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CROSS CULTURAL FIELD STUDY

(RURAL CAMP) REPORT

16-21 FEBRUARY 2015 VENUE: CFCD PROJECT AREA OF KOLAR BY CENTRE FOR SOCIAL ACTION

CAMP COORDINATOR: PROF. MATHEW C.P.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

MARCH 2015

Cross Cultural Field Study Report_16-21 Feb 2015_Kolar Page 2

Introduction

The cross cultural field study (Rural Camp) is one of the academic requirements

which have to be fulfilled by the students of second semester MSW. The project areas of

Centre for Social Action are usually identified as the camp site. The Rural camp for the year

2015 is organised at Pragathi CFCD Project areas of Centre for Social Action located at

Kolar.

Objectives of Cross Cultural Field Study

1. Understand the rural social system with special reference to a specific poverty group.

2. Conduct interventions required for awareness building and community mobilization.

3. Analyze the regional rural social system, the approaches and the strategies of

intervention used by the Non Governmental Organizations.

4. Understand the nature of government intervention in relation to poverty groups in the

region and the related structures of decision making and intervention.

5. Through experience in group living, appreciate its value in terms of self development,

interpersonal relationships, sense of organization, management and taking on

responsibility.

6. Acquire skills in planning, organizing, evaluation, appreciation, sharing of resources,

tasks, coping skills in problem situations, cooperation and coordination.

7. To develop documents for highlighting observations, recommendations to Centre for

Social Action.

Specific Task during the Rural Camp

The students were assigned to conduct a mid evaluation of Child Focused Community

Development (CFCD) project in the selected villages from 3 clusters.

Expected outcome of the Cross Cultural Field Study

It was expected that students develop understanding of the rural social system, the

regional rural social system, the approaches and the strategies of intervention used by the

Non Governmental Organizations. The students gain adequate knowledge and skills in

conducting evaluation researches. The students develop skills in planning and implementing

interventions required for awareness building and community mobilization. The CCFS also

brings analytical skills and critical thinking ability among students. Finally it help students to

experience group living, develop interpersonal relationships, sense of organization,

management and taking on responsibility.

Proposed Tasks

Social Analysis

Interaction with the Village communities

Conduct interventions required for awareness building and community mobilization

Focus Group Discussion with the Village Groups (Youth, Women, Children etc)

Organising cultural programmes for the community.

Interaction with NGO representatives available in the area.

Methodology Suggested for meeting the Tasks

Household Surveys, FGDs, Meetings, Cultural activities i.e. Street Plays, Songs,

Dance etc., Analysis and Interpretation of the data collected, Presentation of the data after the

camp.


Kolar

Kolar is a city in the South Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Kolar

District and is known for gold mining. Kolar is called the land of silk, milk, and gold. The

town is famous for the Someshwara temple and the Kolaramma temple.

The place is CSA’s Project for which the I MSW students would be conducting a pre

midterm evaluation for the agency. This is for the midterm evaluation which will be

conducted at the 5th year of the project by rural agency. The project is CFCD which stands for

Child Focussed Community Development whose 3rd

year would be completed by this March

2015.

Pragathi

Pragathi “Child Focused Community Development” project – Srinivaspura &

Mulbagal Taluks in Kolar District, Karnataka State.

Pragathi CFCD project’s impact villages are situated in and around Srinivaspura and

Mulbagal Taluks of Kolar District in Karnataka. It is located at 120 km away from

Bangalore city and 32 km from Kolar district head quarter. 22 very deserved and needy

villages have been selected through in-depth survey and assessment and being supported in

empowering rural women and children in various socio economic development processes.

The project’s life span is for 7 years and we are in the third year of intervention commenced

from June 2012 focusing on the following goals, purposes and with 5 major components.

Project Goal

“Sustainable improvements in the quality of life of well being of marginalized communities

and their children”.

Purposes:

Children grow in a community that ensures quality education, health services, adequate

nutrition and food security, opportunities for future employment and income source.

Component wise project interventions

1. Early Childhood Care and Nutrition (0-6 years)

The objectives of ECC & Nutrition component is to work closely with the ICDS department

for improved enrollment in ECC centres, early childhood education and psychomotor

development of the children. This will be ensured through training ANC/PNC mothers,

House visits and awareness creations, periodical growth monitoring & immunization of

children, organizing camps and melas, etc. And setting up ECC centres in non ICDS working

villages and mainstreaming into the govt., scheme.

2. Strengthening Children’s Education (6-16 Years)

There is lack of opportunities for the overall development of rural children (6-16 year) as

well as for quality Education. Here the intervention is to provide necessary guidance and


support for quality education and holistic development of children through setting up

children’s forum in every village like Activity Centre / Children Parliament and by providing

required support like school uniforms, note books, bags and fees for the needy. Moreover

study exposures, camps, sports and cultural activities will also be conducted to empower

children towards improved education and better future.

3. Community Health and Hygiene

The objective of this component is to improve the awareness and access to basic health

services, practices among the target communities. This component caters to the basic heath

rights of 0-6 yrs children and the pregnant and lactating mothers (ANC/PNC). It also caters

to the health rights of the community in general.

The project also networks with the Primary Health Care centers, the taluk and the district

level Government hospitals for tapping resources and supports towards community’s overall

health development.

4. Community Based Organisations (CBOs)

Promoting and strengthening Community Based Organisations like Self Help Groups,

Federations, Associations, Village Development Committees, etc. Apart from empowering

them in socio-economic development processes, these CBOs will be involved in Planning,

implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of the project right from the beginning of our

interventions through which effective community participation would be ensured for

networking and liaison with government and private service providers for tapping resources

for a sustainable development.

5. Livelihood Promotion

Diversified income sources and improved productivity and income of the marginalized

communities in the project area are the main purposes of this component. Entrepreneurship

Development trainings, financial assistance for setting up own micro enterprises (off and on

farm activities) and vocational skills trainings for improved employment opportunities are

some of the support provided to the families for ensuring improved socio-economic

development.

Committees

The following committees are constituted for the smooth conduction of the camp.

Overall student coordinators:

1. Alen Chandy Alexander

2. Ambika Rathnakumar

Planning and Programme: Vasundhara S. Nair (Leader), Jasmin Kurian, Shruti Roy

Chowdhury, Mary Annie Preetha V, Alfred Raju R, Ephrem K Babu, Esther Oommen, Nimi

Johnson


Food committee: Ali Asrath E A (Leader), Dyana A, Mary Reeja Jose, C.Priyanka, Surya

Jyotsna

Transportation: Sachin Dennis (Leader), Tomin Philip, L. Saadhvee

Cultural committee: Shubhanan Nair (Leader), Amita Wilsent, Ashna Singh, Megha Singh,

Vaishnavi Devi S R, Ashlesha Anilkumar*, Satish B, Antara Kumar

Accommodation: Bibin Francis (Leader), Anisha Bhandari*, Purbita Bhakta

Discipline: Jobu Jacob John(Leader), Tuba Kamil, Mariyappa V, Ravina Bhalla, Evangeline

Bhaskar, Anita Rai, Persis Tryphena Patrick

Evaluation: Shaiju Peter(Leader), Ann Asha Paulson, Maheeta N Kumar, Ritu Biswas,

Philomina Cherian, Shashank D M, Oindrila Sinha

Documentation: Megathi Ramakrishnan(Leader), Sangeetha George, Boomica M, Sarvesh

V Krishna, Ann Maria John, Sachitha K, Sruthi Narayanan

Finance: Sivaramakrishnan K, Tessa Babu

First Aid: Thayyiba Mehboob(Leader), Madhulika Singh*

* The student could not complete the camp due to health reasons

Teams & Groups

The following and the teams and groups formed to undertake the Project Work

Team-1 (Group 1&2)

Satish B, Sarvesh V Krishna, Ephrem Babu, Sachin Dennis, Mary Reeja Jose, Shruti Roy

Chowdhury, Purbita Bhakta, Tuba Kamil, Evangeline Bhaskar, Vaishnavi Devi SR, Tessa

