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Annual Report.Indd ANNUAL REPORT 2008-09 National Networking Children’s Program Youth TRAC PUCAARSocial Empowerment of Women ANNUAL REPORT 2008-09 Members of COVA Family Organisations Aman Saheli A.P. Minorities’ Educational Rights Protection Committee COVA-Kasturba Gandhi Peace Centre Forum for Improvement of Government Schools Inter Faith Forum Koshish Theatre Group PUCAAR SEHAT SENSITIVevents Trusts Al Imdad Society, Kadapa AMOL Welfare and Charitable Trust, Guntur COVA Welfare and Charitable Trust Islamic Welfare Society, Kadapa United Welfare and Charitable Trust, Kurnool Networks Bandhan A.P. State Network COVAK, Kurnool COVAN, Kadapa Dosti- Kashmir MANGO, Mahboobnagar MFM, Medak MMM, Anantapur MASDEV, Kolkatta NOVA, Nellore ONVA, Warangal SAVAN, Saharanpur –U.P. VAN-Guntur VAN-Prakasham VAN-Kashmir Top photo on front cover: (L to R) Jain Muni Lokprakash Lokesh, Senator Iqbal Haider from Pakistan, Shri Goswami Susheelji Maharaj, Sardar Paramjeet Singh Chandhoke, Ms Padmini Kumar, Shri B.M.Kutty from Pakistan form a human chain at Rajghat, New Delhi on 2nd March 2009 when the Pakistan Peace Delegation visited Indian cities as part of the Indo- Pak Joint Signature Campaign and Exchange of Peace Delegations against terrorism and war-posturing. Visit COVA Website: www.covanetwork.org ANNUAL REPORT 2008-09 National Networking Indo-Pak Joint Signature Campaign for Peace in the Sub-continent On 9th January 2009, the Indo-Pak Joint Signature Campaign against terrorism and for peace in the Sub continent was launched in India and Pakistan. Across India, the Campaign was launched on the same day at 3 pm IST in the following cities: Amritsar, Belgaum, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Kurnool, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Jaipur, Kolkotta, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Panjim, Pune, Raipur, Saharanpur, Warangal, and Wardha. Simultaneously, the it was launched across Pakistan at 2.30 pm PST in the following cities: Faisalabad, Hyderabad-Sindh, Hub, Islamabad, Karachi, Khairpur, Khuzdar, Larhana, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Sadikabad, Sakrand, Shadad Kot, Shikarpur, Sukkur. Many eminent personalities and peace activists took part in the Launch Programs in different cities and towns of both the countries, including Admiral L. Ramdas, Kuldip Nayar, Kamla Bhasin, P.M. Bhargava, Swami Agnivesh and others from India and Brig (Retd) Rao Abid Hamid, B.M.Kutty, Dr. A. H. Nayyar, I.A.Rehman, Karamat Ali, M.B. Naqvi, Muhammad Tahseen Syed Iqbal Haider, Senator Dr. Abdul Malik and others from Pakistan. Team COVA coordinated the campaign in India as well as the exchange visits of peace delegations between India and Pakistan. An interaction session was organised at IIIT, Hyderabad on 4th March with Mr B.M.Kutty, one of the Pakistani delegates visiting India on a peace mission. On 5th March an Open House meeting was organised in Hyderabad with the Pakistani delegates Mr Kutty and Mr Iqbal Haider, Former Attorney General of Pakistan and Vice-chair, Pakistan Human Rights Commission. COVA coordinated the visit of other Pakistani delegates to other cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Patna, Lucknow, Amritsar, Jaipur and Ajmer, and Chennai. On 1st March 2009, the Peace Delegation from Pakistan was warmly welcomed into India at Amritsar by the representatives of Folklore Research Academy. The members of the Peace Delegation addressed a group of intellectuals, political party representatives and media persons. A performance of folk dances and songs was organized for the delegation. In Delhi they interacted with trade union and mass movement leaders, met religious leaders and civil society organizations, took part in a Human Chain organized at Raj Ghat against terrorism, war and for peace and cooperation, and interacted with JNU students late into the night on the university campus. They also took part in a round table meeting with CII representatives and in an interaction session with editors of media. At Patna, Mr Karamat Ali, visiting peace delegate, interacted with a large gathering of girl students at Patna Women’s College Admiral L. Ramdas launches Indo-Pak Joint Signature Campaign in Hyderabad. 