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CWDS
has focussed more on the economic prosperity of the households,
long-term sustainable development of agrarian economy in the area
and overall improvement of the ecology. The active participation
of the community members is the basis for the implementation of
developmental activities, which ensures community ownership of the
program thereby safeguarding its sustainability in terms of direct
benefits to the community. The level of community participation
has improved quite significantly in this year after experiencing
the benefits of the activities undertaken in the previous years.
The accomplishment of the activities in the year 1999 is given below.
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| Health
and Sanitation |
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All
the developmental activities within a community get momentum only
when the health condition of the population and its sanitary living
conditions are satisfactory. CWDS is more concerned about the health
& sanitation situation, which is one of the main problems in the
area. Therefore, CWDS is focusing more on health & sanitation education
program in the area. There are several programs for different aspects
of health & sanitation as: training for mother/child care, family
planing to control birth rate and low-cost latrines and smokeless
stove fabrication to minimize the related problems. Training is
a major component in health related activities.
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| Following
are the achievements: |
| 1. |
One
day orientation on family planing awareness (14 times) in different
villages with 273 women participants. |
| 2. |
One
day orientation on Nutrition (13 times) in different villages
with 295 women participants. |
| 3. |
One
day orientation on general diseases (24 times) with 426 (315F
+ 111M) participants. |
| 4. |
Deworming
program in 2 primary schools and 2 villages was successfully
undertaken with 118 students. |
| 5. |
Vaccination
program in collaboration with local health center. |
| 6. |
Training
on General Health and Family Planing Education was given to
125 women in 5 different training program. |
| 7. |
Training
on mother and child-care was given to 183 members in 6 different
training program. |
| 8. |
Training
on Nutritious baby food formulation and preparation was given
to 186 members through 6 different programs organized at the
village level. |
| 9. |
This
year 434 toilets were constructed under health and sanitation.
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| Drinking/Irrigation
Water Scheme |
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Three
small scale drinking water schemes (gravity flow) were constructed
in this year. Likewise, two wells were renovated with community
participation. Altogether 87 households are the beneficiaries of
these activities.
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| Saving
and Credit |
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Saving
and Credit program and its institutional strengthening has been
the attractive component of development in the area. Several groups
in different villages have saving and credit program being handled
and managed by the respective executive committee elected by its
members. CWDS has been giving management training to the members
in order to facilitate the efficient management of S/C groups. Likewise,
S/C account training (8 to 11 Sept.) was given to 26 (5F + 21M)
members from different S/C groups.
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| The
update (on 31st Dec. 1999) of S/C program in the area is as
below: |
| Total
number of saving and credit groups: |
20 |
| Registered
groups: |
10 |
| Total
membership: |
999
(425F + 574M) |
| Total
fund: |
Rs.
1,606,586.50 |
| Total
outstanding: |
Rs.
1,447,279.00 |
| Account
of groups audited in December: |
10 |
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