Community Ownership and Development - Towards Sustainable Livelihoods!

On the 4 th and 11 th of June 2018 a rationing officer, two sub inspectors and one secretary paid verification visit to the needy card holders whose application had been submitted in month of March 2018 to the ration office at Bhayander. They came to the ward at Pali, and met the 36 card holders’ houses and verified that all of them were eligible for the BPL stamp. They asked the cardholders to enroll the Aadhar numbers for completing the process. A total of 126 application forms were collected for BPL stamps out of which 120 application were verified along with ration card & are in process of Aadhar link (Biometric System). They have assured the CC and the SC members present, to give 120 card holders the BPL stamp by the end of July 2018.

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 ...

The district agriculture department has been organizing the Unnat Sheti Abhiyan (progressive farming campaign) from May 25 to June 8, 2018 to create awareness on various government schemes available for farmers.   With this mind CSA’s networking partner Prerna Dongri conducted a farmer’s interaction session on 1 st June 2018 for the 19 Tarodi farmers with the District Agriculture Officers, Kalyan department. Besides these the other objectives of the session was to provide in depth knowledge in agriculture fields and its linkages with governance systems.   The resource persons were Mr.   P. M. Chandvade-Project Director, (ATMA) Agricultural Technology   Management Agency   Palghar,   Ms S. A. Nikhade-District Agriculture Officer Kalyan, Mr. Aashok Bhoir- Scientist Krushi Vidhyan Kendra Dahanu,   Mrs Vaishali Bhapse – District Technology Manager,   and Mrs Shrada Saudankar- Assistant District Technology Manager ATMA, Kalyan. Ms S. A. N...

CSA with its networking partner has organized a course on Retail Associate Training for the youth at Dongri. It is a 2-month course which covers modules on Personality Development, Spoken English and Retail Management. As a part of this course, twenty-eight youth headed for an exposure visit to Big Bazaar, Bhayander on 22 nd  May 2018. The domain teacher of retail marketing, Mr. Siddhesh Sarvekar introduced them to different segments of the store such as electronics, grocery, cosmetics etc. to get an in-depth knowledge of its functioning. They got an idea of displaying products, price tags, discounts etc. The exposure visit and practical learning has tremendously helped their theoretical understanding.

On 18 th May 2018 two ration officers, two sub inspectors and one secretary paid a verification visit to the needy card holders whose application had been submitted in month of March 2018 to the ration office at Bhayander. They came to ward number 7 at Pali and visited the homes of 10 card holders and verified if they all were indeed eligible for the BPL stamp. They informed the CCO staffs that they were now sure that the rest who are in need of BPL stamp are eligible too so they could call the beneficiaries with their ration cards for verification.  Then two CCO staffs and the four Subcommittee members made phone calls and personal visits to call all those who were available. Those beneficiaries who came, the ration officers asked them a few questions regarding their family status, gas cylinders and incomes etc. saw their ration cards and verified them and enrolled their names for the BPL stamp.  The beneficiaries expressed their gratitude to the CCO staffs for their...

On 17 th May 2018, 7 Para professional social workers from Nirmala Niketan visited CSA’s networking partner Sahajeevan Social Centre   Pali. The objectives to this exposure visit was to give a historical background about the Centre, to orient the objectives and goals of Pali CCO, to share the administrative hierarchy, various activities and programmes, to share the difficulties and barriers, to explain the strategies and skills used for implementing activities and the role of a social worker. An interactive session was held where discussions on health issues, irregularity in water supply, uncleanliness and lack of information on rationing issues were carried on by the core committee members. At the end of the interaction our social worker described the role of social worker. He added that a social worker is a professional who works with the people to help them, so that they can manage to live their life with respect and dignity. This is achieved by creating awareness and ...

To divert the minds of children and adolescents for better learning of life skills, a summer camp was organized by CSA’s networking partner Sahajeevan Samaj Kendra, Pali. The summer camp was attended by 285 students of Std.1-10 from 16 th April 2018 to 14 th May 2018. The participants were divided into four groups and through various games and activities the children learnt values such as respect, sharing and compassion for another. The children were very active and cheerful throughout the camp. A cultural dance competition was held towards the end of the camp as a finale and children from each group took part. The locals were chosen as judges.   The children expressed positive changes in their behavior. They developed leadership skills and showcased their talents to a large number of people. They were happy and content by the end of the camp. The camp was well planned and executed by the CCO staff and volunteers.