ANNUALREPORT 2014-2015 UttarakhandSeva NidhiParyavaran Shiksha Sansthan Almora ANNUALREPORT 2014-2015 Uttarakhand SevaNidhiParyavaranShiksha Sansthan Almora Acknowledgements Wegratefullyacknowledgethesupport, trustandcooperationofthefollowing: ProjectGrants: JamsetjiTata Trust/Sir DorabjiTata Trust,Mumbai RajeshwarSusheelaDayalCharitable Trust,NewDelhi UCOST, Dehradun ICSSR, New Delhi Association forIndia’s Development(AID)Washington ________________________________________________________________________ Donationswerereceived from: IshwarRIyer BhagwatiJoshi Vinita Pande DrK.J.S.Chatrath RajeevJoshi SupriyaPande ReetuSogani/LokChetna Manch ReenaDesai NiranjanPant Anand&SujataJagota PatArmstrong/RotaryClub Dr.Lalit Pande, Director, wasawardedtheIIT,Delhi DistinguishedAlumniAward atitsconvocationheld onNovember 1, 2014. UttarakhandSevaNidhiParyavaranShikshaSansthan(USNPSS) JakhanDevi,MallRoad Almora263601(Uttarakhand) Telephone:05962-234430 Fax: 05962-231100 Email:[email protected] URL: http://www.ueec.org.in CONTENTS Introduction............................................................................................................................................1-4 1.UttarakhandMahila Parishad(UttarakhandWomen’s Federation).......................4-30 1a.OrganizingwomenasWVGs..............................................................................4-6 1b.Workshops,trainingatAlmoraandactivitiesbyWVGs................................6-11 1bi.Workshops formembersofWVGs.......................................................................6 1bia.Naturalresourcemanagement.................................................................6-7 1bib.Water.........................................................................................................7-8 1bic.Generatingresourceswithinthevillage...................................................8-9 1bid.Useofnewmachinesandtechnologyinagriculture...................................9 1bie.Incomegenerationforwomen.................................................................9-10 1bif.Violenceagainst women.......................................................................10-11 1bii.Trainingofelectedwomenrepresentatives(EWRs)....................................11-17 1biia.Motivation forjoiningthepanchayats..................................................13-14 1biib.DifficultiesfacedbyEWRsinpanchayats...............................................14 1biic. Differentinterestsofmenandwomen................................................14-15 1biid.Mainstreaming women’sconcernsandenvironmentalissues............15-16 1biie.Women’sgroupsaredifferentfromPRIs............................................16-17 1c.Visitstovillages...............................................................................................17-18 1d.Congregationofwomen(m ).................................................18-21 1e.Medicalrelief...................................................................................................21-22 1ei.Preventivehealthcareandeducation...........................................................22-23 1f.Accessto safe sanitationfacilities..................................................................23-25 1g.Educationaltours................................................................................................25 1h.Gradingofwomen..........................................................................................26-30 2. VillageLearningCentres ........................................................................................31-57 2a.Approachoftransformativelearning.............................................................32-33 2ai.Thequest forchange:whatcomesfirst.........................................................33-35 2b.Thecentre........................................................................................................35-36 2bi.Forchildren....................................................................................................36-37 2bia.Developingreadinghabitsamongruralchildren......................................38 2bib.Educationalmaterialsinthecentre...................................................38-41 2c.Foradolescentgirls................................................................................................41 2d.Foryoungmenandwomen.............................................................................41-42 2e.Women’sgroups....................................................................................................42 2f.Trainingoffacilitators......................................................................................42-43 2g.Computerliteracycentres...............................................................................43-45 2h.Gram shikshanKendramela (learningcentre fair)......................................................45 2i.Monitoringandassessment...............................................................................45-49 2j.VisitstocentresbyUSNPSSstaff...................................................................46-49 2k.Gradingofchildrenattendingcentres............................................................49-57 2l.Outcomes.................................................................................................................57 3.KishoriKaryakrama(adolescentprogramme).................................................................58-69 3a.WorkshopinAlmora foradolescentgirls.......................................................59-60 3b.TrainingbySandhan......................................................................................60-61 3c.Workshopinschools..............................................................................................60 3d.Workshopsinvillages....................................................................................61-62 3di.Jointmeetingsof womenandgirls................................................................62-64 3e.Kishorisammelan (congregationofgirls)............................................................65 3f.Visitstovillages..................................................................................................65 3g.Gradingofadolescentgirls.............................................................................66-69 4. Respondingtoclimatechange..............................................................................................69-72 4a.ReliefandrehabilitationinKedarnathvalley....................................................71 4ai.Distributionofreliefgoods.........................................................................71 4aii.Fruitprocessingunit.............................................................................71-72 4aiii.Trainingonknitting..................................................................................72 4aiv.Sanitationandcomputerliteracy.............................................................72 . nvironmentalEducationinSchools .........................................................................................72 6. Research and publications.....................................................................................................72-73 6a.Research..................................................................................................72-73 6b.Publications..................................................................................................73 7. Capacitybuildingofpartnerorganizations ...........................................................................74 7ai.Annualmeetingwithpartnerorganizations......................................................75 8.Collaboration withotherorganizations....................................................................................74 8a.ShriAurobindoAshram,New Delhi....................................................................75 8b.Scholarshipstogirlstopromoteeducation............................…………………75-76 9.Library and Resourcecentre 76 10. The 6th B.D. PandeMemoriallecture ....................................................................76 11.Samvaad..........................................................................................................................77 12.Staff atUSNPSS ........... 77 13.MeetingsoftheGoverning Body................................................................................77 14.Accounts........................................................................................................................77 15. Visitors.......................................................................................................................................78-80 GoverningBody Staff Auditedaccounts Introduction This report commemorates printing of the 27th edition and 28 years of work of Uttarakhand Seva Nidhi Paryavaran Shiksha Sansthan (USNPSS) with rural communities and schools in the state of Uttarakhand, India. A registered non-government organization, USNPSS began its work in 1987 as a nodal agency for the Department of Education; Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and continued receiving support till 2005 until the scheme discontinued. The organization has also acted as a regional resource agency of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, for the National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) during 1993-2005. Since 2006 the organization has received support from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai and the Rajeshwar Susheela Dayal Charitable Trust, Delhi (since 2003) for its major programmes on education,