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OVERVIEW

Harsha Trust in its mission “to improve the quality of life of the rural poor” has completed9 years of its development intervention with the poor; primarily with the tribal inKoraput, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Nabarangpur and Ganjam districts of Odisha. All throughthese years the focus of the trust has been to enhance capacities of the families andtheir institutions to have access to different services and resources and transform theirland, water and livestock based livelihood options to lead a better life. Women self helpgroups have been the base for all livelihood interventions as well as enabling them to bea part of main-stream development process. The activities like commercial broilerpoultry farming, irrigated agriculture, vegetable cultivation, fruit tree plantation andfarm forestry have been taken up to include families who own land and who do not.Both agricultural and livestock based cooperatives have been formed to scale the sectoralinterventions that provide at least Rs 10,000 additional income per year to each of itsmembers. These cooperatives have also provided a platform for their members toappreciate democratic decision making, negotiate with different stakeholders and beproud owners of their enterprise. Realizing the need of local context, health interventionsaddressing the reproductive and child health have been integrated in our projects atJeypore and Jaykaypur.

SELF HELP GROUPS

Harsha Trust has been promoting SHGs with afocus on empowering women through buildingtheir capability and financial independence. SHGshave been playing a vital role for initiating andsustaining interventions with the community.

Particulars Status upto Status as onMarch 2010 March 2011

Focus has been given in strengthening the SHGsystems by effectively monitoring theperformance of SHGs on various indicators. SHGclusters have become platform for solidaritybuilding, sharing, problem solving and capacitybuilding of members. Awareness about differentGovernment programmes and schemes is alsobuild up in the clusters.

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (NRM)

Different land and water resources developmentprogrammes have been taken up to enhance theproductivity of the resources available with therural poor.

Intervention area Unit Status Statusupto as on

Mar. 2010 Mar. 2011

Ring well Nos 181 226

Farm pond Nos 58 70

Lift irrigation Point Nos 19 23

Diversion based irrigation Nos 10 20

FARM & OFF-FARM BASED LIVELIHOODPROMOTION

Harsha Trust has continued to expand its farmand off–farm based livelihood interventions.Promotion of improved paddy cultivation throughSystem for Rice Intensification, improved maizeand millet cultivation, vegetable cultivation andpromotion of horticultural plantation under Wadidevelopment programme have been scaled up in

No. of SHGs 348 359

No. of Members 4397 4567

No. of Villages 170 179

Total Savings (Rs. Lakhs) 60.04 66.8

Bank Linkages (No. of SHGs) 301 313

Bank Loan (Rs. lakhs) 186.86 267.2

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COMMUNITY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

It has been realized that only working onimproving the livelihood of the families’ do notcontribute significantly to an improved quality oflife. Health has been a major problem, it givesprolonged suffering and constitutes 40%ofexpenditure of a household .To address thisproblem it was decided to integrate communityhealth in the villages where Harsha Trust has otherinterventions. However, this programme is mainlyintegrated in Jeypore and Rayagada blocksfocusing on maternal and child health. Theinterventions mainly focused on women andchildren as they were badly impacted by thetraditional belief system, polygamy, earlymarriage, repeated pregnancies and poorsanitation. These were addressed by working onhealth seeking behaviour, providing nutritionthrough kitchen gardens, access to better healthservices, immunization programmes and havingbetter sanitation.

different locations of Harsha Trust. Farmershave taken up eucalyptus plantation in degradeduplands and being actively supported by thecooperative formed by them.

Under the off-farm intervention broiler poultryfarming is being scaled up with support ofNABARD, SDTT and district level DRDAs. Theprogramme which was initially piloted in Koraputdistrict is now being scaled up in Rayagada,Nabarangpur and Kalahandi districts.

Harsha Trust has focused on building thecapacities of the farmers and local level serviceproviders to optimize return from theseinterventions. It has emphasised on the processeswherein the farmers have access to differentservices provided by the government and havecontrol over their livelihoods. The farmers’institutions like cooperatives, Udyan VikasSamitees (UVS) and Joint Liability Groups (JLG)are being strengthened to cater to the needs ofits members.

Intervention No. of households Coverage (acres)

Maize 430 658

Paddy (SRI) 300 265

Vegetables 329 123

Farm forestry 307 500

Horticulture 642 428

Poultry 310 -

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Wadi Development:

Under the wadi development programme, a totalof 33 numbers of UVS have been formedcomprising of 510 farmers. A wadi is a smallorchard of one acre size, for each poor family,where they have planted mango and cashew withthe support from NABARD and ST & SCDevelopment Department of Government ofOdisha. An UVS is formed by the farmers whotake up horticulture plantation in a contiguouspatch of land. Till now 510 nos. of wadis havebeen developed in those 33 villages comprising510 poor farmers. For constant nurturing ofthese plants, the UVSs are being strengthened.Regular meetings, trainings, exposures and fielddemonstrations were conducted with a focus tosensitize farmer to properly manage theorchards. The farmers are now showing greatersense of solidarity among themselves and theirinterest in the wadi development programmeshas increased.

The first phase plantation of 79 wadis are now 3years old and some wadis of this batch havestarted bearing fruits this year. Getting fruits inthe plants after a long period of three years,has motivated not only the concerned farmers

BISSAMCUTTACK (RAYAGADA)

HIGHLIGHTS

Team at Bissamcuttack emphasized on capacity building and strengthening of the UVS(Udyan Vikas Samitees) promoted under wadi development programme.

