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Current Programmes of BSSK

CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME

BSSK continued to conduct the Child Sponsorship Programme started in 1989 supported by Children International (CI) Kansas City, USA, through SAHAY, Kolkata.

The aim of the Programme is to developing an environment for the growth of a "Healthy Educated Self-Reliant Youth". Although poor children and youth are the main focus in the Programme, the families are being assisted socially and economically. There are 1257 sponsored children in the programme as on 31 March 2010.

Programme Elements

HEALTH AND SANITATION

The following health related services were provided during the year to the community:
 Daily charitable clinic services for sponsored families along with free medicines.
 Daily charitable clinic services for non-sponsored families especially for poor people along with free medicines.
 Annual health check up for all sponsored children
 Referral treatment facilities for all sponsored children.
 Installation of tube wells for provision of safe drinking water.
 Primary health education for all segments of community people.
 Growth monitoring for all sponsored children below 12 years age group.
 Ante-natal and post-natal services for pregnant and lactating mothers.
 Development of all adolescents in the community.
 Family welfare and planning advice for all the targeted population,
 Provision for diarrhea management and control,
 Provision for prevention of worm infection,
 Provision for use of local herbal medicines for treatment against common ailments
 Provision of sanitary napkin to the adolescent girls.

Charitable Clinics

Homoeopathy
Clinic Centre Number of Days Number of Sponsored Patients Number of Non-sponsored patients
Baikunthapur Sishu Seva Kendra 249 3508 8905
Nagenabad Sanibar Bazar 111 416 927
Binodpur Ambikanagar 117 461 538

Daily Homoeopathy Charitable Clinic was conducted at Baikunthapur Sishu Seva Kendra by B.H.M.S. doctor from Monday to Saturday from 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

We conducted two Outreach Charitable Homoeo Clinics at the house of Tapan Naiya (3 days in a week) and Nagenabad Sanibar Bazar (2 days in a week) by a D.H.M.S. doctor

 
Allopathy
Clinic Centre Number of Days Number of Sponsored Patients Number of Non-sponsored patients
Baikunthapur Sishu Seva Kendra 36 819 97

The allopathy clinic is used as a referral unit of Homoeopathy clinic. Weekly allopath clinic is running at Baikunthapur Sishu Seva Kendra on Tuesday and Wednesday. We are running weekly allopathy clinic by an M.B.B.S. doctor. We have referred patients to the specialists and govt. hospitals from our allopath clinic as and when required.

Health Care Services

 Annual Health Check-up for Sponsored Children/Youth 560
 Referral Treatment Facilities (No. of Patients) 95
 De-worming Tablets Distribution 5346
 Ante-natal Check-up 15
 Dental referral 49

Hygiene & Health Education Activities

We provided 2880 packets of sanitary napkins for 433 school going girls, among which were 238 sponsored girls, for better menstrual hygiene. The youth group supervises the distribution. These girls are made aware about menstrual hygiene. Primary Health Education Awareness was conducted for 130 Sponsored Children.

 
Medical Interventions for Sponsored Children
Particulars No. of Sponsored Children
Nasal Polyp 03
Appendicitis 05
Hernia 04
Tongue-tie 01
Phymosis 07
Tumer 02
Piles 01

Medical Assistance for Parents of Sponsored Children

BSSK provided financial support for medical intervention for principal wage earners of 19 sponsored families from Government hospitals and specialist doctors.

Youth Health Corps Training

Seven sponsored youths received adolescent health training. They in turn imparted this training to 298 youth.

EDUCATION

We provided the following support:
 School supplies for children
 School fees for all sponsored children as well as for some poor non-sponsored children
 Awareness to prevent school drop-out.
 
EDUCATION MATERIALS PROVIDED DURING THE YEAR
Details of Item No. of Sponsored Children
Books, Exercise, Books, Pens etc. 484
School Fees 368
Shoes 1297
Tongue-tie 01
School Kit 1149

NUTRITION

Provision of supplementary nutrient food for 2nd and 3rd grade malnourished sponsored children of age groups 3 yrs. to 5 yrs., 6 yrs, to 11 yrs.
Monthly growth monitoring for all sponsored children of 2nd and 3rd grade.
Quarterly growth monitoring for all 1St grade and normal grade sponsored children below 12 years age group and 12 yrs. to 15 yrs. age group.
Nutrition education for all children and adolescent youth in the community.
Nutrition education for all community mothers.
 
