This is one of the action & reflection & initiatives of UDYAMA in Working with Communities

1. CAPITALIZING OPPORTUNITY
OF
NREGS TO IMPACT LIVELIHOODS OF POOR
& NETWORK PARTNERS
Supported by: SDTT, Mumbai

3. Project in Brief
• Survival Security (addressing Poverty, health problems especially of
women and child, absorption of distress migration, Employment
generation at community level)
• Social Security (access and avail to social security programs for all
sections, village safety nets and productive assets creation integrating
ongoing development programs, grooming community level institutions
and community empowerment and entitlement process, inclusion of
social exclusion, demand driven work generate for community
infrastructures)
• Financial Security (Group initiatives, small business development
initiatives, micro-linkages with intermediary institutions for vending ,
capacity building and economic activity)
• Environmental Sustainability (energy plantations, nutrition plantations,
water, land and forest resource restoration and rehabilitation, awareness
generation for climate variability and change adaptation, inclusion of
school children on environmental stabilization)

4. Partner and Project Area
SN Partner District Block No of GPs Nos
1 Jana Vikash Kendra Keonjhar Banshpal Tana., Banshapal, Saharapur,
Karangadih,Taramkanta
5
2 Gramin Vikash Saganthan Keonjhar Banspal Kumar & Bayakumutia 2
3 VARASHA Keonjhar Harichandanpur Bhagamunda & Sagadapata 2
4 Surya Keonjhar Jhumpura Basantapur, Malda 2
5 Sahadapur Shati Jubak
Sangh
Keonjhar Sadar Baradapala & Mahadeijoda 2
6 WORD Keonjhar Telkoi Padanga & Akul 2
7 ASHA Keonjhar Telkoi Bimal, Raisuan, Balabhadrapur,
Karamangi & Padajula
5
8 WOSCA Keonjhar Ghatagaon Raisuan & Balabhadrapur, 2
9 DEEP Mayurbhanj Thakurmunda Satakosia & Salchua 2
10 Amarjyoti Mayurbhanj Khunta-1 Baulagadia& Dengam 2
11 Udayana Mayurbhanj Sukruli Galusahi & Jhadughasda 2
12 Secure Mayurbhanj Kaptipada Sarat & Salchua 2
13 AJSA Bolangir Bongamunda Denagaon & Jamkhunta 2
14 Odisa Adivasi Pratistan Bolangir Muribahal Malisira, Tentulikhunti 2
15 Plan Bolangir Saintala Dharabgada & Ganapatarapalli 2
16 ASHA Bolangir Titalagada Khursud & Digsira 2
17 UTASARG** Bolangir Belapada Gamhari & Beramuda 2
18 Udyama Bolangir Titlagada Ghodar, Silua, Bijepur & Banjipadar 4
19 Shramik Sakti Sangha Bolangir Tureikela Badabanki & Jubamal 2
20 SAGAG Nuapada Nuapada Salabanga & Amanasara, 2
21 Mahila Vikas* Nuapada Darlipada & Sialati 2

5. Proposed districts Ranking out of 447 Districts on
Index of Backwardness* (3 Parameters - SC & ST,
Agriculture Wages, Output per Agriculture Worker)
Rank State District total % ST/SC
population in
(1991 census)
Agri wages
per day Rs
196-97
Out put /agri
worker (rs
agri/ worker
1990-93
15Orissa Mayurbhanj 64.9 25 5207
30Orissa Keonjhar 56 27 6226
45Orissa Nuapada 64.9 27 7355
46Orissa Kalahandi 64.9 27 7355
64Orissa Samabalpur 49.9 30 9360
82Orissa Bolangir 35.9 25 8284
136Orissa Jajpur 26.9 30 6727
138Orissa Ganjam 26 29 7083
* The districts with low wages, low productivity and high SC/ST population would be
ranked as backward on this index. Report of the Task Force on "Identification of Districts
for Wage and Self employment programs", Planning Commission, 2003

6. Programme Activities
• Leverage resources from Missions
• Campaign and advocacy
• Program Leverage from mainstreaming to access to Social security
programs
• Ensuring job cards and leverage jobs from NREGA for Community
actions: creating productive assets
• Process Documentation on access to social security programs in 40
Gram Panchayats
• Capacity building
• Institution building & strengthening
• Development of resource/IEC materials

