Completion Narrative Report We encourage you to enter information into this template throughout the reporting period. This will make completing the report much easier when the time comes to submit! Organisation name:

Rural Educational Activities for Development (READ)

Country:

India

Programme Locations:

90 Villages under 6 Gram panchayat of Ramanaguda Block in Rayagada District, Odisha, India

Please list all the target province(s), district(s) and town(s)/village(s)

Current Strategic Plan period (DD/MM/YYYY – DD/MM/YYYY):

2021-2026

Period for the current operational plan (DD/MM/YYYY – DD/MM/YYYY):

1st October 2021 to 31 Sept. 2022

Reporting period (DD/MM/YYYY – DD/MM/YYYY):

1st October 2021 to 30th Nov 2022

Total # male/female staff at the start of the reporting period:

Full time: 10 (Female-5 Male-5) Part time: 0 TOTAL: 10

Total # trustees/board members at the start of the reporting period:

Total male: 4 Total female: 3 TOTAL: 7

Has your Partnership Manager told you some of your Ops Plan activities are supported with funding from an All We Can back donor (eg: OPM, UKAid etc.)? If you are not sure please check with your Partnership Manager

☐ Yes (if you checked ‘yes’: a) please ensure you send supporting documents for these activities. Your Partnership Manager will provide you with a checklist for the supporting documents you need to please submit) ☒No

Review-month report checklist (please tick after writing your report):

☒Are all sections of the narrative report completed, including section 5 (case study)?: ☒Are the following documents ready to submit with your narrative report: ☒Financial report ☐Any supporting documents for All We Can back donor-funded activities that you have completed during the reporting period (only if applicable to your organisation – please check with your Partnership Manager) ☒Image(s) for your case study (please send these as separate files, e.g. JPG; PDF etc.) ☒Consent form(s)

1.

PROGRESS ON MEASURING RESULTS

5-Year Outcome [Copy and paste from Q1.7 in your ops plan]

20% Reduction in violence against women and girl by the end of 2026

Indicator for 5-year outcome [Copy and paste from

Target for the indicator for this year

Q1.7 in your ops plan]

[Copy and paste from Q1.7 in your ops plan]

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% of women and girls who are not facing gender based violence # of gender based violence resolved through GRC.

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# of families’ boys/girls enjoys equal support

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# of villages reported violence free # men and women who are accessing their rights equally # men and women taking decision

Realised access and control over resources and rights equally by men and women

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GRC functioned effectively where GVC ensured duty and responsibilities to address the issue

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# of GVC members ensure their duties and responsibilities

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# issues are addressed

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60% out of 180 (108/180) will have ensured their duty and responsibilities

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Progress on data collection methods

ogress towards your target so far. [Remember to saggregate results by age and gender wherever ossible]:

Please share an update on the data collection methods you are using this year to gather results against your outcome indicators. For example: have you started designing your data collection tools? What tools are you using? Have you already done any data collection in the field? With how many community members? Please highlight any support All We Can can provide over the next 6 months.

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the end of the project READ have realised that e platform which had been created to address the sues of gender through model intervention such Gender Resource Centre (GRC) through ommunity led approach leading by Gender gilance Committee (GVCs) members with

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32% out of 300 (96/300) gender based cases in a year will have resolved through GRC.

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articipation 50/50 among men and women in the 0 targeted operational villages have been ccessfully functional where members of GVC elivered their role and responsibilities by actively articipating the review and planning meeting, eating awareness at their locality on gender oncept, gender rights, laws, provision and women ghts and dignity. Apart from these they too have uilt good relationship among government officials ch and organised interface meeting to address e issues with cooperative and coordinative efforts.

s per the annual target, where it was assumed that least 96 cases in a year will have identified and solved either through Gender Resource Centre or community level through counselling, discussion nd one to one meeting among victims and culprit as to provide justice to the survivor. As per the ata and document verification it was found that at e end of the project there was 105 cases being entified and cases were filed at GRC office hereas 95 cases have been resolved out of which 0 cases have been resolved at GRC Centre and her 75 cases have been resolved at Community vel with the participation of GVC, SHGs, Farmers ommittee and village leaders.

atus of the Outcome

80 GVCs members (90 male and 90 female) onsisting of 30 members in each panchayat from 6 dopted panchayat functioned effectively by olding regular quarterly review and planning eeting.

5 elected core committee members of Gender esource Centre headed by president, Secretary and easure effectively manage the Centre respecting e Gender Resource Centre Functional Manual to ddress the issues of Gender.

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Child friendly environment with best interest of the children

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Target community access equal and adequate health services

Improved safe and healthy environment

People have practiced climate adoptive agriculture

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Producer company (FPC), Farmers Committee and LRP function effectively

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# of children free from abuse and ill-treatment # of children accessed required support # children participate in decision # of villages reported child friendly Mother and children accessed require health services # families do not depends on traditional health practices

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# of people reported no communicable diseases (malaria, diarrhoea, scabies etc.) # of family adopted organic farming # of family go for 2nd crop and mixed crops # family go for climate friendly cultivation. # Producer companies own all produces and market it with profitable prices

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05 cases out of targeted 96 cases for the year have een identified (as per the case file) whereas 95 ses have been resolved where about 20 cases solved through GRC and rest 75 cases have been solved at community level

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he prime objective of formation of farmers ommittee was to generate leadership among the rmers who could lead the process of successful stainable agriculture and alternative livelihood nd income generation activities towards all-round

towards control over produces and ownership

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# Farmers gets fair prices for their products

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30 LRP

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evelopment of their own community and locality. urthermore the farmers will have capacity over ontrol of their own production and cost of selling e produces according to their own wishes. Apart om these the farmers committee was another tiative to promote Farmers Producer Company in ture to make agriculture produces towards usiness process and earn optimum benefit out of eir own production and avoid middle petty aders and outside business man so as to escape om the fraudulent. So there was 6 farmers (each in e panchayat) consisting of 15 members have been omoted hence altogether 90 members were in e 6 grampanchayats.

