SAMARTH IN PARTICIPATORY ACTION SOCIETY (SIPA-INDIA)
Samarth in Participatory Action (SIPA) is promoted by Samarthan-Centre for Development Support for implementation of Projects. Samarthan is a leading non-profit organization with significant presence in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
With a belief that a strong civil society is key to socioeconomic development, Samarthan started out in the year 1995 as a support organization building capacities and networks of voluntary organizations working at the grass roots.
Objectives :
To strengthen the citizen centric awareness and capacities among representatives of rural and urban local bodies on various provisions and legal means for participatory self-governance and decentralized governance.
To implement Programmes as per the Government policy for self-sustainability of Poor, Dalits, people of vulnerable sector, Women and Youth through formation of groups.
To ensure overall development and rights of the vulnerable sections by promoting and improving Health, Education, Livelihoods, Sanitation and Environment.
Capacity building and sensitization of volunteer organizations on Gender and other developmental issues.
IWMP Project
SIPA with the support of ITC-Govt of MP implemented the most prestigious IWMP project in Sehore Block, having a clear vision to strengthen the PRIs with this programme and to create Watershed Model.
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Silt Monitoring Unit (SMU):
With the support of ITC one SMU was installed in Village Ramakhedi to monitor the Silt Load as well as flood depth variation against Rainfall from a single micro watershed. The continuous data will support the impact assessment of treatment works done under IWMP-project.
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Sustainable Water for Agricultural Rejunavation (SWAR):
300 Plants were covered Planted in Panchayati Land in village Uljhawan. The basic objective was to ensure required irrigation by increasing the water use efficiency. The System was fusion of drip system and root zone irrigation mechanism which reduces evaporation losses to almost zero and also irrigates plants in root zone.
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Demonstration of Living Compost & Amritpani (Organic Manuring):
In village Uljhawan demonstration was carried out about Living Compost and Amritpani to 25 Farmers from 10 villages of Watershed. The use of Navdanya Seeds (9 different varieties of cereal/Oilseed seed) made it suitable for any crop since the microbes were available for all types of crops.
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Farmer Field School (FFS):
5 FFS were opened in five villages having 25 leading farmers in each FFS. The concept behind this was that all the demonstration or technical trainings related to farmers will be carried out with these leading farmers and each member will demonstrate/teach to other 5-10 farmers. All the members were surveyed for the base line data and current practices under Agriculture.
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Self Help Group Formation (SHGs):
25 SHGs were formed during the period. These SHGs are selected based on the Wealth Being Ranking (WBR) as well as secondary data. Focus was given to marginalized & weaker section. These SHGs will play a major role under IWMP livelihood programme. 24 SHGs are proposed for first grading and also being assessed for livelihood plan.
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Watershed Committees (WCs):
9 Watershed committees were formed during the reporting period. These committees were formed during the gram sabha having at least 1 representative from each SHGs and UGs following the rules of IWMP. These Committees will be main instruments for watershed activities in all phase of watershed programme.
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Trainings & Capacity Building: (TCB):
WC Secretaries and Kisan Mitra under MSK were given one day training on their roles and responsibilities. District Programme Coordinator also interacted with these youth to change the scenario of their villages by this programme.
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Meetings & Ratri Chaupal: (MRC):
Several informal meetings were conducted with the villagers having the presence of project staff as well as ITC officials to increase the quality of derivable of the programm. Most of the villages attended the programme and different issues related to the project were discussed during that meeting. These types of meeting help in addressing the different problem and ensure the participation of all villagers.
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