Babu, Ann Asha Paulson, Boomica M, Maheeta N Kumar, Alfred Raju R, Ali Asrath E A,

Shaiju Peter, Shashank D M, Vasundhara S.Nair, Dyana A, Ashlesha Anilkumar*, Saadhvee

L, Anisha Bhandari*, Persis Tryphena Patrick, Anita Rai, Antara Kumar, Ann Maria John,

Sruthi Narayanan

Team-2 (Group-3 &4)

Mariyappa V, Shubhanan Nair, Tomin Philip, Sivaramakrishnan K, Mary Annie Preetha,

Philomina Cherian, Jasmine Kurian, Ashna Singh, Ravina Bhalla, Oindrila Sinha, Ambika

Rathnakumar, Surya Jyotsna, Megathi Ramakrishnan, Bibin Francis, Jobu Jacob John, Alen

Chandy Alexander, Sangeetha George, Nimi Johnson, Esther Oomen, Sachitha K, Ritu

Biswas, Amita Wilsent, Priyanka C, Madhulika Singh*, Megha Singh, Thayyiba Mehboob,

There were two students Ms. Hanna Charolotte Hanager and Mr. Havard Fosseng from

Diakonhjemmet Hogskole, Norway attending the camp.


Pre Camp Activities

Meetings

Meeting #1

22nd

January 2015 10:00 AM

Meeting organised by

Prof.Mathew C.P., Dr.Hemalatha K., Mr. Murugan G.

Discussions

1. The meeting was for the leaders of the mother committee’s to furnish the details of

the project and responsibilities of each team.

2. Mr. Murugan and Dr. Hemalatha informed the class of 54 was divided into 4 groups

where the mother committee team members would be split and placed.

3. Each team would be portraying street plays, Focussed Group Discussions, awareness

creation and cultural activities.

4. The activities such as script for the street play, cultural activities that shall be handled

by each team would be decided by the mother committee cultural team.

5. The documentation team’s duties were also informed as to document all the activities

of the mother committees. The documentation members placed in each of the 4

groups were responsible to document all the activities of the respective group. The

groups would be conducting Focussed Group Discussions and using questionnaires

for the same. The documentation team members in the group would be responsible to

handover the questionnaire’s to the group and also collecting them. Once they reach

the base camp the documentations both soft and hard copy shall be handed over to the

documentation team head. At the end of the camp, the documentation team shall be

having the final document and will be presenting the entire camp activities to the

audience.

6. Every night there shall be evaluation of the day’s activity.

The questionnaires for the Focussed Group Discussions shall be prepared by Ms.Boomica

Meeting #2

22nd

January 2015 11:30 AM


Dr. Hemalatha

Minutes of the meeting

Dr. Hemalata conducted a meeting with Ms.Ambika - overall coordinator of the rural camp,

Ms.Shruti from the Planning and Programme committee, Ms.Megathi and Ms.Boomica from

the documentation committee. The trainees were given the work of developing the blue print

for the rural camp. This blue print will be submitted on February 2nd

, 2015. The blue print

consists of the objectives, strategies and the outcomes of various activities planned by the


trainees to make the rural camp purposeful to the community as well as the trainees. The

professor gave her suggestions on developing the blue print and discussed about the

components to be added to the blue print that would make the camp more effective.

Programme Objective Strategy Resource/

Material

Outcomes

CBO FGD

(SHGs, VDCs,

CACs, CLAs,

CPs)

To understand the

structure and

function of these

CBOs

To witness the

positive impacts of

these CBOs on the

Communities

To evaluate the

performance of

these CBOs and

suggest changes if necessary

Focus Group

Discussions

Questionnaire

Recorders

Community:

Self – Evaluation

and Introspection opportunity for

the CBOs

Identification of innovation that

would lead to the

effective

functioning of the CBOs

Trainee: Gain

knowledge on the structure,

functions, merits

of the CBOs

Household

Survey

To conduct a

survey to understand the

reach of the

programmes of CSA within the

community

To measure the

awareness of the community people

about CSA

Interaction with the community

conducting

survey

Questionnaire The survey would help CSA

to evaluate the

impact of the child focused

community

development programme

Trainee: In-depth

study of the

community and the practise of

community

planning

Schools

Health and

Hygiene

Awareness

Programmes

To make the

community aware

of the importance of sanitation

To make the

community aware

of their Health

Maintenance

Street Theatre

Community: The

Community would gain

knowledge on

Health and

Hygiene Trainee:

Conducting

awareness Programmes that

would reach out

to the grassroots level


Meeting#3

10th

February 2015 11:30 AM


Mr. Murugan

Dr.Hemalatha

Discussions

Mr. Murugan and Ms. Hemalatha briefed the class regarding the change in the place of rural

camp and its reasons. The camp will be held at Kolar instead of Bagalkot due to some

administrative reasons.

Mr. Murugan threw light on the place. Kolar is also called the gold fields. 3 years ago

Baseline survey was conducted by the Department of Social Work.

The students would be focussing this time on conducting a pre- mid – assessment of the Child

Focussed Community Development Project implemented by CSA. This assessment is for the

midterm evaluation which shall be conducted by rural agency during the 5th year of a project.

The same objectives of Bagalkot shall be carried forward. The document will have to be

submitted to the Donors. The project shall enter the third year by March.

No. Of villages to be covered: 16

Target group: 35 households in each village SC/ST (Children from all the clan shall be

included in activities but the beneficiaries would be SC/ST children)

No. of villages under each group: 8

A total of 16 villages will be covered.

The students shall be split into 2 groups and each group shall address 8 villages each.

Areas to be focussed on

Health and Hygiene

Education

CBO’s

Swatch Bharat

Tools

FGD – CBO members (5 CBO’S per village)

1. SHG

2. Village Developmental Committee

3. Children Activity Centre

4. Children Parliament

5. Cluster LevelAssociations

School Programs

House Hold Survey

Cultural activities

Planting Saplings

The main focus is to identify the impact that CSA has made in Kolar. The awareness in the

community.

Strategies to be used:

Survey related to sanitation

Awareness creation on sanitation (Importance of toilet usage)


[Use Street Play with audio and visual aids. 1 hour allotted everyday for street play]

Output expected – At least 25% should go for toilets

Focussed Group discussions ( Importance has to be given to sanitation)

[Use Questionnaires for Children, Women, Youth and Community]

Cultural events to be conducted for children ,women, youth and community as ice

breakers and to grab attention

Keep in mind

In schools

While addressing children

Procure permission from Headmaster

Conduct cultural activities

Mobilize children for Focussed Group Discussion

Street Play

Duration : 1 hour

4 plays (15 min each)

Use charts from Primary health care centres

Use Flex banners

Use Pluckards in Kannada

Use humour

Use drums

Decisions Made

Transport people- Monday morning we leave from here

Transportation committee has to arrange from CSA from Mr. Densil- 1 bus and 1 traveller

Accommodation- What are the facilities available and what all students have to bring?

Planning- Schedule

Discipline- Clothes, schedule, norms

Evaluation- Morning – 1 hr

Impact Evaluation School,CBO, Household survey ,Swacha Bharat

Meeting #4

10th January 2015 2:00 PM to 03:00 PM


Dr.Hemalatha

Minutes of the meeting:

Dr. Hemalatha discussed in class the progress of the work allotted at 11:30 AM on the same

day.

