1. Project Proposal,2007
for
Polio Eradication
Through Social Mobilization Support
in South 24 Parganas District
A UNICEF supported project
Implemented by
Indra Narayanpur Nazrul Smriti Sangha
Applicant & Legal Holder: Mr. Nazrul Islam
Secretary
Indranarayanpur Nazrul Smriti Sangha
P.O – Ramnagar abad
Dist – South 24 Parganas
Pin – 743349
West Bengal
Ph. No. 033 – 2410 -8980/9830185170
e-mail –nazrul.i@rediffmail.com
1

2. FROM THE DESK OF THE SECRETARY
We express our gratitude to UNICEF and IAG for lending us immense
technical and financial support towards working for mitigating maternal and
child mortality and morbidity by way of carrying out social mobilisation
activities in five Blocks of South 24 Parganas district.
We, in our turn, tried our best to achieve the same with utmost honesty and
efficiency. We are glad to report that percentage of booth day coverage has
been steadily rising in our operational area since the inception of our
intervention.
Hope, our united effort will surely bring about a great positive change to
present the posterity a Polio free world.
With thankful regards,
(Mr. Nazrul Islam)
General Secretary
2

3. Introduction
Children are the future of the nation. So it is our social and moral duty to protect
each child from all sorts of hazards. Health hazards are considered to be the
biggest problem of India today. Infrastructure lacuna and social inhibition /
factors are chief reasons for this. As a result, we see high rate of child mortality,
premature births, malnourished babies, and female foeticides and so on.
So, we have to secure a healthy environment for our next generation so that they
can bring a healthy - wealthy nation in the future. It can be done only through
routine immunization of the expecting mothers and the newborns to avoid health
problems.
With this idea, UNICEF and INSS came together and started Social
Mobilization for Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization programme in
September 2003. District Administration also cooperated towards this end and
the programme is about to reach a grand success in South 24 Parganas. But, the
time was not sufficient to make people aware and to mobilize everyone living in
the most interior areas. So we would like to present this proposal for your kind
consideration towards continuation / expansion of the present programme for a
period of one more year.
Statement of the problem and rationale of the
project
Problems
Context: Polio eradication is the result of a coordinated effort by all the
stakeholders on three fronts:
 Strengthened routine immunisation in which every child below two
years of age receive five doses of OPV
 Improving general sanitary conditions in the area whereby the virus
gets limited chances of spreading rapidly and
 Conducting Special Immunisation Activities in which all children in
the zero to five years age -group receive two drops of OPV.
Whereas the first two interventions require sustained activity and are dependant
on multifarious interventions including certain interventions in the income
generation sector, it is possible to implement the third intervention in a
campaign mode. Intensified Pulse Polio Immunisation is the only possible activity
which enables the community to keep the deadly wild polio virus at bay and if all
children in the target age group are vaccinated, it is possible to create a
protective wall of immunity which is capable of wiping out the wild virus
completely.
Most of the countries of the world have already been able to successfully
eradicate the wild polio-virus. However, endemic transmission in some of the
countries is posing a constant threat to the world-community and there are
3

