Developing Community based Livelihood Support Structures for Rohingyas in Mewat, Haryana is a one year project, US-Embassy-funded that is implemented by Access Development Services. the project began in 1st October 2015 and the baseline study was conducted in December’15-January’16 by means of conducting household survey and covered targeted cluster of refugee i.e. Chandani-I, Chandani-II, Nangali-I, Nangali-II, Ward No.-7 (which is also known as Jogipur Cluster) and Punhana.

1. “BASELINE SURVEY REPORT”
December’15 – January’16
Contact: ACCESS Development Services, C-543, Vikas Puri, New Delhi – 110018

2. A. Background:
With history of the Burmese Government not including the Rohingya minority group in their 2012
census, they have been classified as stateless Bengali Muslims from Bangladesh since 1982. Owing to
theirstatelessnature,Rohingyas are extremely vulnerable groups who have come to India looking for
refuge. Through the project, ACCESS is working with the Rohingya refugees in the working age group
living in Mewat, Haryana.
The US Embassy has selected ACCESS Development Services to work in partnership with them from 1
Oct 2015 – 30 Sep2016, on “DevelopingCommunitybasedLivelihood Support Structures for Rohingyas
in Mewat, Haryana”. The Project Goal is to achieve improved and sustained livelihoods through
communityself-management structures and leadership. The two objectives that the project will work
towards will be ‘Community mobilization strengthened and expanded in Mewat, India’ and ‘Self
Reliance and Livelihoods Improved in Mewat, India’.
ACCESS,as a Livelihoodspromotionorganization,will worktodevelop skills which render the Rohingya
Persons of Concern (PoC) employable in the local industrial setup of Mewat. ACCESS will also aim at
developingleadershipskills whichwill help the community to better bargain in the existing job market
and establish their own networks with new market players over a sustained period of time.
Complementary to these efforts, ACCESS is also implementing the UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR)
project ‘Self Reliance and Livelihoods enabled’ in New Delhi that works with Afghan, Burmese and
Somali refugeesfortheirlivelihood. The ACCESS-UNHCR Project Head Office at Vikas Puri, which is at a
distance of 90 km from Mewat serves as a Head Office for the operations in Mewat as well.

3. B. Introduction:
DevelopingCommunity based Livelihood Support Structures for Rohingyas in Mewat, Haryana is a one
yearproject,fundedbythe US Embassyand implementedbyACCESSDevelopmentServices.The project
beganon the 1st of October2015 and the baseline studywas conducted in December’15-January’16 by
meansof conductinghouseholdsurveyin the 6 refugee clusters of Mewat i.e. Chandani-I, Chandani-II,
Nangali-I, Nangali-II, Ward No.-7 (also known as Jogipur Cluster) and Punhana. The first 5 clusters are
spreadacross a 4-5 km radius,within1-2km’sfrom the main Highway in Nuh town. Punhana cluster, is
located 40 km away from these clusters.
To conduct the survey, ACCESS hired 2 local Outreach Personnel from the field, from the refugee
community itself. The local personnel were directed and trained by the ACCESS Project Officer on
ground.
The survey was conducted for a total of 320 households. The households were interviewed on issues
rangingfrombasic familyprofile,educationstatus,employmentstatus, skills possessed by the PoC and
their aspirations regarding livelihood opportunities in India.
Baseline Aimsand Objective:The purpose of the Project Baseline is to take a first measurement of the
major long term indicators of the project. The specific objectives of the survey are:
1. To serve as the first measure of all main project indicators as per the Project Performance
Indicator, thus establishing the foundation for the project’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
system.
2. To establish or validate the indicator targets described in the project indicator.
3. To gather data that will inform the actual situation of Poc with regard to family background,
education status, employment status etc.
4. To provide a direction for amendments in the project strategy going forward.

