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Volume-13

Communicate Minds
FORTNIGHTLY

15 May 2005

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Khirod Ch. Malick Pitabash Sethi Jogeswar Majhi Makardhawj Sahu Aurobinda Mahapatra Pradeep Kumar Mohanty In this Issue...
* Editorial * Disability Programme

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* Josobanty case study * Health Camp Report

* Other BISWA News

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Chief-Editor Debabrata Malick Editor Guru Prasad Nahak

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Disability is not a curse but it can be healed with proper care and involvement of community. BISWA and District Disability Rehabilitation Center(DDRC) jointly organised a Identification and Follow-up Camp on Disability, in different blocks of Sambalpur District. Both community awareness and Parent Counselling programme were conducted in these camps. The objective of these programmes were to make people aware about :-* Type of different Date Total disabilities and their Name of Place Checked prevention.* Process of 26.04.2005 64 rehabilition for the Person Tansar Anganwadi Center With Disability (PWD)* 27.04.2005 24 Right of the PWD, and B.R.C. Kuchinda facilities available for Garposh PHC 11.04.2005 65 them. *Management 36 programme for the Tangarpali Anganwadi Center 13.04.2005 parents of the PWD.* Keseibahal Anganwadi Center 15.04.2005 39 Disability is condition not a disease.* Disability at B.R.C Bamra 18.04.2005 29 any form can be Ardabahal 20.04.2005 47 minimised.* Parent Involment. Sri. Guman Gochhar Anganwadi Center 22.04.2005 20 Bihari Jhankar Area coordinator Kuchinda BISWA, facilitate to the personnel of DDRC. Mr.Rabindranath Satpathy, Mr. Bhabani Mudli, Mr. Sanatan Ku. Nayak, Mr. Susanta Acharya, Mrs. Sabita Bala Mohanty & Mr. Omprakash Sing Samant attended on behalf of DDRC.

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Registration of MBTs
BISWA registered its 2nd & 3rd MBTs named as BISWA Self Help Federation Jujomura-01 and BISWA Self Help Federation Jamankira-01 under Indian Trust Act, during May in the presence of Ms.Mamata Sahu, Federation Officer BISWA.

The Children are our future, It is often stated that children are the worlds most valuable resources and assets, but the rights of these children throughout the world are largely ignored often resulting in to tragic outcomes. The daily newspapers are agog with issues relating to child abuse. Near about 40 million children around the world suffer from abuse and maltreatment. The child abuse can be defined as all form of physical or emotional treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual and potential harm to the childs right, health, and survival development A study shows that the age group of 4-15 is the higest susceptible to abuse. If we study certain cases of child abuse from Orissa over thwe last 5 years the rate is increasing day by day. The cases of child abuse are not confined to urban but also in rural areas, and from lower class to higher class of intelligentia. It is high time that Government, civil societies and concerned citizens to play a more active role in the promotion, respect and appreciation of the rights of the child. In the year 2000 Womens World Summit Foundation (WWSF) lunched the World Day of Preventation on Child Abuses, and is commemorated every year on November 19. The sustained advocacy and activity is required in order to build societal commitments for child safety and for protection. It should be our mission individually and collectively to stand for zero tolerance for child abuse and violence against children.

Microfinance convention-2005

Mr. Asish Ku. Sahu, Project Officer mF, BISWA attended the Microfinance convention at Delhi from 12th to 14th April 2005. The event Microfinance INDIA hosted by Care India in collaboration with other prominent national and International agencies witnessed an impressive gathering of around 500 delegates from around the world. The microfinance community has come together to celebrate and more importantly deliberate on the issues crucial to the provision of universal access to financial services- inclusion, impact and innovation.

PARTICIPATION IN TOTAL SANITATION CAMPAIGN

A District Level meeting on Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was held on 07.05.2005 at DRDA office in Jharsuguda District. Mr. Arbind Behera Secretary-cum-Commissioner Rural Development Govt. of Orissa. attended the meeting as Chief Guest, Mr. Bikram Sing Yadab Collector & District Magistrate Jharsuguda, was the Chair Person, and Chairman Zilla Parisad Jharsuguda, presided over the function. The Executive Engineer RWSS, Bargarh; the Block Development Officer, Bheden block were present in this meeting. Sri. Jogeswar Majhi Chief Advisor of BISWA participated on behalf of BISWA and claimed for effective execution of the target-oriented programme to ensure success of the campaign which is felt most essential for Bheden Block. He also assured the Collector that BISWA will fully cooperate for success of the Total Sanitation Campaign.

