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ANNUAL REPORT

2013-14

SHOHRATGARH ENVIRONMENTAL

SOCIETY

(SES)

INITIATE , INSPIRE, INNOVATE ,

IMPACT………

FOREWORD

In India, there are many NGOs which are serving community & their causes in excellent way. In last few years, few "rotten apples” gave NGOs a bad name. In this chaotic environment, NGO need to be more accountable & transparent. Publishing annual report is one of way where our efforts of one year in presented before various stakeholder as well as public.

In last year, target of all programme of SES were almost achieved. Almost is in the sense, we fail some places but we learned from those mistakes.

If we look our agriculture project, we have reached 517 families in last three years & increase their average household income by Rs. 5000. Around 269 minors have delayed their marriage while 62 girls have delayed their pregnancy. Similarly, 55 gram panchyats were trained on water security plan. They now understand importance of water in their water deficient region. For all our achievement, we give all credits to community & their organization. They have shown up confidence in us & well coordinated with our handful people to make implemented programme successful.

We are also grateful to our donor, partners & board.Their support led us in right direction & towards success. Finally, I’d like to thanks to our team. I would like to praise efforts of those who work endlessly in scorching heat &freezing cold.

Dr. B.C.Srivastava

Secretary

Shohratgarh Environmental Society(SES)

ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14

ABOUT SES

Shohratgarh Envirnomental Society (SES) is a development organization. SES was informally born with issue of local safe drinking water in 1985. Over the years, SES has evolved to be a comprehensive NGO which works in the field of agriculture, food security, livelihood, health, education, disaster mitigation, WASH & environment. Since its origin, SES has been engaged with various development-plus programmes. Various programmes are addressing issues of children, women, youth & unprivileged group. These programmes are based on community, gender participation & ethical ecological values. SES work with rural communities of Uttar Pradesh as well as unprivileged group in urban areas of Uttar Pradesh. Over the years SES has established its identity in Uttar Pradesh. Over the years SES has established its identity in Uttar Pradesh. Due to years of Perseverance, dedication, determination of SES towards pious social cause, Economic & Social Council of United Nation accorded SES Special Consultative Status in year 2011.SES is committed to support ten Principles of the UN Global Compact with respect to human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.

PRIORITY AREA OF SES

Development & Equity

Education, Women Empowerment, Gender Equality, Health

Food, Agriculture & WASH

Climate & Energy

Peace & Stability

Infrastructure & Technology

Good Governance & Human Rights


PROGRAMME AREA OF SES

Amongst all the remote areas in India, SES has started with one of the most challenging places for its work. Eastern Part of Uttar Pradesh which lags behind in social l & economic indicator in comparison of developed part of state as well as country These parts are affected by regular floods lead to loss of crops which push the farmers into debt and add to the shortage of food resulting in poor health conditions of people. The problem doesn’t end here; rather, it marks the beginning of complex problem. People, who have some kind of financial instability, migrate to cities in the quest of better job opportunities and livelihood. People, who don’t migrate, keep juggling with cultivation in the flood prone area. The havoc of flood leave the land deprived of fertility and farmers baffled in extreme poverty. Eastern district has been a victim of regular floods for a long time. The key strategies to address issue are formation of CBOs, raising awareness & strengthening them through training, meeting, information sharing, linking with PRI, government’s schemes, agricultural institution & market, lobbying, advocacy & technological support with non- violent approach. Through the formation of various groups, beneficiaries would be trained to prepare themselves for the after effects of natural disaster. SES works in 31 districts including state capital of Lucknow &Jhansi. It includes rural & urban areas of those districts.

SES in its project particularlyfocuses with unprivileged or vulnerable group. These groups comprise of child, women, youth & elderly people. SES does not involve in development directly but catalyze development process in target area, by involving community in each step (from planning to implement). SES believes in bottom up approach rather than of top up approach. It means, community tells about their problem/need to SES & SES tries to find out the way with involvement of them & other community stakeholders. SES considers it as inevitable way for success &sustainability of project.

VISION:Working For a Society Where Everyone Achieve Personal Happiness &Well-being.

MISSION:

To Work towards improving health services.

To Work for Efficient & Effective way of education where child go to school.

Capacity Building of community so they can fight back with adverse situation & have basic needs of

food, health & education.

To work with Pro nature approach towards social problem & find solution in ecological sustainable

manner.


APPROACH OF SES

THEMATIC AREAFOR WORK

Equitable

Inclusion

Gender Equality

Sustainable

Development

Use of ICT Right Based

Approach

Skill Building Innovation

Empowering

Communities

SES believes that poverty alleviation cannot be done overnight. There are several

issues & causes which cannot be understand without any integrated approach. SES

always tries to integrate all issue related to poverty whether it is health, education,

agriculture, food security in changing environment circumstances. While working,

SES tries to blend to various approaches. The reason of adopting this approach is not

to miss knowledge & experience of various stakeholders in programme. For instance,

In Agriculture, we try to incorporate traditional, indigenous knowledge along with

scientific knowledge & technology.


Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security

The area where SES is operating, 70 % people are

dependent on agriculture. Paddy is one of their main

crops. But in last few years, flood has made their life

miserable. Inundation of water or water logging in the

field lead to loss of crop. Ultimately, he remains with

meager sum if he works on other crops. Sometimes, it

is difficult to have two time meals for his/her family.

In the area, large numbers of women are involved in

agriculture. They are burdened with household as well

as field work. At the time of flood, when family lacks

two time meals, she shares her part of food to children.

Lack of food minus nutritional content lead them into

various diseases common to the area.

Health

SES has started with its first health project in late 90s.

The theme of project was “Aware people about Iodine

Deficiency Disorder”. After that demand and issues of

health care from village has led SES to other health

issues in the region. Water Borne disease, Japanese

Encephalitis, malaria & malnutrition are very common

disease in the region. In the years, SES has focused on

issue of maternal & infant mortality rate, transmission

of HIV/AIDS, reproductive& child health,

malnutrition, sexual & reproductive issue.

Education

Education is recognized as one of the basic building

block for development of human being and critical in

poverty alleviation. It is consider an important

millennium development goal. In the villages of rural

& slums of urban area, education is considered as least

important. Attending school means loss of

productivity to a household. A farmer involves their

children in field. Sometimes elder child stay at home

to take care of their younger when there are parents

are busy in field work. Education is one of important

focus area of SES. In its work it has promoted

education for children, women or old man with several

of its programme. There are some cases where SES

stop prevented drop out in most of cases.

Water & Sanitation

SES was born with local safe drinking water issue

in town of Shohratgarh. SES has considered water as

precious. Inadequate & safe sources lead to water

borne disease. In some cases, Girls walk long

distance to carry water. From time to time, SES has

run various programme. At village level, it has

sensitized community about water & sanitation issue

& advocate for their issue with Village Health &

Sanitation Committee (VHSC). SES considers

Children as most important stakeholder in many of

its programme. SES has implemented several

programme in schools which caters issue of Water

& Sanitation.

Climate Change & Disaster Management

Generally, climate change is defined as a process of global warming, in part attributable to the ‘greenhouse gases’

generated by human activity. Irrespective of region, changes are both global, as with rising sea levels attributable to

ice-melt, and local, such as changes in rainfall patterns. In the target region Of SES, it has disturbed basic source of

their livelihood i.e agriculture in form of flood & changing pattern of rainfall. Responses to climate change are to

reduce the level or rate of change (mitigation) or manage its consequences (adaptation). Local people have tried to

adapt in current scenario. In case of paddy, SES inspired community to do early paddy cultivation to avoid loss by

flood, also using SRI technique.


ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

COMMUNITY

WORKER

COMMUNITY

WORKER

COMMUNITY

WORKER

SUPERVISOR

TEAM LEADER

HUMAN RESOURCE

DEPARTMENT

PROGRAMME

DEPARTMENT

FINANCE & ACCOUNT

DEPARTMENT

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

TREASURER SECRETARY (CHIEF

FUNCTIONARY )

PRESIDENT

BOARD ADVISORY BOARD

BOTTOM UP STRUCTURE

SES has adopted bottom up structure .It avoids dictating results by coercion and manipulation. . It provides a supportive environment where individual innovation and cross-functional teamwork can flourish while at the same time provide the leadership that a team based environment sometimes lacks. It challenges fundamental notions about the role of a manager.

As the young and ambitious leader achieves his goals one by one there is a huge risk that he will also systematically distance himself from his team member, ends up being responsible for. Those individuals closest to the process and the problems and potentially most able to find solutions -- unless they are a rare brand of human beings -- will have developed a certain resentment for the success of the "manager" who is now living a privileged life. In their view he is reaping the benefits of what they worked and sweated for: more pay, more benefit etc. So, need is to let leader grounded & easily accessible to his team member. Those who are working will be heard & their suggestion may be imbibed for successful implementation of any plan


INTERVENTION IN THE YEAR

FOOD SECURITY &AGRICULTURE:

India is such a land of extreme paradoxes with 40-50 ‘dollar billionaires' on the one hand and 260 million below poverty line people on the other. When we talk of food security &nutrition, issue of hunger & malnutrition in country pops up first .India still comprises half of world’s hungry people. Rural area suffers most in case of hunger & malnutrition .This insecurity in community is due to lack of physical accessibilityto food. Either, it is lack of resources to produce their own food or lack of livelihood sources to buy food.

