Annual Report

Vishvashanti Mahila Vikas

Mandal

2015-16

Founder’s Speech

Dear Readers,

I was born and brought up in village, got married at a very early age and came to Mumbai. Since

more than 20 years I have been staying in Maharashtra Nagar area of Mankhurd. After coming

here I could see the plight of people and always wanted to do something for them, but did not

have any direction. The passion towards working for the society drove me in this field. I started

meeting different people in social sector and came in contact with the Community Development

Officer of MCGM. Being a woman myself I could understand the power a woman has and

decided to form SHG groups under the Swarnajayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana. Women

empowerment was the main issue we wanted to focus on and hence we formed Vishwa Shanti

Mahila Vikas Mandal in 2005.

Though women empowerment was our core work area, we were involved in other community

activities like employment generation, child labour eradication, vocational training, sanitation and

health, housing etc. This year the organization has been actively involved in many activities like

providing mid day meal to anganwadi kids, waste management under Swachcha Mumbai

Prabodhan Abhiyan, organizing training workshops for women empowerment and livelihood

trainings. For the coming year we are looking forward to work for the holistic development of the

community.

Regards,

Ms. Sangeeta Kamble,

President, Vishvashanti Mahila Vikas Mandal

Table of Contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 2

Governing Body .......................................................................................................................................... 2

Health Program ........................................................................................................................................... 2

Skill Development Program ....................................................................................................................... 2

Civic Service Program ................................................................................................................................ 2

Other Collaborations .................................................................................................................................. 2

Key Stakeholders ........................................................................................................................................ 2

The way forward ......................................................................................................................................... 2

Vishvashanti Mahila Vikas Mandal (VSMVM) is the non government organization founded in

the year 2005 by the proactive community women from Mankhurd area of Mumbai. The

organization was especially formed for holistic development of the community through, basic

education, health and protecting women rights. The organizations governing body consists of

mainly women from the community.

The organization mainly focuses on the rights of women and their empowerment through

education, health and employment opportunities. SHG is one of the excellent medium to

empower women through provision of various kinds of employment opportunities at their door

steps. It also does capacity building of women by providing various trainings to girls and

community women for literacy, employment opportunity, health etc. The main purpose of the

organization is to empower women by utilizing all of its capacity for their development, it

includes the opportunities of jobs where they have to provide nutritious food to the children of

Anganwadi in ICDS program and/or run canteen at the government offices etc.

Vision

Holistic development of women

Mission

To address need based community issues

Team work Honesty Commitment Integrity Gender equality

Equal participation

Introduction

sName Qualification Designation

Ms. Sangeeta Kamble MSW President

Ms. Suman R. Kamble 10th

Secretary

Ms. Meenadevi Vishwakarma Illiterate Treasurer

Ms. Sungandha Jadhav 7th

Member

Ms. Seema Gaikwad Illiterate Member

Ms. Sanjali S. Chavan 7th

Member

Ms. Rekha Kamble 7th

Member

Ms. Neela Kamble 7th

Member

Ms. Ranjana Kamble 4th

Member

Ms. Jyoti Jadhav 7th

Member

Ms. Neeta Jadhav 12th

Member

Governing Body

Swachcha Mumbai Prabodhan Abhiyan (SMPA)

The Swachcha Mumbai Prabodhan Abhiyan project is run by VSMVM in Mankhurd area since 4

years. Initially the project was taken up for a year but every year the term got extended. The

objective behind taking up this project is to provide employment opportunities for men and

women and also for environmental conservation. The project is run in a society called Jankalyan

Society at Mankhurd.

Various activities are conducted under this project like cleaning the society, cleaning gutters in

and around the society, cleaning drainages etc. which is done by the 7 workers appointed. The

workers also collect the segregated waste (wet and dry) from houses and take all the waste for

making compost. The compost is further used in trees. The organization also conducts awareness

programmes in and around the society as well as in other areas of Mankhurd about waste

management. To conduct these workshops the organization conducts meetings of mahila

mandals and youth group and distribute tulsi plants, cloth bags, pamphlets, conduct activities

where they paint the walls by writing environmental messages on it like “Save trees” and they

also talk to parents of kids coming to anganwadis to join them by helping to save the

environment. Through the awareness created by the organization in Janakalyan Society now the

residents have started segregating the waste which reduces the work of the workers.

