FUTUREGENERATIONSARUNACHAL
ANNUAL REPORT- 2013-14
Establishment of Training-cum Demonstration center…
Activities
To self-reliance the organization through income generations activities, Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) started a Training-cum Demonstration Center (TDC) in April 2013 to do the income activities by managing a poultry and organic kitchen garden. The demonstration center will cater a study experiment center for Self Help Groups members.
At first, on September 2013, 500 small 2-3 days old chicks introduced in the farm to study the feasibility, ability, capability and the market demands. The chicks are grown within 50 days and sold out in the mid of November. To meet the demands and to minimize the gap of production, from 2nd batch onwards chicks were introduce in a gap of 10-15 days to make the cycle.
In December 2nd & 3rd batch of total 450 chicks introduced to go continuous production.
In January 2014, 4th& 5th batches of chicks were introduced in the farm.
Promotion of Self help groups…
Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) has initiated in promoting of Self-Help Groups (SHG) in Arunachal Pradesh, having formed in the seven blocks viz. Palin in Kurung Kumey, Yazali-Yachuli and Ziro in Lower Subansiri, Sille-Oyan, Koyu in East Siang and Mechuka in West Siang districts of Arunachal Pradesh. A savings and credit SHG is a simple yet effective way of reaching out and connecting with rural poor women.
Self-Help Group is an informal association of 10 to 20 women from the village and sharing a common socio-economic background. The group enables its members to gain their identity as individuals, while realizing – and utilizing – the immense power of mutual aid. It provides them with a platform from where they can access banks and public services, and spearhead changes that affect them as poor women. Nurturing Self-Help Groups of rural women is FGA’s key tool in fulfilling its mission and goals. The Self-Help Groups work for the women in a number of ways: they provide guidance; they give support and assistance to women; and they identify and promote home-based enterprises among its members. These home-based enterprises, called “honeybee activities”, involve a myriad of ventures. The SHG members take loans from the SHGs and set out to begin an enterprise of their own.
As a result of FGA’s intervention efforts, an increasing number of rural families – especially women – are engaging in independent livelihood activities. These activities serve as opportunities for diversifying and enhancing their incomes.
With FGA’s guidance and the members’ own experiences, SHGs can potentially play four key roles through the different stages of evolution: mutual help, financial intermediation, livelihood planning, and social empowerment. As on March 2014, Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) worked with 67 SHG's across 7 blocks in the states, representing a total membership of 125 rural women.
SHG meetings -cum trainings…
To motivate the newly formed Self Help Groups in the FGA old and new
sites, a orientation meeting was conducted for SHGs for smoothing
functioning and effective management of SHGs in Koyu, Sille, Ziro,
Yachuli and Yazali from June 5-26, 2013. As many as 82 participants from
30 groups trained.
2nd round of orientation meeting was conducted
from September 5- 15, 2013 in Mechuka and Palin sites. 37 participants
from 24 groups participated.
ToT-cum Exposure for SHGs…
As a part of capacity building of SHGs federation, Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) conducts its 1st Master Training of Trainer (ToT)-cum exposure tour to Self Help Group-federation in September 24-28, 2013. The fifteen SHG members were taken to Mahila Shakti Kendra, Balipara, Assam with an objective focusing on effective management of SHGs at the grassroots level by providing opportunities for self employment through micro-credit financing and income generation activities. The exposure team also studies the success cases of SHGs federation of the area.
A meeting of Central Coordinating Committee (CCC) to function the SHGs federation was held in September 28, 2013.
2nd ToT for SHG federation organized…
Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) organized 2nd master Training of Trainers (ToT) program for Self Help Groups (SHG) federation of FGA on January 12-19, 2014. The training mainly focused to build the master cadre in an aim to expand the skills and knowledge on proper management of SHGs to its associated members at the grassroots’ level.
SHG revolving fund initiative:
As a part of program, the Self help Group members visited Bosco Integrated Development Center (BIDC), Yupia, Multidisciplinary training center, Midpu and Rural Resource and Training Center (RRTC), Umran, Meghalaya to gain extensive knowledge in entrepreneurship, piggery and poultry farming. As many as 11 participants from 6 blocks from 6 districts participated in the program.
The ten days program was concluded with Central Coordinating Committee meeting of SHG federation in Itanagar on 19th January 2014.
To promote and sensitize the SHGs income generation activities, FGA had earmarked a Rs. 5 lakhs as SHG revolving fund under Central Coordinating Committee (CCC)’s bank account. The interested SHGs under FGA can take a financial supports as loan following certain CCCs guidelines.
Palin SHG federation took Rs. 1.5 lakh to do income generations activities. In this regard, SHG groups in Palin are rearing piggery, broom and ginger cultivation etc. under Shri. Byabang Rocket’s monitoring.
To make fund position stronger, another Rs. 5 lakh was created and deposited in the CCC saving account in February 2014.
As on 31st March 2014, a Rs. 57791 has been generated through interests in the CCC account.
SHG members trained on Pickle making…
Seven women Self Help Group (SHG) members of Future Generations
Arunachal underwent a week-long training on food processing with a focus
on pickle making at Bosco Integrated Development Center (BIDC),
Tigdo/Yupia from March 22 to 28. It is pertaining to mention here that
BIDC is a sister concern organization of AIDA under Don Bosco Society.
The
main purpose of the training was to educate the SHG members how to
utilize the locally available raw resources and how one can make profit
from it. They were trained, especially on making pickle from bamboo
shoot, which has high demand in every household.
Bamboo & Paddy farming
In an efforts, Future Generations Arunachal had distributed and demonstrated to the women groups and volunteers in Mechuka block in West Siang district to practice the rice and bamboo cultivation in the barren and suitable land in the valley way back in 2010 so that local people become self sufficient. As a result, the women groups are continuously practicing the rice cultivation and increasing the size of the field year after year. As such one women group leader has yielded a good harvested this year.
Yet another case, bamboo plant brought from Ziro has started germinating in two people’s field. If the plants fully grow then this will be the boon for the people of the Mechuka valley and will solve many problems. 12 women group member of Mechuka putted a food stall (FGA restaurant)
during Independence Day (15th August 2013) celebration at Mechuka town.
Public Private Partnership in Health care
Since 2006, Future Generations Arunachal has managing the Primary Health Center (PHC), Sille in East Siang district as part of a public private partnership (PPP) for health with Government of Arunachal Pradesh under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Today, the health Center serves as a training facility to educate mothers in basic home-based healthcare and prevention. Seeing the improvement in health sector indicators, FGA is managing one more PHC in Thrizino, in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.