part from these a group of Livelihood Resource ersons consisting of 30 members also been omoted with full capacities and information by oviding various training such as organic stainable agriculture practice, adoption of climate silient corps, alternative livelihood practice such goat rearing, mushroom cultivation, beekeeping c. as a result the Livelihood Resource Persons ave provided handholding support to the villages r adoption of the same to improve livelihood and od security throughout the year.

course of time the farmers committee have alised their responsibilities and gone through a ght track such as conducting regular quarterly view and planning meeting where they could able address the issues of livelihood and income eneration activities and also it was made them sy for making effective planning for further tervention. The meeting coverage was mostly on e of organic manure, adoption of paddy line antation, vegetable cultivation, mixed crop actice, climate adoptive agriculture, goat rearing, ushroom cultivation etc.

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People have secured sustainable livelihood

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s per the interest of the farmers they have decided promote Farmers Producer Company so as to ontrol their own production and market where ey could decide the price value of each oduction according to their wish and optimum enefits. Eventually 2 Farmers Producer Company ave been registered which was a great hievement for the farmers and they have hope to mprove their livelihood condition and food security ound the year.

atus of the outcome

farmers committee consisting of 15 members in 6 am panchayat altogether 90 members have been rmed and function effectively holding regular uarterly review and planning meeting

0 Livelihood Resource Persons had been covered 0 villages and made aware among the community th handholding support towards agriculture and come generation activities

ith the support of farmers committee and velihood Resource Persons there about 75% milies (4000/5310) have engaged in agriculture tivities and alternative livelihood practice.

esently the farmers at least 40% have able to sell eir produces at local market (mostly vegetable) cording to their fixed prices, but when they sell it a bulk they have been cheated by the outside aders.

Farmers Producers Company has been registered nd about to functional recent future.

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People have accessed employment opportunity (Vocational)

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Women are able to take decision

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Targeted community are able to access their rights and entitlement

square of meal around the year and mitigates basic amenities. # of youth earn regular income

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# of families accessed rights and entitlements.

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Reduced potential loss during disaster situation

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# families who reported reduction in life and livelihood

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Disaster victims are served immediate assistance and restored

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# victims and families received emergency assistance # victim who have been restored

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this operational plan READ has not been taken e said outcome despite READ has undertaken the mergency assistance to the victims’ families as llows: READ has distributed 5 family who were being suffering from house burnt at KARUDANGA village under Jhoradi Panchayat in Kolanara Blok of Rayagada District, Odisha. 5 victim families from Dhepaguda Village under Gulunthi Panchayat whose house roofs were wiped away due to medium cyclone in the month of march were being supported incentive for temporary shelters by READ,

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READ has achieved desired results

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READ has vibrant staff contribute growth/development of the organisation

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EAD has developed Disaster Risk Reduction Plan nd oriented the same among the staff. READ has anned and prepared to address the disaster issues per it’s own capacities also READ will propose the nds to different agencies for it’s contingency fund well as response plan as a cross-cutting in every oposal

7% (12/18) out of 60% target achievement realised here READ staff have able to perform their duty nd responsibilities in their respective areas where aff are able to train the community on sustainable elihood, income generation activities, gender clusion and gender rights.

EAD has been functioning equip with professional nd experienced staff who have multi-dimensional ills and expertise. As of now at least 58% staff 0/18) have able to contribute effective function of e organisation in-line with updated system, olicies, structure and function for the growth and evelopment of the organisation.

EAD has equipped with Unique Selling Point such Integrated Livelihood Resource Centre (ILRC), ender Resource Centre (GRC) and initiated rmers Producer Company (FPC) and rganisational Sustainable Programme, where EAD able to generate income for it’s long run. esently the farmers who were being received nancial support for agriculture purposes have been adually refunding the amount with additional ontribution but due to changing of FCRA rules EAD could not deposit the amount directly in the EAD accounts so it was again being rotating mong the farmers.

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EAD has able to generate Rs.1,10,000 out of their stainable development fund.

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EAD has equipped with own office building, dequate assets, system, policies and own Resource entre. READ has sustainable funds for anagement and functions of READ and limited ills staff for mobilisation of funds from different gencies and corporate.

EAD has equipped with system, structure, policies nd functional mechanism, during this reporting eriod READ has developed Management of formation System (MIS) and monitoring echanism (tool) where READ able to collect data rough on-sight visit and MIS based for quality porting. Apart from these READ has also eveloped GRC functional manual and DRM policy hich has the additional system improvement of EAD. READ has developed multiple strategies for ndraising such as engagement of consultant for ndraising, submission of proposals to different reign funding agencies, income from Alternative elihood Resource Centre (ALRC), collection of ontribution from sustainable programme etc. All ese will create an opportunity for the READ in cent future as independent functional ganisation.

this reporting period READ has applied 10 oposals to foreign donors and CSR agencies and ollecting contribution from farmers out of ustainable Programme.

part from these READ has participated CSR mmit 2022 at New Delhi where 4 CSR agencies as been consulted and assurance have been given r the partnership once the grants open in the year

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Annual output

Indicator for annual output

[Copy and paste from Q2 in your ops plan]

[Copy and paste from Q2 in your ops plan]

Annual Output 1.1: 108 GVC members have involved in regular review and planning and participate to create awareness at village level, conduct interface with duty bearers and identify and resolve the issues.