Type of Support Sponsored Participant
Special Nutrition Food Supplement 61
Dry food 29
Nutrition Education for Mothers 321
Nutrition Education Classes for Children 315

We provided growth monitoring for all below 12 years age group, 2nd and 3rd grade sponsored children monthly at our office.

FAMILY ASSISTANCE

Clothing and Kitchen Utensils provided during the year
Particulars No of Beneficiaries
Bed sheet & 2 pillow covers 1072
Jacket 1396
Mosquito net 1102

SPECIAL NEEDS & GIFTS DONATION FROM SPONSORS

Sometimes some sponsors send some special donations to his/her adopted children for special clothing's, essential beddings, furniture, kitchen utensils etc. also send some fund towards construction/improvement of shelter of sponsored families. The sponsors also send some fund towards income generation project to enhance family income as well as to improve standard of living of their adopted families.

Details of Utilization of Special Needs Donations:

 
Particulars No. of Sponsored Families
Solar Light 05
Van Rickshaw 01
Poultry 01
Process rice making 09
Steel Furniture (Almirah) 01
Goatery (IGP) 01
Vegetables (IGP) 01
Fishing net (IGP) 10
Home repairing 04
Spl coaching 06
Household materials 42
Bedding 46
Clothing 146
Kitchen utensils 225
Wooden bed 01
Home furnishing 95
Playing kids 01

YOUTH GROUP ACTIVITIES

52 Youth Groups were organized with the help of teenagers. The objective of the groups is to create self-reliant youth and to improve leadership skills among them. Youth group members received training to increase their skill and knowledge as follows:

 
 Organizing regular meeting
 Leadership training
 Participation in art contest
 Participation in central youth council
 Youth group budget making

The youth group donated school books worth Rs 60,000 to 177 sponsored and 36 non sponsored children (from Class V to XII).

CHILD GROUP ACTIVITIES

 Organizing regular meeting
 Participation in art contest

LIVELIHOOD FOR SPONSORED MOTHERS

We provided food and grocery items for five sponsored families for nine months. These families were selected on the basis of the number of family members and monthly income

 

ii) TRICKLE-UP PROGRAMME OF U.S.A. THROUGH TRICKLE-UP, KOLKATA

The Trickle-Up Programme was started in 2008 continued with hundred poor families at Bhubaneswari village of Gurguria-Bhubaneswari Gram Panchayat.

Objectives of the programme are as follows:

 To organize & empower neglected poor women specially widows through SHG groups. To insist the groups to create     savings for every group members.
 To provide micro-credit system among the group members from their savings.
 To provide capacity building of poor group mothers by various training suitable for them.
 To provide small IGP support to selected mother to enhance their family income substantially.
 To linkage the group with Banks to avail loan, subsidy and other facilities for extension of business for group members.
 To increase the respect of neglected women in their families.
 To lead the group members to self-sufficiency by increasing their family income gradually.

A grant of Rs. 4,400/- was provided to each beneficiary as livelihood support. Through this support the income of the women has increased substantially. These women, as members of SHGs, have saved Rs. 30/- per month from their own income. Now they are receiving micro credit from their own SHG fund to increase their business. Respect for the women in their families has increased.

Details of support of Trickle Up programme provided to hundred women during financial year 2009-10:

 
Trade No of Beneficiaries
Livestock (Cows, Goats, Sheep's etc) 13
Agriculture (Mortgage/Lease land) 85
Pisciculture 02

iii) RAIN WATER HARVESTING THROUGH LAND SHAPING SCHEME OF SUNDARBAN DEVELOPMENT BOARD, GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Our society has been selected by Sundarban Development Board for execution of "Rain Water Harvesting through land shaping scheme" in 2008.

