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Towards Sustainable LivelihoodDARABAR SAHITYA SANSAD (DSS)At-SODHUA, P.O-DALAKASOTI, Via-BALIPATANA

Dist- KHURDA, PIN-752102, ODISHA, INDIA TEL. (FAX)-0674 2468529, 2468744

Email: darbar4@rediffmail.comWebsite: dssodisha.org

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Health check-up of migrant families in Annual Health Convention District level workshop on “Problems & Prospects of Migrant Workers”

Financial inclusion workshop for NGOs at Nimapada, Puri G.M, NABARD visits DSS

Financial inclusion workshop for Women SHGs at Sagada GP Tribal Dhokra artisans with Livelihood cards

A street play on “Domestic Violence” enacted by a Self Help Group Dhokra artisans in action

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About DSS …..The history of Darabar Sahitya Sansad (DSS) dates back to early nineties. A group of adolescent boys used to flock around a rural library in village Nischintapur, reading books and magazines and discussing on literary development. Two consecutive serve floods devastated the area during the year 1980 and 1982. The boys could not keep quite. They helped the govt. machineries in evacuating the people as well as distributing the relief materials. This small taste of social work prompted them to come to a common platform “a society” which could provide them the strength and the opportunity for youth work and social development. Finally a society was formed during 1982 with the name “Darabar Sahitya Sansad (DSS) - a people’s court for social justice, on a platform of young and literary people.

VisionDSS visualizes, self-sufficient and self managed villages in Orissa where each and every individual across the communities, live in peace and harmony without fear of discrimination or denied justice. Every individual to maintain a prosperous life with self-dignity and concern for community and environment at large.

MissionThe Mission of DSS is to help the poor and marginalized sections of the society in building their confidence and capacity for managing their socio-economic and political development process. DSS aims at working with geographically vulnerable communities as well as socially vulnerable groups like Women, Scheduled castes, Artisans, Landless laborers, Marginal farmers, Migrant workers etc., with their participation and ownership of the process.

Area of OperationDSS operates in 150 villages of 4 districts of Orissa viz. Puri, Khordha, Balasore and Kandhamal.

Legal Status• Registered under the “Societies Registration Act of 1860”, No-719 / 279 of 1984-85. • Registered under “Foreign Contribution Regulation Act of 1976, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, No-

105020062.• It is also registered under section 12(A) and 80 G of Income Tax Act of 1961.

Board MembersSl. No. Name Designation Occupation

1 Dr. Adwaita Kumar Patra President Agriculture consultant. 2 Mr. Subash Chandra Nayak Vice-President Educationist3 Mr. Kedareswar Choudhury Secretary Social Dev. Worker4 Mr. Rajanikant Mohanty Asst. Secretary Social Dev. Worker5 Mr. Mohan Ku. Baliarsingh Member Development Consultant6 Dr. (Ms.) Anusuya Dash -do- Doctor (Sr. Lecture)7 Dr. (Ms.) Srita Bhol -do- Educationist8 Ms. Menaka Pradhan -do- Women development Activist9 Ms. Laxmipriya Sahu -do- Women Development Activist10 Ms. Nibedita Nanda -do- Craft Teacher / Designer11 Ms. Manorama Barik -do- Women Dev. Activist

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• EnterprisepromotionforwomenDSS has been promoting Self Help Groups with poor women and facilitating compulsory savings and credit activities among themselves.

Secondly DSS provides hand holding and capacity building support to SHGs and their federations at GP level through

• Promoting SHGs, JLGs, Cooperatives for livelihoods security.

• Promoting and strengthening GP and Block level federations of SHGs to promote self help and livelihoods.

• Conducting regular training and exposure programs for women group leaders to increase their managerial capacity.

Enterprise promotion during the year

With borrowing from Rang De.Org, Bangalore DSS continue advancing small loans to enterprising women members of the SHGs, JLGs and cooperatives for income generation.

During the year• The total credit disbursement has been Rs.

10,032,000 to 801 enterprising women on various farm and non farm activities.

• DSS has repaid Rs.9,502,845 to Rang De with an outstanding of Rs.5,659,750.

• DSS not only advanced credit but also conducted number of training programs and market linkage programs in both farm and non farm enterprises.

