2011 - 12

Mandiapalli, Rangeilunda, Bhanj Vihar, Berhampur, Dist: Ganjam, Odisha, India

Phone: +91-680-2343266 Email: premoffice@prem.org.in

Website: www.prem.org.in

Annual Report People’s Rural Education Movement

Table of Contents

PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF PREM Note from the President, Our Vision & Mission, A Brief History of PREM, The PREM

Emblem, PREM’s Approach to Development, Key Objectives in 2011-12

PART TWO: PROGRAMMES, ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS Early Childhood Education, Child-Centered Community Development,

Learn Without Fear, Edu-Leadership, WES, Right to Education, Livelihood Computer-Aided Learning,, SHGs, HIV/AIDS, Child rights, Health

Promotion of self rule in Adivasi area Other Achievements, Looking Ahead.

PART THREE: APPENDIXES

Board of Trustees, List of Funding Partners, Financial Statements.

List of Abbreviations

ANM Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery

LWF

Learn Without Fear

AWW Anganwadi Worker MGNREGA/S Mahatma Gandhi National Rural BDO Block Development Official Employment Guarantee Act/Scheme BRCC Block Resource Centre Coordinator CBCD Child Based Community Development CBO Community Based Organization

MTA OAM PDS

Mother-Teacher Association Odisha Adivasi Manch Public Distribution System

CHC

DPC

Community Health Centre District Project Coordinator

PESA

PHC

Panchayat Extension to the Scheduled Areas (Act) Public Health Centre

ECCD Early Childhood Care & Development

PRI PTA

Panchayatraj Institution Parent-Teacher Association

ECE FO FRA GP HH

Early Childhood Education Field Office Forest Rights Act Gram Panchayat Households

ROC RTE RTI RWSS SHG

Rights of Children Right to Education (Act) Right to Information (Act) Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Self-Help Group

ICDS Integrated Child Development Scheme IEC Information Education Communication

SJSY Swarna Jayanti Swarajgar Yujena (Govt Livelihood Scheme)

IGP Income Generation Programme

SSA Sarva Sikhya Avhijan (Education Pilot Programme)

ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation

TLM TT

Teaching-Learning Materials Tetanus Toxide (Vaccination)

JCH Job Card Holder VDC Vil age Development Committee JSY Janani Surakhya Yujena VEC Vil age Education Committee

(Govt Maternal Health Scheme) VRC Vil age Resource Centre RKVY: Rastriya Krushi Vikash Yojana SMC School management Committee

BGREI Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India GKS Gram Kalyan Samiti

Note from the President

We are very glad to present the Annual Report 2011-2012 to our friends, well wishers and also to the agencies and government to whom we are accountable

This year we had different interventions in the field of development of the communities who are under privileged especially the tribal, dalit, fisher people and other marginalized communities. PREM had an experience of 28 years in the field of education but this year onwards we have decided to focus as a need for the professional & vocational education. PREM with the support of Axis Bank foundation has taken up especially for the youth and women in the field of professional & vocational education. We are very much satisfied with the impact of the project for achieving almost 100% of the target. We still continue in the other department like agriculture, promotion & strengthening of SHGs, primary & secondary education, health & livelihood etc. We take this opportunity to thank all the communities for their full involvement & participation from project planning to evaluation and also to all the supportive agencies and well wishers for their generous cooperation. We also thank to the state & central government to acknowledge our meaningful work. Dr. Jacob Thundyil President, PREM Mandiapalli Village Berhampur Dist-Ganjam Odisha

Our Vision PREM’s vision is the creation of a new social order in which the present unorganized and marginalized people have a say in decision making, where education creates awareness and develops skills and fosters the growth of talents, where culture is ever creative, where men and women are totally liberated from all dehumanizing and oppressive forces, and where the decisions of individuals and communities are based on the values of social justice, equality, truth, freedom and the dignity of human life.

Mission The mission of PREM is to support, empower and facilitate people’s organizations for sustainable development in education, governance, health and livelihood; for access to knowledge, resources and innovation to achieve quality of life; and for mainstreaming gender equality, child rights, social inclusion and human rights for Adivasi, Dalit, Fisher folk and other marginalized communities of India.

A Brief History of PREM In 1980, a group of social activists, led by Jacob Thundyil and Chacko Paruvanany, initiated development programmes in 15 villages of Mohana block in the Gajapati district of Odisha. In 1984 PREM was formally registered as a voluntary organization under the Societies Registration Act. Itsprimary initiative was the propagation of functional literacy and such was its success that within two years the programme had been extended to a further two blocks. By 1986, PREM’s operational area covered over 200 villages.