Team 2

A close ended Household survey questionnaire has been developed

Decisions Made: The English form of the native language shall be present

Team 1


An open ended FGD has been developed and the questions have been shortlisted

Team 3

Activities for school has been decided keeping in mind the Kannada and non-native speakers

No faculty will be involved in the activity

Activities will happen in school

Activities planned are

Documentary

Play cards

Kitchen Garden

Health – Documentary and Activity

Team 2

Early morning household survey

School Activity in the noon

Swach Bharat ,Street play, Sanitation and CBO in the evening

Transportation

Transportation has to clarify regarding the pertrol and shuttling to and fro

General

The teams have to get the tools validated by Mr.Murugan

At the end of the project 560 household have to be covered

Material matrix has to be filled

Meeting #5

10th February 2015 03:00 PM


Ambika

Alen


Documentation Team

People present

Megathi, Boomika, Sarvesh, Sangeetha, Sachitha, Ann Maria, Sruthi N

Queries regarding the documentation format were sorted

Documentation format for documenting meetings shall be mailed to the team

members by 9 pm on 10th

February

Team requires the following materials

Extension cable

A4 sheet

Queries of members

Sarvesh Communicate, translates, documents and

photography

Requires time to submit

documents as they perform

multiple role

Sangeetha Communicate, translates, documents and

photography, coordinator

Boomica CBO Questionnaire , Blueprint, Team 1 leader

Planning team


People present:

Vasundhara, Jasmine, Alfred Shruthi RC, Nimmi, Esther


Schedule for each day has been created

Roles of each member has to be allocated by the respective group leader

Documentation format and deadline was informed

Rally that has been planned will not be possible

35 Survey Samples shall be collected and has to be done

Member for house hold survey has to be identified

Information by overall heads

Team has to keep staff and overall head in the loop

Mobile phone is restricted in the place – Discipline team has to make a note

The other teams were also briefed regarding the documentation format and adherence to

deadlines. The committee’s also got their queries clarified. Role allocations were cross

verified. The teams that were present are

Evaluation, Food, Cultural, Accommodation, Transportation, Discipline, Finance

Decisions Made

The committee’s were given the deadline and a CC was to be marked for all the mails.

Meeting #6

15-02-2015 12:00 PM


Mathew CP


Medicines

Mr. Mathew mentioned regarding the general medicines to be taken during the camp.

Students have to buy basic first aid for oneself

Time mentioned was 8 o clock departure

Query regarding breakfast availability was clarified.

Indemnity reminder was given for the people who had not submitted it

Report in front of ATM at 8 o clock

People who board on the way should stand in points where the bus stops


COMMITTEE MEETINGS

ACCOMMODATION COMMITTEE

The accommodation committee after having their meetings decided on the things to carry by

each student for the camp, accommodation of girls and boys, usage of washrooms and a

notice at the class room for all the students.

CULTURAL COMMITTEE

The cultural committee after having several meetings has come up with activities to be

conducted by the groups during the rural camp. These activities have been planned keeping in

mind the needs and requirements of the children, women, youth and the community at large.

List of activities were decided by the team.

DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE

The discipline committee members after having their meetings come up with the following

major decisions.

1. Use of tobacco, alcohol and smoking is strictly prohibited.

2. No use of cell phones during the working hours.

3. All the students are requested to follow the dress code as mentioned below-

Girls- Kurta and salwar or jeans (NO TIGHT JEANS) with long Kurta and

‘DUPATTA IS MANDATORY’.

Boys- Formal shirt and formal pants or jeans with ‘COLLARED T- SHIRTS’.

4. Individuals are responsible for their own belongings.

5. Students who are interested in jogging or walk have to wake up around 5 A.M and

have to inform the faculty before leaving the base camp. ‘Students are permitted to

jog or walk within 1km of the base camp not beyond that and students can wear their

track suits’.

6. Students are requested to get ready for the breakfast by 8 A.M.

7. Students are requested to maintain ‘Personal Code of Conduct’ like adults and

maintain ‘professionalism’.

8. Students are requested to go to bed by 10PM and are not allowed to leave the room

or open the door of room after 10PM.

9. Students are not allowed to wander or go far off the base camp.

10. Those who are on regular medications are requested to carry their own medicines.

11. Please inform the faculty if going through any problem while in the rural camp.

‘Any Violation of rule will lead to strict action’


DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE

Brief of the pre camp activities performed by the committee are as follows:

The format for the documentation was decided and confirmed by the team.

The individual responsibilities of the team was decided and finalised.

The deadlines for the submission of reports were also finalised.

The materials required for documentation were listed out.

Decisions to ensure division of work and responsibilities to the rest of the group

members were also taken during this meeting.

EVALUATION COMMITTEE

The decisions made during the meetings of evaluation committee are as follows:

The group members planned the format of evaluation of daily activities.

1 hour will be devoted on a daily basis to evaluate the performance of each of every

group and committee. In that one hour, each of the 4 groups will be given an

opportunity to evaluate themselves about the following:

Whether they have completed all the assigned tasks of the day

Challenges or problems faced during the programmes conducted

Any kinds of conflicts within the group

After the group evaluations, the evaluation committee members will be evaluating the work

done by the various committees. The work has been divided as shown below.

1. Planning- Shashank

2. Discipline- Shaiju

3. Transportation- Philomina

4. Accommodation- Philomina

5. Food- Mahita

6. Cultural- Oindrila

7. First Aid- Asha

8. Finance-Asha

9. Documentation- Ritu

It was decided that Asha would document the meetings and activities of the

Evaluation Committee.

FIRST AID COMMITTEE

Basic medicines arranged by the committee. Informed all the students to take care of their

personal medication..

FOOD COMMITTEE

List of Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian students is made

Basic food menu was prepared

Decided to have modifications after reaching to the camp site.


PLANNING COMMITTEE

Major decisions made during the meetings are as follows:

Schedule for the camp was prepared after consulting the Faculty Members and CSA

Staff.

The groups were changed as there were changes in the number of villages. As such,

the schedule was finalized

The class was informed about the entire plan for the week and it was accepted.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

After having meetings with Faculty members and CSA staff the committee made the

arrangements for vehicles for the following purposes:

One Bus and One tempo traveller from Christ University to Kolar and Back

Local conveyance during the camp

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Student's Contribution for the Camp

S.No Name Amount (Rs.)

1 ALEN CHANDY ALEXANDER 1500

2 ALFRED RAJU R 1500

3 ALI ASRATH E A 1500

4 BIBIN FRANCIS 1500

5 EPHREM K BABU 1500

6 JOBU JACOB JOHN 1500

7 SACHIN DENNIS 1500

8 SARVESH V KRISHNA 1500

9 SATISH B 1500

10 SHAIJU PETER 1500

11 SHASHANK D M 1500

12 SHUBHANAN NAIR 1500

13 SIVARAMAKRISHNAN K 1500

14 TOMIN PHILIP 1500

15 MARIYAPPA V 1500

16 AMBIKA RATHNAKUMAR 1500

17 AMITA WILSENT 1500

18 ANISHA BHANDARI 1500

19 ANITA RAI 1500

20 ANN ASHA PAULSON 1500


21 ANN MARIA JOHN 1500

22 ANTARA KUMAR 1500

23 ASHLESHA ANILKUMAR 1500

24 ASHNA SINGH 1500

25 BOOMICA M 1500

26 DYANA A 1500

27 ESTHER OOMMEN 2000

28 EVANGELINE BHASKAR 1500

29 JASMIN KURIAN 1500

30 L SAADHVEE 1500

31 MADHULIKA SINGH 1500

32 MAHEETA N KUMAR 1500

33 MARY ANNIE PREETHA V 1500

34 MARY REEJA JOSE 1500

35 MEGATHI RAMAKRISHNAN 1500

36 MEGHA SINGH 1500

37 NIMI JOHNSON 1500

38 OINDRILA SINHA 1500

39 PERSIS TRYPHENA PATRICK 1500

40 PHILOMINA CHERIAN 1500

41 PURBITA BHAKTA 1500

42 RAVINA BHALLA 1500

43 RITU BISWAS 1500

44 SACHITHA K 1500

45 SANGEETHA GEORGE 1500

46 SHRUTI ROY CHOWDHURY 2000

47 SRUTHI NARAYANAN 1500

48 SURYA JYOTSNA 1500

49 TESSA BABU 1500

50 THAYYIBA MEHBOOB 1500

51 TUBA KAMIL 1500

52 VAISHNAVI DEVI S R 2000

53 VASUNDHARAA S. NAIR 1500

54 C.PRIYANKA 1500

Total Amount Collected 81000

An initial amount of Rs.2000 was collected from the students. Rs. 500 is refunded looking in

to the expenses.


