:: VIKASH ::Livelihood

Water Management

Nandigorida village is regularly affected by flood during the rainy season. There is no water for winter or summer crops. The villagers depending primarily on agriculture are very poor. Many young people are migrating to spinning townships in Gujurat on the west coast.

Vikash supported the villagers to install a tube well and a pump set to irrigate the land.

past subsequently grew 2 to 3 crops henceforth ensuing more income for the villagers.

40 families are having a regular source of income from their land. Coastal Orissa, which is primarily deltaic, has abundance of ground water with too much of opportunities to recharge it. Tube well as an infrastructure for irrigation is a big booster for livelihood security.

The pump set given in the picture irrigates 18 acres of land in any season.The villagers who had grown only a single crop in the

Propagation of Azolla

Azolla, an aquatic fern that propagates asexually is capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen with the help of anabaena algae. It can be multiplied in pits & applied in rice fields. It also enhances soil health through control of weed growth, retain moisture, source of organic manure.

Vikash promoted this bio fertilizer in many areas of Gop Block, Sakhi Gopal and Koraput district of Orissa. The picture shows some farmers cultivating Azolla in a nearby pond. More than 2000 farmers have already benefited from the application of organic farming facilitated by Vikash and is continuously proliferating to many more.

Support to Super-Cyclone Victims

Vikash in the aftermath of supercyclone took a stride to recover the economic condition of the poor people by donating cattles to many in the Gop Block of Orissa.

People at loss of a steady income were generously donated cows and goats for realising self sustainability.

The cow shown in the photo on the left was provided by Vikash. The family members seen in the photo are happy for the aid.

Plantation

Vikash initiated plantation over an area measuring 176 acres in Harapur of Orissa. As a result the people of this place are endowed with a thick green coverage. The people of this village act united to retain the vegetation. The photo below on the left shows a tree plantation by a small girl. The photo on the right, below shows the people's participation during the first phase of plantation.

Village Organisational Development(OD)

The most important component of development planning in a tribal area is natural resource management.

Vikash is trying an innovative model called “village OD “ using various tools of participatory planning, and organizational development.

The model has enough scope for illiterate people to participate in the

planning process.

The photo above shows the villagers in a remote tribal village

making a vision map in the “village OD Process”.

Villagers, government officials , experts, PRI functionaries, village teachers and NGO functionaries put their minds together . The community is the host, Vikash only facilitates the process and arranges the participation of experts. The output in the form of a plan is documented both in the pictorial form and written form.