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Friday, December 29, 2017

Vikasnagar campus

I discovered (I am very ignorant about plants and flowers!!) that you dont need to buy flower plants every season. If you just take care of the old ones, they drop the seeds which come up next season. And that is what happened in our campus: see the picture below.
But let me not give you a wrong impression: this approach "just let the flowers grow by themselves" - does not save you from all the hard work of gardening, done by Dhaneshwari!! She has got a very productive kitchen garden too, going on, on our campus. Happy new Year to all of you, dear readers.

Poly pond built!

 Polypond in Banpur, completed!
 Women gather for a SHG meeting in Donri.
 Villagers inspecting the polypond in Banpur.
 SHG meeting in Banpur
Cheque being given to community for the Water tanks built in Jhitad.

Friday, December 15, 2017

Seven Tanks are complete in Jhitar Banpur area!

Making the best use of seasonal cycle and he lull in the farm work, the local team has completed the seven water tanks well in time. Here are some pictures in various stages of preparation and USE! We congratulate women, community, Mangat Ram ji and Shri Sohan Singh ji for participation and good tempo! Let us maintain it...




(notice the pipe for taking the water out to the farm below)




 A Community meeting in Tiuni (2 Nov)

MMR vaccine in Chakrata

Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
vaccination is offered for free by the government health team at our Primary school near Chakrata. 37 out of 40 kids, received this benefit in the second week of December 2017. Three left out kids, were subsequently covered in their village- Majhgaon. Rubella can be very important for pregnant women, later in life, as it can save their baby from serious birth defects.

Thursday, December 7, 2017

New Collaboration!

The new initiative in collaboration with The Himalaya Trust, Dehradun:

आवा म्यार पहाड़

Monday, December 4, 2017

Smta school has immunization camp...

The school had a visit from state health team which offered immunization to all our children for free. We sincerely thank the team, parents and children. Well done Chain Singh ji and Kedar Singh ji!

General Body meeting


We clubbed Governing body and general body meeting on the same day: 18th Nov 2017. Rachit, Rekha, Maggi, Sultan, Kundan, Manju, Dhaneshwari, Satyendra, Sohan, Belam - we all gathered and had a very fruitful time. Here is the brief progress report (May-Oct 2017):

1.           The FCRA renewal for next 5 years, after some effort, was successfully received on 10th June as an online update on the FCRA official website. The Retrieving Women’s Pride (RWP) project began from the very next day and the Manos Unidas was promptly informed accordingly. Manos had requested the their funds back if SMTA could not start the project soon.
2.           He shared about ongoing activities - Minority scholarship program and Open University, Uttarakhand. These two initiatives are progressing as before. There is a public notice from UOU,  that new courses will be offered now only to educational organizations. Under Minority scholarship scheme, this year, the ministry has made it necessary for the schools to verify their students through the online portal. Many schools have no clue and therefore students are suffering. SMTA has explained the process to the schools which have requested for help.
3.           The new proposal for Saarigad watershed was submitted to NABARD in May 2017 but we have not heard anything yet. Rachit suggested that since selection committee must have met in Sept/Oct, we should now find out about the outcome. It was done and nothing has been heard so far. We will be sending another reminder soon or do a follow up visit.
4.           We were informed by NGO friends in Dehradun about an EOI from Swajal in June 2017; SMTA applied for it and was selected as an empanelled agency for Swajal in the state, for Dehradun district, based on our past experince. But recently, we discovered that due to a subsequent ‘political’ decision, this state level empanelment was cancelled. Now, we are waiting for the district level announcement from Swajal regarding EOI etc.
5.           SMTA explored PMGDISHA program, which offers free basic IT training for rural communities to promote cashless transactions, like using OTP, online commerce etc. Like many government programs, people’s response has not been good yet. We may have to rethink it.
6.           SMTA is exploring with social organizations/NGOs in Dehradun, to rent out our halls, for office and/or social development purposes – in consonance with SMTA’s values and principles. This will promote better work environment and upkeep of the Vikasnagar campus, besides generating opportunities and synergy.
7.           Jakhadhar primary school is doing well, especially after the joining of Shri Chain Singh, our old teacher, in May 2017. At present 40 students from the nearby villages are enrolled. Some old students have returned. Recently, it was provided with new sports goods and two computers, which are being used by students.

8.           A blog has been started, which is being updated regularly with news, developments and photographs. It offers updates under RWP (Retrieving women’s pride project) too, as a separate tab. It can be accessed easily at :  https://smtachakrata.blogspot.in .

Please keep checking this space for developments and news!
Peace!

Friday, November 17, 2017

Manos Unidas Visit



Smta Team had a nice morning discussion about RWP, with Alexandra and Gloria, from Manos Unidas. We learned that these words in Spanish mean "Hands United " - for service of women and communities facing challenges around the globe.

Maggi was with us; so were three women from the community- Sundari Devi, Sudarshana and Aditi... and of course, Sohan, Kundan, Sultan, Mangat Ram ji and Dr Satyendra...

Much thanks to St Mary Convent for hosting the meeting and Mr Jain (MSS) for coordinating everything seamlessly..

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Maggi revisits

Maggi visited us after about an year 14th Nov. 2017.. 
We had a tea party with friends: Mr and Mrs Jain, Father ji and other neighbors and friends..

Thursday, November 2, 2017

RWP workshop in Tiuni

2nd November: Sultan, Kundan and 13 key participants from RWP met in Tiuni (near Forest Rest house) for a workshop, discussing, reviewing and learning about various aspects of the project- documentation, accounting, monitoring and community mobilization. 

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Tiuni Visit

Director, Dr Srivastava visited Tiuni region to review RWP activity in the villages (20-23 Sept 2017). A meeting in Daonri is going on.

RWP Review meeting at Vikasnagar

Review meeting at Vikasnagar..6th Oct.


Water Tank at Daonri ready!

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

 

 गाँधी  व  शास्त्री  जयंती  के शुभ अवसर  पर अपना स्कूल समता निकेतन में ध्वजारोहण  व  सफाई  अभियान का आगाज---------



Kathang village Water Hauz

Thursday, September 21, 2017

क्वांसी  में  संकुल  स्तरीय  खेल कूद  प्रतियोगिता  में प्रतिभाग  करते  अपना  स्कूल समता निकेतन  के छात्र  !

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

 योगाभ्यास  करते हुए अपना स्कूल समता निकेतन के छात्र -छात्राएँ  !


Friday, September 8, 2017

बानपुर   में   SHG   को  चैक  देते  हुए   पूर्व  प्रधान  श्री  मंगत राम शर्मा जी  !

Mangatram, the president of the project committee, is giving a cheque to women in Banpur, as our contribution to their small savings account, which will be used for productive activities like inter-loaning for agriculture related investments.

Thursday, August 31, 2017

smta student learning basics.



अपना स्कूल समता निकेतन  प्राथमिक विद्यालय के  बच्चे  खेलकूद प्रतिस्पर्धा  में भाग लेते हुए !


instruction for long jump,chain singh guruji

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Self help at its best!


AN IRRIGATION CANAL  (GHUL) IS BEING REPAIRED BY WOMEN IN  KATHANG    VILLAGE.


Thursday, August 17, 2017


71 वे स्वतंत्रता  दिवस  के शुभ अवसर पर अपना स्कूल समता निकेतन जाखाधार  में  सांस्कृतिक  कार्यक्रम  में भाग लेते हुए छात्र  छात्राये |