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ANNUAL REPORT
Solidarity For Developing Communities (SFDC)Hillpatna, Berhampur
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Passed out 12th batch Human Harmonisers
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ANNUAL REPORT
2015-2016
Solidarity For Developing Communities (SFDC)Hillpatna, Berhampur-5, District-Ganjam, Odisha
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sfdcbam@gmail.com, Website: www.sfdc-org.in
Human Harmonisers’ Day Celebration Human Harmoniser receiving prize
batch Human Harmonisers Passed out 12th batch Human Harmonisers
Children taking Midday Meal in Schools School Children Playing Play for Peace
Solidarity For Developing Communities (SFDC)
Human Harmoniser receiving prize
batch Human Harmonisers
School Children Playing Play for Peace
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SOLIDARITY FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES (SFDC) ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR – 2015-2016
Introduction:
Solidarity For Developing Communities (SFDC) have been working very intensively for the
development of the poor, marginalized and deprived Adivasi, Dalit and OBC communities belonging
to most remote and mountainous districts i.e. Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam and Rayagada of
Southern Odisha. The focus was to strengthen the socio-economic condition of these communities
by providing them with quality education starting from pre-school level to higher education level
and further leading them to come out as professionals to contribute towards their families and
community as Human Harmonisers. This will result in actualizing the Vision and Mission of the
organization. During the past years the organizations has never hesitated to deal with much difficult
situations and have overcome it by developing new strategic plans. Despite the difficulties, it has
moved forward to achieve the objectives and goals of the programme with a slogan “A Journey of
Education for Peace and Spirituality”.
Our Vision
We want a peaceful and progressive society to evolve where there is solidarity for all human beings
and there is ecological balance that ensures Physical, Mental and Spiritual Growth of everybody by
sharing the Earth equally now and keeping it sustained for eternity.
Our Mission
Solidarity for Developing Communities endeavours to build peace, communal harmony and
spirituality among the men and women of Adivasi, Dalit and other communities through a process of
development intervention and non-violent conflict transformation within a broad framework of
sustainable community development approach.
Our Belief
We strongly believe that Peace and Development are closely interlinked and cannot exist without
each other. We need lasting Peace for which one needs Sustainable Development with Justice. We
know that if development fails conflict happens where poor and marginalized communities
especially from Adivasis and Dalit communities suffer most. We also believe that Spirituality
generates virtues to lessen sufferings which help bring Peace and Development.
Our Core Values
• Spirituality
• Active non-violence
• Integrity cum Authenticity
• Honesty & Truthfulness
• Commitment
• Solidarity
• Participation
• Inclusiveness
• Partnership
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Professionalism
• Volunteerism
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Our Governance Body:
The Management Board of SFDC has played an active role in reviewing the achievement of the
vision, mission and goal of the organization; makes new strategies and policies for the smooth
functioning of the organization and has provided moral support and guidance to the staffs and
beneficiaries of the organization.
In this financial year, there was no change in the governance structure of the organization. The
organization’s General Body consisted of 19 members and 11 Management Board members. The list
of General Body and Management Board members are as below:
General Body Members Management Board Members
1. Dr. Mrs Manorama Devi
2. Dr. M.K.Nanda
3. Mr. Bijayananda Singh
4. Mr. Sadananda Uthansingh
5. Dr. Sarat Chandra Nayak
6. Mr. Livinous Kindo
7. Mr. Isaac Behera
8. Mr. Suresh Chandra Bisoyi
9. Mr. Bal Krushna Rajguru
10. Mr. Mohammad Abdul Sattar Tayub
11. Dr. Sukriya Nayak
12. Mrs. Nibeditta Pattnaik
13. Dr. Chittaranjan Pattnaik
14. Prof. Ms. Ratna Sahu, Executive Member
15. Dr. B. Rajendra Murty, Executive Member
16. Dr. Mrs. Rasmita Mishra, Executive Member
17. Mr. Rajkishore Singh
18. Ven Kempo Pema (Invitee Member)
19. Mr. Param Kumar Singh
1. Dr. Mrs Manorama Dev, President
2. Dr. M.K.Nanda, Vice-President
3. Mr. Bijayananda Singh, Secretary
4. Mr. Sadananda Uthansingh, Treasurer
5. Dr. Sarat Chandra Nayak, Executive Member
6. Mr. Rajkishore Singh, Executive Member
7. Mr. Mohammad Abdul SattarTayub, Exe.Member
8. Dr. Prof. Sukriya Nayak, Executive Member
9. Prof. Ms. Ratna Sahu, Executive Member
10. Dr. B. Rajendra Murty, Executive Member
11. Dr. Mrs. Rasmita Mishra, Executive Member
Target Group
The focus groups are the inhabitants especially belonging to Adivasi, Dalit and OBC communities of 4
districts of Southern Odisha i.e. Gajapati, Kandhamal, Rayagada and Ganjam. Among these
communities the poorest of the poor are given much priority. The poor but bright students, their
parents and the CBOs headed by people belonging to these communities are given more
importance.
