My Work Life In India druing 2003-05

Water Crisis in Juanpur block of Uttaranchal state

Water Crisis in Juanpur block of Uttaranchal state

Many villages in Juanpur block of Uttaranchal state of India are facing acute water shortages for drinking and agricultural purposes. The water for the villagers in Juanpur area drains from a small town and hill station called DHANOLTI, 24 Kilometres from Mussorie. Dhanolti was a small settlement on the Mussorie- Chamba road and had started life as a potato-loading stop for truckers. There are still potato fields in Dhanolti. Later it was discovered by tourists fleeing the urbanisation of Mussorie hill station. Mussorie hill station is situated 263 Kms north of Delhi.

Apart from a tourist bungalow and a tourist rest house, the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam GMVN has a hotel here but the acute shortage of water and electricity deters tourists from prolonging their stay. To take off tourist pressure from these two popular hill stations of Uttaranchal, the Government decided to develop this area as a hot tourist destination.
The government of Uttaranchal is aggressively promoting the tourism in various places in the state with different names, Nature tourism, Piligrim tourism, Adventure tourism, Eco Tourism, Wild life Tourism etc., In December, 200, the state of Uttaranchal Set Up Tourism Development Board. The setting up of the board assumes significance, as it is for the first time the government and private sector have united on a common platform to promote tourism in the state. THE Government has also appointed international tourism consultants, Panell Kerr Foster Consultants Ltd (PKF) market the State as a trekking destination. The State, which is often referred to as the Switzerland of India, is putting its best foot forward to attract more tourists.
As part of developments, the Government constructed a small reservoir and diverted the water for hotels and other recreational activities in Dhanolti. In effect, the villages down stream started having shortages of water. As the water sources gradually dried up, the communities have now access to drinking water only for 8 months. Apart from that, there is a big drop in the agricultural produce. “While the yield of our staple food rice was decreased by 50%, the extra income we get from vegetable cultivation had been totally suspended” says the village leader Mr. Vijay Lal of village upper papra, block Juanpur, district Tehri Garhwal. Village upper papra having 25 families require atleast 3000 liters/ day for drinking and domestic use. But the spring they depend on gives only 50 liters/ hour of unclean water in summer months. During winter, the people collect water from the snow and ice. During summer, people cultivate paddy and millets. In winter they make shawls with the wool.
The villagers sent repeated requests to the government, but nothing happened. They were so used to such developments in that area. The hotel management are highly in accessible, because the activities are being done by the govt.
EFICOR is planning for a drinking water project in the area, and initiated survey. As of now we are involved in water advocacy in the state level.

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Policy Paper Environment Sector

Eficor – Integrated Development Projects unit
Policy paper on Environment Sector

Background:

Environment is the sum of all-external conditions and influences affecting organisms. Ecology is the study of the interrelationships among organism, and between organisms and their environment. The 1992 UN conference on Environment and Development at Rio, characterized sustainable development as “the right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generation”. Thus In order to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process and cannot be considered in isolation from it.

Reasons for Intervention:

EFICOR believes that the lives of the poor in particular are intricately related with natural resource based activities such as agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry which form the basic source of livelihood for more than two thirds of the work force. By definition, the access of the poor to, and control over, both economic and natural resource endowments is limited. Whatever limited land they own or cultivate is mostly dry and infertile. Farm sizes are normally small, and farming is usually for subsistence. It is low input based and labor intensive. Hence the Natural Resource Management is an important factor in alleviating the poverty of our country.

Policy Guidelines:

1. The natural resources bestowed by nature upon humankind include air, land, water, forests, animals, minerals, petroleum, wildlife, and marine wealth. Among these, EFICOR will address the issues that pertains to the poor and the marginalized viz., Land, Water and Forest issues.

2. The poor in India are mainly concentrated in the eight states – Bihar, Jarkhand, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh and account for 40% of the population. These communities generally have very limited access to and control over the forests and water resources which play a vital role in their economic development. EFICOR will involve in environmental issues in above mentioned areas only.

