Annual Report of Activities done in 2015-16

1. ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL & HUMANIZE ACTION
[Regd. No: 2893/94]
Chinturu -507 113, East Godawari District.
Andhra Pradesh. Phone: 08748 285255 Hand phone: 09492381609
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"We believe natural foods and products make people happy forever"
ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16
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1. Trainings on MFP:
Mohwa, Tamarind and Gum Karaya Products:
900 tribal beneficiaries of 30 villages in Telangana State
were trained in “Scientific collection of Mohwa Flower,
Mohwa Seed, Tamarind and Gum Karaya” and value
addition by making nutritious eatable items mohwa
flower jam and laddu, mohwa seed oil, seed removed
tamarind cakes and gum.
Cups out of Bamboo Sheaths:
46 Tribal families of village(1) and Village(2) in Chinturu
Mandal of E.G. District, Andhra Pradesh were trained in
Bio-degradable Bamboo sheath Cup making.
Palmyra Fiber extraction:
52 tribal families of t village(1) and Village(2) in Chinturu
Mandal of E.G. District, A.P. were trained in Palmyra
Fiber extraction
2. Income generation Initiatives:
Collector groups and machinery: Formed two MFP
Collectors Associations in Sirasanapalli and
Tulasipakala villages and provided with Bio-degradable
cup making machine and Palm Fiber separator.
A c h i e v e m e n t s:
900 tribal beneficiaries of 30 villages in Telangana State
were trained in “Scientific collection and value addition to
Mohwa Seed, Mohwa Flower, Tamarind and Gum Karaya”
TRIFED.
46 Tribal families of two villages in Chinturu Mandal of
E.G. District, Andhra Pradesh were trained in Bio-
degradable Bamboo sheath Cup making. DST
52 tribal families of two villages in Chinturu Mandal of
E.G. District, A.P. were trained in Palmyra Fiber extraction.
DST
Formed two MFP Collectors Associations in Sirasanapalli
and Tulasipakala villages and provided with Bio-
degradable cup making machine and Palm Fiber
separator. DST & TRIFED
Organized National Environment Awareness Campaign -
2015 in A.P. Residential Tribal Welfare Junior College,
Yerrampeta. Conducted Essay writing and elocution
competition and distributed winner prizes [Robin Sharma]
books on personality development. MoEF
Organized “PGR Awareness programme cum Bio-diversity Fair”
with 226 tribal farmers of 6 villages. Distributed Agricultural
implements [A unit of 1 Crowbar and 1 spade] for 200 tribal
women farmers. NBPGR
Organized exposure trip of tribal farmers to Horticultural
Research Station, Pandirimamidi and K.V.K. Kalavacherla CTRI
unit.
Organized exposure trip of tribal farmers to Regional
Agricultural Research Station, Chintapalli-Kisan Mela. RARS
Organized Cloth for Work camps in 8 villages in Telangana.
Distributed family kits consisting of clothes, vessels and shoes
for children. Goonj
Organized a study-awareness campaign on Relief and
Rehabilitation package [Polavaram] in Chinturu Mandal.
Keystone Foundation.
Organizing Creche Centre in Terapadu village with 25 children.
APSSWAB.
Demonstration of Conduction Solar Dryer in Asha office,
Yerrampeta.
Sampling on Palmyra Palm and other products:
Palmyrah Palm Tuber powder.
Palmyrah tender nut powder.
Palm Juggery.
Solar dried Curry leaf.
Solar dried Moringa powder.
Solar dried Mohwa Flower.
Mohwa Oil.
Solar dried tender palmyra fruit.
OUR PARTNERS:
Activities successfully carried out during 2015 – 16
Biodegradable Bamboo sheath cup making in
Tulasipakala village

2. SRI. RAMACHANDRU TEJAVATH,
I.A.S., Special representative of
Telangana Government.
