Samruddhi Project

August 2015-October 2015 Progress

Prepared By: Arun Kumar Pandey Date Prepared: 18 January 2016

1.0 Executive Summary

Key Data Description

Project Name Samruddhi Project for Holistic Development Citizenship Strategy

Community Development & Education

Partner(s) Centre for Advanced Research and Development(CARD)

Unit/Geography Pune (John Deere Pune Works), Sirhind (John Deere Sirhind Works), Dewas (John Deere Dewas Works), India (6 slums &14 villages),

Time Frame FY2015-2016

Goal/Objective

1. Improve community infrastructure 2. Increase quality of food, life & security 3. Increase youth vocational skills and employability 4. Promoting Volunteerism

Volunteerism Yes Output/Outcomes Micro-planning, education, employment Budget INR 532,93,258.00

Objective 1: Improve Community Infrastructure A. Dewas; Construction of an overhead tank of one lakh liter

capacity is under progressing in village Jamgod. More than 500 Households will receive safe drinking water through this initiative.

B. Sirhind; A permanent system for management of waste water pond has been finalised in Amampur village, after rounds of meetings with all the stakeholders of Panchayat and concerned departments. The management plan is ready, budget estimate is done and contractor is finalized after the bid analysis.

C. Pune (Rural); Ten individual toilets have been constructed in Darekarwadi with beneficiary contribution. Under the Model school and Anganwadi construction, play games have been installed in Lonik and Anganwadi. Eventually children have started attending the Anganwadi.

Tour of all the SMC members and teachers of the village Dhanore and Darekarwadi was arranged at All India Institute of Local Self Government and Mahatma Phule School to learn about the measures for the disaster safety, which was a great learning experience for all of

them. After the visit they proposed to incorporate the following activities for improving their school: i) Replacement of old roofing with pre- coated new sheets, ii) Development cum renovation of Library, iii) Denting-Painting of the whole school and compound walls, iv) Installation of water filter and v) Electrification and wiring of the school.

D. Pune (Urban); micro-planning exercise was conducted in 6 slums leading to Improvement in community level assets. The exercise lead to the following activities; i) Renovation of Lohiyanagar Community hall, ii) Minor repairs of Shindewasti and Tarvadevasti community halls, iii) Canal cleaning with the support of PMC, iv) Common toilet cleaning & repairing of public tap and v) Maintenance and upkeep of Urban Resource centre (URC) which is run by field supervisors at slums. Under Model School Construction activity, computer labs in Gosawi and shindevasti have been set up.

Objective 2: Increase quality of food, life & security A. Dewas; Total 20 Vermi compost units have

been constructed in four project villages for making compost by using earthworms and a heterogeneous mixture of decomposed vegetables or food waste, farm yard manure and cattle dung. Demonstration of improved farming techniques (Wheat and Gram) are going on. Total 51 demonstration plots of Rabi crop are established in 4 villages i.e. 15 in Jamgod and 12 each in Jiatpura, Kankund and Khatamba covering 51 acres of land. Out of 51 demo plots, 12 plots are of Gram and 39 plots are of Wheat. Soil test reports have been generated and the findings were shared with farmers. Agriculture inputs for demonstration were distributed to all farmers.

During the Quarter, total four trainings were organized for the farmers of Khatamba, Kankund, Jaitpura and Jamgod villages. Total 103 farmers were trained on various topics like Orange farming, Vermicomposting, Seed Treatment, Soil Treatment, High Yield Variety of Wheat & Gram, Integrated pest management and integrated nutrient management, Right sowing time for Rabi crop, Benefits of summer ploughing, Method of sowing and Practice of Kitchen gardening.

One kitchen garden was established wherein Coriander, Spinach, Brinjal, Chilly and lady finger are in production stage while tomato and cauliflower are yet to come. Beneficiary selection for new kitchen gardens, based on their interest, economic conditions, availability of land and water Beneficiary selection for allied activities is in process. Total 10 Women Self Help Groups have been formed under this activity by the end of October’15.

