GAWDESY GANDHIAN WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY

Activities

Self Help Group Coordination Meeting

 

Once in 3 months, GAWDESY conduct the coordination meeting with the target of 600 women members and motivate them to strengthen individual and group performance through sharing of good practices with each group and finding ways   to overcome from the challenges in developing strategies of socio economic activities.

 

 

Health Education and TB Awareness

 

The organization with the motto of improving Healthy life of community, Health Education and TB Awareness programmes are being conducted and identify the TB symptomatic people and facilitate to adhere to complete TB treatment courses which would be protect the general population from TB. The programme emphasizes the needs and importance of creating TB free villages in the society. 113 TB awareness programme in 56 villages are conducted through which 83 TB symptomatic referred and tested.

 

Formation & Functioning of Farmers Clubs

 

GAWDESY in association with NABARD committed to support farmers to develop independently to improve their quality of life by educating on organic farming and empowering them through formation and active functioning of Farmers’ Clubs. There are 98 Farmers clubs are formed and actively functioning through the support of the organization. Dr.K.Subramanian, DDM,NABARD, Thanjavur addresses the farmers during the Club Inauguration at GAWDESY

 

Rally on Mahatma Gandhiji’s Asthi Karaippu memorial day.

 

Every year the organization observes the memorial day of Mahatma Gandhiji’s Asthi Karaippu by rally from Theradi to Pooja Mandapam at Cauvery river in Thiruvaiyaru. By the day, all the staff and beneficiaries of about 300 SHG members used to do pushpanjali to Gandhiji’s statue.

 

Vermi Compose:

 

The organization has splendid experience in producing and selling Vermi compose in order to strengthen the organic farming in the villages through the technical and financial support by CAPART of Hydrabad. Through this cultivation, there are about 150 farmers benefitted and concentrated on developing Organic farming.

 

Exposure visits for Farmers to Theni district

The Farmers Club members are facilitated to visit for exposure to new methodologies of Agriculture and Farming technologies by the organization with the support of NABARD, Thanjavur. There are sixty members of farmers clubs from 15 villages are made to visit to Theni district and exposed for Chilli cultivations

 

Training on Solar Energy Conservation

In association with NABARD, the farmers are given training on conservation of solar energy and its effective utilization in irrigation and cultivation of banana grooves and crops to save electricity. There are 87 farmers trained through the programme.  The training held at Sothuparai of Theni district.

 

Cough with Care Campaign at Schools

In collaboration with REACH Project Axshya, GAWDESY conducted special program of Cough with Care Campaign against TB in schools and colleges in Thanjavur. There are about 900 and 600 students were sensitized for TB prevention through cough hygiene. Drawing competitions were conducted in the schools and colleges on ‘My role on Cough with Care Campaign”

 

GAWDESY Staff Review meeting

Weekly staff review meeting is conducted in every Saturday. During the meeting the individual and cluster level performance assessment will be done in the presence of President and Secretary. The progress of the activities, planned executions, gaps and challenges will be analyzed. The Upcoming week with or without revised plan of action will be prepared according to the needs and importance of activities as immediate and long term completions. The best performer of the team will be specially honored during the meeting.

 

Van Rally on Independence Day

GAWDESY leads sound rally performance in every Independence Day to make reinforcing Gandhian philosophies and thoughts to the community. The rally includes the people of Self Help Groups, Farmers Clubs and Youth Groups and used to go around the blocks of Thiruvaiyaru and Budalur blocks of Thanjavur district. About 1000 participants would be contributed to hoist the National Flag in every village of the above said blocks.

 

Traditional way of treatments.

GAWDESY focuses to support strongly to develop traditional means of treatments such as Soil bath which benefits the people to extract toxics from the body and protect them from diseases like diabetic control, hypertension, bone illness, skin diseases, etc. There were 65 people are undergone such treatment till no

 

Traditional way of treatments.