3. Although India has a total geographical area of 329 million hectares, the per capita availability of land is 0.33 ha. 81.2% of India population is classified as small and marginal farmers. With only 9% of the area, at 14.5 million hectares, coming under these marginal and sub marginal small holdings, the average size of these comes to 0.41ha. This in itself renders agricultural operations rather uneconomical. But since the possession of land is tied up with economic security and social status farmers do not part and continue to cultivate it even under adverse conditions with environmentally destructive cultivation practices. EFICOR will promote stabilization and reduction of cultivable land by providing irrigation facilities to the agricultural lands. Sustainable Agricultural practices, which are environment friendly such as organic manure, vermi-composting, bio-fertilizers, bio-pesticides etc, will be promoted.
4. Soil is the most basic resource that provides food grains for human beings and animals. It was estimated that about 5,333 million tones of soil is detached annually and of this about 20% is carried away by the rivers into the sea. Nearly 10% of it is being deposited in our surface reservoirs resulting in the loss of 1 to 2 percent of the storage capacity. As the precious top soil is eroded, the agricultural output is drastically affected and creates dependency on other lands. EFICOR will promote aggressive soil conservation measures, mainly in the areas where the slopes are greater than 5% by using resources which are locally available.
5. Forests play a major role in enhancing the quality of environment. As against a minimum requirement of 33% of the geographical area, the country has an area of 633.4 lakh hectares notified as forests which represents 19.27 per cent of geographical area. The forest resources are threatened due to overgrazing and other forms of over exploitation, both for commercial and household needs, encroachments, and unsustainable practices like unscientific cultivation and development activities. Significantly any part of the country, if left untouched, has a capacity to regenerate by itself. EFICOR will actively promote forest protection and management by the communities so that the forests will regenerate. Plant varieties which are grown in that area only will be used where ever tree plantation is necessary.
6. India is one of the wettest countries in the world. Its average annual rainfall is 1170mm, with Chirapunji in the northeast corner getting drenched under 11,400mm and the sands of Jaisalmer at the other end of the scale pulling along with 210mm. But Today India uses only a tenth of the rainfall it receives annually. India’s groundwater resources are almost 10 times its annual rainfall. But with over 170,000 tube wells added every year, the water table is declining in many areas, leaving the dug wells poor and dry. In order to address the issue of water scarcity, EFICOR will promote community water harvesting systems where ever needed. Strengthening of these water-harvesting structures will be encouraged in order to ensure availability of irrigation support to farmers. Preference will be given to develop existing harvesting structures, which will benefit the poor communities most. Where such structures do not exist, new structures will be promoted. Safe water for drinking also will be provided through bore wells, spring development structures, roof top water harvesting systems.
7. Replicability in the Natural Resources sector have been proved to work only in one setting and environment, which emphasizes the diversity and complexity of the sector. EFICOR will promote environment friendly activities which incur minimum cost, require less technical inputs and require material which is locally made.
8. High technological products like High Yielding Vatieties (HYVs) and hybrids have contributed to a sharp increase in yields during the Green Revolution period. How ever, there have been severe negative effects, including those of land degradation induced by the HYVs and hybrids, especially when input use has been indiscriminate. Where ever traditional varieties are employed, the efficiency of such varieties will be sought to be studied scientifically, in order that farmers will not continue to use in efficient seeds. EFICOR will prefer local varieties where the returns are marginally less than HYVs or other varieties, but sustainable in terms of yields. Organic farming is promoted in place of intense chemical pesticides and fertilizers, which creates severe environmental concerns.
9. Fundamental changes in the way societies produce and consume are indispensable for achieving global sustainable development. EFICOR promotes sustainable consumption and production patterns as the key answer for achieving sustainable development among the communities. Resource efficiency will be improved by preventing and minimizing waste and maximize reuse, recycling and use of environmentally friendly alternative materials, with the participation of all stakeholders.
10. An integrated, multi-hazard, inclusive approach to address vulnerability, risk assessment and disaster management, including prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, is an essential element of a safer world in the twenty-first century. EFICOR will promote reducing the risks of flooding and drought in vulnerable areas by watershed protection and restoration, improved land-use planning, improving and applying more widely techniques and methodologies for assessing the potential adverse effects of climate change.


