Follow up visit

To motivate the work of Self Help Groups (SHGs) on income generating and skill development activities, a visit to Palin was made on 27 & 28 May 2016. The visiting team Met Doni Yai SHG of Palin. The SHG is promoting by FGA under SHG federation led by Byabang Rocket. Doni Yai SHG currently engage on hand loom, weaving activities among them self. The group sale the product during local and national programs and festivals. The members are also supporting help to each other in their personal works. They are also interested to get education through which they can write their names, to put signature and basic knowledge of accounts maintaining. In this regard, they hire some literate person to teach them in their meeting hall. Other group members are engaged in Cardamom gardening in Palin area. Cardamom will change their social status if the production is profitable.

Later team visited Learning and Doing Center of Palin. The news is not good as villagers are encroached the larger part of its area and the condition of the LDC is also in a miserable condition.

The follow up team was accompanied by Atul Tayeng, Executive Director, FGA.

FGA Annual Board Meeting

Annual Meeting of Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) Board was held on 14th May, 2016 at FGA Office Itanagar under the chair of Mr. Omak Apang, Chairperson, FGA Board. The meeting had dealt at length on work of the FGA, future visions and urged all to contribute to achieve next step of scaling up. Members resolved that FGA program should be comprehensive based integrating health, skill development, SHG activities and initiative on organic movement.

CCC-SHG federation meet

On May 5th, 2016 , Meeting of Central Coordinating Committee for Self Help Group (SHG-F) federation organized in presence of Chair Mr. Byabang Rocket, President, CCC SHG-fed at Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) Office, Itanagar. SHG is a core program of Future Generations Arunachal to mobilizes the communities resources through developmental aspects. To mobilize these SHG's, a loan is provided from CCC SHG revolving fund against SHG activities proposal.

In the meeting, loan application from SHG's was approved and given the loan for year 2016-17. The CCC also accepted the resignation of CCC secretary and resolved that new secretary will take charge when FGA hire new staff in place of Takhe Meena. For some period of time, Rubu Ampi will act and take in charge of all accounts and files of CCC. A total of 12 SHG's from Palin, Ziro, Yazali/Yachuli, Sille-Oyan and Mechuka took a loan of Total Rs. 12.81 lakhs from the CCC revolving fund.

CCC members thank to Mr. Takio Makik, a SHG member from Choba village under Palin circle for receiving a loan of Rs. 1.25 lakh from the National Schedule Tribe Corporation Department, Govt. of India for piggery rearing. It would be mentioned here that Mr. Makik was supported by FGA to go piggery training at Rural Resource Training Center (RRTC), Umran, Shillong.