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Community
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Capacity building workshops
are held with resource groups like Basti Committee, Community
Development Societies, Neighbourhood Groups and Committees,
Village Electrical Committees, local clubs so that they
can participate in their socio-economic development, initiate
and manage change and take control of their situation. |
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| In order to use the latent
strengths and resources at grassroots to foster
a social safety net to reduce vulnerabilities of
women and children in Goa, a unique intervention
was undertaken with support from Unifem. The project
targeted mobilising participation of a wide cross
section of community to combat proliferation of
sex tourism and human trafficking in Goa. NGOs,
FBOs, AWWs, SHGs, police and college youths were
sensitised on the vulnerabilities of women and children
and trained to mobilise community participation
in stopping violence against women and children.
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| Participation of women
is critical to reduce vulnerability of women to
HIV/AIDS. Local NGO partners of HIV Alliance India
in Amritsar (AIWC) and Bhubaneswar (LEPRA) were
trained in using culture and entertainment based
approach to educate slum dwellers and mobilise behaviour
change. Peer groups of adolescent girls and women
were also empowered to work towards stopping of
feminisation of HIV/AIDS. |
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| Capacity building interventions
undertaken as part of CHARCA Project at Udaipur
sensitised stakeholders in factors leading to increased
vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and their role in combating
spread of the disease. Peer educators, grass root
health workers were trained in theatre and entertainment
based communication and in planning and disseminating
correct and relevant information. |
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| Community based disaster
management groups are being trained at Harishchandrapur-I
block in Malda and Kalchini block in Jalpaiguri
as part of interventions being undertaken by district
and block administration, CRS and other church partners
to improve village resilience and mitigate impact
of disaster in these areas.. |
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| Workshops were held with
members of Basti Committee, Basti Federation, CDS,
health and literacy workers, members of local NGOs
working in slums of Kolkata and Greater Kolkata.
Participants were trained in participatory planning
and entertainment based communication techniques.
Key goal was to mobilise them to provide leadership
in management and maintenance of community assets
and in mobilising their neighbours to adopt healthy
behaviour. |
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| SHG
members in Purba Medinipur and North 24 Parganas
are running self-employment ventures like tailoring,
embroidery, pottery and other handicraft based activities
participated in workshops to improve communication
skills and create a brand for their products. |
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