Objectives of the programme are as follows:

 To preserve surface water as well as excess rain water through pond excavation.
 To develop low land to a proper height for purpose of crop production in multiple way.
 To increase production of Paddy.
 To increase production of vegetable as well as fruits.
 To increase production offish by proper pisciculture in newly excavated land.
 To convert monocrop land into multicrop land.
 To improve socio-economic condition of poor farmers by enhancing their income in multiple way through the scheme.

We have extended our activities under the scheme in Patharpratima, Mathurapur I & II beside our Kultali block.

A grant of Rs. 4,400/- was provided to each beneficiary as livelihood support. Through this support the income of the women has increased substantially. These women, as members of SHGs, have saved Rs. 30/- per month from their own income. Now they are receiving micro credit from their own SHG fund to increase their business. Respect for the women in their families has increased.

During the financial year 2009-10 we have excavated 139 ponds in the aforesaid four blocks. Details of the ponds excavated during the year are as follows:

 
Type of Pond No. of pond excavated
A (4 kathas) 63
B (6 kathas) 28
C (8 kathas) 12
D (12 kathas) 06

After Aila we conducted a dewatering exercise in Maipith Baikunthapur and Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP by removing saline water from 1048 ponds.

iv) Alternative Livelihood Programme funded by WWF India, Sundarban Programme Office

Objectives:
 To preserve surface water as well as excess rain water through pond excavation.
 To reduce poor families dependency on forests and rivers.
 To create awareness about conservation of nature as well as preservation of
 Biodiversity of Sundarban area.
 To arrange alternative livelihood for nature dependant poor families.
 To insist people/groups for mangrove/tree plantation suitable for the area.
 To create better environment in Sundarban areas.
 To prevent unwilling clash people with wild animals.
 To organize poor people through SHGs.
 To provide capacity building of SHG members regarding their alternative livelihood IGP support.
 To guide and assist the SHG group members socio economic self sufficiency.

We selected Nagenabad and Kishorimohanpur villages for WWF programme because more than 60% of families in these villages depend on the surrounding rivers and local forests of Sundarban for their livelihood. They collect wood from the Sundarban forests and catch fish, crabs, shrimp seeds from nearby rivers. During the year we provided alternative livelihood support for 36 families of Kishorimohanpur village. We organized 6 SHGs at Kishorimohanpur village and provided the members the necessary training for the functioning of these SHGs.

Alternative livelihood support provided for 36 poor families in Kishorimohanpur village

 
Trade No of targeted families
Paddy to rice making 06
Poultry 05
Piggery 04
Birds hatchery 01
Goatery 06
Small business 03
Egg business 01
Received land mortgaged for Agriculture 05
Paddy Business 02
Paddle Van 03

As part of the programme till now, we have provided Rs 6,000/- to Rs 16,000/- for alternative livelihood option for 98 families.

V) ANTI TRAFFICKING PROGRAMME OF SAVE THE CHILDREN-BRB THROUGH CINI

 Kultali is a trafficking zone for adolescent girls. Poor adolescent girls are being trafficked from here to Kolkata and other cities to work as domestic help. These girls are forced to leave school due to poverty. We are trying to create a trafficking free zone on our island. We opened two new Bridge Course centers at Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP to prevent trafficking of school drop out girls at Uttar Debipur and Maddhya Gurguria villages. This brings the number of bridge course centers run by us on the island to six. We successfully brought back 33 working adolescent girls from Kolkata. They have been admitted to our bridge course schools. We also admitted 158 school drops out girls, who were vulnerable to being trafficked to our bridge course schools. After completion of one year's education in bridge course centres 41 students will be mainstreamed into formal schools. 45 adolescent girls have received vocational training in tailoring. We have set up anti-trafficking committees at Maipith Baikunthapur and Gurguria Bhubaneswari GPs to prevent trafficking of adolescent girls from Maipith Island. We are conducting a mass campaign in the community to prevent trafficking. The parents, school going children, teachers, Panchayet members,political leaders, local ICDS and ANM staff played a vital role in preventing trafficking as well as in the implementation of the project. A "Sishu Mela" was organized for the bridge course centre girls and community children to demonstrate their talents in recitation, dance, music, drama, sports and games, drawing etc. The adolescent girls celebrated the day very cheerfully.

