VSSS Annual Report 2010 2011 for Website

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VSSS PROFILE

VIJAYAPURAM SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIETY is the official organ of the Diocese ofVijayapuram for Social actions. It was established and registered as S.No. K.36/61under Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act of 1955in the year 1961.

The operational area of Vijayapuram Social service Society (VSSS) is the five revenuedistricts of Kerala, the whole of Kottayam & Idukki and parts of Alappuzha,Pathanamthitta and Ernakulum. The Society involves itself in heterogeneouscommunity. Poor agricultural laborers, plantation laborers, inland fishermen,construction workers, sundry coolie workers, women, children scheduled castesand tribes are the target communities of VSSS.

VISIONEstablishment of a society vibrant with thevalues of Justice, Love and Self Reliance.

MISSIONTotal development of the poor and the marginalized throughempowerment towards a life of self-reliance, human dignity,

confidence and complete harmony with nature.

OBJECTIVES

To Promote, conduct, facilitate and coordinate development and social welfare activities.for the poor and the needy irrespective of caste, gender or community.

To Promote and strengthen peoples organization for community development. To Empower women and other weaker sections in order to ensure their creative participation

in community development.

To Conserve and regenerate natural resources towards sustainable development of thehumanity.

To Organize and train children and youth for integral development.

To Promote alternative health care system and eco-friendly life style.To Build up the capacity of the people for sustainable livelihood.To Promote the rehabilitation of the disabled persons.

To Facilitate and support infrastructure development.To Facilitate the struggle for social justice.


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Vijayapuram Social Service Society (VSSS), the social serviceorganization of the Catholic Diocese of Vijayapuram is completing

fifty years of its committed and dedicated ministry. We praise God for allHis grace and goodness showered on us and look forward to Him for futureguidance and protection.

VSSS has been struggling for the last fifty years for making the world alivable and lovable reality for humanity, especially for the poor and themarginalized of our operational area. I have the pleasure to acknowledgethat Vijayapuram social Service Society is one of the best departments inthe diocese for organized and concerted efforts to promote the welfareand development of our people. We take pride that through the yearsVSSS has grown to be a forceful catalyst in the society for sustainabledevelopment.

This annual report is a document of total dedication with which the Societyhas spearheaded a relentless process of mass education, mobilization andaction through its numerous programmes in the past one year, unravels asuccess story unparalleled in the history of Peoples Movements.

I take this opportunity to congratulate and thank the Executive Directorand Staff and all the comrades for their total application and selflessdedication to our work and for having given leadership to our SocialApostolate to make it a real source of life and growth for hundreds ofthousands of people around. I exhort all for a renewed commitment forthe cause of the poor.

With prayful wishes and Gods blessings to all of you.

Sebastian ThekethecherilBishop of Vijayapuram


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Now, looking back to the activities and achievements of the past one year, we can takepride over our achievements. We have consciously and creatively gone ahead in nationbuilding through our child centered development initiatives. The 23500 children of our

Balavedis have been introduced into the political systems of the country through our BalaPanchayat. They think and act for the community they are in. The process is well appreciatedand welcomed by the Panchayatiraj Institutions of our operational area.

The Self Help Groups have entered into income generation enterprises jacking up theeconomy of the families and ultimately of the nation. The political actions initiated by theSHGs have given birth to 41 contestants in election to the Panchayatiraj systems. We arehappy to note that all those who have got through the election are faring well.

Inspite of our efforts the educational programmes do not keep up the tempo of the initialperiod. Serious reflections are needed in this area. As responsible members of the GeneralBody all the members have to put in their time and mind in bringing up the Tuition Centres,the Study Centres and the Resource Centres.

Many families get out of their problems of housing, sanitation, drinking water, sickness,livelihood issues etc. through the welfare programmes of the Society. The developmentorientation given to the welfare programmes have helped the families to bring light to theirlives.

I take this opportunity to place on record the committed service of Rev. Fr. Thomas Tharayiland his dedicated team of staff, both central and field levels, for the development of ourtarget population. These form the think tank of the Society. May God reward them fortheir service.

We cannot rest brooding over our achievements. We have to journey miles and miles withcommitment and focus before we can think of resting. Let us all join hands and minds inthe effort of discharge of the Social concern of the Church and the process of nation

building.

Msgr. Jose NavezPresident, VSSS

We are entering into the 50

th

year of our commitment tothe poor and the marginalized. This is a time of

retrospection; this is a time of thanksgiving to the Almighty, tothe many friends and benefactors who have journeyed with usin fulfillment of our commitment. This is a time of re-dedication.I do hereby exhort all the members of the General Body topartake creatively and critically in the process of retrospectionin this Golden Jubilee Year.


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Governing Body Members of VSSS 2010-2011

Trustee : Rt.Rev. Dr. Sebastian Thekethecheril

Vijayapuram Bishops House, P.B.No. 82, Kottayam-686001

President : Very Rev. Msgr. Jose Navez


Executive Director : Rev. Fr.Thomas Tharayil


Vice Presidet : Mr. P.C. Raju

Putettumattam, Parampuzha P.O., Kottayam

Members : Rev. Fr.Varghese Kottakattu

Holy Cross Church, Mannackanad, Via Kuravilangad-686633

Mr. T.T. Georgekutty

Thodupallathu House, Pandanad North P.O., Kallissery

Mrs. Susamma Varghese

Mandakathil, Karinilam P.O., Amaravathy

Rev. Sr. Jain CTC

St. Pauls X convent, Kuttikkanam, Peermade 685513

Mr. Aneesh

Edappally Madom, Kattachira P.O., Kidangoor

Mrs.Thresiamma MathaiValachira House, Thellakam P.O., Kottayam 686016

Partage, France We Share, USA Caritas India, New Delhi

REHASWISS, Switzerland Italian Bishops Conference

Save Family Plan, Canada Kerala Social Service Forum

Indian Kindermisionwerk, Germany George Ludwing Rexroth, Germany

Government of India Government of Kerala State Bank of India Union Bank of India

State Bank of Travancore Catholic Syrian Bank

Life Insurance Corporation of India

Dewan Housing Financial Corporation Ltd. CAPART

Individual Benefactors and Supporters

Our Partners


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T

he poor shall always be with you, said Jesus Christ. Andfor that reason, service to the poor has been an