B. Sirhind; meetings with farmers from villages were conducted on various topics i.e. vermicomposting, intercropping, organic pesticides and manure. An exposure visit of 29 farmers was organized with the help of the Nabha Foundation NGO in the month of October’15where the concept of organic farming is

under practice. A total of 10 women from Amampur village were trained on the practice of kitchen garden and as a result 6 kitchen gardens have been developed in Amampur village. Women were provided with kitchen garden kits which included seeds (carrot, spinach, reddish, Fenugreek, egg plant etc), and were also trained about the development.

C. Pune Rural; Distribution of Input supply material for 215

farmers in 6 villages was done. Four demonstration plots of Sugarcane, one each in Dhanore, Shikrapur, Talegaon and Sanaswadi have been developed. The component of these plots includes SSI method of cultivation, perfect utilization of organic and inorganic fertilizers and regular scientific guidance through the experts. Training on Disease and pest management was arranged for the vegetable growers in Talegaon Dhamd here attended by 70 farmers.

Under Input supply programme; Micronutrients kit, Azolla, Rhizobium culture, etc were distributed to115 beneficiaries of 6 project villages with an objective to promote bio fertilizers to the farmers.

Study tours were arranged for 210 farmers of 6 villages. to the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vishvavidhyalaya, Rahuri, KVK Baramati, Demo plots of the sugarcane master farmers in Ichalkaranji, Group farming project in Ghotkhind and Organic farming demo plots at Kagal.

Under the livestock development programme; 6 cowsheds in 6 project villages were constructed 2 each in Shikrapur and Talegaon and one each in Lonikand and Sanaswadi. Three de-worming vaccination camps were also arranged as a preventive measure. The camp was held in Lonikand, Shikrapur and Talegaon and total 1131 animals were vaccinated under this programme. In all 67 animals have been inseminated in 6 villages whereas 52 animals were given general treatment.

Objective 3: Improve educational quality and facilities A. Dewas; renovation and improvement program is

initiated in Kankund Anganwadito provide better facilities which included boundary wall, Demolition of existing floor of hall and room which was in dilapidated condition, Base flooring of hall and room. New Toilet is constructed with sanitary fitting barring plastering and painting.

RIP was organised to help the children in reading better. In all 115 students have been enrolled. Daily and weekly assessment of students is being done by RIP teacher. Assessment results showed that there is a gradual progress in performance of students.

Scholarship Programme objective is to lessen the rate of school dropouts and create learning environment that encourage girls to enroll and complete their

school education. An amount of Rs. 2500 has been provided to each identified girl student and total 158 girls received the same in September 2015.

In Jaitpura School new toilets were constructed in the month of May’15 under Samruddhi Project however the school is not having electricity connection due to which pumping water from tanks to the toilets was an issue. To address this problem solar water pump system for water supply in toilets has been introduced.

Need assessment exercise was conducted in all the schools of project villages. On the basis of findings of the same and with consent of John Deere CSR team, decision to develop Government Middle School, Khatamba into Model School has been arrived; the following activities are proposed:

Leveling at entrance and construction of Ramp

Renovation of dilapidated classrooms and elevation of boundary wall by 2 ft.

Construction of two new classrooms, new toilets, Painting and make over of School

Installation of Solar Power system for electricity and drinking water facility

Teacher training and institution development (Baal Sansad, School management committee, and PTA etc.)

Establishment of computer class, SMART class and library

Procurement of furniture and study and sports materials for children.

B. Sirhind; renovation and construction work in first week of October 2015in the villages Amampur and ReethKheri. Following activities were completed by end of October 2015.

Anganwadi Amampur: Construction of Rain Shed, Repair of roof for seepage. Installation of window for

ventilation, Construction of shelves for storage purpose, and new plastering in the premises

Anganwadi Reethkhedi: Repairing of the roof for seepage, Installation and repairing of doors and windows, Construction of shelves for the storage purpose and kitchen, Plastering of premises and PVC flooring.

Scholarship support has been provided to 59 selected girl students on merit basis.

Under Model School construction is under progress at Chailela village following construction activities were undertaken; Renovation of the Library, Construction of Mid-day meal distribution shed, Construction of Activity shed and Paving of pathway.