Along with the formation of people’s and women’s organizations, PREM established non-formal education programmes for educating Adivasi (tribal) children and discouraged dependence on shifting cultivation through active promotion of the concepts of agro- and social-forestry. During its early years PREM extended its project area to include Udayagiri, Daringbadi, Ramanaguda, Padampur and Raikia blocks. PREM’s development initiatives were next introduced among the fisher peoplecommunities at Gopalpur-On-Sea (1985), Brahmagiri (1987) and Chilika (1990), and the organization was instrumental in relief delivery programmes to its project population during the drought of 1988 and again in 1991 in Kalahandi. PREM’s inclusive approach led to the formation of a network of like-minded NGOs in 1988 and a federation of people’s organizations in 1990. Innovative programmes, such as the 100% literacy campaign, were implemented in 300 villages and correspondence education was introduced to develop the skills and knowledge of activists operating at grass roots level throughout Odisha. Following the success of such programmes PREM constructed and established vocational training centre at Chandragiri in 1990 and at Mandiapalli in 1992.

Since 1996 PREM’s development efforts have focused on engineering child sponsorship programmes in the tribal district of Gajapati, as well as at Chilika Lake in Puri district where fisher people predominate. This commitment to education and community continued as PREM introduced innovative approaches to address issues of non-admission to schools and high drop-out rates. Pre-schools were opened to inculcate the school-going habit at an early stage. Bridge courses were organized to reach young people who had dropped out of school, and hostels were established to offer residential facilities to students who had no access to educational institutes in their villages. Programmes were created to provide quality English-medium education for promising students, and vocational education was developed to help young people to pursue alternative and sustainable livelihoods. In addressing the needs of its entire project population, PREM has gone on to devise and deliver programmes in the fields of health, livelihood, agriculture, food security, savings and credit, gender equality and good governance. Specific campaigns designed to strengthen the Adivasi, Dalit and fisher people networks—including Universal Birth Registration, Malaria Prevention and Control, and Say No to Tobacco—have been organized and delivered through PREM and its network NGO partners. Projects on visual impairment and HIV/AIDS have also been introduced in recent years.

Through its experience of relief delivery in periods of drought, PREM has been able to extend its

services in disaster preparedness and rehabilitation to the victims of 1999 Super Cyclone in Odisha

and the 2004 Tsunami on the southeastern coast of the Bay of Bengal.

The PREM Emblem Central to PREM’s emblem is the tree which represents life and reflects PREM’s mission to facilitate people to support life so that life may support people. The figures of the men and women, represent the people’s organizations—the men, women, boys and girls—who come together to participate in the process of promoting life. Our role is to provide support and advocacy to the people’s organizations so they can maintain sustainable and value-based development.

PREM’s Approach to Development PREM does not believe in imposing pressure on people to undertake certain activities, nor do we believe in making people dependent on the services of development. We believe in generating awareness regarding social issues and motivating people to take action. At present PREM is busy in our field areas promoting responsible and active grassroots leadership within the Panchayatraj system in both scheduled and non-scheduled areas. We assemble groups of people at one place and then we inform, we train, we facilitate, we provide access, and we inspire. We help build consensus, and we help lay the framework for action. We often provide practical knowledge such as budgeting, mobilizing human resources, saving and investing, monitoring and evaluating, documenting and reporting. We try to give true meaning to the phrase grama swaraj—Village Self-Rule.

Special importance is given for training village- level leaders regarding uplifting their communities in education, livelihood, health care, governance and human rights, wherever PREM is working.

Issues relating to women and children are also taken as main areas in imparting knowledge to people in need. Gender equality and child rights are among the core values of PREM.

All the development activities at present in the target villages of PREM are specially worked out to improve the general understanding of people towards development work, and to create a sense of hopefulness in the minds of people to continue on the path of progress and to fulfill

their goals and rights.

Key Objectives in 2011-12 PREM determined the following broad objectives for its development work in 2011-12:

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Empowering marginalized rural masses, especially Adivasi, Dalits and fisher people groups. Facilitating education to all women, men, and children. Sanitation and health care for every community. Protecting our water supply and developing sustainable water, environment and sanitation while promoting eco-friendly activities for sustainable living. Organizing weaker sections of society to help them achieve equal opportunities, and to promote their progress through the media. Promoting participation of women in the decision-making process. Defending the cause of children and their welfare in order to protect their basic rights. Promoting thrift and savings activities. Motivating and organizing people towards income-generation for self-reliance.

10. Encouraging rural masses to participate in the democratic process at grassroots levels, and to lay and assert more rights and claims over their natural resources.

12. Promoting indigenous groups for community programmes and networking them to achieve their rights.

13. Implementing innovations in technology in health and livelihood. 14. Promoting animal husbandry and farm diversification 15. Preparing the peoples of the coastal area for natural disasters. 16. Strengthening local governments like Gram Sabha and Palli Sabha as per the tribal self-rule act. 17. Promoting child rights and child participation in all aspects of our development work. 18. Promoting Right to education Act and use of RTI 19. Promoting proper implementations of PESA, FRA, MGNREGS at every grama sabha level 20. Promoting good governance in delivering services by government & local self governance 21. Vocational & professional education to youth 22. Increasing agriculture production & productivity by advanced agriculture method

“I never imagined that my family would surmount the financial crisis it endured in the past. Thanks to PREM for its generous support towards my training in dress designing; this was what helped me This was what helped me & my family.

