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after the deluge Report - 2007

Working for th e em powerm ent of Dalits and Landless

MUZAFFARPUR DIOCESAN

SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIETY

Working for th e em powerm ent of Dalits and Land less


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A moment of silence and prayers for

As long as the earth end ures,

seedtim e and harvest,

cold and heat,

sum m er and w inter,day and night,

w ill never cease

GEN ESIS 8:22


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after the delugethe victims of the deluge


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Dear Friends,

As you all know, the flood in our area has

been unprecedented. Out of 12 districts

in our diocese, eight have been almost

submerged. In the beginning we did not

know how to go about it. Thanks to our

Aid Agencies, Caritas and CRS (Catholic

Relief Services), they came in time with

their concern, expertise, personnel and

finance to plan with us how to reach thedeserving people caught in flooded

areas.

Together with Fr. Varghese Mattamana,

Director of Caritas India, Ms. Jennifer

George Poidatz, Country Representative

of CRS, Fr. Saji Augustine, Director of

Socio- Economic Development Centre,

with his team Fr. Henry D Souza and Fr.

Jayakumar planned to locate the

affected areas, assess their immediate

needs, prepare logistics as how to reach

them, draw administrative strategies and

recruit helpers of different categories to

work things out. Officers from Caritas

India and CRS, volunteers and paid

workers were busy round the clock to

reach the needy people in remote and

inaccessible areas. The recipients arehappy and grateful.

Caritas India supported villagers of

Begusarai, Darbhanga, Khagaria and

Sitamarhi districts. Catholic Relief

Services moved to extend help to

villagers of Madhubani, Muzaffarpur and

Samastipur districts. Aid agencies like,

ECHO, Caritas Germany, Caritas Swiss,

DEUCHMANN joined soon and responded

to various situations. I would like to

place on record my sincere thanks to all

our aid agencies who reached in time to

offer immediate relief to stranded and

displaced people due to this

unprecedented flood and to offer long

term plan for rehabilitation and

development.

I thank all our Priests, Religious and Lay

collaborators, Christians, Hindus andMuslims, who whole- heartedly and

generously cooperating in this massive

relief work.

Dear Friends, this massive operation to

reach out to the needy would not have

been possible without your wholehearted

cooperation on the local level. We are

grateful to you and we are sure your

unstinted cooperation will continue.

I appreciate the efforts of the aid

agencies in drafting a new plan to

prepare the community in facing

disasters and leading them towards

the path of development.

I know you all have been

generous and joyfully cooperative

because all of you in the depth ofyour hearts have heard the

Lord telling you,

Whatever you have done to any of my

needy ones, you have done it to me.

Thanks again and God bless you all.

+ J.B. Thakur, S. J.

Bishop of Muzaffarpur

Monologue from the President

MUZAFFARPUR DIOCESAN SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIETYI04IREPORT 2007


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Social life of the peopleof Bihar is alwaysconditioned by castearithmetic. Back wardcastes are the main

composition in thedemography of Bihar.Agriculture is the mainoccupation of people andanimal husbandry isanother source of incomefor the people. High castelandowners determinethe economic status ofthe poor and majority ofthe people live below thepoverty line.Superstitions act as an

impediment in thegrowth. MDSSS strives tomake them aware and toorganise peoplesmovement to educate,enlighten and empower

the marginalised,backward and the poorpeople.

Backdrop



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Uttar

Pradesh

B I H A

Organisational Profile &A reas of Operation

VisionPromotion of a Just and Humane

Society based on the human values of

equality, love and peace.

Muzaffarpur DiocesanSocial Service Society(MDSSS) is the officialorganization of thediocese of Muzaffarpurfor promoting Social

Welfare and Developmentin twelve civil districts ofBihar. Since 1980, thediocesan social workdepartment has beenstriving towards the

integral development ofthe marginalized andunderprivileged people ofBihar, particularly of theDalits and landless.

MissionTo uphold the human dignity of the

marginalized, oppressed and displaced of

Bihar through a process of socio-cultural

value additions, economic and political

empowerment.

MUZAFFARPUR DIOCESAN SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIETYI08I REPORT 2007


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Nepal

West Bengal

Jharkhand

Vaishali Samastipur

Madhubani

Darbhanga

Saharsa

Supaul

Begusarai

Khagaria

Madhepura

R

Sitamarhi

Sheohar

Mazaffarpur

Thematic areas Awareness Building among the poor and

reintegration of non-formal education and

animation of youth for enlightened career

Women Empowerment through formation,federating and linking of self help groups with

banks for increased status of living through

income generation programmes

Skill trainings for youth and promotion of

Alternative Livelihood

Promotion of Community Based Organisations

through youth groups, libraries, health clubs

for social reformation

Empowering local leadership to act as a

change agent in the society

Livelihood promotion through

entrepreneurship development programmes

and income generation programmes

Awareness and promotion of hygienic lifestyles

for sound health and eradication of

communicable diseases

Care and support to HIV infected and

prevention of spreading of AIDS

Care and support to malnourished women and

children

Education for all, with special attention to girl

children, to undertake various job

opportunities and leadership

Support to Relief Camps and other Reliefactivities during floods

Resilience building among the villagers against

disasters and formation of task forces for

disaster risk reduction

Conservation and management of available

natural resources

Upholding the rights of the dalits through

animation and empowerment Animation of the people for involvement in

Local Self Governance development process

for a sustainable development



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Seasonal floods are

common and natural tothe people of Bihar. Butyear 2007 witnessedmassive displacement anddestruction as rainfall inBihar for three monthsand release of water byNepal dams, floodedBihar and subsequentlywater logging occurred inBihar.