4. C. Methodology:
Team Composition:Twooutreach personnel were hired from the refugee community to complete the
survey with guidance from the ACCESS Project Officer.
Name Organization «Next Record»Name
«Next Record»Name ACCESS Development Services «Next Record»Name
«Next Record»Name Refugee, Mewat Haryana «Next Record»Name
«Next Record»Name Refugee, Mewat Haryana «Next Record»Name
Training of Outreach Volunteers: Aninformal trainingof bothoutreach personnel washeldon the 1st
of
December2015 at Ward No.-7.The trainingincludedademo-practice of usingthe actual questionnaire,
describing how to frame questions and how to record answers.
Data Collection Methods and Tools Used: Data was gathered using 4 pages of questionnaire that
includeddetailssuchas UNHCR relatedinformation,basicfamilyprofile,education status, employment
details, vulnerability status (PWD, UAM), skills possessed by PoC, aspirations regarding livelihoods in
India. The same is attached as Annexure A to this Report.
Market Assessment: With regard to availability of work opportunities in factories nearby Nuh, and
home basedworkavailable forwomen,amappingof the nearby marketwasdone by the ProjectOfficer
under the guidance of the Program Manager. Meetings were held with local job providers including
factories at ‘Roz ka Meo’ and shops of tailoring and mechanics. Other meetings with PoC in all six
clusters were conducted to gather more information regarding the skills possessed by PoCs and their
need of work.
Analysis:To analyze the data, a template was developed by the team members in an MS-Excel format.
The entereddatahas beenfilledbasedona vulnerabilityindex thathelpsfindthe most vulnerable PoC
withinthe community.The datacan alsoeasilybe segregatedonthe basisof the type of skillspossessed
by the PoC,whenparticulartrainingsneedtobe undertaken,orwhenlookingforaPoCwith a particular
set of skills. The index is calculated on the basis of the below indicators, where the PoC receiving the
lowest score is deemed as the most vulnerable:
1. Gender: Neutral and Female gender with higher score as opposed to male
2. Vulnerability Status: Lowest score for an Unaccompanied Minor or Divorcee/Widow with a
disability
3. No. of dependents: Lowest score for more than 5 dependents
4. Language: Lowest score for PoC who speaks only his/her native language
5. UNHCR Support: Highest score for PoC who receives Sustenance Allowance and is being
considered for Resettlement
6. LTV status: Lowest score for PoC who does not have a long term visa in India
7. Level of education: Highest score for a graduate
8. Skill level:Highestscore fora PoC whohas attendedavocational trainingandcomputertraining
course
9. Current Work Status: Lower scores for PoC who have no or irregular work as opposed to
informal regular or permanent work
10. Total monthly income: Highest score for PoC who is receiving more than INR 6000 per month

5. 11. Leadershipstatus: Higherscore for PoC who has a prominent position in the community eg. As
an imam (Muslim scholarly leader) or represents the community in a committee.

6. Survey Findings:
1. General Description of the population and Household: Through the survey, information
was collected across 320 households, equaling a total of 1059 persons with an average of
3.3 persons per household.
Table 1: Details of Population
Name of
Cluster
Total
No. of
HH
Male Female
Total
Population of
Cluster (A+B)0-17
Yrs
18-59
Yrs
59
Above
Sub
Total
(A)
0-17
Yrs
18-59
Yrs
59
Above
Sub
Total
(B)
Ward No-
7
78 66 74 1 141 64 73 2 139 280
Chandeni-I 50 46 37 4 87 38 40 1 79 166
Chandeni-
II
42 30 36 1 67 30 39 0 69 136
Nagli-I 42 34 33 0 67 21 28 1 50 117
Nagli-II 75 47 59 2 108 75 56 3 134 242
Punhana 33 33 28 1 62 30 26 0 56 118
Total 320 256 267 9 532 258 262 7 527 1059
The above data, provides the age strata for the population. Of the total population, about 48.5
% are under 17 years of age or under, while only 1.5% are above 59 years and over. The
project’s population of concern or the targeted population includes those between the age
group 18-59 years i.e. 529 PoCs, approximately 50% of the total population.
The gender breakup of the surveyed data is as seen below. Out of 1059 persons, there are 532
Males (50.24%) and 527 are females (49.76%).
0-17 Years
48.5%
18-59
Years
50%
59 Years
above
1.5%
Age Distributionof Population

7. Below, we can find the details of the gender wise breakup of the targeted PoC (i.e. PoC in the
17-59 yearsage group) and here,also,can see that there is not much difference in the number
of males and females in the community. Out of 529 PoCs, 262 (49.5%) are female while 267
(50.4%) are male.
2. Education Profile: After analyzing the data of the targeted PoC, it was found, that out of a
total of 529 PoCs, 356 (67.3%) PoC never went to school or Madarsas and only 167 PoC are
educated. Among 167 PoC, only two are graduates and these two were those who were
working as outreach personnel with ACCESS. In addition, it was found that the PoC who
have primary or secondary education do not know ‘how to write English’.
Details of Education of Targeted PoC
S.N. Variables No. of PoC %
1 No Education 356 67.30%
2 Madrasa 74 13.99%
3 PrimaryEducation 53 10.02%
4
Secondary
Education
44 8.32%
5 Graduation 2 0.38%
Total 529 100.00%
Female,
49.76%Male,
50.24%
Female,
49.53%
Male,
50.47%
Gender Wise Details
Gender segregated data of Targeted PoC (17-59 years)