Rashmi Prava Sahoo

A daughter makes her Father proud

Rashmi Prava Sahoo—daughter of Mr. Kanhu Charan Sahoo aged 25 years, is living in Gopinathpur village, Bentpur Panchayat of Brahmagiri block of Puri district, Odisha. Currently she is working as a dress designer in a tailoring shop based at the Brahmagiri market. Mr. Kanhu Charan Sahoo is a matriculate by qualification and he worked as a sales assistant at Odisha Consumer Cooperative Federation based at Puri for almost 6 years. The highest payment he received towards his honorarium, by the time he left the job, was Rs. 750 per month—too little to maintain a family of 8 members. The family had no other source of income. Even in such a pathetic situation, Mr. Sahoo was not able regularly to fulfill his duties and he was compelled to forego the job when his wife Mrs. Laxmipriya got bedridden on account of a heart complication. Laxmipriya breathed her

last in 1999, leaving behind her 4 daughters and husband, Kanhu Charan. Rashi stopped her study at 10th standard. PREM in collaboration with Plan International organized a residential vocational training camp at Cambridge School, Cuttack. Rashmi was one of the 253 trainees of both sexes in the year there. She opted for and underwent an intensive training course in dress designing of a month’s duration. She made the bestuse of the opportunity given to her. She proved to be hard working, sincere and innovative in learning, and was intelligent enough to pick up many things within the short training period. Rashmi completed the course successfully After completion of the course Rashmi got employed in a tailoring shop based at the Brahmagiri market. Initially she was paid Rs.600 per month. She earns Rs.2500 per month now. Besides, she receives a bonus in peak seasons. Admittedly, her income has added some value to the family This vocational training course facilitated by PREM helped bring Rashmi out of her home in defiance of the traditional social barriers against women in orthodox communities. She has become empowered not only economically but socio-politically as well.

Launching Ceremony: Project PREMA

An innovative professional and vocational training initiative Project PREMA has been launched by PREM in association with Axis Bank Foundation of Mumbai. Honourable Chief Minister of Odisha Sri Naveen Patnaik formally inaugurated the program at J. N. Tata Technical Education Center Auditorium in Mandiapalli village on April 26, 2011, in the presence of Ms. Shikha Sharma, Managing Director cum Chief Executive Officer of Axis Bank, Mumbai, and Dr. Jacob Thundyil, President, PREM. The project is designed for five years duration and aims at imparting vocational and professional skills to 10,025 Adivasi and Dalit youths of Odisha. Project PREMA will cover 4 districts of the state of Odisha—Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal and Puri. The youth from disadvantaged sections of the society will be provided with skill training on computer hardware, computer software, hotel management, nursing, electronics, advanced agriculture, motor vehicle driving, security guard, kewada mat weaving and craft designing and Grihini (a women-oriented livelihood and leadership program). About 80% of the prospective trainees will consist of adolescent girls and adult women. The project will also search avenues for employment prospects for the trained candidates.

Ms Shikha Sharma Managing Director cum Chief Executive Officer of Axis Bank, Mumbai issuing enrolment card to the aspirant candidate

Sri Naveen Patnaik and Ms Shikha Sharma along with other distinguished guests inaugurating the broacher of Project PREMA

Grihini Trainees Elected to Local Offices

A total number of 17 members of Grihini trainees, Grihini trainers and agriculture activists—who have taken Advanced Agriculture Training—contested in the Panchyatiraj Election held in the month of February 2012, for the positions of Zilla Parisad, Samiti Member, Sarapanch and Ward Member in the 3 districts of Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal all 16 of them were elected.

Three Ward Members, one Samiti Member and one Sarpanch won at Goudagotha in Ganjam district. While in Gajapati Distirct 2 Sarapanchas and 2 Ward Members won at Mohana area, one Samiti Member and one Ward Member won at Adava area, one Samiti Member and one Sarapanch won at Rayagada area and 2 Ward Members won at parimal area. Similarly in Kandhamal District one Sarapanch won election at Daringbadi area. All the winning candidates were very happy for their success and they expressed their commitment towards their responsibilities for the community. They also expressed their gratitude to PREM for continuous inspiration and encouragement. PREM congratulate the successful candidate and wish them all for their future commitment towards development of their community

Under project PREMA a total number of 10 beneficiaries have completed the Driving training at Vijaya Technical Training School, Berhampur (Ganjam District). Similarly, 19 beneficiaries have completed the driving training at Anand Bazar (Puri District). They have procured driving license from the District Road Transport Officer, Ganjam All of them were awarded course completion certificate and driving license at a special ceremony organized for the purpose at PREM Headquarters by Dr. Jacob Thundyil, President, PREM, Mr. Pravat Mohanty, Branch Manager and Mr. Shanoj Thomas, Assistant Manager of AXIS Bank, Berhampur Branch