4. chances that the deadly diseases may bounce back to areas where the virus was
thought to have been wiped out earlier.
As per latest available statistics 1212 children in the world have been affected by
the disease in 2006 (data from WHO as on 27th October, 2006). Six countries
across the globe remain polio endemic whereas 11 countries are suffering from
importation of the virus from the endemic countries. There are six countries
including Sudan, Indonesia where the virus has staged a comeback after several
years of hibernation. However, there is the ray of hope in the fact that eight
countries across the globe which reported polio cases in 2004 have remained
untouched till date during the current year.
In India, there were 134 incidents of polio cases in 2004. During the current year
the figures have reached 441 till date. In West Bengal, the scourge is still
persisting, though in a substantially reduced scale. In 2004, due to a multi-
pronged attack on the virus with the support from the civil society organisations
and other stakeholders, the threat could be restricted and the State recorded
only two cases of polio. During the current year, there is ono incidence of the
disease in the State so far.
In West Bengal, the most important issue in the entire polio eradication
campaign is to ensure community participation in the programme, which
ensures that the people voluntarily accept the antigen during different pulse
polio rounds. In view of certain misgivings amongst the community regarding the
efficacy of the vaccine, side effects of its administration and a host of other issues
some of which are the result of sheer rumour mongering. It could be found that
often the element of voluntarism is lacking. It is at this point the civil society
organisations could play a distinct role in cooperation with other partners in the
government and PRI sectors. Our tasks are to ensure that the parents report to
the IPPI posts on the booth day itself with their children and administer pulse
polio doses to them. It is further endeavoured that at the end of the activities in a
round of IPPI, no child is left without two drops of polio. Thus the foci are on:
• Increasing booth-day coverage and
• Reducing left out children.
Causes
Specific causes for low booth day turn-outs are many and it needs a multi
pronged attack from all government departments, Panchayati Raj Institutions,
supportive institutions and individuals and the civil society organisations to
change the scenario. The problem initially had two mutually reinforcing faces-
one in the supply side and the other in the demand side. The supply side which
is more the domain of the healthcare functionaries, had since been addressed to
a great extent with IPPI posts on every pulse polio round at every cluster having
around four hundred households/ two hundred and fifty children in the zero to
five years age group. On the demand side much is needed be done to ensure that
people are armed with appropriate information, that they are aware of the risks
averted to the child due to acceptance of pulse polio immunization and they seek
out services on time. This requires sustained activities in the community and
4

5. with the opinion leaders on the one hand and the families on the other. Adequate
awareness generation activities and persuasion with the caregivers ensures that
people seek services and return for more. This is required for repeat vaccination
of children during every round of IPPI irrespective of the previous immunisation
history of the child.
Overview of the project
Addressing the problems
The proposed project “Polio Eradication through Social Mobilisation Support in
South 24 Parganas district” proposes to address the problem of low routine
immunization coverage by employing a multi-pronged strategy. The most
important part is to reach out to each and every family having children between
zero to five year age group through inter-personal communication (IPC). We
propose to reach out to families and the mothers with a package of IEC, IPC,
social mobilization and community dialogue activities.
Incidentally it need be mentioned that this is not a newly introduced project and
INSS had been working with UNICEF for more than last two years on this issue
and the interventions in its working area in Pathar
pratima,Namkhana,Kakdwip,Sagar and Mathurapur - II blocks yielded
considerable results thereby enhancing pulse polio coverage and reducing the
ultimate figures pertaining to number of children left out at the end of the
activity. The following activity reports, diagrams and tables give clear indication
of success of INSS in this front. We strongly believe that with enhanced support
to the social mobilization network and further facilitation to the community, the
community can contribute to a great extent in eradicating the deadly virus from
the area.
5

6. Activities Undertaken under Various Interventions under PE.
(From January to September,06)
Sr. No. Activities
1 Inter Personal Communication
1.1 IPC with Family
1.2
IPC with difficult / Resistant Families
2
Community Dialogue
2.1 Para Level Meeting
2.2 SHG Group Orientation
3 Social Mobilization
3.1 Mobile Miking
3.2 GP level miking
sestization programs in schools
3.4 Meeting with GP Members
3.5 Block task force Meeting
3.6 GP level Linkage Meeting
3.7 Meeting with Imam / Moulana
4 Capacity Building
4.1 volunteer orientation
4.2 Social Mobiliser orientation
5 Monitoring & Evaluation
5.1 SDTF Meeting
5.2 SM review Meeting
5.3 DTF Meeting
5.4 Staff /supervisor review meeting(partner NG0)
6

7. Area of Operation: the project is proposed to be implemented.
Number
Number
Sl Block Gram Panchayat of Sub-
of PPKs
centre
Surjanagar,Srinagar,Bapuji,
Netaji,Rabindra,Rishi
01 Kakdwip Bankim,Vivekananda,Ram 14 90
Krishna and
Madhusudanpur
Dakshin
Gangadharpur,Raypur,Diga
mbarpur,SP
02 Patharpratima pur,Ramganga,Gopal nagar, 27 150
Durbajyoti,Brojoballavpur,G
plot,Sridharnagar,Bonoshya
mnagar,Achinta Nagar
Mousuni,Fejargunje,Shibra
03 Namkhana mpur,Namkhana, 19 70
Narayanpur,Bodhakhali
Gangasagar,Dhoblot,Rudran
04 Sagar agr,Ramkachap,DS – I, 12 80
Muriganga – I,II,
Kumrapara,
05 Mathurapur - II Raidighi,Khari,Dighirpar,Gile 12 60
rchat
Total 5 39 84 450
7