8. 3. Language: One of very essential verbal language to get work in Mewat as well as in other
parts of Indiais Hindi but out of 529, 236 (44.6%) PoC don’t know either the verbal Hindi or
English which is creating a problem for them to get work at Mewat.
Most of those PoCs, who know verbal Hindi are working in factories or are doing daily wage
work in Mewat area.
Breakup of Language with Education of PoC
S.N. Variables
No. of
PoC
%
67.30%
13.99%
10.02% 8.32%
0.38%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
1
No Education Madarsa Primary Education Secondary Education Graduation
PoC Who
Know Hindi
to Speak and
Write, 0.95%
PoC Who
Know English
and Hindi to
Speak, 0.19%
PoC Who
Know English
to Write,
0.76%
PoC Who
Know Only
Hindi to
Speak,
53.50%
PoC Who
Don't Know
Verbal Hindi
or English,
44.61%
Language Details

9. 1 PoC who know how to speak Englishand Hindi 1 0.19%
A PrimaryEducation 1 0.19%
2 PoC who know how to write in English 4 0.76%
A Graduation 2 0.38%
B Madarsa 1 0.19%
C SecondaryEducation 1 0.19%
3 PoC who know how to Speak and Write Hindi 5 0.95%
A Madarsa 4 0.76%
B SecondaryEducation 1 0.19%
4 PoC who don'tknow Verbal Hindi or English 236 44.61%
A Madarsa 24 4.54%
B No Education 186 35.16%
C PrimaryEducation 18 3.40%
D SecondaryEducation 8 1.51%
5 PoC who know how to speak in onlyHindi 283 53.50%
A Madarsa 45 8.51%
B No Education 170 32.14%
C PrimaryEducation 34 6.43%
D SecondaryEducation 34 6.43%
Total 529 100.00%
4. Skill level:Here,we can see thatout of 262 female,only34(13% of total female) have some
working skills. Out of these 34, the females primarily have tailoring skills (27).
Details of Skills
S.N. Name of Skills
No. of
PoC
1 Female 262
A Enterprise (Business) Skills 1
B Hospitality 1
C Hospitality,TailoringSkills 1
D RetailsandSalesSkills 2
E Unskilled(DailywagesLabor,Mason) 3
F TailoringSkills 26
G No Skills 228
2 Male 267
A HealthCare Skills 1
B RepairingWork(Engine Mechanic,Mobile Repairing), Driving 1
C
RepairingWork(Engine Mechanic,Mobile Repairing),Unskilled
(DailywagesLabor,Mason)
1

10. D TailoringSkills,Unskilled(DailywagesLabor,Mason) 1
E Hospitality 3
F TailoringSkills 3
G RepairingWork(Engine Mechanic,Mobile Repairing) 5
H Driving 6
I TeachingSkills 8
j RetailsandSalesSkills 9
K ManufacturingSkills(FactoryWorker,BambooSkills,etc) 17
l Enterprise (Business) Skills 23
M No Skills 31
N Unskilled(DailywagesLabor,Mason) 158
Total 529
Of the male group of 267, 31 (11.6%) don’t possess any skills. It was found that most males in
Mewat i.e. 159 (59%) are working as daily wage labour and only 17 are working in nearby factories
at Nuh. In otherskills, 4maleshave tailoringskills and8PoC have teachingskills,with most of them
being engaged as Imams of Mosques at their clusters.
5. Working Status and Income: Out of the 529 PoC, there are 281 cases who are not working
and hence fall under the category of zero Income. 68 PoCs (or 12.85%) earn less than INR
3000 per month which is not sufficient to run the family.
Details of Income of PoC
S.N. Income Variable
No. of
PoC
%
1 Earningmore thanINR 6000/month 41 7.75%
2 EarningbetweenINR3000-INR 6000/month 139 26.28%
3 Earningless thanINR 3000/month 68 12.85%
4 No Earning 281 53.12%
Grand Total 529 100.00%
Analyzing the type of work, it can be seen below, that 248 PoC who are earning are doing
irregularwork.Here,irregularworkmeans,getting work as daily wages labor, scrap picker, etc.
because there are no permanent jobs available at Nuh (Mewat).
Only 35 PoCs are working as regular workers and most of these have small businesses in their
cluster or are working in factories in Nuh or Aligarh.
Details of Work with Income
S.N. Variable
No. of
PoC