vi) "STRENGTHENING MAINSTREAM LOCAL INSTITUTIONS" FUNDED BY SIR DORABJI TATA TRUST

Objectives of the project are as below:
 To create awareness among the people including the members of mainstream local institution (MLIs) regarding their role and responsibilities. The MLIs are Gram Unnayan Samity (GUS), Village Education Committees (VEC) ,Sishu Siksha Kendra Management committee(SSKMC), ICDS Management Committee (ICDSMC) and Sub Health Centre Committee (SHCC) at sub-Gram Panchayat level.
 To create demand by the people for the better governance and overall development.
 To capacitate mainstream local institutions (MLIs) through trainings, meetings, seminars exposure trip, etc. to become more effective.
 To establish effective linkage between MLIs and their counterpart institutions at GP and Block level so that necessary supports and resources flow to them.

Project area
The project covers the entire Maipith Island comprising Maipith Baikunthapur (MB) and Gurguria Bhubaneswari (GB) Gram Panchayats.
Number of Mainstream Local Institutions in the two GPs with whom the project engaged in the last one year:
 
Name of MLIs Number in MB GP Number in GB GP
Gram Unnyan Samity (GUS) 32 15 17
Village Education Committee (VEC) 32 15 17
Sishu Siksha Committee (SSKMC) 19 05 14
Sub Health Centre (SHCC) 11 05 06
ICDS Centers 89 43 46

Project activities

Base line survey:
We conducted a baseline survey of these MLIs to know their present status and condition. The baseline report reflects the gaps in formation, and activities of the said MLIs. This helped us to design a clear activity plan for us for one year and more to plug the gaps of these committees. The critical gaps found were

1) Non formation of the committee
2) Lack of awareness of the committee members about their roles and responsibilities,
3) Lack of knowledge of ordinary citizen about these committees and their purposes,
4) Coterie formation within the committees,
5) Lack of interest of the main executive functionary about functioning of the committees,
6) Lack of any clear direction, etc. The baseline provided us with clear data of all these committees on these issues, and we could rank them on merit.
Exposure trip:
In order to gain first hand knowledge of how a CSO can work with Gram Panchayats and its various sub Panchayat level MLIs, we conducted an exposure visit to Loka Kalyan Parishad, Bolpur to understand how they worked with Panchayats for nearly 10 years. We took the GP functionaries and local political leaders with us. This provided us the first set of clues as to how to engage with GPs and its MLIs, particularly the GUS. Next we wanted to show the committee members how and what the good MLIs are doing and so had arranged two exposure trips for four days for our eleven SDTT staff along with 32 VEC to Swanirvar, Baduria, 24 Pgs (N) from 9th to 12th September 2009 for 11 VEC members and 4 teachers for Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP. We had arranged a second exposure from 8th to 11th November 2009 for 10 VEC members and 8 teachers for Maipith Baikunthapur GP to Swarnirvar. This helped them to understand what a good VEC can do and generated a lot of interest among them to do accordingly. Similar exposure trips were done again to Kalchini, in North Bengal to know how the various MLIs are acting together.

Throughout the year we tried to activate and empower the existing MLIs through regular meetings, trainings, workshops, etc. The details of meeting conducted by MLIs during the year as follows:-
 
Name of MLIs Nos. of meeting held
Gram Unnyan Samiti (GUS) 122
Village Education Committee (VEC) 97
Sishu Siksha Kendra (SSKMC) 115
Sub Health Centre (SHCMC) 23

Details of training/workshop held during the year for the said five MLIs:

 
Name of MLIs Training/Workshop Duration (day)
GUS 02 01
GUS 08 ½
VEC 12 ½
SHC 07 ½
SSK 09 ½
ICDS 05 5
AWARENESS:
During the year we conducted regular awareness meetings with the five MLIs. We have used lectures, posters, leaflets, banners, display of flex, along with LCD shows for better management of MLIs, to increase participation of community people in MLIs, to make people aware about various Government facilities/schemes/benefits and to avail the benefits of the schemes to the poor common people. We have also conducted LCD shows on a regular basis with our five MLIs meetings for better awareness and information to mass people. Details of awareness materials used during the year are as follows:-
 