REPORT OF

TEAM-1


Date: 16-02-2015

Place: Attikunte

In village Attikunte the students performed awareness

programmes including rally, street play and cultural

programmes.


Date: 17-02-2015

Place: Vadigepalli

Objectives

To understand the level of awareness about

CSA among the community

To know the no. of members from the

community, who have availed the benefits

from CSA

To assess the level of satisfaction of the

beneficiaries who are availing the services of

CSA

To understand the current problems of the

community

To obtain suggestions for improvement of

CSA programmes

Household surveys

No. of houses covered: 40

Time: 8:30am to 12:00 noon

People were not aware about the

CFCD project or CSA .Men are

dominant in the houses, so they

don’t allow women to go out or join

SHG’s. Most of the women in the

village are not in any SHGs. Few

children in the Activity centre.

People were pretty cooperative and

responded correctly.

FGD

Self Help Group

No. of participants: 8

Time: 3:30pm to 4:00pm

It was conducted with 3 CBO’s with the purpose of evaluating the reach of CSA and its

programs among the community people. Name of the SHG is Keerthana Mahila Sanga which


started on 11th December 2012.It has 11 members, weekly meetings on Wednesdays. Weekly

deposit starts from Rs.30. Amount in savings of a member for a year is 2,760. They get loans

for occupation, education and infrastructure purposes

Children Parliament

There is one children parliament in the community but no members were available due the

festival.

Village Development Committee



The committee started in 2012 with a total strength of 14 members out of which only 9 are

active .Monthly meetings are held where they discuss about Shramadhana and the activity

centre. Rallies are conducted. Loans are provided for various purposes in the village.

Children Activity Centre



40 children are supposed to attend but only 20 are attending. One facilitator – Miss Prema. It

is also known as a supplementary education centre. Rs. 10 is the monthly fee for the activity

centre. Since 2 years it’s operating with no proper infrastructure.

School Programmes


Time: 8:30am to 11:45am


Various activities and games about health and hygiene, skill development, communication

and talent development.

Objectives for the next day

To conduct the household surveys

To conduct the focused group discussions with SHGs, VDCs and Children’s’

parliament, adolescent girls and youth group.

To conduct activities for children in school

To perform street play and create awareness on sanitation and health care.

Date: 18-02-2015

Place: Gandhinagara

Objectives

To conduct games with school children

To conduct house hold surveys

To conduct meetings with SHG’s

To conduct meetings with VDC

To conduct rally

To conduct Flash Mob

To conduct Street Play

Household surveys

No. of houses covered: 36

Time: From 8:40am to 12:00 noon

People are not aware about CSA, but they know about activity centres. There is no

Anganawadi in the village. Village has no proper sanitation facility. They need an activity

centre in their village. Applications and requests are sent to Panchayath but there is no

response from them.

FGD

Self Help Group


Time: 10:00am to10:30am and 4:30pm to 5:00pm


In Gandhinagara village, dissucssed with Pragathi Mahila Sanga. In Peddeapalli village,

discussed with two SHG groups. Mariyamma Mahila Sanga and Om Shakthi Mahila Sanga.

In each sanga consists of 14 members. It started 3 years ago with the support of Nagaraj sir.

Meetings happens on every Fridays. They contribute 20 rupees each week. They have to pay

fine if missed to attend meetings. Loans are taken to buy cattle, vehicles purchase and house

construction festival celebration. Saving of Om Shakthi is, Monthly-2300 and yearly-33,000.

Savings of Mariyamma sanga is, Monthly- Rs 2300 and yearly-Rs33, 000.

Children’s Activity Centre


Time: 9:00 am to 9:45am

The meeting started with an ice breaking session with the children and they were asked

information about their curriculum, facilitator and how much they know about CSA. The

children were given the opportunity to talk about their grievances or any other suggestions.



Time: 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm

There are 16 members in the committee including children. Major developments were

drinking water tank construction, activity centre and rally on Shramadhan and hygiene.

Requirement of the committee is to setup an activity centre and Anganawadi in the village

and also to construct toilet facilities.




To conduct the focused group discussions with SHGs, VDCs, Children’s’ parliament,

adolescent girls and youth groups.



Date: 19 February 2015

Place: Beerkanahalli

157 houses, 600+ population, 3 SHG’s, Primary schools, 2 children parliament, 1 youth club,

1 adolescent girls club

Prayer: 08:10 am to 08:20am

Tuba-Sikh Prayer

Objectives:

To evaluate CSA’s reach among the communities and their performance towards the

well-being of the people.

To create awareness on sanitation and need to construct toilets among the community

people

Activities:

Household survey-

No. of Households: 60

Time: 09:00 to 11:00 am

The households do not know regarding the official name of the organization or the CFCD

project. Majority of the families were not interested in toilet construction because of water

scarcity. Some of the households were satisfied with CSA’s work and were planning to be

acquainted with them in future endeavours as well. Transportation, Functioning of SHG’s

have to be improved.


FGD

School Programme


Time: 09.00 am to 11.00 am

Venue: Govt. School

Activities conducted- games, activities, action songs, rhymes, alphabets, numbers, awareness

on sanitation

Village development committee

No. Of participants: 10

Time: 7.00 pm to 7.45 pm

The VDC is a committee that is formed by taking representatives from all age groups in the

village community. There are students representing children, members representing the

youth, women, men and senior citizens. Most Key issues are discussed in the meeting by the

village representatives from the village. The VDC in Beerkanahalli have been highly

effective and have initiated and successful. The FGD with the VDC members proved that

they are aware about CSA and its CFCD project.

SHG

No. of Participants: 45

Time: 09.00 am to 10.00 am

The discussion was facilitated by Mr.Shivakumar. FGD was conducted for three SHG’s. The

SHG’s are properly functioning. Each SHG has savings up to two lakh rupees.


Rally

The rally was used as a tool to gather crowd for the awareness programme in the evening.

The rally was really effective that the community people also participated along with the

trainees.

Street Play

The programme began by involving the community people in the programme through dance

and songs, the street play started with a flash mob. The street play’s main focus was creating

awareness among the community members regarding toilet construction in the community.

The programme came out very effectively.



To conduct the focused group discussions with SHGs, VDCs and Children’s’

parliament, youth groups and adolescent girls.



Date: 20-02-2015

Place: Nachaguntahalli and Meluguguntahalli

Prayer: 8:00 to 8:15 a.m.

Priyanka did prayer following the Hindu rituals.


Objectives

To conduct games with school children

To conduct house hold surveys

To conduct meetings with SHG’s

To conduct meetings with VDC

To conduct rally

To conduct Flash Mob

To conduct Street Play

To Conduct meeting with the adolescent girls

Activities:

Household surveys:


At Nachaguntehalli, the people were not much aware of the CSA project and in

Melugunguntahalli the people were showing a mix response as some of them were not

satisfied with the work done by CSA.The people in Nachaguntehalli require water and toilet

facility.

FGD

Self Help Group

Melugunguntahalli


There are 2 SHGs in the community out of which one SHG is working properly and the other

one is not. One of the SHG feels that CSA is beneficial and the other says it’s not as they are

not being benefitted from the SHG.


Nachaguntehalli


There are 3 SHGs in the community out of which only 2 come under the CSA project. The

SHGs have given funds to Anganwadi to install windows which would be helpful during

rainy season. They have also taught there members to save and deposit money in the banks

which would be useful for them.


Melugunguntahalli


There are total 27 members out of which only 16 members came for the meeting. They

discussed about various issues in the villagesuch as the issue of child marriage and sanitation

which is a major problem and they even don’t get proper electricity.

Nachaguntehalli


There are 19 members in the committee whose main aim is to make to discuss the problems

of the community and solve them. They approach to local authorities to get funds for the

village for the fulfilment of the needs of the people in the village. They even discuss about

how to keep the village clean and hygiene and ensure that all students go to tuition centre of

CSA and they decides on which child has to be given scholarship for education. They have

even achieved to make the village clean and free from diseases to an extent.