indispensible hallmark of the Catholic Church from its origin.The Diocese of Vijayapuram has faithfully fulfilled this mandate

through its social organ Vijayapuram Social Service Society.Though the diocese was formed in 1930, its social apostolatetook an organized shape in the year 1961. Having stayed withthe poor for the past fifty years we have also moved with thetimes.

The reporting year saw the inauguration of the Golden Jubileeof VSSS. Extensive dialogues, discussions and deliberations ledto the formation of a twin package of activities for the Golden

Jubilee. From October 2010 onwards, every month saw a program of the Jubilee at thecentral office. We also drew up four projects to perpetuate the memory of the goldenJubilee. A common consensus was that the Jubilee of VSSS should be the celebration ofeach and every person in the operational area. Thus myriads of programs were organizedin basic units like Balavedis, Yuvavedis, SHGs, Parishes, and Zones.

In the light of the diminishing foreign financial support more focus was given to take updevelopment programs in collaboration with the Government. As I present this report onbehalf of the General Body I wish to place on record my deep sentiments of gratitude to aline of people. At the very outset I want to thank His Excellency Rt.Rev. Dr. SebastianThekethecheril, Bishop of Vijayapuram and Trustee of VSSS for the bold and strong supportand guidance he extends to us. Profound feelings of thanks should be placed on record toall the supporting agencies, especially PARTAGE, who holds our hands tight in this journeyof service.

I acknowledge the valuable sacrifices of Rev. Fr. Sebastian Plathottam, the Assistant Director,and Rev. Fr. Sebastian Kallumpurath, the Regional Director at Munnar in this journey ofdevelopment. The zonal presidents and the parish priests are the strong holds in the field,and I thank each one of them sincerely. The dedicated staff at central and regional offices,the coordinators, the animators and the volunteers in the field are indeed the back bone ofVSSS. I salute them. The Peoples Development Committees, the Zonal Forums, the GeneralBody and the Governing Body are the participatory face of VSSS. I sincerely thank all ofthem for their great support and cooperation. Finally with profound gratitude to the AlmightyLord I humbly present this report of the activities of VSSS for the year ended 31st March2011.

Fr. Thomas TharayilExecutive Secretary & Director


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COMMUNITY

BASED

ORGANIZATIONS

E nhancing the capac i ty of communi ty basedorganizations in our opera tional area is the main focusof our work. We strive hard in developing a greater

understand ing of participatory decision m aking wh ich is

an effective means of emp owerment with v isible result. At

present we have different forms of CBOs to address the

needs of the society. Focused on the problems and situationsin our operational area we have formed groups for children,

youth, women, men, and senior citizens. This is achieved

best through building up of Peoples Organizations by

which the bargaining capacity of the people would be

enhanced. Self Help Groups (SHGs) and its federations w ere

largely formed in the operational year with this objective

in view. This programme is given special thrust for the

institution bu ild ing process at grass root level. During this

period the SHGs were linked w ith State Bank of India and

State Bank of Travancore, which accelerated the accessibility

V i j a y a p u r a m S o c i a l S e r v i c e S o c i e t y A n n u a l R e p o r t 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 9........................................................................................................................................................


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on finance. The savings of the people are distributed to

the needy in the SHGs for income genera t ion

program mes, infrastructure d evelopm ent, edu cation,

marriage and treatment with easy terms and cond itions.

The Micro Credit support of VSSS is utilized for their

provident pu rposes.

10 A n n u a l R e p o r t 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 V i j a y a p u r a m S o c i a l S e r v i c e S o c i e t y........................................................................................................................................................

COMMUN

ITYBASED

ORGANIZATIONS Details of Community Based Groups

TotalNo of

FemaleNo ofMale

No ofGroupsGroups

SLNo.

1 Women SHGs 741 11856 11856

2 Men SHGs 102 1530 1530

3 Self Help Groups for

the disabled persons 4 24 28 524 Childrens Clubs

(Balavedis) 686 11515 11985 23500

5 Youth Clubs(Yuvavedis) 65 928 755 1683

6 Farm Clubs 20 360 308 668

7 Elders Clubs 5 64 56 120

TOTAL 1623 14421 24988 39409


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Self Help Groups

Self help groups and its federations are largely formedin our operational area with the following objectives inmind.Objectives

To ensure sustainable development of people throughcomm unity organizations

To capacitate the peoples structures to address theirneeds, issues and problems through decentralized

planning, local linkage an d collaboration and collective

action. To empower the p eoples organizations so that they m ay

manage and influence over the resources, power and

life situa tions in the local area for self-reliance.

To promote and cond uct projects and program mes for

Socio economic development and welfare of thecommunity.

To enable the members to take up an assertive role inall political process and the v illage governan ce.

To enhance the capacity of the leaders for managing

SHGs.



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To help the Federating structures to mobilize and

channelize financial resources for development

initiatives.

To ensure optimum utilization of local finance for

income generation and entrepreneurial activities.

To promote skill up gradation with appropriatetechnology transfer.

