Our Activities
Promotion of Self-Help Groups & Micro Finance for Poverty Alleviation in the Tribal Areas of Chhattisgarh
Start Year
2005
Donor
Broederlijk Delen, Brussels, Belgium
Completion Year
2010
Objectives
- To Strengthening the vibrant system of local self-governance for authority and autonomy to the people at grass root level for sustainable livelihood promotion.
- To inculcate an effective measure of community mobilization and ownership for NRM and livelihood promotion
- Sensitization and capacity building of people for better functioning of local self-governance.
Target area and people
- Tribals of Narharpur Block, Kanker, Chhattisgarh
Outcome
- CBOs and PRI strengthened their convergence with government and private institutions for community development.
- CBOs and PRIs capacitated for community strengthening and system development.
- People capacitated for community based sustainable development action and initiatives.
- Community ownership promoted for effective management of local resources through PRIs and Government Departments
- Irrigation of agricultural land achieved for one crop.
- Fund mobilized for agriculture and IGA from various public and private sources.
- Enhanced food grain production
- Appropriate infrastructure, technology and market made available in the target area.
- People’s enhanced income through NTFP.
- Increased income by taking up non-farm activity like- manufacturing, servicing, and trading.
- Strengthened Gram Sabhas
- Enhanced capacity of people’s institutions and Gram Sabhas for Self-governance.
- Capitalized the partner agencies with techniques of community strengthening for NRM and livelihood promotion