In flood prone area, community is dependent on agriculture for food. Failed crop cycle & inability to feed their family force them to migrate vis-a vis increase incidence of malnutrition among family

members. Siddharthnagar district falls in the agro-climatic region of ‘upper gangetic plains' 'north-eastern plain' zone. The sown area of the district is 2.42 lakh ha out of which 1.47 lakh ha is irrigated. Cropping intensity is 145.02%. The district receives annual rainfall of 1264.5 mm. The total net area sown and net irrigated area in the district is 2, 42,527 hectare and 1, 47,824 hectare respectively. The total land holding in the district is estimated at 3, 49,420 of which the marginal and small land holding together account for nearly 92 %. All 14 blocks in the district are in safe category as for as

groundwater exploitation is concerned. However, only 60 % of the net cultivated area in the district is irrigated. Apart from being flooded area, there are several constraints for low productivity of crops.

• Problem of usar soil

• Deficiency of macro and micro nutrients

• Large area under floods

• Low Organic Carbon due to low incorporation of crops residues.

• Irregular power supply during summer

Figure 1: Mustard Cultivation by Farmer Aatmram


• Low canal irrigated area

• Only 51 percent villages are electrified.

• Inadequate number of markets

• Poor post-harvest handling and stores facilities for vegetables.ow Seed Replacement Rate of improved varieties in paddy and wheat

• Unawareness for good agronomic practices among farmers

• Insufficient staff for technology transfer.

• Inadequate number of marketing facilities

• Inadequate stores facilities

Above constraints multiply the struggles of already vulnerable section of society: Women, child, Schedule caste, Muslims etc.SES tried to mitigate the effects of flood as well as constraints in agriculture & consequently food security. In this mitigation process, SES has formed community based organization which were foundation for intervention activities in the area. With support of Sir Dorab Ji Tata Trust, following intervention being made by project:

SNO. Particular Number Achievement Number of Self Help Group 27 Before project

intervention, these 26 village do not have any community based organization

Linkages of SHGs to Bank 16 Community members do not have habit of saving. They have saved Rs. 195265

Number of farmers Club 30 Farmers have performed successful crop activity & as saving habits, they saved Rs. 37580

Figure 2: Onion Produced by Farmer


In project, 517 families were involved in agricultural activities. Total Income generated through project intervention was Rs. 2971886. The average household income of one household income has been increased by Rs. Rs. 5748.32. Farmer Resource Centre: SES felt, practical knowledge and experiences in agriculture field of farmers are good but they did not have technical knowledge or resources. Farmers did not have any proper and sufficient resource available such as irrigation facilities, qualitative seeds, equipment’s, at a time in community.Four farmer resource centre were established in the year. Farmer’s Resource Center (FRC) is a platform of the farmers in which same background and living slandered. This Centre provides appropriate knowledge and information so far resources to targeted farmers / family at locally and own approaches at nominal price. Centre is coordinated by trained farmer club members of the village. Aim of establishing FRC was reduction in farmer’s agriculture problem and they will receive technical benefit of livelihood opportunities. Seed Banks: Based on given seeds to community, returned from crop yield later. One seed bank has been established where community can store seeds in case of flood related crop failure. Establishment of Federation: One federation was formed. Members of federation are from SHG & Farmer Club. They are seen as facilitator to the issue which is common among community members and cannot be taken up by a single community based organization. Revolving Fund:Revolving funds were given to community for neem oil in June 2013. In this period, community members sell of 42 liters Neem oil among the target farmers. Farmers were use of

“I feel very happy & proud to see my field. I feel satisfied to have this kind of

yield in comparison to others field”-

Laxman Prasad, Banki

He earned net profit of Rs. 63,205 from onion cultivation only, which is more than his last

annual income of Rs. 54,000.

Figure 3: Income Generation Activity started through Revolving Fund


Neem oil in farming. Four Depo for Oil is Set up. One president was selected with consent of farmers club. 16 farmer club members have started income generation activities through revolving fund Rs. 1, 20000 were given to community members. Members have returned revolving fund with interest Rs. 1, 28011within one year. Rice Crop Improvement:The target area is known as rice bowl of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Kalanamak is well known rice of eastern U. P. but was facing extinction due to its deteriorating grain quality, poor yield and low profitability. SES has made effort in conservation of Kala Namak in Siddharthanagar. Initially, farmers were hesitant in its cultivation due to poor seed quality, yield & profitability. Project team of SES has convinced 27 farmers to start cultivation of Kala Namak. With support of consultant input, farmers have made some changes in cultivation method such as change of nursery time. At the end of three years, it was done with 176 farmers. Benefit Cost ratio with cultivation of kala namak is 1.75:1. In year three, farmers have made effort for sale. They have sold 195 quintal paddy. 167 farmers were also engaged in system of rice intensification. CB ratio was 2:1. Use of Organic Fertilizer: To reduce effect of chemical fertilizers in field, members have started use of organic fertilizer.

132 members of farmer club have developed 156 Farm Yard Manure Pits. Other is eager to develop their FYM pits.

209 farmers have developed Amrit Pani of 1008 liters for use in farming.