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Guide Lines for New Initiatives Survey

EFICOR: Poverty Alleviation Unit

Guidelines for Feasibility Study



1. Identify poorer communities and areas, and short list them
2. Identify prospective NGO’s/ Agencies and short list them
3. Collect a detailed profile of agencies
4. Collect a brief profile of communities
5. Identify the needs of the people and prioritize them
6. Send a detailed report to EFICOR HQ for processing and finalizing the communities/ partners
7. Collect a detailed profile of the agency
8. Collect Socioeconomic indicators
9. Collect relevant govt. data
10. Collect census details
11. Collect their culture and customs
12. Collect details on any development work done in the area before and being proposed.
13. Collect data required for the particular need assessed
14. Prepare proposals for the duration of 1-2 years with the scope for next five years
15. Send it to EFICOR H.q. for sending them to donors

1. Criteria to Identify poorer communities and geographical areas

Criteria for selection:

· The areas and communities should be within the targeted geographical areas according to the EFICOR’s strategic plan.
· EFICOR’s primary constituency is the evangelical communities- Churches, organizations and individuals – who are committed to wholistic mission.
· The communities can be of any group (Tribal, rural or urban) in undivided BIMAROU states
· EFICOR wants to work with specific groups such as Women, Children, tribals, urban poor, disabled and those in need of care in the states other than undivided BIMAROU.
· The communities who are discriminated/alienated/segregated and are exploitative/monopolistic/poor need to be given priority
· The community should be under BPL.
· The areas where the infrastructure is very less.

2. Criteria to identify prospective NGO’s/ Agencies:

· The NGO/ Agency should be Evangelical in nature.
· Should be committed for wholistic transformation
· At least 5 years of existence
· Registered under Society Registration Act
· Good administrative structure

3. Check list for collecting brief profile of the agencies:

· Name and address of the agency
· Name of the contact person
· Details of registration under SRA
· Year in which the organization started
· Areas of operation
· Communities involved
· Funding sources
· FCRA details (if any)
· No. of full time staff, their qualification and capacity
· No. of part time staff, their qualification and capacity
· Copy of MOA (Memorandum of Association/ by laws) along with the board members list
· Annual and Financial reports of the last two years
· Mission, Vision and Goals (if not listed above)
· Organogram – Staff structure

4. Checklist for collecting community/ area profile

· Map of the area ( district, block and village wise)
· List of the communities in the area
· List of NGO’s working in the area
· Demographic details of the community
· Topography of the area
· History and culture of the targeted communities
· History of the area
· Socioeconomic conditions of the community
· Infrastructure facilities of the area
· Panchayati Raj institutions
· Agriculture details of the area

5. Identify the needs of the people and prioritize them

A deeper but more complex survey can be done using the six areas of life with which every group of people living together is always concerned.

a. Meeting basic physical needs: Subsistence and the provision of needs such as food, clothing, shelter, water and health care, are basic in the life of a community. There will always be many themes where people have difficulty meeting these needs.

b. Relationship among people: The social relationship of tension or harmony, between men and women, husbands and wives, parents and children, workers and employers, are important areas of life around which to listen for themes. Family rituals and community celebrations of birth, marriage, death, harvesting and other achievements are often linked to strong feelings.

c. Community decision-making processes and structures: How do people feel both about the decisions that are made which affect their lives, and the way the decisions are made? What are the structures for involving people? What are the rules of the group? Who makes them? Who enforce them? Does power depend on age, tribe, knowledge, money, and education?

d. Education and socialization: Both through schooling and traditional education, people are taught values, skills and acceptable ways of behaving as members of a community. What are they? Are there changes talking place? What tensions occur through these changes?

e. Recreation: What does the group do to relax and enjoy them? Play games, watch sports, dance, sing, drink, talk, sit and rest in silence, do creative art or craft work?

f. Beliefs and values: All groups have a basic set of beliefs, an ideology or religion through which they express their understanding of human life, death, the world, love of God, etc. This provides them with a frame of reference through which they determine what is important in life. Special rites and symbol provide solemnity and security for important moments of existence, e.g. birth, attaining adulthood, marriage, death, etc.

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Chamba Toure Report

Travel report on project visit to Chamba during 18-20 November 2003


Objective: To accompany Bruce syvret from World Relief Canada who is visiting GCDWS project at Chamba.