Flood

Response2007



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Flood Response 2007MUZAFFARPUR DIOCESAN SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIETYI12IREPORT 2007


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Shelter and SanitationTo provide temporary shelter tarpaulins

and synthetic ropes were distributed

among the most affected families.

Minimum requirements for health and

hygiene was fulfilled by distributing 2

pieces of washing soap, 2 pieces of

bathing soap, 2 packets of candle, twometers of cotton cloth and 2 pieces of

match box. Water collecting containers

and water purification materials were

distributed to the affected people. Most

of the flood victims resided by the side

of highways, railway tracks, railway

platforms, embankments, schools and

community buildings. These displaced

people really need shelter to live in.

But the current priority is a space to

rest, so arrangement for temporary

shelter is the first demand. So therewas a grave need for polythene sheets

for makeshift houses since 90%

thatched houses have been marooned

by the floodwater.

Damage Assessment in MDSSS Operational areas

Panchayatsaffected

Blocksaffected

Villagesaffected

Animalsaffected

Human

Animal

Familiesaffected

Reliefcamps

Population

Families given

shelterLives lost

Populationaffected

Housesdamaged

Districts

Affected

Darbhanga 18 329 1266 59854 3,212,000 402000 107087 203 639 259 225720

Sitamarhi 17 273 853 15220 2,859,000 820000 118903 71 82 20 500000

Khagaria 7 101 205 18211 902,000 201000 68500 27 63 44 109842

Begusarai 7 59 210 12344 330,000 85000 27257 9 8 20 23585

Madhubani 20 373 1087 27728 2,929,000 751000 122205 86 574 230 87933

Samastipur 13 173 658 82525 1,806,000 473000 42450 91 350 20 18513

Muzaffarpur 11 211 858 100000 1,53,1000 160000 31971 79 122 7 2000Total 93 1519 5137 315882 13,569,000 2892000 518373 566 1838 600 967593



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Rehabilitation, Resettlem ent & Resilience

BuildingRehabilitation of thedisplaced is of toppriority and works are inprogress to attain the

complete resettlement infew months. As floods arenot a new phenomenonto Bihar, a new strategyof resilience building isbeing added to the

sustainable developmentinitiatives of theorganisation. The futureis not only a restorationbut also a resilientcommunity leading to adevelopmental society.Right choice is to turnthis disaster as a chanceto grow as a sustainablesociety.



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Highlights of

2006-07



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Twenty five literacy centers were opened for the Santhali children and 25 womens groups were formed

Non Formal Education Programme and Community Mobilization project continued in 3 blocks of Madhubani, where 30 NFE

centers run in villages and at some areas formal schools came up

Women empowerment programme funded by Swiss League continued in Darbhanga and formed 25 health groups in villages

and a health fund was mobilised

Women group formation, organisation of groups and training programmes were conducted in Begusarai with support from

Caritas India

In Muriaro community development programme through organisation of women groups, trainings continued with support from

Caritas India

Community development programme and income generation programme continued in Saharsa and Madhepura with support

from Kfb Austria. Non-formal education programmes were boosted up and goat rearing was promoted as IGPs. Hundreds of

families benefited from this project

Health education and community development programmes were initiated in Darbhanga with support from Caritas India

Manos Unidas supported the Non-formal Education in 20 villages of Kanti as a part of the community development activities

Non-formal education in 3 blocks was organised by women organisations of Madhubani and people were able to mobilise landfor schools. A peoples school was initiated

Stop Migration programme supported by STEP Foundation provided vocational training to 25 bonded child labors

Animation programme of women conducted by Bijhan forum in Muzaffarpur

Manos Unidas supported the Non-formal education program in Darbhanga, Begusarai and Khagadia and 50 Siksha Samithi

were formed in 50 Non formal literacy centers

Economic development of women group members of Darbhanga, Muriaro, Kanti were initiated through Income generation

programmes supported by Caritas India

Integrated Development through Empowerment and Action programme initiated and core development committees got

functional. Forty SHGs were formed and were strongly involved in flood response programme in Mushahari Block



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An integral part of the actions of the

society is the health projects mainly

aimed to create a healthy environment

in the family. Epidemics and

communicable diseases are increasing

the mortality rates and still now the

government programmes couldntachieve any significant differences. In all

major areas we are associating with

health centers run by diocesan partners

and nuns. Some of the activities are

Health camps are often conducted in

villages and remote areas where people

couldnt access these facilities. Special

camps are introduced to curb issues ofspread of epidemics and communicable

diseases

Society promotes the usage of herbal

medicines through various awareness

programmes and distribution of

medicines

Nukkad Natak Street plays are

performed on different topics. As

village friendly and easy to understand

they have created a remarkable

difference in the society. Live demos

are more influential to the community.