Goat rearing: 10 members of SHGs have started goat rearing. 19 kids were borned through 8 goats. The kids were revolved to other members of the SHGs as per contract. Presentaly 26 members of SHGs have adopted goat rearing through programme. 2 members of farmer club were started buck Rearing. Theirincome has been increased by Rs. 55,476 through insemination & improved their species in the project areas. Ram Sevak – a buck rearer has earned Rs. 60,000 with mating of goat..


Nutritional Enrichment: Apart from plantation of fruits, 103 farmers have planted moringa tree. It was considered to fight 300 diseases. Many farmers have included moringa in their diet. A video documentation “Prayas” has been prepared on Moringa. SES is committed to promote moringa in the region to improve nutrition status of community members. Higher Net Profit:44 farmers have earned net profit of Rs. 6, 47,023 which were quite higher than what they were earning earlier. With increase selling price of onion was boon for farmers cultivated SRI in the year.131 farmers have earned net profit of Rs. 6, 91,900 Capacity Building: Various capacities building training was imparted to community members. Details are given below:

With support of NABARD, aproject has been started to encourage habit of saving and credit among

women and facilitate the accumulation of their own capital resource base in Shohratgarh Block. So,

that they can use that money in contingency situation or on income generation activities. It shall

motivate women to take active part in their local/village level social and local developmental issues. It

S.N. Name Of Training

1 Capacity Building of farmers on Vegetable Production

2 Training of selected farmers on Use of SMI/SWI in Mustard& Wheat cultivation

3 Training of selected farmers on cultivation of Onion & Garlic with scientific method

4 Capacity Building of SHGs leaders

5 Capacity Building of Farmer Club members

6 Capacity building of SANGH executive members as well as of staffs on agriculture & non agriculture activities successful in the area.

7 Training of farmers on marketing skill 8 Training of the Target Farmers for system of Maize intensification

9 Training of the target farmers for Crop Improvement (Zaid crops) 10 Training of the target farmers for Crop Improvement (Kharif crops) 11 Training of farmers on Conservation of Kalanamak paddy

Figure 4: Cluster Level Meeting with community members


also include capacity and skill building about the decision making, leadership, need assessment and

planning and joint effort for individual and social change in their locality /village. Total 23 self- help

group were created in the year with 370 members. Total saving was Rs. 28,460 & internal lending

was Rs. 4200.

With Support of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development,Women empowerment and

progressive development of marginalized & poor families through strengthening of 100 women SHGs

in Shohratgarh block of Siddharthnagar.

Number of

SHG Formed

Number of

Members

Number of

Women SHG

Formed

Number of

Women

Members

Total

Saving(In Rs.)

Total Inter-

Lending (In

Rs.)

23 370 15 273 28460 4200


CHILD RIGHTS:

Constitution of India accords rights to children as citizens of the country, and in keeping with their special status the State has even enacted special laws. It encompasses most rights included in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy. Few articles of constitutional Guarantees include:

Right to free and compulsory elementary education for all children in the 6-14 year age group (Article 21 A)

Right to be protected from any hazardous employment till the age of 14 years (Article 24) Right to be protected from being

abused and forced by economic necessity to enter occupations unsuited to their age or strength (Article 39(e))

Right to equal opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and guaranteed protection of childhood and youth against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment (Article 39 (f))

Right to early childhood care and education to all children until they complete the age of six years (Article 45)

Besides, Children also have rights as equal citizens of India, just as any other adult male or female:

Figure 5: Childline Signature Campaign


Right to equality (Article 14) Right against discrimination

(Article 15)

Right to personal liberty and due process of law (Article 21)

Right to being protected from being trafficked and forced into bonded labour (Article 23)

Right of minorities for protection of their interests (Article 29)

Right of weaker sections of the people to be protected from social injustice and all forms of exploitation (Article 46)

Right to nutrition and standard of living and improved public health (Article 47)

Keeping interest of child in mind, SES has been working on child rights. It was in terms of education, health etc. In year 2012, SES has got opportunity to handle childline services as collaborative organization in district Siddharthnagar..CHILDLINE is a national 24 hours free phone emergency outreach service for children in need of care and protection. It responds to needs of children and links them to long-term services. The CHILDLINE number 1098 is a toll free number that is common in all cities in India. It responds to needs of children and links them to long-term services. As a Collaborative Organization, SES responds to all incoming calls, 24 hours a day and provide the necessary assistance. The Collaborative Organization must also respond when a concerned adult informs it about a child in need of care and protection.. CHILDLINE India Foundation is the nodal agency appointed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India to facilitate, monitor and implement CHILDLINE service through partner organization through the country.

CHILDLINE covers the entire Siddharthnagar city delivering services as per the protocol and intervening the cases as and when received. Although, CHILDLINE is a city-based programme, but at times, it does intervene cases received from beyond its jurisdiction depending on the urgency of the cases.