• CraftbasedLivelihoodProgrammeWith support from Tata trusts, DSS has been implementing a Craft based livelihood project at Barkhama Dhokra cluster in baliguda block of kandhamal district. The programme has 3 major objectives viz i) Enhancing the income of 125 artisan households to double, ii) Increasing the crafts production volume 3 fold and 3) Provide wage employment to artisans for at least 200 days a year.

Achievementsduringtheyear• A project team has been placed with 5 staff

members.• A baseline study has been conducted to know

the status of the artisans and the cluster.• A project launching event was organized where

Govt, PRI, official from Tata Trusts and other

stakeholders participated. The objective was to garner cooperation from all stakeholders.

• 2 nos of skill upgradation trainings were conducted where 45 semi skilled artisans were trained in advanced skill and technique of Dhokra making. 25 types of prototypes were developed.

• A Raw material Bank has been established in the project which lends the raw materials to artisans and receives the finished products back. During the year 1.88 quintals of Brass and 0.245 quintals of wax have been supplied 15 artisan families.

• A comprehensive Design development programme was continued by a designer deputed by Tata trusts. The designer have guided a team of expert artisans in new designs for a period of 6 months (One week a month). 45 new prototypes were developed by 24 artisans.

• New improved tools and new techniques of casting were introduced to the artisans.

• The marketing person has facilitated market of Dhokra from the cluster by attending national and state level exhibitions, order supply, shop contact etc.

• An external capital fund of Rs.5 lakh has been mobilized from Rang De to establish a micro venture for continuing the production and sale

• Monthly tracking of the business by artisans have been done by the project team

The project has been able to enhance the artisan income by 50%.

• Promotion of organic farming andsustainable agriculture practice for womenfarmers

With financial support from Madhyam foundation, Bhubaneswar and AWO International - Germany, DSS conducted the above programme targeting 1000 women vegetable growers in 30 villages in Nimapara (Puri dist.) and Balipatana (Khordha dist.). The major focus was on training the producers in organic farming, crop planning, book keeping, market management, cooperative management etc. Assistance in shape of water lifting pumps, grading centre, bore well, sales centre etc were provided to boost their income.

Achievementsduringtheyear1. Field level trainings imparted:

• Training in crop planning-1 (32 farmers)

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• Training in organic veg cultivation-1 (35 farmers)• Training on Gender based discrimination-5 (186

farmers)2. District level trainings for cooperative members: 2

(155 cooperative leaders).3. State level trainings for staff: All the 3 project staff

have been trained thrice at state level by Madhyam.4. Soil testing done for 142 farmers.5. Organic seed treatment done for 943 farmers.6. Supported seed mini kit to 50 farmers.7. Supported 0 energy cool chambers to 50 farmers8. Organic coverage: 826.53 acre have been covered

under organic practice yielding 28596.62 quintals of vegetables.

9. Marketing Linkages: Marketing has been done in local outlets, weekly haats and supplying to Bhubaneswar markets.

Besides the organic vegetable cultivation the project also emphasized on “Social security” and “Gender based Discrimination”1. 84 women have been linked under JANANI

SURAKHYA YOJANA.2. 40 women linked under PMJDY( Pradhan Mantri Jan

Dhan Yojana)3. 15 women were linked to WIDOW PENSION

YOJANA.4. 21 domestic violence cases were mediated5. 86 women were organized and protested against

liquor

• MigrantWorkersSupportProgrammeWith a view to solve the two pronged issue of migrant labour from the state, DSS started a Migrant workers support programme with assistance from Tata Trusts. Initially the programme was operated in 2 blocks (Balipatana block in Khordha dist and Nimapara block in Puri dist). A new phase started during year 2015-16 for 3 years focusing on Balipatana block of Khordha dist only. However the project was closed by tata trusts by November 2016( 8 months in second year).The main focus of activity was on intensifying the services for migrant workers especially youth.

Achievementsduringtheyear• 670 migrant workers registered

• 3 panchayat level special camps conducted• 180 PRI made aware in 6 no of camps.• 363 women from migrant families got financial

literacy & leadership training under 9 no of programmes.

• 30 migrant collective leaders got training in financial management.

