This year 3 days review meeting has been scheduled in Hotel Maple Wood, Ranchi Jharkhand. The agenda is to discuss the ground issues, achievements, challenges, finance, expected collaboration and sustainability of the 14 projects. The review aimed at sharing updates on the progress of individual partner in terms of results and how services can be(…)
A State consultation on “Strengthening Governance and Citizen Engagement Digitally for Last Mile Access and Delivery of Public Schemes Information and Entitlements” is being organised on 24th April 2017 in Ranchi Jharkhand. The Consultation is an initiative of 5 implementing partners and European Union as an alliance to identify innovations and best practices regarding access(…)
Durkhal is a small revenue village of Chandragiri GP in Kashipur block under Rayagada district, Odisha. Most of the villagers are tribal. They are very poor and illiterate. A total of 110 families live in the village. There is very little agricultural land in the village. The farming on the hills is the only source(…)
A workshop has been scheduled for Improving access to information of Public Schemes in BRGF district of India from May 18-20, 2016 in Ahmedabad to discuss the ground issues, achievements, challenges, finance, expected collaboration and sustainability of the project. The workshop aimed at sharing updates on the progress of individual partner in terms of results(…)
This is the story of an Indian tribal man and the onset of a thirst for learning in him as a result of the nudge given by the Soochna Seva team. The story revolves around 40-year-old Bharat Singh Bheel (son of Gyan Singh Bheel) who could only study till Grade VIII but had passed with(…)
March 10, 2016, marked the last day of the 100-day Jawaabdehi Yatra. Thousands of people participated in the concluding march in Jaipur from the Albert Hall to the Vidhan Sabha, demanding a strong Accountability Law. DEF Founder-Director Osama Manzar, who participated in the Yatra on multiple occasions, was also in the rally. He said, “The(…)
Block Development Committees have been formed at each block in order to perform the functions of planning, implementing and monitoring rural development schemes and projects under the Community Development Programmes. The committee constitutes a chairperson, vice chairperson, BDO, CDO including other members of various other departments. Soochna Seva team chamba block (Tehri Gharwal) regularly attends(…)
The Soochna Seva team conducted a community meeting at ‘Surte Ki Dhani’ in Dhanau block of Barmer district on 18th January 2016. Around 70 people participated in the meeting including men and women from nearby villages. The team comprised of Soochna Sevaks Shakti Singh, Ramesh and Hazi Khan; they briefly explained about the schemes to(…)
Based on the stands social organizations often takes they are labeled as anti-govt. However these days this perception has changed and a mutual understanding between the two has developed, though it swings between positivity to negativity as per the situation and conditions. Since the nature of Soochna Seva’s work is in line with Government’s social(…)
Kundan Singh Silawat is a resident of Garkheda Panchayat’s Bachi village. Shiri. Kundan Singh’s daughter, Kaushalya was about to get married. But Kundan Singh did not had enough money to undertake the endeavour so he thought of getting assistance from Mukhya Mantri Kanyadan Yojna for this he also discussed it with his relatives and brought(…)