CHILDLINE Siddharthnagar’s intervention calls to 1098 comprises of providing medical assistance, linking children to shelter, restoring children home, tracking missing children, intervening with

Figure 6: Outreach Interaction With School Children

Figure 7: Outreach With Police


children who has been physically or sexually abused, providing sponsorship and other interventions related to child rights violations. Provided below is the table highlighting the intervention case statistics of CHILDLINE Siddharthnagar in year 2013-14:

SN TYPE OF CASES TOTAL 1 Shelter

15

2 Medical

20

3 Rescue

11

4 Restoration

08

5 Repatriation

01

6 Missing

35

7 Parents Asking for Help (PAH)

59

8 Sponsorship

14

9 Emotional Support & Guidance (ESG)

17

10 Referral By Other CHILDLINE

08

11 Referral . To Service

01

12 Did not Found/Intervene (DNF)

23

13 Death Related

00

Total 260

Open House is an open forum for children associated with CHILDLINE to address conflicts, assess, review and evaluate the service. It allows space for the CHILDLINE team along with the children to identify solutions to problems..CHILDLINE Siddharthnagar too has been conducting open house


regularly thereby having an interaction with the children and understanding their problems so as to get it resolved accordingly.

Outreach for CHILDLINE is an everyday feature. Members of the CHILDLINE team go out on the street and create awareness about CHILDLINE. This direct method of reaching out to children is the strongest method of getting the CHILDLINE message through, especially to children.

During the period April 2013 to march 2014, the team devoted more than 241 days going for outreach and awareness to different localities and areas targeting market places, taxi stands, slums, PCOs, individuals, shops, bank, Police Stations, etc sensitizing the masses about CHILDLINE and the services rendered by it through the number 1098.

As a part of awareness programme, Poster Campaign, sensitizing the police personnel about the prevalence of child trafficking in the state and collaborative effort required to address the menace of trafficking.

PREVENTION OF CHILD MARRIAGE:

Though , Uttar Pradesh is largest populated state of India .Yet , It lags behind in several socio & economic indicator.In 2006, Ministry Of Panchayati Raj named Siddharthnagar one of district among country’s 250 most backward districts. If we look, there are only 25 Primary Health Centre (PHC), in addition to small number of hospitals catering population of 2.1 million. Maternal mortality rate of district is 412 & 74 respectively. Thus Siddharthnagar face various health issues from birth to death. Maternal & Infant mortality is high in the region, premature babies, and malnourished babies.

It is estimated 10 million girls around the world are married every year before they reach age of 18. Rate of child marriage in India is 47 % .As per district level health survey (DLHS-3), percentage of girls marrying before completing 18 years is 63.1%.In early part of their lives they face other facet of disease related to Sexual & reproductive health (SRH) issue. Traditional & economical pressure force parents to marry their children early. Sometimes, it lead to sexual disease or early pregnancy. As a result, they die at early age. Discussing reproductive & sexual health issue in home or age group is considered as taboo. Men are too engaged in their physical hardship & most of times their disease are related to their work. Women are burdened with household work as well as farm activities. Generally, they are


malnourished (mostly anemic), passed through several of pregnancies. Elder people are marginalized and undernourished. Lack of health insurance along with poor health service doubles their miseries. SES is reaching to one of backward part of eastern part of U.P. In Year 2009, SES has started working on Project “Increasing the reproductive & sexual health of young people by increasing age at marriage”

Total 100000 populations are covering under project in various phases. This year ,Programme entered in its last year.

Activity Activity

One-to- one interaction with the Elected Representatives Advocacy meeting with district

functionaries

Advocacy meeting with district

functionaries

Orientation workshops for health service providers

Two days orientation workshop for teachers on Life skill

education and Adolescent Education Programme :

Regular One to one interaction with the

block level officials

Sensitization of key community stakeholders Celebration of Important days

Mass Awareness /Chetna Abhiyan Block level orientation meeting with PRI members on

the prevention of EMEP and compulsory marriage

registration

Activation of VHSCs in the intervention area

District level sensitization meeting with

religious leaders:

Activation of Parent Teachers Association in the

intervention area

Formation of youth groups of vulnerable youths&

strengthening them

Training of Youth on Peer education, SRHR and Life skills Formation of Youth Information Centre& its activity:

One to One interaction with parents & in –

laws:

Formation of Father’s and mother’s group &

identification as adult mentor to respective youth:

Interaction at district level stakeholders,

meeting, training and advocacy of the issue.

