ANNUAL REPORT
2013 – 2014
BAREFOOT COLLEGE, TILONIA
(VIA) MADANGANJ, AJMER DISTRICT,
RAJASTHAN- 305 816
TEL NO: +91(0) 1463- 288204
FAX NO: +91(0) 1463- 288206
EMAIL:
WEBSITE: www.barefootcollege.org
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The year witnessed the training of illiterate women from Latin America, South America, Africa and Asia as women barefoot solar engineers, (WBSEs) since 2006. Barefoot College has been involved in training of WBSEs from more than 65 countries. These women have after completing their 6 month training returned to their villages and solar electrified in and around their villages. The WBSEs credibility amongst their rural communities has been on an all-time high.
At another level illiterate tribal women from Jharkand and Bhod Gaya, Bihar had completed their training as WBSEs and have begun to solar electrify their villages Soda, Bahda, Pecha Kasya and others.
The sanitary napkins section has produced 68630 napkins this year by 7 women.
The women barefoot solar engineers have also been trained in producing puppets.
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“In Rajasthan when we say Water it means Drinking Water.”
A small farmer
DRINKING WATER
During the year 2013-14 there has been 98 meetings organised at the village level on the issues of Drinking Water. The Total number of participants was 1975 living in 45 villages. The meetings were focussed on the issue of problems related to Drinking Water in villages and on groundwater recharging as well as rainwater harvesting.
At the level of section and field centres there has been 17 meetings organised which were participated by 1865 persons from 45 villages in Silora Block and from 6 field centres. Water Committees were selected and formed during the year 2013-14 consisting of 45 villages from 6 field centres. The Water Committees take up efforts of development in terms of Drinking Water through Rainwater Harvesting and Ground Water Recharging and mobilising the members for the committees. Joint bank accounts have been opened in order to take up construction activities. Members of the Joint accounts include women as representatives.
Workshops
5 Workshops have been organised which have been participated by 1311 members of rural communities from 45 villages and 5 field-centres and sub-centres.
The workshops focused on the issues of drinking water and the efforts needed to solve the problem as well as rainwater harvesting and recharging.
Training
During 2012-2013 there were 5 training camps organised which were participated by 378 persons. More than 45 villages were represented in the camps from 5 field-Centres and sub-centres.
The issues discussed in the camps were Documentation, record-maintenance, preparing transparency files and social audit.
Surveys were conducted on monthly basis on the rain water harvesting tanks that were constructed in 75 villages and in 5 field-centres. The surveys were on the repairs and maintenance of the tanks that were taken up.
Women’s Groups Dialogue and demonstrations
The dialogue was conducted on the issue of Drinking Water and Rainwater Harvesting participated by 6500 persons including women from 107 villages in 10 field – centres and sub-centres.
Transparency and Social Audit
There were 3 Transparency and social audit initiatives organised which were participated by 385 persons from 3 villages in 2 field –centers and sub-centres.
The initiatives were focused on the Transparency and Accountability efforts taken up by Barefoot College to prepare proposals and implement them.
This year Rainwater by the institution as per the demand of the population for drinking water torage and Recharging Basin problematic villages built in the 7 villages.
Rainwater storage capacity (in liters) - 372 000
Number of households benefiting from employment - 159
Number of beneficiaries from drinking water - 3435
Number of villages benefited - 150
Detailed description of the program:
S. No. / Village / District / TrainingCentre / Litres / Beneficiaries Number
Employment / Water
1. / Loktantrashala / Badika Badia / Bhilwada / 90,000 Litre / 23 / 800
2. / Loktantrashala / Badika Badia / Bhilwada / 60,000 Litre / 22 / 500
3. / Loktantrashala / Badika Badia / Bhilwada / 50,000 Litre / 21 / 500
4. / Loktantrashala / Badika Badia / Bhilwada / 50,000 Litre / 20 / 500 125
5. / Loktantrashala / Badika Badia / Bhilwada / 50,000 Litre / 20 / 500
6. / Loktantrashala / Badika Badia / Bhilwada / 50,000 Litre / 25 / 500
7. / Government Primary School / Bigyani / Sikkim / 22,000 Litre / 28 / 135
Total / 3,72,000 Litre / 159 / 3,435
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“How are rural women mobilised to use sanitary napkins.”
