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Monday, October 31, 2016

Group Motivation Training at Dambuk






Program/Activities: Group Motivation Training at Dambuk site
Date: 17th- 22nd October 2016

Objective:
The major focus of Comprehensive Community Development (CCDP) project is to build the capacity of the community integrating the community level activities for empowerment-based sustainable development drawing on Future Generations Arunachal (FGA’s) experience combining with current Seed-Scale understanding. To this end, motivation trainings and follow up of new Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the communities of Dambuk area and formation of more groups in these sites have been started. There is inbuilt design to measure impact with regular follow up and monitoring of the groups. The ultimate objective is to set up a Learning Network support system for Communities including Self Help Groups using peer mentoring between old and new sites.

Activities: Group gathering, lectures, group sharing, group exercises, games and power point presentation.

Topic covered:

1.       Why group is necessary?
2.       What are the benefits being forming group?
3.       What are the expectations?
4.       Role of Group leader
5.       How to strengthen the group?
6.       SHG federation formation of Bizari area

Sub-topics:
               
1.       Importance of monthly group meeting.
2.       Registers maintenance
3.       Recording of the meeting minute
4.       Work-plan, budget  preparation format
5.       Loan application procedure
6.       Project proposal

Villages covered:
1.       Dambuk hq.
2.       Yapgo
3.       Bizari
4.       Bomjir

No. Of SHG participated: 12 SHGs                            No. Of Members attended:

1.       Kadang Ane SHG- Dambuk                          12/10 members
2.       Parik Ane SHG- Dambuk                                               10/09
3.       Poblung-C SHG- Dambuk                              12/10
4.       Midum SHG- Bomjir                                        11/08
5.       Minam SHG- Bomjir                                        11/07
6.       Munpung SHG- Yapgo                                   12/10
7.       Sodum SHG- Bizari                                           13/10
8.       Agam SHG- Bizari                                             12/09
9.       Ayang SHG- Bizari                                            13/10
10.   Mirep SHG- Bizari                                             10/09
11.   Tipo SHG- Bizari                                                                10/07
12.   Arsang SHG- Bizari                                           10/08

Total members attended in the program: 110 members.

Program analysis:

Success: Enthusiastic participation of members in meeting-cum knowledge based training called beside their busy schedule.

Weakness: Lack of knowledge, confidence among the group members. Still not sure what changes will bring if join or work collectively.

Opportunity: To scaling-up the Future Generations community development program in the area where participants supporting and cooperating in the activities is good.

Threat: High expectation from the community in terms of skill based and knowledge based training.

Comments:
Unfortunately, Anpum follow up was called off due to Program Coordinator’s health disturbance and at the mean time postponement of gathering day by the Community of Anpum groups.





Friday, October 14, 2016

Motivational follow up

October 8, 2016, a Self Help Group (SHG) follow up meeting was conducted at Mr. Likha Thomas's house who is a Yazali SHG federation leader and member in Central Coordinating Committee (CCC) for SHG under Future Generations Arunachal (FGA). Respective SHG leaders from far-flung village participated in the meeting. The main objective of the meeting was to know what is currently going on in the groups in terms of program and activities and what they do with loan amount received from FGA? They are thankful to FGA that many awareness and training at grassroots level was conducted in the past and now for the group to march ahead, supporting some sort of loan amount to take up income generating activities to strengthen the group. Besides this, they feel that time to time if possible FGA should organize skill based livelihoods training for its member and the villager at large.



Second follow up meeting was organized at Mai Village under Yachuli circle. Mrs. Nikh Aka is a Yachuli SHG federation leader and member in CCC. It was good to see in both the meeting that Male also actively participating in the group activities which is not seen earlier as cited by the women folk. In the beginning they faces challenges from their husband and male folks now the things are changing and supporting in the activities. They shared that every group have savings habits and manages bank accounts. for income of the group they do activities like working in someone's field or in construction site and what amount they received save in the group accounts. The follow up meeting was supervise by Gobi Nyodu and accompanied by Mone Gurung, FGA.