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SPYM
is carrying out community developmental activities in Mewat,
Haryana which has about 92% rural population. There are 6
blocks within the project area, Taru, Nuh, Nagina, Ferozpur
Jhirka and Punchana in Gurgaon district and Hathin in Faridabad
district. Mewat has a surprisingly high level of poverty incidence,
according to 1991 census. 62% of rural households in Mewat
are below the poverty line, compared with only 37% of Haryana
as a whole.
Keeping
this in view, SPYM initiated a development project here in
association with Mewat Development Agency.
The
main objectives of the project are:
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Establishment
of self-reliant community organisations capable of undertaking
developmental activities,
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Establishment
of women's group (Mahila Mandals) activity involved in
community development,
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Improvement
in women's literacy, general health and well-being.
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Formation
of self help groups (SHGs), for health implementation
of project proposals and activities,
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Sensitizing
the male folk in the area, about the various aspects of
female life styles.
The
main activities under this project are:
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The
focus of the training programme, conducted by SPYM is
mainly participatory in approach. It focused essentially
on formation and functioning of SHG and Community Mobilization
Groups (CMG) which included identification and formation
of SHGs, guidelines for linking banks with CMGs, guidelines
for financial management, grading criteria for SHG and
finally evaluation for phasing out and analysis.
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Training
of selected Sahelis in Nagina and Hathin.
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Training
and skill development of barefoot nurses in the project
areas. On the basis of these orientation-training programmes,
SPYM did a need assessment and developed a module for
the Saheli training programme. Sahelis were also trained
on community organisation. Here the main emphasis was
on societal analysis, village problems and root causes,
identification of women's issues /gender issues, approaches
to organising, what is a group's stages, and development
of a group, group processes (communication, decision making,
conflict-resolution, problem solving) role of a group
leader, and a community organiser, principle of participatory
planning.
Training programmes on gender sensitization was also held
at Hathin, which dealt with the meaning and concept of
gender, understanding patriarchy and status of women in
the project area, gender analysis, division of labour,
access and control profile gender needs, identification
and focusing on building gender perspective in the project.
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The
SPYM staffs initiated the formation of Villages Dissension
Groups (VDGs). The staff were also contemplating on a
number of "off farm" and "on farm" activities for the
people of Mewat. It procured six khadi units as part of
income generation programmes in villages and encouraged
people to look for alternate source of employment and
income generation.
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