During the year 2011-12, a total number of 1999 beneficiaries belonging to Ganjam, Gajapati, Kondhamal and Puri Districts in Odisha State have been trained by ‘Project PREMA’. While 1340 young mothers participated in Grihini Training, 181 adolescent girls received training in Asha Jyoti. A total number of 57 young men and women in 3 batches visited Kerala to participate in Advanced Agriculture Training. Computer hardware and software training of 6 months duration was undertaken by 309 college going students. While 10 candidates have been enrolled in Diploma in Engineering at Netture Technical Training Foundation at Mandiapalli, 16 candidates have joined course in Hotel Management at Chanakya Institute of Hotel Management, Visakhapatnam and 15 candidates are

undergoing training in Nursing at St. Josephs Hospital School of Nursing and St. Ann’s Hospital School of Nursing, Visakhapatnam and Christian Hospital School of Nursing, Berhampur. Driving training is undertaken by 61 candidates at different driving institutes located at Berhampur, Konark and Satapada. Handicrafts on Kewada weaving skills are imparted to 10 candidates at PREM Headquarters.

Praful Pradhan – The change agent in Agriculture Praful Pradhan is a 30 years old, graduate belongs to Adivasi community. He lives with his family in a remote village called Balumaha, in Tiakblai Block of Kandhmal, Odisha where the people are illiterates and depend on agriculture for their livelihood. In May 2011 he got an opportunity to visit Kerala Agriculture University, Trissur for a month long training on advanced agriculture training supported by Project PREMA which gave him an idea to organize and educate the farmers towards sustainable agriculture. In this session he learned about the organic manure and pesticide preparation, pest management, vermin compost preparation, Magic tonic and Panchagabya fertilizer preparation, mixed cropping, integrated cropping, fruit cultivation and processing, SRI paddy cultivation and seed treatment, storage in organic process. He also visited many organic fields and gained practical knowledge on farming. After returning from the training he started moving from village to village in Gutingia and Paburia panchayats with an intention to pass on his learning. He organized farmers on organic farming. He conducted meetings and interacted with farmers on the utility of organic cultivation. He also trained the farmers on vermin compost preparation; compost preparation; seed treatment and storage; using neem, karanja leaf and SRI paddy cultivation. Inspired by Praful many farmers started Organic vegetable cultivation. Now 35 farmers of the area are applying compost and cow urine solution in their field; 8 farmers have started vermin compost and vermin wash preparation and use the same in their fields. One farmer called Chakradhar Pradhan, a vegetable cultivator of Gutingia says that the ‘magic tonic’ is very much effective for Brinjal and Tomato cultivation. He started preparing the magic tonic with cow urine, garlic, molasses and herbs that are available in their locality. Influenced by Praful, as many as twenty farmers adopted SRI paddy cultivation in seventeen acres of land where paddy cultivation was in traditional method. SRI Paddy yields more with less water and seeds. It also does not need chemical fertilizer and pesticide. Similarly Praful motivated more than one hundred and fifty families of Gutingia and Paburia Panchayats for mango plantation in three hundred acres of land through MGNREGS. Praful instigated these farmers for organic vegetable as inter cropping in their orchards. This year forty seven families have cultivated vegetables in their lands. Praful has trained them on organic methods of cultivation. Demonstration of these orchards enabled other cultivators in the village to follow this method.

Early Child Education initiative of PREM This project is designed to provide holistic development support to the chi ldren through

two approaches—Home Based Care and Centre Based Care—which wil l ultimately lead to successful transition of chi ldren f rom home to preschool and preschool to formal primary school at the appropriate age.

Broad Objective To implement Mother Tongue Based Multi-Lingual Quality Early Childhood Education in the existing

Govt. ICDS and CBCD centers of tribal pockets of odisha for successful transition of young tribal children from preschool to primary school. Target Communities & Children

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CENTER Category

TOTAL NO. OF

CENTERS

TOTAL HOUSE HOLD

TOTAL POPU

LATION

TOTAL3 TO 5

YEARS CHIDREN

In PROGRA

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TOTAL 3 TO 5 YEARS CHILDREN

CURRENTLY ENROLLED

IN THE CBCD & ICDS CENTER

TILL DATE TOTAL 5+

YEARS CHILDREN

TRANSITED TO

PRIMARY SCHOOL

1 C.B.C.D. Center 350 10752 54364 5075 5075 4775

2 I.C.D.S. Center 100 6657 36443 2123 2123 624

TOTAL 450 17409 90807 7198 7198 5399

Under home based care (0 to 2 years) - Project is educating caregivers on care during pregnancy, neo natal and post neo-natal care, exclusively breast feeding till the baby six month, child and mother immunization, nutrition and importance of early childhood education. Under Center Based Care (2 to 6 years) Project is providing Mother Tongue based Multilingual Early Childhood Education to the 2 to 6 years children in the CBCD Centre.

Organizing sensitization meetings and training for the parents and caregivers on importance of

Mother Tongue Based Multi lingual ECE for their children.

Strengthening Self Help Groups of the operational areas in micro finance activities and involving

them in mother tongue base ECE program.

Strengthening Palli Sabha and Gram Sabha for good governance (According to PESA Act.) and

educating them to bring ECE issues in their meetings.

Organizing sensitization meetings, workshops, Capacity building training and exposure visits for PRI

members, community leaders, CBO representatives, Preschool committee leaders SMC leaders and

representatives of different adivasi forums.

