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Editorial

60th Independence Day

Chhattisgarh PageOther BISWA News

ADVISORSKhirod Ch. Malick

Pitabasa Sethi

Makardhwaj SahuShiv Prasad Meher

Aurobinda Mahapatra

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Debabrata Malick

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0th Independence Day of India wascelebrated at BISWA Central Officewith traditional gay and fervor. Sri

K.C.Malick, Chairman BISWA, hoistedthe Tricolor and addressed the staffgathering. He said that unless we workhard to achieve our target it would not beeasy to fulfill our mission. He urged tofocus upon the task of BISWA for massiveemployment generation and keep off fromits diluting activities. Some of the staffs alsospoke to the occasion and expressed theirviews. A separate blood donation unit of

BISWA was inaugurated on this occasionat its central office. As good as, 21 unitsof blood donation took place on thismaiden occasion in the technical guidanceof Dr. R.K.Karmi, Blood Bank Officer,Burla. A group of senior officials in theleadership of Dr. R.C.Nanda, CDMOSambalpur, along with Dr. NarayaniPanda, Vice Chairperson and Mr. JoyGeorge, Honorary Secretary, Indian RedCross Society Sambalpur paid visit to

witness the occasion. A special programwas organized at SWADHAR, whereinthe winner inmates were given prizes fordifferent competitions took place earlier.Flag hoisting ceremony took placesimultaneously at all the district branchoffices and project sites of BISWA on thisoccasion. Cloths were distributed amongthe inmates of Hatibari Health Home inthe same evening. BISWA has adoptedtwo nearby government schools to

facilitate Independence Day celebrationwith offering sweets and prizes for theschool children. Mr. Malick himselfparticipated in one of the school programsto encourage the students.

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HEALTH CAMPWith an objective to provide proper health service to ruralpeople, BISWA conducts regular health camps in variousvillages. Recently two health camps were organized atBeheramal & Basupali villages on 27th& 28thJuly, 2006respectively. A thorough medical check up of two hundredpeople was conducted by the treating physician Dr.AnilKu. Mishra.It was observed that most of the patients weresuffering from diseases like acidity, low blood pressure &

joint pains. Dr. Usharani Mishra, Medical Officer, JujumuraPHC and Miss Sangita Mandal, ANM, Tampargarh werepresent at the camp as resources persons. Mr. BhabaniShankar Mishra, Program Manager, BISWA, Mr.

Suryanarayan Mahapatra, Project Coordinator, RCH-II,Mr. Ashish Ku. Panda, Mr. Susanta Singh, Mr. SanjayDhala and Mr. Manoj Kumar Hati health workers werealso present in the camp. Medicines were provided to thepatient free of cost.

TSC AWARENESSAn awareness meeting on Total Sanitation Campaign(TSC) was conducted by BISWA at Bagbadi village &Kusumpuri of Bargarh district on 5th & 6thAugust, 2006respectively. It was meant to create awareness among ruralpeople and also to inform them about the Swajaldharaprogram implemented by the government. Mr. LingarajDas, Asst. Manager (Planning), Mr. Rajaram Tripathy,Project Coordinator, Mr. Debajyoti Nandi, NationalExpert, UNIDO & Mr. P.C Mahapatra, District ProgramOfficer, Bargarh, were present on the occasion as resourcepersons.

SENSITIZATION OF SHG LEADERSA program on Sensitization of SHG leaders was organizedby BISWA with support from NABARD at Kalla village ofDeogarh district on 16th July, 2006. The program had anobjective to enhance the leadership qualities of SHGmembers. It was inaugurated by Mr. Maharana, DivisionalForest Officer, (DFO), Deogarh. Mrs. Kerketta; DSWOwas the Guest of Honor, Mr. Jogesh Dalbehera was theChief Speaker, and Mr. K.C Malick, Chairman, BISWA,was invited as the Chief Guest on the occasion, All thedistrict level & block level officials of Deogarh districtparticipated in the program. The meeting was arranged &coordinated by Mr. C.S. Pradhan, District Coordinator,

BISWA. Soon after that Mr. K.C. Malick, Chairman,BISWA addressed to a press conference, where hehighlighted the ongoing activities of BISWA and discussedits future program in Deogarh district.

HEALTH CAMP AT KAYAKUDOn 11thAugust, 2006 a Janasampark Sibira was organizedby the District Administration, Sambalpur at Kayakud of

Jujumura block, BISWA organized a health camp on this

occasion at the same place where 260 patients weretreated by three doctors namely Dr. Anil Kumar Mishra(OG), Dr. Ashutosh Hota, (OG) & Dr.Usharani Mishra,(MO) Jujumura. Dr. R.C. Nanda, CDMO, Sambalpur,visited the camp & encouraged the organizer of the campto provide more health services to the people in near future.Mr. Vishal Gagan, District Magistrate & Collector,Sambalpur, Mr. J ulious Lakra, PD-DRDA, Mr.Debadatta Singh, Superintendent of Police, Sambalpur,Mr. Bibhuti Behera, BDO, Jujumura & all otherGovernment officials were present there. Mr. Bhabani

Shankar Mishra, Program Manager, Mr. S.N. Mahapatra,Project Coordinator, RCH-II, were also present on behalfof BISWA.