# members enhanced knowledge on structure and function of GRC and placed gender issues and participate in planning for resolving in regular review meeting

Target for the indicator for this year [Copy and paste from Q1.7 in your ops plan]

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he India CSR team has agreed and encouraged EAD to organise a CSR Summit in Odisha state in e month of March 2023. The main purpose of ganising the CSR Summit in Odisha by READ is to eate network between NGOs and CSRs and READ ll play as a role of facilitating organisation in ture. Therefore, READ has to organise like this at ast 2/3 programs in Odisha to get the recognition nd win the trust of CSR, NGOs and Government ficials.

esult to date for this year Please report any

Progress on data collection methods

ogress towards your target so far. [Remember to saggregate results by age and gender wherever ossible]:

Please share an update on the data collection methods you are using this year to gather results against your outcome indicators. For example: have you started designing your data collection tools? What tools are you using? Have you already done any data collection in the field? With how many community members? Please highlight any support All We Can can provide over the next 6 months.

00 (45 male 55 male) out of 108 GVC members have READ has adopted multiple strategies for ble to generate awareness in 90 operational villages data collection such as here 17258 adult and 9293 children bellow 21 years • Developed and applied data collection ere being informed about gender issues mostly on tool according to the programme with ild marriage and importance of girl education and sets of indicators and indicators so members interacted with Block officials, Child questionnaires evelopment Project Officer (CDPO) and social • Developed and applied Management of curity officer on GRC functional and its priority in information system (MIS) where READ e region. collect data from on-site visit and MIS part from these 180 GVCs members (90 male and 90 based data collection methods male) had conducted 4 numbers of quarterly review • Collect data from monthly review and nd planning meeting in 3 different venue consisting planning meeting where the MPWs

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Annual Output 1.2: 96 gender based cases will have reported, discussed and taken proper action by GRC.

# of issues are presented during review meeting at GRC

96

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# of duty bearers deliver their services towards prevention and response of gender issues in the block

18

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# of cases have been reported at GRC office

96

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60 members in each meeting where the members scussed about the core committee at block level (15 embers) and their management and function and • sues of child marriage and domestic violence.

05 issues out of sets 96 issues from 90 villages lated to child marriage and domestic violence had een discussed during review meeting. Whereas 95 ses have been resolved mostly 20 cases through RC and 75 cases through community with volvement of community leaders, SHGs, GVCs and rmers committee.

0 out of 18 set target government officials namely hild Development Project Officer (CDPO), Block evelopment Officer (BDO), Tahasildar, Block Social ecurity Officer, Block Project Coordinator of Odisha velihood Mission, Panchayat Extension Officer, eterinary Officer, Asst. Agriculture Officer, Soil onservation Officer, Horticulture Officer and embers of Panchayat Raj Institution were being ngaged to resolve various community issues such as sues of gender like child marriage, domestic olence, issues of food and social security like old ge pension, public distribution system, support of igation through construction of ponds, agriculture pport to the farmers etc.

05 issues out of sets 96 issues from 90 villages lated to child marriage and domestic violence had een discussed during review meeting. Whereas 95 ses have been resolved mostly 20 cases through RC and 75 cases through community with volvement of community leaders, SHGs, GVCs and rmers committee.

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provide data directly through monthly reports Collect data from monitoring visit where management team monitor the programme directly from the field. Documentation of data through case studies.

Annual Output 4.1: farmers from 90 villages sell their produces to 2 no. of producer company with fair prices.

# of cases have been resolved

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# of villages, farmers sell their products to farmers producer companies

90

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# of villages, farmers received fair prices over their produces Annual Output 4.2: 30 LRP provides handholding supports to farmers

Annual Output 4.3: 90 farmer’s representative monitor the process of farmers committee review meeting, organic agriculture and income generation activities and pass on activities.

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# of farmers engaged in climate adoptive agriculture

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0 cases through GRC and 75 cases through ommunity with involvement of community leaders, HGs, GVCs and farmers committee.

l most in all villages’ farmers sell their produces at cal market and around the villages, but they still ave not getting fair prices because the Farmers oducers Company has not yet been functional.

etail selling people sell vegetable with fare price but hen they sell it with bulk they could not get the fair ice. It was assumed that once the FPO falls into nctional all the farmers will get the best prices out their produces.

53 farmers out of 300 targets have engaged in mate adoptive agriculture where the farmers used manage the irrigation, nutrition management and mate risk management. The crops like green gram, d gram, ground nuts, pulses, millets and oil seeds. bout 1765 people (male 1041 and female 724 and ildren 618) have been benefited from the produces.

650 farmers have been adopted income generation tivities like vegetable cultivation, goat rearing, ushroom cultivation etc. About 8250 people (male 868, female 3383 and children 2888) have able to cess the benefits towards livelihood and food curity.

100 farmers have improved agriculture techniques here farmers used to practice irrigation, use of ganic manures, liquid manure, line showing paddy antation, climate adoptive crops, intercrops etc. part from these the pass on activities have been erformed effectively among the farmers, where rmers monitor the pass on programme in regular asis.

he farmers who have adopted vegetable cultivation, oat rearing, oil seeds cultivation have able to earn

income

Annual Output 7.1: organisational and programmes level targeted result will have achieved by at least 60% Annual Output 7.2: 70% staff will have delivered efficiently in given role and responsibilities

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# of quality and result based report submitted to line authority

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# staff able to ensure financial management, books of accounts

70%

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# staff able to write quality document, report, project proposal, monitoring

70%

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Annual Output 7.3: 20% staff contribute towards fundraising

# of staff mobilise resource by providing consultancy services

70%

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Annual Output 7.4: 50,00000 fund generated through different sources

% of fund generated from different sources

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Annual Output 7.5: at least 5 major source of fund raising mechanism

% of fund mobilised from different sources

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. 30000 to Rs.50000 per annum because the oduction out of vegetable cultivation produces at ast twice to thrice in a year and from goat they earn wice in a year. It was realised that the farmers able to old alternative livelihood and vegetable cultivation roughout the year.

5% quality reports and documents have been able generate and submitted to line authority by dopting M&E and MIS based data collection and porting.

8 out of 18 (100%) staff of READ have able to nderstand and practice financial management, ooks of accounts and maintenance of financial cords.