Continuous media advocacy

To encourage Liked minded NGOs to work on To develop and strengthen of district


the issue with NGOs meeting. youth forum

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Name of the Indicators (through YOUTH TRACKING) Total

No. of boys who have delayed their marriage up to the legal age 158

No. of girls who have delayed their marriages up to legal age 111

No. of married girls who have delayed their 1st pregnancy up to 20 years of age

62

No. of girls who have delayed their Gauna at least up to the legal age 134

No of married youths whose marriage has been registered 75

No. of girls Youth members who are continuing their Education 424

No. of boys Youth members who are continuing their Education 598

No. of girls re-enrolled to school 363

No. of boy re-enrolled to school 250

No. of girl linked to vocational courses/schemes 267

No. of boy linked to vocational courses/schemes 267

No. of married couples using contraceptive methods to delay 1st pregnancy 710

No. of married couples who have one child and using contraceptive methods to delay 2nd pregnancy

438

In December 2013, another project was started for Preventing Child Marriage as an Approach to Reduce Gender Based Violence by Strengthening Community and System based Interventions and Empowering Young Girls and Boys in Siddharthnagr District. Following . Since this project is initial phase, so measurement of impact can not be done. Though activity


has to be taken up through three type of youth group (boy, girl,, nix), parents groups & establishing gender resource centre.

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ENVIRONMENT:

“National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC)” is supported by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India. The objective is to create awareness among common people. Regarding current situation of environment & to focus their role for conservation of environment. SES has been nominated as Regional Resource Agency (RRA) to conduct National Environment Awareness Programme in 30 districts of Eastern part of U.P. from last 19 years. Total 1115 application were submitted. 712 were granted. In year 2013-14 theme of the programme were “Biodiversity Conservation”. Representative from Different sectors involved in activities from bottom to Top like – Gram Pradhan, Teachers, Principals, Lawyers, Doctors, Govt. officers like DM, CDO, DFO, Ag.O, BDO, MLA & MPs etc. People from all sectors (Children, Men & Women) involved in campaign. This programme covers population of 1 lakh (approximately). Activities done in this year are:

Pre-methodology Workshop has been organized at different places. The aim of organizing workshop was to let participant about concept of national environment awareness campaign, process & expectation from them.

Post-workshop is organized at four places Shohratgarh, Gorakhpur, Barabanki,Allahabad,Mahrajganj,Basti&Azamgarh. The aim of this workshop was participant agency must understand kind of awareness & action they have to done under given theme.

Following Awareness & action has been performed by participating agency under NEAC 2013-14.The organization with its pool of monitors who Monitors programme by various organizations. In NEAC 2013-14, organization has


monitored program of 180 organisations.

Figure 8:Post Workshop

78.81

1.59

5.2 14.4

Action in Year 2013-14

Plantation

Seed Bank

Bio DiversityRegister

Others

1.59 1.3

37.7

6.51

52.9

Type Of Activity in 2013-14

TrainingSeminar

Competition

Workshop

Public Rally


1175 1254 1263 1384

1115

587 577

796 656

712

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2009-10 2010-2011 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Grant Approved to

Application Received


WASH:

NATIONAL RURAL DRINKING WATER SECURITY PILOT PROGRAMME:

Water is essential for life. People, animals, and plants all need water to live and to grow. But in many parts of the world people lack enough water to stay healthy. Many people have to travel long distances to collect water. And often, the water that is available is not safe to drink.

Figure 9: Water Budget Training

If people do not have enough water for their daily needs, they face hardship and serious illnesses. And if the available water is not safe — because it is contaminated with germs, worms, or toxic chemicals — this can also lead to many illnesses. When a community has a water supply that is accessible (easy to get to) and safe, everyone’s health is improved. If women are freed from the daily labor of carrying and treating water, the well-being of the whole family improves. Children grow healthier and have less of the diarrhea disease that comes from contaminated water.women and girls have more time to be part of community life and to go to school.


WATER SECURITY IS A RIGHT : Because water is a basic need for all life and good health, access to enough safe water, or water security, is defined as a human right by international law.Water is nature’s gift, but there is a limit to what nature can provide. In many places the amount of water for drinking is becoming dangerously low. Where land has been paved and trees cut down, rain that once

soaked into the ground and was stored as groundwater now runs off into the ocean and becomes salt water. Much of the water that is left is too polluted for human use.

The best way to protect our human right to water is to understand how water becomes scarce and how it is contaminated. People working together to conserve scarce water resources and share in decision making about how water is used, will ensure community water security. Most people are willing to pay a reasonable price for safe drinking water. But in many places, water that people need for drinking is used by industry and agriculture or sold at a price people cannot afford. Whether water is managed by the community, by government, by private companies, or by a partnership of these groups, the people who need water most must have a say in how it is priced, distributed, and used. Keeping this in mind, in 2012, National Drinkling Water Security Plan was launched in 15 blocks of India as pilot. Though UP has emerged as among top ranking states in terms of water sector investments, the outcomes are poor as a result of significant slippages, the key reasons being source and management unsustainability. Poor governance has led to weak convergence of policy, programmes and institutions, and consistently undermined efforts towards achieving water safety and security. To pilot test a model for achieving drinking water security through convergence and participatory integrated water resources management , SES undertook block Mauranipur of district Jhansi for Water Security Plan.