GAWDESY focuses to support strongly to develop traditional means of treatments such as Soil bath which benefits the people to extract toxics from the body and protect them from diseases like diabetic control, hypertension, bone illness, skin diseases, etc. There were 65 people are undergone such treatment till now. and vegetables. Every month one program for each 22 villages will be conducted.

 

Training on Asola for cow rearers

There are about 500 cow rearers given training on Asola food preparation at GAWDESY through which the advantages of Asola to the cows and cost effective health products contained in it were sensitized to the target communities. The outcome of the training showed interest of about 230 people involved in such process and benefitted out of it.

 

Support of Livestock to SHG members

  There were 6052 cows as two for each SHG member through Bank loans with DRDA and TAHDCO with the subsidiary provided. Totally 3026 SHG members were benefitted out of such services.About 12000/- litres of milk produced and supplied to VKA Diary unit of Karur district. The technical support of maintenance of Cows in an appropriate manner were given to the cow holders through various trainings in association with Mahilar Thittam.

 

Support to Men SHGs

GAWDESY never forget men for strengthening their Socio economic status as a results, they were supported through Bank linkages with subsidiary on DRDA schemes, 20 members together provided with establishment of Nethaji Ice Company, 20 members of a SHG provided with Selling Vessels and for 15 members with Bamboo products.

 

Training on Wire Bag Making

There were 240 SHG women of 65 villages given training on Wire & leather bag making with the support of NABARD. Out of them,216 women started earning with the average of  Rs.4000 per month.

 

Training on Coir and Foot Mat making

There were 312 SHG members were trained and made involve in Coir making & foot mat business in association with Mahalir Thittam, DRDA and TADHCO in GAWDESY.  Out of Trained, 85 women involved in such business and started earning of Rs.7000 - Rs, 8000 per month.

 

Awareness Program on TB among Rural people.

In association with REACH, Chennai through Axshya project, awareness on Tuberculosis are being done in rural areas in Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur, Budalur and Papanasam blocks. Through the program 2350 rural men and women were covered and facilitated to access to RNTCP services.

 

Tree Samplings distribution during Independence Day.

During the Independence Day,2014, GAWDESY distributed 6500 Tree Plantation samplings to the community people of SHGs and members of Farmers Clubs in and around villages of Thieruvaiyaru & Budalur blocks.

 

Exposure visit for Farmers Clubs

GAWDESY with the support of NABARD facilitated the 52 members of Farmers Clubs along with organization staff to Banana Exports Company at Chinnaalapattu in Theni District. The farmers are exposed to the quality and quantity based cultivation of Bananas and maintenance by using advanced technical methods.

 

Toilet Construction and Evaluation

GAWDESY with the support of CAPART, Hydrabad constructed 200 low cost toilets in 200 households of 10 Villages at Thiruvaiyaru block in Thanjavur district. Each toilet is being used by 3-5 members of the houses. They are also sensitized about the pre & post usage of toilet and maintenance of Hygiene surrounds the toilet

 

Milk Mushroom Cultivation

GAWDESY through SHG named Puduthamil promoted the cultivation of Milk Mushroom in Vilar Panchayat village of Thanjavur district with the support of State Bank of India loan Rs. 5, 00,000/- with the DRDA subsidiary of Rs.1,25,000/-.The SHG members benefitted in large extend for their socio economic development by selling in Uzhavar Sandhai as demands increased.

 

Establishment of GAWDESY Sanitary Mart

GAWDESY established a Sanitary Mart in Thirukkattuppalli of Thriuvaiyaru block. The Mart was supported by DRDA Thanjavur for about    Rs.2, 00,000/-. The mart with all the advanced design toilet materials helped the community to purchase at production cost which  promoted new toilets constructions in the surrounding  villages and promoted Health and Hygiene among the poor socio economic classes of the community

Farmers Training on Organic farming

GAWDESY with the support of NABARD, Trained 209 farmers club members of Thriuvaiyaru and Budalur blocks in 5 Batches on Organic farming and utilizing solar Energy in Agriculture usages

 

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