Gramin Vikas Samiti | NGO in Damoh

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Women Empowerment & Self Help Group

Women are the future of our lives. For emerging, empowering and strengthening the women, 62 women’s group were formed of the women who belongs to tribal, dalit and backward class from the remote area of Damoh district of Bundelkhand region.
For empowering the women, 40 women SHG were formed in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. These groups were formed to take benefit from the government scheme under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRML) and start their livelihood works. About 160 family members were benefitted from this project and their livelihoods were improved.

Formation of Women's Committees

For the development of rural women, village development women's committees were formed in 10 villages of Tendukheda block, Madankheda, Samnapur, Harrai, Dhangaur, Panji, Salwara, Pathadou, Beldhana, Khamriyashivlal, Kodal, one hundred and nineteen women members in these committees.

Women's committees have taken the responsibility of development of the village and have decided to work for the prosperity of the village. The committees have decided to distribute information from house to house to make people aware about the prevention of malnutrition. Pregnant women and children will be vaccinated to get the benefits of health facilities, interventions will be made for proper functioning of Anganwadi services, nutritional food measures will be told by making adolescent girls aware to save them from anemia, people against infection. To strengthen livelihood, decisions have been taken to further work towards organic farming, animal culture and the women of the committee have adopted 80 malnourished children. She will supervise them to take care of their health.

Formation of Self Help Groups

Women's savings groups have been formed in 12 villages of Jabera block, Chaurai, Deori, Jamuniya, Khamaria, Imjhar, Kalumar, Alauni, Bhaisa, Savra, Tawra, Tala and Jilhari. The women of these groups are running the group by collecting savings money every month, so far Rs 38850 has been collected in their group. By transacting this money among them, women fulfill their needs. Along with this, in the monthly meeting every month, she talks about her children's education, health, nutrition, and other problems of the village and finds ways to solve the problems.

Motivational Activities for the Women

Programs like International Women's Day have been organized, in the programs by giving priority to women's awareness for women's rights. International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on the 8th of March every year around the world. It is a focal point in the movement for women's rights. The day aimed to help nations worldwide eliminate discrimination against women. It also focused on helping women gain full and equal participation in global development. Gramin Vikas Samiti (GVS) is the organization which has been working for the development and empowerment of women therefore GVS celebrate this day in the intervention area to aware women and people on its importance every year in the remote area of district Damoh.

International Women's Day Celebration

International Women's Day programs were organized in 10 villages of the committees from March 8 to 14, 2013. In these programs, the women of the village were gathered and provided a platform by the members of the committee in different villages, in this program woman spoke on their rights. Keeping an open view, counted the achievements of women and told the forms of mother, daughter, and daughter-in-law as different women.

In order to remove social evils like discrimination and atrocities against women in the society, stressing on ending gender inequality, stressed on achieving freedom of women to live with rights and taking a pledge to oppose injustice and atrocities. Keep the idea of educating daughters and being aware of women's rights. More than 175 women participated in the programme.

The theme for 2022, the UN (United Nations) given theme is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, which aims to recognize women who are working to build a more sustainable future.

The International Women’s Day March 8th 2022 was celebrated by Gramin Vikas Samiti Damoh at gram Panchayat Dhangour at High School Dhangour ground which is 8km away from Tendukheda block of district Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, India. The program was hosted by ‘Rani Durgavati Balika Bal Panchayat’ Dhangour, Tendukheda, the Chief guests were Present Vice President District Panchayat Mrs. Kaunshalya Memar, Ex. District Panchayat President Damoh Mrs. Anita Singh Gond, Dr. Deepti Namdev from CHC (Community Health Center), female Teachers from schools, College’s female faculties and ASHAs from 22 villages were also present there. First of all, the celebration was started by putting garland and tilak on the portrait of legacy Rani Durgawati with a motivational song then all the chief quests were honored and congratulates by putting garland and tilak on their forehead by the GVS team and the members of Balika Bal Panchayat.
All the 550 women and adolescent girls were exited to here chief quests and also wanted to know about the program International Women’s Day. So the motivational speeches were given by all the chief guests presented, in which they told about the dignity, courage, victory, huge success, determination, and enthusiasm of Women’s for example Kalpna Chawla was the first Indian Women who gone to space, courage of Rani Laxmibai, MC Mary Kom Gold medalist in Boxing, Saniya Mirza, Sayna Nehwal, Hima Das, Peeti Usha and many more example of successful women. And also told that in our villages, often illiterate women’s are there, who don’t know about their rights and women’s from village remains unmoved from their participation. Due to which such programs are organized to empower the women and to inform about their rights. Other than this they were also told that women’s has been ahead of the times of naadi age.

Facilitation of menstrual hygiene session

Hygiene is a vital part of our body and to maintain the quality of life. We facilitated the menstrual hygiene session to the Adolescent girls and women. Initially we have explained about the menstrual disorder, which affects the quality of life of adolescents and young adult women. We introduced them about the most frequent gynecologic complaints. Briefed the information about normal menstrual cycle, abnormal uterine bleeding, amenorrhea and dysmenorrheal. Prevalence and impact, menorrhagia, iron deficiency, affect the quality of life and absenteeism from work or school in bothersome. In these meetings we discussed on menstrual problems, sanitation/hygiene and explained all the necessary things that adolescent girls should follow such as the importance and the use of sanitary pads to prevent themselves from any infection occur due to menstruation among adolescent girls. We have explained them to use and the importance of IFA tablets to prevent themselves from anaemia. Also explained that don’t bother about any problem related to menstrual hygiene. They can discuss with mother, sister, grandmother about it or consult with the lady doctor.

Through these health sessions information related physical and external self-consciousness was given to more than 3500 Adolescent girls for their good health. The use of napkin for girls was explained and it was advised to avoid physical weakness by regular consumption of iron tablets, to prevent them from anemia, made aware of the benefits of consuming seasonal fruits and vegetables available in the area and motivated for the establishment of the concept of kitchen garden and promoted as well.