8. Partnership profile
The project is to be implemented by INSS with primary partnership with UNICEF.
However, we extend the concept of partnership and incorporate all the
stakeholders in the partnership net. Thus the health and ICDS functionaries- the
people at the helm of affairs, the block administration, the panchayat
representatives, teachers, other important community leaders including the
religious leaders and political workers have been included in the ambit of the
activities. Over and above, there is the community at large which sector is
proposed to undergo through a series of empowerment process thereby making it
possible for them to exercise an informed choice.
Mechanism for working with partners
For working with different partners in the government and non-government set
up, we propose to put to lace different linkage meetings. We further propose to
utilize the existing fora of health sector reviews at the block and Gram Panchayat
levels. The Block Task Force meetings and the monthly review meetings taken by
the Block Medical Officers of Health may be important for a offering scope of
dialogue at the block level whereas at the Gram Panchayat level, we propose to
utilize the standard meetings on the fourth Saturdays of the months.
8

9. Organization Profile
INDRANARAYANPUR NAZRUL SMRITI SANGHA ( I N S S )
Address (Main Office)
Vill:Indranarayan Pur
PO. Ramnagar Abad, Pathar Pratima PS
South 24 Parganas – 743 349
West Bengal, India
City office:
33,Shek para,Brahmapur(Battala),Kolkata 700096
Phone Number +91-33-2410 8980
Fax Number NIL
Email:inssngo@yahoo.com/ nazrul.i@rediffmail.com
Mobile :( 0) 98301 85170
Responsible Individual
Name Sk. Nazrul Islam
Title Secretary & Executive Director
Legal structure:
a. Registered under society registration act XXVI 1961 West Bengal vide #
S/32625 dated 7/7/1981
b. Registered under FCRA vide # 147110112 dated.16/08/1985
c. Registered under income tax exception under 12 (A) and 80 (G)
Exempted u/s 80(g) of the IT Act, 1961 vide valid till the financial
year 2005-2010.
d. PAN Number:AAAT 12951 G
Number of staffs.
Currently, there is 42 staff working in INSS. This excludes
volunteers and part time Staff, details is given below
Full Time Part Time TOTAL
Male Female Male Female
Office 3 4 7
Field 9 15 24
Professiona 4 4 3 0 11
l
Volunteers 12 10 22
9

10. Overview
Sundarbans, the majestic mangrove delta in the southern tip of West Bengal,
leading to Bay of Bengal is one of the most diversified bio-mass in the world.
Known for its abounding flora and fauna, the delta is also the home for almost
four-and-half million people. The Sundarban that has created creative verses
within artistic minds is also known for the terror it regularly unleashes on the
hapless millions who depend on it for survival.
The area called Sundarbans is spread over two countries (India and Bangladesh).
It is a network of rivers, channels and creeks, encompassing 54 major islands
and hundreds of smaller ones. The changing course of the rivers, developing
landmasses and vanishing islands makes the delta a dynamic entity. The
Sundarbans in India is about 9500 skm in area, of which roughly 60 percent
have been earmarked as classified forest area and thus, not open for human
inhabitation. The delta falls in two districts of North 24 Parganas and South 24
Parganas, with the latter accounting for over three-fourths of the land. Of the 19
administrative blocks that forms the delta, thirteen are in South 24 Parganas.
The major urban centers in the delta are Kakdwip, Raidighi and Canning,
gateways to the interior part of Sundarban. The delta starts from about 80 kms
South of Kolkata and stretches for another 120 kms from there.
Pathar Pratima, Namkhana, Mathurapur II, Kakdwip, Sagar, Kultali, Gosaba and
Basanti are the blocks in the South Sundarban area that received the brunt of
natural calamities. The above blocks constitute nearly 45 percent of the
Sundarban population. The intricate river networks form the lifeline for the
people, aiding movement, transport and communication, despite its irregularity,
unpredictability and lack of any systematic transport system. Bulk of the farming
community is small and marginal land owners. There are a large percentage of
scheduled caste and minority groups, constituting over 60 percent of the
population. Tribal population, living in closely formed clusters, is scattered
around the blocks. In terms of numbers, the tribal people constitute only a
negligible 3% of the population. The tribal community of Sundarbans are
basically from the Santhal Parganas, brought centuries ago as slaves to the
delta.
The major occupation is land farming and fishing. Almost 80 percent of the
population is engaged in farming, farm related labour, fishing, fishing labour and
unskilled daily labour. However, despite its huge potential in terms of land and
water availability, almost 70 percent of the people are denied of employment even
for one third of a year. Thus, poverty and lack of employment opportunities,
10