Following activity has been performed in year 2013-14:

Community mobilization


Baseline Survey of all 55 Gram Panchyats Water Budget Training of 55 Gram Panchyats Water Quality Testing Prepared Village Water Security Plan

of 10 Gram Panchayats Exposure visit of community members

in Chitoor district of Andhra Pradesh

CONSTRUCTION OF 10 ECO SAN TOILETS:

OBJECTIVE OF PROJECT

The Progarmme objective was to construct 10 Eco San Toilets in Two Villages- Agaya & Paringwa of Shohratgarh Block Of district Siddharthnagar.

Construction of toilets includes use of those constructed toilets by beneficiaries. It was found that most of people are dependent on agriculture & as per requirement they also develop kitchen garden. Development of Eco San Toilet will provide them water & fertilizers both. So, it is inevitable that model eco san toilets to be develop in these two villages. This action is not only a step towards prevention of open defecation but also sensitize people about benefit of toilets to community. The Programme does not focus on achieving only targets but on transforming behavior of people. Health and hygiene promotion to mothers is key to improve the children’s behaviour and reduce the risks of open defecation by children. The focus is to replicate or multiplying the number of eco san toilets in future too rather than socio-engineering of the concept in the lives of the rural people. Construction of toilets is just one part of programme; the inevitable step is to make people use them.

Figure 10: ECO SAN PAN USED IN PROJECT


SES has done following activities:

Figure 11: Family with Constructed ECO SAN Toilet

• Selection of Staff

• Orientation of Staff

• Public awareness

• Community meeting

• Training of Masons & staff

• Transportation of ECO SAN PAN from Ahemdabad

• Planning of Construction of Toilets.

• Till 31st march 2014 , ten toilet was constructed.

• Mobile & Internet reporting of Project. The staff has registered with PWX mobile number. After registration, he easily communicates about activities through SMS. Online i.e. Internet reporting was also done.

OUTCOME:


1. 93 people benefitted from sanitation

2. 4 Masons were trained

3. 4 SES staff trained

4. Field level sharing with Block level officials

5. Sharing outcome with meeting of FANSA U.P. members

FRESH WATER ACTION NETWORK SOUTH ASIA (FANSA) U.P. CHAPTER:

In year 2013-14, SES has conducted two study regarding water & sanitation. These studies were:

1. Status of Hygiene and Sanitation condition in Schools, Uttar Pradesh:

Uttar Pradesh (UP) is the most populous state of India. As per the Annual Status of Education Report

reveals that with 57 per cent literacy rate and 34 million school-going children. But what kind of

WASH facilities they are availing is either less studied or unknown to us. So, this study is conducted

with objective to find out current status of sanitation & hygiene facilities & condition in selected

schools of District Siddharthnagar, Mahrajganj, Basti, Gorakhpur, Lucknow & Jhansi(1 to 6 in below

Map). The specific objectives of study were:

To find status & condition of sanitation & hygiene facilities in schools.

To find status & condition of waste management in schools.

To find awareness action taken by school through IEC activities.

In the study 182 schools were selected as sample. The inference from studies were :

There is availability of one toilet for every 145 students.

There is availability of one toilet for every 301 girls.

Only 52 % of schools have separate toilets for girls.

96 % school toilets are not disabled friendly.


Only 43 % of toilets are within school premises.

30 % of schools do not have any hand washing facilities. Only 12 % schools have washing

facility located inside toilet unit.

82 % of schools do not provide materials on sanitation & hygiene

54 % of school disposes of their trash burned on/buried on next to school compound

The analysis has been outlined throughout this report and one thing is clear: There is still need of

developing child-friendly, gender & disabled friendly sanitation & hygiene in schools. It is a matter of

urgency. The study has found that no schools currently up to standard of School Sanitation & Hygine

Education(SSHE) programme. Majority of schools lack facilities, with no governance of Sanitation &

Hygiene in schools .It is necessary to develop a comprehensive campaign for schools which can

improve condition of schools. So, there is a huge gap between the current status and the envisioned

outcomes of the SSHE.

2. A Citizens’ Report Card on Water, Sanitation & Hygiene in 25 slums of Lucknow, Uttar

Pradesh:

Uttar Pradesh (UP) is the most populous state of India. The objective of this study was to conduct survey based study of situation of WASH and its services in 25 urban slums settlement of Lucknow and prepare a citizen report card and disseminate among crucial stakeholders to generate awareness about the current scenario. Four themes were identified for data analysis and report preparation:

Availability, access and use of services Perceptions of quality and reliability of services Costs incurred by users Satisfaction with services

Conclusion from studies were :

Only 12.8 % individuals have their own individual water source


Major stoppage of water is of more than 24 hours. 64 % are affected by this. A small but significant number of household is using unprotected source of water Due to unavailability of toilets 62 % defecate openly Large number of people is using public tabs Large number of people experiencing poor sewerage system In time of scarcity, most of them dependent on other sources of water or fetch water

from outside which cot them money as well as time. ptions for solid management is very limited & most people dispose their trash on roads Large number of respondent said taste of water from public tab is not acceptable Satisfaction with solid waste management is very low.