HEALTH CAMP REPORT

JHANKARBAHALI:- On 03.05.2005, Eighty one patient were checked up in this village B U D A P A D A :A Health camp was organised by BISWA at near soap unit, Budapada of Maneswar Block on 9th May 2005. In this camp 45 patient, were checked up by Dr. Kishor Kumar Barai. Medicine was distributed free of cost among the needy patients. The health workers Mr. Ashish Ku. Panda, Mr. Loaknath Rout, Mr. Dinesh Sahu,Mr. Loaknath Rout and others put their strenuous efforts for success of this health Camp. T A N G A R J U R I :A another Health camp was organised by BISWA at U.P School, Tangarjuri of Maneswar Block on 14th May 2005. In this camp 74 patient, were checked up by Dr. Kishor Kumar Barai. Medicine was distributed free of cost among the needy patients. The health workers Mr. Ashish Ku. Panda, Mr. Loaknath Rout, Mr. Dinesh Sahu, Mr. Loaknath Rout, were present.

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Monalisa, the eldest daughter of Sri K. C. Malick, Chairman, BISWA tied her nuptial ties with Mr. Arun Kumar on 10.05.2005

Monalisa(seated 4th from left) with BISWA family

Monalisa & Arun Kumar

Jasobanti Nayak lives in the village Tangarmunda took a loan of Rs.200 /-. She invested the amount in of Bamra Block. She has a small family of three Mudhi business, but the money was too less to stand members, she and two sons. She is a widow. Her her business. She repaid the loan within two month. familys, main occupation is Mudhi business. This borrowing increased her confidence. Besides this she also makes BIDI . Her annual The group asked for a 2nd loan of Rs.3000/- and they earning is Rs.5000 /-. got that loan. Out of This earning is too Name of the SHG: BISWA SHG Tangarmunda Gr.No.06 group loan she got meager and is Name : - Mrs. Jasobanti Nayak Rs.400/- and she Age: - 42 years insufficient for Number of Children :- 02 Block: - Bamara , invested the entire managing the family. District : - Sambalpur, Category: - S.T amount in her To compensate the regular business. family needs, she has to depend upon others from time Now she is going twice in a week to Rajgangpur to to time. One day she came across BISWA Area sell Mudhi and earns a good margin. She is hopeful of Coordinator and got a detail idea about Self Help getting more benefits from the group in future. Group and its concept, and how other women of her Now she has realized the benefit of group saving. locality are getting benefits through this. Finally with Earlier she was used to sit idle in her house and feeling the support of other female they formed a group in herself as a burden for her family. Because of SHG her their village and opened a Bank saving Passbook at feeling has been changed. In future her group will Bamra S.B.I and started saving Rs.20 /- per month. engage all the members in various income generation After 4 month saving they started internal lending activities and empower all like her. among themselves. First time Mrs.Jasobanti Nayak

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Diasaster Reduction & Management Commitee

On 10th May2005 BISWA participated in the meeting of Sambalpur Disaster Reduction Management Committee held in the conference hall of Sambalpur Collectorate. Mr. Bishal Gagan, Collector & District Magistrate and Chairman of the DRMC presided over the meeting and reviewed the Natural Calamities prone areas of the District. He advised to conduct detailed survey of the calamities prone area and invited proposals to encounter the calamities. Sri. Jogeswar Majhi, Chief Advisior participated on behalf of BISWA .

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On 14th May a cleaning programme of Ring Road was organised by Ring Road Vikas Samiti, Sambalpur. 34 different organisations of Sambalpur, Bargarh, and Jharsuguda voluntarily participated in this cleaning programme. The programme was organised under the leadership of Mr. Jagadananda Panda, RDC North Division and Mr. Vishal Gagan Collector & District Magistrate, Sambalpur. Everybody joined Mr. Jagadananda Panda to voluntarily clean the Ring Road from Balibandha to Daleipara. On behalf of BISWA Mr. K.C.Malick, Chairman had also joined this vast programme. Other organisations such as Samleswari Yubak Sangha, Patneswari Yubak Sangha, Anamika Club, Dingrapada Yubak Sangha, Utsarga, Samarpan, Mahasagar club, Odisa Sanskrutik Samaj, Red Cross, Hirakhanda Nagarik Parisad, MASS, Sambalpur Municipality and other volunteers also took active participation in this programme.

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