Consultancy Projects for providing Technical and Supervisory Services to South Asian Foundation for Human Initiatives (SAHFI) an NGO

Consultancy Projects for providing Technical and Supervisory Services

to South Asian Foundation for Human Initiatives (SAHFI),
an NGO

1. Agriculture related projects for Self Help Groups

Partner Organizations: Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of West Bengal in the districts of Burdwan, 24 Parganas(S), Birbhum and Hooghly, West Bengal.

Scope of work: ORG has provided Consultancy Services towards formation, supervision and monitoring of SHGs set up by SAFHI.

Through the implementation of Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), SAFHI has formed 650 Self Help Groups in districts of West Bengal and about 70 percent groups are involved in agriculture and allied activities. OLIVE has arranged support services to enable the SHGs to improve quality of life and increase income. SHGs have passed 1st (some of them passed 2^nd gradation) and received the revolving fund, which is a major achievement in the state. ORG is also involved in the revival of erstwhile DWCRA groups to enable them to start economic activities by providing all necessary support and arrangement of credit linkage and marketing assistance in 24 Parganas (S) district.

Details of SHGs:
District	No of SHGs	No of SHG Members	Villages
Burdwan	329	3744	144
Birbhum	77	873	48
Hooghly	147	1673	63
24 Parganas (S)	97	706	35
	650	6996	290

2. Water Management Project for Upgradation in Agricultural Activities

States: Orissa, West Bengal & Karnataka
Districts: Ganjam, Dhenkanal & Angul of Orissa, Birbhum of West Bengal and Bangalore of Karnataka
Partner Organizations: Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, European Commission, Water Resources Dept., Govt. of Orissa (GoO), DRDC Birbhum district, West Bengal (GoWB). Client SAFHI.

Name of the Project	Client	Year	Beneficiaries
Community Organizations support to MI Schemes Located in Balugaon & Berhampur Clusters	European Commission & Water Resources Dept., GoI.	2004	Farmer families
Community Organizations support to MI Schemes Located in Phulbani and Nayagarh Clusters	European Commission & Water Resources Dept., GoI.	2004	Farmer families
Support for Rehabilitation of Kantiokateni and Kantapal MIP, Dhenkanal District, Orissa.	European Commission & Water Resources Dept., GoI.	2004	286 farmer families (OC-11, BC-191, SC-82, ST-2 & Male-273, Female-13)
Comprehensive Hamlet Development Programme of SC/ ST at Boothivizhy Hamlet.	Attappady Hill Area Development Society, Agali	2004	125 households comprising 750 persons within the hamlet
Implementation of Watershed programme under DPAP at Muraroi I Block covering around 3,200-hectare area.	District Rural Development Cell, Birbhum.	2005	Small & Marginal Farmers of Santoshpur, Banarampur, Dalimba and Moloypur Watershed area of Murai 1 block of Birbhum District, West Bengal

Scope of work: ORG has provided Consultancy Support to SAFHI in methodology, instrument development, training and supervision for the projects detailed below.

Participatory Rural Assessment, community mobilization, technical guidance on agriculture & related activities, formation and nurturing of Water Users Associations (WUAs), Capacity building of WUAs for smooth handing over of the canal system, Facilitating awareness generation, participatory planning and survey, capacity building of Communities, formation of Users’ Group (UGs), Water Committee (WC), technical guidance to UGs.

3. Other Agricultural Project Consultancy Services to SAFHI

Name of the Project	Client	Year	Beneficiaries
Neem Plantation, Processing & Marketing in Tribal Villages of Puruliya District	National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development	2009-2014	Tribal Women
Capacity Building Training through Agriculture related Programmes	CMU, KUSP- DFID, NHAI, District Rural Development Cell, NABARD, SIDBI, Dept. of Science & Technology, GoWB, Panchayats & Rural Development Department, SBI	2004	250 identified unemployed youths at Gayeshpur Municipality, Nadia
Rural Industries Programme for Jangipur Subdivision in Murshidabad District, West Bengal	Small Industries Development Bank of India	2009 -Ongoing	Identified rural youth

4. Baseline Survey Research Project Consultancy Services to SAFHI

Name of the Project	Sponsoring Agency
Socioeconomic Impact of Mobile Phones	IIM, Ahmedabad
Survey on Child Labour in South 24-Parganas district	Dakshin Chabbish Parganas Sishu Shramik Punarbasan Samity
Baseline Survey for Water Purification Kit	IPHE
A Socio Economic Enquiry on Arts & Culture in India, (All major towns in India)	Ford Foundation
Sample Survey for Technical Assistance Project for the Asian Development Bank and Calcutta Municipal Corporation	EGIS Consulting, Australia
Beneficiary Needs Assessment for Rural End-use Applications of Small to Medium (3.5 HP to 15 HP) Multi-purpose Internal Combustion Engines at Akola Savanthvadi & Thanjavur	Partha S. Ghosh & Associates Private Limited, Calcutta.