The communities of Sille-Oyan area in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh organized the Anniversary Picnic in Sille Korong on January 4 last. Officers from various departments, Panchayat leaders of the area and selected FGA volunteers from Yazali, Ziro, Koyu and Mechuka were invited.
The Anniversary Picnic is arranged by the staff of the Primary Health Center, Sille and the community members to mark the occasion of starting the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project with the Government of Arunachal Pradesh where FGA is managing the health facility. The health facility was handed over to FGA on January 4, 2006.
Groups of women led by the VWWs from Mangnang, Baro-Mile, Sille, Oyan, Sika Bamin and Sika Tode came with their contributions in the forms of local beer, rice, vegetable and so on. The Gaon Buras (village heads) of all the villages and members of the Rogi Kalyan Society (Hospital Management Society) proudly welcomed the guests.
It was a day of enjoyment and relaxation for the staff of the PHC and other project workers of FGA after all the works throughout the year.
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
Sunday, August 1, 2010
PHC Review Meeting
The half-yearly review meeting of the Primary Health Center, Sille, which is being managed by Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh was held in the Circle Officer’s Conference Hall at Oyan today. All the Panchayat leaders, Gaon Buras and other senior leaders of the area attended the meeting.
The leaders who spoke in the meeting representing their villages were all praise for the staff of the PHC, who have brought significant changes in the morbidity and mortality pattern of the whole area by improving the clinical services, regular outreach activities and training of mothers on basic health care. The shape of the PHC now is ten times better than that in 2005 before FGA took over the management, said Nalo Tasing, Anchal Chairperson. Okyam Gao, Zilla Parishad Member, agreed with him said that the leaders of the area should work together to get an X-ray unit for the PHC. She added that the NGOs should be working in more difficult areas and FGA should keep on improving their performance since Sille is well connected with road.
Nakek Moyong, Zilla Parishad Member (Bilat) explained about the purpose of the government’s PPP project and congratulated the people of the Sille-Oyan area for getting their PHC managed under the project. Byabang Rocket, Chairperson, Master Coordinating Committee (MCC), FGA gave an overall view of the works being done by FGA in other parts of the state. He recounted various misgivings about the organization in early days in places like Palin when it was misunderstood to have political agenda. He urged the leaders not to repeat the same mistake since FGA is working with the welfare of the people of Arunachal Pradesh as the only motive.
Aying Perme, Circle Officer, Sille-Oyan, who chaired the meeting congratulated FGA for good performance and urged the leaders to continue making contributions in managing the center.
Earlier, Dr. Tage Kanno, Executive Director, FGA explained about the purpose of the meeting and said that involving the communities in managing the PHC is one of the main objectives of the organization, and the meeting aims to elicit more participation in the project. He added that FGA hopes that the communities themselves should be able to manage the PHC whenever the PPP project comes to an end.
It may be mentioned that FGA has been managing the PHC, Sille since 2006 when it took over from the government. PPP project is one of the innovative project conceived by the government of Arunachal Pradesh as a part of National Rural Health Mission and has been nationally acclaimed for its success in improving rural health services.
The leaders who spoke in the meeting representing their villages were all praise for the staff of the PHC, who have brought significant changes in the morbidity and mortality pattern of the whole area by improving the clinical services, regular outreach activities and training of mothers on basic health care. The shape of the PHC now is ten times better than that in 2005 before FGA took over the management, said Nalo Tasing, Anchal Chairperson. Okyam Gao, Zilla Parishad Member, agreed with him said that the leaders of the area should work together to get an X-ray unit for the PHC. She added that the NGOs should be working in more difficult areas and FGA should keep on improving their performance since Sille is well connected with road.
Nakek Moyong, Zilla Parishad Member (Bilat) explained about the purpose of the government’s PPP project and congratulated the people of the Sille-Oyan area for getting their PHC managed under the project. Byabang Rocket, Chairperson, Master Coordinating Committee (MCC), FGA gave an overall view of the works being done by FGA in other parts of the state. He recounted various misgivings about the organization in early days in places like Palin when it was misunderstood to have political agenda. He urged the leaders not to repeat the same mistake since FGA is working with the welfare of the people of Arunachal Pradesh as the only motive.
Aying Perme, Circle Officer, Sille-Oyan, who chaired the meeting congratulated FGA for good performance and urged the leaders to continue making contributions in managing the center.
Earlier, Dr. Tage Kanno, Executive Director, FGA explained about the purpose of the meeting and said that involving the communities in managing the PHC is one of the main objectives of the organization, and the meeting aims to elicit more participation in the project. He added that FGA hopes that the communities themselves should be able to manage the PHC whenever the PPP project comes to an end.