We have conceptualized a net working of SHGs as all

SHGs, operating under a Parish, are coordinated as

SAMYOJITHA. All the Samyojithas in a zone together

constitutes a SAMYUKTHA. Eight Samyukthas together

form the SANGHACHETHAN A.

Small and Medium Enterprises started bySHGs in the reporting year

FemaleMaleNo. ofUnits

IndividualGroupEnterprises for making

SLNo.

1. Carry bags 2 2 34

2. Dry flowers 1 1 4

3. Fancy items 5 5 5

4. Fabric painting /

printing 6 6 12

No. of beneficiaries

SELFHELP

GROUPS


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Small and Medium Enterprises started bySHGs in the reporting year

FemaleMaleNo. ofUnits

IndividualGroupEnterprises for making

SLNo.

5. Confectioneries andbakery items 5 5 5

6. Curry powder making 1 1 14

7. Flour 1 1 12

8. Tailoring units 7 7 7

9. Petty shops/ Smallproduction units 15 15 10 5

10. Installment business 25 25 25

No. of beneficiaries

Community DevelopmentProgrammes Conducted

Goat rearing programmes under Rural Enterprise

programme. 244 beneficiaries from 56 SHGs benefited

Chicken rearing project 97 beneficiaries from 26 SHGs

benefited.

Conduc ted En t rep reneursh ip deve lopment

programme in handicrafts and training in micro

projec t prepara t ion (EDP) 78 SHG members

participated.

SELFHELP

GR

OUPS


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Activities and Achievements

Micro credit program mes.

Federation level meetings once in three months.

Condu cted the training in leadership for Zonal level

leaders.

Bank linkages for community welfare programmes. Income Generation Programm es.

Skill Training Programmes.

Training on Accountancy for animators and SHG

leaders.

Vijay Vidya Nidhi for edu cation promotion of children

Cleaning of public places.

Celebrating Republic Day, Ind epend ence Day, Onam ,

Christmas and Gand hijayanthy.

Promotion of thrift and credit.

Micro Insurance.

SELFHELP

GROUPS


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Child

Development

Programmes


Vijayapuram social service Society envisions VijayBalavedi (childrens group s) as an ongoing systematicprocess to deve lop chi ldren physica l ly , menta l ly ,

intellectually, spiritually, culturally and socially. The

primary responsibility to bring out, train and develop the

innate latent and d ynam ic talents of children vests with the

parents. So the parents also involve themselves in the

promotion and efficient conduct of the Balavedis. We

organized various programmes in the reporting year for

the integral development of the children through Balavedis.

In fact Balavedis is the vehicles for child development.

During the report ing year there are 686 balavedis and 23500

chi ldren a re ac t ive ly par t ic ipa t ing in the var ious

programmes.


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Major activities

Promotion of sports and games.

Talent Development.

Leadership and personality development.

Capacity enhancement. Special day celebrations.

Social awareness.

Environm ent awareness.

Health and hygiene care.

Educational supp orts.

Child right and non violence.

Counseling service to children and their parents in

distress.

Child

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Highlights of 2010-2011

Programme Objective No. of ChildrenParticipated

Result Achieved

Holiday/Summer Camp(Social Awareness Camp)

The objective of this programmewas to create social thinking

among Balavedi children and topromote childrens participation inthe development process.

To develop leadership qualities, selfconfidence, communication skill,and team building.

23,500 4 days Camp conducted at 79villages and in each village Children

formed balapanchayat anddiscussed various developmentissues in their localities. Conductedfield survey to study the social issuesand report made by the children waspresented in Grama sabha.

Emotional quotientDevelopmentProgramme (EQDP)

To learn and experience childrento use their minds and brain toprepare them for a well-lived lifethat is productive, socially usefuland personally satisfied.

18,400 Screening carried out by providingworkbook to find the level of theirmind and brain capacity.

Specially trained facilitatorsevaluated the work done by thechildren and noticed the abilities of

the children.Brain, Word, Logic, Music, Picture,Body, Self and Social are the sectorsof smartness taken for screening.

Counselling To make the children aware of theircharacter and make them free fromtensions.

7,402 With the help of a Counseling Teamchildren with problems werecounselled.

Sports & ArtsCompetition

To galvanize and promote theinherent physical and cultural talentof the children.

23,500 Unit, Parish, Zonal and central levelcompetitions were held and talentedchildren were rewarded.

Leadership Training To bring out their inherentpotentialities of leadership andmake it useful to the developmentof balavedi units and society.

4,00 The leadership qualities of the unitleaders were enhanced.

Zonal Forum To evaluate the functioning of theunits and ensure smoothfunctioning of the federations.

4,00 8 zonal federations have beenformed and the parish level activitiesare evaluated.

Onam & ChristmasCelebrations

To celebrate Onam and Christmas 23,500 Improved the team spirit and unityand nurtured the we-feeling.

Literary Camp Workshop aimed to generate

creativity in story, script and poetrywriting which would be helpful totheir studies.

62

60 children participated in the three

days workshop.

AwarenessProgrammes

To conduct awarenessprogrammes on Environment Dayand Anti-Tobacco Day to formchildren to be better citizens of thecountry who would contribute tothe growth and development of thesociety.

23,500 Children conducted rally, Posterdesign competitions, and took oathto protect environment.


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Youth

Development

Programmes

To train the youth to be leaders of tomorrow with aptskills, deep rooted sense of social respon sibility, strongethical values and global outlook to face the challenges of

the changing wor ld. To achieve this goal we have formed

Yuvaved is (youth clubs), 65 Yuvaved is are functioning in

our op erational area. The Yuvaved i is structured as Unit at

village level, Zonal committee at Zonal level and Centralcommittee at central level.

