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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 2nd 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: | |||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||
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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. |