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The unhygienic and poor sanitary condition in the villages results in constant struggle with easily avoidable diseases in these villages. Several campaigns were undertaken to convey the importance of hygiene and sanitation to the villagers. Samarthan initiated micro planning process in 25 panchayats in Sehore which identified water and sanitation issues in the Panchayat. …→Read More Seeding the culture of transparency and accountability Samarthan has been extensively using Social Audit and Budget tracking to ensure citizens rights and entitlement in the intervened Panchayats. These two processes have also sensitized the PRI functionaries to the fact that they are accountable to their community. In the 10 Gram Panchayats of Sehore and …→Read More Children are the most ignored section of society owing to their inability to voice their opinion. Samarthan started a pilot project to advance children’s a right to receive adequate services on water and sanitation and to flourish in a hygienic environment in 16 villages of Sehore district. Meetings were held with PRI representatives, VHSCs, …→Read More Samarthan has focused on improving the reproductive health of the young community through formation of groups of adolescent boys, girls and young couples. Adolescents and youth represent almost one-third of the population of India. Adolescent pregnancy, risk of maternal and infant mortality, sexually transmitted diseases and reproductive tract infections and rapidly rising incidence …→Read More Citizen’s Election Manifesto During the Bhopal municipal elections held in February 2010, contestants of all major political parties were invited by the citizens groups to put forward their agendas. The group prepared ten point Citizens’ Manifesto for the contestants. Ten point election charter prepared by the resident associations of Ward no. 49 for contestants …→Read More Samarthan is working in the towns of Bhopal and Sehore to promote the participation of marginalized sections in urban governance and ensure the delivery of state services in health, nutrition and education. The project had multiple goals Enable poor have greater access to services in health, nutrition and education A …→Read More Samarthan, in collaboration with the General Administration Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh and Department for International Development (DFID) organised a 2-day workshop on “Implementation of RTI – Status and Ways Forward“ during 5th and 6th February 2007 at Bhopal. The workshop was organised with a view to share of the experiences of …→Read More Samarthan launched an intensive media campaign to inform citizens about the Right to Information. Four phone-in radio programmes in the months of June 2006 and August 2006 were broadcasted on hyper band channels from Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Chhattarpur, and Narsinghpur. The phone in programmes had experts on the subject including the Chief Information …→Read More With a network of 17 organisations across the state, the elected representatives and government officials were oriented on the provisions of the Act. During the year about 5300 elected representatives from 15 districts of Madhya Pradesh were oriented on RTI. Focus was to make the panchayat understand their roles as information seekers as well …→Read More The establishment of ward committees enables local citizens to share the responsibility of planning, monitoring and implementing development priorities. We are conducting intense work in slum wards to reach out to marginalised groups to ensure the provision of basic services, which is the responsibility of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).  Comments are closed  Case study, Civil Society Network Strengthening, English, Governance, Urban Poor |
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