Programme coverage area
SFDC is presently working in 55 Gram Panchayats in 15 Blocks of Kandhamal, Gajapati, Rayagada and
Ganjam districts of Southern Orissa.
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Institution Based Programme reached 43 Panchayats of 13 blocks from 4 Southern District- Ganjam,
Gajapati, Kandhamal and Rayagada)
Community Based Programme reached 220 villages of 12 Panchayats of 2 blocks (Mohana, Soroda
and Daringbadi) from 3 districts of Southern Odisha- Gajapati, Ganjam and Kandhamal respectively.
Staffs of SFDC
Total full time staff – 65 persons
Total Male staffs – 35 persons
Total Female staffs – 30 persons
Major Donors
International/National Donors
• Misereor/KZE, Germany
• NEG-FIRE, New Delhi
• Kindermissionwerk, Germany
• ILO/SEWA, Ahmedabad
• SWAD, Rayagada
• AFI, Belgium
• Hope is Life, Switzerland
Individual Donor
• Dr. Soma Vaidya, Australia
• An Myungja, South Korea
MAJOR PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES
SFDC has divided its programme intervention into two categories i.e. Institution Based Programme
and Community Based Programme.
Institution Based Programme:
The developmental intervention made through the institution based programme is mentioned as
below:
Project Name – Higher Education For Adivasi and Dalit Students in Orissa (HEADSO)
Project Supported By – KZE/Misereor, Germany (321-914-1089 ZG)
Overall Objectives – To provide young and bright members from marginalized groups (Adivasis,
Dalits and members of OBC communities) with higher education to enable them to gain skilled
employment (for example as a doctor, engineer, pharmacist, lawyer, manager or teacher), thus
contributing towards the development of the region through their engagement as leaders for social
concerns and interests of their communities.
Specific Objectives –
• 1000 poor but bright students have received and completed higher academic education in
science at undergraduate and graduate level or have completed vocational training during
the funding period.
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• 1000 students have received personality development and peace & compassion education
and are active as Human Harmonisers in their home villages promoting inclusion and
respect for marginalized groups.
• 150 students from Adivasi and Dalit communities are prepared for professional courses
through coaching.
• 150 graduates directly or indirectly apply their qualifications as Human Harmonisers in the
service of Adivasi, Dalit or OBC communities in the south of Orissa.
• The Human Harmoniser Trust is able to raise funds or other support for social programmes.
The major activities and the achievements of major Institution Based Programmes is mentioned as
below:
• Every year more than 300 Human Harmonisers from remote and mountainous areas
especially belonging to Adivasi, Dalit and OBC communities got an opportunity to pursue
higher education in +2 and +3 Science.
• The KarunaShanti +2 and +3 Science Residential College (KSRC) received more than 280
applications for enrolling into +2 Science 1st
year with 128 seats in KSRC.
• For the year 2015-2016, 218 HH (127 in +2 Sc 1st year, 64 in +2 Sc. 2nd year and 27 HH in +3
Sc. 1st
year) joined KSRC to pursue higher education in Science in residential community.
• The Karunashanti +2 Science Residential College (KSRC) run by SFDC, got permission from
the Department of Higher Education, Government of Odisha, to increase the seat from 64 to
128 in +2 Science from the session 2015-16.
• Total 127 new students got an opportunity to pursue higher education in Intermediate
Science, through this HEADSO/Human Harmoniser Programme (HHP), supported by
Misereor, Germany, for the session (2015-17) to study science in a residential college
despite the poor socio-economic condition of their parents.