Name of awareness system No. of material of used
Flex display 398
Poster 4000
Leaflet/Handbill 7000
Banner 48
LCD Show 37
MLI Conference:
We conducted a one day MLI conference of Maipith Baikunthapur GP on 30th Jan 2010 and Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP on 31stJanuary 2010. Panchayat experts like Dr. Sujit Sinha and Health Expert Dilip Banerjee (Officer on Special Duty, Public Health Cell, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal) were present. Attendance of members of Maipith Baikunthapur GP was almost 90% and at Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP was almost 100%. The members present expressed their views on what was needed to make the MLIs effective. It was a platform for them to express their views, their satisfaction, their unhappiness and their demands. The conference was quite successful in terms of participation, frank exchange of views, and determining future directions. We utilized the conference to take stock of the incoming participant's views on several matters through a simple questionnaire survey. The report has helped BSSK to disseminate information across various stakeholders.
FUND SUPPORT TO MLIs
We transferred Rs.600,000/- to each GP for use of MLIs according to their plan and budget. We transferred the fund for 4 MLIs, excluding the ICDS committee. We are unable to form ICDS committee at the two GPs. The MLIs have started work according to their plan. All MLIs members are participating in the implementation process. We are closely monitoring it. Brief plan of the MLIs for fund utilization is given as below.
Maipith Baikunthapur GP:
SSK: Construction of Classrooms-1, Construction of Kitchen-2, Construction of store room-2,
VEC: Flooring, Construction of classroom-2, Xerox machine & story book-2, TLM-3, Furniture-3, Remedial teaching -1
SHC: Construction, Furniture, Weight Machine-4
GUS: Road repairing-4, Culvert Const-2, Tube well Platform const-2, Health camp & Agricultural training-2, Study materials for poor students-1, Support for SHGs-2, Furniture to ICDS-2
Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP:
SSK: Construction of Classrooms-1, Construction of Kitchen-2, Furniture & infrastructure-8, TLM & Kitchen Utensils, etc-3
VEC: Flooring of classroom- 1, TLM & Sports materials- 03,Boundary walls around of school 01, Latrine repair & others 06, Tiles & Asbestos 03
GUS: Sanitary mart - 07 Road repairing (raising)-& Tube well Platform const-05, Furniture to ICDS-2, Culvert - 02, Latrine Construction - 01

For all the above construction activities the concerned committees have provided matching grants.

New initiative by SSK committee:
This year the SSK committee of Maipith Baikunthapur and Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP has started annual sports for SSK children with the active support of BSSK. One day events were successfully organized by the SSK Committee which provided cost of food and other materials.
Enrichment training for staff
We arranged a series of staff training to define their role and responsibilities in this innovative project. Issues that were covered were: How to deal with Panchayat leaders, staff and MLIs members? How to strengthen the MLIs? How to make the MLIs more active. We have trained all staff with regard to their job responsibilities. Summary of staff training is given below:-
 
# of staff training Duration of training (days) # of staff involved
01 03 11
03 02 11
02 01 03
Linkage with Government offices and other NGOs:

During the year we created a good linkage with Government offices like B.D.O Kultali, B.M.O.H-Kultali, School Inspector-Kultali, Block Sabhapati-Kultali, Zila Parishad-South 24 Parganas, District Public Health department-24 Parganas (S), State Public Health department, West Bengal, State Panchayat Department, C.M.O.H 24 Pgs (S), Sundarban Development Board, Govt. of West Bengal, etc for successful implementation of the project. Beside Government offices we have also set up a good linkage with some NGOs as Lok Kalyan Parishad,Kolkata and other branches, Swanirvar, Baduria, Child In Need Institute, Pailan, WWF-West Bengal State Office and Sundarban Project Office, Trickle Up-Kolkata, SAHAY, Kolkata, Save The Children (SCF),Kolkata, etc for better planning, successful implementation and better monitoring of the project.

 The project is encouraging citizens to attend Gram Sabha meetings through regular public announcements, film shows and street-side meetings.