5% quality reports and documents have been able generate and submitted to line authority by dopting M&E and MIS based data collection and porting.

uring this reporting period READ staffs have ngaged in consultancy services on A study on status minority youth in Odisha. The assignment has been nder process. In the final negotiation the agencies ave not agreed to the amount which READ has ked for because the volume of price and area of udy was mismatch the amount of Rs.40,000 for the udy was not upto the investment since the study ea was scheduled for 6 districts so READ did not ke the assignment.

EAD has generated fund Rs.1, 10,000 from stainable plan and gradually it will increase once all e farmers pay back principal amount with additional ontribution.

0 project proposal has been submitted to different onors, as of now 2 donors has replied that the oposal is under review and it may take another 6

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# of reports sent to different authority

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onths. As revealed by the funding agency.

part from these READ has participated CSR summit 022 at New Delhi where 4 CSR agencies has been onsulted and assurance has been given for the artnership once the grants open in the year 2023.

he first interim report has been sent to AWC based n the MIS data and analysis. And second 12 month port is also done accordingly. The final report also een prepared according to the data of MIS and final view information of staff and community.

2.

ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & PROGRAMME IMPL

2.1)

Please share progress made on the implementation of activities as p

Annual outputs

Planned activity

[Please copy and paste from Q5 in your Ops Plan. Include the output number]

[Please copy and paste from Q5 in your Ops Plan. Include the activity number]

Output 1.1)

1.1.a)

Completed

108 GVC members have involved in regular review and planning and participate to create awareness at village level, conduct interface with duty bearers and identify and resolve the issues.

Formation of GRC core Committee at Block Level

The activity was p month of Decembe Ops but the pro rescheduled in th January 2022 and in the month of Feb

1.1.b)

Completed

Training on legal rights, laws and provision for women to 180 GVC members

Status

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The activity was p month of Nov. 202 but the progr rescheduled in th January 2022 and in the month of Feb

1.1.c)

Completed

Capacity Building training on GRC management and function for 15 core committee members

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LEMENTATION

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Describe activity completion or progress. Provided details about the activity status: If an activity if ‘completed’ provide details about what has been done and include the dates, the number of people involved and other important details wherever possible. If an activity is ‘on track’ please explain the work you have done so far for the activity and what still needs to happen to complete the activity. If the activity is on track because it was not scheduled to start during the last 6 months, please confirm that the activity schedule has not changed. If the schedule for the activity has changed from what was in your Ops Plan, please describe these changes; and why you are making these changes. If an activity is ‘delayed’ please explain why, and when you think the activity will be able to happen. The core committee of GRC has been formed among 180 GVC members by organising meeting in 3 different venues consisting of 60 members from 2 panchayats each, hence altogether 60 participants X 3 venue = 180 members. The implementation dates are such as 14-02-2022, 15-02-2022 and 16-02-2022 where 30 male and 30 female GVCs members were being participated in each venue namely Dashardangdua, Kahamaguda and Pandasaguda villages in Ramanaguda Block of Rayagada District, Odisha. The training was imparted for the 180 GVC members in 3 different venues namely Narayanguda, Tumbakanda and Kondajamguda on dated 23 to 24th , 25th to 26th and 27th to 28th of February 2022 where 30 male and 30 female GVC (60) each had participated the training. The training was facilitated by Mr. Udit babu, advocate, Mr. Kularanajn D. Majhi, Programme Manager and Mr. Sudhir Kumar Nayak, Programme Director, READ. The prime topic of the training was gender rights, gender justice, legal rights, laws and provisions. The capacity building training was facilitated on the date 22nd to 23rd of April 2022 by Mr. Kularanjan D. Majhi, Programme Manager at GRC office, Ramanaguda under Rayagada District, Odisha. The total 15 core committee members 7 male and 8 female of GRC were participated in the programme. The main topic of the training for the core committee was role and responsibilities of the members, management and

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March 2022 and im the month of April.

1.1.d)

Completed

Development of Resource materials (such as like hand book content of gender concept, gender rights, laws and provision for women, leaf-late, posters, brochure etc.) Output 1.2)

1.2.a)

At least 96 gender based cases will have reported, discussed and taken proper action

Panchayat level quarterly GVC review and planning meeting 180 members 30 each GP

1.2.b)

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The resource materials like different posters on gender based issues, domestic violence, child marriage, and manual books on fish farming, organic manure & pesticides, mushroom cultivation, poultry farming have developed. All the materials are developed in Odia language.

The panchayat level quarterly GVC review and planning meeting was conducted for 180 GVC members (90 male and 90 female). The first quarterly meeting was conducted on the month of January from 17th to 19th’ 2022 at Dashrdanguda, Chakarbhata and Mahipanga where 30 male and 30 female were participated in 3 different venue. The second quarterly review and planning meeting was conducted in the month March from 10th to 12th at Jhora, Chakrabhata and Kerandiguda of Ramanaguda Block under Rayagada district, Odisha. The third quarterly meeting was conducted on dated 6th , 7th, 12th of June 2022 at Pencom, Bangi chaka and Suludi and the fourth quarterly meeting was organised on dated 12th, 13th and 14th September 2022 at Narayanguda, Suludi and Kondazamguda. The programme was facilitated by project coordinator in 3 different venues. The prime objective of the review and planning meeting was to create awareness on gender inclusion, gender rights and women and child rights. identification of gender issues and resolving issues at GRC, effective function of Gender Resource Centre by Core committee and interface and interaction among government officials to address the issues of gender and women. Rent for the GRC have been paid to house owner every month. The final rent has been given in the month of November 2022.

The International women’s day was being observed on 26th of March 2022 at Mahiponga village where 350 women form Self Help Group (SHG), members of Gender Vigilance Committee (GVC) participated along with Block chairman, sarapanchs and other members of the panchayat raj institutions.

