Employment opportunities to disadvantaged groups within tribal communities through skill training

Project Proposal from Academy of Development Science (ADS)

Synopsis

Academy of Development Science, as a people oriented Science & Technology organisation, is primarily concerned with the problems faced by village communities, particularly the tribals, the landless and small & marginal farmers. Major objective of the organisation is to promote sustainable development by seeking active participation of the community.

The proposed project seeks to provide gainful employment opportunities to marginalised groups (mainly women and the handicapped) through skill training in bamboo craft and wood work.

Specifically the support is requested for the following:

Stipend to trainees and artisans.
Tools & equipment for wood work, bamboo, stitching, etc.
Raw material (bamboo, softwood, cotton cloth, etc.)
Consummables (thread, needles, printing inks, vegetable dyes, varnish, nails, etc.)

The funding requested is for an amount of Rs. 1,71,400 (approx US $4000).

Background

Venkatesh Iyer (formerly from AID-State College) and Ravi Kuchimanchi, both AID-India volunteers visited ADS on August 11, 1999. Following their visit to ADS near Karjat in Maharastra this proposal was received.

The proposal was received by AID-State College on August 21, 1999 through Venkatesh Iyer.

Venkatesh Iyer had suggested that atleast one other chapter review the proposal with us (as it is for a relatively big amount). The new AID-San Diego chapter will be jointly reviewing this project with AID-PSU.

Status and contact information

The project has been successfully completed. A detailed report on the experiences of the project is available at the links below. A follow-up proposal for skills training at Hirechiwadi village, has been submitted.

Shailabh Nagar , Kavitha Nellore of AID-PSU and
Arun Raghupathy , Vaijayanti Gupta of AID-San Diego can be contacted for more information about the completed project.

Thanks to Raghuram Vadali (formerly AID-PSU) and Venkatesh Iyer (formerly AID-Mumbai)
for helping in coordinating the project.

Links (in recommended order of reading)

[Proposal] Complete proposal sent by Rajeev Khedkar, Secretary, ADS

[Background] Background and status information

[First visit (Short)] Short version of visit report sent by Venkatesh Iyer

[First Visit (Detailed)] Detailed version of visit report by Venkatesh Iyer

[Questions by AID-PSU/AID-San Diego] Initial set of queries raised by AID-PSU/San Diego after a discussion/CSH presentation.

[Replies from ADS] Detailed replies to above questions, provided by Peter Bakos and Rajeev Khedkar of ADS. Peter is likely to be implementing the project.

[Final Status Report] Status report at completion of project. Sent by Peter Bakos on March 12, 2001.

[Hirechiwadi Project Proposal] A new project proposal for a similar training workshop, incorporating the experiences from the completed project. Sent by Peter Bakos on March 12, 2001.

Last modified: March 12, 2001 by Shailabh Nagar (shailabh_nagar@yahoo.com)