Focus has also been on proper maintenance of mango and cashew orchards developed in510 acres with 510 families.

Additional 140 acres of land have been brought under irrigation by implementing sixnew diversion based irrigation (DBI) schemes.

Paddy under SRI method and vegetable cultivation have been scaled up to augment foodsufficiency and provide cash income to the farmers.

but also the fellow farmers around to nurturetheir wadis in better ways than before. This hasalso set good ground to extend the wadiplantation to another 300 acres in the next kharifseason.

Diversion Based Irrigation:

Creation of Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) hasbeen another major activity that theBissamcuttack team has taken up this year. DBIis the process of diverting a stream water froma higher elevation to the crop lands of farmersat lower level through a system of underground

Wadi orhard in Sunkupadi village

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PVC pipes and utilizing water for plantation,vegetables or field crops and domestic purposesthrough a proper water distribution system.

During 2010-11, Harsha Trust has completed 6DBIs in Bissamcuttack block in addition to the 9already created in the previous years. These 6DBIs would create irrigation potential in 140 acresof land.

These DBIs are a good source of water for thehousehold use of villagers besides being used forirrigation purpose. Farmers have started growingvegetables where they never did it and gettingadditional income for their families.

DBI at Lakhabhata

Village GP Nos. of Acres in Acres inbeneficiaries Kharif Rabi

Tado Raskola 28 35 15

Upar Ghusuri Raskola 22 20 8

Papikhal Sahada 16 40 20

Sahada Sahada 10 15 6(Nilagiri Sahi)

Ankulpadar Hazaridang 20 15 8

Hazaridang Hazaridang 23 15 10

Total 119 140 67

System for Rice Intensification:

Scaling up System for Rice Intensification (SRI)in rainfed areas has been a challenge for theteam members. With erratic monsoon, thetimely interventions planned under SRI, many atimes went off–track. However, withconsiderable efforts, from an initial small 20cents area under SRI, it has been expanded to38 acres of land in kharif 2010. The farmerswho practised SRI did get more than 1.5 timesthe yield they were getting under traditionalpractice.

So the focus of the team has now shifted toscaling up SRI in irrigated lands and thus the

CASE STUDY

Mr Karna Kulisika is one of the farmers of Lakhavatta village which is 15kmsaway from Harsha Trust office at Bissamcuttack. This village belongs toDukum Grampanchayat. There is no good road to this village. The inhabitantof this village belongs to Kandha tribe.

Karna Kulisika is a good farmer in this village who always had intentions tocultivate different vegetables through out the year, but due to lack of waterin this village he was not able to do this. Through a Diversion Based Irrigationsystem, the villagers brought water near to their village from a distance of1.2 kms with the support from Harsha Trust in the year 2009. Karna wasvery happy to see water coming up to his field. He immediately made bundsin his half an acre of land and converted it to a paddy land. Earlier he waseither growing Ragi in this land or letting it lie fallow. So his income fromthis land was meager. This year he was able to cultivate paddy and got a good crop. He says this year he will be ableto feed rice to his entire family of 5 members throughout the year from his own production. Karna also took a pieceof land (20 cents) on lease and started cultivating cabbage and tomato taking advantage of the water supplied fromDBI. He got an amount of Rs. 8,000 from selling this crop besides his household consumption and distributing as giftto his relatives and friends. He is proud to grow cabbage first time in his village. From the returns, he also boughta new bicycle to carry vegetables to the market.

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additional acres brought under irrigation throughDiversion Based Irrigation system would betargeted for this intervention. It would also pilota strategy that can show a path for scaling upSRI in rainfed conditions.

Self Help Group:

There are 86 SHGs in Bissamcuttack blockcomprising of 1107 members. All the SHGs haveopened their bank account in the near by banksand 56 SHGs have availed loan from these banks.Regular grading of the SHGs are being taken upand it is observed that 77 SHGs have either “Aor B” grade and 9 are in “C” grade. A detailedplan of action has been prepared to furtherstrengthen the SHGs and form their federation

CASE STUDY“ Sanyasi, an example to others”

Mr.Sanyasi Ulaka, 45 year old, native of Damkupa village under Jhigidi G.P. ofBissamcuttack block, is a proud owner of one-acre wadi. Earlier to mango and cashewplantation in his wadi plot, he was traditionally cultivating either ragi or niger and wasearning hardly Rs.1,000 per year. With motivation from Harsha Trust, he planted 35 nos.of cashew and 25 nos. of mango plants in this plot in the year 2008. Six other farmers ofhis village also planted mango and cashew along with him. Under his leadership, theyorganized a meeting in the village and formed Jay Veer Hanuman Udyan Vikas Samiteehaving seven similar farmers. He was selected as the President of the Samitee.

He got all technical and other support from Harsha Trust and got an exposure to otherwadi projects at Keonjhar. Since then, he has put all his efforts to strengthen the UVS.He wanted to make his plot a perfect model for him and for others and took utmost careof the plants.

