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RGMVP’
annual training plan is aimed at building
capacities and institutions for the poor in its
Mission area. Regular training programmes are
held around the year targeted at specific groups
and needs.
Community Learning Centres Teachers’ Training
Training
for 18 teachers of nine Community Learning
Centres from nine villages started on March 27
and 28 and was conducted by facilitators the
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Prajayatna, a
Mysore-based training organisation. To
strengthen the Shiksha Samitis (Education
Committees) of the Community Learning Centres,
training was organised for their members who
also went on an exposure visit to Prajayatna,
Mysore.
Saath-Saath Programme Training
Regular training is being held by IL&FS
Education & Technology Services Ltd trainers for
teachers associated with the Saath-Saath
programme. These trained teachers will teach
children from class 1 to 6 class for two hours
after school, in 55 villages across Raebareli
and Sultanpur districts.
Group-level Members Training
This training
programme is organised for SHG members by
Animators and CRPs within a month of a SHG being
formed. It is aimed at creating an understanding
of the concept of SHGs, their management and
norms, Seven Best Practices of SHGs,
book-keeping, etc, so that members are able to
run the SHG without problems. So far (December
2008), 11,548 SHGs have been trained.
Book-keeping Training
This training programme
is aimed at enabling members of SHGs to maintain
books of account such as the cash book, the
ledger, the trail balance and the proceedings
register according to norms. The Community
Volunteer and Field Officer identify women from
each SHG and train them to understand the
process of book-keeping. As of December 2008,
5,350 SHGs being trained and maintain their
books of accounts themselves.
Cluster-level Association Training
This
three-day training programme is specially
organised for all SHGs who are the members of a
VO at the Gram Panchayat level. The objective
is to create awareness of the concept and
importance of the VO. On the first day, all the
members of the SHGs are trained, on the second
day only the Representative General Body (two
members from each SHG) participate and on the
third day, only the Executive Committee attends
the training on the management and functioning
of the VO. As of December 2008, 362 VOs have
undergone this training.
Block-level Association Training
The Mission organises training programmes for the
BOs on
different issues such as gender, insurance,
sustainability of the BO, the function of the
BO. These sessions are held by guest experts
such as Ms Vijaya Bharathi (a World Bank
consultant and advisor to RGMVP), or State
Gender Coordinator, SERP. As of December 2008,
four training programmes have been organised and
a total of 10 BOs have undergone training.
Training for Internal CRPs and Project Staff on
the Seven-step Poverty Reduction Strategy
Learning from successful poverty alleviation
initiatives through the SHG institutional model
such as UNDP’s SAPAP and Indira Kranti Patham,
the Mission has evolved a poverty reduction
strategy with a seven step process. To
understand the strategy, RGMVP invited Ms Vijaya
Bharathi to provide classroom as well as field
training to Internal CRPs and Mission staff. By
December 2008, three batches of 108 Internal
CRPs and three batches of 30 Mission staff have
been trained.
Exposure Visits for BOs
Exposure visits to the SHGs in Andhra Pradesh are organised on a
continuous basis for BOs. As of December 2008,
a total of three batches, six BOs and 126
members have been exposed to the best practices
followed by SHGs in Andhra Pradesh; 378 members
from nine BOs are scheduled to visit Andhra
Pradesh in the near future.
Exposure Visits for VOs
Active VO members
regularly sent on exposure visits to learn the
best practices of VOs. So far (December 2008)
100 VO members have undergone exposure visits
in two batches.
Exposure Visits for Bank Controlling Heads and
Branch Managers
The Mission has been organising
exposure visits for the Controlling Heads and
Branch Managers from different banking
institutions in the Mission area. As of December
2008, two batches of Branch Managers and one
batch of Controlling Head have been exposed.
Exposure Visits for Project Staff and Active
SHGs
Regular exposure visits are organised for
Mission staff and for SHGs which have
internalised the best practises of SHGs.
Block-level Awareness and Training Programme
Training sessions are organised at the Block
level for SHG leaders and members on seven best
practices of SHGs, SHG bank linkages, MCP based
on Total Financial Inclusion (TFI) and on Income
Generation Activities (IGA). Bank officials,
NDDB representatives, Block representatives such
as District Development Managers and Lead
District Managers are invited to these sessions
so that SHGs can share their problems and find
solutions. Over 25 such training sessions have
been held till December 2008.
Micro Credit Plan under Total Financial
Inclusion (MCP/TFI)
These training sessions are
organised at the Block and District levels to
train the community -- active SHG members, CRPs,
Animators -- in the seven step MCP process.
Participants undergo classroom as well as field
training. An eligible group which is ready for
the second phase linkage is guided by the
Mission staff to prepare an MCP for the group.
After completing the training they called MCP
CRPs. Till December 2008, the Mission had
trained 120 CRPs in four batches.
Livelihoods Training for SHG Members
RGMVP’s
convergence collaboration with NDDB to provide
backward linkages to SHG members’ livelihoods
initiatives has resulted in the NDDB setting up
85 bulk milk coolers in the Mission area. To
date, 20 training programmes on dairy as a
livelihood activity have been conducted covering
600 SHG members. The objective of the training
is to create awareness among the SHGs about the
best practices of dairy.
Training on Charts
For ease of internalisation
and understanding by the SHG women, pictorial
charts have been introduced in the Mission area
with the help of Ms Vijaya Bharathi, Forty-seven
CRPs have been trained on charts till December
2008.
Training on Community-based Health Care for
Swasthya Sakhis
To enhance awareness on health
issues in the Mission area, RGMVP uses community
volunteers called Swasthya Sakhis. One active
SHG woman who is willing to volunteer as a
health activist is selected for every VO. These
Swasthya Sakhis then train SHG women in basic
hygiene and health care. By December 2008, 60
Swasthya Sakhis have been identified, trained
and positioned at the VO level. This initiative
has been implemented in collaboration with
Atrimed Foundation and Vatsalya.
Workshops on Kitchen Gardens, Vermi
Compost-making and Square-foot Gardening
Regular workshops are held at the Jais
Training Centre for women on how to prepare
kitchen gardens and vermi compost. Women are
made aware of the benefits of vermi compost, the
end-product of the breakdown of organic matter
by some species of earthworm, which is contains
water-soluble nutrients, microbes, and bacteria,
and is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic
fertilizer and soil conditioner. They are taught
how to make vermi compost and supplied the
earthworm species (or composting worms Eisenia
foetida). Woemn are alos given demonstrations on
square-foot gardening, in which a square foot of
land, protected by bricks on all sides and a
polythene sheet underneath, is divided into
smaller square sections, each of which can be
used to plant different vegetables.
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