11. 1 PoC with More than Six thousands income 41
a PoCWho is doingRegularWorkinInformal Sector 14
b PoCWho is doingIrregularWork 27
2 PoC Between three to six thousands income 139
a PoCWho is doingRegularWorkinInformal Sector 15
b PoCWho is doingIrregularWork 124
3 PoC with Less than three thousands income 68
a PoCWho is doingRegularWorkinInformal Sector 6
b PoCWho is doingIrregularWork 62
4 PoC with No Earning 281
a NotDoing AnyWork 281
Grand Total 529
6. Vulnerability Status: Out of 529, there are 8 (1.5%) PoC who are PWD or have disabilities,
with most of them having eye sight problem. 3 PoCs (.3%) are UAM or Unaccompanied
Minor, i.e. those Minor age refugees who don’t have parents or other family members to
support her/him in India.
33 (6.24%) women are widows (those women whose husband either died or they don’t know
their current status as they could be in jail in India or somewhere else, but these women are
living her with her children or are single.)
NA, 91.87%
PWD, 1.51%
UAM, 0.38% Widow,
6.24%
Details of Vulnerable PoC

12. D. Conclusion:
Thisreporthas attemptedtoanalyze informationcollectedthroughthe projectbaseline survey.
Specifically, it has provided baseline values for indicators in a wide range of areas, including:
FamilyProfile,EducationStatus,WorkStatus,Vulnerability, UNHCR Support, Skills Possess etc.
The findings of this baseline are expected to be used as a benchmark against the project
indicators to get the desired outcome of the project.
On the basisof the above findings, afew groupshave been identified with whom there is need
to work so as to improve their livelihood status. These group are listed below:
1. Female PoC with tailoring skills
2. Widow/Single Women
3. UAM (Unaccompanied Minor)
4. PoC with verbal/written-Hindi/English or both language
5. PoC with Skills of bamboo/Computer/repairing
To be able to work with these groups, ACCESS has identified some vocational training cum
placement opportunities such as Tailoring, Jute Bag Making, Candle Making, Soap Making as
well as Leadership Training, Personality Development Training, Life Skills Training etc.
Details of Groups with VT and Livelihood Solution
S.N. Groups Name
Total
No.
of
PoC
Proposed VT Livelihood Solution
1
Female PoCwithtailoringskills
26
Life Skills/Personality
Development/financial
literacy
Home BasedWork to
make
candle/soap/tailoring
work
2
Widow/Single Women
33
TailoringSkills/Jute
Bag/Candle/Soap
Making/financial
literacy
Home BasedWork to
make
candle/soap/tailoring
work
3
UAM (UnaccompaniedMinor)
3
Life Skills/Personality
Development/financial
literacy
Engage in Marketing
of Candle/Soap
4
PoCwithverbal/written-
Hindi/Englishorboth
language.
PoCWho
Know
Hindi to
Speakand
Write 5
Life Skills/Personality
Development/financial
literacy
Engage in Marketing
of Candle/Soap
PoCWho
Know
English
and Hindi
to Speak 1
Life Skills/Personality
Development/financial
literacy
Engage in Marketing
of Candle/Soap

13. PoCWho
Know
Englishto
Write 4
Life Skills/Personality
Development/financial
literacy
Engage in Marketing
of Candle/Soap
PoCWho
Know Only
Hindi to
Speak 196
Life Skills/Personality
Development/financial
literacy
Linkage withlocal
Factory forjob as per
theirskills.
5
PoCwithSkillsof
Bamboo/Computer/Repairing
Skillsof
Bamboo 5
Life Skills/Personality
Development/financial
literacy
Linkage withlocal
tradersto engage
theminwork
PoCwho
know
mobile
repairing
work 1
Life Skills/Personality
Development/financial
literacy
Linkage withlocal
tradersto engage
theminwork
Repairing
Work
(Engine
Mechanic) 6
Life Skills/Personality
Development/financial
literacy
Life Skills/Personality
Development/financial
literacy
Total No. 280
In the above figure, we can see the different category in numbers with whom ACCESS is planning to
work ahead.Also,these five clustersare notneareach otheras the distance fromChandeni-1to Nangli-
1 isapproximately3Km. Onthe basisof a discussionwith the refugee leaders, ACCESS has declassified
these group as per the clusters. These are listed below:
1. First group would be from Chandeni-1 and Chandeni-2.
2. Second group will be of Nangli-1 and Nagli-2
3. Third would be Ward No. – 7,
4. Fourth is Punhana which is 40 Km away from Nuh

