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YES! I FOLLOW ROAD SAFETY RULES Proposal on Road Safety Awareness in Patna district of Bihar Name of the project: SAFETY FIRST About the Organization ‘Sankalp Jyoti’ is a secular, non–political and non–profit making voluntary organization. This organization was formed by a group of social work and development professionals who were inspired by participatory and collective social actions and interventions. They first studied the socio-economic condition of the people followed by the regular interaction with the local community before chalking out need based interventions in the area of operation. The findings of the problems were so acute and intense that they could not be dealt in a shorter period of time without joint efforts. With this realization ‘Sankalp Jyoti’ originated in the year 2004 and was registered under the Society Registration Act. Sankalp Jyoti started its different interventions from Patna district in Bihar and has in the course expanded its activities to Gaya, Jahanabad, Kishenganj, Sheikhpura, Madhubani and Muzaffarpur districts as well. The prime motto to take up Patna as the intervention district was because of the reason that most of the founder members were from this place. Moreover, Sankalp Jyoti emerged from the development professional community of this engaged in Patna district but committed to work with the people all over Bihar, so as to make them involve in overcoming their different problems including health, education, livelihood, drought, flood etc. Since inception, Sankalp Jyoti has been working with women, children, youth, aged, farmers and laborers of the weaker and marginalized sections of the society who have been vulnerable to various disadvantages including disasters and social exclusion as well as denial their different rights. Sankalp Jyoti believes in development of these people through collective social as well as developmental action in a participatory approach. Goal: Sustainable development of the society through women empowerment and in the process to generate awareness, consciousness and promote holistic development of all sections of the society. Vision: To have healthy and self reliant society where equal opportunities are made available to the disadvantaged with special reference to women. Thereby promotion of equity based society bereft of any exploitation on the ground of sex, race, caste, creed, class and religion. Mission: To create a self reliant society of disadvantaged & marginalized groups who can avail equal opportunities in which woman play proactive role. Thereby to strive for the sustainable development process and improvement in quality of life of all sections of the society with emphasis on deprived and marginalized sections through participatory approach and availing of their rights. It is hereby stated that Sankalp Jyoti has been active in the field of formation and sustainability of community institutions and community structures in various forms Self Help Groups, guiding/designing of various kinds of income generation interventions by SHGs and other community institutions as well as in the field of providing need based services and supplementary services as required in supplementing the empowerment efforts by the government and non-governmental agencies. The mandate of the organization through its bye-laws entrusts the organization to undertake such activities that will ultimately benefit and add to the well being of women in general and the most vulnerable groups like YES! I FOLLOW ROAD SAFETY RULES dalits, minorities and women in particular. The organization also carries considerable experience in running various projects in skill building and other capacity development interventions. Through the path of developmental interventions underlined with the goal and objectives of the organization we have in the past years undertaken various activities and projects which directly benefitted and added to the well being of its target communities in the respective areas where the projects and activities have taken place. In the past years the organization has achievements in various fields. Illustrating some of them as below: 1. We are conducting Road Safety Campaign by forming a network of CSOs & individuals named as SAFET ALLIANCE in Bihar. We conducted survey on “Causes of Road Accidents” in Patna since 06th -15th June’16. 2. With the support of BVHA & KKS we conducted Skill Development Training Program on Beautician, Electrician, Masonry, Cycle-Motor repairing at 12 villages of Maner block in Patna district of Bihar. 3. With the support of Dan Church Aid & IDF we have procured the 7500 kg. SEED of rice to distribute among the dalit communities of Katra & Sonepur panchayat of Katra Block in Muzaffarpur district. 4. We are conducting Skill Development Training program under MES scheme of DGET in Patna, Gaya & Jehanabd district with the support of Labour & employment Department, Bihar. 