Fellowship Programme for Tribal Community Leaders

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Fellowship Programme for Tribal Community Leaders

Summary

The fellowship supports tribal community leaders to act as catalysts of change in their communities through financial support, networking and learning workshops for them. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Although rural communities face many hardships, very few are prepared to take action to address them since poverty, insecurity and the difficulty involved in doing so hold them back. This fellowship supports tribal women and men, typically from poor households, who have already shown potential but need help to mobilize their community.

Activities

The selected Fellows are supported for a period of two years for which they are provided with a Fellowship amount of Rs.25,000. They are also given targeted support in the form of learning workshops and guidance from experienced field workers.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $540
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $49,460
Total Funding Goal: $50,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

A variety of community-specific issues will be addressed and the capacity of the community to address other issues in the future will be enhanced. Communities will feel more encouraged to take responsibility for bringing about social change.

Project Message

The role of community leaders is extremely important as otherwise the poor often just remain mere spectators of processes affecting their lives and expect that the State will solve their problems.
- Mohd. Yaqub Khan, Incharge-GVK (Village Development Fund Programme)

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Neelima Khetan
Chief Executive
Mohan Sinha Marg
Old, Fatehpura
Udaipur, Rajasthan 313004
India
+91 294 2450960
Email:

Project Sponsor

Manish Bapna

Organization

Seva Mandir
Seva Mandir Marg
Old Fatehpura
Udaipur, Rajasthan 313004
India
+91-294-2450960
http://www.sevamandir.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Democracy and Governance.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on May 25, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 24, 2007

Latest Update from the Field

America is married now

By Ms. Deepti Ameta - In Charge Reporting and Communications, May 25, 2009 11:39 AM

May 19, 2009

Dear friends,

First of all, thank you for supporting us ever!

I have some quick news to share. In April end (22nd and 23rd) Margaret and John from Global Giving visited Seva Mandir Projects. We took them around and showed them our work in four villages. We exchanged a lot of ideas and learnt a lot about each other.

During their time here we visited our Pre School Center, Rural School, Immunization Camp, Dal Mill Project (Profit for poor), Village Library and Pastureland Development. They both found these programs very interesting but our meeting with one of the Fellows (Fellowship Project) – Jawan Singh in Barawa village was a special highlight for all of us.

We had lunch with Jawan Singh. It was a very hot day but we all were very happy to be able to wash our feet by a dug-well which still has lots of water. The water in this well is a result of our soil and water conservation work in this village. Margaret and John were very impressed to see our efforts and the strong leadership that has emerged over the years. Jawan Singh is a one such leaders. He is currently a Vikas Mitra Fellow (Fellowship Program). He took us around and showed all the activities that took place over the years. He also explained the caste struggle of his village to Margaret and John.

There were two more striking episodes occurred.

One is – when we visited the village library in Medi village – we met the teacher – Ram Lal who runs the library. He told us that he has 6 kids whose names are after countries like – America, Japan, India, and England etc. We were amused to note that ‘America is married now’.

Another incident – when we were interacting with children in our Rural School in Ushan village, the villagers came to meet the guests. The villagers asked several questions to John and Margaret including – what crops do they grow in America, if they also have a hilly terrain, if the rains are frequent and adequate in their country, what is the mean age of marriage in America etc.

Then, an old man asked if they knew – where the Sun goes in the night and that why sometimes the moon is full and sometimes not???

The people in villages were so happy to have guests. But they were so happy to be able to interact with them. Their innocent questions indicate that they have a desire to learn things and that, they are confident to ask questions.

John and Margaret answered to all these questions very patiently and they both appreciated the fact that they were able to interact with villagers other than development issues.

A very big thank you Margaret and John – it was very nice meeting you and learning all the innovating ways of raising funds, you are trying. We all are very happy meeting you and we appreciate all your support and help that you and your entire team provide us time to time.

I am also taking the opportunity to thank all our friends who have been supporting us through Global Giving. The appreciation we received from Margaret and John for our work is also a result of support from people like you. Thank you once again for all your support.

Do let us know if you like this feedback.

Thank you,

With warm regards,

Deepti

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