7. Programme Target
• Five times of resource would be leveraged for community action within
this support
• Poor distress people will access to the demand driven work
• Employment generation at the villages resulting in reduce mass
migration
• At least fifty greenery spots will be revived/ developed
• 100 micro-water bodies will be revived/ developed
• Fifty contingency plan will be developed
• 50 bare foot professionals will be developed
• Greater exclusions will be motivated in the main stream
• Linkages with other stakeholders/donors would be the added initiatives
• 50 PRIs will be associated as part of climate change adaptation
• Local Governance and mainstreaming Climate Change work
simultaneously

8. Achievement/Progress So Far ……….
Outcomes
of
the
project
(till
August
2010)
Sl No Activity
Resources
Leverage (in
Rupee)
1
Ensuring job cards and leverage jobs from NREGA for
Community actions: Climate change response and
developing productive assets 111,914,500.00
2
Documentation on access to social security programs in 40
Gram Panchayats 518,000.00
3
Program Leverage from mainstream to access to Social
security programs 18,032,110.00
4 Leverage resources from Missions 8,505,224.00
5 Capacity building initiatives 1,141,021.00
6 Institution strengthening 2,722,900.00
7 Campaign and advocacy 1,597,500.00
TOTAL 144,431,255.00

9. Ensuring job cards and leverage jobs from
NREGA for Community actions:
Outcomes
of
the
project
(till
August
2010)
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
769
217
324
626
256
63
162
48
155

10. Leverage resources from Missions
Outcomes
of
the
project
(till
August
2010)
147
322
6
322
National Health
Mission
National
Horticulture
Mission
National Bamboo
mission
State rural water
and sanitation
mission

11. Program Leverage from mainstream to access
to Social security programs
1187
5103
3055
3420
1883
265
1128
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
Series1
Outcomes
of
the
project
(till
August
2010)

12. Capacity Building
Outcomes
of
the
project
(till
August
2010)
165 154
136
1186
Training on integrated
planning process at
community level to
develop village and
panchayat development
plans
Training on social audit
process
Refresher training on
OREGS, use of RTI tool
Village/Panchayat planning
and Social audit

13. Capacity building of CBOs/PRIs
Outcomes
of
the
project
(till
August
2010)
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
NREGS education and orientation at Village…
NREGS education workshops with CBOs
NREGS orientation workshops for PRI
Training on planning process to CBOs
Training on planning process to PRI
NREGS Training to Women
Training on social audit process to…
Training on social audit process to PRI…
Business plan
Skill mapping of youths
350
145
138
176
113
182
100
86
69
522

14. Institution Building & Strengthening
Outcomes
of
the
project
(till
August
2010)
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Facilitate formation of a resource pool at
NREGS training to resource pool members
Interactive meeting with the Govt. officials
Facilitate village/Panchayat level planning
Facilitate social audit at Panchayat level
Exposure visit of PR representatives and CBO
Facilitate participation of PR representatives and CBOs in
social audit process
Village wise work identification
Exposure visit of PR representatives and CBO
7
18
18
52
18
50
30
39
321

15. Documentation on access to social security
programs in 50 Gram Panchayats
Outcomes
of
the
project
(till
August
2010)
0
50
100
150
200
250
Baseline report
preparation Analysis of
government
implemented
welfare schemes
Process
documentation
40
44
239

16. Campaign and Advocacy
Outcomes
of
the
project
(till
August
2010)
121
5 3
17
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Community
resilience
initiatives as
part of change
agents
climate
variability and
change
adaptation
strategies
Coping process NREGA

17. Development of Resource Materials
1171
896
50
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
Poster form of Booklet on OREGS and
role of PRIs (Oriya)
Booklet on operational guidelines on
Panchayat/Village level planning,
Social audit, muster roll verification
etc. (Oriya)
Wall Painting/flex/banners
Outcomes
of
the
project
(till
August
2010)

