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Overview
of PACS Project Activities in 2006
GTI started
the PACS project in October 2003 with
the objective of engendering activities of civil
society organizations associated with the PACS
project in three States; U.P., Bihar and Jharkhand.
The PACS project focuses on building the capacity
of civil society organizations so that an effective
and efficient programme management mechanism
can be evolved to support and benefit the poorest
of the poor section of society.
In defining poorest of the poor, the project
identifies women as amongst the poorest groups
in all sections of society. Their marginalized
status, despite various development programmes
to help improve their economic and social condition,
reveals gaps in the existing programme implementation
strategy. Therefore an engendered approach is
needed to ensure equitable and sustainable development
of all section of society.
GTI has adopted a three-step implementation
strategy under the project:
STEP 1: Twenty villages have been selected in Sarwan Khera Block
of Kanpur Dehat district for direct project
intervention. In these villages, women collectives
(of the poorest families) have been formed and
efforts are being made to improve the living
condition of these families by empowering the
members. The learning and process of implementation
is being recorded so that it can be shared with
the other partners.
STEP 2: The second step involves recording the similar experiences
of the other PACS partners and analyzing it
from a gender perspective.
STEP3: The third step applied under the project is formulation
of a training module on the basis of the experiences
gathered from the Kanpur Dehat and from other
PACS partners and organizing gender training
programme to the civil society organisation
working under the project.
Our Achievements in Kanpur
Direct intervention in the Kanpur Dehat
district has produced some remarkable achievements. Women, who
had neither access nor control on the developmental
institutions, are now coming forward to take
the benefits of the development activities.
At the village level their control in relation
to the education and health institutions has
improved and they are able to take benefits
from these institutions. An evaluation report
conducted by an independent agency showed that
all villages have strong women collective in
which 49% members are regularly attending meetings.
The members of the collectives have managed
to take up the benefits of education and health
as 85.46% of students are now attending schools
up to class 8th and health services
are now availed by 100% of children and women.
However, 71% of participants are politically
aware but only 7% are attending Gram Sabha meeting;
63% have
knowledge about government schemes but only
40 % have access to the government department.
This shows the need for further action in the
project area. Knowledge alone is not sufficient,
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conducive environment and support system have
to be created, so that the knowledge gained
can be exercised to yield desired result. Therefore,
GTI has developed an action plan to strengthen
the women’s collective by forming a federation
so that with the support of people-led advocacy,
participants can have control in the Gram Sabha
and the government institutions, which are a
major source of development at the grass root
level.
Gender Training to the Civil Society Organisations
GTI provides gender trainings to its participants
to help them understand the concept of gender,
in depth analysis of gender approaches, and
how to promote gender friendly work place. GTI
trainings can help them in acquiring tools and
skills to integrate gender into their project
design, its implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
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