• 41 women got vocational skill training in mushroom cultivation and dairy farming.

• 41 women got financial assistance to start household enterprises.

• 162 women from migrant families got health awareness and counselling in 3 no of camps.

• 14 women health counsellors got training in health counselling under 2 programmes.

• 62 migrant workers got occupational health counselling and blood grouping under 2 no of camps.

• 280 migrants youth got skill counselling under 5 camps.

• 40 migrant youth got one month long skill training in Driving and Masonry trade.

• A study was conducted on “ Employment need and opportunity for Returnee Migrants”

• 42 cases of wage disputes were solved under 8 no of legal clinics.

• 2 project staff were trained and send to exposure programmes.

• One destination survey was conducted at Chennai.

• One block level and one district level stakeholders workshop were conducted where 72 Govt officials, NGOs participated.

• Rs.31,87,000 was advanced as livelihood promoting loan to 267 migrant families.

• 157 bank accounts opened, 100 PDS/ MNREGA/ Antodaya? NOAP linked

• 133 construction workers linked to BoCWW.

• MahilaKisanSashaktikaranPariyojana(MKSP)

With financial support from NRLM/ OLM/ Madhyam foundation DSS continued the MKSP programme in Balipatana block targeting 600 women farmers in sustainable agriculture practices. During the year the following activities were undertaken

• Training programmes; DSS conducted training programmes on Soil testing & Soil health mgmt, Seed selection & Preservation, Organic

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ways of cultivation, Plant protection SRI paddy Sustainable agriculture, Group mgmt. Book keeping etc. 470 women farmers were trained under 17 programmes.

• Exposure visit: an exposure visit of mahila kisans to immersion site (Nayagarh district) was organized where the mahila kisans were exposed to different vegetable farming practices.

• Orientation to PRI members: 2 programme were organized where 54 PRI participate and learned about the programme.

• Social Audit: One social audit was conducted at Gram Panchayat level where 35 stakeholders participated.

• PI disclosure: Wall posters/ hoardings were done at different locations describing the programme.

• 60 individual Cold chambers constructed in the house s of 60 Mahila Kisans for vegetable preservation.

• 2 no of weight measures were provided to 2 sub producer groups.

• Profiling of mahila Kisans: Computerised data base was prepared for 600 Mahila Kisans.

• End Line Survey: The end line survey was conducted with the help of CRPs for comparing with baseline study results. It showed the doubling of income of the farmers and 60% adoption of organic and sustainable practices.

Above all the two cooperatives formed have been strengthened with handholding support from the project team.

• UshaSilaiSchoolProgrammeWith financial support from Usha International through Gram Uthan, DSS conducted 2 batches of Sewing trainings for young women, one at Balipatana block of Khordha district and one in Baliguda block of Kandhamal district. 30 young women sewing teachers got trained in advanced sewing technique by Usha International. 10 of the teachers were also assisted with 10 sewing machines and other accessories by Usha for starting 10 new sewing schools at their residence. The target is to further train 200 new women entrepreneurs in sewing/ tailoring skills.

• Promotion of Farmers ProducersOrganisation(FPO)Programme

With financial support from NABARD Bhubaneswar, DSS started a 3 year long FPO programme where 2

FPOs were formed in Balipatana block of Khordha district and in Nimapada block of Puri district. Both the farmer producer Organisations have been registered as Producer companies.

• 400 women farmers (vegetable growers) have been enrolled in two companies.

• The 20 board of directors have been trained at DSS head office in company management techniques.

• Both the CEOs (Chief executive officers) have been trained at BIRD-Lucknow in Producer organization management.

• Both the companies have started Vegetable and Pulses collection and marketing.

• Both the companies have got the SEED License from State seeds corporation and have started input marketing.

• PIMC (Project implementation and Monitoring Committee) meetings have been conducted regularly and NABARD DDM have visited the field.

The companies are trying hard to generate own income and access loan fund so that they can manage after NABARD withdraw after 3 years project period.

• SeedVillageProgrammeWith financial support from NABARD DSS implemented a “Seed village” programme in 3 villages of balipatana block. 60 Green gram farmers were targeted where they have been supplied with improved seed, fertilizer, pesticide as well as periodic technical advise. The main objective of the programme was to enhance the production of Green gram up to double. By the end of March-17 the production has just started and it resulted in bumper production with technical skill to farmers.