C. Pune Rural; Two support classes for 10th

standard students in Shikrapur and Talegaonare have been started covering 47 students. Target students under the age group of 6 to 16 years who were the slow learners and who could not secure 50% marks were identified through survey

and home visits. Under Sponsorship Program, students’ identification was done after the survey and amount of Rs. 5000/- was distributed as sponsorship to 34 needy students. Criteria of selection of students were as follows: Poor Economic condition (Annual income not more than Rs.25000/-), Landless Family, Single Parent, Parents who are drug addict, Long distance from home to school and Willingness to acquire better education.

In all these Anganwadis training to anganwadi teachers on health and hygiene care, malnutrition and healthy diet, emotional/intellectual/physical development of child were given. Children were also trained to improve their habits on personal hygiene like hair cutting, nail cutting, clean uniforms, daily bathing and be regular in Anganwadi etc. In all 9 Anganwadis, TLMs (Teaching Learning Materials) were distributed to enhance the skills, creativity and logical thinking of the child.

D. Pune Urban; support provided to early child

care centers running in all the 6 slums identified under the project. Parents meetings are organized every month to help the parents to improve parenting skills and provide details of ICDS program. 2 capacity building trainings were organized for ICDS teacher and slum coordinators on 6 services of ICDS. Celebration of National Nutrition Week was also observed here. Special tuition classes for students under the age group of 6 – 14 years are going on in all 6 slums and 158 students are regularly attending the same. Few drop out children have resumed their schooling after joining support classes and they have shown remarkable progress in attendance and as well as performance. Total 46 students from Taravadevasti, Mahatma Phulevasti and Gosavivasti are attending the preparation classes for 10thstandard. Total 2 life skills trainings for 225 adolescent girls were organized. Focus of the program was on physical development, safety and financial literacy. An exposure visit to the Bank of Maharashtra was organized for 16 adolescent girls where bank manager took a small session on financial literacy and explained them about the process of account opening and also taught them the usage of ATM etc.

Objective 4: Increase youth vocational skills and employability Pune Urban;it was decided to develop two groups as sustainable enterprises. A group of 3 women from Mahatma Phulevasti was involved in sari selling business. This group was empowered through training and exposure to interact with the bank officials to know loan procedure, etc. They also visited wholesale market and other groups which are doing this sort of business. To begin this business each women have contributed Rs. 7000 and from Samruddhi project the group received Rs 15000 as the first cycle loan.

Case Study I- Improved Package of Practices for Soy farmers

Daulat Khan is a 52 years old soy farmer of village Jamgod with a landholding of 1 acre. Daulat Khan could able to complete his primary education only and he is bearing a responsibility of 11 family members. His major livelihood is farming of rainfedcrops i.e soybean. Besides he cultivates wheat and vegetables on a part of his land. Daulat Khan occasionally takes 1 acre agriculture land on lease depending on the monsoon. Before becoming part of Samruddhi project, Daulat khan’s soy yield was somewhere between 3 to 4 quintals. Major reasons behind low soy yield were; firstly, he was using local seeds which led to lower germination. Further he did not know about seed germination test and its benefits. Secondly, he was not practising fungal treatment to avoid growth of Fungus. Thirdly, due to traditional soy farming practises, the productivity of his agriculture land declined gradually over a period of time. Fourthly, he was unable to protect the matured soy crop from pest infestation. He was totally depended on local Agri input suppliers for prescriptions of pesticides. Lastly, he was following traditional sowing practise which led to incoherent plant growth. When Daulat Khan came to know about Samruddhi project from village animator, Sanjay, he showed great interest in having a demonstration plot for Soybean and decided to put 1 acre of land under soybean cultivation. Under Samruddhi Project, Daulat khan, attended one day training organized by CARD on improved soy agriculture practices. Daulat Khan learnt about good agriculture practises covering; Replacement with certified seeds, Introduction to seed germination test, its process and benefits, Seed treatment, its process and benefits, Sowing distance management, Integrated pest management and Integrated nutrient management. After the training, he stated that sowing distance and integrated pest management were his favourite components of training. Post training, all the 50 beneficiaries received the soy POP (Package of Practises) kits. The project provided all the technical and supervisory support to the beneficiaries during the next four months for soy crop. Daulat Khan has practiced everything from soil testing to fertilizer and pest management during soy sowing. Daulat Khan’s soy yield for this cycle has increased up to 6.97 Quintals per acre. Out of all the 50 beneficiaries, Daulat Khan stood out with maximum soy yield. After comparing the demonstration plot with control plot by CARD, it was found out that Daulat Khan invested around Rs.9555 in demo plot and Rs. 10925 per acre in control plot. Daulat Khan achieved a remarkable net profit of Rs. 11355 per acre in demo