 They are making people aware about the functions of the MLIs through banners and hoardings which have been put up in strategic places like the Panchayat office, Health Centre etc.

Changes that have occurred due to the project intervention:

 The MLI Conference was very well attended. Local people from all walks of life like fisherfolk, farmers, school teachers, SHG workers, ICDS workers, government officials participated.
 A good rapport has been built between the Gram Panchayat functionaries and line staff and BSSK.

Challenge:

 Need to improve working relationship with ICDS and VEC. The relationship is being hindered due to lack of inter-departmental coordination.

 

vii) INCOME GENERATION PROJECT SUPPORT FOR POOR SHG MOTHERS BY MR HRISHIKESH CHOWDHURI - A NON-RESIDENT INDIAN

Mr. Hrishikesh Chowdhuri, a retired engineer living in the USA, is very keen to improve socio-economic status of poor village women by organizing them through SHGs. He has provided "Seed Capital" as income generation support to empower them and help them to achieve sustainable economic growth. With his support, more than 30 SHGs have created a revolving fund with which they assist their group members to conduct small businesses.

The income generation activities supported during the year were:

 
Name of Trade No. of Beneficiaries
Goat Rearing 12
Poultry 08
Pisciculture 08
Vegetable Cultivation 07
Paddy Cultivation 01
Zari Work 01
Betel Leaf cultivation 03
Release of Mortgaged Land 02
Making Rice from Paddy 03
Vegetable Business 04
Puffed Rice making 01
Dairy 03
Shoe repairing 01
Bed items Making 04
Sweetmeat Business 01
Fishing Net 02
Sweetmeat Business 01
Grocery 01
Sweetmeat Business 01
Readymade Garment Business 02
Ornament Making 02
Bamboo item making 02
Van Rickshaw 01
Stationary shop 01
Activities of Baruipur office of BSSK

During the year we used our Baruipur office building as a student's hostel. Six poor rural college students stay here and pursue higher education. We also use the building as a city residence of our office staff as they frequently come to Kolkata for official work.

SUBHAS HALDER SMRITI PATHAGAR

The public library is also continuing its services as a source of mental refreshment to the local villages. They lend books on fiction, poetry, literature, religion, agriculture, fishery, animal husbandry etc.

EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE

Our motor-boat "Nivedita" extended its services as an emergency ambulance to the villagers in distress for carrying snake bite patients, delivery and other emergency patients to the nearest Raidighi Hospital. It was also used for carrying goods for sponsorship programme as well as carrying visitors from Raidighi to the Island. Sometimes, especially in winter season, we have allowed others to rent launch for visits to the Sundarban.

AILA RELIEF

On 25th May 2009 a severe cyclone along with heavy rain rushed in from Bay of Bengal to Sundarban. It started at 9 am and continued till 11 pm. The cyclone and heavy rain created heavy tidal waves which washed away mud embankments at the riverside and flooded much of the Sundarban area including our Maipith Island. The mud wall cottages were totally washed away and the people were homeless. All ponds and agricultural lands were flooded with saline water, the vegetables and crops were totally destroyed and some domestic animals died. The homeless people took shelter in school buildings, flood centers etc. We conducted a community kitchen for 2000 people for Maipith Baikunthapur GP from 27th May with help of CINI-Child In Need Institute and WWF-India. The community kitchens were maintained by the local Panchayet along with "Sarbadal Committee". Details of Aila relief support provided by various NGOs through Baikunthapur Sishu Seva Kendra are given below.

From SAHAY SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME

Emergency prepared food for 7446 community people for four days
Items Quantity (in kg)
Rice 4545
Mung dal 500
Mosur dal 500
Mustard oil 150
Potatoes 1500
Pumpkins 1006
Onion 305
Spice 20
Salt 75

LIVELIHOOD FOOD SUPPORT FOR NON SPONSORED COMMUNITY PEOPLE

 
Items Quantity (in kg) No. of Families
Rice 3400 249
Pulses 350 249

LIVELIHOOD FOOD SUPPORT FOR 173 SPONSORED FAMILIES FOR 45 DAYS

 
Items Quantity (in kg)
Rice 25950
Mung dal 1297.5
Mosur dal 1297.5
Mustard oil 778.5
Bengal Gram 778.5
Potatoes 7785
Puffed Rice 2595
Soyabean 390