Objectives

To inculcate in you th sense of commitment to the society,

ded ication and values.

To help the youth to become economically self reliant

throu gh entrepreneurship and skills training for income

generation programmes.

To help to realize the d ignity of labour an d to create the

attitud e to accept an y job.


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To promote and foster the inherent talents in youth.

To create in you th sense of respect for man and natu re.

To create gend er sensitivity among youth .

To prom ote leadership among you th.

Youth

Dev

elopment

Pro

grammes

Activities and Achievements of thereporting year

Structure d evelopment: Zonal and central forum s were

formed and leaders w ere elected.

Leadership and Personality Development: Zonal level

and central level leadership training organized. Active

deba tes , t ra in ing , organiza t ion of var ious

programmes , a r t s , med ia educa t ion were the

comp onents of leadership training.

210 youth participated in the leadership training

programme.

Vocational and Technical Programmes: Started Five

mobile comp uter centres at Pattithanam, Kattamp ack,

Kanjirapara, and Vandiperiyar. Accoun ting software

Tally, Photoshop, DTP and computer basics are the

courses offe red . I t he lps dropouts to ge t an

opp ortun ity of placement in IT fields an d other private

enterprises.

22 youth successfully completed training in diesel

mechanic course and were assisted in their placement.


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Gave technical job training for the school dropout.

12 Youth w ere tra ined in Scaffolding, Rigging, Airless

pa inting, Sand blasting and after successful training 5

youth are employed in gu lf coun tries and other 7 are

waiting for appointment Oversees.

65 Youth w ere given specialized training in the courses

of Panchakarma, (20 youth) the traditional massage

therap y (15 youth) for Duct insulation (15 youth) and

for Alum inum fabrication (15).

Employment gu idance and consultancy services to 65

Youth.

HIV/ AIDS awareness creation program me among the

youth and the general public.

Condu cted Zonal level awareness programm e for theyouth on the effects of alcohol on hu man body and

society and 65 youth benefited from the p rogramm e

and they made a pledge to avoid alcohol and work

for an alcohol free society.

A vigilent cell was formed at village level to take up

leadership for anti alcoholic programm e among youth .

Celebration of environment d ay by the Youth and the

comm unity at large.Youth

Developm

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Program

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Educational

Programmes

For the creation of an empowered community, dueimportance is given to edu cation of the members of thecommunity to make them excel in all fields of life. The

educational aspects of the target groups are transacted in

formal and non-formal ways throu gh various organizations

functioning un der th e um brella of VSSS. Among them the

mem bers of Vijay Balavedi receive the p rime at tention an d

are the recipients of formal education carried out by the

Society. The major activities in th is connection are:

1. Tuition Centres

To enrich the learning processes taking place in regular

classes.

Classes are conducted at parish centres with four or eight

teachers. High school and upper primary classes are

conducted separately. Core subjects catered in these centres

are English, Hind i, Science and Mathem atics. Classes are

arranged in the morning or evening according to the



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convenience of the children w ithout hamp ering the school

time. In the current reporting year 2885 children benefited

from the tuition and mad e imp rovement in their stud ies

2. Study Centres (Child to child learning centres)

To provide congenial learning atmosphere for children,

who come from homes having no or less learning

atmosph ere. Children from various classes assemble at a

convenient place and carry ou t self study for one or one

and half hours un der th e supervision of a teacher. These

centres are formed w here the children of Balavedi are in

good n um ber. A centre starts fun ctioning w hen it has a

minimum strength of f i f teen children. During the

reporting year 5465 children benefited from 246 study

centres 246 teachers provided study support to the

children. For tuition and study centre activities Rs.

27,00,650 has been utilized.

3. Resource Centre

More than 70 resource centres were established in 62

parishes du ring the p eriod of imp lementation. To assist

children coming to resource centre for self study with

resources available at the centre. These resource centres

provided scaffold ing to 1365 children in their attemp t to

do self study. To supplement the source of reference in

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resource centres and in order to widen the areas ofreferencing for children coming to resource centres, somebooks and CDs have been procured and supplied tocentres. Books and CDs of English literature, Mathematics,

Science, Legend s and Folk stories are includ ed.

4. Training for teachers of tuitionand Study Centres

To provide orientation to all the teachers engaged in

tuition and stud y centres we arrange periodical training.Training cond ucted in four spells; 294 teachers benefitedfrom the training program me.

5. Preparation of Work Book

A survey conducted among the children of Balavedi

revealed the fact that the children are getting classpromotion without acquiring requisite level of learning.And depletion in values of life is also felt evident. Toredress the lagging a w ork book has been designed withthe help of educationists which would be dealt in theweekly meetings of all the 686 units of Balaved is.

6. Career Planning Classes

To provide orientation to children to set a goal beforecompleting the secondary education we have arrangedcareer planning classes in 81 parishes. This programme

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cational

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grammes


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helped the children to have firm decision to achieve theirgoal. 3988 children benefited from the career planningclasses.

Educatio

nal

Program

mes

7. Educational Seminar for parentsThis programme is envisaged to reach out parents ofchildren of Balavedi and equip th em to deal w ith theirward s as far as the learning of the children is concerned .The main highlights of this programm e:

Parish level cond uction. Participa tion of 80 parents at one p lace. Thematic and spiral approach in d ealing topics. Condu cted in 81 parishes.

5863 parents participated, mostly mothers.