11. thanks to prolonged negligence and apathy has contributed to the overall
precarious scenario in the delta, both in social and economic terms.
The unique geographic positioning of Sundarbans has made it one of the most
calamities prone in the region. People move from one calamity to another, be it
floods, thunderstorms or cyclones. Poor become poorer and unable to recover
from one calamity, they fall from the calamity to a calamity process, an unending
cycle that has destroyed the will and spirit of the Sundarban community.
Floods strike the delta 2.3 times a year. Unlike other areas where floods are
followed by bumper crops, in Sundarbans they are dreaded by the people. Being
in close vicinity to the ocean, tidal floods that cause havoc in the delta inundates
the land with saline water. Once saline water enters the land, there is no way out
for the people. They loose their cultivation, paddy growth decays, ponds get
salivated, no drinking water is possible, animals go thirsty and chaos reigns in
the village alleys. So much so, that at times, cultivation becomes impossible for
up to four years in a stretch. Salinity of the top soil is difficult to be washed
away. It has to dilute itself through fresh rains and often, when the salinity starts
vanishing, a fresh inundation threatens the very sustenance of the families who
are dependent on farming.
Thanks to the centuries of calamity experience, the people of Sundarbans have
their own way of protecting their lives, but not their livelihoods. Today, the
disasters in the delta are slow killers. People have learned how to tide over the
flooding waters and move themselves to safety. But they cannot carry their land
to safety.
The only mechanism that the government had to combat the floods was
embankments. Year after year, long stretches of embankments are made and
repaired, only to be breached and broken at the first rush of waters. The
embankments have become a way of business for the vested interests in the local
government and administration.
It is estimated of the 200,000 hectares of estuaries that the delta possesses; only
about 40,000 hectares are utilized for fishing. Sundarban has the potential to
supply fish to the entire North and eastern India, but sadly enough, one can find
fish from Andhra Pradesh being sold in its inner markets. Fishery, one of the
most potent economic activities that the delta possesses is in shambles. Today,
the hundreds of thousands of poor and small time fishermen have been swamped
aside by the big trawlers and the nexus they have with powerful middlemen,
political bodies and local mafia. Unscrupulous damage done to the river banks,
its eco system and environment has destroyed the bio-marine in the river
network. In the name of that elusive pot of gold by catching and selling prawn
spawns, people have for years destroyed other varieties of marine lives.
Every February over the last decade and half, villages in Sunderbans area are
abruptly emptied. Sunderbans is “mono-cropped”. In other words, it now
produces just one type of crop, harvested at one time of year. So busloads of men
leave for the agriculturally rich Hooghly and Burdwan districts, seeking work on
11