• Out of total 127 new students enrolled in +2 Intermediate Science 1st year in KarunaShanti
Residential College (KSRC), 49(39%) are girls and 78(61%) are boys and out of it 36(28%) are
Dalits, 26(20%) are Adivasi, 29(23%) are OBCs, 9(7%) are General and 27(21%) belongs to
Socially and Economically Backward Communities (SEBC) who are mostly Dalit Christians.
• In the Annual +2 Science 2nd yr Council of Higher Secondary Examination (CHSE) for the
academic year 2014-15, 62 students had appeared and 61 students passed out successfully
with good percentage of marks, out of which 27 got 1st division, 25 got 2
nd division and 9 got
3rd
division of which 47 are boys and 14 are girls.
• The KSRC College got permission from the Department of Higher Education, Government of
Odisha, for opening a +3 Science degree college from the academic session 2015-16.
• SFDC has inaugurated and commenced +3 Science Degree College on 14.9.2015 within the
premises of KarunaShanti Ashram for giving higher education opportunity to the passed out
+2 Science students of our college and a few from the other colleges who had no possibility
of pursuing higher education.
• In the academic year 2015-2016, 27 students from poor and backward Adivasi, Dalit and OBC
communities got a chance and have joined in +3 degree Science stream to become Human
Harmonisers.
• In the academic year 2015-16, 14 HH (12 boys and 2 girls) of 10th
batch (2012-2014 sessions)
were gifted laptops by Biju Yuva Sashaktikaran Yojana (Youth Empowerment Program of the
government) for their meritorious performance in their final +2 Science examination.
• All the 191 (127+ 64) Human Harmonisers were provided career counselling by their
Principals, Teachers and Formation coordinators on a regular basis as they continue to study
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within the college campus. This has helped them to select their choicest career paths after
their final exams.
• All the 64 Human Harmonisers of +2 Science 2nd
year participated and implement the Village
Development Initiative programmes with a meager amount during their vacation in their
own villages and have developed leadership skills and attitude towards social development
work.
• All 127 students from 1st
year and 64 students from 2nd
year took orientation on the Human
Harmoniser Programme, understood, and internalized the concept and relevance of this
programme.
• All 127 students of +2 Science 1st year participated and were trained on a 3-day Public
Speaking training courses in 3 batches which helped them to gain knowledge, leadership
skill, shed the fear and inhibitions and build positive attitude adding values to their
personality growth.
• All 191 students of +2 1st
year (127), 2nd
year (64) along with staffs participated in the Peace
Walk and Talent search programme conducted on the International Day of Peace i.e. 21st
September 2015. This has helped them to develop an attitude towards peaceful co-
existence among themselves and to create an atmosphere of peace, tolerance, unity and
inclusiveness among all to reduce discrimination and division.
• All the 127 student of +2 Science 1st year, 64 students of 2
nd year and 27 students from +3
Science 1st year participated in most of the religious festivals and events and developed an
attitude of spirituality, tolerance, inclusiveness among each other and respect towards other
religion for peaceful co-existence.
• This year all the Human Harmonisers have celebrated important days and festivals within
themselves with a feeling of oneness and have reflected a peaceful and discriminations free
inclusive culture and environment among them.
• Non-violence communication has become a way of living for all the Human Harmonisers. All
the HH practice Non-violence communication as they grow in the ashram. This has helped
them to communicate politely and have good relationships with their friends, teachers and
outsiders and also has taught them to be humble in life.
• Every day 127 student of +2 Science 1st
and 64 students of 2nd
year and 27 students from +3
Sc 1st year practice Meditation and discuss on spiritual based topics that has helped them to
grow physically, mentally and spiritually strong and stable. All the Human Harmonisers are
inclining more towards spiritual practices like reflecting on Sacred Space, Reading Speaking
Tree Columns while respecting and marinating different religious faith and believes.
• The Human Harmonisers of +2 Sc. 1st
year (127) and 2nd
year (64) participated in the
personality development activities conducted for them; such as cleaning of the ashram
surrounding, plantation of trees, participation in different events, sports and games etc,
have provided them an opportunity to break all sorts of prejudices, discriminations, and
barriers prevailed in them.
• More intensive and rigorous professional coaching classes have helped the entrance batch
students to appear and come out successful in their professional entrance examinations.