Output 4.1)

4.1.a)

Completed

Farmers from 90 villages sell their produces to 2 no. of Producer Company with fair prices.

Conduct training to farmers’ producer company on market analysis

The activity was pla month of Decembe Ops but the progra rescheduled in the m 2022 and implemen month of March. 20

4.1.b)

Completed

Start-up Support to 2 Farmers Producer Company

Track Delayed (plan month of March in was reschedule in th Nov. 2022

Output 4.2)

4.2.a)

Completed

30 LRP provides handholding supports to farmers

Refresher training for 30 LRP for 2 days (organic agriculture, climate adoptive agr. alternative livelihood)

The activity was pla month of Decembe Ops but the progra rescheduled to imp month of May 2022 again rescheduled a implemented in the June 2022

Output 4.3)

4.3.a)

Completed

90 farmer’s representative monitor the process of farmers committee review meeting, organic agriculture and income generation activities and pass on activities.

Training on Community based monitoring to 90 farmers

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Quarterly farmers’ review and planning meeting of 90 farmers

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The training was facilitated at the venue SHAKTI ANUSTAN, Ramanaguda on dated 20th and 21st of March 2022. Mr. Sadananda Singh, Managing Director (MD) of Farmers Producer Company from Koraput District facilitated the training and given input on available produces at local area, its cost and market opportunity and linkages to different company. There were 17 male and 19 female altogether 36 farmers made aware in the training programme.

Two no. of farmers producer company have been registered where READ has supported the cost for registration process and office setup. In the office setup READ has procured assets like chair, table and system for the smooth functioning of the Farmers Producer Companies.

2 days Refresher training on organic agriculture adoption and alternative livelihood was organized at Ramanaguda block on dated 10th and 11th of June 2022, to 30 LRP which was facilitated by programme manager and project coordinator. The prime motto of the training was to stimulate and recall of skills and capacity which they had been undergone previous year so as to deliver services to the community where community will receive the skills of organic agriculture and alternative livelihood such as goat rearing, mushroom cultivation, beekeeping and other income generation activities to get optimum benefit out of their production and contribute towards sustainable livelihood and food security.

The training was conducted for 90 farmers from 90 villages in 2 phase consisting of 45 members in each training at the venue of Johra and Kerandiguda under Ramanaguda Block of Rayagada District, Odisha. The training was facilitated by Mr. Kularanjan D. Majhi, Programme Manager and Mr. Sudhir Kumar Nayak, Programme Director, READ. The main topic of the training was to build capacity of the farmers to monitor the agriculture and alternative livelihood and income generation activities in their respective villages and also village development programme. Four Times two phases farmers quarterly review and planning meeting for 90 farmers (each phase 45 members in tow groups) have been conducted respectively on dated 7th and 8th of January 2022 and 23rd and 24th March 2022 at the venue of Jhora, Mahiponga, Sikha Jhola and Narayanguda. And 20th and 22nd of June 2022 at dangubadi and bangichhaka of Ramanaguda Block and the last quarterly meeting

Output 7.1)

7.1.a)

Completed

organisational and programmes level targeted result will have achieved by at least 60%

Revisiting of policies, system and structure

The programme wa in the month of July

7.1.b)

Completed

Capacity building training to staff on Result Based Management

The activity was pla month of Feb. 2022 But the programme rescheduled and im the month of March

7.1.c)

Completed

Hiring of an expert for strategic direction

7.1.c)

Completed

Outstation visit on different capacities such as fundraising, financial management and quality reporting Output 7.5)

7.5.a)

Completed

at least 5 major source of fund raising mechanism will

Promotion of income generation model (climate adoptive agriculture, fisheries, nursery

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conducted on dated 19th and 20th of Sept. 2022 at same venue. The prime discussion of the meeting was initiative of Farmers Producer Company, monitoring of agriculture and alternative livelihood activities and marketing of products with fair prices. The Revisiting policies, system and structure was conducted from the date 12th to 16th of July 2022 where 23 members (15 male and 8 female) from field staff, office staff and board members were participated. The programme was facilitated by Mr. Alin Naik and facilitated to make understand the policies of the organization such as HR policy, Finance Policy, Gender Policy, Policy against sexual harassment at workplace, PME manual, Child rights and protection policy and reviewed the details if any changes. Apart from these the facilitator also developed DRM policy through workshop during revisiting the policy and system. The result based management training has been facilitated by Mr. Alin Naik, development consultant, Odisha. The training was conducted from 14th to 17th of March 2022 at READ office where 9 male and 14 female staff participated in the 4 days programme. The main theme of the training was problem tree analysis, project and programme management cycle, type of result, Monitoring tool, assessment and reporting. Mr. Alin Naik, consultant for strategic direction has been engaged in fundraising for READ. As of now there were 6 project proposal has been submitted to different donor and scheduled to interact with Corporate agencies namely TATA Trust and Zindal for further perusal towards submission of project proposal. Apart from these the consultant developing proposal for READ as per the Strategic plan 2021-26 for submitting the same to different donors. READ has participated CSR summit 2022 at New Delhi where 4 CSR agencies has been consulted and assurance has been given for the partnership once the grants open in the year 2023. READ has given opportunity to organise a CSR Summit in Odisha state in the month of March 2023 to create an opportunity to connect with different state level CSRs and get recognition

The community training centre building has been completed and ready to use for the purposes. A nursery has been developed with green house promotion which is covered 18X8 feet of length and width and the variety of plant such as papaya, tomato, bringel, green chilli, drumstick and horticulture plants coconut, lemon, mango, sepota and medicinal plants have been grown.

have practiced

Mushroom, Beekeeping (Construction of Community training Centre)

programme was res and plan to implem month of oct. And n

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Completed (Janary the Ops)

Office setup and technology adoption Carry-forward Activities

Conduct training to farmers’ producer company members on management and function of the company

Completed

Conduct training to farmers’ producer company members on documentation maintainance, accounting, and marketing of the products

Completed

Installation of bore well at organic agriculture Resource Centre for income generation program

Completed

Completion of fencing at organic agriculture Resource Centre for income generation program

Completed

Vaccination and insurance of goats

Track delayed

scheduled ment in the nov.

