Our Activity – Sansthan

ACTIVITIES OF NRSSS :-

1. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

NRSSS serves as the ground of planning and action for various means of Youth Development, addressing to not only the Rural Youth but for the Urban Youth as well. It has always been a constant effort of the team at NRSSS to make this space even more dynamic and well equipped with information and the plan of action for all sorts of developmental training’s. This includes a number of Camps, Workshops, Field visits as well as personal guidance for the youth. These are designed to be accessible in order to reach out to the maximum people and have proven to be very much effective in terms of bringing better opportunities and ideas of development.

2. NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

The economy of people in rural areas is intimately connected to the local natural resources – its land, forests, and water resources. With agriculture, predominantly rain-fed, being one of the major occupations in Madhya Pradesh, developing an understanding around sustainable land and natural resource management, and adopting practices that conserve, preserve, and improve the environment seems more vital. For the last 33 years, NRSSS is tirelessly working towards building the capacity of the community to manage the local resources in a non-violent manner – one which protects land, water, forests, and animals. Thus, advocating and promoting organic farming, composting, sustainable ways to enrich cultivable lands, plantation and cleanliness drives, water and waste management, solar energy providing training to farmers, creating awareness programs, and more, the organisation is trying to develop a consciousness among the community and mainstream ways that benefit the people and protects the environment.

3. WOMEN LEADERSHIP

Villages are often considered to be confining in terms of women leadership and ownership but this belief is constantly being challenged by the unwavering efforts by NRSSS and their team of women leaders. Organizing workshops, expert sessions and training’s are a part of this great empowerment which further helps to build a strong foundation for all valorous women in the communities of the village and beyond.

This initiative has some challenges of its own which are appreciably tackled by the dedicated team of trainers and volunteers from the organization and encourages others to be a part of the same. Women are encouraged to form their own self help groups and are guided by experts to establish their own line of work.

4. FOREST AND LAND RIGHTS

Many indigenous communities and denotified tribal communities have been deprived of their rights to possess land and resources for many decades now The Forest Department have exploited such communities by acquiring their lands by force and destroying their food crops. The inhabitants of the forest, the indigenous communities who have lived out of the forests for centuries became deprived and were forced to find livelihood and survival opportunities outside Forest Rights Act was introduced in 2006 an act that ensures entitlement of cultivable land patches and forest resources to tribal communities. But there was lack of awareness among such communities on the Forest Rights Act.

NRSSS has been fighting for the struggles of such landless communities for many years through non-violent approaches, padyatras, awareness campaigns and advocacy. Ekta Parishad has had a history of working on land rights struggles through non-violent approaches and NRSSS plays a key role in leading these struggles for deprived tribal communities in the Bundelkhand region.

5. LIVELIHOOD AND INCOME GENERATION

Since its inception, Navrachna Samaj Sevi Sansthan has strived to work towards the economic empowerment of the village communities Exploitation by the Government in the form of land grabbing and destruction of food crops left the village communities into deep poverty. Even after obtaining their share of land, lack of knowledge on effective land use does not give them enough yield to earn enough to be able to sustain their families. Resultantly, they migrate to other villages and cities and most of them work as labourers. Navrachna Samaj Sevi Sansthan aims to help such deprived communities to earn enough livelihood to keep their families healthy and happy, NRSSS believes that such a change can be brought about by making the communities. self sufficient and help them generate abundant resources for themselves, NRSSS has worked at several levels with farmers, women and youth by empowering and training them on various productive skills and innovative technologies

6. RELIEF WORK

Providing emergency relief is one of the key areas of work of NRSSS The remote villages in which NRSSS works are prone too environmental and natural disasters and relief for people in such areas reaches very late. It all started in the year 1987 when Bundelkhand and Bagelkhand regions were hit with severe floods that had shattered human life in that region. With the help of networking organisation, provided relief kits including clothes and ration to 500 families in the flood hit regions After this, NRSSS took up the work of RATION KIT distribution and relief work on a regular basis and started many initiatives like “SHRAMDAN” (RATION PACKET as remuneration for work), “VILLAGE TO VILLAGE Program”, emergency relief work as well as distribution NUTRITION DRY RATION PACKET to women.

During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the team at NRSSS made relentless efforts to provide relief kits and livelihood sources to the thousands of migrants who returned back to their villages.

7. REACH & IMPACT

910057 women have benefited from the Internet Saathi Project with Phia Foundation, Bhopal.

884 Individual FRA entitlement, 134 CFR and 131 Revenue Land pattas have been received by the community.

500 Families have been provided emergency relief ration kits during the COVID-19 pandemic by the networking organization.

8. COMMUNITY

– Under the project, community collectivisation efforts have resulted in formation of strong village level institutions. Four (4) thematic Community Based Units were formed in all the villages which then converged into the Gram Ekai (Village Unit). In all, 491 CBOS have been formed on the theme of Forest and Land Rights. These groups have given space to 17038 members out of which, 48% are women. 16035 memebers are from the SEG community while 463 CBOs are led by the SEG.

– Through the four thematic units, a pool of atleast 3250 local Mukhiyas have emerged who have legal knowledge and understanding on the diffrent themes that the project address and are a local resource to guide the community. These leaders from the CBOs have played a key role in diffrent events and programmes of the NRSSS like the rallies, and demonstrations etc.

– The project has created space for women to come out and participate in the development process. There are 8125 women members in the CBOs that have emerged in a leadership role both at the CBO level as well as in different events and programmes.

– Women Samiti ( Mahila Samiti) has been actively engaging in economic activities through loan and credit. Besides the homestay tourism that has been developed under the project in 2 villages in Dist Umaria is also being managed by the women Group.

– Through these groups, 252.5 quintal foodgrain (quantity varies from time to time) and Rs.2, 52, 500 has been collected in the Village Bank (the amount also varies from time to time). This money belongs to the community and is also managed by it. It is generally managed by the women members in the CBO.