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Genesis :- In the year 2008, a group of enthusiastic and experienced development workers endeavored to organize themselves under the umbrella of SEWA BHASKAR in the district of Surguja in Chhattisgarh. The organization had been registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1973 in the month of March 2009. Since then, SEWA BHASKAR has been striving for integrated development of the most disadvantaged section of the rural & urban community in the region.
Vision :- To establish a peaceful, happy and sustainable society where there is a sense of respect, service, love and participation; where there is opportunity for equality – social, economic and gender and sense of eco-friendly living.
Mission :-
• To empower youth and support technical support for their livelihood.
• To bring household food security by promoting land and water management, forest protection and traditional, sustainable agriculture.
• To promote all round development of children, with special focus on girl child.
• To empower women, so that they can safeguard their basic rights.
• To empower the community to use its basic rights i.e. land, water, forests and protect tribal self-governance and traditional livelihood system.
Value :-
The core values of SEWA BHASKAR consist of utmost commitment and responsibility without any discrimination of religion, caste, creed and gender for the sake of promotion of interests of the poorest of the poor, living in harmony with the nature.
Objectives :-
• To promote vocational training for livelihood system.
• To promote grass-root level people’s organizations for developmental activities.
• To promote income generation activities through promotion of appropriate rural technology, social forestry and forest product based crafts and industries.
• To promote savings activity among the community.
• To promote social justice for weaker section of the society through awareness generation and legal aid.
• To build relationship with Government and non-Government agencies, engaged in the process of rural development.
• Study & Research in different social issues
Strategy :-
Promote self-help attitude in project community and ensure their active participation and involvement in each activity of development and advocacy and lobbying for protection of their fundamental rights and their proper livelihood.
Award :-
All INDIA BUSINESS DOVELOPMENT ASOCIATION NEW DELHI is awarded BHARTIYA VIKAS RATAN AWARD to Uma Shankar Pandey Chief functionary of SEWA BHASKAR .
Social Audit & Transparency:-
The processes and practices adopted by SEWA BHASKAR , demonstrate transparency and accountability. The partner community is involved in conceptualization, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project activities.
Operational Area & Target Population :-
SEWA BHASKAR has been working in Intensively Surguja & Korea district and extensively working in all Chhattisgarh. Families are covered under the development programmes. It is mainly concerned for the development of Paharia Korwa and Pando PTG tribes and of Dalits. Despite being rich in natural resources, the region is socially and economically backward due to mass ignorance. Most of the population depends on cultivation and forest products for their livelihood. Natural disasters and hilly terrain made the life of the villagers more difficult. SEWA BHASKAR is also worked in Urban issues in operational areas basically sustainable urbanization, youth information networks, new ideas on employment and Promote vocational training and credit mechanisms for entrepreneurship and employment
Organizational Resources :-
SEWA BHASKAR has a very good team of Six full time dedicated and trained social workers that is guided by a seven member Executive Committee, headed by the Director/Honorary Secretary and thirty three part time village level social workers. The association also has a cadre of local volunteers in urban & rural areas.
CGPVS has its registered office at Ambikapur in Surguja and district and Project implementation office at Baikunthpur in Korea district, equipped with all modern office amenities. It has separate MIS, accounts and administrative wings for extending proper support to the development project activities. For proper communication at the field level, the organization has a fleet of cycles and motorcycles . All these resources help SEWA BHASKAR in its endeavor to achieve its developmental goal effectively.
Areas of Intervention: -
Rural & Urban Micro level Planing :- SEWA BHASKAR believes that the very existence of human beings depend on self-planning, action and struggle. Thus, each Gram Sabha & Ward Sabha must prepare their developmental roadmap through promotion of Micro Level Plan, which means bottom-up approach of planning. CGPVS promote and advocate Micro Level Plan in each places.
Household Food Security : For promotion of household food security round the year for all, the practice of proper management of natural resources, sustainable agriculture, varietal seed cultivation and multi-cropping is being adopted.
Natural Resource Management: -The task of proper management of natural resources has been undertaken for preservation and improvement of bio-diversity through forest protection, social / agro forestry, waste land development and protection of wet lands, natural springs, rivulets and rivers.
Sustainable Agriculture: For promoting sustainable agriculture, various activities has been undertaken as generation of agriculture loan fund, promotion of various bio-fertilizers, bio-pesticides, community grain storages, seed banks, creation of irrigation tanks and wells, construction of micro lift-irrigation units, equipped with diesel pump set and paddle pumps, establishment of farmers information-cum-demonstration center and introduction of multi-cropping system. Promotion of food security through preservation of indigenous seeds and promotion of participatory varietal seed selection also are on progress.
Livelihood Promotion : For development and promotion of sustainable livelihood, introduction of sustainable agricultural practices, multi-cropping, system of revolving fund at village level and income generation programme from non-timber forest products is being done.
Women Empowerment : At the village level, SEWA BHASKAR is being endeavored to empower the women and address the issues concerning them who counts for half of the population. One Hundred Ten Men’s & Women’s SHGs have been promoted. These SHGs are active for promoting alternative credit system, awareness generation and capacity building. A federal structure of these SHGs up to the district level has also been formed.
People’s Organization : At village & ward , block and district level, Gram & ward Sabha have been formed by the people, both men and women of the village & wards, who are involved in conceptualization, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of different development projects.
Advocacy: SEWA BHASKAR took up several basic rights and social issues, like right to food and employment, right to relief and rehabilitation, right to health, tribal right to protect and use forest for their livelihood supplement, tribal land right for women, eradication of child labors and bonded labors and land alienation. In this process, Gram & Ward Sabhas are also taking active part.
Education : To eradicate illiteracy among the women and children and non-formal education centers are being run by SEWA BHASKAR and it remains most helpful in mainstreaming the school dropout children. Awareness generation camps are being regularly organized to create desirable atmosphere for mass education.
SEWA BHASKAR treat education as the key for eradication of child labors and bonded child labor and help to the government in continue education programs.
Vocational Training : Basically for eradication to unemployment we do various type of technical training like :- Mobile repairing, Motor Binding, Electrical equipment repairing, T.V.C.D. Video, Mushrooms training Two & Four wheeler mechanic etc.
Health : SEWA BHASKAR endeavored to change the behavioral pattern of the rural people towards cleanliness through health camps and campaigns. Construction and renovation of drinking water wells, promotion of kitchen garden and generation of awareness regarding proper sanitation have also been undertaken by the association.
Looking Forward:-
People in SEWA BHASKAR are happy with the achievements during the past year, but are not satisfied. To achieve the ultimate goal of transferring the present society into a peaceful, happy and sustainable society based on social, gender and economic equality.
Partners of CGPVS :
Enviro Legal Defence Firm , SAMARTHAN , VANI – New Delhi, PRIA (CG) – Raipur, PAIRVI DELHI, individual domestic partners and Gram Sabhas, Regional Federations, District Federation and CBOs/NGOs.
SEWA BHASKAR Suport in Publications :
• Books
SHGs Manual Part - 1
SHGs Manual Part – 2
Jan Bhagidari Samiti Manual
Panchyati Raj Manual
• Video Documentary
Continue education
Nrega & Social Audit
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