Community Ownership and Development - Towards Sustainable Livelihoods!

CC & SC members monitoring Cleaning Well Garbage collected from the Well   The subcommittee members of Uncleanliness and health issue had earlier discussed in their monthly meeting on cleaning up the common wells. The application with public signatures had been submitted in month of January 2018 and the follow up was in process. On 7 th , 8 th & 13 th May 2018, three wells were cleaned through electric machines by the water department workers from M.B.M.C. Three Core Committee & two Subcommittee members voluntarily took turn in monitoring on all the above dates. The cleaning up of common wells wasn’t done for many years before at Pali village. All the materials for cleaning up the wells was provided by the MBMC water department and the garbage were also picked up by the vehicles. The people now feel content and satisfied in using water from the common well for their daily routine. The initiative and interests were taken by the CC & SC members....

The CCO staffs personally visited ward no. 1 at Pali to explain parents the purpose of forming a Bal Sansad and asked them to send their children to join the Bal Sansad group. The CCO staff listed 15 children’s name and invited them for an orientation on the formation of the new neighborhood Bal Sansad. They then proceeded to visit ward no. 2. Here the parents cooperated and permitted 13 children to attend the orientation. The orientation began with the CCO staff welcoming the children with words of encouragement on 2 nd June 2018. She introduced each child. After which she explained the purpose and goals of forming new neighborhood Bal Sansad. The newly formed Bal Sansad was named “ Angel Bal Sansad group” by the majority. The President, vice President, secretary, secretary, treasurer and vice treasurer for piggy bank were appointed by the majority. CCO staff asked the children to come on 6 th June 2018 for the orientation on Bal Sansad Concept. Twenty eight children got ...