• For the year, 2015-2016 total 61 HH prepared in KSCC and appeared different professional
examinations to appear in the entrance examinations to be held in the academic year 2015-
2016
• Total 152 HH have emerged as professionals out of which 19 are MBBS, 28 Engineers
(B.Tech.),17 Pharmacist, 23 B.Sc. & GNM Nurses, 9 Auxiliary courses , 2 M.Sc. Etc, 5 IT
Engineers, 47 Teachers, 1 in Management and 1 in Veterinary Science. This is a small
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achievement but we expect this number will go up in future rapidly because we have revived
our own coaching centre.
• The Human Harmoniser Trust (HHT) is functional with a motivated and vibrant team of HH.
• Employed professional students are contributing towards the Human Harmoniser Trust for
the education of similarly poor but bright students. Some more students have also started
supporting the HHT but not so regularly.
• The Management Board of Human Harmoniser Trust (HHT) conducted regular meetings and
took decisions to develop new strategies for strengthening the functioning of HHT and to
mobilize resources from the professional Human Harmonisers.
• Total 49 girls HHs from 13th
batch have participated in the “Adolescent Health Training” and
have learned to handle their health and hygienic issues by themselves confidently.
• More than 95% Human Harmonisers participate during the Meditation, 90% Human
Harmonisers write gratitude journals, more than 40% students are able to speak confidently
in English and 85% Human Harmonisers practice Non-violent Communication.
• Total 55% students have already decided regarding their career plans and the rest were in
the process of deciding by the end of last academic year.
• Total 98% students from +2 Sc 1st (127) and 2
nd (64) year have written their envisioning plan
for 1, 2, 5, 10 years and 20 years.
• A total of 127 Human Harmonisers from 13th
batch were given training on “Personality
Development” and have learned different methods and techniques of personality
development and have started implementing the same in their lives.
• A total of 127 Human Harmonisers from +2 Science 1st
year were able to undertake Public
Speaking training in three batches and have learned the method of communication and
could communicate well with each other and most of them have delivered speeches on
different occasions and celebrations with much confidence.
• The Human Harmonisers and the Formators have good clarity on the importance of the
Human Harmoniser programme after the orientation programme. All of them have gained
knowledge regarding the virtues and learning standard of the Human Harmonisers and the
Formators.
• This year too all the Human Harmonisers from +2 Sc 1st year and 2
nd year participated in the
Peace and Non-violence Day celebration and participate in different competitions to spread
the message of peace and non-violence and create discrimination free environment among
them and create a culture of inclusiveness.
• More than 300 Human Harmonisers from the junior, senior and professional batches had
organized and participated along with the Guests, Board Members and staffs during the
celebration of Annual Day cum Human Harmonisers’ Day conducted in the KarunaShanti
Ashram to create a feeling of peace and solidarity with each other.
• The intervention, cooperation, valuable suggestions and guidance of Ms. Marita Ishwaran,
Consultant for Misereor, has energized the teams to work in a more strategic and systematic
manner for strengthening the programme.
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Community Based Programme:
The developmental interventions through the major community based programmes are as below:
Project Name: Promoting MLE based qualitative, inclusive and equitable education for children of
deprived communities of 2 remote educational clusters of Gajapati district.
Project No: NEG-FIRE/OR/48
Project supported by: NEG-FIRE, New Delhi.
Overall Objective
To promote and ensure discrimination free quality education by protecting the rights of the pre and
primary school children in the age group of 3–14 years in 2 educational clusters of Mohona Block of
Gajapati district, Odisha.
Specific Objectives
1. To ensure use of 50 joyful learning skills in each of 15 Anganwadi centres by developing and
piloting pedagogies using governmental and non-governmental materials for better school
preparedness of children.
2. To promote quality education by developing mother tongue base pedagogy aligned with state
curriculum for improving learning abilities of the children of 1 to 3 classes in 15 selected schools.
3. To strengthen school cabinets to inculcate values of inclusiveness, non-discrimination and equality
among the children of 1 to 8 standards in 15 schools.
4. To strengthen Statutory Committees (SMCs, JC and MC) for ensuring discrimination free access to
rights and entitlements of children under the provisions of ICDS, RTE and the Supreme Court
directives.
The major activities and the achievements of Community Based Programmes are as below:
• Onsite training to 15 Anganwadi workers were imparted by Project Resource Team (PRT) of
SFDC.
