Organization Details Brief History of the Organization NameHistory of the Organization: of the BAL-MAHILA VIKAS SAMITI (VAMA) I. INTRODUCTION: Bal-Mahila Samiti (VAMA) is a non- Legal Status: Society / NGO profit voluntary organization formed in 1988 as a result of Organization extraordinary efforts and visionary thoughts of the socially Registration Status: Registered sensitive individuals who had the affinity with the M.P. Society’s Regn Act 1973 underprivileged and backward rural and urban society. It Registration No.: 21087 was the founder’s dream to have a human society devoid of Date of Registration: 14.12.1988 caste, creed, and gender-based discrimination and exploitation. FCRA Registration Date & No.: 22 August 2000 & 063280015 II. OUR TARGET GROUPS: Our main target groups are: the disadvantaged social groups and the poor & needy Income Tax Exemption. sections without any discrimination with focus on dalit, For 80G: 22/15/03-04 & Dt. 13-02- 2004 For 12A: 31/3/03-04 & Dt 13-02-2004 tribal population. DARPAN Registration No.: MP/2018/0192430 III. VISION: Overall enlightened society with improved Quality of life without exploitation, injustice, inequality Planning Commission of India Registration No. MP/2009/0008908 and marked with peace, love for the suffering/ needy. PAN No. AAATB5621Q IV. MISSION & FOCUS AREAS: Address and Contact No. H O: 9-C, Maharana Pratap Nagar, Gender and Social Equality interventions leading to Usha Colony, Gwalior-474 009 (M.P), empowerment of the disadvantaged sections and India Landline No.: 0751- 2457438, egalitarian society where the poor and weaker and 4072566 Mobile: +91 9009443110 excluded groups enjoy their multiple rights; Branch: NH-75, Gram Gandhari, Jhansi Road, Datia (M.P.) Ph.07522-290681,India Governance includes women and weaker sections [email protected] mainstreaming them in all aspects especially in democratic [email protected] institutions like Panchayats etc.; http://www.vamaindia.org facebook.com/VAMA1988 Global environmental perspective to decide on sustainable environmental solutions focusing on protecting Twitter.com/vama1988 natural resources/bio-diversities/wild life; TURNOVER: Incom Financial e Expenditure Government Schemes to be tapped as a matter of Rights Year by inducing people’s participation; {In {In Rupees} Rupees} 2018-19 15, 663,484 14,656,316 Giving back to Children their Childhood through 2017-18 15,316,231 14,476,175 Education, their all-round rights especially right to survival of 2016-17 14,909,434 13,441,630 girls i.e. Beti Bachao and Beti Padao Rights; Contact Person: Going hand-in-hand with public and private sector Mr. Siddharth Verma(Exec. Sec.) entities for convergent development of backward areas concentrated by tribals, dalits and backward communities V. ORGANOGRAM: VI. OPERATIONAL AREAS OF VAMA: SALIENT FEATURES OF THE OPERATIONAL AREAS: 1. Substantial portion of the Target Areas have Tribal (Saharias)/Dalit Concentrations 2. Non-Workers/under-employed constitute substantial % of population in the age of workforce 3. High morbidity/mortalities with abnormal malnutrition levels - structural solutions not needed 4. For majority of the small and marginal farmers, agriculture is more like gambling 5. Area sown more than once is grossly low with more rain fed crops 6. Agriculture is still primitive in several clusters lacking improved agricultural practices 7. Significant decline of forest cover and dwindling forest resources for tribals 8. Large scale social ignorance leading to tribals’ land alienations /loss of tribal community resources 9. Gender gaps in literacy, wages and employment opportunities, Women subjugated 10. The fruits of Modernization are yet to reach vast majority of population VIII VAMA’S PROGRAMMES VAMA tapped several Govt and private grants such as NABARD, NRHM (ASHA Training), TI (AIDS), CASA (water harvesting/rejuvenating agri/forestry), HFH (Mason’s Training & Toilets), JICA (nursing School) & several MFIs (Annex shows different grants & MF since inception) Microfinance (As of 31st March, 2019) - Loan portfolio: Rs. 3,14,63,351.00 - Average loan size of Rs.14,940.00 - No of group’s coverage: 2106 - Loans for: Micro-enterprises, Dairy, Farming Horticulture, House repair /Sanitation/ Education and Solar energy - Financial Literacy Training to 32,412 members covering 341 villages and 52 slums (Gwalior & Datia districts & 80000 non-members women -Eshakti project for easy lending for 217 SHGs Social/Health/Sanitation programs -Women Empowerment Camps/Training to address Violence against Women (DFID prog. Completed) - 800 ASHA's- Accredited Social Health Activists were trained since 2010, changing health behaviour - 65 Rallies on Female Feticide/health issues, Drugs - Legal Aid /Counseling to women - Sanitary