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IDCA & Asha

Prasanna Pendse, volunteerAsha Chicago chapter

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The opinions presented in this talk are those of the speaker

They are not intended as an asha-wide position

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Outline

I. IDCA Awareness & Asha Membership Drive1$, 1Rupee campaign

II. Grass roots progressTsunami Recovery, TamilnaduNational Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Maharashtra Cooperating with AAPI, IYPN, USA

III. Organizing Dr Parameshwar Rao 2007 USA visitRIM -> SIF -> IDCAAutobiography release

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11. Asha Honor Academy Fellowships

IssueService minded people seldom get encouragedForced to take on “mainstream jobs”

Asha Honor SolutionSupporting Fellowships to stabilize lives of full time volunteers

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II. Tsunami Recovery, Tamilnadu

386 coastal villages in 13 districts affectedFirst hand survey of issues

Focused On 6 of 13 Affected districts1.Nagapattinam

2. Kanyakumari

3.Cuddalore

4.Villupuram

5.Kancheepuram

6.Chennai

101 villages covered to date

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Tsunami Recovery

II1. Nagapattinam

Asha Honor Contribution

Food, 1500 kidsVehicle for school, 100 ChildrenTailoring Centre, 50 girlsDresses, Pattinacheri village, 50 familiesDresses, Kallar village, 270 school children

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Tsunami Recovery

II1. Nagapattinam

Asha Honor Contribution

Food, 1500 kidsVehicle for school, 100 ChildrenTailoring Centre, 50 girlsDresses, Pattinacheri village, 50 familiesDresses, Kallar village, 270 school children

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Tsunami Recovery WorkII2. Kancheepuram District

Asha Honor ContributionSupported Four AnimatorsDistributed Education materials for 2550 children  75 Booksets (142 books each) distributed in 6 districts

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Tsunami Recovery

II2. Kancheepuram District (contd)

Asha Honor Contribution

Booksets & Toykits distributed

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Tsunami RecoveryII3. Cuddalore District

Asha Honor ContributionGym for 100 youthTailoring Centre for 50 girls Fishing Nets for 50 Families

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Tsunami RecoveryII4. Kanyakumari District

Asha Honor ContributionSix Counselling Centres in four villages plannedTailoring Unit, 50 girls, in progress Trip to amusement park, 235 children, completed

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II5. Villupuram DistrictAsha Honor Contribution - Booksets distributed

Tsunami Recovery

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Tsunami Recovery Work

II6. Chennai District

Asha Honor ContributionConstruction and carpentry materials for daily wage workers who lost theirmeagre belongings, Srinivasapuram village, 150 families

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Asha Honor Tsunami Findings

Positives(i) Initial unity in villages(ii) Rapid mobilization of resources by Govt(iii) Fast response by NGOs

Negatives(i) Limited transparency in villagesNeeds assessment is a challenging task in a conflict prone environmentSelf reliance -> Entitlement mindset ; (ii) Uneven distribution of relief by GovtQuality of Govt solutions perceived as poor in many instancesSome sections of people left out by Govt eg. Indirectly affected communitiesIn most cases Govt officials not easily accessible to common people(iii) NGOs uncoordinated & competitiveOverstretched with unsustainable solutions, Struggling to raise funds regular projects

Opportunities1. Focus on children & Youth2. Close Gap between people & Govt3. Create database of all NGOs, encourage team work4. Help high quality NGOs eg. Suyam to sustain & build capacity5. Complete 386 villages site visits & Accelerate India-700K initiative

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I. Organization-centric/Project-centric action -> Village-centric action

II. 700K webpages for Village Viewof Stakeholders (Villagers, Panchayat, Govt organizations, NGOs, others)& Universal Development Vectors (Nutrition, Healthcare, Shelter, Education,

IncomeGeneration, Governance)

III. UQE vision drives 700K grid development

III1. Paradigm Shift

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Organization-Centric View

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http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=408

Project-Centric View

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Paradigm Shift - Village View !

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Paradigm Shift – No Village Left Behind !

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Drill down from state -> district -> tehsil -> village

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State

District

Tehsil

Village

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Stage 10 - Collective Team Goal - UQE before 2047 Aug 15

Stage 9 - Move to village-centric action from project-centric focus

Stage 8 - Use IT to as a key lever

Stage 7 - Cooperate for Large scale impact

Stage 6 - Evolve into a People’s movement; make Govt work

Stage 5 - Create models for sustainable development

Stage 4 - Connect education to livelihood

Stage 3 - Greater awareness of Ground Realities

Stage 2 - Projects-centric Action

Stage 1 - Do something, anything

1-3 yearsexperience

4-9 yearsexperience

10-15 yearsexperience

III2. Asha Learning Curve (1991 – 2006)