Organizing different capacity building trainings and exposure visits for the CBCD center facilitators,

ICDS workers, ICDS supervisors and CBCD center facilitators

Organizing networking workshop with the ICDS and Education d epartments.

Enrollment drive. (In Primary School and Preschools)

Developing Mother Tongue Based Multi- lingual Model ECE cum- resource centers in tribal areas of

different districts.

Mother Tongue Based Multi-Lingual Model ECE Center in Tribal Area.

PREM’s another pilot intervention is establishing Mother Tongue based multi- lingual Model Early Childhood Education centers in tribal areas of Odisha. PREM is already running five model MT Based Multi lingual ECE centers in its operational area.

In these centers the project is focusing on mother tongue for 2 to 4 years children and multilingual education for the 4 to 6 years children by introducing Odia, English and Hindi along with their mother tongue. PREM has developed curriculum outline of 0 to 6 years children which is rich in tribal context, culture and their traditions and it is in a draft stage. Based on that draft curriculum PREM is running these 5 Mother Tongue based multi- lingual Model Early Childhood Education centers and 345 CBCD centers. PREM has also developed local context teaching learning materials for the ECE centers which are rich in their environment and culture. In these centers we can see only the local context materials rather than the purchased materials from the market.

Achievements

7198 no. of tribal children have enrolled at CBCD & ICDS centres in current year.

All preschool age children have enrolled in CBCD & ICDS centers. Attendance rate at CBCD centres is 95%. All new births are being registered in the operational area. (Base line report

2007 says only 25%)

Since 2007, 5399 tribal children who attended CBCD centres have made the transition to primary school.

Students from CBCD centres are performing better in primary school than children who did not attend pre-school.

Links have been created and strengthened among hundreds of CBOs, village groups and governments, parent-teacher organisations, ICDS and government departments, PRI members, and other stakeholders.

Linkage strengthened with (ASHA, ICDS, ANM, PHC, CHC, school teachers, Block level IC DS, BDO and PRI members)

Children routinely immunized increased from 16% to 80%. (1565 children are receiving at present and 2120 children have completed their immunization.)

21 CBCD center facilitators have been selected as an ICDS worker at government ICDS center. 48 CBCD centers have been taken up by the ICDS Department. 53 CBCD centers converted in to Mini- ICDS centers Participated in the 99th Indian Science Congress at KIIT Campus, BBSR and demonstrated a

stall of Mother Tongue Based Multi Lingual Early Childhood Education.

From 3rd to 7th January 2012 PREM got an opportunity to be a part of the 99th Indian Science Congress (ISC) at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Campus Bhubaneswar. The ISC was inaugurated by the Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. It was a great opportunity for PREM to demonstrate a pilot intervention on mother tongue based multi lingual model

Objective behind participating in this event was to demonstrate the potential success of mother-tongue based Multi-lingual ECE in Adivasi areas (within the existing resources) for the successful transition of tribal children from preschool to primary school and to influence the concerned government departments and policy makers to be exposed to this approach and replicate them in existing ICDS centers.

Edu-Leadership : Community Governance in management of education: PREM’s initiative to empower the community to manage the education in 99 villages of 8 GPs of Padampur block, Rayagada district resulting to 95% enrollment and retention with less than 5% dropout by the active participation of SMCs and community.

Education

A two day State level Consultation on Right to Education and Early Childhood Educationin Tribal Areas was planned on 23rd and 24th January at Pantha Nivas, Bhubaneswar to plan collectively for better implementation of the Right to Education Act, to facilitate the participants to come out with strategic plans for the future course of action across community as well as target groups, to provide multiple opportunities for dialogue and exchange and other key stakeholder and to provide advocacy andlobby from the grass root level to the state level. The convention had active participation of as many as 130 including members, CBOs, network NGO leaders, social activists, SMC members, media-representatives, academicians and representatives of civil society organization of Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Keonjhar, Nuapada and Kandhamala districts of Odisha. Right to Education and Learn without Fear

PREM in collaboration with Plan India organized a State level Workshop on Right to Education in the tribal context at St. Vincent’s Retreat Centre at Gopalpur- on-Sea on 27th and 28th of June 2011. This workshop was organized in order to consolidate the findings of the seven district level workshops—in Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri—of Southern Odisha, organised in the months of April, May and June 2011, and also to suggest to the authority for improvement of the educational scenario in the Adivasi areas. About 150 participants— PRI members, CBOs, Networking NGOs, social activists, SMC members, students, media representatives, academicians, Govt. officials—from different districts attended the workshop

Adivasi Students Succeed in Examinations

Forty PREM-supported Adivasi students from Central School and other English medium schools have successfully completed their 10th standard examination with distinction. These forty children are from remote Adivasi villages of Gajapati district where most people do not access to getting quality education a generation ago. Among them 5 students scored 88%. And the top student is Pratima Devi Rauta, who studies in Public school Phulbani, Kandhamala district. She achieved a cumulative score more than 96%. At the state-level workshop on RTE organized by PREM on June 28th, Sri Pratap Jena, Honorable Minister Mass Education and Schools, felicitated Pratima Routa for her achievement and success. All the Adivasi communities of Gajapati district are proud of this result. Also PREM and Orissa Adivasi Manch congratulate the successful students and congratulate all the children for their success