Children Activity Centre

Melugunguntahalli


The children were well aware of CSA and its programs and were satisfied with the tuition

centre and the other programs offered by CSA. The children are facing problem of electricity

in the village.


Nachaguntehalli


Discussed about the questionnaire provided and it was found that the children require a

bigger room for their activity centre and they require better sports facility and more open

space.

Adolescent Girls

Melugunguntahalli


The girls had a discussion about the issues affecting women specially issues such as school

dropout. Social action is missing among the girls. They are using sanitary pads initially CSA

was taking providing them but now the Government is taking care of it.

Nachaguntehalli


Pre-test and post-test for the awareness of human rights after which videos were shown and

explained. After the discussion the response was very good and was observed that the pre-test

and post test result was extremely satisfying.

School Programmes


The children were taught action songs and rhymes. Alphabets and drawings were also done

for making the children learn words through drawings.


REPORT OF

TEAM-2


16/02/2015

Objectives:

Knowing the community

Understanding CSA and Pragathi project

Awareness about sanitation and toilet construction at home through flash mobs, rally

and street plays.

Activities:

Orientation:

The trainees started from the university campus by 8.30 am. They arrived at the project

office at Kolar by 11.30 am. It was followed by the orientation about the Pragathi project by

the CSA staff Mr.Murugan, Mr.Basavaraju, Mr.Nagaraj, and Mr.Shivakumar till 1.00 pm.

The students were briefed about the project which goes by the name Pragathi that primarily

focuses on Child focused community development by Mr. Basavaraju and Mr Nagaaraj. It is

the fourth project of CSA. The 5 components were briefed about. The student’s queries

regarding various community based organization was answered. It was followed by lunch

break.

Planning and Preparation:

After the break, the trainees planned and prepared for the day’s programme. The trainees

involved in practice for Street play, flash mobs and prepared play cards for rally. There was a

tea break by 4 pm. The planning and preparations continued till 4.45 pm.

Research classes:

It was followed by research methodology classes by Mr. Mathew CP.

Community programme-Attikunte:


By 6 pm the trainees started to their first programme village, Attikunte. The trainees

conducted rally, flash mob, street play, activities and interactive sessions with the community

people.

Cultural Activities

The students conducted cultural activities where there was active participation of the target

audience. They volunteered to dance , sing and also share their view points . It was observed

that the target population which were children are more informed about the project and

government schemes than the adults in the community.

Evaluation:

After the day’s programme the trainees reached back to the base camp by 8.30 pm. It was

followed by the dinner and the evaluation session which ended by 10 pm.

Objectives of the next day:

Rapport building with the community

Understanding the socio demographics of the community

Evaluating the community awareness about CSA

Activities with the children

FGDs for the CBOs thereby understanding about CSA

Flash mobs and street play on Sanitation awareness.


Place: Karangi

Activities:

Household survey-

Time: 09:15 to 11:00

No: of Households: 40

The respondents replied to all the questions and also suggested few things for the CSA to

focus on. The respondents commented on other issues faced by the village and community.

Some respondents were unhappy with the animator Ms. Nagarathna, as they said she was

partial towards those members of her caste. However a majority number of the respondents

appreciated her efforts for the village. The village was very welcoming and helped in


completing the tasks effectively. The surveys came to an end by 10:45am and activities for

the school children were conducted and chocolates were distributed.

FGD

Children’s parliament-

Time: 4:00-5:00

No. Of Participants: 40

Members from the children community are mobilized and each of them are given various

ministry. The children take up various roles and the children of the activity centre are allotted

accordingly into different committees. The session was from 3.45 to 5.00pm. The session was

formally opened by Mr. Nagaraj and concluded by Mr. Basavaraj. The session began with a

rapport building through songs and activities. The children parliament members answered

most of the questions and they were fully aware of CFCD and its components and functions.

The discussion concluded with instructions for the rally.

School Programme

Time: 10:45-12:00

No. of participants: 40 plus 20 others

Venue: Community


Activities conducted-Message received game, river bank, tiger and lamp, big pot and small

pot, statue and catch the leader.


Time: 7:20-8:00




youth, women, men and senior citizens. 5 villages form a cluster, and one of those is Karangi.

Here the members play a primary role in observing the community, identifying problems and

facilitating the necessary changes in the community with the assistance of other CBOs. Most

Key issues are discussed in the meeting by the village representatives from the village. In

Karangi they do not encourage the discussion of politics and look primarily at necessitating

changes that benefit the community. They seemed to be part of an effective cluster of village

Development Committee. They meet on the first of every month and also maintain the

minutes of the meeting and also record the happenings of the meeting. The session was

interactive and most of the committee members contributed by responding effectively. The

session was concluded by Mr. Basavaraj, staff member of CSA.

SHG

Time: 6:40-7:15


The SHG meeting began soon after street play and awareness programmes. Ms. Nagaratna

who is the animator in the village and the teacher in the activity centre assisted in gathering

the members of the SHG. Members from SHGs like Jeevana Jyothi, Mahalakshmi, Bhavana

etc were present for the session. The questions were answered by the members in telugu and

kannada. The discussion was facilitated by Ms. Nagaratna and Mr. Basavaraju. The women

in the community are pretty efficient with their group. The only complaint was that they want

the interest rates to be lowered on the loan they take. They also lack knowledge about the

facilities available to them by banks and hence don’t involve in small enterprises or business

ventures. They maintain records of the accounts, minutes of the meetings held on every

Saturday etc. Each group has managed to save approximately rupees 45,000 every year. The

SHGs have helped the women to empower themselves and also help each other in the


process. It is not only a group that supports financial needs of the members but also caters to

the personal needs of the members.

Rally

The rally began at 4.30pm after the Child Activity centre and children’s parliament FGD. The

children led the rally with their own contributions to the slogans and guided the group into

the village streets. The rally intended to convey to the community about the details of the

venue, theme and time of the street play.

Street Play

The street play followed a grand cultural celebration where the children of the community

sang and performed in the venue. The crowd seemed to enjoy the show however they were

shy and the women did not come forward to participate. There were slight flaws in the

organisation and the street play was short. Although it conveyed the idea and concept, there

was need for improvement. The flash mob was also good and fun.



To conduct the focused group discussions with SHGs, VDCs and Choldrens’

parliament.





Place: Kalkunte

Prayer 08:10 to 08:20 –Nimmi

She read a gospel from the Bible and a general prayer.

It is 9 kms from Yeldur.

The people in the community have to reach Hogalgere for higher education as there is a

Lower Primary Care with classes till grade 5 in the community. Srinivasapura Taluk is the

nearest spot where the community people reach out for major resources such as hospitals,

shops.

Transportation and construction of roads and toilets are major areas where interventions have

to take place.

Activities:

Household survey-

Time: 09:30 to 11:00


The households do not know regarding the official name of the organization but are aware

about the basic concepts such as Anganwadi , Tution centres and the CFCD project. Majority

of the families were interested in toilet construction but were not supported by CSA. Some of

the households were satisfied with CSA’s work and were planning to be acquainted with

them in future endeavours as well. Transportation, Functioning of SHG’s have to be

improved. The community requires help from CSA in terms of medical facilities.

FGD


Time: 11:40 – 12:10





accordingly into different committees. The session was formally opened by Mr. Basavaraj.

The session was facilitated by Ms. Sachitha and Mr.Mariappa and Ms.Philomina. The

infrastructure of the activity centre from colours to charts was absent which if present will

enhance the learning capacity of the children. The children were aware of the organization

and its functions. Suggestions that were given by the children are

Require materials for stationery, Sports equipment and games

School Programme

Time: 11:15-11:40


Venue: Govt. L P School

Activities conducted-Fruit Salad song, Straw and thermocol balls, big pot and small pot,

pairing game, fire in the mountain


Time: 05:30 – 06:00




youth, women, men and senior citizens. 5 villages form a cluster, and one of those is

Kalikunte. Here the members play a primary role in observing the community, identifying

problems and facilitating the necessary changes in the community with the assistance of other

CBOs. Most Key issues are discussed in the meeting by the village representatives from the

village. In Kalikunte they do not encourage the discussion of politics and look primarily at

necessitating changes that benefit the community. The VDC in Kalikunte have been highly

effective and have initiated and successfully completed the construction of Anganwadi,

Pipelines for the community. They also are working on arranging a proper drainage system

for the community. They meet on the 20th of every month and also maintain the minutes of

the meeting and also record the happenings of the meeting. The session was interactive and


most of the committee members contributed by responding effectively. The session was

concluded by Mr. Basavaraju a staff member of CSA.