12. the roads and fields there, in the rice mills and construction sites or whatever
they could manage to hold on.
It has been found that displacement of labour from agricultural work and
increasing outward migration are the most important change on the agricultural
scene in the past deaden and half. This outbound migration of male members
has also resulted in an increase in the ratio number of female agricultural
workers in their areas. Thus, today, women who were predominantly confined
within their homes and tending to the family members are forced to come out
and engage in economic activities, while continuing with their engagement at
home front.
At the same time, the number of marginal workers have gone up significantly
from 8.1 per cent in 1991 to 14.2 per cent in 2002 while there was a sharp fall in
the percentage of “main workers” (more than 183 days a year), especially male
workers, coming from rural areas. The figures thus indicate both casualization
and feminization of the workforce in rural areas, with the ratio of marginal
women workers becoming larger and more significant, while men are more and
more moving out in search of the elusive employment.
The cumulative effect of protracted calamities, inability of the people to cope with
the rising disasters and interlined poverty and lack of support, infrastructure
and empathy from successive governments and administration has put the
people in jeopardy. Violence against women, atrocities, armed robbery, trafficking
and forced migration is direct consequences of the disaster-poverty cycle in the
delta.
Organization Vision and Mission & Objectives
Vision: INSS envisages an abounding society free from the perils of social,
economic and political inequalities, where men and women have equal access to
their rights and entitlements, living in harmony with each other and with the
nature.
Mission: INSS shall strive to capacitate the poor and marginalized communities
to local initiatives for self-sufficiency and self-reliance. INSS shall combat poverty
and livelihood insecurity of the vulnerable populace through naturally
sustainable development measures, with particular focus on development of
women and children, based on the principles of Empowerment, Equity and
Entitlement.
Main Objectives
• Take up IGP activities and improve of socio-economic and political status
of women for self-reliant.
• Awareness on functional education.
• Development of their skill, empower them with knowledge and proficiency.
• Accomplish enabling environment for women emancipation through
adequate opportunity and information
• Eradication of Polio through Social Mobilization and Strengthening
12

13. Routine Immunisation
 Improve awareness of women on their entitlements
 To meet the standing need of flood victims.
 To improve livelihood opportunities
 Improve economic accessibility and reduce insecurity.
 Improve access of women and children to health
• Improved access to health and livelihood support for risk children living
under vulnerable socio-economic conditions.
• Improved social acceptance of handicapped children
• Ensuring enabling environment for their emancipation through
networking, lobby and advocacy
• To meet the emergency health service needs of poor families
• To impart health education through various awareness programmes,
camps, workshops etc.
• To generate health and sanitation awareness among the mass
• To improve health and nutrition status of poor mass.
• To check immoral practices done in the name of health service
Main activities
 Integrated sustainable development for poverty alleviation
 Women’s empowerment through small groups and organizations
 Capacity building and local leadership development
 Self Help Groups, thrift and credit activities
 Community based health care, both preventive and curative service
 Low cost public health center, dispensary and pathology services
 Education for children and women too
 Income Generating options for women through local resource
optimization
 Skill Development, vocational training scheme for women
 Livelihood Support to local fishermen
 Support to physically disabled children
 Skill Development, vocational training scheme for women
Special Initiatives,2006
The storm of 19th October 2006 onwards
caused widespread damages & destruction in
Midnapore, 24 Parganas (South) Districts of
West Bengal. The heavy storm on the speed of
60-65 km per hour of affected thousands of
families.
These loss and Damages are restricted to 5
blocks in South 24 Parganas. All the affected
areas are on islands making immediate
13

14. emergency response and other interventions difficult. District Administration in
response of destructive storm immediately carried out the assessment with the
assistance of its block officers and other civil society organisations, local
Panchayats who were mainly engaged in evacuating the affected families and
mobilising local people. Since it was a sudden, the government offices like the
BDO and others took little time and thus government response was inadequate
and has remained so till 72 hours after the storm made its effect.
. Arsad Molla a migrated
labour to Gujrat came back
at his house to for puja in
evening of the darkest day
in his life. He said “we are
labour class, each year this
time I go outside for earning
Destroyed house of Mr. Arshad some extra money for festival;
this year market was down,
so I came back early to my family but I did not know that it would be last supper
together.” The cyclone left only one alive making two souls in heaven.
Arsad recollected “we all were about to be out from nearly collapsed thatched
house, but the right moment never come for my two children, suddenly the big
tree collapsed. Arsad and Hasina with the little one could manage to come
out, other but other two totally left under the tree. Hasina the mother,
could face the reality, her eyes are still searching for her children. The
dead could not be taken out during night; tree was heavy. In the early
morning they got two dead bodies by only digging up the mud.
Relief & Assistance
BDO of Mathurapur-II, shared
with INSS team that he has asked
for 2000 polythine and 200
quintal rice. But till date he got
only 250 polythine sheet and 25
quital rice. But hopefully this
requirement will reach there by
next two days. But he also shared
that this amount are nothing to
cope with the situation. District
does not have dry food packets
that was essential to meet the first The INSS team meet BDO, Mathurapur - II
hand need of people. Medicine,
cloths are equally important. Even 2000 sheets are also not adequate to meet
the huge need. The same information we have got when we talk to people. They
asked for food, cloth and shelter. That again supported by the Sabhapati of
Mathurapur –I. She also received same assistance from govt but other things
should be carried forward by voluntary agencies. In Mathurapur block-I, three
14