Taps consumer get water less than two hours.


NETWORK:

SES is part of several local, state, regional, national & international group or alliance:

Climate Justice Fast Group: It is an International group working on climate change.

Sahyog: It is network of NGOs in eastern Uttar Pradesh working on disaster mitigation

SANUP (Sustainable Agriculture Network): It is network related to agriculture .

Srijan : It is a sexual and reproductive health initiative for joint action network. It has networking with over 200 voluntary organizations working on health issues.

LaghuSimantKrishakMorcha: It is network of small & marginal farmer.

The White Ribbon Alliance: It is an international coalition bound together by a common goal: to ensure that pregnancy and childbirth are safe for all women and newborns in every country around the world.

FANSA: A network of water sanitation & hygiene. It’s part of fan global. SES is hosting organization in Uttar Pradesh.

GCPEA: is a new global coalition officially formed in february 2010 out of a series of technical conferences convened by UNESCO.

AAHM-India: It is a global voluntary partnership where members share a common commitment to the rapid eradication of hunger and malnutrition in the world.

SANDEE: It is a regional network that uses economic tools and analyses to address south Asia’s environmental challenges. It is based on the premise that solutions to economic development concerns and environmental problems are integrally linked.

TEACHAIDS : It is dedicated to addressing the challenges associated with providing health education through the creation of free, research-based, culturally-appropriate learning materials. It believes in harnessing medical and educational expertise and utilizing technology to freely disseminate HIV and AIDS materials around the world to those who need them most. AIDS is a preventable and treatable illness, and with the proper education, it can be controlled effectively.

GNB: It is a new global partnership to end the harmful traditional practice of child marriage, so that girls can fulfill their potential. It is created by the Elders,GNB brings together organizations that work to tackle child marriage at the grassroots, national and global levels around the world.


STOP TB PARTNERSHIP: The Stop TB Partnership is leading the way to a world without tuberculosis (TB), a disease that is curable but still kills three people every minute. Founded in 2001, the Partnership's mission is to serve every person who is vulnerable to TB and ensure that high-quality treatment is available to all who need it.

CANSA(Climate Action Network South Asia): It is network which covers climate change and development” issues both internally within the region and outside the region.

BOARD:

S.NO. NAME GENDER FATHER’S/HUSBAND NAME & ADDRESS POST PROFESSION 1.

SRI INDRA BHADUR SINGH

Male VIVEKPURAM, NEAR SHAHI DAIRY, TARA MANDAL, GORAKHPUR UP

PRESIDENT

RETD. TEACHER

2. JITENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA

Male 932, SAVITRI SADAN, NIYAMAT CHOK, BOBINA ROAD, GORAKHPUR

VICE PRESIDENT

BANK OFFICER

3. DR. BRIJESH CHANDRA SRIVASTAVA

Male 9, ADARSH COLONY SHOHRATGARH, SIDDHARTH NAGAR, UP

SECRETARY

TEACHING

4. DR. AJAY KUMAR SRIVASTAVA

Male C-102/923 B, NEAR MANTASARI SCHOOL, BEHIND MIYA SAHAB KI KHOTI, MOHADDIPUR, GORAKHPUR

JOINT SECRETARY

TEACHING

5. SRI P.K.PANDEY

Male NIBI DOHNI, SHOHRATGARH, SIDDHARTH NAGAR

TREASURER

TEACHING

6. ARVIND KUMAR SINGH

Male VILL.- DHUSARI, P.O.- UDAIRAJGANJ, SIDDHARTH NAGAR

MEMBER

TEACHING

7. DR. ANITA KHARE

Female B-58, SURAJ KUND COLONY, GORAKHPUR

MEMBER

DOCTOR

8. SMT. SUMAN PANDEY

Female C/O SRI P.K.PANDEY VILLAGE – NIBI DOHNI, POST – SHOHRATGARH, SIDDHARTH NAGAR

VICE PRESIDENT (WOMEN)

SOCIAL WORK

9. DR. SEEMA SRIVASTAVA

Female DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, MSGI DEGREE COLLEGE, BUXIPUR, GORAKHPUR

JOINT SECRETARY (WOMEN)

TEACHING


AUDITOR’S REPORT:


BALANCE SHEET:


INCOME EXPENDITURE:


INCOME EXPENDITURE:


RECEIPT & PAYMENT:


RECEIPT & PAYMENT:


PARTNERS

Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India

Sir Dorab Ji Tata Trust

NABARD

MAMTA

Childline India Foundation

Water & Sanitation Support Organization, Uttar Pradesh

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