UNITED NATIONAS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

(UNDP)

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Ind/02/006   Natural Disaster Risk Management Programme

Oct, 2002 to end of 2007

Rs.7,03,885/- received till date

Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs

OSDMA

1.      Formation of Disaster Management Committee at District to village level and Orientation

2.      Multi Hazard preparedness, Mitigation and response plans at village/ Block or Tehsil/ district.

3.      Construction of emergency operations center

4.      Emergency kit

5.      Training of government officers from district to block, PRIs, NGOs, and other civil society organizations, teachers etc.

6.      Uploading of data in the IDRN website

7.      Training of District/Block/GP/ village DMTs.

8.      Mock drills at all levels

5 Blocks - Biridi, Jagatsinghpur, Naugaon, Tirtol, Raghunathpur

1.      Disaster Management Committees formed at District and all Block levels, 112 GPDMCs formed and 445 VDMCs formed and orientation organized.

2.       DM Plans at district, all blocks, 41 GPs and 445 villages prepared.

3.      Site yet to be finalized after visit of OSDMA seismic consultant for constructing EOC.

4.      One emergency kit received from OSDMA for DMT training.

5.      Training programmes at various levels involving teachers, youths, villages DMTs, PRIS etc. going on.

6.      337 items of 114 categories uploaded in the IDRN website.

7.      Two village mock drills organized.

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 Ind/00/010: Promotion of appropriate housing technologies and capacity Building of Mason Self Help Groups/Federations for Sustainable Livelihoods

July'02 to June'06

UNDP Orissa

NUNV and Development Technocrats Forum (DTF), Jagatsinghpur

Training of Mason.

All Blocks.

389 Masons trained in appropriate & Disaster Resistant housing technology

Training of Mason Trainers

All Blocks.

21 Master Mason Trainers trained.

Building movement

All Blocks.

1.      11 Govt. Buildings, 175 IAY Building, 39 Community Buildings, 281 Private Buildings constructed in appropriate technologies.

Artisan Self Help Groups (ASHG) formed

2.      9 Nos. of ASHGs formed in the district.

3.      3 in Erasama, 2 in Kujang, 2 in Balikuda, 1 in Biridi, 1 in Naugaon

Artisan Federation

In district level

1 formed

Samagra Awas Yojana

Erasama

Habitat planning is implemented in 6 villages

Artisan SHG taken up construction projects

4 Blocks

Block office building in Balikuda, Pragati Bhawan DRDA,

Resource mapping

Jagatsinghpur

A complied report on available resources and technologies focusing on Housing Technology is prepared.

Community Shelter

5 in Erasama, 5 in Balikuda

10 nos SDC (Swiss Development Corporation) funded Community Shelters taken up

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Ind/02/005: Construction of Care-Today Community Shelters in 4 Coastal districts

Oct'03 to Sept' 04

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UNDP Orissa

Village Construction Committees (Nirmiti Samities) and Artisan SHG.

Community Shelter

3 in Erasama, 2 in Kujang, 2 in Balikuda, 1 in Biridi, 1 in Naugaon Blocks

8 Commercial Building completed till 2004 and 3 building in progress.

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Ind/99/912: Strengthening Disease Surveillance and Response System

May’2000- July 2002 (Extended June 2004

Not received any funds from UNDP, but from Director, Health Services, Orissa & OHSDP

Health and Family Welfare Department

State and District Authorities (Health Department) with help of Doctors from UNDP

 Training of medical officers and Para-medical staff on Disease Surveillance.

 Jagatsinghpur district

1.      The training programme of Medical Officers completed.

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Glo/00/v02: Bridging the digital divide -  capacity building for empowerment and access to quality services in disaster prone areas through volunteers.

Aug' 00 till date

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PR department/ local self Govt./UNDP

Volunteers (Local Youth, CYSD) with support from National UNV

WSHG Computer Training,

Basic Computer Literacy Programme.

Computer Literacy Programme of IGNOU

Information dissemination

Balikuda, Kujanga, Tirtol, Erasama Block

1.      34 women from Balikuda and 13 women from Kujanga Block trained & certificate given by Director Mission Shakti & District IT Society.

2.      Training is continuing

3.      A Knowledge Hub CD is prepared on various Govt schemes and guidelines is available in all the community IT kiosks

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Ind/98/150: Strengthening Natural Resources Management and Sustainable livelihoods for women in Tribal Orissa

April'2000 to December'04

 Rs.

36,00,000/- +provided to 60 SHGs through District Agriculture Officer by State level agency - IMAGE

Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture & Co-operation Extension division.

Institute of Management of Agriculture & Extension (IMAGE)/Department of Agriculture. Govt. of Orissa.

Support to Self Help Groups on:

1.      Micro capital Assistance

2.      Infrastructure Development

3.      Implement Support

Support given through NGOs AWARD, Jagatsinghpur and SAARRAS, Kujang

Jagatsinghpur and Erasama blocks

Support given to 60 SHGs through 2 selected NGOs such as AWARD, Jagatsinghpur and SAARRAS, Kujang. The activities of the SHGs include Cultivation of HYV Paddy, Vegetable, Planting of Beetle vine, Poultry, Goatery, Diary, sheep, Fishery etc.

FLOODS – 2001

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Ind/01/h08: Livelihood restoration Programme in the Flood Affected Districts of Orissa

August 2001 February 2002

UNDP/OSDMA

CYSD, E-1, Institutional Area, RRL, BBSR

Support to 720 small/marginal farmers in Tirtol block and 963 farmers in Balikuda block during Flood-2001

1.      24 villages in Tirtol Block

2.      17 villages in Balikuda block

1.      4 nos. of Agro-Information centers and 3 Agro Service centers in Tirtol & Balikuda blocks set up and functioning. The equipments available at the centers are 5 HP diesel pump set, 3.5 diesel pump set, 2 HP kerosene pump set, power thresher cum winnower, sprayer, 5 HP delivery pipe, 1 HP motor for thresher, computer set and furnitures.

YUGANTAR-DTF  

JAGATSINGHPUR

Objectives -

Ø                Promotion of local building materials and technologies

Ø                Development of self supporting system/ institutions in an entrepreneurship mode

Ø                Improve capacity of community to access house building options

Ø                Promotion of Learning platforms at micro and macro levels

Ø                Capacity Building of local institutions and community towards developing Disaster Proof Habitat 

  Ÿ         Women members of Anjira village being trained in App. & Cost Effective technologies at Anjira of Balikuda block.

Building Movement

Govt. GP Centre at Kothi of Kujanga block has been constructed with the technical support by DTF in association with block engineers under continuous effort