5. We had translated the training material from English to Hindi on Emotional Resilience & Health under the Girls First project for the U.S. based organization CORSTONE. 6. We have conducted Micro Insurance program with the support of LIC in Bihar. 7. We conducted On Site Education Programme under Brick Klin Project in Barbigha block of Shekhpura district with the support of Bihar Education Project. 8. We conducted On Site Education Programme under Brick Klin Project in Meskaur & Kashichak block of Nawada district with the support of Bihar Education Project. 9. We formed Women SHG at the Naubatpur block of Patna district with the support of NABARD. At present we have formed 50 groups & all the groups have been linked to Bank. 10. We conducted training on Tailoring under Skill Development Programme of Nabard in Naubatpur block of Patna District of Bihar. 11. We conducted a Working Women Hostel in Patna district of Bihar with the support of Central & Bihar Social Welfare Board. 12. We are publishing monthly VEERANGANA Kadam Sahas Ke… a social magazine based on Women Empowerment. 13. We conducted three unit Awareness Generation Programme in Jehanabad district of Bihar with the support of Central Social Welfare Board 14. We did Quality testing & mapping Of Water with the support of Envirotech East Pvt Ltd. On behalf of PHEd Bihar in Kishanganj, Sitamarhi, Sheohar & Madhubani district of Bihar. 15. We conducted Four days survey & training programme on Education named as ASER with the support of PRATHAM Mumbai in Kishanganj district of Bihar. In this survey we were covered 31 government schools to know the status of education and facility & appearance of student in the school. 16. We conducted Three Non Formal Education (NFE) centers with the support of member’s contribution in the Naubatpur block of Patna district where the children of SHG members get elementary education. 17. We formed girls Club in the colleges of Bihar. The name of the formed club was SAMBHAWANA. 18. We are forming Self Help Group in Kako, Ratnifaridpur, Sadar block and providing skill development training on Tailoring in Modanganj, Ratanifaridpur & Hulasganj block of Jehanabad district with the support of DRDA, Jehanabad. YES! I FOLLOW ROAD SAFETY RULES 19. We organized a one day workshop on Right to Education with the support of Voluntary Forum for Education under United Nations Millennium Campaign in Jehanabad district of Bihar. 20. We participated in Women empowerment programme of Dainik Jagran SAPNO KO CHALI CHHONE organized by Jagrn Pahal, Women Development Corporation & UNFPA in 21 Girls colleges of six districts of Bihar. Background of the project India has a road network of over 4,865,000 kilometre in 2014,the second largest road network in the world. At 0.66 km of roads per square kilometre of land, the quantitative density of India's road network is similar to that of the United States (0.65) and far higher than that of China (0.16) or Brazil (0.20). Road transport in India is very popular for various reasons, but the condition of lndian roads is very poor and deplorable. The rate of road-accidents and fatality in the country is very high. Pressure on roads has been on increase and the number of vehicles is increasing by leaps and bounds. Travel by road provides a lot of flexibility, convenience, speed and reliability, particularly at short distances in cities and towns. Therefore, it is the most preferred medium of transport. But lndian roads in cities, towns and those connecting them have been in a very poor condition. Their development and maintenance have not kept pace with the growth in vehicular population. Consequently, there are accidents, serious injuries and deaths all around. Indian roads are red with human blood. Road accident is one of the most common disasters worldwide. The degree of accidents varies from place to place and time to time. India has about 1 % of the world’s vehicles but accounts for about 10 % of the World’s Road Crash fatalities. In 2004 the number of accidents were recorded 4,13,900 out of which 91,376 deaths took place but by 2013 it rose to 4,69,900 accidents and 1,37,423 deaths.1 Meaning thereby the fatality of the accidents has increased severely. In addition, 111% road crashes are under reported, found in the study conducted by Save Life Foundation. This led to partially or permanent disability to over 5, 00,000 populations in the country. Bihar was ranked 10th in road accident having 4,989 deaths in 2013 & Patna was ranked 5th in road accident in 2014. The economic growth and increasing infrastructure, specially road and bridge, has decrease the gap between cities and villages. The increasing number of vehicles, two wheelers to long Lorries, has really increased the probability of the road accidents and it is vividly transferring in fatalities. As predicted the economic growth and infrastructural expansion is very much on roll, the increase in vehicular traffic is bound to grow very steep and further increase the number of road accidents. It is a serious challenge for the road commuters, transporters, doctors and government.