Toilets, Safe Drinking Water, - Health/AIDS Awareness through TI project - “Beti Bachao-Beti Padao Abhiyan” covered 550 pers. - VAMA-Mother NGO for RCH activities (Datia) - Covid 19, Ration kits distribution Education - Vama Convent School: 750 students Benefitted and free edn. For girls. ( up to 12th - ANM nursing school in Datia Dist. trains every year women for nursing (funded by JICA) recognized by Indian Nursing Council & Mahakaushal Nursing Council, M.P Vama - Private ITI affiliated by NCVT (100 were trained in electrical/stenography) - Free certification coaching classes - Skill development Natural Resource Management & Livelihood Promotion (Farm & Non-Farm) Constructed 2 percolation tanks along with Recharge pits in (Malanpur) Bhind District. (CASA) Plantation of more than 2000 plants 3000 farmers linked with 10 FPO's for best farming practices Arranged subsidized animal feed for farmers Livelihoods through Sanitary Napkin manufacturing Repaired check-dam in village Berja of Morar Block IX. VAMA’s ACHIEVEMENTS: Summary: VAMA’s successes can be briefly listed as follows: 1. Rapport with Different Weaker Sections 2. Information Dissemination Leading to Behavioral Changes 3. Systemic Demonstrations – What is seen is Bought by People 4. Widespread Coverage of Backward Areas 5. Social /Educational Progress through schemes targeting women and children 6. Public Private partnerships leading to multifarious gains (basic amenities, assets 7. Cooperation with In-country and Overseas Donors A. HEALTH GAINS PARTNERING WITH GOVERNMENT: (i) ASHA Workers’ Training: One of the key projects which has been carried out under health Sector is ASHA Workers Training in Dt. Datia with the collaboration of CMHO (Chief Medical & Health Officer), Dt. Datia. This program comes under GOI’s National Rural Health Mission but being implemented by CMHO of the concerned District. Under this program, 800 ASHA workers (Accredited Social Health Activist) were trained in 2010 plus every year 50 candidates added. VAMA has accomplished the following through this program viz. A. VAMA has trained several hundred ASHA workers every year from 2010 onwards using the financial assistance of CMHO, Dt. Datia. The targets completed are: S.N. District Covered YEAR No. of ASHA workers trained 1 Datia, Madhya Pradesh 2010 800 2 Datia, Madhya Pradesh 2011 850 3 Datia, Madhya Pradesh 2012 900 4 Datia, Madhya Pradesh 2013 950 5 Datia, Madhya Pradesh 2014 1000 6 Datia, Madhya Pradesh 2015 1050 7 Datia, Madhya Pradesh 2016 1100 8 Datia, Madhya Pradesh 2017 1150 9 Datia, Madhya Pradesh 2018 1200 10 Datia, Madhya Pradesh 2019 1250 Grand Total 9050 As seen above, the training has been conducted for the same 800 ASHA workers every year in addition to 50 more ASHA workers every year. The program achievements are significant in the following ways: a) VAMA has successfully conducted training for these workers using local venues and using qualified trainers. As per the norm of NRHM, VAMA has trained and appointed ASHA workers to facilitate access to health services. b) These ASHA workers function as health activists in the community and are creating awareness on health and its social determinants and mobilize the community towards local health planning and increased utilization and accountability of the existing health services. ASHA is playing that crucial role of generating the much desired awareness and acting as a link between the rural communities and the health infrastructure thus empowering people to have the biggest asset “health” in their stride, which, ultimately would be helpful in community empowerment at large and bring structural changes at the local level and also help socio-economic development in the rural areas of the country. c) Thus, the role of ASHA workers does not stop with resolution of health issues only epecially curative health care but also cover supplementary issues of safe drinking water, sanitation, poverty alleviation etc which are health supportive but multi-sector actions necessary for holistic health including mainly prevention of diseases. E.g. A number of AHSA workers have reported collaborative action with Panchayats for provision of safe drinking water, which has reduced water borne diseases. Similarly, construction of sanitary toilets has also achieved impressive progress leading to better health. Moreover, households being covered by ASHA workers have started planting horticultural tree species on the backyard to increase food production. These efforts have proved that the purpose of ASHA training is yielding the expected results and leading to a positive impact and self-help efforts by people to address their multifarious problems. (Annex to this Document shows tasks ASHA workers perform). Another major health improvement