SHG

Time: 6:30-7:00


The discussion was facilitated by Mr.Nagaratna and Mr. Basavaraju. The SHG has started 8

months back and each member holds a cash of Rs.1400 and in total Rs.14000 has been

collected. The SHG members have not experienced any conflicts and are functioning

effectively as of now.

Rally

The rally was effective irrespective of the lack of pluckards which was due to the team effort

and this also got more respondents and the community for the street play. The rally was

children driven. They lead the trainee’s to the community. The Kannada speaker’s went

personally to the households and invited them.

Street Play

The street play started with a flash mob . The street play’s main focus was creating awareness

among the community members regarding toilet construction, health, sanitation and

pregnancy among women in the community. A flash mob was performed after the paly as

well. The street play was an open and interactive one where the children also participated.

Around 80 people from the community gathered for the street play.




To conduct the focused group discussions with SHGs, VDCs and Childrens’

parliament.




Place: Chintamakanahalli

Prayer 08:10 to 08:20 – Tuba

She played an audio of a verse from the ik onkaar and a silent prayer followed with

instrumental music playing in the background.

The community has a mixed set of people who are Muslims, Hindus and Christians.

Everyday somebody takes the initiative to conduct the prayer sessions every morning.

Activities:

Household survey-

Time: 09:30 to 11:00


The families are very welcoming and since the community had a majority urdu and hindi

speaking population, most of the students were able to participate in the activity. It was

observed that the respondents did not know the name of the organization i.e. CSA but they

are more or less about the concepts such as drinking water, transportation, Anganawadi,

Tution centres and the CFCD project. Majority of the families were interested in toilet

construction but were not supported by CSA. Most of them also complained about the

partiality shown by the facilitator Ms. Arundati who only tried helping those who are

members of the SHGs. Some of the households were satisfied with CSA’s work and were

planning to be acquainted with them in future endeavours as well. Transportation of the

members of the SHG’s have to be improved as it is difficult for them to travel to the banks.


The community requires help from CSA in terms of medical facilities. They also complained

about the bad condition of the activity centres and the anganwadis.

FGD


Time: 6.30 – 7.15pm


The children of the activity centre and the ministers were fully aware of the project – CFCD.

They were also fully aware of the name of organisation, place, member in charge etc. the

SHGs and the students complained about some problems especially with regard to the

Facilitator. They said she used corporal punishment to supress the children. It was also

observed that there was no extra learning for the children as per the CSA curriculum.

They requested for sports equipment and a change in the time table that has many faults in its

frame work.

School Programme

Time: 11:15-12:10

No. of participants: 20 + 2 faculty

Venue: Govt. L P School, C.M halli and Govt. L.P Urdu School

Activities conducted- action songs, games – passing the parcel, pond and bank, big pot and

small pot, health and hygiene sessions, hand wash steps, and prizes were distributed to the

winners of the games.



Time: 6.45 – 7:15pm

No. Of participants: 6 females and 5 males

a total number of 11 members participated in the session. All the members were completely

aware of their responsibilities and they also equally contributed to the discussion. Various

issues in the village are discussed during these meetings that is held once in every week. The

meetings are initiated by the members themselves who attend the meetings regularly. The

minutes of the meeting are recorded very seriously. They are currently focusing on the

availability of a building for these meetings to be conducted. Their long term aims are

primarily to reduce the rates of dropouts and facilitate health and hygiene. They also aim at

educating the girl children which is a huge challenge due to the transportation problems.

SHG

Time: 10.45 – 11.30 am and 6:30-7:00pm

No. of Participants: 10 and session 2 had 18 participants

The SHGs are an effective system that has been working effectively until now. The SHGs

were set up by the CSA 3 years ago. There are 4 groups working now and Ms Arundati is the

animator in the community. The groups discuss the problems of the village and also look into

the affairs that are affecting the smooth functioning of the community. Personal issues and

personal care of the members of the group. The SHGs help each other to empower

themselves by providing themselves with training sessions on crafts, handmade products. A

number of them have succeeded in starting small enterprises and also educating their children

with the help of educational loans taken from the SHGs and CSA. The members have also

managed to remove three liquor shops that were hindering the women’s peace due to

domestic violence of the spouses from the village. The groups save about 60,000 annually

and some have a total savings of 14 lakhs even.

The SHGs requested for a separate place to conduct their meetings. The Anganawadi, SHG

meeting and the milk Dairy are all at the same place. It is unhygienic for the children.


Rally

The rally schedule was informed to the children during the school activity time in the

afternoon. The children gathered around the village temple at 6.30 and the rally began. There

were huge number of children who were calling out slogans and information on the details of

the programme. The theme was modified to suit the village and its problems.

Street Play

The street play started with a new flash mob with a new song. The street play’s main focus

was creating awareness among the community members about child drop outs, female child

education, toilet construction, health and sanitation in the community. A flash mob was

performed after the play where the members asked the children to also join in the dance. The

street play was an open and interactive one where the children also participated. Around 100+

people from the community gathered for the street play. The scenes had humour content and

some music to add to the interest.




To conduct the focused group discussions with SHGs, VDCs and Childrens’

parliament.




Place: Nachahalli

Prayer 08:10 to 08:20 – Priyanka

An offering to Lord Murugan was offered.

Activities:

Household survey-

Time: 09:30 to 11:00


The households do not know regarding the official name of the organization but are aware

about the basic concepts such as Anganwadi , Tution centres and the CFCD project. Majority

of the families were interested in toilet construction and getting a computer centre for their

children. Some of the households were satisfied with CSA’s work and were planning to be

acquainted with them in future endeavours as well. Drinking water has to be provided to the

community out here.

FGD


Time: 11:40 – 12:10





accordingly into different committees. The session was formally opened by Mr. Madhusudan.

The session was facilitated by Ms.Sangeeta. The infrastructure of the activity centre from

colours to charts were absent which if present will enhance the learning capacity of the

children. The children were aware of the organization and its functions. Suggestions that

were given by the children are -Require materials for stationery, Sports equipment and games

also getting a playground.

School Programme

Time: 11:15-11:40


Venue: Govt. L P School

Activities conducted-Fruit Salad song, big pot and small pot, pairing game, fire in the

mountain


Time: 07:10 – 07:30

No. Of participants: 4 men, 6 women, 4 youth, and 4 children


village community. Here the members play a primary role in observing the community,

identifying problems and facilitating the necessary changes in the community with the

assistance of other CBOs. Most Key issues are discussed in the meeting by the village

representatives from the village. The VDC in Kalikunte have been highly effective and have

initiated and successfully completed the construction of Anganwadi, issues such as drinking

water, transportation facilities and quality of education are discussed. Their meetings have

100% attendance. The current needs of the community are computer centre, planting trees,

drinking water and having a high school.

SHG

Time: 10:30-11:15


The discussion was facilitated by Mr.Nagaraj and Mr.

Madhusudan. 5 HG’s are functional at the community.Few

of their names were Gowri, Sri Rani Mahila Sangha , Sri

bhuwaneshwari sree shakthi, sri rajeshwari sri shakthi, sri

varalakshmi.The facilitation happened in telegu. They are 10

members in each SHG.They pay 50 rupees per week into the

SHG.One of the SHG is 2 weeks old, generally when a new

SHG is formed it takes about a week to orient them. The date of inception of the others are


2012.Ms.Venkatamma is the facilitator of this community. Mr.Madhusudan is the overall

supervisor. They discuss day to day issues such as drinking water problem, lack of library.

Rally

The rally was effective with the help of placards’. It was result of team work and this also got

more respondents for mobilizing people from the community. The rally was children driven.