8.Distribution of study materials tochildren of Balavedi

Stud y materials like note books, mathematical instrument

box, school bag, etc. are d istributed to children of balavedi

prom oted by VSSS. For eligibility 80% atten dance in unit

meeting of balavedi and participation of sum mer camp

are m ust. In this reporting year 19400 children received

sup por t and the fun d ut ilized w as Rs. 47,10,977.00.


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Family

Development

Programmes

This Programme aims at the socio economic developmentof poor families. We have been partnering with Save AFamily PlanSAFP Canada and We Share Programme

USA. The main focus is to reduce poverty by enabling

sustainable livelihoods. The selection of families is based

on the criteria set by SAFP, WSP and VSSS and the criteria

ensure the selection beyond caste, creed, religion etc andinclusion of widow s with children, families with old persons

and terminally ill persons.

The main objectives of the program mes are:

To enhance positive self image and hope in the life of

poor families.

To Supp ort families who are too poor to care for them.

To promote long-term development perspective for

most vulnerable families.

To supp ort income generation activities.



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To sup port in the development of infrastructure.

Econom ic planning for self reliance.

Econom ic Empowerment of the families.


149 families under SAFP and 236 families und er WSPbenefited in the reporting year.

Contributing to a greater self sufficiency to 385

families.

Family bu dgeting.

Availing Funds for provident p urp oses.

31 families met the edu cational need of their children .

20 families did their house repa irs and m aintenence.

22 families received support for the construction of

latrine.

Four Zonal level Family gathering of beneficiaries and

one family gathering at Central level.

Med ical assistan ce for 45 families.

40 families were supported in starting livelihood

activities.

Sup por ting livelihood activities for the beneficiaries:

Small produ ction unit 8 families.

Live stock units 18 families.

Petty shops 19 families.

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Sponsorship

Programme

It is a Programme envisaged to the development of thechildren especially in edu cation and talents. The childrenwith in the operational area irrespective of caste and creed

are focused. A French donor agency called PARTAGEgenerously supports this programme with individual

sponsors to each child. The scheme gives an opportunity

to have a good relation between the sponsor and the child.

It leads to a p ositive out look to personal developm ent. The

agency supports for various developmental activities like

Balavedi, Education, Talent development etc. During the

year w e have 1533 children. All the children sent letters to

their sponsors in every quarter of this year. Apart from this

children w ho got special letters, card s, photos, parcels, gift

etc. sent letters in reply and gratitude to them . During the

year 9 spon sors visited their godchildren.


List of various benefits received

Amountper head

No ofchildrenName of Items

Destitute Subsidy 100 3.000.00 3,00,000.00

Scholarship 160 3,500.00 5,60,000.00

Special Gifts 144 24,41,148.00

Total amount approved


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AnimationProgramme

The animators and coordinators are placed at parish andzonal level to take care of and guide th e developmentinitiatives of the people. The animators and coordination

were given training in community organization, child

psychology, personality developm ent, participatory action

research, office manners and proceedings, family budget

and assets based commu nity development. Monthly review

meeting s are held as usu al at central level and zonal level.

Effect ive monitoring and evaluation are done. The

animators work in close collaboration with peoples

Development Committees (PDC) of respective village and

they have to report to them for their daily work.



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Animation

P

rogramme


Activities Specific Objective Activities undertaken Achievements

Monthly ReviewMeeting

Performanceevaluation of

field staff.

Conducted animatorsand coordinators

review meeting

12 monthlymeeting

conducted.


82 Animators and7 Coordinators

benefited.

Zonal Meeting Evaluation of zonallevel activities.

Conducted animatorszonal level meetings.

74 zonal meetingconducted

82 Animators and7 Coordinators

benefited.

Orientation Classfor the animatorsand coordinatorson preparationof the annualevaluation.

Strategic planningand preparationof the annualevaluation.

Arranged a class forthe animators and

coordinators onpreparation of theannual evaluation.

An effective Tool forannual evaluation

has emerged.

82 animators and7 Coordinators

benefited.


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Gender Development

Programme

V.S.S.S. has prioritized gender as cross cutting themefor all intervention. The society has developed thegend er policy to be adhering in fu ture in all its initiatives.

Gender mainstreams is a thrust area to be considered in

the organizational culture and programmes. Gender

equality is a p rerequ isite for achieving political, econom ical,

soc ia l and environmenta l secur i ty . Therefore rea l

development does not promote power over someone or

something and undue control. Here togetherness and

mutuality is envisaged, where men and women work

together and relation envisages equality, justice and

freedom.

Women EmpowermentIn view of women empowerment we have started anorganization call Vijaymahilavedi later it is known as KeralaLatin Catholic Women Association (KLCWA). We havetermed the w omen development program me. STHREESHOLISTIC EMPOWERMENT (SHE). The organizat ion has



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started in all parishes. It has three level federations. Parish

level, zonal level and diocese level.

Objectives

To promote capacity building and empowerment of

wom en to be equal partners with men in development.

To promote and condu ct projects and programmes for

socio economic development and welfare of the

community.

To ensure assertive role in all political process and

village governance.

To prom ote thrift and credit activities.


Central level election and lead ership training.

Seminar on girl child and self esteem.

Prevention of domestic violence in perspective ofdomestic violence act.

Practical training to women for masoning.

Leadership training.

Mothers day and g irl child d ay celebration.

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Awareness seminar on adolescence.

Training of trainers on self awareness.

Started a HELPLINE scheme for the protection of

women against domestic violence and atrocities

against them Protest against the use of liquors and

closed a todd y shop.

The VMV (KLWCA) unit Poovam started flour mill

and it is run ning p rofitably.

By this they provide job for five women in the unit.

After the successful running of flour mill they nowstarted the chilly pow der m aking unit.

