India has achieved its Independence since 1947.A lot of policies,Acts and Rules are made to safeguard the weaker section people. The SC ST Communities though have been granted special status in our Constitution still they are being humiliated and tortured in our society. Taking the above plights into deep consideration community level awareness was undertaken to reduce un-touchability and implementation PCR and POA act among the general population & SC/ST communities. The programme was undertaken at Astaranga Block of Puri district. The SHGs/ PRI members and different stakeholders participated in this programme. The resource persons were the advocate and the social activists. They provided enough guidance to the people to reduce un-touchability and the rules of the government. The law and the legal effect to the prohibition of this law are punishable under the different trial of the court of law. They also provided different instances how we faced problems by avoiding the people at the service of the community. The resource persons ensured the awareness among the people of the Astaranga Block under the leadership of DRC.
WORKSHOP ON CBO SENSITIZATION ON RTI ACT:It is said that Information is power.Unless the citizens are informed about their Rights and Privileges granted by the constitution, they can not avail their opportunities at all level.Hence we have organised a workshop on CBO sensitization on RTI Act at Puri .RTI Activists as resource persons were invited. People from Government Line Department, social activists, and Local experienced NGOs were key participants. The participants were invited from various sources like local consumers, educated youths, NGO’s CBO’s. The discussion made on the constitutional rights, consumer rights right to know the information. Their also discussed made on mode of apply, how to apply, whom to apply other paraphonias to get the right required information. The workshop has been attended by 50 participants 50 sets of RTI act books distributed among them. The workshop highly appreciated by the participants resource persons suggested to replicate it in other areas for benefit of common people.
CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING OF PRI MEMBERS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE:Community capacity building (CCB), also referred to as capacity development, is a conceptual approach to social or personal development that focuses on understanding the obstacles that inhibit people, governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations from realizing their development goals while enhancing the abilities that will allow them to achieve measurable and sustainable results. The members of the Panchayati Raj Institutions are being involved in the government without having the knowledge of the procedures to succumb the ill files for recitation. However, not all of them are aware of their rights and duties and how to be functioned as an effective PRI member. DRC undertook a training programme for all the PRI representatives of Brahmagiri Block. The training was based upon the effective governance of the local administration with the manuals of the government programmes. More than 100 PRI members from various levels attended this programme. They were also trained on various govt. schemes that are being implemented through Panchayats and how they can be implemented in a better way by trained members. This programme helped the members to be more effective in implementing various programmes under their respective panchayats. The community leaders, intellectuals and the stakeholders were involved with the resource persons from various resource agencies including GOs, NGOs to make success the programme in the most effective output.