14. Prospective Change in Plans with respect to Project Document:
On the basisof the baseline’sfindingandhavingvariousmeetingsanddiscussionwithtargeted PoC and
its leaders, demand arises to redefine ‘the strategy and activities described in project’ to reach the
objective of project.
The action plan going forward is redesigned as:
1. Enhancing Skills:
a. Conducting Vocational Training: to enhance the skills of PoC, ACCESS will conduct
variousVTprograms forthem. ACCESSwill aimto make sure these trainings are market
oriented, for example: training of candle making, soap making, mobile repairing etc.
b. Conducting Life Skill Training: with regard to market, there is need of basic language,
‘howto marketthe productsmade’, ‘how to presentself before others’,‘preparation of
interview’. As part of the same, selected PoC who are vocal and acceptable by
communityasleaderstoguide themintheirmarketlinkage,will be further developed.
2. Linkage with market:
a. MeetingwithJob Providers:after VTprogram, ACCESS will conduct meetings between
Job Providers, Suppliers and trained PoC, so, both parties will know each other’s
demand and offerings. For example: there are lots of materials required for candle
making, so, after finding the market supplier, ACCESS will conduct the meeting.
b. BuildingLeadership:ACCESS’goal will be tobuildleadershipwiththe male members of
the community to be able to directly link with these market actors on their own in the
future.
3. Support Structure:
a. Financial Support: For the duration of the project, ACCESS will provide support to the
PoCto start their work, and to begin earnings. The long term goal will be to encourage
them to use their savings to increase their work.
b. Guiding:Forthe durationof the project,ACCESS teamwill guide the PoCingettingwork
opportunities. The ACCESS team will also help the PoC to maintain records of their
earnings.
c. Monitoring: From time to time, ACCESS will conduct meetings with the PoC as well as
withjobprovidersormaterial supplierstoassessthe situation and will provide support
as per need.

15. ANNEXURE A
PoC Family Registration Form
RegistrationDate……………………… RegistrationNumber……………… Name of Clusters……………… Name of Staff/Surveyor………………………………
Personal Information UNHCR related information
Name of Respondent:
……………………………………………………………………….
Reference No:
Residing In India Since:
……………………………………………………………………. Date of Issue:
D D M M Y Y Y Y
Language Preferred:
…………………………………………………………………………. Date of Expiry:
D D M M Y Y Y Y
Contact No.:
…………………………………………………………………………………….
LTV Status: Y N
Do You have Unaccompanied Minor to support:
………………….(Yes/No)
Does anyone in family receive SA? Y N
Marital Status:
…………………………………………………(Married/Unmarried)
Have you applied for resettlement? Y N

16. Family Details
S.N.
Name of Family
Member
Individ
ual No.
Gen
der
(M/F
)
Year
of
Birt
h
Relations
hip with
Responde
nt
Educati
on
Status
Skills
Vulnerabi
lity
Contact No.
Vocatio
nal
Compu
ter
Any
Others
PW
D
UA
M
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

17. Family Members Employment Details Leadership
Position
taken in
Communit
y (if Yes
What)
S.N
.
Name of
Family
Members
Past Employment Status Current Employment Status
Name
of
Org.
(if
Any)
Natur
e of
Work
Avg.
Monthl
y
income
Geographic
al Area
(City/State)
Total
years of
Work
Experienc
e
Nam
e of
Org.
(if
Any)
Natur
e of
Work
Avg.
Monthl
y
Income
Geographic
al Area
(City/State)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

18. Observation/Suggestion of Respondent:
Suggestions toACCESS for trainings:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....
Suggestions for work opportunities:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Any other Suggestion:
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Surveyor’s Observationabout the Refugee:
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Signature of Surveyor Signature/thumbimpressionof PrimaryRespondent