Aminda Simsangre Village

1. Ground Truthing

Dated: 13th December, 2018

A Ground truthing exercise was conducted on the 13th of December, 2018 by the district team comprising of Social, Environment and M&E Assistant Managers.

CASE FINDINGS

1. The village has 95 HHs
2. The land in the village is highly degraded
3. The village lacks proper health care facilities
4. Absence of roads
5. The village has a few springs and stems
6. The village has a community forest spread over an area of 821 Ha
7. The village main source of livelihood is Agriculture
8. There is an active participation of both men and women in decision making
9. The village lacks proper awareness on sanitation and only a few households have access to toilets
10. The village lacks proper waste management
11. For the supply of drinking water, the entire village depends on one water tank that was constructed under MGNREGS

2. Sensitization Programme

Dated: 13th December, 2018

The sensitization programme was held on the 13th of December, 2018 in Aminda Simsangre village. It saw an attendance of 30 participants including the headman and VEC secretary.

During the programme, the team provided an overview of the project and the various steps that are involved in implementing it. They stressed on the importance of community participation while implementing the project and a few social aspects to be kept in mind such as women participation, gender equality, etc.

It was followed by an open discussion, in which many queries were raised by the community members and responded by the DPMU team .

Signing of Documents: The village signed the Expression of Interest (EOI), the Village Grant Agreement (VGA) and Green Charter followed by the selection of candidates for the Village Natural Resource Management Committee (VNRMC). The Village Executive Committee (VEC) and the entire community carried out the procedure and elected the members of the VNRMC.

Formation of the  VNRMC: The formation of  the Village Natural Resource Management Committee was done after the sensitization programme and the community members chose the President, the Secretary and the other executive members of the committee.

Following this, the VNRMC also selected the Village Community Facilitators (VCF). Six VCFs were selected, of which three were kept on standby.

3. PRA Exercise

The Participatory Rural Appraisal exercise aims to incorporate the knowledge and opinion of the community in the planning and management of developmental projects and programmes. PRA exercise at Aminda Singsangre village was conducted on the 29th of January 2019. A total of 30 community members who took part in this exercise.

4. Development of the Community Natural Resource Management Plan (CNRMP)

The Community Natural Resource Management plan was prepared at a village level meeting on the  29th January 2019. The meeting saw a participation of both men and women including the village headman , VNRMCs members and Village facilitators.

5. Site Verification

A site verification was done on the 23rd of April, 2019 by a team from the SPMU and DPMU. During the verification of sites, some of the proposed interventions had to be omitted from the plans since they were found to be unfeasible.

6. Proposed Intervention

Proposed Intervention sites for Spring Chamber & Check Dam

Proposed Intervention sites for trenches and afforestation

6. Estimation 

Proposed List of Intervention Summary:

7. Summary of Village CNRM Plan