JANPATH AND ITS WORK WITH SALT PAN WORKERS

Approach……Approach…… FacilitatingFacilitating Sustainability of the initiativesSustainability of the initiatives Community ownershipCommunity ownership EmpowermentEmpowerment Community level leadershipCommunity level leadership A platform to come togetherA platform to come together

EMPOWERMENT (BUT HOW?) Info sharing Radio Programme, Outreach programme Health Education Micro Credit Insurance Identity cards Facilitating coming together (Organization – AHRM) Livelihood promotion Vocation training, alternative livelihood Advocacy Govt to community Community representation in govt committees Technological Support for Quality improvement & market Leadership Exposure Sharing work & Contribute

Resources mobilized Volunteers from larger society (for health camps, for documentation, media support, adovcacy, survey) Donation from citizen groups (women’s groups, senior citizens, students, teachers, etc Medicines from doctor’s associations, and hospitals Scholarship to children – By AID + matching with other donation

Technology support- Research institute + Gujarat govt + donations from outside Alternative Livelihood support - from Small scale industries, friends etc.Alternative Livelihood support - from Small scale industries, friends etc. Radio programme – Community contributionRadio programme – Community contribution Admin Exp – JANPATHAdmin Exp – JANPATH HR exp (3 fellows) - ????? (no provisions for the same, currently all 3 fellows working 50% honararium. Difficult to get donaiton for HR cost.HR exp (3 fellows) - ????? (no provisions for the same, currently all 3 fellows working 50% honararium. Difficult to get donaiton for HR cost.

Achievements… 8,000 families reached directly, organized. Agariyas became member of district empowered committee (govt) Government reached the desert for sharing their programmes/planning Community included in monitoring of govt programmes Recognized as “traditional salt workers” (earlier called as “illegal salt workers”) Government budgets increased for welfare New schemes/programmes were designed Larger society became aware of Agariya issues

To count… children got support for primary education 6000 families got free water supply (saving 750 Rs. /month) 8400 families got safety kits (gum boots, goggles, hand glovers, caps etc) 2500 people got health support 900 families got housing support 8800 families got Identity cards as traditional salt workers

RequirementQuantity/AmtHow long? Fellowship to grass root workers Rs.10,000 X 3 fellows 12 months =3.6 lakhs 5 years Health –nutritionRs.1 lakhs /year (this will be used as seed money to leverage other resources) 5 years Scholarship2.5 lakhs /year5 years Augmentation of Livelihood & providing alternatives Rs.1 lakh/year5 years Admin and acc support1 lakh5 years

Community will take over in next five years Will able to Get Policy changes (health, education, micro credit, entitlements ) Alternative livelihood options increased/ enhanced Strong community organization will be in place… national linkages built…