A visitor to Barefoot College
COMMUNITY HEALTH
Barefoot College (BC) has been making efforts to mobilise the rural women in using sanitary napkins for menstrual hygiene. Through the network of rural midwives and balsevikas (teachers at the rural crèches) BC has been mobilising rural women and adolescents in using Sanitary Napkins. Santokba Durlabji Memorial Hospital is also helping BC in marketing the sanitary Napkins. Rural women and physically challenged women are trained in producing the sanitary napkins.
BC has the facility of 10 beds in the Medical Section at its new campus which provides diagnosis facilities and runs indoor programme to treat rural patients. The indoor programme refers emergency cases to the nearby government hospital in Kishangarh and Ajmer.
Please find below the preventive health initiatives taken up by BC during 2013-14.
S. No / Head / Program / Benefited1. / Patient treatment Program / Total number of patients / 7139
Number of new patients / 4429
Number of older patients / 2617
Number of patients admitted / 45
Number of patients referred to hospital / 48
2. / Mother and child welfare / New cases of pregnant women / 983
Old cases of pregnant women / 420
Total number of deliveries / 905
Number of deliveries at the hospital / 720
The number of deliveries at home / 185
Deliveries undertaken by trained midwives / 172
Deliveries undertaken by un- trained midwives / 13
Total number of midwives / 48
3. / Family Welfare Programme / Number of women undergoing sterilization / 213
Number of villages / 65
Men using contraceptives / 626
Women using oral contraceptive pill / 244
Women who have had Copper T / 9
4. / Pathological Laboratory / Number of patients testing for Hemoglobin / 435
Number of villages / 57
Number of vidal tests / 14
Number of villages / 6
Number of patients getting urine test (sugar, protein, bite) / 227
Number of villages / 57
Number of patients undergoing Malaria test / 80
Number of villages / 15
Number of patients testing for TLC / 8
Number of patients testing for DLC / 8
Number of villages / 3
Number of person getting check up for blood sugar / 14
Number of villages / 5
Number of patients testing for E. S. R. / 33
Number of villages / 9
5. / Training of rural midwives / Number of midwives trained / 48
Number of meetings of midwives / 12
6. / Sanitary Napkin Production / Number of women making sanitary napkins / 7
Number of sanitary napkins produced / 68630
Number of persons using sanitary napkins / 2500
7. / Camps / Homeopathic camps / 1
Number of villages / 5
Number of patients / 38
8. / Health Camps / Medical check- up of Night School children / 19
Number of villages / 19
Number of boys who have undergone check- up / 68
Number of girls who have undergone check- up / 318
Total / 386
Number of creche children who have undergone check up / 40
Number of villages / 38
Number of boys who have undergone check- up / 491
Number of girls who have undergone check- up / 597
Total / 1088
9. / Mother and child welfare / Number of TT ( I) / 320
Number of TT (II) / 403
Number of pregnant women undergone urine test / 697
Number of women undergone Hemoglobin test / 836
Number of pregnant women checking weight / 1094
Number of pregnant women getting blood pressure check-up / 1032
10. / Immunisation / Number of children who had undergone BCG test / 452
Number of children who had undergone DPT I / 606
Number of children who had undergone DPT II / 583
Number of children who had undergone DPT III / 500
Number of children who had undergone DPT booster dose / 341
Number of children who had undergone test for measles / 488
11. / Female child mortality / Mortality during delivery / 1
Number of child mortality / 23
12. / Dental Clinic / No. of persons who had undergone dental check-up / 211
Filling / 120
Scraling / 45
Extraction / 18
Visit / 28
Number of villages / 53
13. / Acupuncture / No. of patients attended / 287
No. of villages / 40
Total Number patients of Cities / 10
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“Where do the children go after attending the rural Creche?”
A visitor to Tilonia
PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
Barefoot College co-ordinates 64 rural creches which are run by 128 barefoot teachers and attended by 1791 children including 952 girls. During 2013-2014 there were 611 Children including 308 girls who joined the mainstream education in class 1. The balsevikas or barefoot teachers kept an on-going rapport with 550 mothers of the children attending the rural crèches.