While doing this work the organization faces lot of challenges like staff retention is a big task,

because cleaning gutters is a tough job as your body can stinks and because of which very few

people continue the job. As the project is given by MCGM, the salary of the staff and other

expenses are provided by MCGM only, but it doesn’t include mask and other safety equipments.

The organization is planning to provide training to residents of Jankalyan Society on making

compost.

Health Program

Sakas Ahar Puravatha project

Health care, growth monitoring, immunization, supplementary nutrition and pre-school

education are parts of these services directed to Anganwadi Centers (AWC). Under this

programme, children six years old and below, are entitled to 500 calories and 12-15 grams of

protein. Undernourished children are guaranteed to avail 800 calories and 20-25 grams of protein

regularly while, pregnant and lactating women are entitled to 600 calories of energy and 18-20

grams of protein a day.

Since the year 2012 the organization is running the Sakas Ahar Puravtha project. Through this

project the organization is providing meal to 19 anganwadis of Mankhurd and Cheetah Camp.

Under this project there are 5 staff members and all are women of Mahila Mandal, who prepare

the food and deliver it to all the 20 anganwadis. The menu for six days is fixed,

The organization receives Rs. 4.92/- per kid per day which includes the material, preparation and

delivery cost. In this money the organization is able to pay the women workers but faces

difficulty in running the operations. Further the bills are not cleared on time from the ICDS

department which forces the organization to shell out money from their own account.

This project of providing nutritious food to anganwadis has helped these women to come out of

their houses and earn a living. They are now looked upon as an important source for the family

income and are respected by the family members.

Monday- Lapsi and chiwda

Tuesday- Usal and kurmura laadu

Wednesday- Khichdi and chiwda

Thursday- Lapsi and chiwda

Friday- Usal and laadu

Saturday- Masoor bhaat

Hemoglobin Check up Camp

Hemoglobin check up camp was organized by the organization in collaboration with Family

Planning Association (FPA), Tilak Nagar. The camp was organized on the same event of

savitribai Phule Jayanti where all the women present were asked to get themselves tested, but

only 50 of them took the benefit of it. These women were given reports after 8 days of the check

up and those with sever health issues were referred to FPA for further treatment.

HIV AIDS Awareness Rally

On 15th

December 2015, an awareness rally on HIV AIDS and Swachcha Mumbai Prabodhan

Abhiyan was organized by VSMVM. Around 300 people had participated in the rally which

included mahila mandal women, anganwadi teachers and sevika, students of Subhash Chandra

Bose, community leaders and staff members of World Vision. They were given t-shirts with a

message written on it, “Zero HIV”. The participants shouted slogans like “Hum sabka ek hi nara,

swachcha sundar sheher humara”, “Amche laksh, Zero HIV”, “Ek do teen chaar, HIV ho

haddapaar”.

Swachcha Mumbai Prabodhan Abhiyan Rally

A rally was organized by the organization in Spetember, 15 in which organizations and bachat

gat working in 134 regions had participated, organizations like, Sangharsh Berojgar Sanstha,

Saavli Mahila Bachat Gat, Shivkirti Bachat Gat, Shivsmruti Bachat Gat etc. had participated in

the rally. Officers of Solid Waste Management of MCGM had also participated in the rally.

Slogans like “Sukha kachra ola kachra vegla kara, mahanagar palikechya swachchata mohimela

sahakarya kara”, “Jhade lava jhade jagva”, “Plastic pishvyancha wapar karu naka, kapdi

pishvyanchach wapar kara”, “aapla parisar swachcha theva”.

Beauty Parlor, Cooking and Tailoring Training

In the last year many workshops and

trainings were organized and

conducted by the organization.

MCGM under its Shahari Unnati

Yojana, provides beauty parlor,

cooking and tailoring trainings to

girls and women. VSMVM had

organized such training in

collaboration with MCGM and filled

forms of 200 both girls and women

in and around Maharashtra nagar. As a result of which now the classes have been started in the

area for each course. Similarly the organization in collaboration with YUVA organization had

started tailoring and beauty parlor classes in the area. Initially 100 women had filed the form, out

of which 90 women completed the 3 month long training. YUVA had charged Rs. 100 for these

three months.

