love rain but in most cases not…they are small and marginalised farmers…and think its better not to have rain…..

On 13th June 2013 night ( it was about 20.00 hrs) I was with ANWC-Bhopal ( our partner organisation for JEEVIKA development initiative) on the way and nearing to Baglikheda village inside forest….it was heavily raining with heavy wind….bit fear was there of tree fall and any other mishappening because of heavy rain and wind….in 10 minutes we reached baglikheda…but not able to enter village…as our vehicle cant go…because road was not good…we came out of vehicle…again with bit fear..and yes it was with about 20kms speed we ran and reached a pink colour cemented building…..it was school building and we surprise many people were there…and all are from the same village –Baglikheda..after bit chit chatting we sat down and had informal discussion with them, that now they have rain and its good for their crop and probably they would enjoy….for me surprise when a women said…when it rains..we are without houses….when it rains we are in pain…we do not have more land…..but we have big families and for us houses are more important in rain….we can make our survival through daily wage ..and from forest produce…but when ever rain come…we come to this school building….sometimes with our groceary and other important items…..

For me..it was 1st time a farming community saying …we feel pain when it rains! But probably their pain was genuine….when I am in Delhi…and when it rains…I enjoy with tea…samosa..pakoras….and feel ahhh..its relax…now there is rain….some times listen my favourite song….Badal barse tarse maan… but here scenario is different and why because I have a shelter with proper roof…but they do not have….

With all this and knowing our JEEVIKA development in baglikheda…not happy but atleast convinced that in this much of interir village with deprived Barela tribes we work and with join effort of community mobilisation with PRI at least in last three months 4 households have pucca houses under Mukhya mantra awasa yojana…also with community and PRI JEEVIKA team is thinking of sustainable houses which could face heavy rain….and give a better living to people….and probably could be build up with local and cheap resources…..thinking is on …..because every one cant get Mukhyamantri awas yojana..!

Vinod Pandey ( Caritas India team member)

CARITAS INDIA BUILDING CAPACITIES OF PARTNERS ORG. TEAM@BHOPAL

12-06-2013: Caritas India team beleives in building capacities of its partner organisation. In concern with the same teamm member from Caritas India facilitates a capacity building shop with JEEVIKA team of ANWC-Bhopal on relating results of JEEVIKA programme with state level(Madhya Pradesh) level status, so that similar model of change could be applicable to other pockets of MP, if it workss well. Itts interesting that exercise was like that each and every team member of JEEVIKA worked on entire Madhya Pradesh poverty and ecological status and able to see functioning at grassroots and link how we could improve situation.

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Sustainable agriculture trg. by Project team to Project team@JEEVIKA Umariya

Maize is essentially a warm weather, kharif crop and as such is largely dependent upon the rains. There are three distinct seasons for the cultivation of maize, the main season in kharif. In most parts of India, Maize during the kharif season is sown with the break of mansoon. Jeevika team promoted maize mostly maximum in our field area to cover the maximum family because maize crop production is highest as compared to rice and wheat as wel as this crop is very popular in poor community but Maize is sensitive to drought are important, so generally one, two or three crops cultivation is possible in the rotation. Maize crop is very beneficial and increase their income and gain more opportunity in kharif season crops by using the vegetable in the intercropping pattern between maize.

To know the importance of this crop is very so,We have organised one day training program for staff , where in Project Coordinator of JEEVIKA JDSSS Jabalpur Mr. Rajash has trained staff technically on Maize cultivation topic in reporting month at JDSSS Zonal office Kumardu. In this training program, we covered all topic of Maize cultivation methodology. This program hs helped the staff in improving knowledge and capacity building to organize village level training.

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By JEEVIKA JDSSS-JABALPUR Team

INNOVATIVE APPROACH OF WALL COMMUNICATION WITH LIVELIHOOD@JEEVIKA UMARIA

In CARITAS INDIA JEEVIKA project area At Umaria ( being implimened by JDSSS-Jabalpur) JEEVIKA project team have initiated a new concept of strengthening community communication in the form through wall painting by the community members themselves. The wall writings are on slogans on livelihood schemes, JEEVIKA slogans, motivation for women participation in gram-sabha, sustainable agriculture and skill development etc. The messages were from the community for the community and even the painters are from the target community itself. At present wall writing is in progress now in 8 villages in cluster Sunderdader and two in Pondi cluster.