• Total 50 different types of Teaching and Learning Materials (TLM) were developed by the project
frontline staff and were used by the primary schools and Anganwadi centres.
• Parent’s awareness on ECCD were conducted in 15 villages.
• Education for peace pedagogy module was developed and published.
• Classroom integration of the pedagogy module was implemented in 15 primary school.
• The school cabinets implemented the Education for peace Pedagogy module.
• Extracurricular activities were organised by school cabinet to demonstrate the education for
peace pedagogy module.
• The activities implemented were Peace Album, Leaf Zoo, Column Matching, Silence Keeping,
expressing gratitude to the teachers and parents, friends writing letter on peace keeping.
• School Management Committees (SMCs) were empowered on building discrimination free
schools
• 15 SMC are able to ensure entitlement of school children under RTE. (Text book , Uniforms
MDM, Drinking water and Toilets in the schools.
• Bimonthly meetings in 15 communities were regularly conducted.
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• Interface meeting between PRI members, SMC, Teachers and schools cabinets were facilitated
to resolve the village school issues like drinking water, functional toilets, school boundary etc.
• Awareness building were conducted on Toll free students helpline phone number amongst the
SMC Members, Parents, PRI leaders, Teachers and Students in 15 schools of the program area.
• Peace and non-violence day was celebrated in program village schools and Anganwadi centres.
• Staff training on project roll out was conducted to understand the importance and relevance of
the project.
Project Name: Promoting a Culture of Peace by Ensuring Discrimination Free Quality Education for
Children aged 3-18 years
Project No: D15 0317 087/1
Project supported by: Kindermissionwerk, Germany.
Overall Objective:
To promote a culture of peace by ensuring discrimination free quality education in 41 preschools
and 34 primary schools of Daringbadi and Soroda block of Kandhamal and Ganjam district of Odisha.
Specific Objectives
• To ensure discrimination free access to quality education.
• To empower the statutory committees of 41 preschools and 34 primary schools (including 10
UPS) by mobilizing the edu-leaders and statutory committee members who are able to
influence the preschools and primary schools to function according to ICDS & RTE norms and
expectations.
The major activities and the achievements are as below:
• 30 Eduleaders identified and inducted in the villages who volunteers the village education
work.
• Community meetings were conducted for awareness building on village education.
• JC ,MC and SMC meetings were conducted in 43 villages for empowering the statutory
committees.
• Training and orientation were conducted on RTE and ICDS for the statutory committee
members
• Play for peace introduced in the school to lessen the gap between students on the ground of
caste, religion and gender.
• TOT conducted for volunteers on play for peace to be be continued in schools and
communities.
• Anganwadi Trainings conducted for 120 members on joyful education in 41 preschools
• Baseline survey conducted in 47 village by using different type of 12 nos data tools
• 6 Centre of supplementary education were started where 200 children read in Math, science
and English classes of 9th
and 10th
standard.
• Rapport building with community leaders and Government officials are in place.
• Peace and nonviolence day celebrated in program village schools and Anganwadi centres.
• Staff training on project roll out has been conducted.
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Project Name: Preventing trafficking of women and girls in India through empowerment and
organisation of domestic workers.
Project supported by: SEWA, Bhadra, Ahmedabad.
Overall Objective:
Preventing trafficking of women and girls in India through empowerment and organisation of
domestic workers
The major activities and the achievements are as below:
• 1000 domestic workers members were associated with SEWA union.
• Survey made on Migrant worker status in Mohana block and results were shared with
stakeholders in international migration day celebration meeting at Mohana.
• Interface between victim families and Govt. Employees were facilitated in different meetings
held at Mohana.
• Meeting at Bhubaneswar were conducted by SEWA and members from Mohana attended
the meeting and shared their difficulties in the greater form.
• Members were given training on livelihood and facilitated the entrepreneurship
development for them.
• The women joining the SEWA union have now confidence in putting forth problems before
the public authorities.
• The union members of Mohana block have developed good relation with the Govt officials.
Project Name: Peace Building initiative in Berhampur Diocese/Peace Building & Conflict
Transformation initiative Gajapati district.
Project No: 321-091-1143 ZG (Misereor), 1550/8296213 (CRS), 2016/093/181 (Caritas India)
Project supported by: SWAD, Rayagada
Overall Objective:
Communities in two districts of South Odisha establish sustainable peaceful coexistence through
vibrant Civil Society Organizations.
