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IDCA & Asha Prasanna Pendse, volunteer Asha Chicago chapter

IDCA & Asha Prasanna Pendse, volunteer Asha Chicago chapter. The opinions presented in this talk are those of the speaker They are not intended as an asha-wide position. I. IDCA Awareness & Asha Membership Drive 1$, 1Rupee campaign II. Grass roots progress Tsunami Recovery, Tamilnadu

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IDCA & Asha Prasanna Pendse, volunteer Asha Chicago chapter

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  1. IDCA & AshaPrasanna Pendse, volunteerAsha Chicago chapter

  2. The opinions presented in this talk are those of the speaker They are not intended as an asha-wide position

  3. I. IDCA Awareness & Asha Membership Drive 1$, 1Rupee campaign II. Grass roots progress Tsunami Recovery, Tamilnadu National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Maharashtra Cooperating with AAPI, IYPN, USA III. Organizing Dr Parameshwar Rao 2007 USA visit RIM -> SIF -> IDCA Autobiography release Outline

  4. 11. Asha Honor Academy Fellowships Issue Service minded people seldom get encouraged Forced to take on “mainstream jobs” Asha Honor Solution Supporting Fellowships to stabilize lives of full time volunteers

  5. 386 coastal villages in 13 districts affected First hand survey of issues Focused On 6 of 13 Affected districts 1.Nagapattinam 2. Kanyakumari 3.Cuddalore 4.Villupuram 5.Kancheepuram 6.Chennai 101 villages covered to date II. Tsunami Recovery, Tamilnadu

  6. Tsunami Recovery II1. Nagapattinam Asha Honor Contribution Food, 1500 kids Vehicle for school, 100 Children Tailoring Centre, 50 girls Dresses, Pattinacheri village, 50 families Dresses, Kallar village, 270 school children

  7. Tsunami Recovery II1. Nagapattinam Asha Honor Contribution Food, 1500 kids Vehicle for school, 100 Children Tailoring Centre, 50 girls Dresses, Pattinacheri village, 50 families Dresses, Kallar village, 270 school children

  8. Tsunami Recovery Work II2. Kancheepuram District Asha Honor Contribution Supported Four Animators Distributed Education materials for 2550 children  75 Booksets (142 books each) distributed in 6 districts

  9. Tsunami Recovery II2. Kancheepuram District (contd) Asha Honor Contribution Booksets & Toykits distributed

  10. Tsunami Recovery II3. Cuddalore District Asha Honor Contribution Gym for 100 youth Tailoring Centre for 50 girls Fishing Nets for 50 Families

  11. Tsunami Recovery II4. Kanyakumari District Asha Honor Contribution Six Counselling Centres in four villages planned Tailoring Unit, 50 girls, in progress Trip to amusement park, 235 children, completed

  12. Tsunami Recovery II5. Villupuram District Asha Honor Contribution - Booksets distributed

  13. Tsunami Recovery Work II6. Chennai District Asha Honor Contribution Construction and carpentry materials for daily wage workers who lost their meagre belongings, Srinivasapuram village, 150 families

  14. Positives (i) Initial unity in villages (ii) Rapid mobilization of resources by Govt (iii) Fast response by NGOs Negatives (i) Limited transparency in villages Needs assessment is a challenging task in a conflict prone environment Self reliance -> Entitlement mindset ; (ii) Uneven distribution of relief by Govt Quality of Govt solutions perceived as poor in many instances Some sections of people left out by Govt eg. Indirectly affected communities In most cases Govt officials not easily accessible to common people (iii) NGOs uncoordinated & competitive Overstretched with unsustainable solutions, Struggling to raise funds regular projects Opportunities 1. Focus on children & Youth 2. Close Gap between people & Govt 3. Create database of all NGOs, encourage team work 4. Help high quality NGOs eg. Suyam to sustain & build capacity 5. Complete 386 villages site visits & Accelerate India-700K initiative Asha Honor Tsunami Findings

  15. III1. Paradigm Shift I. Organization-centric/Project-centric action -> Village-centric action II. 700K webpages for Village View of Stakeholders (Villagers, Panchayat, Govt organizations, NGOs, others) & Universal Development Vectors (Nutrition, Healthcare, Shelter, Education, IncomeGeneration, Governance) III. UQE vision drives 700K grid development

  16. Organization-Centric View

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

  18. Paradigm Shift - Village View !

  19. Paradigm Shift – No Village Left Behind !

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

  21. Village State District Tehsil

  22. 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 III2. Asha Learning Curve (1991 – 2006) 10-15 years experience 4-9 years experience 1-3 years experience

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