Sanyasi was very happy to see fruits in the mango plants this year. He could not help keeping some of the fruits onplants in spite of advices to not to keep them because it might hamper plant health. He harvested around 20 kg ofmangoes and said that he had never thought mango of his own plants would be so sweet. Also he sold cashew seedsand got two hundred rupees.

This year Sanyasi has grown chilli, beans and brinjal in the interspaces of mango and cashew plants. He proudly saysthat he is getting Rs.5,000 per year through the inter cropping of vegetables. Presently, turmeric and maize is stillstanding in his plot and he is very hopeful of getting a good return. He also plans to instal a rope & washer pump inhis ring well for lifting water for irrigating vegetable crops. Now, he is a role model for other farmers in this areaand he also encourages them to create such type of wadis for livelihood sustainability. Now he and his wife havestarted believing that a small orchard of mango and cashew can provide a better future for his six member smallfamily. He also thanks Harsha Trust for fulfilling his dreams.

at panchayat and block level. Livelihood activitieslike irrigated agriculture, horticulture plantationunder wadi and poultry interventions are beingintegrated with these SHG members to takethem out of poverty. In the coming year, we willaddress this issue systematically.

The SHG status as on March 2011

Total Number of SHGs 86

Total members 1107

Total savings (Rs. lakhs) 16.23

Credit from Bank (Rs. lakhs) 31.39

Grant received (Rs. lakhs) 2.00

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GOLAMUNDA (KALAHANDI)

HIGHLIGHTS

Wadi development programme with 215 beneficiaries having 0.5 acres of upland.

Inter cropping of vegetables and ground nut in the orchard of wadi.

Successful utilization of uplands during kharif by hybrid maize in 40 acres of uplandinvolving 86 farmers.

Increase in paddy productivity up to two folds of normal traditional practices throughseed replacement, transplanting and SRI with 205 farmers, covering 167 acres of land.

Additional 35 landless poor tribal joined in poultry cooperative.

Formation and capacity building of 15 UVS in wadi villages.

SHG status as on March 2011

Number of SHGs 93

Total Number of Members 1116

Villages Covered 14

Total Savings (Rs. lakhs) 12.67

No. of SHGs Linked with Banks 84

Bank Credit (Rs. lakhs) 42.46

Orchard Development - A small orchard forthe poor tribal

Harsha Trust has planned to strengthen the treebased economy of the tribal through orcharddevelopment in their land. Efforts are on to cover300 families under this programme by March 2011.Tribal farmers having land holding up to 5 acresare being selected under Orchard DevelopmentProgramme. Every farmer is encouraged to plant32 grafted mango sapling in just 0.5 acres of landand the same farmer is also encouraged to go forSRI and vegetable cultivation. In this year 107.5acres of land belonging to 215 families have beencovered under this programme. Agriculturalenterpreneurs are being developed to build thecapacity of farmers to productively utilize theirhomestead land and uplands.

SHGSelf-help group movement has gainedconsiderable momentum over the last few yearsas a result of involvement of people andinstitutions from different areas. Added to this,the work and attitudes of the poor people hasregistered significant change due to increasedaccessibility to financial and other institutions.There are areas where people are badlyneglected, impoverished and exploited. One ofthe most important interventions being carriedout by Harsha Trust is to intervene in agriculturalbased livelihood through self help groups andto strengthen the women self help groupsthrough the projects in drought affectedGolamunda block of Kalahandi district.

The main focus has been in nurturing andbuilding the capacities of the existing SHGs aswell as forming new ones. Capacity buildingthrough orientation programme, trainings andexposure visits has been given primeimportance. Many of these groups haveestablished linkages with mainstreaminstitutions like Block, Banks, PRIs, healthdepartment and have been able to leveragevarious benefits under different schemes likeSGSY and Janani Surakhya Yojana.

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productivity, the farmers of Kalahandi districtare not much aware of SRI. Harsha trust wasthe first organisation to introduce SRI inGolamunda block. For the first time we pilotedthe idea of SRI with farmers having ring wells inthe medium and low land. The output-inputequation of paddy cultivation suddenly changedby adapting SRI technology. On field data on SRIreveals that under normal Package of Practice,the yield has gone up to 18 qtl/acre as comparedto last year’s yield by traditional practice of just7 qtl/acre from the same field.

Vegetable cultivation by dug well:

Growing vegetables near the dug well or a ringwell is a common practice and among thevegetables, onion takes the major share in ourproject area.

Farmers of this locality are well equipped foronion cultivation and after the intervention ofHarsha Trust, the area as well as the productivityhas increased substantially during the last fouryears.This year, due to creation of waterharvesting structures like ring well and farmponds, the area as well as families undervegetable cultivation has increased.In the vicinityof every ring well, farmers are growingvegetables like tomato, brinjal and chilli alongwith onion.

Agriculture:

Strengthening kharif paddy:

Irrespective of the project location, Harsha’starget groups belong mostly to the tribal andunderprivileged section of the society who usedto adopt the traditional practices for paddycultivation. The yield of paddy (6-7 qtl /acre) ismuch below the average yield (10-12 qtl/acre) inKalahandi district. The efficiency ratio (outputvs input) was also very low due to high input costand low productivity. Earlier we have also triedto intervene in this aspect by motivating thefarmers to use certified seeds instead of usingtheir previous year’s stock grain. But this timewe have intensively tried to intervene in astrategic manner to increase the productivity ofkharif paddy. We motivated the farmers to adoptfew things l ike seed replacement andtransplanting which had a greater impact onyield. The timely supply of inputs at the doorstep of the farmers by our service providers hasalso helped the farmers to follow the properPackage of Practice (PoP) during kharif.

