The document summarizes a village exposure camp held in Hoskote, Karnataka. Students from three campuses of the Center for Social Action visited the village on Independence Day to understand rural living conditions and problems. They observed issues like water scarcity and lack of transportation. Through interactions with villagers, the students learned about financial difficulties of families and inadequate access to healthcare and education. Key problems identified were scarcity of drinking water, high medical costs, and lack of transportation options. Solutions proposed included setting up government-run drinking water outlets and hospitals in rural areas, as well as providing auto rickshaw transportation facilities.

1. HOSKOTE
VILLAGE EXPOSURE CAMP
“I would say that if the village perishes India will perish
too. India will be no more India. Her own mission in the
world will get lost. The revival of the village is possible
only when it is no more exploited. Industrialization on a
mass scale will necessarily lead to passive or active
exploitation of the villagers as the problems of
competition and marketing come in. Therefore we have
to concentrate on the village being self-contained,
manufacturing mainly for use. Provided this character of
the village industry is maintained, there would be no
objection to villagers using even the modern machines
and tools that they can make and can afford to use. Only
they should not be used as a means of exploitation of
others.”
- M.K. Gandhi
Submitted by:
Nelson Paulose
1560922
3 BTCS

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HOSKOTE
VILLAGE EXPOSURE CAMP
Date and Venue
The village visit took place on 14th and 15th
August 2016, in Hoskote a few kilometers
away from the outskirts of Bangalore. We, the
CSA Kengeri campus volunteers arrived at
8:15am along with the Kormangala and
Bannerghatta Campuses in respective buses
to meet for a collaboration of Social Work and
being witness as well as participants in the
residents’ Independence Day Celebration.
About The Camp
It was well coordinated by the Main Campus
CSA troop leaders, despite the time
management issues with the visiting of nearby
villages and performing at the venues.
FEEDBACK
Being my first
camp, I am very
grateful and
equally
fortunate to be
a part of this
wonderful
initiative that
connects the
three campuses
through the
Center for Social
Action

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Outcome
The main problems pointed out in the village were: the scarcity
of water, due to low rains and transportation due to lack of
public vehicles. (Smoke issue due to gobar gas cooking,
increase in mosquitoes, to which villagers were highly immune)
As a group of four volunteers, at a middle aged woman’s home,
we were made aware of her daily living.
She is a home-maker with two children aged 3 and 1
respectively. Her husband is a lorry driver, the only bread
winner of the family including his elderly mother.
Their cottage is built on the home-loan from the Sangha which
is the total saving investment of the village at a marginal 2%
interest. This loan is flexible and can be delayed for a month to
the next. Since very few families have plots for farming they
buy a month’s whole household goods including food. Any
excess would automatically turn into a wastage.
The minimal income should also support the further education
of the children and not proper facilities are available in the high
fee schools far into the city.

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As an individual, I spoke to a 48 year, old man who was injured
in a bike accident. He was left with a fracture in his left feet.
Staggering to a shade, he leaned over to an old boundary wall
and started his story:
(Translated through Giridhar, Main Campus 1st Year)
I was a vendor of selling vegetables in whole-sale. Ever since
this misfortune has taken place, I am devastated. In a way, that
I have to hire two people to do the single work which was
previously done by me. My two daughters are in class 7 and 4
respectively and the fee structure has become a burdensome. I
do wish to continue their education but how do I manage
funding it in this condition of extra expenditure?
More-over the frequent visits to the hospital and the doctor’s
prescription of medicines have been too expensive at the city
hospital. I want a hospital setup for the four nearest villages
that will bring convenience to both health care and
transportation.
[When asked about the water, he said his younger brother
does the supply of packaged drinking water which is treated
with fluoride]

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PROBLEM
Water from the bore well deep as 20,000 m needs to be
treated before it is drinkable after the addition of fluoride, a
chemical which though purifies the water, has its side-effects
on entering the human body. The lake water in eleven to
twelve buckets, fulfill the other purposes of the home.
As far as support from the government is concerned, the local
elected leader of the village has been for the past twenty years
giving false promises in providing water supply, after frequent
extraction of their hard-owned money.
SOLUTION
Drinking water in cities have Govt. outlets which allow a person
to fill one litre tumbler for Rupees five.
If such a facility is prevalent in a city, why not implement it in
rural areas too?
If it is a case of digging up more bore wells, then they should
implement that too. This would ensure safe drinking and also
cost efficiency.
PROBLEM
Transportation limited to private SUVs of the village during
emergencies.
SOLUTION
Apply for auto rickshaw facility from the government.