{"id":107,"date":"2009-06-22T01:50:22","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T06:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sara.engo.in\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2009-06-22T01:50:22","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T06:50:22","slug":"impact-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barefootsara.in\/?page_id=107","title":{"rendered":"Impact &#038; Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Advocacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Consultation with government officials at district and block level with complete participation of district and block level officers helped in gaining support and attention to the program.<\/li>\n<li>Project coordination resulted in the increased direct interactions of different village groups for their various demands.<\/li>\n<li>Networking with NGO\u2019s and stakeholders resulted in the spread of program objectives and initiatives in other areas of districts through Kala Jathha &amp; publications.<\/li>\n<li>Intra village interactions between Bal Samooh and VDC remove hesitation among children and they became habitual of expressing their feelings and interests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Initiatives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Construction water storage structures in the schools enabled the children to cope up with problem of drinking water and also acted as model for nearby villages.<\/li>\n<li>Construction of individual tanks for community not only addressed problem of drinking water but also motivated other members of the community to adopt such permanent sources of storage.<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of grain banks in the villages with complete ownership of community created confidence among community and permanent resource in disastrous situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Education<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased awareness of different stakeholders on drought and responsible factors for drought.<\/li>\n<li>Increased understanding on developing measures to address disastrous situations.<\/li>\n<li>Education learning kits for children gave space to facilitate their overall development.<\/li>\n<li>Children groups were able to reduce their hesitation, understand their rights and raise voice for them and expose their skills through exposure visit, Bal mela and Bal Sammelan.<\/li>\n<li>Protection of environment and promotion of clean environment through development of kitchen garden and plantation program.<\/li>\n<li>Ownership of children and leadership qualities in community development activities through establishment of groups and separate Bal Bhawans to share experiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Community Organization<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strengthening community voice through forming various groups.<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability of group strengths through continuous meetings and raising problems at various levels.<\/li>\n<li>Development of understanding and importance of disaster preparedness resulted in the development of preparedness plans by the community members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Institutional Strengthening<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> To strengthen groups, community members developed federation and Mahasangh to provide recognition to their identity.<\/li>\n<li>Development of ownership and authority among groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Visibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Program dissemination through various means of IEC increased spread of the objectives and drew attention of the community and officials.<\/li>\n<li>Dissemination of project strategies and understanding of drought through local media gain (Kala Jathha) support at various levels.<\/li>\n<li>Publication of informative material for community supported in increasing understanding towards various schemes and gaining benefits of them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy Consultation with government officials at district and block level with complete participation of district and block level officers helped in gaining support and attention to the program. Project coordination resulted in the increased direct interactions of different village groups for their various demands. 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