System of Rice Intensification:

When the concept of System of RiceIntensification (SRI) is globally acknowledged tobe the most effective way to increase the paddy

CASE STUDY

Padampur is one of the selected villages of wadi project implemented by Harsha Trust. This is the second year we areimplementing this project in Golamunda block. We have formed 22 UVS, having 300 wadi farmers. Among them Padampurvillage has successfully implemented this project during the first year.

Kanaka Sabar is an inhabitant of village Padampur, she belongs to the sabar tribalcommunity. Her family consists of 5 members, her husband, two daughters and one son.Her main livelihood is focused on agriculture. When this wadi plantation programme wasintroduced in that village, she was the first woman who came forward and took interestin joining this forum. She also tried to motivate other villagers to adopt the similarconcept. She had only 2.5 acres of land out of which 1.5 acre was upland and she decidedto plant 32 mango grafts in her 0.5 acre of upland.

In the wadi patch she cultivated tomato, chilli, brinjal, ladies finger as intercrop. Lastyear, by intercroping she sold brinjal worth of Rs. 18,000. Now, she has become the idealfarmer among the UVS members. She also imparts training to other UVS members aboutmango plantation and the benefits of intercropping.

In her wadi patch the average height of the plant is 4 feet within a year and all the plants are healthy and disease free.She monitors her wadi regularly. Her whole efforts have paid her back and she is very happy and confident now.

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JEYPORE (KORAPUT)

HIGHLIGHTS

Harsha trust has strengthened the development intervention in the periphery of SEWApaper mill at Jeypore block; focus was also given on livelihood, women health andempowerment activities.

Poultry intervention is being scaled up with financial support from DRDA.

The team is now working in 219 villages (CSR and farm-forestry) of the Jeypore andKundra block and has added 320 new families through its different interventions, reachingto a total of 3,395 families.

SHG

Harsha Trust identifies SHG as a platform forinitiating any activities in the villages as wellas in the hamlets.Till date 118 SHGs have beenformed with 1,437 members. Once in a month,SHGs’ representatives meet and discuss varioussocio-economic and SHG related problems andfind ways to solve it. Linkages from bank aswell as through Government sponsored schemesfrom Integrated Tribal Development Agency(ITDA)and Natioanal Horticulture Mission(NHM) encouraged SHGs to take up differentregular income generating livelihood options.SHG leaders are being nurtured to generateawareness about the health services availableand ensure quality services in their respectivevillages. For social development and integrity,SHGs are also involved in Public DistributionSystem (PDS), mid-day meal and construction

of village roads. Their involvement in suchactivities ensures transparency and quality ofthe SHGs.

Self Help Group status as on March 2011

Particulars Total

No. of SHGs 118

No. of villages 54

No. of families 1,437

No. of clusters 8

Bank linkages (No. of SHGs) 113

Total savings (Rs. lakhs) 27.38

Bank loan (Rs. lakhs) 133.82

SGSY loan (Rs. lakhs) 72.12

ITDA loan (Rs. lakhs) 14.37

SGSY Infrastructure Grant forBroiler Poultry (Rs. lakhs) 16.80

SGSY Infrastructure Grant forLayer Poultry (Rs. lakhs) 10.00

HEALTH

Harsha Trust mainly focused on preventive andon curative aspects. Adolescent girls and mothersare the target group .There are healthsupervisors, who are girls from the respectivearea who constantly monitor the CommunityHealth Facilitators (CHF), whereas the overallSHG cluster level meeting

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Maize Godown: One maize godown of 200 toncapacity has been established in Jeypore withthe support from DRDA. This godown helpscooperative to stock maize and thereby reducingthe cost of production throughout the year.

Broiler Stock Point: One broiler stock pointhas been established in Jeypore town and birdsare sold to small retailers instead of wholesalers.This activity gives farmers Rs 2-3 /kg more thanthe whole-sale rate.

Poultry hatchery: One poultry hatchery of 1lakh capacity has been established in BissamCuttack under the support from Tata SocialWelfare Trust (TSWT).

responsibility of the health activities in eachvillage has been taken up by the SHG members.

Achievement during 2010-11

Particulars No.

Villages reached 54

Community Health Facilitator 36

Balika Mandals 105

Health Supervisors 5

Animal Husbandry

Broiler farming, a viable enterprise for the landless, is in its exponential growth phase. Aftersuccessful demonstrations of three units, theprogramme got a filip with the support fromthe Government under its SGSY programme.134 families have been covered under thisprogram and 50 farms are under construction.Each household rears 300 to 350 birds in onebatch of 35-40 days duration.

Road traveled so far

Harsha trust, under off-farm activities,developed broiler poultry farming with landlessfamilies since 2006. In 2006, three familiesstarted this activity in Phampuni villages ofJeypore block of Koraput district.Now, themembers of Women SHGs are selected for thisactivity and they formed a cooperative and haveregistered it under "The Odisha Self HelpCooperative Act 2001". The Board has appointeda CEO and other staff for management of dayto day activities of the cooperative.

