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Centre for Humanitarian Assistance Trustworks with the indigenous communities, |
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“To establish a just, egalitarian social order through the participation of communities to create self sustenance and self reliance for individuals, Families and Communities” |
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SUSTAINABLE EMPOWERMENT OF Goal Empowerment of all people with disabilities for realizing their rights to education, health, livelihood/employment to lead quality life with dignity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Objectives :
Programme Achieved So far in Kotauratla (Statistical Details)PWD PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES- 2010 April- 2014 January
CWD (Children With Disability) PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES- 2010 April- 2014 Jan
Livelihood promotionLivelihood promotion for the disabled is one of the important components of the project. The project would like to adopt scientific approaches for promoting livelihoods among the disabled. The project is intended to create and demonstrate a successful model of livelihood promotion among the disabled to benefit many institutions intended to work on livelihood promotion. Livelihood support
PWD CASE STUDIES 1. CASE STUDY ON PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON |
T. Kumar Family | Family Occupation | T. Kumar |
Chinni Appalanaidu is 30 years old and he is young person Appala Naidu belongs to backward community (yatha) and land less poor family. He was by birth Dumb, he is married and having two children, staying in PK Palli village, Kotauratla mandal, Vishakhapatnam district. Family consists of six members and their main occupation is collecting palm Drink extraction and selling in the village. They are living in joint family and earning money three months only. After the season it is very difficult to maintain his family. They do not have any other alternative sources for their livelihood and they are living in small thatched house. The government is sanctioned Indira Avas housing program but due to poor economic condition they are unable to construct their house. Whole family is depending on traditional collecting palm drink and earning Rs.500-600 /- per week.
When he is offseason the family was depending on migration work and he is going for migration work more than 500 to 600 km from PK Palli village. The whole family is depending on Appala Naidu and his mother and father is old age they were unable to doing any work. While Appala Naidu went to migration work during the cutting of sugarcane as it was dark he could not see the snake he got incident by snake bite and immediately his friends took to hospital for emergency treatment. After few days he comes back to his village and suffering with Pain. Due to poor economic condition he is unable to refer to doctor. After few days help of community he referred to private hospital, Kakinada. Doctors suggested that to remove his left leg up to his knees because of leg was septic. According to doctors advice left leg was removed and he came back to home. He was unable to do anything and he is walking with help of stick.
The project started Community based rehabilitation work with PWD under this program project was conducted survey on disability persons. PK Palli also one of the target village and staff of PWD identified Appala Naidu and he is member of PWD group. Under the PWD Program project started generating awareness among the disable persons. Project started forming PWD Groups and monthly savings. The PWD team organizing every month group meetings and discussing their problems and mobilize them to collect monthly savings. The project arranged with a help of lions club, Vishakhapatnam, provided for mobility artificial leg.
PWD Group |
Tea shop |
Presently Appala Naidu running small Tea shop in the village with help of PWD Group and he took challenge to provide good life for his children’s. The children’s are studying in 5th and 3rd class in government school, now he is getting support from the government every month Rs.500/- pension
Loveti Kannababu is a 27 years old and belongs to Yatha (Kallugeetha) community and staying in Sunkapur village, Kotauratlamandal,Vishakhapatanam district. The family is a land less and poor family. His family is consists of four members. He has an elder brother and his wife, two daughters. Elder daughter is 3 years old and younger daughter is one year old. Kannababu studied up to 7th class and he is affected by the polio in child hood and left lower limb impaired reach (Post polio residual paralysis) and Kannababu wife L.Laxmi is also disable effected with polio. They are living in colony house supported by the Government housing programme. All the members in the family is depending upon Kannababu . He is a small cycle mechanic it is very difficult to maintain their family. Kannababu and his wife getting every month pensionRs.1000/-from the government.
Project was organized PWD survey in sunkapuru village Kannababu is one of the PWD in the village. The project organised awareness campaigns and education on the livelihoods of PWDS. They also formed a PWD group in the village and Kannababu joined as a member in the PWD group. Later he also became a PWD network member also. He started savings every month Rs.50/- in the bank along with other members. Kannababu started a small cycle mechanic shop and got support by NTPC. After formation of the group he approached bank for loan and network supported him to get loan for cycle shop.
Kannababu don’t have any other alternative income sources to survival of his family. Banks sanction Rs.10, 000/- loan for him to expand his cycle shop with spare parts of the cycle. Now he started his own cycle mechanic shed nearer to main road and middle of the Jalluru and Sukapuru village. Today Kannnababu is a good mechanic and he is earning every day Rs.200/- to Rs.300/- now he started his individual A/C in the bank and every month he saving Rs.500/- in the bank. Kannababu and his wife thinking about children’s future how they will get good education and make them as a teacher or engineer.
Laxmi want to start some petty business in the village and she want to support her family. Laxmi alsoa member of PWD group and she is also continuing her savings in PWD group. Laxmi planned to take loan from the PWD group fund and start her own business.
LalamLaxmanrao is 25 years old and belongs to Backward community and staying in Ramachandrapalem village,Kotauratlamandal,Vishkhapatanam district. He lives with his family in a Pakka house which was provided by the Government. His family consists of four members parents and his younger brother Mr.Marideswarao , who is studying in the collage. His parents are having 2 acres of land and both are working in agriculture field and produce vegetables, pulses and millets .Laxmanrao parents have to work all day long in order to sustain themselves and family. Laxmanrao finished intermediate in Purnasai hostel, Yalamanchili. His parents are illiterates and depending on agriculture . So they hope that if their children study well, they will be able to have a better future. Laxmanrao at the age of 3 years he got polio,bilateral lower limb impaired (post polio residual paralysis) and he is getting monthly Rs.500/- pension from the government.
Project was organized PWD survey in RCH Palem village Laxmanrao is one of the PWD in the village. The project organized meeting with 12 members of group in RCH Palem village. Laxmanrao is one of the member of PWD group and network member also. He started savings every month Rs.50/- in the bank along with other members. Laxmanrao always feels that he is burden of the family and he him self want to earn money for his expenses . Laxmanrao Started small petty shop in the village and slowly he is developing his shop and earning income to meet his needs. All the villagers are very supportive and buy goods from his shop. He is very much interest to learn computers .
Laxmanrao don’t have any other alternative income sources to fulfil his dream . Laxman want to expend his petty business. He approached PWD group and network members about his application for loan to bank and bus pass to local government &APS RTC, Narsipatnam. With the support of the Project , he received loan Rs.10000/- and expanded his shop and also got bus pass. Now Laxmanrao is having good sales with all groceries and he is selling the goods with in the village and earns every day Rs.500/- to Rs.700/- and Laxmanrao join computer course in Narisipatnam. Laxmanrao started his own savings and every month he is saving Rs.5000/- in the bank.
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