“I am very happy that with the support of Samruddhi project, my soybean yield has increased. It could be possible because of my induction and adoption to best agriculture practices for soy crop. At last I would say I made profit out of total incurred expenditure – Daulat khan”

Soybean Demo plot and Daulat Khan (in inset) carrying out seed treatment process

Output Table Objectives Activity Village/ Location No. of Participants/

Units Output

A. Improve community infrastructure

Installation of Drinking Water System

Jamgod Village, Dewas

Unit covering 2500 beneficiaries(work under progress)

Total 2infrastructure unit covering 3350villagers

Improved Water, Sanitation & Waste Management Infrastructure

Amampur Village, Sirhind

Unit covering 850 beneficiaries(work under progress)

2. 10 individual toilets benefitted 50 villagers

Conduct micro-planning exercise in 6 slums leading to Improvement in community level assets

6 slums of Pune Urban

Micro planning covering 2575 beneficiaries

Improved Water, Sanitation & Waste Management Infrastructure

Darekarwadi Village, Pune Rural

10 individual toilets covering 50 beneficiaries

B. Increase quality of food, life & security

Demonstrations on improved agriculture practices

Khatamba, Kankund, Jaitpura & Jamgod Villages,Dewas

Total 51 demonstration plots of Rabi crop covered 72 farmers

55 demo plots benefitted 92 farmers

Training to farmers for new knowledge

Khatamba, Kankund, Jaitpura and Jamgod Village Dewas

4 trainings covered 103 farmers

6 trainings benefitted 183 farmer

Kitchen Garden Jamgod Village, Dewas

Development of 1 Kitchen Garden

11 Kitchen Garden developed benefitted 11 women farmers

Farmers Training

Amampur, Reethkhedi and Chailaila villages, Sirhind

1 exposure visit for 29 farmers

2 exposure visits benefitted 239 farmers

Training to women on Kitchen Garden

Amampur village, Sirhind

1 training to 10 women farmers

Input supply benefitted 115

Kitchen Garden Development

Amampur village, Sirhind

Development of 10 Kitchen Garden

farmers

Impart training and organise exposure visits to farmers for better agri practices

Shikrapur, Talegaon Dhamdhere, Pune Rural

1 training to 70 farmers & 1 exposure training to 210 farmers in all the six villages

Total 1131 animals addressed through 3 Animal health camps.

Support to farmers for low cost high performing input supply

Talegaon, shikrapur, Dhanore, Darekarwadi, lonikand, sanaswadi

Inputs supply to 115 farmers

Total 6 Cowsheds constructed

Demonstration plot for better agronomic practices & crop diversification

Dhanore, Shikrapur, Talegaon and sanaswadi

4 demo plots covered 20 farmers

Preventive health care management and disease reporting

Lonikand, Shikrapur and Talegaon

3 de-worming vaccination camps covered 1131 animals & 52 animals were given general treatment

Create improved housing system for livestock

Lonikand, Shikrapur and Talegaon

Construction of 6 cowsheds

Facilitate artificial insemination

Talegaon, shikrapur, Dhanore, Darekarwadi, lonikand, sanaswadi

AI performed in 67 animals

C. Improve educational

Improve infrastructure at Anganwadi

Kankund, Dewas Kankund Anganwadi renovated, covering 32 children

Infrastructure improvement at 3 Anganwadis & 1 School benefitting 939 children

Objectives Activity Village/ Location No. of Participants/ Units

Output

quality and facilities

Training of teachers for Reading Improvement Program (RIP)

Khatamba, Kankund, Jaitpura and Jamgod Villages, Dewas

115 students Covered through RIP Classes

RIP Program benefitting 115 children

Scholarship Program Khatamba, Kankund, Jaitpura and Jamgod Villages, Dewas

Scholarship to 158 students

3 Scholarship Programs benefitted 251 girl students

Renovation of School Infrastructure

Jaitpura, Dewas Benefitting total 207 students

2 Model School construction benefitting 425 students

Model school construction

Khatamba Covering 125 students (work under progress)

