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New Thrust(NT) Programme
Sponsored by MISEREOR
Covers all 24 DSSSs in 17 Dioceses
Focus groups - Women, Agricultural Labourers, Fish workers and Occupational related groups.
Focus activities: Capacity building of staff and leaders.
Numerical Strength of Sangams (Dynamic Moe)
| Women groups | 17810 |
| Agriculture Lab. Groups | 4016 |
| Fish workers Groups | 2204 |
| Others Groups | 4016 |
| (kollping, Health,Save a family etc) | 3198 |
| Total no of Groups | 27379 |
| Total membership | 436069 |
Geographical coverage
| Number of villages | 8702 |
| No.of Union Federations | 345 |
| No. of Dt. Federations | 45 |
GOAL
PROMOTION OF SELF-RELIANT AND SELF-SUSTAINED PEOPLES MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
THRUST
PROMOTION OF WOMEN, AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS AND FISH WORKERS FEDERATIONS
BACKGROUND TO NEW THRUST
1988 - CONSULTATION ON THRUST TOWARDS PEOPLE'S ORGANISATIONS
1990 - REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON PROMOTION OF PEOPLE'S ORGANISATIONS
1993 - EVALUTATION OF TASOSS ACTIVITIES
1996 - EMERGENCE OF THE IDEA OF COMMON PROGRAMME
1999 - LAUNCHING OF NEW THRUST PROGRAMME BASED ON THE MOU
COMMITTEES
POLICY MAKING BODY
ADHOC COMMITTEES - SPECIFIC TASKS
FTF COMMITTEES AT DSSS LEVEL
DMC COMMITTEE
RMC COMMITTEE
ACTIVITIES
At DSSS level:
- Reorganization of Grass roots groups
- Formation of Byelaws
- Record maintenance
- Promotion of sub committees
- Procedures to elect leaders
- Enabling groups to resolve micro-level problems.
- Formation of federations
- Formation of FTF Committees
EVALUATION OF I PHASE
Mr.karkoscha, Germany.
Dr.I.Devanan, Madurai.
Ms.Blenda, Madurai
ACHIEVEMENTS OF NT IN I PHASE
Groups were reorganized.
Federations built from union to district levels.
Membership defined.
Federations address people issues
DSSSs sent systematic reports to Tasoss
Major findings of I phase
Membership of POs increased in last three years
Gender justice has one of the key concerns
New leadership has emerged
Four sub committees formed
Socio economic political issues were addressed
Recommendations
Networking, learning and exchange with other organizations could be enchanted.
Tasoss should monitor DSSSs
DSSSs should identified and resolve macro issues.
Leader should occupy the driver seat.
personal commitment of the Directors could be enhanced has to guide the federation and staff
Misereor could come along with Tasoss and continue the partnership
PHASE - II (Apr2002 to 2005)
To increase the number of sangams/federations, savings, activities and tap the resources from local, Govt. banks and other sources
To enhance the capacities of federation leaders and staff on managerial skills, human rights and common issues.
To ensure that other activities of DSSSs emanate from the animation process and net work with likeminded NGOs at Regional level
To enable the members of the sangams and federations to contribute their over all share towards development programmes and activities
ACHIEVEMENTS OF NT IN II PHASE
Federations have involved in formation of new sangams at the grassroots level, nearly federation leaders formed 31% of the new sangams.
The federations have mobilized funds from various sources like banks, government schemes and financial institutions.
Federations have identified and prioritized common and social issues at micro level.
Women have earned a positive public opinion and social status in the community
Federations have acquired recognition and identity in society.
There are several indicators directing towards self-reliance of federations in many DSSSs.
EVALUATION OF II PHASE
Dr.I.Devanan, Madurai
Mr.L.Lobithais, Trichy
Dr.Soosamma Philip, Chennai
Major findings of II phase
NT programme has made sincere efforts to expand the federations horizontally and vertically.
The federations management capacity have improved to a greater extant.
Federations have mobilized funds from various sources.
Many leaders form new sangams, organized meetings and address social and common issues.
Tasoss made efforts to established network at regional level.
