Workshop on Adolescent Reproductive Health

Since 2008, Samarthan with the support of UNFPA is working on a project aimed at improving reproductive health among adolescents through the use of life skills in 205 villages of Sehore district. Trained youth facilitators in each village have developed groups of boys, girls and young couples who are oriented on issues of health …→Read More

Report Card : Primary Education in Madhya Pradesh

Samarthan has conducted report card study on primary education in 3 districts of Madhya Pradesh. Lack of proper arrangements for cleanliness and sanitation is one of the deterring concerns for the children attending school. Children, despite availability of funds for the purpose, are performing these functions. It is discomforting for children to use filthy washrooms. …→Read More

कपिलधारा कूप ने बदली मुलायम की जीवन-धारा

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कपिलधारा कूप ने बदली मुलायम की जीवन-धारा

जिला मुख्यालय पन्ना से लगभग 16 कि० मी० दूर जरधोवा, पन्ना जनपद की एक ग्राम पंचायत है। पन्ना से कटनी मार्ग से 4 कि० मी० पश्चिम दिशा में स्थित है। इस गॉव की सीमा से पन्ना टाईगर रिजर्व का क्षेत्र लगा हुआ है। इस …→Read More

A ‘Well’ that transformed his destiny

Jardhowa, a Gram Panachayat (GP) of Panna block, shares its borders with Panna Tiger Reserve. It is located 16 km from the Panna District Headquarters, 4 km off the main Katni Road. Under MNREGA, various kinds of development work were undertaken in the village. The resultant impact on the poorest …→Read More

Enhancing Transparency in NREGS through Social Audits

 

In the 10 Gram Panchayats of Sehore and Panna, budgets were tracked bottom- up and top- down to understand the blockages and leakages in the process. The Panchayat and Janpad budget and expenditure details were verifies against data available on ground – beneficiary details, muster rolls, job cards etc. The Social …→Read More

Capacity Building on Decentralized Planning..

The 11th five year plan emphasizes of bottom-up planning process to be institutionalized for allocation of development resources.  In this direction, M.P. Government issued guidelines and evolved formats for carrying out village/ Panchayat as well as town level planning. The State Planning Commission has also elaborated the process of planning with the support of …→Read More

Chhutki (The Little Girl) brings awareness on governance issues

Chhutki (The little girl) is an initiative by Samarthan through which the relevant issues are simplified for the uninitiated. Chhutki brings the ‘what’ and ‘how to’ information to the audience with ease in the form of comics. Enjoy and learn from the world of Chhutki

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Community’s awareness of functions of Anganwadi

Working with Urban poor led us to poor state of functioning of Anganwadis. This publication is about raising awareness of the community towards roles and responsibilities of Anganwadi. Please find the publication Aganwadi

Parents Teachers Association Meeting – Community Careabouts

Working with Urban Community, we realized that Parents felt help less about state of education in children’s school. We did an out reach publication to bring about awareness in local community regarding the role of Parents Teachers Association. Publication can be found here.

Study to Identify barriers to Access of Services by Urban Poor

In Bhopal Samarthan conducted a study commissioned by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation under MPUSP Programme to identify the barriers faced by the urban poor who lived in slums in accessing statutory rights/entitlements/benefits. The study found that lack of timely awareness was a major drawback in accessing services followed by location and distance. …→Read More