An organic agriculture has been developed with variety of plants such as tomato, bringel, green chilli, cauliflower, bitter guard, sweet corn and flowery culture etc. in a space of half acre of land. Apart from these, mushroom demo cultivation also has been grown in 12/12 feet of land with about 3 stairs. And fishy culture demo also has been developed with a space of 15/12 feet and adopted aquaponic method of fish cultivation.

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READ has procured assets such as (Air Conditions, chair, table, printer, two wheeler, water filter, fans, almirah.

The training was imparted on dated 19th and 20th of February 2022 at the venue SHAKTI ANUSTHAN, Ramanaguda under Rayagada Districts of Odisha where 42 male and 18 female altogether 60 participated in the training. The training was facilitated by Mr. Sadanada Singh, Managing Director, Farmers Producer Company Koraput, Odisha. The main theme of the training was role and responsibility of board members, functional mechanism, membership criteria, shareholder, marketing strategies and linkages of FPC at different company. The training was facilitated by Mr. Sadananda Singh, Managing Director, FPC, Koraput on dated 21st and 22nd of February 2022 at pencom village under Ramanaguda Block of Rayagada Districts, Odisha. There were 56 participants/farmers (male 41 and female 15) participated in the programme. The main topic of discussion was documentation, maintenance, accounting and marketing of the produces.

The bore well is already installed in the organic agriculture resource centre, but after repeated digging of the same we didn’t get water from the same. Therefore we sincerely apologize you.

Already done,

After our sincere effort the livestock inspector didn’t support us for providing vaccination to goats. Therefore, we finally changed the activity.

Building permit for READ offices

Completed

Annual formal review

Completed

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READ has received the building permission from the BDA The formal review has been conducted at Ramanaguda GRC office on dated from 24th to 26th November 2022 where 10 staff have been actively participated and involved in the discussion. The review has been conducted in two way process such as one is data collection directly from the field through Focus Group Discussion according to the questionaries’ as well as self-assessment among the staff what they felt on the thematic intervention, achievement, challenges and future course of action.

2.1)

What changes have taken place during this reporting period? [Please share with us any changes that have taken place during this reporting period or that you would like to make in the next half, due to internal or external factors, in the following areas. Please explain why these changes need to happen:]

Changes in planned activities: Changes in budget:

Changes in staff:

1.

The amount Rs. 83000 from the budget head of 80g registration has been drawn to office setup head and that amount used for procuring of two-wheeler. 2. The rest amount which was under the head of fencing has been put into under the head of borehole. 3. The other adjustments of the budget are prepared for next two months (Oct.-Nov.22) period. The project coordinator has left the job in the month of March 2022, so READ has promoted a field staff (female staff) looking into the education, experiences, skills and quality and given the project coordinator responsibility from the month of April 2022 and appointed a new candidate in her place.

Changes in governance/board of trustee arrangements:

NA

Changes in your context (your

NA

organisation and/or the community or country you work in that will/is likely to impact your work):

3.

SUCCESSES & CHALLENGES

3.1) What are you most proud of during this reporting period and why? What have you learnt from this? [500 words max.] There are several components and thematic area where READ felt proud on this project intervention most among them are such as establishment of vibrant community based organisation such as farmers committee representing all 90 intervention villages who are holding regular quarterly review and planning meeting and address the issues of sustainable livelihood and food security throughout the year. With their own efforts and 100% community participation 2 Farmers Producer Company has been established with legal

registration who will work for the farmers in their region for controlling over their own production and accessed optimum benefits out of their efforts. Besides these a group of Livelihood Resource Persons who make efforts for the farmers by imparting knowledge and capacities and lend handholding support for sustainable agriculture and alternative livelihood such as goat rearing, mushroom cultivation, vegetable cultivation, use of organic manure and marketing. As per the data from the filed it was realised that presently at least 20% farmers have adopted use of organic agriculture and 75% farmers adopted sustainable agriculture practices and alternative livelihood option which helps the family for sustainable livelihood and food security throughout the year. In terms of gender inclusion mostly focusing on addressing the issues of gender such as child marriage, domestic violence, girl child education a model platform has been promoted which is also one among the most proud felt area for the READ. The promotion of Gender Resource Centre (GRC) led by community approach where Gender Vigilane Committee (GVCs) are the leaders and headed by Core Committee at block level with cooperative and coordinating efforts of government departments and members of Panchayat Raj institution who come together either through regular quarterly review and planning, interface among all stakeholders, identification and resolving the issues at GRC and community level. Apart from these the establishment of Alternative Livelihood Resource Centre of READ also one of the proud feeling intervention which is a model resource centre in the region to impart knowledge among the farmers and community within and outside the district and state as well on organic agriculture practices, climate adopting cropping, alternative livelihood demonstration on goat rearing, mushroom cultivation, aquaponic fish culture, flowery culture and greenhouse nursery development. Simultaneously training and exposure facilities have also been available in the centre for the seeker where they could enhance knowledge, skills and capacity to adopt the same in their daily life. The most essential and important part of feeling proud is that the support and involvement of government officials in the vision of READ where the officials supported community in agriculture, income generation, horticulture, soil conservation, Mission Shakti, Odisha Livelihood Mission and women and child development department etc. and have lend hand together for community development process towards sustainable livelihood, food security and gender rights and gender justice. Not the last but the least READ has also able to established with its own system, structure, policies and rules having well-furnished assets and equipment’s. apart from these the capacities of the human resource also have realised where the staff are able enough in different thematic area to strengthened community such livelihood, gender rights, women rights, child rights and various income generation activities and alternative livelihood option. READ has learnt during this reporting period is that, working with key people may not bring a wide range of change rather work with many people who are being contribute to the programme for result based management as well as fetching effective result within it’s time frame.

