SHAKTI selected to dist. level senior citizen committee

SHAKTI Organisation is selected to the Rayagada District level Committee for “ Maintenance and Welfare of parents and Senior Citizens” for a three year term. On behalf of Shakti Orgsnisstion, its Secretary Mr. Akhil Ranjan Panda will represent in the committee. The committee will sit once in a quarter and discuss about health care and nutrition, protection of life and property and other matters of importance of senior citizens and will take steps to redress them. It will create awareness among senior citizens regarding their rights as envisaged in the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act and Rules. It will also recommend to the Government measures to be taken to improve the conditions of the senior citizens.

CHILDLINE SE DOSTI WEEK OBSERVED

CHILDLINE Rayagada observed a week long Childline se Dosti Campaign from 14th Nov. to 20th Nov.’ 13 in Rayagada.  It aimed to make ordinary citizens as stakeholders in CHILDLINE 1098 programme. During the campaign various activities conducted. The main objective of the programme was to reach out to people from different walks of life to get to know CHILDLINE, begin to care about vulnerable children and initiate action towards change and acquaint people with Child Rights and Protection. We conducted one rally, we involved the all allied departments in this campaign. We covered the District welfare office, Sarva Sikshya Abhijan office, Dist.. Education Office, Child welfare committee, DCPS, GRP, Railway Protection police, Dist. Headquater Hospital, Collectorate.. At community level we reached the Riksaw Pullers association, Media, Auto Riksaw union, Truck Union, Railway porters during the campaign. It was a grant success.

SHAKTI launched Scheduled caste welfare Project

Shakti Organisation has very recently from 1^st Oct.’13 launched Scheduled Caste Empowerment and Livelihood Programme in Rayagada Block of Rayagada District. It is a special programme where exclusively the welfare of Scheduled Caste women’s is planned. It will cover 345 Households of 16 SC concentred villages. The project is planned for three years. Two hundred Households will be supported with individual income generating enterprises and 145 Households will be covered with Group Income Generating Enterprises. Petty business, Trellis based vegetable cultivation, Improved Goat rearing & Poultry and NTFP processing units like, tamarind processing, Hill Broom Binding, Leaf Plate sewing will be some of focused activities.