My internship done with Samarthan Sehore

1. Company
LOGO
DOCC PROJECT PRESENTATION
Project 1: Analysis & Recommendations for WASH Project
Project 2: Analysis & Recommendations for SCF Project
May 27, 2013 to June 07, 2013
At Sehore, MP
MOHAMMED FARHAN KHAN
PGPM912 104

2. Agenda
1. About Samarthan
2. Projects Undertaken
3. Quick Facts
4. Issues and Findings
5. Action Plans
6. Methodology Adopted
7. Overall Experience

3. Samarthan
 Samarthan- Center for Development
Support is a non profit Civil Society
Organisation (CSO)
 Started in 1995 as a support organisation
for building capacities and establishing a
network for voluntary organisations
serving at the grassroots level in the state
of Madhya Pradesh (M.P.)
 Headquartered in Bhopal, M.P
 Dr. Yogesh Kumar, is the Executive
Director & Founder Member of
Samarthan
 Dr. D.C.Sah, Director-Research, is
one of the principal guiding forces of
the organisation
Samarthan has been focussing on:
 Strengthening governance by taking initiatives to enhance participation of Panchayati
Raj Institutions (PRIs) in governance processes
 By utilising the inferences generated by the field work done by the organisation as
evidence for advocating the cause of good governance

4. Projects
 PROJECT 1: Understanding WASH (Water
And Sanitary Hygiene) program and
suggesting recommendations for
improvement for the projects currently being
implemented at Sehore district.
 PROJECT 2: Understanding SCF (Save the
Children Foundation) program and
suggesting recommendations for
improvement for the projects currently being
implemented at Sehore district.
Works Involved:
 Conducting field surveys
 Understanding projects & their attributes such as field level issues, activities planned & their impact
 Understanding indicators through interactions with different stake holders
 Internal to the organizations like field staffs, project coordinators, program coordinators, regional
coordinator, executive director
 External stake holders like youth volunteers, villagers, officials like Janpad PO, Sarpanch,
Additional Collector etc., other NGO employees and students

5. QUICK FACTS..
Source: UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC)

6. QUICK FACTS..

7. However…
Huge O&M problem due to lack of community participation.
Panchayats are always cash deficient
Ground water level has reached very low levels
Minimal quality standards results in non functioning of pipes
etc before their determined lifetime.
Government’s apathy towards Samarthan as they feel
Samarthan is working against the government by informing
villagers about their rights, benefits of various government
schemes etc

8. However…
Panchayat don’t have enough authorities or sufficient
financing powers to execute some projects
Water and sanitation facilities construction still doesn’t come
in the main priorities at District level planning.
Active involvement of children and parents is lacking.
Consultant hired to formalize Water conservation plan lacks
expertise.
‘Asha karyakarta’ are not paid on time. Thus they frequently
hold strikes and protests against the government leading to
less work

9. ACTIONS PLANS
• Provide handholding support to the Panchayats where WASH
models have already been developed, to ensure sustainability in the
future.
1
• Building capacity of Panchayats aspiring to become Nirmal Gram
Panchayat (open defecation free)
2
• Training to villagers on Water conservation and water budgeting.
3
• Organize Training of the members of VHSC (Village Health and
Sanitation Committee) on their role in O&M of Piped Water Supply.
4
• Carrying out Water and Sanitation work by building convergence
with MGNREGS
5
• Organizing exposure visits in order to understand the NGP and
importance of WASH and the effective O&M in piped water supply
6
• Promotion of safe water, school sanitary block usage and personal
hygiene among school children
7
• Establishment of District Resource Centre to demonstrate models of
rural sanitation
8

10. ACTIONS PLANS
• Meeting with village women to know the development works
ongoing in the village for SCF project1
• Training on preparing Water safety plan under SCF project.
2
• Training to villagers on Water safety and water budgeting and
preparing volunteers from villagers to take up this job.3
• Active involvement of children and parents to be encouraged
under this scheme. Complete trust by children and parents to
be developed towards the initiatives taken by Samarthan
Sehore.
4
• Hiring a capable consultant to prepare a detailed water safety
plan for getting approval from PHE deptt.5

11. METHODOLOGY
ADOPTED
Organize Training of the
members of VHSC (Village
Health and Sanitation
Committee) on their role in
O&M of Piped Water Supply
Organize exposure visits in
order to understand the
NGP and importance of
WASH and the effective
O&M in piped water supply
Developed Plan to Plan and
Promoting Rain Water
Harvesting, Water
Recharging and Watershed
activities
Promotion of safe water,
school sanitary block usage
and personal hygiene
among school children.
Preparation of Proposal of
Water Safety plan and
water budget to the Gram
Sarpanch, who’ll approve
and forward it to the PHE
department for further
action.
Conduct interviews with
PRI, Govt. Officials, Civil
Society Organizations
members.
Discuss issues ongoing
with the Asha workers,
held meeting with village
women to know the
development works
ongoing in the village.

12. PROPOSAL TO
SAMARTHAN
Samarthan
Child Leaders
Programme
• Identify and
recruit talented
children
leaders, hence
create a cadet
of children
volunteers.
• This can help
build a platform
to make rural
children part of
the Samarthan
brand that can
reap huge
benefits in the
long run
Model village /
Youth leader
awards
• Incentivize the
whole process
of youth
support groups
yet maintaining
the idea of
volunteerism
• Give a model
village award
and ask them
to share their
best practices
with village
heads and PRI
members from
other places
Training on
effective
communication
& basic
computer skills
• With
Samarthan
looking at
working on
many more
complex
projects it is
mandatory that
the field staff is
trained on
effective
communication
and minimal
computer
usage skills
Training on
different
domains of
social work
• Field Staff
working in
Child welfare
can be trained
in social audit /
RTE to make
him / her
efficient in work
& understand
the bigger
picture
Periodic
training on
Managerial
decision
making
• Trainings must
be conducted
for field staffs &
coordinators
who have been
inducted, on
how to take
decisions under
uncertainty,
especially in
the context of
their work

13. OVERALL
EXPERIENCE
 In One Word – Fantabulous!
 This project became a reality only due to the consistent support of Samarthan’s entire
team at their Sehore Regional Centre
 The team provided me with all the support, guidance and motivation towards
achievement of the project’s objectives
 Interactions with the Panchayati Raj Institution members, Government Officials and
members of other Civil Society Organisations from Sehore provided crucial insights into
the process, implementation and impact of WASH and SCF in Sehore district.
 Highly indebt to the underprivileged masses of the villages from Sehore whose
experiences, insights, challenges & expectations from WASH and SCF form the bedrock of
this project.
 The overall experience taught me that there are several ground level works ongoing at
the rural heartland of India.
 Government both at Centre and State level are working rigorously for the benefit of the
poor.
 However, there are loopholes in the system that have been identified by the middlemen
who disallow the transfer of benefits to the real beneficiaries.
 I would like to stay in touch with Samarthan for a long time to come…

14. OVERALL
EXPERIENCE