Important Observations are:

The Field requires a competent field in charge to implement the project in an efficient manner.
The project staff require training in project management and technical skills regarding the water project
Close monitoring needs to be done by EFICOR.
Base line survey needs to be done by the project as soon as possible.
The project staff need training on base line survey
Results for the awareness/ training/ motivation programs needs to be worked out for the project and communicated to them
The financial operations need to be separated from the hospital
Lessons learnt from the previous water projects need to be incorporated in the present project
Peoples need to be thoroughly assessed by the staff before starting any construction activity in the villages
The project needs to address special requirements of marginalised groups



Thanks
Salathiel Nalli

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Kukna Field Visit

Report on visit to Kukna field during 13- 16 October, 2003

Objectives:

To Collect information regarding literacy programs of Kukna and Vasava
To Finalise the list of villages of Kukna and Vasava
To conduct second level appraisals for the junior level staff
To discuss about the future of Vasava project
To look at field Administration issues


1. Information regarding Literacy Project:

UNESCO defines literate person as "one who can with understanding both read and write a short simple statement on his (her) everyday fife". A person is "functionally literate when he (she) can engage in all these activities in which literacy is required for effective functioning of his (her) group and community".

Literacy is one of the entry point activities of Kukna field. As on date literacy programs are conducted in 100 villages benefiting 4000 learners. The following books are used for literacy programs:

Pre Primer (L1)
Primer 1(L1)
Primer 2(L1)
Primer 3(L1)
Post literacy(L1)
Bridge Material(L2)
Post literacy(L2)

The Kukna project follows the camp method of instruction. In this method, the L1 classes are conducted for 30 days and with a break of 2 months, the L2 classes are conducted for 15 days. In this, they will ensure the continuity of the learning.

But this method is not practical in Vasava, since their culture will not allow them to stay to gather for a long time. For them the class method is more effective, which they are following.

The following table shows the progress of literacy activities in Kukna and Vasava.

People Group
Language
Script
Literacy Primers
Additional Reading Materials
Remarks
Kukna
Kukna(Dangi)
Gujarati
L1, L2
Available

Varli
Varli
Gujarati
L1, L2
Available
For people residing in Gujarat

Varli
Marathi
L1, L2
Not Available
For people residing in Maharashtra
Bhil
Bhil


Not Available
Only 5% of Population
Vasava
Vasavi
Gujarati
L1
Not available


EFICOR’s role in promoting mother tongue instruction is commendable. I have interviewed several people from the community regarding the advantages and challenges of mother tongue education. The findings are:

Advantages of Mother Tongue:
The people understand better in their own mother tongue
They can learn the script of the state language through their own language easily
They learn fast, since it is the language they speak
It is easy to understand and they have more confidence of what they have understood.
They can easily identify themselves with their language, which in turn motivates them for further learning.

Challenges of Mother Tongue education:
Script, primers, reading material not available and the production of the same is time consuming.
Scientific production of script and language, including grammar requires high technical expertise.
Experts intervention is very necessary to ensure fool proof language development.
Wrong perception by the development workers that mother tongue education slows down development process.

Case Study 1:

Government of India set up National Literacy Mission Authority in 1988 for eradication of illiteracy through district level literacy campaign that is area specific, time bound, volunteer based, cost effective and outcome oriented in the target group of 15-35 years. The aim of the campaign is to ensure functional literacy for all by 2000 AD.

One such village is Chikkar, 12 KM from Waghai, where the TLC (Total Literacy Campaign) started off during late 80’s. The government started the literacy project with a school teacher which continued for one year. There used to be classes every night for one hour for 3 months with a group of men and women of 12-15 people. At the end of the classes, at least 10 people could write their names. The project continued for one year and then stopped due to lack of interest by both the people and the government. One of the reasons are the classes used Gujarati language.
Mr. Budhiya Bhai was 8 years old when this campaign started, studying 3rd standard. He studied till 10th. He started studying Gujarati, the state language since he joined school. Since his mother tongue is Kukna, he found it difficult to cope up with. It took a long time for him to learn the state language and the alphabets. He feels that it is better to introduce Kukna for starting and then move to a state language. Because there is no further education is available in Kukna, he wants to learn state language Gujarati in the later stages.

Case study 2:

In 2000, the Vasavi literacy project was started in 5 villages of Vyara district, Gujarat. The program continued for 6 months and then stopped in between due to lack of interest from the community. The reason for the failure is that the project used Gujarati language as medium of instruction.

In 2002, again the program started in 5 villages, 20 learners from each centre. This time, it is through The classes are running for 2 hours a day for 6 months. They felt easy to learn in their on language, after that Post literacy.