Nine women working there the unit in Thellokam

involved in agr icultu re (tapioca cultivation) and some

small scale business like pain balm making and

readym ade garment making are some of them.

11 women are involved making soap powder, soap

solution and cleaning lotions.

KLWCA hon ored 45 newly elected members of local

self governm ent who are from the d iocese.Gender

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Community Based

REhabilitation of

The Handicapped

O ur intervention in this area envisages economicrehabilitation of the hand icapp ed by provid ing fundsupport and technical assistance for launching micro

enterprises of income generation. This programme also

aims to p rovide a life of d ignity and self assertion for the

handicapped persons. REHASWISS Switzerland extends

financial support for the program me. We have organizedthe d isabled persons into Self help group s and makes them

visible in a larger community. There are four Self Help

group s for the d isabled persons.


28 Micro Projects are being su pp orted for the economic

rehabilitation of the physically handicapped.

Vocat iona l t ra in ing and income genera t ion

programmes.



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Assisted w ith subsidized loans of Rs. 10,000/ - each to

start self employment activities.

Projects initiated in the reporting were, running tea

shop, petty shop, stationery shop, lottery sale unit,

Tailoring unit, Pickle making unit, cow rearing unit,

goat rearing unit, Garm ents sale in installmen ts.

Celebration of Wor ld Disability Day.

Promotion of livelihoods by the support from local

self government.

30 persons with physical disability and their family

benefited from the micro credit programmes and

become contributing members in the family and

society.

Community

BasedRehabilitatu

ion

of

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Social SecurityMeasures

VSSS in collaboration w ith Life Insuran ce Corp orat ionof India (LIC) introduced micro insurance scheme(JEEVAN MADH UR) for th e beneficiaries. The aim of the

scheme is to extend the policy coverage to the poor and th e

marginalized sections of the society. The scheme wasinitiated in 2008 and till now 2400 families are covered in

our operational areas.



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Community

Health

H ealth sector works to promote effective healtheducation program for the children, youth, familiesand community in our operational areas. We promote

holistic health care systems which give emphasis to

preventive and promotive measures. Our health sector

sup por t to bring together concerned p eople, agencies, and

organization to address the need of the people and assist

them in establishing h ealthy behavior, develop, prom oteand implement healthy lifestyles program s.

Activities and Achivements

At the community level Animators have organized eye

camp s, health seminars, and p revention of commu nicable

diseases. Besides this following programmes have been

undertaken from the centre. The service of Doctors,

Government H ealth workers and social activists are availedto resource the seminars and camp s.



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CO

MMUNITY

HEALTH


Condu cted 54 medical camp s in our operational area

Participants in the medical camp are 10338 in thischildren were 6856 and 3462 parents too.

Balavedi children with affected with skin diseases,vitamin deficiency, eye problems worm infections andgeneral diseases were identified and treatment given.

Dental awareness camp , check up organized for thechildren in balavedis p romoted by VSSS.

2435 children benefited from the dental camp.

Health seminar for balavedi children , the main focuswas to teach the children the importance of oral

hygiene and to increase the awareness of basic hygieneand preventive health care.

Organized 76 health seminars in our op erational areasand 7946 children from balavedi and 3245 SHGmembers participated in the camp.

Condu cted 15 health seminars on Cancer and HIV/AIDS for the SHG members in 15 parishes.

Increased the awareness level of Children, parents, andcomm un ity with regards to comm un icable diseases,and preventive measures taken against such d iseases.


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COMMUN

ITY

HEALTH

Organized a special medical camp for the victims ofthe landslide at Velliayamattom on 21st November2010 and 256 persons benefited from th is camp.

Condu cted three special eye camp s at, Chathantharaon 27th November 2010, Vazhoor on 4th December2010 and Pakkil on 14th December 2010.

233 patients part icipated in the camp and 34 pa tients

were selected for Cataract operation.

Community Health ProgrammesWe have recruited and trained 76 voluntary health

workers. They p rovide door step services, keeping track

of childrens vaccinations, monitoring the health of

pregnant women, meeting with groups of women and

children to discuss basic hygiene issues. The special focus

to patient with diabetics and hypertension. They check

blood sugar and pressure of patients at home and give

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Infrastructure

Development

D evelopment of the hou sing facilities for the poor an dmarginalized in our target area is a great concern ofthe organ ization. Our approach is to promote cost effectivehousing. Bank linkage are also arranged to realize this

dreams of the poor. The loan schemes are implemented w ith

the sup port of DHFL as part of the jubilee year we p roposed

to build 50 houses for the most deserving families in our

operational areas. Repairing of damaged houses, roof water

tanks for storing rainwater are main activities in the

reporting year. During the year we could attain the

following.



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No. ofBeneficiaries

No. of UnitsActivitySl.No.

1. House constructionscompleted 25 25

3. Maintenance of houses 20 20

4. Latrines 25 25

5. Lobbying with governmenthouses to the needy 20 20

6. Roof water tanks 25 25

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Agriculture andAnimal Husbandry

VSSS organizes different programmes to improveagriculture p rodu ction and to revive the standard s ofagricultural practices in its opera tional areas. The objective

of the action is to have a positive trend to agricultural

prod uction. During the reporting year w e focused on thefollowing activities.

No ofBeneficiaries

No of UnitsActivitiesSLNo.

1 Organic Farming practices 9 178

2 Herbal cultivation 20 193

3 Capacitating Programmers /

Seminars organized 4 160



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No ofBeneficiaries

No of UnitsActivitiesSl.No.