15. camps has been established in Natabaria village, Natabaria –primary school,
Bakuldaga and Nalua.
CBDP- Supported by unicef:
INSS a part unicef supported CBDP project implementing it effiecently. The
task forces was active in rescue people during the disaster. The response of the
taskforce was appriciated by the victims. As soon strom stuct all prepared task
force members by their own actively helped the victims.
CBDP Project area
Block Number GS
Kakdwip 6
Patharpratima 7
Namkhana 6
Sagar 6
Mathurapur - II 5
5 30
Short term relief – clothes and garments distributed by INSS
Area coverage 20 villages in Mathurapur I and II
Cloths & Garments Distribution
Sarees 1500
Lungies 1500
Blankets 1400
Child Garments 1500
Total 5900
Besides,INSS have distributed more
than 100 tarpoline sheets and some
food grains among the cyclone victims
in the initial stage of cyclone.
15

16. INSS have infordmed District administration, sub divisional admininstration and
block administration before distribution of the above mentioned materials.
Panchyat members were directly involved in the relief distribution.
Water Purification Materials
distribution – Supported by
Unicef
A total of 25.000 sahets of water
purification materials being distributed by
INSS volunteers. This initiatiatives have
been consulted with local PRI members. A
series of demonstration have been taken up
by the volunteers. The administration have
been informed about the distribution of
water purification materials.
Future Plans
Area Coverage – 8 villages in Mathurapur I and II
Planned activities Kinds Unit Number
• House repairing and Bamboo, nails, 150 houses
construction carpentry cost,
labour cost,Bricks
etc.
• Livelihood support Cash Crop 25 families
(Seed, organic
manure, livelihood
tools and technical
support)
Paddy husking, 50 families
Animal Husbandry, 120 families
Jorry work 25 families
Small scale 60 families
business
(Repairing jobs and
small shop)
Social Forestry 20 villages
(Social mobilization )
16

17. Organogram:
Governing Body
Secretary
Program Accounts
Director Officer
Coordinator
Coordinator [Micro Coordinator [Micro Coordinator [Micro
[Education]
Finance] Finance] Finance]
Cluster Cluster
Animator Animator Cluster Cluster
Animator Animator
Volunteer Volunteers Volunteers Volunteers
Short Description of Major Projects Undertaken
Food Security Empowerment through education and networking for ensuring
food security, INSS leading a network of NGO partners, supported
by ACTIONAID
Preventive Health A mass movement to ensure pulse polio immunization among
minorities through a consortium of NGOs led by INSS, supported
by UNICEF
Livelihood Support Among the marginalized fisher folk communities in Sundarbans,
covering over 20,000 families on their right to livelihood,
supported by MISEREOR
Self Help Groups Economic Empowerment of Women through SHG linked micro
finance, supported by various agencies including State Bank of
17

18. India
Advocacy Child Labour and Trafficking, a massive campaign on rights of
children, supported by TdH, Geneva (Member of CACL and CACT)
Development of INSS has started a development program for under privileged
small and minority people i.e. marginalised minority and other backward classes
Group through the help of G.D.Charitable Trust-Kolkata
Disaster Management INSS started as a relief organization. We have years of experience
in disaster response, management and preparedness. Has
received support from Oxfam, TdH, Misereor, CFLI ,SCFetc.
Rehab. for INSS has been started a Multidisable program at two Gram
Multidisable Panchayet at Pathar Pratima Block with the help of
CBRF/Caritas-German fund.
RCH & HIV/AID Reproductive Child Health and HIV/AID, a massive Advocacy and
Campaign program, supported by FDNF-Switzerland.
Geographical Areas of Operation
West North and South 24 Pgs, Kolkata, Midnapur, Malda,
Bengal Murshidabad, Sundarbans
Jharkhand Sahebgunj, Pakur
Organizational Infrastructure
Residential Training Facility in WB for upto 50 persons at a time - Education
Centre for disabled children - Rural Health Centre with surgical facilities – One
ambulance – Two four wheelers – Six two wheelers – Computer – Phone/Email –
Full fledged office – City Coordination Office – 42 staff including experienced
activists, field workers and professionals
18