Touring street theater teams of the

society have made the people aware of

the spread of diseases at times of

disasters were successful in controlling

the same in the flood response program

Exposure programmes to successful

health models are offered

Dhais Training is another area we are

concentrating. As majority of the

villagers never goes for hospital at times

of delivery the role of expert Dhais are

increasing. But they should be taught of

the safe measures and our training is in

this regard

Adolescent girl childrens health and

hygiene training is another component of

our health program.

Health Projects



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Non

Form al

EducationChildren who are not going to school are

collected from villages and are

motivated to read and write. Animators

from the same village are selected and

offered trainers training and will be

equipped to send to these villages.Slate and study materials are given free.

Animator does have to collect at least 30

children to start an informal school.

After three years most of them will be

enrolled in government schools. Some of

the specialities of our non- formal

education are

Adult children linking to NationalOpen School

Support as Village education

committee formed

Continued school education has to

find the resources from community

and so community itself will come

with resources

Encouraged to make their own

schools Mid- day meals for the school going

children are ensured by the village

committee



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Incom e

Generating

Programmes

(IGPs)Creation of a sustainable development

model is in making the community selfreliant. In this regard IGPs are a major

factor. Third world countries are steadily

moving through a platform of

participatory model of development and

we are also making use of the same

model. Some of our programmes are:

Formation of Self Help Groups

Animation for Regular meetings

Credit Programmes are offered to

these groups

Based on the two to three years of

existence revolving funds are made

available from the society

Continuous capacity enhancement

trainings are offered to the groups on

topics related to their work

Entrepreneurship DevelopmentProgrammes are offered on suitable

trades for the village groups

Exposure visits to successful models

are offered to the women groups

Marketing feasibilities are assessed

and based on the research output

plan is prepared for modality of

operation

Agriculture and Animal Husbandry aremajor areas of intervention of the

groups and similar groups are

networked for more credit linkages



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On march 28, 1980, Muzaffarpur

Diocese was created

The first bishop Most. Rev. John

Baptist Thakur S J sought the help

of Sr. Maria Theresa of Medical

Mission and Sr. Grace SND forserving the social ministry of the

Diocese

In 80s ministry started working in

17 districts north to the river

Ganges namely Begusarai,

Darbhanga, East Champaran,

Gopalganj, Khagaria, Madhepura,

Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saharsa,

Saran, Samastipur, Sheohar,Sitamarhi, Siwan, Supaul, Vaishali

and West Champaran

Society mostly concentrated on

charity, relief and non- formal

education in its first phase

A group of people in the diocese

met monthly to plan and review the

developmental works of the society

In 1981 with the support of IndoGerman Social Service Society and

Caritas India a three day planning

workshop was conducted at Khrist

Raja School Bettiah. The workshop

came forth with a decision to

conduct a baseline data collection

to gather informations on Social,

Political, Educational and Cultural

aspects of the reference

population. Also a need assessment

was initiated

Mr. L. J. David was appointed as

Executive Director in 1983

Mr. James Seraphim took charge of

the informal society in 1985

On 1988 August 4th new diocese at

Bettiah was formed with districts

bifurcated from Muzaffarpur

diocese viz, East Champaran, West

Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan and

Saran

In 2001 society got registration and

started working as Socio Economic

Development Office

In June 2003 the Socio Pastoral

Renewal Centre, at Muzaffarpur was

constructed. The social wing started

development activities with the

appointment of Rev. Fr. Joseph

Oreya

In January 2005 Rev. Fr. Julius

Lazarus was appointed as the

Executive Director of the society

Fr. Saji Augustine Thengumpallil was

appointed as the Executive Director

in June 2006

Fr. Henry DSouza and Fr. Jaya

Kumar joined MDSSS as Co-

Directors

Peep into the

yesteryears



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Donors and Supporters


Diocese of Muzaffarpur

Caritas India

Catholic Relief Services

ECHO

Caritas Germany

Misereor

Missio

Irish Aid

FVTF

DEUCHMANN Foundation

CHAI/CHABIJ

Manos Unidas

DK Austria

NEG-FIRE

Kfb Austria

IGSSS

Swiss League of Catholic

Women

Stop Migration StepFoundation

DKE

Church in Need

MIVA

Church partners in all

districts

Prabhat Madhubani

BDVS

Janshakti International

SitamarhiIMS Missionaries

CIC Sisters

Mata Sahayika Sisters

DMI Sisters

Sacred Heart Sisters

Medical Mission Sisters

Fransiscan Sisters {FMM}

SMA Sisters

Holy Cross Sisters

SCN Sisters


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MUZAFFARPUR DIOCESAN

SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIETYSeva Sadan, Bibi Ganj,

Bhagwanpur Chowk P. O.,

Muzaffarpur - 842001

Bihar, India

Ph: 0621 2260788, +91 9334116332,

Fax: 0621 [email protected]

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