It may be mentioned that FGA has been managing the PHC, Sille since 2006 when it took over from the government. PPP project is one of the innovative project conceived by the government of Arunachal Pradesh as a part of National Rural Health Mission and has been nationally acclaimed for its success in improving rural health services.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
The Beginning
It is increasingly being recognized that sustainable development can be brought about with more active participation of the community, which effectively means by use of human energy. Having used to being passive onlookers and looked upon as ‘beneficiaries’ of various government developmental schemes, however, the communities in Arunachal Pradesh is in a state of dormancy at present. A massive exercise of community mobilization is necessary to initiate the process of sparking the human energy off. Therefore, a large-scale mobilization of human energy is the key to bringing about a sustainable development in the state.
In the 19th century, while the world was witnessing the industrial revolution, Arunachal Pradesh was complacently basking in a self-contained subsistent agricultural economy. However, the sense of community participation was alive and kicking. Be it the building of a bridge across the mighty Siang river by the Adis, construction of traditional platforms called lapangs by the Apatanis or construction of community fencings by the Nyishis, every individual made their contribution for the common good. After the 1962 Chinese aggression, the nation was jolted to the realization that the strategically located border area needs to be brought to the national mainstream. Developmental packages started coming in slowly and Arunachal Pradesh became a full-pledged state in 1987 in the backdrop of protests from many quarters on the ground that the state will not be economically viable. Various government developmental schemes came with their share of side effects too, of which making the people dependant has been the most serious one.
Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) took upon the task of demonstrating an alternate way of bringing about development in 1997 when it was registered as a society with the government of Arunachal Pradesh. It started with rural women as the change agents. The underlying principle is to mobilize the community to actively work for their future using available local resources – both human as well as natural.
Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) started working with the communities in the three sites – Sille, Ziro and Palin. These sites were selected on the basis of their differences – culturally as well as topographically. Sille in the foothills of the state by the Siang river, Ziro in the beautiful Apatani plateau and Palin in the rugged hills in Kurung Kumey district, were together seen to represent the whole diversity of the state while still strongly bounded by cultural and spiritual common links.
After multiple sessions of self-evaluation exercises in the three sites, health and education were selected as the entry points. Education could not be sustained due to examination-oriented education system in India. Health being a neutral subject and universal necessity became the entry point in all the sites. The principles of SEED SCALE were applied from the beginning, though it had not taken a concrete shape as yet. FGA is playing significant roles in perfecting the process.
This blog will trace the history of an unusual organization in an unusual corner of the globe. It will also be a forum to document how a handful of young people are struggling to beat a way for the rising sun - unknown and unsung. A sense of fulfillment of an achievement as well as exasperation of a job not well done may be expressed.
In the 19th century, while the world was witnessing the industrial revolution, Arunachal Pradesh was complacently basking in a self-contained subsistent agricultural economy. However, the sense of community participation was alive and kicking. Be it the building of a bridge across the mighty Siang river by the Adis, construction of traditional platforms called lapangs by the Apatanis or construction of community fencings by the Nyishis, every individual made their contribution for the common good. After the 1962 Chinese aggression, the nation was jolted to the realization that the strategically located border area needs to be brought to the national mainstream. Developmental packages started coming in slowly and Arunachal Pradesh became a full-pledged state in 1987 in the backdrop of protests from many quarters on the ground that the state will not be economically viable. Various government developmental schemes came with their share of side effects too, of which making the people dependant has been the most serious one.
Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) took upon the task of demonstrating an alternate way of bringing about development in 1997 when it was registered as a society with the government of Arunachal Pradesh. It started with rural women as the change agents. The underlying principle is to mobilize the community to actively work for their future using available local resources – both human as well as natural.
Future Generations Arunachal (FGA) started working with the communities in the three sites – Sille, Ziro and Palin. These sites were selected on the basis of their differences – culturally as well as topographically. Sille in the foothills of the state by the Siang river, Ziro in the beautiful Apatani plateau and Palin in the rugged hills in Kurung Kumey district, were together seen to represent the whole diversity of the state while still strongly bounded by cultural and spiritual common links.
After multiple sessions of self-evaluation exercises in the three sites, health and education were selected as the entry points. Education could not be sustained due to examination-oriented education system in India. Health being a neutral subject and universal necessity became the entry point in all the sites. The principles of SEED SCALE were applied from the beginning, though it had not taken a concrete shape as yet. FGA is playing significant roles in perfecting the process.
This blog will trace the history of an unusual organization in an unusual corner of the globe. It will also be a forum to document how a handful of young people are struggling to beat a way for the rising sun - unknown and unsung. A sense of fulfillment of an achievement as well as exasperation of a job not well done may be expressed.
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