• FinancialLiteracyProgrammeWith financial assistance from NABARD, AXIS Bank and Gram Uthan, DSS conducted 5 no of Financial literacy programmes in Khordha and Puri districts tragetting women SHG leaders, Cooperative leaders and NGO functionaries. The programme mainly targeted the women SHG members in rural area to get the awareness on financial inclusion, digital transaction, digital literacy etc. The programmee were conducted by eminent resource persons/ retired bankers/ trainers from the financial field. The programmes got overwhelming acceptance and participation by women SHG members.

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Our Auditor:

SanjeevKumar&Associates475 (P), Essen Den, Asian Plaza, Khandgiri, Aiginia, Bhubaneswar-19

Donorswhosupportedthisyear• AWO Intl./ Madhyam Foundation, BBSR• Tata Trusts• NABARD, BBSR• Usha International• Rang De.Org

Plan for coming year• Promote 1500 enterprises for women.• Promote livelihood for 200 tribal artisans.• Promote Sanitation and Renwable energy for 500 poor

households.• Promote organic farming in 30 villages.• Promote Climate change education/ DRR education in

villages and schools.• Promote vocational skill for 200 youth and women.

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DARABAR SAHITYA SANSAD (DSS)At-SODHUA, P.O- DALAKASOTI, Via-BALIPATANADist.-KHURDA, PIN-752102, ODISHA, INDIA TEL. (FAX)-0674 2468529, 2468744Email: darbar4@rediffmail.com Website: dssodisha.org

A View of DSS Head Office

The meeting and field exposure organized was very nice and effective learnt a lot regarding vegetable cultivation. Participants enjoyed a lot and the cooperation and welcome we received from the villagers was heart touching.

- Ipsapratibimbita SarangiNational Foundation for India

I am on official visit to DSS to take a session on Business and management for Directors of FPO promoted by DSS with support from NABARD.DSS is a commited NGO and partner of NABARD for last 20 years. I wish them all the best in future endeavours.

- N. L. SahooNABARD Odisha RO

I am satisfied to visit NGOs resource centre. The NGO has capacity to provide training and exposure visit to APO. Overall visit is good and NGO should go ahead with farming activities.

- K. SahooNABARD Odisha RO

A visit after nearly 26 years was a very fruitful one.We have continued to strengthen our partnership through several bottlenecks, challenges and look forward to grooming our work together.

- Roopa MehtaSasha, Kolkata

Very nice to visit DSS at Sodhua. The MF sector is reaching the rural poor at the time of need and at doorstep. Handicrafts need to be diversified. Good luck.

- Dibakar MaharanaRetired Chief manager SBI, Ex PE-OLM

It is always nice to see and observe DSS’s commitment to the inclusive growth of the society. Keep things roll on.

- Jayant Kumar SahooAGM- NABARD

WhattheysayaboutDSS...

The activities and efforts made by DSS are praiseworthy. The steps taken up by them for upliftment of rural poor is outstanding. I wish them all success in their future endeavor.

- P. K. PandaGM-NABARD

Participated in the workshop “ problems and prospects of Migrant workers” organized by DSS on 28.10.16. The organization have conducted a nice job for registration of migrant workers in the Balipatana block. The organization is also working effectively for solving the problems of migrant workers working outside the state. Wish them all success in future.

- Ranjan SwainGPEO- Baliptana

Programme” problems and prospects of Migrant workers”. I was invited as guest to speak about remittance facilities in bank from other states. It was a nice meeting. Initiative taken is excellent one. Definitely it will help migrant workers. Wish the organization all the best for future projects.

- Tairas ToppoBM-SBI, Narada

The agency has been doing an excellent work in the area. Their commitment, involvement and dedication for upliftment of poor people in the area are praiseworthy.

- N. P. ParhiAGM-NABARD, RO, Bhubaneswar

It is nice work by the organization for the farming community” Seed Village”. Hope farmers will benefit by this programme. I wish all success of the organization.

- Manoranjan RaulAsst Agril. Officer, Balipatana

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