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Dairy is one occupation in Gujarat which is supported by a well-established dairy network. 67 dairy farmers in Nani Devti and Moti Devti have undergone Dairy Farmer’s Training for the livestock management. The importance of animal nutrition, fodder and animal breed and building network for getting services were part of the program. Another training program about various dairy products and value addition of milk was also organised. 8 Farmer’s Interest Groups of 150 dairy farmers were also facilitated in 2 villages of Nani Devti and Moti Devti. As a result, 37 farmers received loans for buying additional animals (Buffaloes).
Another program with farmers who have expressed their desire to explore the better farming practices was organised. More than 200 farmers have been trained for systematic reduction of chemical fertilisers and advance agricultural practices. Exposure visits has been organised for farmers to Krushi Vijgyan Kendra and Agricultural fairs.
Supporting Heath conditions:
Our interactions with the communities lead to organising the health camps. Many a times, attending to health issues get neglected or postponed as it doesn’t seem to be posing any immediate challenge. However, in long term, it costs the people heavily. To attend to this, we have launched health camps in villages and we organise Community Eye Check-up Camps and a School dental health camps in partnerships with Government and specialised Trust run Hospitals. The Eye Camps were attended by 347 people, 163 got specs, 36 cataract cases were identified and 19 went for surgeries. For School dental camp, 280 students were tested.
For the Educational Advancement, ASL supported a Digital Literacy Program and a Supplementary Education Program.
2. The Digital Literacy Program:
The digital Literacy program is the second program that the Company has supported. The digital Literacy program is being offered in
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rural area of Sanand which is a partnership with computer major Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Arvind Foundation. This program is being carried out through an Arvind HP CLAP vehicle. The HP CLAP (Continued Learning Access Program) has a van that has 120 HP Laptops to bring digital literacy to rural masses. Arvind Foundation has designed a curriculum through which primary school students and women are exposed to laptops and are getting to learn computer operations. Though we have decided to work in four focused villages, the HP CLAP van visits schools in sixteen villages of Sanand Taluka. Over 1700 students of the primary schools are benefitted from this Digital Literacy initiative. In addition, women from villages are also taking benefit of this initiative.
In addition, study tours, essay competitions, digital competitions and summer camps were organised for class 8 students to motivate them to continue their studies with further enrolment. We consider this digital literacy programme as an entry point to a larger supplementary education program in the region that we started this year.
3. Supplementary Education programme for Municipal School Students
The third programme that ASL has supported is a supplementary education program GYANDA for municipal school students in Ahmedabad. This is being carried out through SHARDA Trust, the CSR arm of Arvind Limited. This program aims to support a student for 8-12 years and establish education to employment link. GYANDA is a unique supplementary education model designed for primary, secondary and higher secondary school-going children studying in Municipal Schools. It prevents these children from dropping out and helps them complete their basic education from standard V to XII and further, while focusing on improving their academic performance and overall personality development. The objective is to make these children employable by the time they pass out of the programme, thereby ensuring that they become the last generation in poverty from their families. The program GYANDA has more than 800 students.
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