3.2) What have been the most challenging aspects for your organisation during the period under review, and how have you managed them? What lessons have you learnt from this? • During this reporting period READ has faced many challenges and experiments that, while our project started few days after the COVID second wave protocol, guideline and restriction has been circulated from the government department where the social gathering has been completely ban so it was difficult to conduct schedule activities in time. • In addition, while there was bit relaxation on COVID second wave guideline the election was ahead where another guideline was imposed and it has also prohibited not conducting any programme in the community and anywhere with a group of people, hence it was also another challenges for the READ to delay in implementation of schedule activities. • Therefore the entire programme has been commenced from the month of January after little relaxation over protocol of COVID second wave as well as election protocol. Gradually all training programme has been conducted from January to April 2022. • Due to late approval of government on promotion of FPO has been also felt most challenges within the stipulated project period to bring FPO into registration. • The changes in FCRA rules and phasing out of foreign donor from India also tough selection process of proposal READ find difficult to increase partnership and mobilise fund from foreign funding agencies. So, apart from foreign fundings READ also give more focus on mobilizing CSR funding, which is also challenging but little support is required in the initial period. Lessons learned •

The concept of Gender Resource Centre (GRC), Gender Vigilance Committee (GVC) and addressing the issues of gender has been initiated in the year 2018, almost 2 years READ has spent time and energy to mobilise community mostly the members of Self Help Group (SHGs), women and girl in the operational 90 villages. To understand the concept of gender, gender issues, gender rights, legal rights, laws and provision for women and girl has been made aware among the women and girl till 2020. Meanwhile the spread of COVID-19 1st wave in the year 2020 savagely devastated the life, livelihood and psycho-social abnormality realised by whole world, of course gradually the impact of positive cases reduced by the end of September 2022, but the livelihood option has been vanished where people have not able to survive immediately due to lack of livelihood activities and income generation work. In this juncture READ could not able to focused GRC model initiative rather focused on livelihood and income generation of the community. Secondly READ realised that the women alone cannot take the responsibilities towards gender rights and gender justice unless and until male support and involve in the programme as found in key learning area, so again READ brought men to the GRC platform for addressing the issues of gender in the operational area in the year

2021. Considering the learning the All We Can supported READ to bring men into the platform through training and meeting. Again it was perhaps curse of God that while READ was about to generate awareness among the men and women the COVID second wave spread in the world where READ’s operational area not escaped from the pain, so again the involvement of men in addressing gender issues has not been completely impacted among men though the training and meeting has been conducted at regular basis in the community. Presently READ focused on bring GRC into independent function lead by community with handholding support of READ. But it was realised that it required another 2 to 3 years more to realise the result where community could led the Gender Resource Centre with independent function. •

Simultaneously READ has been working with community especially with the farmers where livelihood and income generation initiative have been prioritised and farmers were being supported in different dimension such as start-up support, land development, seeds and seedling, training to enhance capacity among the farmers, skill building on alternative livelihood, engagement of Livelihood Resource Persons (LRP) after building capacity among 30 LRP. But in the same year READ has learned that unless and until farmers are not brought into a platform for control over produces (mostly on marketing, bargaining capacity and optimum benefit) then it is futile to realise the sustainable livelihood and food security, hence READ again requested All We Can to promote Farmers Producer Company (FPC), of course considering the learning All We Can supported READ for the same and this initiative has been undertaken in the year 2021, but due to COVID pandemic the FPC was not able to registered and all the document has been submitted to the department. Presently READ leaned that if the FPC will not be brought into management and function with independent efforts then there may be bit confusion among the farmers about business such as market linkages, bargain capacity and fair benefits, so to realise the same there is also a need of working with FPC for another 2 to 3 years to bring them into sustainable mode. Eventually this model initiative could be replicated to other geographical area for wide range of impact towards sustainable livelihood and food security.

4.

FINANCIAL REPORT

Note: Please report your expenditure by completing the blue cells in your Ops Plan budget. Please submit this with this 6-month narrative report.

5.

CASE STUDY

Note: In the box provided below, please provide a minimum of one new story (Maximum 1 page) about a person whose life changed as result of your organisation’s work. The questions in the box are supposed to help you build the story – please feel free to incl ude additional questions to capture the full impact of your work. If you have additional stories and photos please send them as annexes.

Please use as many direct quotes from project participants as possible when answering these questions. Ideally, all answers should be in the project participants own words – please allow them to shape the conversation as they wish. Please include a selection of images of the project participant, ideally engaging in the activities you outline in their case study. Video content is also encouraged where appropriate consent has been obtained. Please submit the following for your case study: • images/video content as separate files (please use format: .jpg; .png etc.) • completed consent form for the project participant(s) featured in your case study

Case study What is the project participants name? How old are they? Where do they live? Who do they live with? Please invite the project participant to say, in their own words, anything they would like about their experiences working with your organisation. What issues were they facing before your organisation’s intervention? How did they come to know your organisation? Why is your organisation working in their village? Why did they receive support from your organisation? What are the different types of support they received from your intervention so far? How long were they supported for? Is support ongoing? How has their life changed, because of the support your organisation provided? How have their family and friends reacted to that change? What was the most significant moment for them, during their time participating in your organisation’s projects? Why is this change important? What are their hopes for the future? What are their plans for the future? What lessons have they learned through this process? What would they say to someone who finds themselves in a similar situation to theirs?