Recommendations:
DSSSs should ensure the active participation of federations and leaders in designing and implementing the community programmes.
Federation should able to identified the challenge the opposing forces of federation process.
Federation may be legally registered for better independent function.
Future strengthens the network with other NGOs and their groups / federations having similar goals so that issues affecting people receive mass support for solving them.
Regional federation should be formed.
PHASE - III
To enable the federations to improve their capacities in Deciding, planning and managing their programmes and functions.
Acquiring legal and social identity in order that they gain recognition in the society.
Establishing linkages with other peoples' organizations, govt departments and resource centres.
Mobilizing and administering resources for the development of the individuals and community.
Developing and implementing functional, communication and monitoring mechanisms.
Identifying macro issues and deciding the strategies to tackle them.
Action plan (Apr.2005 to Mar.2008)
Reorganization of federations on civic lines and defined
membership and leadership
Exposure programme
Byelaws and functional mechanisms.
Mobilizing and administering resources for the development of the individuals and community.
Formation of state level peoples' organizations.
Management of the state level peoples' organizations.
State level action programme. Promotion of economic cooperatives/peoples' banks
Monitoring Documentation
Networking
Action plan (Apr.2005 to Mar.2008)
Reorganization of federations on civic lines and defined
membership and leadership
Exposure programme
Byelaws and functional mechanisms.
Mobilizing and administering resources for the development of the individuals and community.
Formation of state level peoples' organizations.
Management of the state level peoples' organizations.
State level action programme. Promotion of economic cooperatives/peoples' banks
Monitoring Documentation
Networking
ACHIEVEMENTS OF NT IN III PHASE
District level federations got strengthened.
Upward and downward linkages created
Issues based groups were identified and linked with federations.
Unorganized lab ours issues addressed.
State level peoples organisations created and linked will be registered soon as an independent body
Federations involve in advocacy activities
EVALUATION OF III PHASE
Team Members
- Mr. Kurian Katticaren (Team Leader)
- Mrs. Rema Menon
- Mrs. Lovelina Messiah and
- Mrs. Rebecca Katticaren
Major findings of III phase
Openness and a platform for collective reflection and joint action
Preparedness for partnership: directors, staff, community and civil society
A very large pan state presence and base for collective action (4 lakh members, 27000 groups - in 8700 villages, 345 Panchayat unions)
An excellent savings asset base (over Rs. 40 crores) Systems and procedures for communication and coordination
Struggles around larger issues involving solidarities across identities,
occupational groups organised
Employment guarantee, price rice, sand quarrying, special economic zones, coastal management, environmental issues were addressed
CHALLENGES AHEAD
The integrated approach demands NT must be concentrated with both right defence and livelihoods/community banking
People's organizations can survive and flourish if NT addresses the core activities of federations.The everyday business of savings and credit and livelihood promotions.
CBOs could address both right defence and livelihoods promotion.
Two types of CBOs one for addressing livelihoods/community banking and the other for addressing rights defence.
They must be interconnected.
Directors of DSSSs keep on changing.
NT IV Phase
TASOSS has been implementing NT programme since a decade. The nine years programme paved the way for emergence of self reliant and self sustainable federations at union and District levels which are on the path to start regional level people's organization.
Federation leaders have grown up at the level of creating Systems and procedures for communication and coordination formed, struggles taken up and leadership development. A very large pan state presence and base for collective action with 4 lakh members of 27000 groups in 8700 villages from 345 Panchayat unions. Federations have voiced against social injustices, economic deprivation, cultural hegemony and political alienation of the oppressed through various strategies and techniques.
The IV phase programme lunched in Dec 2008 with Vision of engaging Excluded communities in public action to demand their rights and to competently avail their knowledge, skills, resources and existing opportunities for defending and enhancing their lives, livelihoods, identities, security and future.
The unique ness of this NT IV phase programme is enabling people to focus their efforts towards achieving their rights as citizen of India and ensuring their livelihood rights
To guide the federations towards the above mentioned ends, It is proposed to form Rights and Livelihood groups at union, district and state level. Efforts will be
Initiated to network with Human rights organization, Financial and Marketing intuitions.
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