SHAKTI got Ambulance donation from SBI…

Shakti Organisation got an Ambulance as donation from the Community Services Banking Department of State Bank of India, one of the leading public sector Bank of India. The Chief General Manager of SBI, Bhubaneswar Circle Mr. Debendra Prasad handed over the key of Ambulance to Mr. Akhil Ranjan Panda, the General Secretary of SHAKTI in a function organized at SBI local Head office, Bhubaneswar. SHAKTI has been active in the field of community health care for the last twenty years. Among others the General Manager Mr. Rajib Barma, Deputy General Manager of Berhampur Zone Mr. Kausik Sinha and other officials of Bank present in the function.  Mr. Panda speaking to media said, this service will be free from all short of exploitation by private ambulance service providers to patients.

MSW students undergone field placement…

 

Four MSW students of premier Social science Institute VISWASS, Bhubaneswar undergone field placement in Shakti organisation, Rayagada from 07-11-2012 to 30-11-2012.

During their stay in Shakti Organisation, they have been exposed to different development activities taken up by the Organisation in different locations of the district.

All have got conceptual clarity on Project formulation, implementation and monitoring with a special thrust on Child Protection, Tribal empowerment & livelihood support, Old Age Care.  1. Ms. Manasmita Swain, 2. Ms. Nirlipta Mohapatra, 3. Mr. Jogendra Naik and 4. Mr. Bhruga Digal were the four interns of VISWASS.

Chatishgarh SHG Women visited SHAKTI’s field….

 

22 women SHG functionaries along with the facilitating NGO visited SHAKTI’s Livelihood interventions in Ramanguda Block of Rayagada Dist.

Women SHG leaders from Kanker and Dhamtari Dist. of Chatishgarh promoted by Naba Chetana Seva Mandal NGO with support from Rashtriya Gramin Vikash Nidhi (RGVN) JRD Tata Trust Livelihood Programme got exposed on NTFP value addition activities carried by SHGs facilitated by SHAKTI.

They visited the Siali Leaf Plate sewing, Tamarind Cake Making, Grain Bank, Family Nutritional Farm, SRI Paddy and line sowing of Sunflower. They interacted with the SHG members involved with the NTFP processing activities. Class room training was provided them by Mr. Akhil Ranjan Panda of SHAKTI on Tamarind cake making trade, Leaf Plate making Trade and the marketing strategy.

Mr.Asif Bin Qutub, Programme Director, RGVN-JRDTT Livelihood Programme, Mrs. Dharitri Dwivedy, Assistant Director, RGVN, Bhubaneswar and Mr. Subhransu Mohanty , Programme Executive, RGVN, Bhubaneswar also accompanied the SHG team of Chatishgarh in the field. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sadangi the Cluster Co-ordinator of SHAKTI co-ordinated the exposure visit programmes.

SHAKTI in Women Welfare Committee…

 

SHAKTI recently nominated to the “District Women Welfare Committee” of Rayagada Dist. by the District administration. Its Secretary Mr. Akhil Ranjan Panda will represent in the committee. The committee will assist the Administration in need assessment and mapping of executing facilities for women in the district.

LAN at SHAKTI…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Corey Grone, MIS advisor working at  SOVA ,Koraput as a VSO volunteer was kind enough to train us on the Local Area Network connection and web design. He came to our organisation for three days ,he taught us how to clean the computer hard disk and guided us how to keep data for sharing, backup and recovery. Shakti has now the LAN connection which gives us a secure backup and recovery process .