The major activities and the achievements are as below:
• 10 were VPDCs formed in Luhagudi Panchayat.
• 1 PPDC was formed in the Panchayat Lavel.
• 30 communities meetings in 10 villages were conducted for orientation to villagers on
VPDC and PPDC functions
• The process for 10 CSDP has started in 10 villages.
• The frontline staff facilitate the Palli Sabha in 10 villages by ensuring 100 % participation
by villagers
• Five VPDC are able to resolve village issues like Pond work, Village road, Drinking water
and village school problems.
• The villagers are able to mobilize fund for village infrastructure by MGNREGA work
process.
• Baseline survey on violence and livelihood has been conducted in 10 villages.
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• Community members attended Peace and nonviolence day celebration held at
Bhubaneswar conducted by SWAD.
• Staff empowerment trainings and orientation provided to project staff. (Project rollout)
Project Name: Joyful learning for preschool children
Project supported by: AFI, Brussels
Overall Objective: To provide joyful learning to 533 children of 26 pre-schools in 3 districts of
Odisha.
The major activities and the achievements are as below:
• The programme coverage area has increased to 3 districts covering 65 centres which was
earlier 2 districts (Ganjam and Gajapati) covering 45 centres
• More volunteers were inducted in the training course who has expressed their intention to
work in Kandhamal District.
• The project has developed a 10 member successful Project Resource Team (Trainers of
Preschool Skills) out of it 5 are absorbed as staff in the education project newly implemented
in Daringbadi and Soroda block.
• 150 nos of Anganwadi Workers (50 AWW, 40 AWH and 60 Edu-leaders) are able to know 50
nos of joyful education skills and paper craft for children from 3 to 6 years.
• 17 nos of follow up onsite training conducted by the Project Resource Team (PRT) for the
Anganwadi Workers.
• 50 preschool centres are functional which has registered substantial increased in student’s
attendance because of the attraction of joyful learning activities.
• More than 700 nos. of children from 50 preschools are able to develop their cognitive and
gross and fine motor skills.
• Songs involving body movement were practice in the schools and creative joyful learning
materials were provided to learn cooperation and sharing.
• The PRT demonstrated the joyful learning skills and paper craft making to the CDPO (Child
Development Programme Officer) and the Supervisors of the government project (ICDS).The
onsite training to the Anganwadi teachers has encouraged the grassroot level workers to
continue the preschool activities.
• The PRT are able to motivate the government authorities at Block level to cooperate for the
Capacity Building of ICDS staffs. The CDPO and the Supervisors in Mohona block have
instructed to the Anganwadi Workers to closely work with SFDC’s PRT.
• The selected PRTs have successfully handled formal trainings to government AWWs in 3
blocks of Kandhamal, Ganjam and Gajapati districts.
Project Name: Empowering Women and Girls in Communities to End Domestic Violence in
Kattama and Bamunigam G.Ps of Gajapati and Kandhamal Districts of Odisha, India
Project supported by: Hope is Life, Switzerland
Overall Objective:
To improve the quality of life of women and girls in 2 Gram Panchayats of Gajapati and Kandhamal
Districts, Odisha, by enabling the communities to end domestic violence against women and girls
starting very early in their life.
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Specific Objectives:
• To help 250 families of 5 villages of 2 Gram Panchayats take preventive and post violent
healing measures on domestic violence against women and girls with the psychological
support, technical skills, life skills, and formal education starting from pre-school level
towards a safe, peaceful, dignified, and productive life by the girls and women.
• To form Empathy Circles of the parents of all students of 5 pre-schools to integrate NVC
in their lives and especially providing empathy towards the women and girls subjected to
physical, mental and systemic violence.
• To establish two cooperatives for higher education by the parents of the children in two
pre-schools of two villages.
The major activities and the achievements are as below:
• Trainings conducted for 10 staffs on Non-violence communication.
• Empathy circles formed in 5 villages.
• Conflict resolution of domestic violence were done by the empathy circle group
• Monitoring of pre-school classes and tracking of child dropouts in the schools.
• Counseling provided to mothers for savings and planning for higher education of their
children.
Conclusion:
SFDC staff members and beneficiaries express their gratitude to the General Body members, Board
members and donors for their sustained encouragement and guidance. We anticipate the same for
the coming years.