13th Progress Report (November 2003)
The past 7 months have been an extremely hectic and satisfying period in the 6½ year
history of the ADATS/SCNZ community sponsorship scheme.
- More than 5,000 children finished their school year and were promoted to the next academic
year.
- A new life-skill activity to familiarise 500 children every year with the fundamentals of
computer usage, email and internet surfing was started;
After training 182 children, we are now in the 6th monthly batch of this
training.
- Massive DLDP works were implemented to provide wage labour and succour to thousands
of families in this the 4th year of drought, impoverishment and disinvestment
of family assets.
- Member Coolie families repaid their CCF Overdue with great difficulty and re-borrowed
huge crop loans in a spirit of optimism.
- A Customer Demands & Satisfaction survey was successfully implemented, meeting thousands
of pressing demands of Member Coolie families;
Results were reviewed and the next Agenda for this CD&S survey was
finalised.
- 2 big studies were undertaken to assess the impact of the programme and possibilities for its
replication in non-SCNZ villages.
A participatory evaluation of the just completed 3 year DLDP programme was carried out
in Chintamani taluk (not in the direct purview of this community sponsorship
scheme).
- Coolie landholdings were resurveyed and the database updated.
- Staff and functionaries continued to receive OD training to improve their facilitation skills
and overall capacity.