At present they are using only two books. During year 2002-03, they took 5 villages and completed 2 books. During 2003-04 they took another 5 villages and started the same two books. The previous people did not complete literacy course completely. This is a serious concern. The reason is that the materials are not prepared before starting literacy program. They should not start


2. The list of villages for Kukna and Vasava are finalised.

3. Second level appraisals were conducted for Prashant, Samson and Pradeep. They are performing according to expectations.

4. Discussions were held with the project incharge Asir Selvaraj regarding future plans for Vasava Project. FMPB are not in a position to release their staff for this project who can work for full time. The project is progressing according to revised schedule. Some financial matters are resolved with EFICOR accountant.

5. Administration issues are not looked into.


Thanks
Salathiel R. Nalli

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Orissa IV Toure Report

Report on the field visit to Orissa IV Project during 26-29 October 2003.

Objective:

To See the progress of the project
To conduct second level appraisals for the junior level staff
To Explain EFICOR Development Goals and Targets to the staff
To look at field Administration issues


The project is facing hurdles in literacy component. It was suggested to progress slowly in order to have less conflict with the community. The issue of security of the staff was discussed widely. As the situation is very critical, it was decided that the staff move out of the targeted villages to a near by town
The second level appraisals were conducted for Prashant, Lima, Sarita, Sashi kant, Shaja. The staff performance is found satisfactory
EFICOR Development Goals and Targets are shared to all the staff.
The field administration management is being followed in a proper manner. All the required documents and files are being neatly maintained.
The housing component is not planned yet due to the problems in the village. This will be addressed shortly.

Thanks
Salathiel R. Nalli

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Toure Report: Koya Project

Toure Report of Mr. S R Nalli to the Koya Field during 21st and 22nd November, 2004


The Koya Tribal development project was started in April 2002. The first two years 2002-04 was focused on IEM Capacity Building and Partnership development. A Koya Society was formed and registered under the Societies Registration Act.

From April 2004, development programs were initiated in the selected 1 villages with Local Governance and Literacy Components.

IEM Capacity Building:

· I had a meeting with North Koya field missionaries and discussed on various issues
· There is a high level of acceptance of EFICOR and its activities among IEM missionaries
· IEM looks EFICOR as both implementing and facilitating agency, and is very excited about partnership
· There were frequent meeting of EFICOR with IEM local leadership
· IEM highly appreciated the rapport between Koya people and the government, specially through the formation of Koya society
· IEM had already sent a missionary for EFICOR CDO training, who is coming back and working under the Program Coordinator of EFICOR.

Visit to IDP Village:

Village : Palagudem
Gram Panchayat : Kanaka Gudem
Mandal : Kunavaram

Palagudem hamlets (Revenue Village with 2 wards of 3 hamlets):
1. Mitta Ramavaram 25 families
2. Palagudem (Pai) 24 families
3. Palagudem (Kinda) 24 families

· 2 VDC’s are formed and fully functioning
· Met one ward member who is a CPM candidate, not literate but wants to study. He was taught on the role of a ward member, but cannot remember. He is confident that he can learn to read and write, and lead his village in the right direction
· Literacy programs were conducted for some villages using camp method, which is partially successful. Discussions are going on to find the right method for literacy
· The literates can read and write their own names, but not others names
· All children are now studying in the primary schools, which provides mid day meals by the government. The teachers are also coming regularly, else they give complaint to the government which attracts disciplinary action.
· Jowar is the staple food, where they crush and boil with water (ambali) and drink 3-6 times a day
· The tribe cultivates Jowar and tel in the high lands (mitta) through Jhum cultivation method (Podu). They cultivate rice in the low lands (pallam) which is rainfed.
· 25% of the families have low lands which lack Irrigation facility. They are badly in need of water for cultivation
· This year, there was a total crop failure, and villages are getting ready for migration in search of new Jobs
· A pulse polio campaign is undergoing in the villages by the government, where each and every household is being covered
· Drinking water is available in all the villages
· A tribe called “Konda Reddy” which is extremely poor and with just 10,000 populations is living in that area. IEM has plans to start the ministry there.