Independence Day is observed as a national festival allover the nation very recently. The taste of independenceis no doubt sweet after a prolonged period of foreign rule

on us. Now we are enjoying our sovereignty since last 60years and ruled by our own elected government. Thisdemocracy is achieved by toilsome struggle and invaluablesacrifices, thus it is high time to go for introspection. It isalright that we are politically independent but are wefinancially independent? It is a vital question alwayshaunting us since last six decades. Efforts are on in thisdirection and many an experimental -economicpackages were launched but unfortunately we are yet toget the desired result. Experiment on microfinance toeradicate poverty is also a similar effort. We are trying to

reach the un-reached and serve the un-served section ofthe society with extending financial help to them, who arehardly covered by formal financial institutions. BISWAhas taken a lead role in this field, initially in the state ofOrissa, with forming 13,626 self help groups all over thestate. Another illustrative aspect of it is that 99% of theseSHGs are women SHGs. In such a way BISWA is ontostrike a balance in the field of gender imbalance byempowering women folk. We are also facilitatingenterprising activities with this available fund at their hands.

By using these SHGs as units we are also trying to availthem the benefits of social development schemes. ThusBISWA is acting in its three pronged actions, microfinance,micro enterprise and social developments. It is ourpleasure to disclose that we are able to take stride beyondthe state and lodged our presence in ten other states besidesOrissa.


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With a vision to create a socio-economic development of

the society BISWA spreaded its wings not only in Orissa

but also in many other states like Chattisgarh & West Bengal.

In Chattisgarh state recently BISWA, has started its TotalSanitation Campaign (TSC). The objective of this

program is to create awareness among the people about

potable drinking water & proper sanitation. This program

also intends to change the behaviors of people towards

proper sanitation.

Initially BISWA in Chattisgarh focused in four districts

namely: Raipur, Durg, Mahasamud, & Janjgir -Champa.

In Nawagarh block of Janjgir-Champa district, the Water

& Sanitation program is running in two groups, Group-A & Group-B where in Group-A people will give training to

Group-B NGOs. The training for Training of Trainers (TOT),ANMs, Anganwadi Workers (AWWs), Village Preraks, Village

Level Water & Sanitation Members (VWSCs), Block Level

Water & Sanitation Members (BWSCs) is already completed.

While the block level Water & Sanitation Campaign members

are there to explicate the work & the village level Water &

Sanitation Campaign members will help them in the successful

implementation of this program in villages. The ANMs are trained

for creating awareness for proper sanitation.

BISWA, Chattisgarh is implementing Water & Sanitation Campaign through the Self Help Groups with a new & aninnovative approach for successful implementation of the program.

Recently, a training on Gram Swachhatta Aviyan for the Group-B

people is completed on 11thAugust, 2006. During this campaign more

than Slogans were the main attraction where in the walls of 25 villages

painted with there slogans.

Not only the TSC program implemented in Chattisgarh state but the

Micro-Enterprise Development (MED) program is also running

successfully in the state. It was a common practice, where 58% of the

total population of Mahasamund District was migrating to other places

for job, but now the scenario has changed after the intervention ofBISWA by an immense decrease in the percentage of migrating population.

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EXPOSURE VISIT TO GRAMVIKASH PROJ ECT

On 4th August, 2006 an exposure visit was made by Mr.

Lingaraj Dash, Asst. Manager (Planning), Mr. Subal Sahu,District Coordinator, Bargarh, Mr. Purna Ch. Mahapatra,District Program Officer, Bargarh to Gram Vikash Project atDumalpali village of Bhatli block. The main objective of theexposure was to observe the activities of Gram Vikash suchas Water & Sanitation, Micro-Finance & EnvironmentalPrograms. Mr. Sibaram Sahu, District Coordinator, GramVikash was present during the visit.

FEDERATION TRAINING PROGRAMBISWA organized a comprehensive Federation training

program at Deogarh on 13th

July, 2006. The program intendedto highlight the importance of federations in coming days. Itwill boom the future of micro-finance alongwith the socio-economic development of the society. The program alsocovered training in record keeping procedures & otherdocumentation procedure related to federation. All the AreaCoordinators & Unit-Coordinators of Deogarh districtparticipated in it. The training was imparted by Ms. MamataSahu, Federation Officer, Central Office, BISWA.

AWARENESS MEETING OF

SHG MEMBERSBISWA conducted a meeting for creating awareness amongthe SHG members at village Kalla of Deogarh District on 12th

July, 2006. Mr. Jogesh Dalbehera, an eminent social workerof Deogarh district, joined as the Chief Guest of the meeting.He emphasised the importance of Self Help Groups for thesocio-economic development as well as the socio-culturalaspect of the society. Mr. C.S. Pradhan, District Coordinator,Deogarh, BISWA presided over the meeting.

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ATDEOGARH BRANCH

With a vision to provide faster and transparent micro finance,BISWA has always tried to adopt the new technology. RecentlyBISWA invited Sarada Computers; New Delhi to install microfinance solutions software in 5 districts namely Deogarh,Bargarh, Boudh, Bolangir & Sonepur. This CommunityBanker software would help to improve the ManagementInformation System of micro finance program of BISWA in awell coordinated manner.

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