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Description of the Project Work
1. What are the project goals and how will they be reached?
The project goals are to develop the economic situation of economically backward women in the community. In this way the organization will play its role in poverty eradication of this section of the society and provide literacy and awareness on necessary developmental subjects.
To reach these goals the organization is planning to run vocational training classes and literacy classes for the target community and assist them to start income generation programmes.
Duration
The duration of the programme is 36 months from the date of starting of the project and the implementing agency is expected to complete all the tasks scheduled in the project plan, within this time frame. After the 36 months new batch will start.
2. What specific results do you expect this project to produce? How will you measure your actual results? How does this relate to empowerment of women?
We expect that the women who will enroll in our programs will be trained in such a way that they will be able to get jobs or start their own business. We will see to it that all or most of the women who will receive training will earn their livelihood.
The project will be monitored at every stage of implementation through the "Board of Trustees" consisting of the President and Secretary of the implementing agency, official nominee from funding agency, President and Secretary of the women SHG group, social worker, resource person/educationalist using various qualitative and quantitative indicators for measuring success levels of the projects.
The groups achieving satisfactory performance will be put on high priority and these found below satisfaction level will be taken for interim evaluation to learn lessons for remedial measures and cautions to be observed.
Indicators of achievement
A) Qualitative indicators
Increase in self esteem, individual and collective confidence.
Increase in articulation, knowledge and awareness levels, on issues affecting the community at large and women in particular.
Increase or decrease in personal leisure time and time for child care.
Increase/decrease in work loads of women as a result of new initiatives.
Change in roles and responsibility in the family and community.
Visible decrease in domestic violence.
Responses to, and changes in social customs.
Visible changes in women participation levels, increase in bargaining power of the women as an individual in the home and community.
Increased access to the knowledge/information of the project.
Formulation of cohesive and articulated women's groups at village/block/district and state level.
Positive change in social attitudes.
Awareness and recognition of women's economic contribution within and outside household.
Women's decision making and centres of expenditure.
Quantitative indicators
a) Demographic trends
Maternal/mortality rates
Fertility rates
Sex ratio
Life expectancy
Average age of marriage
b) Number of women participating in different development programs.
c) Greater access and control over community resources and government schemes.
d) Visible changes in physical health/status/nutrition levels.
e) Changes in literacy levels.
f) Participation level of women in political process.
3. List the activities necessary for achieving each result:
a) Running Vocational trainings
b) Formation and running of SHG's
c) Running of Training cum production centres
The target numbers:
To provide training to 200 poor women per year in Tailoring and garment making
To provide training to 200 poor women per year as Beautician
To provide training to 100 poor women per year in Food processing and spices making
To teach primary education to 200 illiterate women per year.
To form and run Self Help Groups for the poor women in the target communities.
All the productive operations of the unit will be handled by the trainees and the members of women SHG groups with the assistance of external resource persons whenever required.
The implementing agency will nominate one of it's executive committee member to co-ordinate all the activities of the project and he will act as "project coordinator".
The implementing agency will provide all necessary support like arranging preliminary market survey, market tie-ups, product design, standardization, packing etc., through common services centre which run as affiliate to the women co-operative society.
The implementing agency will assist all the members of women co-operative to procure all required infrastructure, machinery and material. The implementing agency will establish a training-cum-production centre equipped with garment making and food processing activities. It will arrange for initial training to selective women members to handle the operation of machinery and equipment, production processes etc., who in turn will provide training to other women beneficiaries.
The training cum production centre will be equipped with the following
activities.
1. Garment making
2. Beautician training
3. Food processing
a) Papads
b) Masala powders/spices
4. Literacy training
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