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Yuva Rural Association ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 Plot No. 23, Datir Building, New Amar Nagar, Chikhali Road, Manewada Ring Road, Nagpur- 440034 Maharashtra Mob. +91 7083328154 OUR VISION "An empowered and capable society with all human rights; equity, peace, justice and security; without any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, ethnicity, religion, gender, age and language; leading towards Sustainability". OUR MISSION "YRA is committed to facilitate social transformation through the socio-economic, empowerment of The Rural Poor by establishing their access over rights & resources that will promote social equity, ecological balance and enable them to participate in good and responsive governance through their Organizations and Institutions". CORE VALUES OF YRA Gender Justice : We strongly promote gender equity and engaged in building a gender snsitive society. Social Justice : We are committed to achieve inclusive development without any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, ethnicity, religion, economic status etc. We strongly believe the empowerment processes, of all such social sectors will bring in total social justice. Democracy & Secularism : It is our mandate that social division on the basis of race, religion, cast creed do not hurdle the development process. We always practice and promote democratic approaches in our work wherein all the stake holders are involved and have a say in matters concerning them. Thus, we practice democratic and secular approach in our work. Ecological Justice : We know that the nature is supreme and its sustainability only can enable human sustainability. Hence, all our efforts must be towards sustain our ecology and environment. Honesty & Integrity : is part and partial of our work culture. We ensure all the members working with us follow this culture and strengthen us. Profession and passion in our work goes hand in hand. Our honesty & integrity, including all above values, is nonnegotiable. Finance & Accounts Policy Wistle Blower's Anti-sexual Policy Harassment YRA'S POLICIES Policy YRA has mandated own policies for the smooth functioning as below Gender Staff Policy Policy Conflict of Interest Policy INDEX BACKGROUND – YUVA RURAL ASSOCIATION .... OUR VISION ... OUR MISSION ... FOREWARD ... CORE VALUES OF YRA ... YRA'S POLICIES ... MAJOR INTERVENTIONS OF YRA ... DESI COTTON INITIATIVE ... ADDRESSING ANEMIA AMONG WOMEN & GIRLS ... STRENGTHENING IRRIGATION SYATEM ... ORGANIC CERTIFICATION PROCESS ... HOLISTIC RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ... WASH (WATER,SANITATION & HYGIENE) INTERVENTIONS ... WOMEN'S COUNSELING CENTRE ... SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ... OUR BOARD MEMBERS ... GOVERNANCE ... HUMAN RESOURCES ... OUR DONORS ... AWARD & RECOGNITION ... AUDIT REPORT ... 1 Background Last sixteen years YRAhas been restlessly contributing in development of rural and tribal areas of Vidarbha region directly and across the state indirectly with the collaborating partners. We feel proud to claim that we have been successful and instrumental in changing the lives of thousands of rural poor, dalit and tribal people as farmers, landless, women and youth. YRA believes that the concept of sustainable livelihood offers more coherent and integrated approach to the poverty. This year also maximum planned efforts of YRA were focused on "family" as unit. Convergence of government schemes was one of the main operational strategies we adopted. Direct participation of the direct constituency groups also is another operational strategy we adopted in our work as usual. YRAalso is engaged with many such processes at state and national level and so has the good rapport with many actors in this field. Yuva Rural Association continues to work hard for the development of the rural & tribal poor. The zeal to empower the deprived sections of rural and tribal society continues and YRA is intervening in the areas of livelihoods, gender, natural resource management and advocacy to achieve its goals for the betterment of the constituencies. The organization has tried to consolidate its growth and now has four district offices - Washim, Parbhani, Bhandara and Nagpur - catering to the direct interventions in the 8 districts of Vidarbha. YUVA Rural Association (YRA) evolved out of the rural intervention initiated by YUVA -i.e. Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action, Mumbai. YUVA initiated a process of capacity building programs through networking of grass- roots voluntary development organizations in Vidarbha region in 1994. Under this a Vidarbha Development Perspective Plan was prepared and implemented for a period of 6 years. It was comprehended that apart from the Liaoning and capacity building role, the situation compelled YUVA to intervene directly on the ground on certain developmental issues and thereby rural interventions of YUVA took off in 1998. Gradually, it became the rural unit of YUVA. In 2002, Yuva Rural Association was registered under society registration act, Madhya Pradesh as an independent organization. YRA initiated direct interventions in Madhya Pradesh (MP), Gujarat and Maharashtra mainly in issues revolving around overall rural development but by 2006-07 withdrew from MP and Gujarat Due to lack of capable and committed local leadership. Since 2008-09 YRAhas been focusing on the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. YRAhas established its own identity and credibility in the sector by experimenting and establishing successful Models of overall transformation of ruraland tribal territories. YRA's first Strategic Plan was developed in 2003 for next three years i.e. up to 2005. YRA intends to be a relevant organization in the changing context by experimenting and designing new models of interventions. In the recent years with rapid socio-economic changes, YRA propelled to peep into the activities enumerated in previous strategic plan, successes and failures. Comprehending these aspects, it plans to design a new strategic plan to adapt to the changing context and compliance to new policies - both nationally and internationally. YRA has been demonstrating new alternatives in the social sector. The organization has been successful in evolving with the organizations and Institutions of the constituent communities at local, district, regional and state level, capacitating them as empowerment process. YRAhas been developing a cadre of volunteers to enrich strength of the organization to achieve envisaged goals YRA introduced its new Strategic plan in the year 2016, aligning its interventions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Sustainable Development Goals have set a benchmark globally on the serious 2 issues faced by the world. In order to decrease these issues, every nation ought to work towards the 17 Global goals to make our planet a better place to dwell in. YRA has been majorly working in the rural areas of Vidarbha & Marathwada districts of Maharashtra since year 2002. There is a need of making these rural communities self-sustainable and self-reliable in order to bring in positive change. Keeping this as the objective, the theme "Better Livelihood Promotion towards Poverty Alleviation" was selected as a focused intervention for the period 2016-2020. The core purpose of the strategic plan is to facilitate empowerment of the under-developed, distressed communities and provide them service towards their overall development. Since Better Livelihood Promotion towards Poverty Alleviation is a broader term, YRA has categorized the broader theme into programs which will ensure sustainable growth in the Rural and Tribal communities. The programs include sustainable agriculture through strengthening irrigation, soil, water & forest conservation, Small ruminants based livelihood, health programs, quality education, sanitation and safe drinking water, non - farm micro enterprises & Financial inclusion. Presently,YRAexists with more than 525 villages in 18 blocks in 8 districts of Vidarbha region and Parbhani district Marathwada region of Maharashtra. All these interventions have been addressing and resolving various development issues in these villages. H H H 3 Foreword... Yuva Rural Association is evolved out of the need to address various development issues identified during the process of Capacity Building and Networking of Civil Society O r g a n i z a t i o n s in Vidarbha region during 1994-2000. The i s s u e s in adjoining districts of Madhya Pradesh and need of continuation of interventions after rehabilitation phase in Gujarat it was realized that a regional level interventions covering Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat need to be planned. In this scenario YRA was registered as Society under MP Society Registration Act 1973, in May 2002. Last 16 years YRAhas been helping people help themselves through various levels of interventions such as education, training, exposures, demonstrations, policy level interventions, grass-root advocacy, policy advocacy, actions leading towards change through building people's organizations and people's institutions. Right from the beginning YRA developed Strategic Plans those guided and directed YRA teams focus their energy. In the course of timeYRAclosed processes in Gujrat and Madhya Pradesh and currently focusing on Vidarbha and Marathwada region of Maharashtra strategically. YRA's focus remained on Millennium Development Goals from the perspective of Human Rights and now we focus on Sustainable Development Goals mandated by UN and our own Government. Not all but certain SDGs such as No Poverty, Good Health and Well Being, Quality Education, Gender