A two-day workshop on Positive Discipline was organized by PREM in June 2011 at Surya Beach Inn, Puri. A total 55 teachers from the high schools and primary schools from the project operational area attended the training participants included the BRCC, Brahmagiri block, CRCCs were among the important participants of the training program. The objective of the program was

to create awareness on positive discipline among the teachers where the children can learn in a joyful and positive environment and to establish positive environment of discipline for children PREM in collaboration with Plan India celebrated Children’s Day—on 14

th of November—at all 40 ICDS

centers of three blocks—Mohana, Nuagad and Gumma—of Gajapati district. On this date— which is also the birthday of India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru—children, anganwadi workers, ICDS supervisors, village volunteers, parents, PRI members and sector staff came together to celebrate this important occasion and affirm the role of children in community development. On this day drawing competitions were organized in all 40 centers for the children In the competitions the children participated actively and had lots of fun, and also they were provided with snacks and sweets to make them happy

Health

NRHM– Conducted capacity building Training programmes of Gaon Kalyan Samiti for 1998 participants of 630 GKS in 4 Blocks of Ganjam district. (Dharakote, Khallikote, Chikiti & Digapahandi). This programme has been supported by Dist. Health Administration & Action Aid

On 1

st December, PREM in collaboration with Plan India

observed World AIDS Day in its operational areas—Gajapati and Puri districts. The main objective of this observation was to create awareness among the communities about the symptoms, causes and preventives of the pandemic disease HIV/AIDS and to remove fear, stigma and discrimination that are attached to this disease

In Gajapati district more than 500 participants—students, SHG leaders, youth, PRI members, school teachers, Govt. ICDS and health staff—gathered in four different sectors Adava, Mohana, Parimal, Gumma. Rallies were organised in this areas— students, youths and women were the active participants—on the theme of “Getting To Zero” AIDS Deaths. After the rallies meetings were conducted in respective areas on the topic of role communities and other stakeholders in fighting against HIV/AIDS. An essay writing competition on the topic “role of youth mass bringing AIDS death to zero” conducted among the young students and prizes were distributed to the winning participants in the meeting.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene-WASH PREM in collaboration with Plan India has constructed 9 Toilet Blocks, 6 Rain Water Harvesting Structures and 6 Bore wells in 6 schools scattered over the project operational area in Program unit Chilika. The main objective of this construction included to create a healthy Environment in schools, to meet children’s need for potable water and protect them from water borne diseases that keep them away from school and to attract grown up girl children who face difficulties in the absence of toilet and water facilities in schools. One each WASH (Water Sanitation & Hygiene) Committee has been formed in the schools for the proper use and maintenance of the infrastructures and to build related Awareness in the schools, families and communities. In October the Program Unit, Chilika organized series of meetings in each of the 6 schools— Sukhophakori High School, Basudev High School, Khatuardy Primary School, Gopinath Dev Bidyapitha, Charichhaka and Badanalo Panchayat High school and Epping Primary School on. In these meetings each of the school children discussed on WASH, the roles of the WASH committee and the proper use and maintenance of the infrastructures. 100 students in each school participated in the meeting. Also the teachers of the schools participated in the programs. At the end all stakeholders recognized the importance of WES. The rights of the children to a quality education and good health are realized through school and community-led processes that are supported by local authorities and non-state actors who are capable, proactive, and well informed regarding school

District level workshop on Mother and Child Care & Different Govt. Schemes at Parlakhemundi. A total of 107 participants including village youth adolescent boys & girls, SHG leaders, PRI & People’s Organization members, health workers. Front line staff of all sectors, PU staff and Govt. health workers were participated. The main objective of the workshop were to strengthen the capacity of individuals and communities for availing basic health facilities to the communities, to create alternative systems to address the issue of malnutrition reduce infant & maternal

mortality – rate in indigenous communities, to sensitize different stake holders on different health issues and latest information related to different govt. health schemes.

Angan Wadi Worker’s training program was organized at Gopalpur-on-Sea in the month of February. A total of 53 participants—AWW, ICDS supervisor, ECCD supervisors ECCD coordinator—participated in this training. The entire two days program was facilitated by the Program coordinator with the support of supervisors. The main objectives of this training program were to enhance the capacity building of Angan Wadi workers on home- and centre-based education and to improve the skills of trained Angan Wadi workers. The topics covered during these two days were importance of the early child care and development, care of pregnant women and safe delivery practice, age specific—0 to 2 years—child care and development and importance on child education in formative years.