Success Story-1 “The power of women, a burning example of my ‘U’ turn of life” I am Mrs. Sarojini Saraka aged 37, hails from the village Khambaguda under Parikhiti Panchayat of Ramanaguda Block in Rayagada District living with my 12 years son at my parents. In fact while my child was at 5 years old I have separated from my husband due to heavy alcohol intoxication and I was badly harassed and tortured physically and mentally. Since beginning I was able to survive with daily wage labour and earn my daily bread for me and members of my fathers in law because the family where I got married is poor and landless so used to make income from daily wage labour. It was a course for me that my husband was not supporting either way for our livelihood

and

other

basic

amenities

rather

encumbrance for me and my family for which I was living like anything in his house. Eventually I could not tolerate violent action of my husband hence I leave the house and my husband and settled down in my own parent. Of course I was struggling take care of my son with the income of daily wage labour despite my son is at class 5 this year. In this juncture in the year 2018 Rural Educational Activities for Development (READ) have adopted my village as target area and started working on livelihood, gender inclusion, gender empowerment, gender rights etc. so I was one of the selected beneficiaries who able to attend different training on women rights, gender inclusion, and livelihood and income generation activities. Eventually I was also selected as one of the member of Gender Vigilance Committee (GVC) and started working with

the team to identify and resolve the gender issues. During this period I have also connected with government officials and dialogue with them regarding various issues including child marriage and domestic violence mostly with Tahasildar, Block Development Officer (BDO) and Child Development Project Officer (CDPO). Looking into my confidence, smartness and inner capacity the village people and other leaders of the area inspired me to participate in the Panchayat Election as Sarpanch candidate (one of the PRI members of the area). Hence I was one of the election contestants in the year 2022. Finally I have won the election and became the Sarapanch of my Panchayat. “I am very much grateful to READ organization by which I have gain all the knowledge about women empowerment, gender rights and income generation opportunity also build my confidence and able to dialogue with many people including government officials so I am at present zero to Heroin, so I earnestly thankful to READ team and whole members of the organization”. Present day I am able to work for the community as a leader of PRI and also happy to be associated with READ team to address the issues of gender and also very much concerned about women empowerment and dignify living of the women and girl. Though I am a member of PRI still I too work as GVC in my area as well as for the whole block of the project area.

Success Story-2 “Gender Resource Centre is blessing for my family” My name is Gitanjali Mandangi aged about 27 years living with a joi nt family including my mother in law aged 75, husband 37 and two daughters aged about 8 and 4 years respectively hails from the village called Dhepaguda under Gulunthi Panchayat of Ramanaguda Block in Rayagada District. My family falls under Bellow Poverty land so our livelihood and daily bread depends on our wage income. In fact my husband

earned income by driving auto as daily wage earner and I used to go for agriculture wage labour. Of course during my married life I have felt peaceful and happy life at least 3 to 4 years since then my life became miserable due to continuous physical, mental and emotional harassment by my husband and I was badly beaten by my drunkard husband. “I am not able to control my tears while I reveal the pathetic story of my life since being a tribal lady having intermediate standard educational qualification not able to choose a better husband in my life. In fact during my childhood we have fallen in love and got married under the age of 18 years, gradually we were living together trusting each other but suddenly my husband went astray and habituated alcohol and also fallen in love with other lady from the village which brought my life in a miserable condition”. It was a grace of God that in the year 2015 one of the organization READ has intervened and started working with my village towards sustainable agriculture, gender rights, women empowerment and conducted many capacity building training where I was one of the regular participants of the whole programme. In fact I did not have any knowledge about women rights or gender rights and what women can do in the society. So I have gained much more knowledge on my rights and my choice to live. Being a village women I was a member of Self Help Group (SHG) named Maa Gramdevi and a regular active member of the group. While I was aware about the gender issue, women rights and women dignity I have let know about my story to the member of Gender Viglance Committee (GVC) by which a case was filed at Gender Resource Centre (GRC) through GVC members also discussed the same at our SHG meeting. Meanwhile with the efforts of GVC member and SHG group members my husband was being noticed and force to attend the meeting at village orgnised by GVC and SHG, however my husband was not bothering about the notice since long time so the GVC and SHG member made her husband about the legal process and consequence of his deeds eventually he was present in the meeting where he was counseled along with the parents. At the end her husband was changed and presently they have living together with happy family and her husband gage up all the wrong deeds and stay happily with parents. I am really grateful to READ organization and all the members of the team also members of GVC and SHG for whom I have able to stay with peace and happy also working with the team to address the women issues.

Success Story-3 A little support change with big differences. My name is Pinesu Sabara aged 42 hails from the village Sanakujendri under Kujendri Grampanchayat of Ramnaguda Block of Rayagada d istrict living with my wife 35 and a son and daughter about 15 and 20 old respectively. I am belongs to small and marginal farmers was maintaining my livelihood and earn daily bread through daily wage labour and rare my family. Due to lack of knowledge and financial deficiency I was not able to cultivate my patch of land so that I found difficult to bringing up my family. Apart from these the COVID19 pandemic additional cause that affected my life and livelihood during 2020 to 2021.

In the year 2018 one of the organization named Rural Educational Activities for Development (READ) adopted my village as one of the target area and intervened with sustainable agriculture, livelihood and income generation activities along with gender inclusion, gender rights and women rights. READ was a blessing for me because I have participated in various training such as capacity building on

sustainable agriculture and alternative livelihood and gender rights several phases. Of course during COVID pandemic I have also one of the beneficiaries to receive the immediate relief such as sanitary kit, 15 days dry food, agriculture support sum up rs. 4000.00/- as a kind of start-up programme. After receiving the support from READ, sum up rs. 4000.00/- I have cultivated the barren land with mixed vegetable such as brinjal, tomato and green chili in a small patch of land holding about half acre of land. With the vegetable garden I am able to earn about 30,000 rupees within 3 to 6 month of period and continued my cultivation throughout the year. So presently I am able to get the additional income of Rs. 30,000 by investing 4000 support from the READ organization. Hence I am very much grateful to the organization and the team from where I have received training facilities, emergency relief and cash support for agricultural activities.