They lead the trainee’s to the community. The Kannada speaker’s went personally to the

households and invited them.

Street Play

The street play started with a flash mob. The street play’s main focus was creating awareness

among the community members regarding toilet construction, health, sanitation, the

importance of education children and creating awareness on child marriage. A flash mob was

performed after the paly as well. The street play was an open and interactive one where the

children also participated. Around 80 people from the community gathered for the street play.

It was a combined of the whole class.


Final Evaluation of the consolidated reports.

Date: 21st February 2015

Place: CSA Office, Yeldur

Prayer: 9.00 – 9.15am

The prayer was lead by Mr. Ali and Ms. Thayyba

Activities:

The students wrote down their reflections and their learning from the 6 day rural exposure

camp. Time was provided for the students to retrospect and jot down their experiences. They

were submitted to the class representatives. The students had a good breakfast and got back to

their reflections. The committees were asked to have their respective teams and their

members photographed for the documentation of the mother committees. Soon after all the

committees began working on their reports all of which had to be submitted for the

consolidation of the final report of the rural exposure camp February 2015. Each team

documented their activities and they were consolidated by the documentation team members

for further evaluation. The group then dispersed for lunch.

The evaluation began after the lunch.


Camp Evaluation


GROUP WISE EVALUATION

Group 1 was represented by Vasundharaa and Boomica. Group 1 had covered 200 household

surveys, 11 SHGs, 5 VDCs, 5CACs, 3 adolescent girls groups and 3 youth groups.

Sarvesh spoke about the household survey findings.

Boomica then spoke about SHGs. SHGs are the successful CBOs of CSA. Around 75% of

them are working properly while 25% of them need improvement. There seems to be a lack

of clarity of being a SHG member. There is also a lack of social action in most SHGs.

Sarvesh spoke about the VDCs. They are carrying out their responsibilities well. They are

coming up with ideas but are waiting for funds. They have no set targets and are facing

problems because most members of VDCs migrate to different places in search of jobs.

Boomica spoke about CACs and said that 60% of them are functioning properly and 40%

need improvement. The need for training of facilitators was felt. There was also a suggestion

that the honorarium could be increased and more benefits could be added so that the

facilitators could have more motivation to work better. Children asked for better

infrastructure and better lighting.

Vasundharaa spoke about the adolescent girls group and said that they have a good

knowledge on sanitation and have leadership qualities but there is no proper role allocation

among them. In the pre-test that was conducted, it was found that effectivity was 63% and

after showing videos and having a discussion, the effectiveness was 82%. She also said that

the girls are empowered but the social action on their part is missing. The number of girls

could be increased. She suggested that something needs to be done about the fact that men of

the community don’t allow these girls to talk properly.

Boomica said the youth groups lack structure and function. There are power conflicts among

the leadership and few of them do take initiatives for social action but not much work is

happening. The pre-test done on the youth group showed 75% effectiveness and post showed

an effectiveness of 93%.

Father Shaiju talked about the school activities conducted. The activities focused on

sanitation and health and hygiene. They were taught recreational games, action songs, and

poems and rhymes. The effectiveness was 75-80%. Plans had to change spontaneously

because the age group was not specified. There were children of all age groups. He

appreciated all those who conducted the school activities.


Boomica spoke about the awareness programme conducted in the evenings. Rally was

carried out to bring the crowd for the street play. Children and youth participated. After the

school activities, children were informed about the street play and were invited. The same

was done with VDCs so the crowd was good for street plays. There were two flash mobs for

grabbing attention towards the street play.

Vasundharaa said the group was able to mobilize resources and fulfil the objectives. The

planning was not very good in the beginning but later things were planned much better. The

community also helped in provision of lights for the evening programme. She said that the

bonding of the group had increased. She said that students had taken initiative and the unity

of the group had increased. The leaders did not have to do much work to do as everyone was

aware of their roles and responsibilities.

Suggestions to CSA:

The SHGs, youth groups and adolescent groups require more skill development

programmes.

Motivation could be increased for the animators and facilitators

The Child Parliaments are not very active so they need to be rejuvenated.

Even though most communities know the CSA staff very well, they need to be told

more about CFCD project and CSA.

Maheeta evaluated Group 1 and its performance and said:

The group has achieved more than what was required

Bonding and unity has increased

Equal responsibility and initiatives taken by all members

The program was a success, on the whole

Group 2 was represented by Amita and Ravina. Group 2 covered 15 SHGs, 160 households,

4 VDCs, and 3 Adolescent girls groups.

The leaders said that communities have little knowledge about CFCD project. They

understand only when asked about Anganwadi, Child Activity Centres and SHGs. The

suggestions given were that:

Tailoring classes and vocational training needs to be given

There is a lack of transportation

Water should be made accessible


Drainage needs to be improved.

Toilet construction needs to be increased

Ashna spoke about the focused group discussion with VDCs. The VDCs are effective. They

discuss issues such as roads, toilets and transportation and high school education. The VDCs

want to work as independent bodies with more power. They want to be a legalized body

which can make decisions and implement it.

Sangeetha gave information about CACs and Child Parliaments. These usually function

between 6:30 and 8:30 pm. Facilitators generally come from some other full time job so they

get tired and are unable to engage the children. This causes most of the children to be on the

streets instead in the activity centre as they don’t have enough activities to occupy them. In

the last half an hour of the activity centre, the children complete their home-work and do the

work assigned to them according to the curriculum given by CSA. The Child Parliament is

made up of the students from the Child Activity Centres. The CP has ministers and MLAs.

They have law, education, sports, cultural and environment ministers. They have regular

meetings and have record books with minutes of the meetings. The issues they work on are

Swach Bharat, medical health and toilet construction. Some CPs have dual role. Many of the

members go to schools in different villages. There are no representatives of children till 5th

standard. Despite all this, the CPs are functioning brilliantly.

The SHGs are empowered. They give loans to members. They are good at handling financial

matters. There is a gap in communication which is the reason why many SHG members don’t

know why they are part of SHGs and what CSA is doing. An observation was made that there

are different opinions about SHGs because of the biased behaviour of the SHGs towards

lower caste people.

Amita spoke about the adolescent girls groups. The girls are educated. Some of them have

completed PUC, BSc or BA. They are not receiving anything other than tailoring raining.

They are interested in computer training but the training has not started. They hope to be

proficient in computers so that they can increase their livelihood opportunities. The girls are

also interested in entrepreneurship and doing things like jewellery and embroidery and

quilting.

The rallies and street plays went well. The team leaders thanked Mary Annie, Oindrila and

Ashna for helping with street plays and flash mob respectively. They said that initially there

was a lack of planning but later everything was much better. There was a lot of unity and no


conflicts or misunderstandings. Team members also appreciated the team leaders who had

been assertive but not aggressive.

COMMITTEE WISE EVALUATION

Food committee: Mr. Ali spoke on behalf of the food committee and thanked CSA staff and

students and teachers who adjusted well to everything.

Ms. Maheeta from evaluation committee said that:

Food was sufficient

There was no delay in food timings

Good and hygienic food

Thanks to Ali and Dyana for taking care of everyone

Transportation committee: Tomin spoke on behalf of transportation committee and said

that Rs 19,850 had been spent for local transportation. He also mentioned how tickets had

been booked for Bagalkot initially and then had to be cancelled. He gave special thanks to

Bibin and Jobu for helping with booking of tickets.

Accommodation committee: Bibin spoke that everyone was satisfied with the

accommodation arrangements. He thanked everyone for their cooperation. He thanked

Shubhanan and Jobu for helping with arranging of sound and lighting equipment in the

villages. He also thanked his co-workers and Purbita and Anisha.

Philomina evaluated the Transportation and Accommodation Committees and appreciated the

great job they had done. She thanked the transportation committee for the timely

transportation.

Discipline committee: Mr. Jobu as head of discipline committee thanked everyone for

cooperating and making sure that there was no violation of rules. He thanked all his team

members especially Tuba and Ravina (for documenting the committee meetings). Tuba

thanked the girls for cooperating with the rules and regulations. Shaiju evaluated the

Discipline Committee and thanked them for their good work.