Linkages made so far

In an effort to make this activity sustainable manylinkages has been established at cooperative level.

Feed mill: One poultry feed mill has beenestablished, in Jeypore. Cooperatives procuremaize and purchase broiler concentrate and mixthem to make poultry feed. Own Feed millreduces the cost of production and encouragesincreased maize cultivation in the surroundingareas.

The hatchery is run by Swarnajyoti Women PoultryCooperative Federation Ltd. Chicks are sold tofarmers at Rs. 2 less than the market price.Hatchable eggs are purchased fromVishakhapatnam and Berhampur and after 21 daysof incubation, chicks are distributed to differentcooperatives by the Federation.

Improved agriculture.

An agriculture cooperative "Patneswari Agri. Co-operative Pvt. Ltd" has been formed and isregistered under Self Help Co-operative Act 2001.The co-operative provides all the necessaryinputs to the farmers to intensify the activityand to reach a large number of families. Thecooperative has purchased pump sets which are

Grading and packing of Day-old chicks in the hatchery

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rented to the farmers for irrigating the crops.This year around 604 acres of maize cultivationwas taken up with 298 farmers. The maizefarmers sold maize grains at the feed mill ofpoultry cooperatives and also to local agents.Average productivity of maize has been around16 quintals per acre and farmers received a netincome of Rs. 8,000 per acre.

Farm forestry.

Harsha Trust is working with Bilt Tree TechLimited (BTTL) in the project namely BTTL-CSRSynergy Project for promotion of integratedpulpwood plantation in the degraded andunutilized land belonging to individual farmers

by giving loan through Patneswari AgriCooperative Ltd. The pulpwood can easily be soldto SEWA paper mill where a large unmet demandexists, as 95% of their raw material is beingprocured from outside the 50 km radius of themill. This provides a win-win situation, with aconfluence between the industry interest andbenefit to the small and marginal farmers. Thisyear 500 acres of plantation was taken up with307 families. The members of the PatneswariAgri Cooperative Ltd. other than plantingeucalyptus, take loan to grow crops like maize,ragi and other vegetables in order to have regularincome from improved agriculture.

CASE STUDIES

''Poultry farming changed our life " ... Dhanpati & Sukanti

Dhanpati Bisoy, a village youth lives in Ghatbagra village of Jeypore block with his wife and 3 children. Dhanpati

has 10 cents of homestead land and he could hardly meet his family expenses. In 2006, he was appointed as a service

provider by Jeypore Gramya Mahila Poultry Producers' Cooperative to look after 9 poultry farms of Ghatbagra. After

working as a poultry supervisor, he was able to earn a decent income which enhaced his confidence. He then decided

to have a poultry farm of his own where his wife worked as a poultry farmer while he continued as a poultry

supervisor. For this, he took a loan of Rs 45,000 under SGSY rural youth development programme. Dhanpati worked

hard and learnt about scientific poultry management and developed his skill in spite of his low level of education.

Today, his annual family income has risen from a mere Rs.5,000 to Rs.35,000 in a span of five years. They have

returned a loan of Rs.29,000 in five years. Now, Dhanpati is supervising 24 families and earns about Rs.25, 000 per

year. His wife Sukanti is also earning Rs.10,000 per year from poultry farming. After getting additional income they

have started saving and till date they have saved about Rs.2,000 in bank, Rs.2,200 in SHG and Rs.5,000 in microfinance.

They have purchased a colour TV and a cycle and have got electricity connection. Now they lead their life in a

different way and have started thinking for family planning and their children’s education.

Dhanmani of Palliguda in her maize field

Damo Harijan receives the cheque by selling pulpwood

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JAYKAYPUR (RAYAGADA)

HIGHLIGHTS

30 SHGs formed with 350 women in 12villages

Introduction of commercial broiler farming with 8 landless farmers in a cluster.

Maize cultivation in 18 acres with 30 farmers of 6 villages.

SRI in 15 acres with 12 farmers of 2 villages.

Kitchen garden promotion with 30 families.

Micro- enterprise activities like hill broom preparation with 2 SHGs, phenyl preparationwith one SHG and value addition to tamarind by preparation of deseeded cake with 15members of one SHG

29 Balika Mandals formed involving 348 adolescent girls of 12 villages.

project which began in August 2008, has beenenvisaged in collaboration with the JK paper millto improve the quality of life of many livingaround the paper mill. The families are mainlylandless and earn their livelihood from wagelabour. 30 SHGs have already been formed and23 are linked with various banks like IndianOverseas Bank, State Bank of India and UtkalGramya Bank.

Community Development Projects in villagesaround JK Paper Mill, Rayagada has been initiatedsince August 2008, under the CSR project ofJ.K.Paper. The project area includes twelvevillages of seven GPs and two blocks. Around 70%of families are landless and marginal farmersand amongst them majority are wage earners.