19. Project Objectives
Objectives of the intervention are:
• Increase booth day coverage to at least 85-90%
• Ensure total coverage to 100%
• Reduce Lefts out to 0
• No Polio cases in project period
Target group
All babies belonging to 0-5 age group and residents of INSS project area.
Strategies
• Organizing Sensitisation programmes for the local Panchayat representatives,
administrative officials, representatives from CBOs and like-minded people of
the given blocks and GPs etc.
• Providing knowledge assistance understanding the importance of Polio
Eradication and organizing orientation programmes on Polio Eradication for
the family as well as community members.
• Establishing contact and communication linkages with local organizations
and institutions for greater community involvement.
• Facilitating FGD in the resistant pockets for changing the attitude of the
people.
• Involving the animators & social mobilisers dutifully engaged in the project in
the formation of SHGs for improving the financial resources of the families
19

20. under the umbrella of the SHGs. So as to make it easier for them to actively
participate in the implementation of the programmes under the project.
• Effectively strengthening & developing our own organizational infrastructure
as the implementing Agency and delineating specific duties & responsibilities
for ensuring positive results.
Overall outcome expected
• Complete eradication of wild polio virus from the area by the end of the
project period.
Specific results expected
• Ninety percent of children vaccinated with OPV on the booth day itself during
every round of IPPI
• Complete reduction of families refusing polio for their children on pulse polio
days
• Complete reduction of drop outs at the end of individual rounds of pulse polio
immunisation
Monitoring indicators for results/ outputs
• More mothers reporting at the pulse polio posts (PPKs) to seek immunization
services for their children
• No instance of polio AFP in the community.
Means of verification
• Report on pulse polio coverage at the end of different rounds
o Both booth day and
o Total
• Reports on AFP Surveillance obtained through NPSP network
• Study reports, if instituted
• Coverage Evaluation Survey Reports
• Monthly and round-wise monitoring reports of the NGO
Description of activities to be undertaken
Inter Personal Communication (IPC):
20

21. It is communication between one and one or one and a group of persons. It is one
of he effective tools of spreading of message and thereby their capacity building
so that they become resourceful in communicating the message.
Community Dialogue:
Campaign in the Gram Samsad Meetings: Gram Samsad is a platform where
voters of a booth meet and discuss (at least twice in a year) the various aspects of
the booth and suggest measures to address. To make the G.S. meeting effective,
field level campaigning is arranged prior to G.S. meeting so that the voters attend
and actively participate in the meeting.
G.P. Level Workshop: G P level workshop is organized to make GP members,
RMPs, Imams / Moulanas, Health and ICDS workers at GP level, representative
from local schools etc. aware of the objective of the project and to seek their
suggestion and co-operation for effective implementation of the project.
Para Level Meeting: (Meeting with the groups who reside in same hamlet and
close vicinity). It is an effective tool of communicating message of the project for
its effective implementation and sustainability.
Mothers’ Meeting: Target groups of the project are mothers and children. To
communicate the message of the project and to ingrain them in the hearts of
mothers these meetings are organized so that they interact effectively and to
memorize them at their hearts.
Social Mobilization:
To sensitize community people various measures are undertaken like – wall
painting, quiz competition, cultural program, games & sports, health fairs etc.
Through their attention is drawn to the problems on sequence and measures.
Linkage Meeting:
The project advocates concerted efforts of the public and stake-holders of the
community. So, these meeting with participation of the officials of line
department, ICDS, Panchayet, village committee, School / Madrasa, PACS,
SHGs, Clubs etc. are found very effective.
Capacity Building of Social Mobilizers and Volunteers:
Trainings on capacity building are organized to raise capacity and to make them
resourceful so that they can effectively discharge their duties.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
It is done on monthly basis depending upon the activities performed against
target. It helps to decide the future course of actions for effective implementation
of the project.
21