Cultural committee: Mr. Shubhanan spoke on behalf of the cultural committee and thanked

the teachers for their guidance and creative ideas. He also thanked Satish for his help in the

street play, Antara and Ashna for their contribution to the flash mob, Oindrila and Annie for


helping with the new street play for group 2, Amita for giving so many ideas for school

activities as well leading the group so well.

Oindrila evaluated the cultural committee and said that they had done a good job, especially

with coming up with school activities and planning for the flash mobs. She said that the

bonfire activities could have been better planned.

Howard thanked everybody for the great time he had, especially to Sarvesh who had helped

from the first stage, i.e. helping with sending mails and orienting them about what was about

to happen. Hannah also spoke and said that she had a great experience and had made many

friends. She thanked everyone for caring for her, including her and translating everything for

her. She congratulated everyone and said they should be proud of themselves. She also said

she liked the evaluation a lot and said that they learnt a lot from mistakes and were very

positive.

Planning committee: Vasundharaa spoke on behalf of the planning committee and said that

there had been a lot of changes in the schedule and role allocation every time. She especially

thanked Ephrem and Shruti for their help. She thanked Shruti for having her back when she

fell sick and also for documenting the meetings. She thanked Alfred for always being there.

She also mentioned that the coding for the household surveys was complete but the FGDs are

yet to be done. Shashank evaluated the committee and congratulated them for the great job

they did.

First Aid committee: Ms. Thoiba thanked all those who cooperated with helping her to

dispense medicines. She also thanked everyone who looked after their friends and speeded up

the process of getting better. The problems may have arisen due to food, water or

environment but she thanked everyone for adjusting well.

Finance committee: Tessa thanked everyone for giving bills for all expenditures, for keeping

bills safe and managing money. Approximately Rs 1.5 lakh had been spent for the rural

camp. Student contribution was Rs. 1500 per person which means Rs 500 will be returned per

person. Asha evaluated the finance and first aid committees. She said that Thoiba had a great

job single-handedly as her co-worker left the first day itself. She also thanked everyone for

looking after their friends as love helps a person to get better faster.

Documentation committee: Megathi thanked all her team members for their help and

support. Ritu evaluated the team and said that Megathi had led her team well. She thanked all

those who helped.

Evaluation committee: Shaiju thanked all his team members for the work they had done

every day in evaluating the rural camp on a daily basis.


EVALUATION BY FACULTY MEMBERS AND CSA STAFF

Mr. Mathew C.P. said that all committees did their work well. They had completed their

responsibilities. He also said that group 1 and group 2 had done an excellent job. He said

there was no need for competition and comparison. Both groups worked equally hard. He

gave special thanks to Mr. Shiva Kumar, Mr. Basvaraj, Mr. Nagaraj, Mr. Ganesh and Mr.

Murugan. He said there had been no disciplinary issues throughout the camp. He said the

group had learnt conflict resolution skills also which prevented the students from bringing

any conflicts to teachers. Instead they solved the conflicts by themselves. He said the time

factor needed improvement. Punctuality needs to be worked upon. Also that the panning can

be improved especially considering the bonfire night and street plays.

He also said that inside the main groups, some sub groups were seen. Some students were not

coming out of their shell. He said that around 85% of the class is taking initiatives but the

other 15% needs to learn and be motivated by others. He said the results of the work done are

very good. He liked the assertiveness and objectivity of the analysis of the study.

He also said that any bitterness that may have arisen during the camp must be left behind here

and not be taken back. He specially thanked Dr. Victor Paul and Dr. Bino Thomas who kept

enquiring about the camp and guiding every time. He thanked all colleagues and students. He

also thanked all the photographers for taking such good pictures of the camp.

Dr. K. Hemalatha said she had enjoyed being at the camp. She said she had learnt a lot from

the students. She said both groups had done very well. Concerning the methodology, she said

that analysis has to be presented according to each village. The intervention should be

suggested according to each village and cluster. She said that there is no longer any group 1

or group 2. The main objectives of the camp were:

Mid-term evaluation of what CSA has done

Intervention for awareness creation.

She said the presentation was interesting. She said the presentation was an anecdotal analysis.

She said that since we have primary data, the anecdotal analysis should be used to support

primary data. She also said that she had expected the tables to ready but since coding was not

complete, tables would be delayed. She observed that leadership is spread across the class.

She said that some leaders are open and direct while others are passive and soft. She also

mentioned that she observed some undercurrents flowing which she didn’t like. She asked the


class to leave their conflicts here and forget the problems. She congratulated the class for the

great talents and the great show they put up.

Mr. Madhusudan said the group had adjusted well to the conditions. He also said that the

class had very coordination, communication, planning and understanding.

Mr. Basvaraj also appreciated everybody. He said there was very good coordination among

the class members. He said that few students were not involving in activities. He said we

need to have more knowledge of the community. He said students should build rapport and

behave in a friendly manner otherwise people will not talk. He said that students had

managed to get information. He also said that they would try to follow up with the

suggestions that students had given.

Mr. Ganesh said he found the work done by the class was amazing. He said he learnt a lot

about preplanning and time management. He explained the difference between being a social

worker and a community worker. He also said that we are very lucky to have such good

teachers as our guides.

Mr. Shivakumar said that MSW students had done very good job as they had celebrated

Hindu and Muslim national festivals together in two schools. He also said that last year

around 137 students had given the exam and 127 had passed. There was only 1dropout. He

appreciated the work done by Father Tomin and Bibin to create awareness about child rights

during their field work in Kolar in the month of August. He said the CSA staff would try to

implement the suggestions given by students.

EVALUATION BY CLASS REPRECENTATIVES

Ambika thanked all the committee heads for the good work they had done. She thanked all

the leaders. She also thanked all the people who had helped with photography such as

Shubhanan, Shashank, Tomin, Hannah, Tuba and Sarvesh. It is the work of all these people

which will help us to cherish memories of the camp.

Alen thanked everyone who had made the camp successful starting from CSA staff to faculty

to the students themselves. He said that the class was full of functional leaders so there was

not much responsibility for the CRs. He also said that people should be careful about what

they talk because in the end, it is one class and one family so no one should be hurt. He said

the groups were able to achieve their objectives but while doing that, we may have forgotten

whether everyone is okay. He said that groupism should not exist and in the end, everyone

should feel that they contributed to the work.

He thanked all the CSA staff who had helped with providing information, questioning of

animators and facilitators etc. He thanked all the faculties for their mentoring, guidance and


support. He also gave due credit to the cook who prepared everything that the students had

wanted. He observed that Hannah and Howard had joined as guests but had become family.

He especially thanked Ali and Dyana for their help in looking after everyone.

Decision made:

The coding for FGD would be given on Monday after which work of analysing FGDs

will begin

A booklet will be made which will contain all the findings of the cross cultural field

study.

A collage of the rural camp pics will be put on the Social Work Department website.

Cross Cultural Field Study Account

S.No Particulars Amount (Rs)

1 Travel and Conveyance

51,088

2 Food and Water Expenses 78,901

3 Accommodation Charges (Advance given to Bagalkot)

& Hired Items during the camp

11,050

4 Stationary, Xerox 3,947

5 Miscellaneous Expenses Kerosene for Generator,

labour Charges, Medicines

2,565

Total Expenditure 1,47,551

Student’s Contribution (Rs.1500x54) 81,000

Contribution from the University 66,551

Conclusion

The cross cultural field study which was organised for the 2014-16 batch students was a

success. Entire student community contributed to their level best. The pre mid evaluation of

the Pragati CFCD project conducted by the department was learning and a platform for skill

development of students. The Department of Social Work would like to thank CSA for

providing this opportunity.


Annexure

Photographs of the Committees


Accommodation Committee

Finance Committee

Discipline Committee

Documentation Committee

Cultural Committee Transportation Committee

Evaluation Committee First Aid Committee

Food Committee

Planning Committee


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