PROGRAM1

The key purpose of this Project is-

To enhance the capacity of socially excluded community and the people in the area so that they can demand and access the entitlements meant for them & to make service providers more responsive & accountable to socially excluded groups through advocacy & engagement with the administration at block, district & state level.

Awareness, Capacity Building, Networking, Advocacy, Dissemination, Liaisoning (with administration & stake holders at block, district & state level)

• Establishment of Project Management Cell
• Base line survey
• Induction & exposure of Project staff
• Refreshers of Project staff on thematic areas
• Training of Project staff on village level action plan/Social audit
• Formation of Community based organizations
• Training of community members/CBOs on thematic areas
• Social drives to sensitize the socially excluded communities
• Capacity building of socially excluded group on Village Level Action Plan/Social audit
• Preparation of village action plan
• Community sensitization & wall writing
• Drives to promote accessibility to specific social security schemes
• Sensitization of PRIs on social exclusion & other issues
• Regular interaction with the community groups
• Activation of VHSC & sensitization of local health workers
• Meeting of Joint project management committee of implementation team & service providers
• Validation of findings of base line survey
• Preparation of resource directory
• Organizing social audits
• Organizing public hearing & interface meetings
• Liaison with Musher groups & other networks on MNREGA & Health
• Regular interface with District Health Society/MNREGA officials
• Process documentation of the activities, experiences & learning
• District level workshop to disseminate best practices

• Facilitated the legal proceedings in favour of the individuals victimised under SC/ST atrocities. More than 8 cases of rape, untouchability, using derogatory remarks have been tackled by the organisation so far.
• 860 Musher children have been enrolled & got attached to the main stream of education.
• 156 Mahila Sangharsh Manch is formed.
• 8310 application submitted for the registration under MNREGA, 4229 registration have done under MNREGA, 3435 job card holder got job within 15 days of applying.
• 1270 RTI application submitted on different issues.
• 1580 JSY payment issued within 1 week of delivery.
• 1375 application submitted for old age and widow pension, 980 people got pension of old age and widow.
• 120 blanket distributed by the DM Kushinagar in PACS targeted area of Musher community.
• 105 adolescent girls trained through tailoring and sewing.
• 54 non going Musher children were enrolled in school.
• 40 Musher families land were hand over to them on lease with the support of DM Kushinagar.
• Education-
  Women from women organization were been selected for SMC – 111 schools were covered
• As a pilot project SKEVS has started Mushroom Farming in 3 villages of Kushinagar which is an initiative taken by SKEVS for livelihood.
• SKEVS has made strong reach in government departments & getting its full support & cooperation either in organizing project activities or additional support related to Mushers right. SKVS is taking full advantage of this support in providing government schemes on livelihood & health to the vulnerable.
• CBOs formation-100 (under PACS)
• Total families covered-15400