Sri. Ramachandru Tejavath, I.A.S,
inaugurated training programme in
Gaddemadugu village on 12th August,
2015. He is very kind to visit interior and
sensitive village even though he cautioned
to not spend much time in the village. But,
Sri. Ramachandru Tejavath garu kind
enough to spend with tribal community
hears their problems and has interaction an
about one hour. He impressed with training
programme Asha/TRIFED arranged in the
village.
He assured to see whether the monopoly of
MFP to GCC will de-recognized, if tribal
community is going to get benefit out of
MFP they collect.
IN WARANGAL
Sri. Ajmeera Seetharam Naik, Member of
Parliament, Mahaboobbad constituency
inaugurated the training programme in
JAKARAM (Tribal Youth Training centre)
on 9th September, 2015. Ms. Vakati.
Karuna, I.A.S, District Collector, Warangal
lighted the lamp of the event. Mr. Sd.
Subhani, Secretary, Asha welcomed the
Guests to the Dias. Mr.M. Bhav Singh,
Deputy General Manager, TRIFED,
Regional Office, Hyderabad, Ministry of
Tribal Affairs, Government of India chaired
the session. He explained about the
training programme and the concept of
area based approach. He assured all his
services to the tribal community in getting
maximum higher price for the commodities
they collect from the natural forests. He
detailed about the services and activities of
the TRIFED in relation to the tribal
development in India
AREA BASED
APPROACH:
Scientific collection
and value addition to
Minor Forest Produce-
Mohwa Flower,
Mohwa Seed,
Tamarind and Gum
Karaya.
AREA COVERED:
20 villages in
Dummugudem
Mandal of Khammam
district and 10 villages
of Eturunagaram-
Mangapet mandal of
Warangal district of
Telangana.
"Empowerment of Tribal women through
income generation from un-tapped Natural
resources by adopting appropriate
technology"
Tribal families supplied Machinery, tools
and equipments for processing and packing
of Palmyra Fiber and Bio degradable Cups
making.
Established training – cum –
demonstration centre to impart technical
inputs for improving the knowledge in
processing for value addition of locally
available Palmyra palm fiber and Bamboo
sheaths.
Empowerment through capacity building
of tribal women in application of appropriate
technology for sustainable management of
Natural Resources.
Promotion of income generation activities
for sustainable livelihoods and linking with
conservation of forest resources and
environmental protection
Established Users Groups among the
MFP collectors for sustainable utilization
and management of common facilities and
natural resources.
Prof: Ajmeera Seetharam Naik, M.P. Mahaboobbad
inauguration of training on Mohwa flower in Jakaram of
warangal district, Telangana.
Sri. Ramachandru Tejavath, I.A.S. appreciating
Mr. Subhani, Secretary Asha for his work.
Biodegradable cups made by trainee
beneficiaries
MOHWA FLOWER,
MOHWA SEED,
TAMARINDD AND
GUM KARAYA
TRAININGS IN FIELD

3. National Environment Awareness Campaign [NEAC] – 2015 organized in A.P.
Residential Tribal Welfare Junior College, Yerrampeta. Conducted Essay
writing And elocution competition on “COMBATING DESERTIFICATION, LAND
DEGRADATION AND DROUGHT” to the students of 1st and 2nd Intermediate and
distributed winner prizes [Robin Sharma] books On personality development.
“PGR Awareness programme cum Bio-diversity Fair” organized with 226
Tribal farmers of 6 villages. Distributed Agricultural implements [A unit of 1 Crowbar and 1 spade] to 200 tribal
women farmers. A display of Indigenous [land races] seeds Arranged by the NBPGR [National Bureau of Plant
Generic Resources], Hyderabad. Sub Divisional Forest Officer, Sri. Srinivas attended as chief guest to the
programme. Dr. Sarath Babu, Principal Scientist, Head of NBPGR explained about the importance of the indigenous
seeds and their preservation. He appealed to the community to let them know any variety of old and peculiar seed
so that NBPGR take responsibility of preserve and propagate for the benefit of future generations.