4 Awareness Programmes

conducted 6 320

5 Training Programmesconducted 4 218

6 Distribution of sapplings

/ seeds 350 350

7 Waste land cultivation

(25 Acres) 18 57

8 Vegetable cultivation

(75 Acres) 350 350

9 Paddy cultivation (50 Acres) 6 200

10 Banana (15 Acres) 30 60

11 Tubers (45 Acres) 45 90

12 Apiculture 30 30

13 Group farming (65 Acres) 5 375

Animal Husbandry

Average monthlyincome / unit

No of Units(House Holds)

Activities for thereporting year

Sl.No.

1 Milch animals 10 Rs. 5000per units

2 Goat rearing 35 Rs. 1500

per units

3 Rabbit rearing 60 Rs. 1200

per month

4 Duck rearing 20 units Rs. 1600

per month

5 Poultry 225 units Rs. 250

(5 chicken per unitper unit)

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Kerala Labour

Movement (KLM)ProfileKerala Labor Movement (KLM) is a civil society organization registered under the Keralacharitable Societies Registration Act of 1955 in th e year 2004 with Register N o. ER620/04 to operationalize its strategies for the effective organization of informal w orkers ofKerala.

Now Kerala Labour Movement (KLM) works under the umbrella of Labour Commissionof Catholic Bishops Council of Kerala as an effective organization who caters the

developmental needs of the unorgan ized laborers of the Kerala State.

The presence of Kerala Labour Movement in our operational areas:

Formation of forums : 1.Tapp ing workers forum s. 2. Domestic workers forum s.3.Construction workers forum s.

Animation : Enrollment in the Labor Welfare Fund s.Networking : Empow erment of the unorganized women labourers.Labour Education : Promotion of social Safety net for the u norganized w orkers.

Zonal Committees

Fiv e zonal commit tees w ere formed in our operat ional areas:

Pattithanam , Kottayam, Mund akayam, Muvattupu za, Peerumad u. In all the zones wehave 39 units and total mem ber of units 1761.

Progrmmes organized in the reporting year:

1. Labourers Convention at unit level : Conducted 18 unit level labour convention.Registration of labourers were done in the unit level convention Awareness aboutthe government schemes for the unorganized workers.

2. Zonal level awareness programmes for zonal level leaders were organized in 3 zones.

3. Central levels Convention. Vijayapuram social service Society supp orted KLM incelebrating May Day Labourers Convention at Amalanilayam Kottayam. Elderlaborers were honored at the convention.



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IntegratedDevelopment

ThroughEmpowerment& Action (idea)Programmes

In the initial stages of the implementation of the IDEA

programme it was really challenging for VSSS to integratethe other poten tial actors and institutions of the diocese in

a common forum. Slowly the creative and motivating

involvement of the Bishop and th e regular CDC meetings

changed the situation and the stakeholders interna lized the

importance and need for integration. Now , the disinterest

among the actors is slowly narrowing d own. The project is

in the p rocess of integrat ion with d ifferent congregations,

commissions, NGOs and CBOs through participatory

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political backward ness of the peop le of operational area

of the d iocese. One very p ositive ou tcome of IDEA is the

steps initiated for perspective plan of the Ministries and

Organ izations. This has accelerated the supp ort to IDEA.

Overview of activities implemented underIDEA project in the reporting year

8 one day aw areness programm e on IDEA have been

conducted for Priests, Religious, Development

committees, Field and Central level Staff. The Group

ranged from 12 to 65.

Formed Core Development Cell (CDC) with 40

Persons. Five Core Development Cell (CDC) meetings

held and 10 decisions have been mad e.

6 Trust Area Com mittees (TAC) with five persons eachare formed. Thrust area committees (TAC) on

Education, Infrastructure d evelopm ent, NRM, Health,

Gender and CBOs have been formed . 13 meetings have

been held. Draft Position Papers on Gender, Education

and Health have been finalized.

2 one day p rogramm es were organized for religious

and 3 one day programmes were organized for

Ministry people.

Seven 2 days trainings were conducted in SHG for a

grou p of 30-70 Samyojitha Leaders at seven d ifferent

places. 355 Samyojitha leaders participated.

Three two days programmes and one day training

were conducted for a group of 20 Central staff. 3

Central Staff were exposed to the t raining on Project

formulation and Project Management respectively at

Karl Kubel Foundation, Coimbatore, one staff at

Trivandrum and one at Kerala Social Service Forum,

Kottayam. All the staff were given course in Spoken

English and basic compu ter app lication.

13 two d ays and one one day training was given to 25

commun ity leaders in political Leadership.

400 half day awareness classes have been condu cted

in 25 panchayats by th e trained 25 leaders.

14 one day trainings have been cond ucted for a group

of 1256 peoples Development Committee (PDC)

members (440 leaders) in d evelopment concepts.



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4 one day tra ining in development topics were

organized for Zonal Forum members in different

Zones. 80 members participated.

7 one day training in IDEA and Development Topicswas given to Governing Body Members.

The Social work initiatives of women religious got

consolidated.

Food Security Programme initiated.

Girl Child Day Celebrations held .

Formu lation of a docum ent in Malayalam to sensitize

all concerned in view of prom oting INTEGRATION.

Convened three meet ings of a l l Minis t r ies ,

Associat ions and Organizat ions working in the

Diocese in view of integration and joint annual

planning.

Training in Change Management for 5 Ministry heads

Workshop on Social concern of the Chu rch.

Perspective Plan Workshop for Ministr ies and

Associations in the Diocese.

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Achievements

There has occurred a very specific change in the

political field. 25 trained youth reached to th e SHGs

in ten Grama Panchayats and created awareness on

Good Governance and the legal rights to the p eople.