Consultation workshop on Dalit issue

PREM organized two District Level Consultations on Dalit Issues for two districts—Puri and Gajapati—at Carrey Retreat & Study Center, Gopalpur-on-Sea and BGKS, Mohana by PREM in the month of June. 270 Dalit representatives of both the sexes from different age groups—adolescent to adult–-participated in these consultations. The burning issues of the Dalits stemming out of the exploitative social structure were discussed and debated. The protective laws and the schemes/ programs meant for their development were dealt with in details. There was in-depth discussion on child, human and fundamental

rights as well. Ms. Geeta Devi, a member of the Governing Body, PREM, spoke on women’s rights. Advocate M. Nageswar Rao another Governing Body member of PREM dealt with the fundamental rights and laws for the protection of Dalits. At Mohana Dr. Jacob Thundyil, President of PREM, and Mr. Jaykrushna Hota, editor, Sambad, were the dignitaries who addressed the audience on the need for Dalits’ unity for the concerted battle towards their liberation and development. Dr.Jacob reiterated and ended up with the tri-fold strategy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar for the Dalits’ liberation-‘Educate, Agitate and Organize’.

Campaign on Forest Land Entitlement

Realizing that the Adivasi identity is at risk—as they face growing marginalization, deprivation, oppression and denial of opportunities and rights over the land, water and forest; the need for strengthening the governance system under the PESA; and the need to address realities pertaining to implementation of MGNREGA forest rights act, health and education, gaps in policies and practices and operational issues—PREM and its partners Odisha Adivasi Manch (OAM) and National Advocacy Council for the Development of Indigenous People (NACDIP) mooted the idea for holding a workshop on Natural Resource Management, Food Security and Governance in tribal areas. A three-day workshop was organized from 4th to 6th of November, 2011 at St. Vincent’s Retreat Centre, Gopalpur-on-Sea. The workshop was inaugurated by Sri Kishore Chandra Deo, Honorable Cabinet Minister of Tribal Affairs and Panchyat raj, Govt . of India in the presence of Dr. Jacob Thundyil, President, PREM. Among the guests in attendance were Sri Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Former Central Rural Development Minister Dr. Trinath Behera, former MLA, Gopalpur Dr. Ajit Mishra, Sub-collector, Berhampur and Mr. K.Krishnan, Convener, NAC-DIP. There were195 participants- social workers including representatives from Adivasi and Dalit Organisations, CBOs, Networks, NGOs, Media and PRIs, Government Departments—from 12 districts of Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and contributed to the process. Child Protection

PREM organized a State level workshop on Migration in Odisha-issues and challenges at Pantha Nivas BBSR on 24

th to 26

th Jan 2012.A total of 227 participants—youths adolescent boysand

girls, SHG members, NGO representatives, networks partners from different districts and states, People’s organization, NGOs working for migration control programs, media, PREM staff—participated in this program. The objectives of the program were to understand the need to control, to see the negative migration issues, challenges of the migrated families residing outside the state and to know how to initiate influencing policy from the grass root level to state level so that issues related to migration can be given greater administrative vision.

With the above intervention the result is

Yield from normal cultivation: 2.8 MT i.e. 28 QTL per hector Yield from BGREI demonstration 6.6 MT i.e. 66 QTL per hector

Minimum Yielding is 5.2 MT i.e. 52 QTL per hector Maximum yielding is 8.4 i.e. 84 QTL per Hector

Livelihood interventions

Bringing Green revolution in eastern India (Khariff) under RKVY 2011-2012: Rice Demonstration

PREM partnership with the Ganjam district Agriculture department, Government of Odisha to facilitate BGREI paddy cultivation in Seragad and Dharakote block of Ganjam covering each 500 hectors of land under the scheme. The objective of the program is to improving production & productivity of rice through advanced methods like line sowing and line transplanting including application of weedicides, micronutrient zinc, need based paste control etc.

SL District Block No. of village

# of beneficiaries

Area covered in HEC

1 Ganjam Seragad 9 821 440 Hec 2 Ganjam Dharakote 6 970 560 Hec Total 2 block 15

village 1791 Beneficiaries

1000 Hector

INPUT DISTRIBUTED TO FARMERS FOR DEMONSTRATION OF PADDY

Sl #

Particulars of inputs to the farmers

Cost of the input per Hector

1 Deep Ploughing and land preparation

Rs. 1500/- per Hector

2 Seed support Rs. 1500/- per Hector

3 Line sowing and transplanting Rs. 1250/- per Hec 4 Seedling treatment with suitable

insecticide Rs 100/- per Hec

5 Micro nutrient Zinc/boron Rs. 1250/- per Hec 6 Weed management Rs. 700 per Hec 7 Plant protection Rs. 795/- per Hec

Popularization of Hybrid Maize under RKVY During Khariff

Block Covered in

Hector ASKA 250 Hec Seragad 250 Hec Dharakote 100 Hec Hinjilikatu 100 Hec Sankhemundi 200 Hec

PREM partnership with the Ganjam district Agriculture department, Government of

Odisha to facilitate BGREI Popularization of Hybrid maize in 5 block of Ganjam district during Khariff covering around 1000 hectors of land under the scheme.