ECCC benefitted 354 children

Support for Improved practices in existing Aganwadi

Amampur, Reethkhedi villages, Sirhind

2 Anganwadis covering 70 students

Support classes benefitted 205 students

Scholarship Program

Amampur, Reethkhedi and Chailaila

Scholarship to 59 girl students

3 trainings benefitted 340 students

Model school construction at Chailela

Chailaila Covering 300 students ( work under progress)

Improve practices for Early Child Care Centers (3-6 years)* in 6 villages

All 6 project villages Covered 354 children of 9 anganwadis

Support classes for students

Special classes for students (6-14 years) in villages

Covering 47 students

Sponsorship to disadvantaged and meritorious students for quality education

All 6 project villages Distributed to 34 students

Supporting early child care centers (3-6 years)* in 6 slums

6 slums of Pune Urban

Provided 2 capacity building training to 6 ICDS teacher and slum coordinators

Organize tuition classes for aspiring candidates of 6 slums for 10th board exam

6 slums of Pune Urban

Covering 158 students

Mentor adolescent girls in life skills

Shinde wasti, Gosavi wasti, sainath wasti

2 life skills training for 225 adolescent girls

D. Increase youth vocational skills and employability

Sustainable business model developed for specific enterprises

Mahatma Phule Formed 1 business group of 3 women

1 business group benefitted 3 women

Volunteerism: The table below presents the Volunteer activities held during the quarter at different Samruddhi project locations: S. Date John Deere

Unit No. of

Volunteers Location Activities Performed

1 14 August, 2015

Technology Center India, Pune

8 Dhanore Village, Pune Rural

plantation of sugarcane in demo plot by SSI method

2 22August, 2015

John Deere Dewas Works

80 Jamgod Village, Dewas

Plantation 24 saplings at PHC

11 saplings at Panchayat Bhavan Compound,

development of 9 Kitchen Gardens

3 2 October, 2015

Manufacturing Engineering Team, Pune

50 Shikrapur Village, Pune Rural

Development of 5 Kitchen Gardens

4 9 October, 2015

19 Talegaon Dhamdhere village, Pune Rural

Construction of poultry shed

Construction of pit for Azolla cultivation

Glimpses of Volunteer Programme

Next Steps Dewas Location:

Capacity building of farmers on improved Farming System Technologies and also followup initiatives on the previous such interventions.

Promotion of Kitchen Garden intervention among the identified farmers and assessment of previously established kitchen gardens.

Introduction of improved agriculture allied activities as an income generation source.

Completion of infrastructure improvement initiatives and initiate the process to ensure sustainability of the same.

Facilitate the process to ensure improved reading skills among the primary students: Planning for new batch and assessment of old batch.

Tutorial support to academically weak students identified in the project villages.

Formation and strengthening farmers’ institutions in the project area.

Promote Volunteerism in project villages with John Deere (Dewas) team. Sirhind Location:

Training and orientation of farmers towards new and improved farming system practices.

Promotion of backyard kitchen garden development with the women farmers to achieve less expenditure on vegetable purchase and also to increase nutritional values in their routine diet.

Completion of ongoing infrastructure improvement planning in identified Anganwadis.

Introduce improved teaching- learning environment through the establishment of Model School in the identified project village.

Completion of improved water, sanitation and waste management infrastructure planning in the project village.

Pune (Rural) Location:

Orientation and support to farmers on low cost agriculture practices.

Formation and strengthening of women’s institutions in the project villages.

Promotion of improved livestock management practices among the farmers of project villages.

Introduction of improved sanitation and hygiene practices among the children of 3 to 6 years’ age group who are enrolled in the Child Care Centres of the project villages.

Identification of weak students to plan support classes’ interventions.

Orient adolescent girls towards life skills. Pune (Urban) Location: Following are the major activities planned for next quarter

Completion of ongoing infrastructure development initiatives and facilitate the approaches to ensure sustainable functioning.

Facilitate process to achieve the standard certification (ISO) for identified Aganwadi.

Promote sustainable enterprises.