The last year took up time with things that did not seem to get anywhere. I tried reaching out to people regarding the development of Kumraura but did not get far.
I have been to the village a few times and so has my team at Knowledge Advisory. Through a number of iterations and discussion, a draft document was prepared. I am posting it for the benefit of people who are interested in knowing more about it. This assessment was conducted in November 2012.
Kumhraura
Empowerment and Development
1. Aim of the Project
Aim is to facilitate the transformation of Kumhraura
village into socially stimulating, self-sustaining, growth-oriented community
by examining the livelihood conditions of the village.
2. Statement of the Problem
• The
village is not very far from the Tata Motors production unit that builds Marco
polo buses in which most of middle urban India commutes yet the people of the
Kumhraura village are unemployed.
• There
is a school in the village apparently thinly staffed with 4 teachers and a
government school at the tehsil level where basic education is imparted till 8th
standard.
• Children
seem to be spending more time idling about or doing odd jobs than attending
school or studying.
• Women
at the village were mostly educated till class 8. But there is no women
empowerment scheme being run in that village.
• The
women wanted to learn something so as to increase their household incomes. The
skills that they were interested in learning were kadhai, silai and bunai. Also
they were ready to devote one or two hours daily at the centre.
• The
main problem area of that village is casteism, which is deep rooted. They don’t
eat food cooked by women of lower caste.
• There
are no proper sanitation facilities.
The inspiration has been drawn from
Barefoot College.
Barefoot College is a non-governmental
organization that has been providing basic services and solutions to problems
in rural communities for more than 40 years, with the objective of making them
self-sufficient and sustainable. These ‘Barefoot solutions’ can be broadly
categorized into the delivery of Solar Electrification, Clean Water, Education,
Livelihood Development, and Activism. With a geographic focus on the Least
Developed Countries (LDCs), we believe strongly in Empowering Women as agents
of sustainable change.
4. Research Methodology
4.1 Coverage:
Kumhraura is a small village in Banki Mandal in Barabanki District in Uttar
Pradesh State. It has a population of about 1048 persons living in around 205
households. It has barely been a part of the development process.
A
survey visit was made by the team of Knowledge Advisory Services and
Consultancy.
Sampling methods: The
research design used was exploratory research design because was made on Simple
Random Sampling
Sampling size: 20
households
4.2 Data
Collection: The study is based on Primary Data.
The primary data was collected with the help of structured questionnaire. The
questionnaire was prepared keeping in view the objectives of study.
Questionnaire contains two types of
questions
Open Ended
Closed Ended
Both
qualitative and quantitative data were collected during the survey.
5.1 Swarnjayanti Gram
Swarozgar Yojana
As
per the survey, people of Kumhraura Village were ready to learn some skills so that
they can earn their income through it.
Thus,
this scheme would help to bring the poor families above the Poverty Line by
ensuring appreciable sustained level of income over a period of time. This is
to be achieved by organising the rural poor into Self Help Groups (SHGs)
through the process of social mobilization, their training and capacity
building and provision of income generating assets. The SHG approach helps the
poor to build their self-confidence through community action. Interactions in
group meetings and collective decision making will enable them to identify and
prioritize their needs and resources. This process would ultimately lead to the
strengthening and socio-economic empowerment of the rural poor as well as
improve their collective bargaining power.
It
goes through three stages of creation:
• Group formation
• Capital formation through the revolving fund
and skill development and
• Taking up of economic activity for skill
generation.
The
Government may also assists villagers in marketing their products by organizing
melas or fairs, exhibitions, etc.
Activities
Suggested:
• Carpentry
• Stitching & embroidery
• Handloom, handicraft, silk, cotton, power loom,
jute sector.
• Training on tailoring, welding, electrical,
poultry.
• Earthenware and pottery
5.2 Nirmal Bharat
Abhiyan
This
scheme will bring an improvement in the general quality in life of villagers
and accelerate sanitation coverage in the village.
It
will also
• Motivate communities and Panchayati Raj
Institutions promoting sustainable sanitation facilities through awareness
creation and health education.
• Cover the remaining schools not covered under
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Anganwadi Centers in the rural areas with
proper sanitation facilities and undertake proactive promotion of hygiene
education and sanitary habits among students.
• Encourage cost effective and appropriate
technologies for ecologically safe and sustainable sanitation.
• Develop community managed environmental
sanitation systems focusing on solid & liquid waste management for overall
cleanliness in the rural areas.
5.3: Rashtriya
Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan is already running in the Kumhraura Village so we would like to
suggest Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. This scheme would enhance access
to secondary education as the village is lacking this presently.
Though
there are some issues in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, 91 students still attend the
school in current session. Thus this scheme will help these students in
attaining secondary education.
5.4: Mahila Samakhya
We have suggested this scheme as according to past experiences of NGO’s,
men often leave their village after being trained to work in metro cities and
thus it does not result in empowerment of that village.
Women are the key to
sustainable development; they are the passers of knowledge, they teach habits
and behaviours, and if you develop women in this capacity, generations to come
will continue to benefit from that greater understanding of impact on their own
environment.
This
scheme would help the women of the village to learn skills and improve their
livelihood.
Providing
women and adolescent girls with the necessary support structure and informal
learning environment to create opportunities for education. Enhance the
self-image and self-confidence of women and thereby enabling them to recognize
their contribution to the economy as producers and workers.
Over
all we suggest the following training / activities for the villagers as per
their interest and capabilities:
• Metal work
• Plumbing
• Carpentry
• Earthenware and pottery
• Cycle, Car & bike repair
• Stitching & embroidery
• Making, Preserving & packing food items
(snacks, pickles, sauce, fruit drinks, meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
• Nursing & Midwifery.
• Beehive, poultry, piggery and animal husbandry
• Zari-Zardozi Training
• Preservation and Processing of fruits and
Vegetables
• Handloom, handicraft, silk, cotton, power loom,
jute sector.
• Training women in reeling and weaving, as
Etawah has weaving as an important household industry.
• Incense stick manufacturing
• Form cooperatives societies and collectively
market their produce their wares in the urban and semi urban markets
• Training on tailoring, welding, electrical,
poultry.
• Soil conservation training
• Training in use of agriculture equipment and machinery
• Mobile Repairing Training
6. Implications
·
Project will lead to
encouragement of women to participate in the income generation activity of
their household and will also lead to overall empowerment of women.
·
It will bridge the gap
between Elementary and Higher education. In the past few years, Elementary
education has greatly been uplifted with the induction of SSA Mission, and this
has in turn created a demand for expansion and introduction of Secondary education
in unserved and underserved regions of the state.
·
It will ensure adequate
availability of drinking water and proper sanitation facilities in rural areas
with broader goal to eradicate the practice of open defecation.
·
It will help to bring the
poor families above the Poverty Line by ensuring appreciable sustained level of
income over a period of time.
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