DMP Village Visit:

Village : M Kashinagaram
GP : Kashinagaram
Mandal : Dummugudem

Kashinagaram Villages (GP with 8 Wards):

Nakkaltippa 60 families (All Koya) 2 Wards
M Kashinagaram 60 families (58 SC) 2 Wards
K Kashinagaram 40 families (All Koya) 2 Wards
Kashinagaram 90 families (80 Koya) 2 Wards

· EFICOR is involving in M Kashinagaram and K Kashinagaram villages only
· EFICOR has trained them in Disaster Preparedness and other activities. Distributed seeds and fertilizers to the community
· Community needs fishing nets so that their livelihood can be secured
· Due to article 170 in force, people other than Koya community cannot own lands or immovable property, which causes much trouble to the SC community
· There was a flood in that area during 1986, after that till now no major flood happened
· There was a village “Sunnam batti” which is 1 KM away from the village, where the flooding occurs annually. But that village is not selected by EFICOR for various reasons
· There was savings group formed to make money accessible in times of emergencies. 11 people saved Rs 3900 till now.
· Contingency plan for Disaster Preparedness was made for the village and circulated to all the committee members. The District Collector has to formally approve the same.
· The DMP staff and the villagers are clear about the expected outcomes of the program as under
· A Taskforce which is capable and active in times of Disaster Emergencies
· Existence of emergency fund to meet the challenges faced during the times of disaster
· Village Disaster Contingency Plan which is approved by the government
· A network which will provide linkages between all the 9 DMP villages
· In order to achieve the above outcomes, the DMP team is considering an extension of the program for another 6- 12 months.
· On the basis of the proposal by the DMP team, the Working Committee will decide on the extension of the DMP project
· After the completion of the DMP project, the villages need to be continued with development programs, based on the feasibility of the IDP and IEM teams
· The Working Committee which consists of IEM, IDP and DMP will discuss and decide on which DMP villages to be continued.

Administrative Issues:

· Attendence Register is being maintained
· Log books for all the vehicles are being maintained
· The NOCs for two motor bikes are not still registered with the local government. It is advised to pursue the matter immideatly
· Asset/ Stock register is being maintained
· Incoming and outgoing register is being maintained
· Staff reporting system is not functional. It is decided that all the staff submit monthly reports to their respective seniors.
· Staff monthly meetings are being in an informal manner. It is decided to conduct the monthly meetings of both IDP and DMU staff and record the minutes of the same
· Though there is frequent interaction with IEM, the formal Working Committee meetings are conducted sparingly. The DMP team is not represented for quite some time. It was emphasized that the Working Committee is not a meeting of Information sharing, but its a decision making body. It was decided to have quarterly Working Committee meeting with the representation of all.

Other Issues:

· Mr. Vijay Wankhade will look after the accounts of both IDP and DMU. He will be sent to HQ finance for proper training on tally and book keeping
· After two years of successful implementation, the IEM capacity building program had a break during 2004-05 due to non availability of funds from TSD. It is requested that the TSD to pursue the matter seriously.

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MOU Between NGO and Villages

Memorandum of Understanding
between
(Society for Education and Basic Awareness)
(Hereafter referred to as SEBA)

and

(Name of the Village/ Panchayat/ Group)
(Hereafter referred to as Community)

Concerning drilling and Installation of the hand pump in the defined period (referred to as “the Project”)

1. Introduction about the partner:

SEBA is …..

2. Purpose of the Agreement

2.1 ‘SEBA & the Community’ enter into this agreement with the common objective of bringing the project to a successful completion.
2.2 The community will form a group of 20- 25 families who contributes an amount of ---- from each family. The amount is then deposited with SEBA, who will refund the amount after completing the installation of hand pump along with proper drainage system, a soak pit and a recharge pit.
2.3 The Community has to maintain cleanliness around the hand pump by providing proper drainage system and a soak pit. The soak Pit should be 4 feet/ 2feet/ 2 feet and should be filled first with boulders, then gravel and finally with sand.
2.4 The community will take the complete responsibility of maintaining the hand pump and promptly repair whenever it stops functioning properly.
2.5 The community also will contribute sand/cement/gravel/ for platform construction.


3. Right of Withdrawal & Restrictions

3.1 SEBA and the Community shall inform each other, if circumstances beyond their control prevent a successful accomplishment of the project. SEBA can then decide to abandon the project and it will not be held responsible for the same.

3.2 This MOU becomes effective when signed by both the parties and is valid for a maximum period of twelve months.



ON BEHALF OF SEBA ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY









DATE


DATE

NAME


NAME

DESIGNATION


DESIGNATION

OFFICIAL SEAL
OFFICIAL SEAL

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Rig Unit Guide lines in working with the Partners

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