S. No. / Village Name / Boys/ Girls / Day/ School / Night/ School / Total Children / TotalSchools
B. / G. / B. / G. / B. / G.
1 / Buharu / 13 / 12 / 9 / 5 / - / - / - / 14
2 / Killa / 16 / 12 / 2 / 5 / - / - / - / 7
3 / Kadampura / 15 / 11 / 5 / 4 / - / - / - / 5
4 / Mundolav / 15 / 15 / 3 / 7 / - / - / - / 10
5 / Ardaka / 9 / 16 / 3 / 7 / - / - / - / 10
6 / Nosal / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
7 / Kajpura / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
8 / Chir / 12 / 13 / 2 / 6 / - / - / - / 8
9 / Barukedha / 11 / 16 / 6 / 1 / - / - / - / 7
10 / Bherukheda / 8 / 12 / 3 / 4 / - / - / - / 7
11 / Sagarwas / 14 / 15 / 6 / 9 / - / - / - / 15
12 / Hathnkheda / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
13 / Malpura / 16 / 17 / 4 / - / - / - / - / 4
14 / Paluna / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
15 / Kalathkheda / 14 / 14 / 5 / 6 / - / - / - / 11
16 / Habaspura / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
17 / Khurd / 11 / 16 / 2 / 2 / - / - / - / 4
18 / Mordi Kala / 19 / 7 / 4 / 2 / - / - / - / 6
19 / Jawaja / 13 / 17 / 4 / 9 / - / - / - / 13
20 / Pingun / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
21 / Nasraniyon ki dhani / 14 / 11 / - / - / - / - / - / -
22 / Bhila ki basthi / 14 / 16 / - / - / - / - / - / -
23 / Ghanoda ka thala / 9 / 16 / - / - / - / - / - / -
24 / Sarla / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
25 / Bhogadith / 13 / 14 / 2 / 7 / - / - / - / 9
26 / Pachipla / 17 / 16 / 3 / 6 / - / - / - / 9
27 / Sirunj / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
28 / Bamolav / 16 / 12 / 2 / 4 / - / - / - / 6
29 / Dang / 16 / 12 / 1 / 8 / - / - / - / 9
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SHIKSHA NIKETAN
Barefoot College Co-ordinates an Upper Primary School, Shiksha Niketan uptil class 8 in Tilonia. It is an experimental school which was established in 1988.
The teachers of Shiksha niketan decided to utilise their summer vacation time to take part in seminars and training sessions held by the Azim Premji Foundation.
Shishka Niketan School SWRC., Tilonia
Sports Day Event (14 Year’s old Boy’s and Girls)
List of selected children at State level
S. No. / Name of Student / Name of Father / Name of the sport / Year1 / Sita / Sh. Jeevanram / Kabaddi / 2009-2010
2 / Renu / Sh. Ramchandar / Kabaddi / 2009-2010
3 / Adity / Sh. Rajedar Singh / Criket / 2011-2012
4 / Ajeet Kumar / Sh. Ramwatar / Criket / 2013-2014
5 / Lalita Kumari / Sh. Gopal / Kabaddi / 2013-2014
6 / Niru Kumari / Let. Shivraj / Kabaddi / 2013-2014
7 / Komal / Sh. Nanad Lal / Kho-Kho / 2013-2014
8 / Mansha / Sh. Ramdhan / Kho- Kho / 2013-2014
9 / Anita / Sh. Mangalchand / Kho- Kho / 2013-2014
10 / Kamlesh / Sh. Shivraj / Athletics / 2013-2014
11 / Sunita (Open state) / Sh. Bishanlal / Gymnastics / 2013-2014
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“How do the illiterate tribal women be able to solar electrify the villages. ”
A visitor to Tilonia
SOLAR ENERGY
With the help of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India Barefoot College was able to conduct a pilot project in the Manoharpur block of West Singhbhum District. 40 women from 20 villages were selected to undergo training to be solar engineers and electrify their villages. A meeting was held between Barefoot College, Ravindra Batra (Deputy Secretary, Jharkhand), Asok Kumar (JREDA Director) and Praveen Toppo (Tribal Commissioner). Meetings were held with each of the heads of the villages and also meetings with the communities. In these community meetings, they were asked to select a woman from their village to undergo training and for it to be someone who deserved this opportunity.
Important conclusions from meetings:
40 women from 20 villages of Manoharpur Block to be selected and sent to Tilonia to be trained to become Barefoot Solar Engineers. Solar lanterns and charge controllers will be sent back with these women.
With the support of JREDA, solar modules, batteries and wiring kit will be delivered to these 20 villages.
In September, 19 women from 10 villages came to Tilonia with members of ALOK to take part in this training program.
WBSE MNRE Project Sept. to March 2013
S.No. / Name of BSE / Age / Village / State / Spoken Dialect / Children / Occupation / Drinking Water Source / Distance from Electricity Grid / Cost of Kerosene / Litre