PROPOSAL

Title of the Project:Support for the Distressed Elderly women,India

Name of the Implementing Agency:Alternative for Rural Movement

Type of Organization: NGO at the state level

Legal status:Registered under SRA Act in India & FCRA by Ministry of Home affairs ,Govt. of India

Vision:TofindoutanalternativestrategyofruralsocialinterventionandfacilitatetheNGOmovementinthestateofOrissa.

Mission:

Establishmentofanequitablesocialorderthroughmotivationfacilitationand

selfactivityamongbackwardruralcommunitieswithemphasisonwomen

andchildreninthesphereofhealth,education,humanrights,economyand

ruralleadership.

Activities:

Child Education,Nutrition & Health

  • Running a Model School for the needy and neglected children
  • Protecting the rights of children
  • Running Childhelpline,Balasore(District Sub Centre,Baliapal)
  • Empowering the poverty-stricken Adolescent Girls through livelihood promotion.
  • Checking trafficking of women & Childre

Empowerment of distressed & downtrodden women through SHG & livelihood promotion.

  • Sustainable Agricultural Development Programme
  • Running a Primary Health Centre(PHC) under National Rural Health Mission.
  • Communities Based Health Care Programme
  • Reproductive Child Health Programme.
  • Emergency Relief work
  • Economic Rehabilitation programme for the Calamities Victims.
  • Welfare programme for the neglected elderly & poor people
  • Advocacy & Lobby Programme

Background of the project:

The target area is very backward & remote .Agriculture is the main occupation in the target area.But agriculture is very backward leading to low productivity and low income.More than 50% of the population live below the poverty line.Due to discontinuation of the joint family system the old people specially Women are very much neglected.In particular the distressed elderly women live in crushing povrty being deprived of all the basic needs of life.They are neglected both in family and society.The sons & daughters are not looking after the neglected women.In this situation theyare circumstance to beg to meet their needs.They are hungry, famished and have no access to Primary health care facilities.Their basic needs are not fulfilled.

Duration of Project: 6 months

Overall Goal of the project: To improve the living condition of 100 distressed elderly women.

Objectives

  • To Provide the basic necessities to the distressed elderly women.
  • To give the elderly women access to Primary Health care facilities.

Target Groups:

100 distressed ,needy and neglected elderly women who have no access to basic needs of life.

Activities:

  • Provision of basic necessities like cloths,blanket,MosquitoNet,food stuff & toiletry like shop,detergent & oil etc .
  • To organize health check up camps for the elderly women.

Output:

  • Fulfill the basic needs of 100 elderly women .
  • Regular Health Check up camps for the 100 elderly women on monthly basis.

Impact:

Improvement in the life of 100 elderly women in Baliapal Block.

Improvement in the health & hygienic condition of the elderly women in remote rural areas of Baliapal.

Budget:

Sl.No. / Item / Estimated cost(USD)
1 / Cost of providing food stuff like rice,pulses & cooking oil to 100 elderly women @ USD 20 X 100 X 6 months / 12000
2 / Cost for providing cloths,Blankets & Mosquito Net & Toiletry to target 100 elderly women@ USD 25 X100 / 2500
3 / Cost for organizing 2 health check up camps per month(50 elderly women in a camp) @ USD 135 X 2 X 6 / 1620
Total / 16120

(Sixteen thousand one hundred twenty Dollar Only)

RAJENDRA KUMAR RANA

Coordinating Member