22. Role and responsibilities of different staff members of
the organisation in implementation of the proposed
project
Designation Roles and Responsibilities
District level Project Project Management, Process Documentation,
Coordinator Monitoring & Reporting, coordination with
District Mobilization Cell
Assistant Project Management in 5 Blocks, Area wise
Coordinators Process documentation, Monitoring &
Reporting of respective area, coordination with
the District Coordinators
Supervisors Field Coordination, Local Government liaisons
and undertaking the capacity building
interventions, supervising the animator and
social mobilisers.
Animators Monitoring field level activities, field visits,
report preparation and collation and attending
GP level meetings.
Time Frame
Duration 1st January 2007 to 30st September 2007. Detail time line will
synchronize with the dates of different rounds as and when declared by the
Government.
22

23. Budget:
Total budget details have been enclosed in a separate format.
Conclusion:
The survival, protection and development of the children are universal
development imperatives that are integral to human progress. With the
advancement of science and technology we can ensure the survival of the
children by eliminating preventable diseases. It involves low cost, but needs
awareness and will. The project is designed nicely to raise awareness and
attitudinal change in the community for lessening morbidity and mortality of
children. The project will surely contribute towards this end, of course, all
concerns extend their requisite supports.
23

24. Logical Frame Work Analysis (LFA) for Polio Eradication
Logic of Intervention Indicators Means of Verification Assumption/Risks
Goal:
Eradicate polio from the project area • No polio AFP reported through • AFP surveillance • Importation of
by end of 2008(no polio case in NPSP network reports WPV from
2004-2005) • Hospital data adjoining endemic
areas of Bihar and
UP
Objectives:
• Increase booth day • More than 90% of children in the
coverage to more than target age group receive • IPPI reports Newspapers reporting
90% vaccination at the booths from the some events not
• Ensure total coverage • All children receive polio drops Health system actually linked to IPPI
to 100% at the end of individual rounds • Records
• Reduce left outs • No AFP stool recognises wild maintained by
• No POLIO cases in polio virus. the project
the area staff
• AFP
surveillance
reports
24

25. Logic of Intervention Indicators Means of Assumption/Risks
Verification
Input:
Community Dialogue
• Focussed Group Discussions No. of GDs, GS meetings, para Monthly reports/
• Gram Samsad meetings level meetings, SHG meetings, round specific
• Para level meetings GP level meetings, mothers’ reports from the
• SHG group meetings meetings held field functionaries, There may be
• Gram Panchayat Level Meetings lukewarm response
• Mothers' meeting/mother-in-law Visit to the project from the PRI
meetings
Social Mobilisation
No. of linkage meetings at site by UNICEF representatives and
• Linkage meeting (Block level) different levels and with different officials, certain other sections
• Meeting with groups (Health, ICDS, functionaries held,
Panchayat, Village committee, No. of school visits, participation Reports from field
School/Madrasa, SSK, SHG, Club) in melas, CD shows, rallies, visit by the officials
• School awareness programmes cultural programmes, quiz in the Social
• CD shows competitions organised Mobilisation cell at
• Rallies the district
• Cycle rallies
25

26. Logic of Intervention Indicators Means of Assumption/Risks
Verification
Output:
• The people of the area will be • People’s knowledge on the risks • Individual Some development
more aware about the averted due to pulse polio interviews issues raised and
importance of repeated pulse immunisation • Interaction with pulse polio used as a
polio immunisation during all • People’s perception about the the care givers bargaining point.
SIA rounds. importance of repeated pulse in the families
• Linkage with government polio rounds • Reports on
department will be • Nearly all children receiving different SIA
strengthened. pulse polio immunisation at rounds
• Community ownership will be IPPI posts
created. • No left out at the end of the
• No. of left out will be rounds.
substantially reduced.
• Resistant families will be
decreased.
26