Harsha Trust initiated the communitydevelopment work around the villages of JK papermill by forming women self help groups. The new

Particulars Total

Number of SHGs 30

Number of members 350

Number of villages 12

Total savings (Rs. lakhs) 1.8

SHG availing bank loan (Nos.) 23

Amount of bank loan (in lakhs) 9.1

SHG status as on March 2011

SHG leadership development training

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Harsha Trust understood that community healthwas one area that needed immediate attention.Hence, through health camps, awareness wascreated about the causes, symptoms and remedialmeasures for malaria, diarrhoea, tuberculosisand skin diseases. Proper information was passedon to the communities about different healthservices and facilities that are available at thevillage, panchayat and the block level. Varioussanitation activities like cleaning of village roads,

drains, tube well and the surroundings werecarried out by all the members of Self Help Groupsalong with the Balika Mandals. School health andsanitation camp were organized to educate andaware the school children about personal health,hygiene and sanitation. Community HealthFacilitators (CHFs) visit every household at aregular interval and interact with the familymembers regarding their health problems andsuggest them on different remedial measures.Various workshops have been conducted for thehealth workers where the interaction has beenwith district level officers like CDMO, medicalofficers and training activities have beenundertaken for the SHG members and BalikaMandal members on leadership, maintaining thebooks of accounts and group building etc.Community health facilitators are trained on theconcept of health, various health problems andtheir causes, child care, importance ofimmunization etc. There have been exposurevisits for the SHG members as well as for theprofessionals for better functioning of thegroups.Kantama Pedenti taking care of her vegetables field

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NABARANGPUR (NABARANGPUR)

HIGHLIGHTS

12 SHG formed with 132 women in 6 villages of 2 panchayats

Commercial broiler poultry farming with 6 landless families in one village.

Village level training programmes were conductedfor SHG members on vision building, livelihoodplanning, sustainable development, leadership,loan appraisal and bank linkages. Exposure visitswere organised for SHG members for betterperformance of SHGs, live demonstration ofactivities and exchange of ideas and thoughtsamong the members.

Moreover, livelihood intervention through naturalresources based management and broiler poultryfarming is in process involving these SHGsmembers.

Harsha Trust started its initial intervention inNabarangpur block this year with an objectiveto enhance the livelihood of the poor. As it wasthe initial year of our intervention in this district,emphasis has been given in forming and capacitybuilding of community based organizations likeSHGs. SHG as a platform for socio-economicchange has been promoted. These SHGs havemultiple functions comprising savings and credit,increasing the earnings of their members throughdifferent livelihoods and income generatingactivities, capacity building and empowermentof members.

SHG status as on March 2011

Particulars Total

No. of SHGs 12

No. of members 132

No. of villages 12

Total savings (Rs. lakhs) 1.39

Credit generated (Rs. lakhs) 3.07

Interest earned (Rs. lakhs) 0.21

No. of SHG availing bank loan 5

Bank loan (Rs. lakhs) 2.15

Domani Bhatra rearing broilers

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After the successful completion of four yearsproject supported by Lutheran World Relief (LWR)Harsha Trust was able to mobilize anotherinternational donor Canadian Hi -commission forone year short term project in this area. Themain aim of that project was to enhance thelivelihoods of the poor Saura and Kandhacommunities of Surada block through naturalresource management and also by the capacitybuilding of the community. During the processof implementation of the project, Harsha Trusthas demonstrated some land and water basedmodels to promote improved agriculturalpractices in 23 villages of 8 Gram Panchayats.The focus was mainly on the formation ofcommunity based organizations l ike LandDevelopment and Water ManagementCommittees (LDWMC) and strengthening of thealready existing women SHGs. Besides this, thecapacities of the farmers have been improvedfor the successful implementation of theagricultural activities.

SURADA (GANJAM)

HIGHLIGHTS

One gravity flow irrigation in Gajalkumpa village to provide irrigation to 20 acres ofland. 40 families are benefited through this scheme.

Two lift irrigations schemes have been installed in 2 villages to irrigate 20 acres of landof 25 families.

40 vermin compost tanks are promoted in 6 villages.

Successful demonstration of hybrid maize in 25 acres, improved vegetable cultivation in40 acres, SRI paddy in 3 acres and improved paddy in 10 acres and millets in 5 acres ofland.

Micro-enterprise activity like fishery and vegetable vending by the SHG members of 3SHGs in 3 villages.

Self Help Group status as on March 2011

Particulars Total

No. of SHGs 20

No. of members 301

No. of villages 20

Total savings (Rs. lakhs) 4.21

Credit generated (Rs. lakhs) 9.48

Interest earned (Rs. lakhs) 1.52

20 training programmes were conducted forcapacity building of the SHG members on micro-credit management and business planning skills.Exposure visits were organized for SHG membersand leaders to the better performing SHGs of ourown project villages and SHGs of PRADAN,Baliguda. Focus was also on facil itatingestablishment of proper systems for functioningof groups.

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Diversion Based Irrigation:

The gravity flow irrigation scheme in Gajalkumpavillage irrigates up to 20 acres of land of 30families during kharif and 15 acres of land duringrabi at almost no cost. It also reduces thedrudgery of women by providing water to thevillage side which is used for bath and household use. The total earthwork components ofthis project includes trench digging for 2 kmspipe line of 2-3 ft depth and 1 ft width in thehilly terrain. Contribution from the communitycame in the form of labour for laying of pipesand trench filling. A total of 633 men-days havebeen contributed by the community forimplementation of this scheme.