Popularization of Green gram A3P demonstration covering 250 Hectors of Ganjam block of Ganjam district under National Food Security Mission-Pulses during Rabi-2011-12 Popularization of Sunflower demonstration covering around 200 Hec in 9 blocks of Ganjam district under RKVY 2011-12

SL# Block Cover area

in Hector 1 Rangeilunda 10 Hec 2 Chikiti 20 Hec 3 Patrapur 40 Hec 4 Chhatrapur 30 Hec 5 Hinjilikatu 20 Hec 6 Beguniapada 10 Hec 7 Polsara 24 Hec 8 Seragad 20 Hec 9 Sorada 26 Hec

Popularization of Black gram A3P demonstration covering 250 Hectors of Chikiti block of Ganjam district under National Food Security Mission-Pulses during Rabi-2011-12

Looking Ahead PREM believes that the education of children is pivotal to their future prosperity. The formative years are the

most crucial, when the foundations for physical, social, emotional, and language development are laid.

Recognizing that early childhood development constitutes the foundation of human capital development, the role

and significance of education, among children in particular, cannot be compromised.

PREM in partnership with other NGOs in Odisha will continue to develop early childhood education by pioneering

Mother-Tongue (i.e. tribal language) curriculum and multi-lingual learning materials for preschools so that

children can begin their education experience in a supportive and familiar environment while also becoming

exposed to the other languages and structure they will encounter in primary school. In this way children will be

more likely to make a successful transition from preschool to primary school and beyond.

PREM will also look to expand the opportunities for Adivasi and Dalit youth—with an emphasis on young

women—to earn a secure and sustainable livelihood from their education by facilitating vocational training in a

range of practical and employable skills. In doing so, we will also instill character development, confidence and

professionalism through a multifaceted approach. We will also work with housewives in remote areas to build

their capacity to contribute to family income and community prosperity through SHGs, micro-finance initiatives

and home-based livelihood projects.

Along with its partners and networking organizations, PREM is actively engaging the issue of climate change and

facilitating ways to involve marginalized communities in seeking innovative and sustainable solutions to threats

posed by climate change, while also empowering them to demand rights and protection under Indian law against

industrial exploitation that threatens their habitats. PREM will continue to focus on child rights and child

participation—emphasizing girl children—across all of its programmes, integrating these important values into all

aspects of community development. Twenty-five years hardly seems like much time at all on the scale of human

progress. We are proud of what we have accomplished in partnership with the people, and we know that the

measure of our own development as an organization is the change in the lives of those whom we support. With

that in mind, our spirit must endure and our work must continue.

To find out more about PREM, and how to get involved or support us, visit www.prem.org.in or contact us at: premoffice@prem.org.in

PREM Funding Partners (2011-2012) PROGRAMME Child Centered Community Development Community based child Development (CBCD) Promotion of self Governance in Adivasi area Edu-Leadership Programme Community initiative for better service delivery E-Learning Vocational & professional educations for the youth of marginalized community Capacity building of GKS in Ganjam & Improved agriculture practices in Ganjam districts

FUNDING PARTNER Plan India E-12 Kailash Colony, New Delhi 110048

Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) PO Box 82334, 2508, EH The Hague, The Netherlands

Concern Worldwide India A/7, Ashok Nagar Bhubaneswar 751009 Odisha

New Education Group—Foundation for Innovation & Research in Education (NEG-FIRE) Fr. Angel School, Goutam Nagar New Delhi 110003 Partnership Transparency Fund (PTF) USA 1875, Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite. 1210. Washington D.C. 20036,USA

Smile Foundation India V-11, Level 1, Green Park Extension New Delhi 110016

Axis bank foundation, Mumbai Axis House, Wadia International Centre Pandurang Budhkar Marg, Warli, Mumbai-400025 Government of Odisha, India

PREM Governing Board

Dr. Jacob Thundyil

President & Co-founder of PREM Dr. Chacko Paruvanany Secretary-cum-Treasurer & Co-founder of PREM Mr. M. Nageswara Rao Ms. Minoti Padhi Ms. A. Padma Raju Ms. Geeta Devi Ms. V Satyabati

Joint Secretary of PREM & Advocate Secretary of Institute for Women’s Development (IWD) in Berhampur, Ganjam, Odisha Social Worker & Secretary of Centre for Community Development (CCD) in Paralakhemundi, Gajapati, Odisha Development Worker & Human Rights Advocate, Berhampur, Ganjam, Odisha. Social Worker & Secretary of Janajagaran NGO in Kansamari, Ganjam, Odisha.

People’s Rural Education Movement Mandiapalli Rangeilunda, Bhanj Vihar, Berhampur,

Dist-Ganjam, 760-007 Odisha, India, Phone: +91-680-234-3266

Email: premoffice@prem.org.in, Website: www.prem.org.in

PREM is a registered voluntary organization under the Societies Registration Act of India.

Registration number GJM-425-31 of 1984-85.

This Annual Report is © 2012 People’s Rural Education Movement

Compiled & edited by: Pruthwiraj Dandasena with the support of PREM’s staff.

Cover & page designed by Subodh Nayak

Annual Report 2011 - 12

People’s Rural Education Movement