Workshop for Income Generation

In order to provide with livelihood

options, VSMVM in collaboration

with Don Bosco organized a

workshop which was conducted by

the trainers of Ratnanidhi charitable

trust. Approximately 20-40 women

attended the training. There was one

more workshop which the

Skill Development

Program

organization organized on agarbatti making and invited trainers from Nandai Trust. The training

was 8 days long and the organization had charged Rs. 600/- fees per person. Around 15 women

participated in the training. But the marketing strategies taught by them were not so good so the

women could not sustain their business. Training on dress painting was conducted for

adolescent girls by Asian Paints, this programme was organized in collaboration with Family

Planning Association. Around 12-15 girls participated in the program.

Referrals to Livelihood Program

The organization also does referral work, in the year 2015-16 the organization referred 30-40

youth to Kotak Education Foundation for job.

PAN card and Adhar Card Distribution

The organization in collaboration with Don Bosco organizaed a PAN card and Adhar Card

distribution camp, where 100 people filled the form and received their respective documents in

few days.

Equipment Distribution

Under MCGM’s Women and Child Development department funds are kept to encourage

women entrepreneurs; women are given necessary equipments to initiate their enterprises. In the

last year VSMVM in collaboration with Women and Child Development Department organized

a programme where 30 women were given various equipments to start their enterprise

Savitribai Phule Jayanti

As every year this year also VSMVM celebrated Savitribai Phule’s Jayanti in Maharashtra

Nagar. Around 200-300 community women had participated in the celebration. Various guests

were called, Ms. Vaishali Kamble Project Officer of TISS who spoke about the life journey of

Savitribai, increasing domestic violence in communities, the helpline available for registering

cases of domestic violences, how to use the helpline and what are its benefits etc. Mr. Gotavle,

Community officer from MCGM spoke about the Shahari Jivan Unnati Yojana, the courses and

trainings offered under this scheme etc. Mr. Rohit Balla, working with TISS and other guests

from Kotak Education foundation and other organizations were present for the programme.

Civic Service

Program

Workshop for Staff Development

In January, 2016 VSMVM in collaboration with Don Bosco by Kendriya Kamgar Shikshan

Board, Kurla. Various topics were covered during the workshop like Mr. Gorakh Awhad,

Nimantrak of Rationing Kruti Samite, spoke on the issue of rationing, Mr. Sandip Jadhav

counselor and psychologist spoke about stress management, Mr. Chandrakant Khot, member of

Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti took a session on Superstitions, Mr. Abhijeet Chawak , from

Kendriya Kamgar Shikshan Board spoke about various schemes available for SC/ST women.

Collaboration with World Vision

World Vision India is a Christian humanitarian organisation working to create lasting change in

the lives of children, families and communities living in poverty and injustice. World Vision

serves all people regardless of religion, caste, race, ethnicity or gender. Spread across 174

districts in India, World Vision works through long-term sustainable community development

programmes and immediate disaster relief assistance. All development work World Vision India

carries out is focused on building the capacity and ability of communities and families to ensure

the wellbeing of children. The wellbeing of children includes ensuring children have access to

education, health, protection and participation. To ensure this the organization offers sponsorship

support to the needy students. It has a set of criteria for selection. The organization works in

Maharashtra Nagar of Mankhurd, and has collaborated with VSMVM for implementation of its

educational programme. In the year 2015-16 VSMVM identified 500 needy students from

Maharashtra Nagar and all were enrolled for the sponsorship programme of World Vision out of

which 436 are still continuing. Under the sponsorship programme various activities like

distributing bed sheets, hygiene kits to students, 4 children’s clubs have been formed, life skill

classes are conducted, awareness sessions on child abuse and child rights are conducted through

magic shows, street plays etc. and CBOs like VSMVM play a very important role in

implementing such programs.

Other Collaborations

MCGM Partner organizations

Schools

Funders Consultants Staff

members

Residential Societies

Beneficiaries Hospital

Mahila Mandals

Key Stakeholders

The way forward

In the last few years the organization has been working actively in the field of sanitation. Being

working in Maharashtra Nagar of Mankhurd which is majorly a slum area, there is lack of toilet

facilities, which has a direct impact on the health of the people especially women. To have a

solution on this the organization is planning to introduce the concept of “one home one toilet” in

the area in the year 2016-17. In order to implement the idea VSMVM would need help from

MCGM for permission and also from a CSR who would provide financial support to implement

the project. Besides this the organization will continue with its other activities and work towards

creating holistic development of women.