Lift Irrigation:

In order to tap the existing water sources likeperennial rivers and nalas for irrigating farmer'sfields, 2 lift irrigation infrastructures are createdin the project area with active participation ofthe community. These villages are non-electrifiedvillages and diesel pump sets of 2 HP capacityhave been provided to the community to irrigatetheir land to facilitate lifesaving irrigation tothe crops.

Agriculture:

Introduction of hybrid maize cultivation in theuplands of the poor tribal farmers has proven tobe a profitable crop since last few years. Thistime we have also encouraged more farmers forthe same by providing quality seeds andferti l izers. Farmers are well trained andmonitored to ensure profit from this crop. Duringkharif season, 37 tribal farmers of 7 villageshave grown hybrid maize in 23.5 acres of land.

Apart from this, tribal are more inclined towardsminor millets like ragi than paddy in their uplands.So we have also promoted high yielding ragi ofBhairabi variety. 4 farmers in 3 villages have gone

for transplanting (instead of broadcasting as ageneral practice) of this millet in 2.5 acres ofland. However, late and erratic monsoon hasdeprived 5 acres of land of 8 farmers from thecultivation of ragi.

SRI

Rice is the staple food of this locality and paddyproduction could barely meet the requirement ofrice for six to eight months in a year. Hence,food sufficiency being an issue, we aimed toachieve sufficient food grain production fromthe available land through different interventions.This year, we have demonstrated SRI in seven

villages with 16 farmers covering 9.5 acres ofland, out of which 12 small and marginal tribalfarmers have adopted this technology of paddyproduction in 4 villages covering 7 acres of land.

During rabi, we promoted 4 acres of SRI with 7farmers in 3 villages. Moreover, farmers availingirrigation, cultivated SRI paddy in more than 10acres of land in the rabi season. The yield hasgone up to 1.5 to 2 folds as compared totraditional paddy cultivation. The average yieldwas 16 qtl/acre by SRI where as the normal yieldwas 9 qtl/acre by traditional practices.

Jikorio in his SRI field

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Governing Body

Mr. K. Viswanadam,Chairman

A retired IAS officer who served the Governmentof Odisha and has worked relentlessly for theupliftment of the vulnerable during his illustriouscareer spanning over 30 years. Post hisretirement, since last 23 years he has beenassociated actively in various developmentorganizations, social institutions, charitablehospitals in various capacities.

Mr. Manas Satpathy, Managing Trustee

An M.Tech. in Water Resources from IITKharagpur. Presently a Programme Director inPRADAN (A national level NGO) looking after theirlivelihoods programme in Eastern India.

Mr. Bismaya Mahpatra, Trustee

An MBA from Xavier Institute of Management,Bhubaneswar. Has worked in grassrootsdevelopment and industry for nearly 23 years withHarsha Trust, PRADAN and Tata ConsultancyServices and Renaissance.

Prof. Mrs. Latha Ravindran, Member

A PhD in Economics and has over 27 years ofexperience in Academics. Presently a faculty atthe Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.She has worked extensively on various World Bankand other International funded assignments ondisplacement, rehabilitation, and livelihoods.

Prof. Haribandhu Panda, Member

Prof. Panda is and Engineer and MBA. Has had wideexperience of working with leading PSUs in Indiasuch as HAL, SAIL and NTPC and also had workingstints abroad in Thailand and France. Hisdistinguished academic stints include teaching atIRMA for six years, and in ALT; he was also theDean at KSRM (KIIT School Of Rural Management)and now the first Director of HDF School ofManagement, Bhubaneswar. Prof Panda has awide experience of research and consultingprojects for AMUL, NDDB, SRTT, Gol-MoRD, IDBIetc.

GOVERNANCE

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Nayak, Executive Director

An MBA from IRMA and a Civil Engineer with over14 years of grassroots development experiencewith PRADAN and Harsha Trust.

Our Partners

Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT)

of Thapar group in its Corporate SocialResponsibility (CSR) project, supports for thedevelopment of poor tribal communities in thepaper mill’s periphery.

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) & Allied Trust

is our partner in working for the disadvantagedtribal in Odisha; in promoting small communitymanaged irrigation, sustainable agriculture andrain water harvesting.

Indian Grameen Services (IGS)

has supported for natural resource managementbased livelhood intervention in Kundra, Koraput.

JK Paper

under its CSR initiatives is committed towardscommunity development in its periphery.

Canadian Hi-Commission

has supported under their CFLI programme.

The District Administrations of Koraput,Rayagada, Kalahandi, and Ganjam

have encouraged GO-NGO collaboration projects.

NABARD and other Banks

have extended linkages to the SHGs and NABARDthrough its wadi programme supports tribal inagro-horticulture livelihoods.

Gol, Ministry of Tribal Welfare

has supported in promotion of plantation inuplands of tribal.

We gratefully acknowledge their support

for addressing poverty in Odisha.

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AUDITOR’S REPORT

FORM NO. 10B

[See rule 17B]

Audit report under section 12A(b) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, in the case ofcharitable or religious trusts or institutions -

We have examined the Balance Sheet of M/s HARSHA TRUST, 217/B, Bayababa Matha Lane, Unit-9 Flat,Bhubaneswar-751022 as at 31st March 2011 and the Income & Expenditure Account for the year ended on that datewhich are in agreement with the books of account maintained by the said trust or institution.