This had enabled our target population to creatively

participate in Grama Sabhas and in teract with PRIs in

their respective panchayats. Over ten RTI had been

field to get information regarding beneficiary list,

utilization of own fund of panchayats, inclusion in

Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee

Scheme, Watershed fund allocation, etc. 60 members

trained by us contested in the Panchayat election and

33 person s won th e contest.

The decisions of CDC have led to the launching of

Food Secur i ty Programme, Gir l Chi ld Day

Celebrations, Consolidation of the Social work

initiatives of Religious Congregations, Perspective

plan w orkshop for Ministries and Organizations.

The Thru st Area Comm ittees on Gender, Education,

Health and Environment have helped VSSS for

focused action.

Policies on Gend er, Environment, HR and Finance are

being practiced although not yet approved by the

Bishop. These were already in p ractice since the OD

Process in 2004, although n ot systematically fram ed.

Focused Programm e Planning is a m ajor shift in the

initiatives of VSSS.

Review of OD Process has helped the Society to

identify the strong and the weak areas and take upmeasures for strengthening and capacity bu ilding.

Sharing of hum an and economic resources among the

other partners, Associations and Ministries has been

taken up .

The basic un it of the Society, has been strengthened to

take up local initiatives and monitor the Society.

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50 Years moving with times and staying with poor

Vijyayapuram social service society is in jubilee mood . The

yearlong Golden jubilee celebrations of the society were

inaugu rated on the 10th Septem ber 2010 at Am alanilayam,

the central office of VSSS. The society celebrates its Golden

jubilee as call to look into the past, in order to make it a

relevant response to the needs of the time, in creative fidelity

to Churchs Social Mission, in renewed dedication to the

service of the poor.

We have envisioned Four Projects in the Golden Jubilee

Year.

1. House Construction : Build ing 50 houses for the most

deserving families in our operational areas, 50 percent

of the expenses will be met by VSSS and 50 percent will

be loan (at a lower interest rate) linked with Devan

Hou sing Financial Corpora tion (DHFL Ltd).

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2. Marriage Endowment Fund : Provide financial

sup port to poor families in their d augh ters marriage.

3. Educational Endowment Fund : Sup port deserving

stud ents in their higher Edu cation.

4. Neethi Medical Store: Life saving and other drugs at

pr ices far less than what are being charged in the open

market. (Start one Neethi Medical Store in our

operational area).

VSSSEn

teringin

th

eGolden

Ju

bileeYear

Highlights of Golden Jubilee Celebrations;in the reporting Year

It was envisaged to have one major p rogramm e for eachmonth for the year long celebrations. Local, Zonal andCentral level program mes were planned.

The first m onth of Jubilee year October 2010. Witnessedthe Thanks giving Mass and inauguration of Lucky dip

coupons for the Mobilization of fund for the Jubileeprogrammes.

November 2010. Witnessed the Release of Jubileeanthem and an art exhibition of works of children ofbalavedh i was also organized at Am alanilayam.

December 2010. We organized Sangama Theram agathering of all the family m embers of the office and fieldstaff of VSSS. 300 persons come for the SangamaTheram.

Development orientation seminars w ere arranged for theParticipants.



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January 2011. Gathering of Neighbors, friends, and

government officials associated with VSSS to place on

record their cooperation and collaboration in VSSS

end eavors in all these fifty years.

February 2011. A d evelopment Orientation w orkshop for

the priests of the Diocese. Rt.Rev.Dr. Peter Remigius,

Bishop of Kottar and Chairman of Caritas India andRev. Dr. Prasanth C.M.I, Principal of Sacred Hear t Collage

Thevara w ere the main resource persons. 73 Participated

in the seminar.

March 2011. Organized two day refresher training for the

Secretaries of Peoples Development committees of 82

parishes. People development comm ittees are the m ain

functioning unit at the local level. We also organized a

gathering of beneficiaries who scaled heights in life.VSSSEntering

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Balance Sheet

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1 Holy Cross Tailoring Centre, Mannackanadu Provides Embroidery training and takes uppiece works and marketing

2 Holy Cross School for Mentally Challenged, Provides special education and counselingMannackanadu services to the needy.

3 Holy Cross Dispensary, Mannackanadu Provide Community Health services

4 Holy Cross Tailoring Centre Vettimukal The students attend to training tailoring,embroidery, and cut works.

5 V.S.S.S Marketing Centre, Nagampadom It is a mini Marketing hub of rural productsof SHGs

6 V.S.S.S. Pre-primary Teachers Training Imparts training to teachers. Five Nuns andSchool, Santhipuram, Nagampadom one lady teacher work in the centre.

7 Sevna Sadanam Andoor Scoobe Bags are produced here and trainingin tailoring is given

8 Fathima Matha Physiotherapy Provides health services and helps in theand Skin Care Unit, Nagampadom medical camps

9 St. Josephs I.T.C. Nagampadom N.C.V.T. Diesel Mechanic, AutomobileServicing and NORA-ROOTS

10 St. Josephs Automobile workshop, This unit is run properly and renders trainingNagampadom to Youth

11 Thejus Animation Centre, Kuttikkanam This unit is being used effectively for severalongoing programmes of the VSSS and otherlocal institutions.

12 Nirmala Social Institute, Kanjikuzhi, Kottayam The students attend to training tailoring,

embroidery, and cut works.

13 Snehalaya Dispensary, Cheenthalar Provides Health services

14 Sevanalaya Rural Health Centre, Pambanar This hospital is functioning well to the needsof the poor

15 VSSS Mini Industrial Unit, Idukki. Cook-mate curry power is produced here.

V.S.S.S. UNITS

Activity ParticularsSl.No. Name of Industry Unit


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Documents

VSSS Annual Report 2010 2011 for Website