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Disaster Relief

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Livelihood

The Lockdown due to the covid19 Pandemic has resulted in a distressful situation for the already vulnerable groups - tribals, trans-genders, rag-pickers, people with disabilities, elderly, women headed families, pregnant and lactating women, and other groups with special needs.Most of these are daily wage earners who have been struggling to survive through the lockdown as they have practically no savings to fall back upon. While the lockdown is gradually being eased, there are serious concerns of unemployment and food security among these communities. Covid safety practices are imposing additional financial burdens on the already fragile situation. 
 Centre for Social Action is providing relief to the distressed persons and communities:<ol><li>Distribution of food kits to supplement the rations given through the Government PDS. CSA also coordiates with various civil society organisations to check that there is no duplication of distributions to the same beneficiaries, as well as ensure that the really needy are not left unattended.</li><li>Distribution of Hygiene kits consisting of Face Masks, Soaps and Hand-sanitizers, Disinfectant Sprays, Sanitary Napkins, etc.</li><li>Financial support to those who are unable to pay their essential expenses like medicines, house rents, electricity and telephone bills, etc.</li><li>Livelihood support by providing seeds for kitchen gardens, micro-credit through SHGs, skill development trainings for enhancing employability, and mentoring for encouraging micro-entrepreneurship</li></ol> 
 We envisage our interventions bringing about <ol><li>Food security in the short term </li><li>Income stability in the long term </li></ol>for these vulnerable individuals and communities.

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This is a sample description for Community & Rural Development. For the purpose of testing I will use the word Community & Rural DevelopmentCommunity & Rural DevelopmentCommunity & Rural Development.

Community & Rural Development

The Kathkaris are one of the most marginalized of all the tribal people in Maharashtra. They face hurdles every day of their life with regard to education for children, access to water, community land, saitation and hygiene, and livelihoods. Most of them are completely illiterate or early drop outs from shcooling system. Since their ancestors were forest dweller, they do not own lands; hence end up working as agricultural labourers during the monsoons and as migrant labour in brick kilns and construction sites. Their migration leads to children dropping out of school and perpetuates illiteracy. 
 This project aims to facilitate the education and socio-economic development of the Kathkari tribal hamlets in Raigad through the process of People Led Development (PLD), wherein the tribal people are enabled to use the traditional Gavki (decision making forum of the hamlet) to raise awareness levels, to discuss issues of concern, connect to various resources and take appropriate action for their own development.The key components of the project are:·  Facilitation of the Gavki to take up issues of concern by the Social Work Animator·  Supplementary classes in order to ensure children do not drop out of school and Children’s Parliament (Bal Sansad) conducted by the volunteer (wadievika) in order to develop social awareness and deepen sense of democratic responsibilities among the children.·  Formation of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and access to microcredit and Government grants for rural micro-enterprises.·  Creation of livelihood opportunities and linkages with markets to enhance the income of tribal micro enterprises, and formalizing the same to ensure sustainability.·  Financial Literacy, which includes hand-holding them to open bank accounts, save regularly through recurring deposits, and move their savings into fixed deposits at the end of the year.·  Trainings and exposure visits for the Animators, Wadisevikas and Tribal people on the above-mentioned aspects·  Professional monitoring and guidance of the entire project by a qualified and experienced Project coordinator. 
 We envisage that empowered Kathkari tribals will be able to effectively sustain themselves through traditional or alternate livelihoods, and create significant educational and socio-economic opportunities for their children and youth

Development of Kathkari Tribals in Raigad

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Children

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Human Rights

There is very little consciousness that Children are the PRESENT stakeholders of society, with inviolable rights to survival, protection, development and participation in matters that affect their lives. This leads to a social ethos that dictates terms to children, discounts their views and feelings, and creates an imbalance of power that is often detrimental to the psycho-social development of children. This is further aggravated in socio-economically vulnerable communities. There are also pathalogical behaviours of abuse which cause untold miseries to children, which are often swept under the carpet for fear of social stigma. Making children aware of their rights, enabling them to proactively insist on these, and providing a mechanism in society to protect and promote these Chiild Rights is the need of the hour. 
 Children from a neighborhood or an institution are formed into a Bal Sabha (Children's Parliament) wherein they are given awareness sessions and opportunities to affirm their Child Rights by taking action on small local issues that affect their lives. These groups are further networked at various levels of governance (Block level-District level- State level - National Level) to provide multi-layers of forums for advocacy and action on Child Rights. Children are given exposure to the governance mechanism at various levels in the State. Legislators as well as Officials interact with these enabled children, listening to their experiences and committing themselves to functioning in a manner that upholds Child Rights. 
 We envisage a society and governance mechanism that is child-freindly, providing children opportunties to affirm and take appropriate action on matters affecting their lives in a rights-based manner.

Bal Sabha Manch - A Rights Based Network of Childrens Parliaments

Centre For Social Action (CSA) is a registered trust (Reg. No. E17189 - Mumbai). Its vision is to be “Facilitators of a Just and Humane Society based on Love, Equality and Harmony with Creation”. In order to fulfill this purpose, CSA networks NGOs and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) who share similar values. CSA takes the following approach:<ul><li>Community Organization: CSA builds the capacity of grass root communities to develop awareness of their social problems, prioritize its needs, build the will and ability to respond to these, and connect them with various resources to address these needs.</li><li>People Led Development: CSA believes that the ownership of all its interventions should always be with the people, and consequently it facilitates the formation of local committees who own and drive the process of their own development.</li><li>Engagement with Stakeholders: CSA animates the interaction of communities with various stakeholders like the Elected Representatives, Government Offices, Corporate Houses, Funding Agencies, etc.</li></ul>Thus, CSA endeavours to fulfil its mission – “to initiate, empower and sustain non-violent, collaborative, and integral development processes for vulnerable individuals and groups in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts.”CSA is successfully implementing the following interventions:Supplementary classes for Vulnerable Children with the aim of providing a support structure that lowers the school drop-out rate, improves the attendance of the children, enhances their learning through a play-way method of teaching, and improves the functioning of the schools by training the parents to participate in Parent-Teacher meetings. CSA has 150 Supplementary classes across the districts of Mumbai, Thane and Raigad.Children’s Parliament aims to provide the children a platform for awareness of local social issues and responding to these using Democratic Processes, thus building their leadership skills and preparing them to be the enlightened and empowered citizens of tomorrow. CSA has 80 Children’s Parliaments across the districts of Mumbai, Thane and Raigad.Women’s Empowerment is facilitated through Capacity Building Trainings, formation of Self-Help Groups to avail of micro-credit, and by imparting Financial Literacy classes wherein the women are taught about the banking system, are enabled to open Bank accounts, save monthly in Recurring Deposits, and move the annual savings into Fixed Deposits. Over 200 women across Mumbai, Thane and Raigad are benefiting from these interventions.Enhancing Livelihoods &amp; Skill Development of Vulnerable Individuals and Groups is achieved through various trainings in traditional as well as professional domain skills, and by providing them opportunities for employment or access to markets for their produce. CSA is in the process of forming a marketing federation to further strengthen this process which at present benefits about 300 persons across the districts of Mumbai, Thane and Raigad.Emergency Relief provided to individuals and communities affected by natural calamities or major illness which helps them to tide over the vulnerability context without jeopardizing their developmental process. CSA takes special care to ensure that the emergency relief provided does not make the beneficiary dependent on the donor agency.

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