FGA conducted series of trainings..

Village Welfare Worker (VWW), Women Action Groups (WAG) and Local Coordinating Committee (LCC) of Future Generations Arunachal underwent series of training programme which was kicked off from Primary Health Center (PHC), Sille on August 14, last. The VWWs from Mechuka and Yazali sites were trained on basic home-based healthcare provider, non-formal education and the role and responsibilities.

Similar programme for WAGs and LCC members was concluded at Ziro on August 29, last. They were trained on Leadership, its responsibilities at grassroots level. How to run the activities in the groups in a sustainable manner.

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Water monitoring training to GPM

Itanagar June 4, 2012: Training on Handling of Water Testing Field Test Kits to the Gram Panchayat/ Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC) of East Siang District concluded at Boleng Sub- division on June 01 last at Community hall, Boleng. Selected VWSC members from the surrounding Gram Segments under Boleng sub-division participated in the programme with full enthusiasm.  Er. Oling Taloh, AE (PHE & WS) Boleng Sub-division participated in the training programme and encourages the participants not to missed the opportunity of the training to monitoring the drinking water quality and its sources.  He advised the selected VWSC trainees to take the responsibilities for monitoring the drinking water sources of their respected villages using the supplied Field Testing Kits (FTK). He briefs the participants that about 70-80% of diseases are caused due to using the unsafe drinking water from the contaminated water. Further, he advices the participants that it is more important to practice in the field to check the water sources then only attending training programme.

Ojing Megu, Laboratory Technician, PHE & WS dept, Pasighat, and Mone Gurung, FGA gave demonstrative training on how to use and measure the chemical reagents while handling the Water Testing Field Test Kit to the participants.

Earlier, Mone Gurung, Project Coordinator, FGA, introduces the organization’s aims & the objectives and the objectives of the training programme to the participants.  He encourages the participants to take the maximum opportunities of the training programme.  FGA is mainly focus on grassroots level capacity building programme to the local people using the human energy for equitable and sustainable development. It also works on healthcare, income generation, women empowerment and conservation. 

At the end, Field Testing Kits (FTK) was distributed to each Village of Boleng circle. As many as 42 peoples attended the training programme.

It is to worth mentioned here that the series of training program was held at the circle headquarters of East Siang district kicked off from Oyan circle.  http://www.echoofarunachal.com/?p=18863

Training attended on "Geriatric Care"...

Six Participants from Arunachal Pradesh participated in week-long training programme on “Geriatric Care” which was concluded at Agartala on March 23 last. The program was organized by National Institute of Social Defense (NISD), Govt. of India in collaboration with Abhoy Mission, Agartala and was supported by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India. The main objectives of the training is to develop a cadre of frontline skilled/trained personnel of Geriatric Care givers that specializes in home care in family and community setting and creating a team of frontline personnel in old age care.

Three (3) from Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) and one each from Community Learning & Doing Center (CLDC), Palin, Rintey Dene Welfare Society, Palin and Ngunu Ziro, Ziro participated in the training programme. Participants from Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland and local citizens of Agartala also attended the programme. The five day programme covered various issues on basic care of elderly people, role of police personnel for care & protection of senior citizens, protective laws, promoting health & active ageing, dietary at older age and recreational activities for older people. The participants also visited Old age homes/ Ashram at Gokulnagar and Gandhigram in Agartala and interacted with the older peoples and with disabled children and tried to know what challenges being they face in their native home from the family members and how they feel at Old age homes.

It is worth mentioning here that the Abhoy Mission, a voluntary organization with the objective of providing well-structured and multidimensional services to the persons with disabilities and Senior Citizens taking community at large into account and at the same time to reduce the incidence of disability in the state and to grow confidence in the minds of Senior Citizens.

A week long training programme was coordinate by Mone Gurung, Program Coordinator, Future Generations Arunachal.

Green gold in Mechuka...

In yet another worth emulation initiative, Future Generations Arunachal as a part of its best practices programme, initiated bamboo plantation in the enchanting Mechuka valley with the help of community members of Apatani Plateau and RK Kanaujiya, SDAO, Mechuka and the program led by FGA's project supervisor Kago Yam, the apatani bamboo (Phyllostachys Mannii) rhizomes were brought from Hong village (Ziro) with the help of FGA members and Ngunu Ziro. With the idea to replicate best practices of the Apatani community in the Mechuka valley, the Best Practice program was launched as both the places shares the similar type of climatic and geographical features which would facilitate natural resource, like the bamboo to flourish in Mechuka with huge land available for plantation.

FGa Executive Director, Nalong Mize feels that with the propagation of the bamboo species, sustainable resources will be abundantly available in the valley located along the Sino-India border for various community usages which would make a huge difference in their living standard.

Moreover, it would also reduce dependence on wood or timber for domestic purposes which would check deforestation and help in conserving the forest resources. Development of bamboo based handicraft such as basketry could spruce up the local economy. Interestingly, bamboo plantation can improve the nutrition of the community by providing succulent bamboo shoots for vegetable.



In total, 1,100 bamboo rhizomes were brought from the Hong and distributed among the residents of Lhalung, Dongsar, Farge, Dorjeeling, Bomjipanga and Boragang villages. The numbers fell short because of increasing demand of the Ziro gift.

A day-long training on planting and management was conducted on 11 March last and given by the locals of Ziro based Ngunu Ziro's Secretary and FGA member, Narang Tam to the villagers, including women's action group members and agriculture officials. (Arunachal Front volume 20 dated 22 March 2012)

Mushroom Cultivation..

A day long training-cum demonstration on mushroom, food & nutrition and medicinal plants was held at Koyu on February 18 last, which was attended by 28 participants.

Aimed at creating awareness, motivation and involvement of women groups and farmers in mushroom cultivation, the event was organized by Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) in collaboration with Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh.

Resource persons, assistant professor (plant pathology) College of Horticulture and Forestry, Pasighat Dr. P. Raja and Y J Lego, PTO, ATMA from Farmers training center Pasighat gave demonstrative training on mushroom cultivation and explaining about its economic benefits discribing that mushroom have been valued throughout the world as both food and medicine for thousands of years due to its richness in nutrition. The demands of mushroom in the market has been gone up and have created a space in a common man's kitchen. The participants were also given material and seeds to begin cultivation.

Earlier, Takhe Mena and Punyo Rina, Supervisors, FGA highlighted about the training programme and importance of mushroom cultivation.

Health & Sanitation

One day Health & Sanitation program was conducted for communities of Mechuka site on December 25, 2011. The main objectives of the program was to create an awareness on practicing of sanitation to check common health problem. The participants were told about on common diseases which is caused due to poor sanitation knowledge emphasizing on personal sanitation, household sanitation and village sanitation, talked about water borne diseases as 80% of diseases is related or caused by taking contaminated water, family planning and immunization of children. As many as 22 participants from all walks of life attended in the program. Ms. Kago Yam, Project Supervisor brief the participants about Future Generations aim and objectives and its teaching methodology SEED-SCALE. A nurse from civil hospital Mechuka imparted the training program as a resource person saying that "health is wealth".