EXPOSURE TO FARMERS: Organized exposure trip for 38 tribal farmers of 3 villages from Chinturu Mandal to
Krishi Vignana Kendra, Centre for Rural Industries, Kalavacharla and Horticulture Research Station, Pandirimadi
towards to get exposure on Palmyrah Palm Fiber extraction, Bio-degradable cup making. Met scientists working in
the two centers and had meetings, demonstration of machinery.
Exposure to Chintapalle area by attending Kisan Mela at Regional Agricultural Research Station.
CLOTH FOR WORK: Organized common activity in the village like cleaning drainage of Bore wells, Road repairs,
internal roads cleaning and wooden bridges in 8 villages of Khammam and East Godawari districts under Cloth for
Work programme with the help of Goonj.
CRECHE CENTRE : Running a Creche centre in Terapadu village for migrant families. 25 children are attending to
centre while their mothers go for farm work or collection of Minor Forest Produce. As in previous years we arranged
Raagi [Finger millet] malt for children. Few Villagers sick and old also got benefit of the centre.
Conserving nature is major part
of our life .K. Kumari…
Exposure visit: Sri. Sudhakar, Senior Technical Officer, KVK interaction with community
Palmyra Fiber extraction and Palm fronds collection
Prizes to winners of NEAC 2015
Photos of “PGR Awareness programme cum Bio-diversity Fair”
Cloth for work in Geddamadugu
village.

4. STUDY AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON R & R PACKAGE:
The Polavaram Dam Project was due to displace 2, 37,000 people
according to the 2001 census. By now, a decade later, the population
has grown considerably in the project affected villages. According to
three surveys carried out till date, the tribal population constitutes 53.17%
to 61.11%. The Koya and Konda Reddy population at a conservative
estimate of 53% constitute 1, 25,610. The Dalit SC community constitutes
12.5% of the population amounting to 29,625. As per the Constitution,
if more than 50,000 tribal’s are to be displaced, a Constitutional Amend-
ment is necessary to get approval for the project. In the above case
more than 1, 00,000 ST populations will be displaced. To date, no efforts
have been made in Parliament to make necessary changes in the Law.
In the context government started Land acquisition process under Polavaram project in submergence
Mandals, but it’s not implementing properly. There are many gaps to be filled to obtain the significant
implementation of the act. The total submergence area come under 5th scheduled. So Asha (Local
NGO) initiated a study on implementation of The right to fair compensation and transparency in land
acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (No. 30 of 2013 (R & R) in Polavaram submergence
area in Chintur madal. In Chintur mandal as per original submergence list Government mentioned
27 Villages now in the selection of packages list Government showing only 14 villages. Out of that
government distributed package for land in 6 villages. We conducted survey in these 6 villages.
Sl.
No.
Name of the
Mandal
No of Villages Submerge
Villages data as
Stated (Original)
bifurcation list
as per
Polavara
m SDC
(LA) Unit-
II, Bcm
villages
Villag
es not
listed
for
R&R
Population in
Submerge
VillagesInhabit
ed
Un-
inha
bite
d
Tot
al
1 Vararamachandra
puram
54 8 62 42 35 7
31,576
2 Kunavaram 48 8 56 56 20 36
27,056
3 Chintur 80 9 89 27 14 13 20,439
4 Bhadrachalam/
Yettapaka
63 8 71 24 13 11
28,757
TOTAL 245 33 278 149 82 67 107,828
Villages missing in Land Acquisition list as per G.O.Ms. No: 111 Irrigation & CAD (LA.IV.R.R.I), 27th June, 2005
CONDUCTION SOLAR DRYER: This
year we added a Conduction Solar
Dryer with the help of Prof; Ratan
Mulchandani. We are using it for
demonstration purpose at our office.
Installed and dried Mohwa flower, Curry
leaf, tendar Palm fruit ,Moringa leaf and
processed, packed for trial market.
Asha Annual Report 2015-
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project affected family head of chuturu
village
Installation of Conduction Solar Dryer and drying Mohwa flower by Prof: V.V.N. Rao, Honorary President, Asha.