19. Community Engagement
LAND related
High % of unbunded uplands
Undulated & Uneven land & Accelerated
Soil erosion ,
less cultivable area
recurrent drought Frequent
op loss
single cropping
no diversification
water related…
Erratic & scanty rainfall
less storage capacity due to heavy
siltation
No proper drainage system
Low water retention , conservation
Poor water management
Forest related…
Commercial plantation leads to
Deforestation
Encroachment
Degraded and Eroded
reduced NTFP
Exposed rocks
Temperature hike & moving towards
desertification lead to Ecological imbalance
Titlagada becomes tatlagada
Institution related
Poor intra and inter relationship
 Village institutions not institutionalized
 Poor cohesiveness at village
 Poor governance
extension related
Poor linkages
• Skill mapping
• Poor delivery services
• Lack of awareness on gender and
diversity
• Less awareness on utilization of
government scheme
• Poor literacy rate
• 80% households are resource poor and
BPL
• Poor wage employment opportunity leads
to distress sale
• No holistic plan
Immediate Employment
to vulnerable families
More land under
cultivation with
drought proofing Mitigation
Groom community
level institutions
(CLIs) as local social
safety net: the first-
aid to fight out the
Droughts & Disasters
with their own
capacity
with a
Process
Programs-
principle

20. How it could

28. Empowerment at hand
Concept and design by UDYAMA

29. Manageable - Micro-institution-safety net
Real Power

30. Self demonstration

31. Very old is rolled gold

32. Difficulties/Constraints faced
• Advocacy is very challenging
• Ensure Rights and entitlements is more difficult
• Changing mind-set is more Herculean task
• Policy-program-practice mismatching (NREGS, FRA)
• Mobilizing government authority and elected representative
is too difficult
• Bringing all stake holders at one plat form (Community-PRIs-
Local Officials)
• Fear on safety and security, (Disaster risks, distress migration

33. Learning from the Project/Program
• Networking and collective force
• Deepening governance and micro-linkages
• Advocacy to pool and maximize benefits from
the government funds
• Diversity
(partner, Program, process, institution building )
• Empower through employability- engagement

34. Challenges Ahead….
• Changing perceptions of governance.
• Create new spaces for engagement and new forms of
power within and among community.
• Changing relationships of the local, regional and
national bodies and institutions.
• Understanding of where rights are located and
where it may be exercised.
• Changing role of diversified knowledge and
expertise.

35. Possibility of Replication and the
Process how ??
• Continuous geographical project region
• Capacity building and financial strengthening
of CBOs
• More emphasis on skill upgradation of the
youth and the migrants.
• Large scale campaign
• Networking

36. Future Course of Action
• Community resilience building linking droughts and
disasters
• Policy advocacy (food-water-governance)
• Life Skill Development training to the drop-out,
unemployed youth migrants.
• Promotion of SRI and Sustainable agriculture and
animal husbandry
• Promotion of renewable energy
• Integrating with Public Heath, Education etc.

37. • Proposal to Secretary
• Since Earth woks and brick making as an existing skill in western Odisha :
• 1-to increase local demands for their skill
• 2- Upgrade the skill
• 3- Integrate the skill with other departments
• 4. Payment process
• 5. Demystify the system
• 6- Capacity building of PRIs/interaction with local and district administration
• 7-Engagement of Professionals on gap finding
• 1-Provide bricks for Indira Awas Yojana which can be immediately give immediate employment after the harvest
• To crease the private demand for bricks arranging housing loans in western Orissa at concessional rate of interest for
housing loans with banks
• Land development bunding , corner pits, mo pokhari to reduce drought induced migration impact
• During summer hots, wild animal coming to villages for drinking water and often they got killed. larger number of water
holes/ water bodies can be created in suitable places inside the forest areas
• They can engaged in cleaning and thinning in forestry activities soon after the forest. Fire wood will be an additional bonus
for them.
• Pitting and necessary field preparation etc protection boundary etc for forest and horticulture plantations, to keep continuity
will be run in a staggered way.
• Labours can be engage in agriculture activities like SRI, crop diversification if guide lines permit ( Refer Mihir Saha
commission on NREGS)
• Alternative skill:
• Much of construction works today in bbsr even done by migrant workers from mediana pur and Andhrapradesh especially
for construction work
• Existing skill can be upgraded for construction work inside the state where welfare can be looked into especially plumbing
electric wiring, mason, painting, carpentry, welding , driving, weaving , mobile repairing and commuter etc
• Payment has to me regularised and
• System has to be demystified

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39. Photo Clipping

40. This not enough
it Needs………
• sustained handholding
and Our partnership

41. Thanks to Each One
for your kind patience & listening
On behalf of SDTT, Partners

42. Total Fund Received
76.50 lakhs over a period of three years