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| Members of Durga Bachat Gat SHG during their visit to Nagpur |
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| Panchayat Samiti Extension Officer Taywade meeting members of Womens' Self Help Groups in Gondikhapa |
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| Conservation Officer Mandar explains to Telgaon women how to set up micro enterprises |
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| Telgaon members of Gayatri Mahila Bachat Gat stitching tote bags |
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| Mr Kale showing crop damage by wild boar in his field, Telgaon |
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| Young villagers of Telgaon getting their employment cards prepared |
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| Our team assisted Mr Kale in applying for compensation for crop damage |
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| Members of Durga Bachat Gat SHG, Umari, learn to cut cloth for tote bags |
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| Women of Durga Bachat Gat learning to make tote bags |
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| Officers from Employment and Skill Development Centre, Nagpur, guide villagers on various employment schemes |
THE FULL REPORT
Mandar Pingle – Conservation Officer
Nilesh Telang – Field Assistant
Highlights:
· Employment and self-employment awareness camp organised in
Telgaon; 56 villagers from 5 villages attended
·
Camp to register for Maharashtra State’s employment card organised
in Telgaon; 35 young villagers got their employment cards
·
Meetings held in Telgaon and Gondikhapa to form new self
help groups (SHGs) and set up micro-enterprises
·
Members of two self
help groups trained to make cloth tote bags; assistance provided
for market linkage
·
Assisted 3 self help groups in marketing paper bags
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Assistance provided to 3 SHGs in bookkeeping
· Assisted villagers from
Temburdoh and Telgaon in filing for compensation for crops damaged by wild
animals
Activities:
On 19 November,
Satpuda Foundation organised an awareness session on employment and
self-employment opportunities for villagers in Telgaon gram Panchayat Bhavan.
During the session Mr. Amol Tidke, officer in-charge for Maharashtra State
government’s Employment and Skill Development Center, Nagpur along with his
team provided guidance to village young villagers on job search. He also
provided information on various government schemes for financial assistance and
skill development for women self help groups and farmers.
He
explained to the villagers the importance of setting up micro and small scale
businesses in order to improve their earning capacity. 56 villagers from
Telgaon, Lohgad and Umri villages were present for the session.
During the
session, our colleague Mandar Pingle provided ideas for micro and small-scale
businesses that require low inputs but are highly profitable.
Mr.
Pauljhagade, forest guard for the village, was also present during the meeting
and provided information on compensation for crop damage by wild animals. He
also urged villagers to refrain from using live electric wires for protection
of crops from wild animals.
Sarpanch
Mrs. Chanda Gaidhane and Gram Panchayat members extended support and thanked
Satpuda Foundation for our sustained efforts to provide employment
opportunities for all villagers.
On 25
November, Satpuda Foundation organised a camp for young villagers to register
for Maharashtra State government’s employment card in Telgaon gram Panchayat Bhavan.
36 young villagers from Telgaon registered for their employment card during
this camp. Mandar, along with 2 volunteers from the village, assisted educated
unemployed young villagers to register for employment card.
These young
villagers will now get free support and guidance for jobs with the help of
their employment card. They can also avail benefits like easy enrollment in
skill development programs organised by state government, free coaching for competitive
exams like UPSC, MPSC etc.
On 25
November, Satpuda Foundation organised a meeting of women working as daily wage
labourers in Telgaon. During the meeting, Mandar Pingle and with Mr. Pankaj
Bhingare, rojgar sevak for Telgaon gram Panchayat explained the benefits of starting
self help groups. Mandar provided information on various government schemes
which can benefit women to improve their economic conditions. He also provided
information regarding setting up of a micro-enterprise and marketing of products.
26 women were present for this meeting.
A similar
meeting was organised on November 27 in Gondikhapa village. Panchayat Samiti
extension officer for Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Mission (MSRLM) Mr.
Taywade was also present during the meeting. He provided detailed information
of government schemes to the women. Mandar encouraged women self help group to
start green fodder cultivation in order to earn extra income. He gave
information regarding the centrally sponsored scheme for grassland development
which provides 100% subsidy for grassland and fodder cultivation for milch
cattle.
In
November, Mandar Pingle taught members of Durga Bachat Gat from Umari and
Gayatri Mahila Bachat Gat from Telgaon how to make tote bags. Mandar and Nilesh
identified women from these self help group who were already trained in
stitching and tailoring. Satpuda Foundation helped them procure raw materials
required for making tote bags and mobile tablet covers. Mandar provided designs
for the bags and guided the women on how to make these bags. Once the sample
bags were prepared, he helped them procure order for 50 bags from BookSom LLP,
Pune. Their bags will be now sold in the famous Comic Con in December in
Mumbai.
Satpuda
Foundation assisted Self-Help Groups from Bidgaon, Umari and Telgaon preparing
paper bags to market their products and earn a good profit during the month of
November 2018. Satpuda Foundation assisted the Self-Help Groups to procure
order for paper bags during various exhibitions being held in Nagpur city. The
self help group from Umari sold bags worth Rs 3000/- while Self-Help Groups
from Telgaon and Bidgaon managed to earn Rs 2800/- and Rs 2500/- respectively. These
groups have received orders for paper bags for exhibitions being held in
December 2018.
During the
month of November, Satpuda Foundation also provided assistance to Self-Help
Groups from Telgaon, Bidgaon, Umari and Gondikhapa villages to maintain their
accounts and book-keeping. Nilesh Telang of Satpuda Foundation also monitored
the paper bag making venture being undertaken by these Self-Help Groups.
On
November 27, Nilesh Telang assisted Mr. Sarode, a farmer from Temburdoh, in
filing for compensation for crop damaged by wild animals. Mr. Sarode did not
have a clear idea of the application and documents required. He had a
misunderstanding that he will not receive proper amount as compensation and
hence was reluctant to file an application. Nilesh provided information
regarding the compensation scheme and helped him to file an application.
On
November 17, Mandar and Nilesh assisted Mr Kale of Telgaon in filing for
compensation for crop damaged by wild animals.
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