LIVELIHOOD FOOD SUPPORT FOR 41 SPONSORED FAMILIES FOR 15 DAYS

 
Items Quantity (in kg)
Rice 1770
Dal 163
Mustard oil 81
Potatoes 195
Puffed Rice 490
Bengal Gram 49
Soyabean 40.5

LIVELIHOOD FOOD SUPPORT FOR 22 SPONSORED FAMILIES FOR 15 DAYS

Items Quantity (in kg)
Rice 759

TUBEWELL

We installed five tubewells for AILA affected community people at below locations:
1) Binodpur Mannapara
2) Binodpur Char 3 no para
3) Uttar Baikunthapur 4 no para
4) Dakshin Baikunthapur ICDS centre
5) Kishorimohanpur Purba parui gheri

AILA RELIEF BY CINI (CHILD IN NEED INSTITUTE)
Vill-Daulatpur, P.,O-Pailan, South 24 Pgs

Community Kitchen

For Maipith Baikunthapur GP:
# of heads covered Items provided # of meals in a day # of community kitchen centers Name of villages
2000 Rice, Dal and Sabji 20 06 Nagenabad & B/Ambikanagar
500 Rice, Dal and Sabji 15 01 Nabanabad Muslimpara
Other Support:
Polythene sheets 200 pcs
Lime 250 kgs
Bleaching 50 kgs
ORS packets 3000 kgs
Dresses 115 heads
Halogen tab 10000 pks
Medicines for treatment of Diarrhoea, common cold etc 2500 people

Community Kitchen

For Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP:
# of heads covered Items provided # of meals in a day # of community kitchen centers Name of villages
2000 Rice, Dal and Sabji 5 06 Bhubeswari, Debipur, Purba & Maddhya Gurguria
Other Support:
Polythene sheets 400 pcs
Lime 100 kgs
Bleaching 30 kgs
ORS packets 2000 kgs
Medicines for treatment of Diarrhoea, common cold etc At Primary Health Centre 2000 people
Steel plate-2, Glass-2 Bowl-2, Plastic mat-1 400 families

Aila Relief From Sir Dorabji Tata Trust project

 
# of families covered Items provided & quantity/family Name of GP
1997 Rice-14.3 Kg, Musur Dal-1.5 kg Maipith Baikunthapur

Aila Relief From WWF project for Maipith Baikunthapur GP

 
# of heads covered Items provided # of days # of meals in a day # of community kitchen centers Name of villages
600 Rice, Dal and Sabji 8 weeks 2 1 Nagenabad Muslim Para

Other support from WWF project:
Mosquito net 144 pcs for 144 families
Bleaching 1200 kg
Lime 4800 kg
Aila Relief From WWF project for Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP
Polythene 800 pcs
 
Aila Relief From SCF Project

Multi color dresses for 440 school going children for each Maipith Baikunthapur GP and Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP

We run the community kitchen with the help of Maipith Baikunthapur and Gurguria Bhubaneswari GP. The community kitchens were run by "Sarbadal Committee" of the two GPs. We distributed dry food, polythene, dresses, mosquito nets, medicines etc according to the list provided by the Sarbadal Committees led by two Panchayats. There was an outbreak of diarrhea in the Aila affected areas. We provided medicines to Bhubaneswari Primary Health Centre (PHE) for treatment of diarrhea patients and other health hazards after diarrhea. We had also arranged para-wise awareness camps in the affected villages to prevent diarrhea and other health problems.

 

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Future Programme
 
i) We plan to extend our work to other blocks of Sundarban as well as other districts of West Bengal. The activities we wish to undertake are:
 
ii) To extend livelihood programmes to other parts of the Sundarban.
 
iii) To work on biodiversity conservation in the Sundarban.
 
iv) Initiate programmes in urban areas on child labour prevention and prevention of sexual abuse of neglected women and children. This work could be coordinated from the BSSK office in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas.

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