We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessaryfor the purposes of the audit. In our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the head office and thebranches of the above named trust visited by us so far as appears from our examination of the books and properreturns adequate for the purposes of audit have been received from branches not visited by us, subject to the commentsgiven below :

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to information given to us and subject to notesand accounts as per “Schedule N”, the said accounts give a true and fair view—

(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the above named trust as at 31st March2011, and

(ii) in the case of the income and expenditure account, of the excess of income over expenditure of itsaccounting year ending on 31st March 2011.

The prescribed particulars are annexed hereto.

For SPP ASSOCIATESPlace : BHUBANESWAR Chartered AccountantsDate :.27/08/2011

CA. B.P Mohapatra,FCAPartner

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HARSHA TRUST217-B, Bayababa Matha Lane

Unit - IX Flat, Bhubaneswr- 751 022

BALANCE SHEETas at 31st March 2011

For SPP Associates For H A R S H A T R U S TCHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

CA. B P Mohapatra, FCA K Viswanadham Manas SatapathyPartner Chairman Managing Trustee

Place : BhubaneswarDated : 27.08.2011

Bismaya Mahapatra Jitendra NayakTrustee Executive Director

As at As at PARTICULARS 31.3.2011 31.3.2010

Sh. Amount(Rs.) Amount(Rs.) Amount(Rs.) Amount(Rs.)

SOURCES OF FUNDS :

CAPITAL FUND ACCOUNT " A " 12,018,150.96 5,045,662.63 REVOLVING FUND " B " 4,931,939.00 4,925,389.00 RESTRICTED FUND : " C " 8,065,552.10 7,183,721.35

TOTAL 25,015,642.06 17,154,772.98

APPLICATION OF FUNDS : FIXED ASSETS " D" Gross Block 11,831,974.66 4,552,167.66 Less: Depreciation 2,100,908.76 9,731,065.90 1,001,527.92 Net Block 3,550,639.74

INVESTMENTS " E " 95,000.00 95,000.00

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES : CURRENT ASSETS : Cash and Bank Balances " F " 8,712,119.66 6,827,570.74 Loans & Advances " G " 6,666,130.00 6,623,751.50 Sundry Debtors " H " 1,267,249.00 1,451,532.00

16,645,498.66 14,902,854.24 LESS : CURRENT LIABILITIES " I " & PROVISIONS : 1,455,922.50 1,393,721.00 NET CURRENT ASSETS 15,189,576.16 13,509,133.24

TOTAL 25,015,642.06 17,154,772.98

Accounting Policies andNotes on Accounts "N"

Note: Schedules A to M and N referred to above form an integral part of the Balance Sheet.

As per our report of even date

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HARSHA TRUST217-B, Bayababa Matha Lane

Unit - IX Flat, Bhubaneswr- 751 022

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTfor the year ended on 31st March 2011

For the Year Ending

PARTICULARS Schedules 31.03.2011 31.03.2010

INCOME :

CONTRIBUTION & GRANT RECEIVED " J " 31,414,741.75 21,732,401.25

OTHER RECEIPTS " K " 784,544.00 360,647.00

TOTAL 32,199,285.75 22,093,048.25EXPENDITURE :

PROJECT EXECUTION EXPENDITURE " L " 31,486,346.75 21,732,401.25

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE " M " 267,104.18 1,005,877.30TOTAL EXPENDITURE 31,753,450.93 22,738,278.55

EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE 445,834.82 (645,230.30)

TOTAL 32,199,285.75 22,093,048.25

AMOUNT TRANSFERRED TO B/S 445,834.82 ( 645,230.30)

Accounting Policies andNotes on Accounts " N "

Note:- Schedules A to M and N referred to above form an integral part of the Balance Sheet

As per our report of even date

For SPP Associates For H A R S H A T R U S TCHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

CA. B P Mohapatra, FCA K Viswanadham Manas SatapathyPartner Chairman Managing Trustee

Place : BhubaneswarDated : 27.08.2011

Bismaya Mahapatra Jitendra NayakTrustee Executive Director

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HARSHA TRUST217-B, Bayababa Matha Lane, Unit - IX Flat, Bhubaneswar- 751 022

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTFOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2011

For SPP Associates For H A R S H A T R U S TCHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

CA. B P Mohapatra, FCA K Viswanadham Manas SatapathyPartner Chairman Managing Trustee

Place : BhubaneswarDated : 27.08.2011

Bismaya Mahapatra Jitendra NayakTrustee Executive Director

Accounting Policies andNotes on Accounts " N "

Note:- Schedules A to M and N referred to above form an integral part of the Balance Sheet

As per our report of even date

PARTICULARS Schedules Amount (Rs)

RECEIPTS :

OPENING BALANCE 1 6,827,570.74

RECEIVED FROM DONORS 2 32,908,872.00

LOANS & ADVANCES RECOVERED 3 1,859,569.50

MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS 4 182,846.00

TOTAL 41,778,858.24

PAYMENTS :

PROJECT EXECUTION EXPENDITURE 5 29,806,365.75

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE 6 158,521.83

PURCHASE OF FIXED ASSET 7 136,094.00

DEPOSIT ASSET 8 24,500.00

LOANS & ADVANCES PAID 9 2,941,257.00

CLOSING BALANCE 10 8,712,119.66

TOTAL 41,778,858.24

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