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RGMVP’s
primary goals are to build social
capital in the project area by enhancing
the capacities of the poor, and to
provide an enabling environment that
creates the momentum for the project to
become self-sustaining and
community-led. Training, therefore,
assumes great importance as the foremost
means for the poor and the people who
support the poor (community volunteers
and workers) to acquire knowledge,
skills, and competencies that relate to
their roles and responsibilities in
achieving the goals of the Mission.
RGMVP’s training methodology has been
devised
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participatory, interactive methods,
enriched with exercises (working in
groups, discussions, skits), workshops,
experience-sharing, message dissemination
through the medium of folk music and visual
aids. Some training programmes are held in
collaboration with partners such SERP which also
trains RGMVP personnel in Andhra Pradesh, and in
cooperation with institutes such as the
National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD),
to gain further insights into certain specific
technical aspects of community development. |
Training is imparted at several levels and to
different target groups:
- To build capacities of SHGs
The target
group for this training is the SHG women,
and messages are simplified for maximum
clarity and internalisation. The modules
include training on understanding poverty,
management of the group, book-keeping,
bank-linkages and financial management, MCP,
the concept of the SHG and its federations,
and the choice of right livelihoods.
- To build capacities of people who
work with the poor
The target group is community leaders,
CRPs and volunteers as well as Mission
staff. Training is imparted on Participatory
Learning and Action (PLA) methodology, CRP’s
roles and responsibilities, MCP, SHG
management, bank-linkages and financial
management, sustainable agricultural
practices, best practices in livelihoods
such as dairy and vegetable growing, social
issues such as health and education, risk
management and on gender issues.
- To build capacities of trainers
The
target group is community leaders and
trainers and Mission staff. Training of
Trainers (TOT) is focussed on building the
competencies of trainers on innovative
participatory and mobilisation methods, on
sensitive issues such as gender, caste and
class, apart from the entire gamut of processes and strategies that are part of
the Mission’s work.
- To build skills of the poor
The target group is poor women who would
like to learn skills that will turn into
income-generation activities. Skill-based
training is imparted on candle-making,
embroidery, knitting, cane furniture making,
pottery, leather work and food preservation.
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