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FOSTERING ORGANISATIONS FOR AND WITH THE POOREST AND HUNGRY

FOSTERING ORGANISATIONS FOR AND WITH THE POOREST AND HUNGRY. T.Vijay Kumar, IAS Chief Executive Officer Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, India. Core beliefs about poor …. Immense desire and innate ability to come out of poverty

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FOSTERING ORGANISATIONS FOR AND WITH THE POOREST AND HUNGRY

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  1. FOSTERING ORGANISATIONS FOR AND WITH THE POOREST AND HUNGRY T.Vijay Kumar, IAS Chief Executive Officer Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, India

  2. Core beliefs about poor … • Immense desire and innate ability to come out of poverty • A strong spirit of volunteerism • Obstacles –psychological, social, economic, political - suppress this capability • Social mobilization – to unleash innate abilities Poor can come out of poverty only through their own institutions

  3. Organizations for the poor - catalysts • Why: To induce social mobilization • Nature: Sensitive, dedicated, support organizations • Who: Government Organizations, Civil Society Organizations, and, Local self government • Prerequisite: firm conviction in the capability of poor, and, in organizations of the poor All interventions must demonstrate internalization of the core beliefs about poor

  4. Role of Governments • Enabling atmosphere and long term commitment for social mobilization • Effective pro poor policies and programmes • Belief in empowerment and organizations of poor • Dedicated institutions for nurturing organizations poor • Scaling up – whole state, country

  5. Building organizations of poor … • Organizations for poor initiate social mobilization • Dedicated and committed personnel • Start with women - forming Self Help Groups (SHG) - 10 to 15 members, based on affinity • Thrift and credit, collective action around key issues Group activities strengthen members, and, vice versa

  6. Nurturing groups – role of support organization • Key for a strong foundation • Regular capacity building of Group members and leaders • Facilitation role in group meetings • Guidance on collective action • Link with key service providers Role changes when federations of poor emerge

  7. Federations of poor – force multipliers • Social mobilization does not stop at SHG level • Federating all S.H.Gs at village level – multiplies strength of the poor • Federation understands better the problems of the most vulnerable poor • Collective actions acquire scale and momentum • Greater pressure on service delivery Self management – reduce dependence on support organization

  8. Village federations and food security in A.P, India Freedom from hunger: • Effective accessing entitlements – P.D.S, Employment Guarantee scheme • Collective action – market intervention – bulk purchases • Financial intermediation • Logistics management Strengthens bonds between S.H.Gs and Federations: win – win -win

  9. Paradigm shifts from A.P initiative • Food security seen from ‘consumption’ and ‘distribution’ view, and not from production side • Poor solve their food insecurity by organizing themselves into consumer cooperatives • From ‘coping’ to ‘planned intervention’ • Traders see poor as important bulk buyers and quality conscious customers All these positive impacts from investments in organizations of poor

  10. Higher Level Organisations of the Poor Organizations of poor at higher level to: • Support member organizations • Influence policies and programmes in favour of poor – ‘voice of poor’ • Linking other organizations with poor – banks, markets • Take over some roles of support organizations Virtuous cycle - interventions strengthens bonds among the tiers, and, enhances capacities to do more

  11. Scaling up? – poverty eradication by poor • Partnership between organizations of the poor and for the poor – crucial for scaling • 5 years of intensive work to create impact in a limited area • Emergence of strong institutions, and, champions from poor • Scaling up for a state or country – another 5 – 10 years Unique role of community resource persons from intensive phase

  12. Impacts of social mobilization in Andhra Pradesh, India • Intensive phase (1995 to 2000) - 500 villages and 100,000 rural poor women organized • Scaling up – 2000 to 2007 and continuing • 90% of rural poor households organized • 8.7 million women in 688,000 S.H.Gs, 31,500 Village federations, and 946 II tier Federations • Accumulated corpus of US $748 million • Bank loans to S.H.Gs - $50 million in 01/02 to $850 million in 06/07 – 17 fold increase • Low interest loans to S.H.Gs – freedom from exploitative debt

  13. Impacts in Andhra Pradesh, India …contd • Comprehensive food security – 1.6 million households now, 8.0 million by 2010 • 75 Community financed nutrition centers for pregnant women– 100% safe deliveries and 100% normal birth weights • Collective actions for: • Livelihoods promotion • Social issues, gender equality • Service delivery improvement • Accessing all anti-poverty programmes All key interventions will be scaled up statewide in 5 years

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