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WADA NA TODO Abhiyan

Andhra Pradesh

May 2009 April 2010

www.wadanatodo.net 1

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Held on 6th & 7th March at Hyderabad with COVA

taking the lead.

As an effort to identify issues critical to

the state & widen the state process.

Expert inputs on:

State Budget

Implementation of NREGA, NRHM,Programmesdirected towards excluded groups.

Efforts to understand RTE

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State Process

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State process (cont)

Participants from 10 districts

Issues identified:

Education

Health

Livelihood

In all these sectors Inclusiveness / closer

monitoring / / strengthening of the role of PRI

elected members /

effective civil society initiatives

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Broad-basing AP-WNTA

Endorsed the idea of an AP-chapter

of WNTA

Set up an Ad-hoc steering committee

made up of 9 members three each

from the three areas of Andhra

Pradesh: Telengana / Rayalaseema /Coastal Andhra.

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Activities Andhra Pradesh

Nine is Mine; Phase Two

Conducted survey : 6districts/1500 forms

Village survey : 2 districts

10 villages

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Campaigns (contd)

Nine is Mine :

Initiative by children:

Generation of data on SSA & ICDS Partnered - Institute of Human Rights

Childrens Parliament,

World Vision

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Score Card

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Activities (Contd)

Reached out to schools in states of

TN, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,

Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Orissa,

Kerala

Flagged off the campaign in

Guwahati Consultation, Chennai andBhubaneswar. Advocacy at local, and

MLA and MP constituency level

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Activities Continued:

Global Call to Action Against Poverty

Networked with childrens parliament,

CRAF, CBCI SC/ST Commission/ IHRE

350 events, 3,90,000 participated in

Stand Up event

Production of a variety of SUTA

materials,

Reached out to Faith groups.

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Suta Materials

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Suta materials

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Visuals

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Outcomes

Greater awareness on MDGs In general public, peoples

representatives

Media coverage Opportunities for children to exercise

their right to participation

The generation of report cards did not

meet the expectation.

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Challenges

Entitlements under SSA and ICDS far

from satisfactory

Need for intense lobbying with those

responsible and with those who can

influence decisions and stricter

implementation.

Access to NREGA, Misappropriation offunds, non payment of unemployment

benefits.

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Opportunities

Groups willing to be collaborate

Enthusiasm among children to be part of the

development processes

Openness of some of the peoplesrepresentatives to lobbying by children

The social audit process put in place by the

state government on NREGA

Interest in the media regarding the village

studies around Education and Health.

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Follow up

To expand the base of WNTA

Ad hoc committee set up to concentrate on the

different areas of the state

Tie up with World Vision to work on especiallyhealth and create report card on SSA and

ICDS

Strengthen implementation and monitoring

process of MGNREGA

Collaboration around GCAP/bringing faith

groups in large numbers in the effort.