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2008-09 and with professors, student leaders and prominent citizens of the city and participated in a Citizens’ Meet. At Lucknow, he met the Mayor of Lucknow, who signed the petition of the Joint Signature Campaign, and met students, intellectuals and social activists and media persons. At Nagpur Mr Syed Iqbal Haider addressed a Press Meet organised by Napur Union of Working Journalists. He also visited the RSS offi ce, but unfortunately no senior leader of RSS was present there. He interacted with the students of Dr. Dada Saheb Ambedkar College of Law and addressed a public meeting at India Peace Centre. One family The Pakistan Peace Delegation liked the idea of home-stays during their visit to different Indian cities, as part of the Indo-Pak Joint Signature Campaign and Exchange of Peace Delegations. Mr Adam Malik, a member of the Delegation to India, fondly recollects his poignant experience in Jaipur: “Our host family in Jaipur treated us like their family members and considering my age they treated me like their elder brother. At the time of leaving the home they followed the parampara and fulfi lled the rituals of Tilak and giving some pocket money. I was too overwhelmed to respond and could not refuse the money. I think if this kind of interaction is arranged in both countries more often a lot of misperceptions can be corrected.” At Jaipur, the Pakistan Delegation interacted with children at St Anslem’s school and the students at IIIM, a management college. The delegation also interacted with a gathering of women, youth and media persons. They watched a play on Hiroshima-Nagasaki nuclear holocaust, Teesvi Shatabdi, presented by Rangayan. At Ajmer they interacted with school children and college students at Mayo College. The members visited the Dargah and later addressed a press conference. At Chandigarh the eight-member Peace Delegation from Pakistan was given a very warm reception by prominent citizens. During this visit hosted by Yuvsatta and Punjab University, the peace delegation addressed a meeting of students and Teachers at Punjab University. At Chennai, the peace delegation addressed the student of Loyola College. They later addressed a press meet. On Amarnath Land Row In a response to the Amarnath Land Row, a Fact Finding Team comprising fi ve members, namely, Jatin Desai, Mumbai, Sandeep Pandey, Lucknow, Sheeba George, Ahmedabad, Richa Singh, Delhi, Mazher Hussain, Hyderabad, visited Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch and interacted with various members of civil society in October 2008. A fact-fi nding report was prepared on the issue. Efforts were made to initiate a dialogue between confl icting communities, and diffuse the alienation set in between the regions of Jammu and Kashmir. With National Level Networks National level programmes were taken up as part of the networks Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) and Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP). COVA is represented on the steering committee of Wada Na Todo Abhiyan and the national level committee of Credibility Alliance. It also took an active role in the Campaign for Electoral Reforms in India (CERI) and participated in People’s SAARC in Colombo. COVA is South India partner for India NGO Award instituted by the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation and Resource Alliance, and facilitates the process of assessment of entries from South India. 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2008-09 District Level Networking The District Networks promoted by COVA in nine districts of Andhra Pradesh collaborated with it in facilitating the emergence of People’s Manifestos in 14 Parliamentary Constituencies in Andhra Pradesh as part of the All India People’s Manifesto process initiated by Wada Na Todo Abhiyan. Also, as part of the Wada Na Todo Abhiyan a survey was carried out in 9 districts of Andhra Pradesh on the implementation of the National Common Minimum Programme. The network members actively participated in the Indo-Pak Joint Signature Campaign. Summer Camps and Seminars on “Increasing Violence and Challenges to Responsible Citizenship” were organised in Kurnool and Warangal districts in association with Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi. In 50 Summer Camps in fi ve districts, awareness sessions were organised in the Camps on communal harmony and peace, value of education, moral values, unity and national integration, EMRI - 108 Ambulance Service, Child Helpline -1098 Service, Child Labor etc., apart from recreational activities like Caroms, Tennicoit, Badminton, Skipping, Volley Ball, Cricket and Throw Ball, Chess, Kabaddi, Khoh-Khoh, Running Race, and Mehandi Designing, Lemon & Spoon, Musical Chairs, Frog Race etc. About 3000 children were reached through these Camps. COVA conducted perspective and capacity building programmes on social harmony, terrorism and peace, Right to Information Act and Right to Basic Services for the benefi t of its network members. The network members took active part in the activities of Election Watch during General Elections 2009. Welfare Trusts Amol Welfare and Charitable Trust, Guntur, collected Rs.5,94,855 through Zakat and other donations during the year 2008-2009. 550 poor people have been supported this year. Aman Charitable Foundation, Kadapa, collected Rs.1,00,470 through Zakat and other donations, benefi ting 209 poor people during the reporting year. United Welfare and Charitable Trust, Kurnool, collected Rs.62,000 with which packages of essential commodities were
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