MVA is a non-profit organization in Bihar, India that provides various social programs. In 2013-2014, their programs included operating a school for 100 Dalit girls, computer education courses, health awareness campaigns, livelihood programs to support farming and goat rearing, and disaster management training. They also promote women's empowerment, child rights, literacy programs, and work with other organizations on campaigns around issues like environmental protection and communal harmony. The secretary's annual report provides details on these activities and requests feedback on their work to help guide future efforts.

1. MAHILA VIKAS ASHRAM
AT-RAHIKA, PO-DAIYAKHARBAIR, DISTT.-MADHUBANI, BIHAR,
PIN CODE-847403
ANNUAL REPORT
(2013-2014)
Respected members, friends and guests,
Greeting from MVA!
I feel pleasure to present the Annual Progress Report as well as the financial
details of accounts for the year 2013-2014 on behalf of the Organization for
your review, consideration, acceptance and guidance. Before I start, I must
thank you all to be present here in this great event of MVA’s General Body
Meeting.
Literacy Programme:
To continue our literacy awareness programme,
MVA did a strategic change and support centres
like ‘Kishori Vikash Kendra’ for Dalit girls have
been converted into “School Chalo Abhiyan”
programme as a awareness campaign.
One ‘Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidayalaya (KGBV) is successfully being conducted
in Manigachhi block. 100 adolescent Dalit girls over eleven year’s age are
getting quality education here. These girls are given opportunities in taking
participation in organization’s activities. This
increases awareness and education level among
the students. Issues of Child right, child
education etc. are occasionally discussed in the
KGBV for enhancing student’s capacity. Students’
committees like Bal Sansad ,Kishori Sansad , Bal
Panchayat etc. are working in the school for
emergence of leadership among the students. All
KGBV students along with instructors are insured against a disaster in advancing
School Safety Programme. ALL INDIA DISASTER MITIGATION INSTITUTE
Ahmadabad and United India Insurance Co. Ltd. are giving us support in this
regard.
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2. We organized Zudo-Karate training camp for
KGBV students. Rinky Kumari succeeded a
competition, earned award and visited Malaysia.
This Rinky is now playing role model to her
colleagues.
MVA provided computer education on ADCA, DCA,
BIT, CCA to 25 boys and ninety six girls. This
helped several boys and girls getting self
employment and earning handsome amount. It must
be noted that our area needs several computer
operator, as the town is emerging a middle class
market in the area after construction of NH-57.
MVA is coordinator of North Bihar CACL (Campaign against Child Labor). MVA
organized a meeting of important stakeholders. CSOs of different districts of
North Bihar attended the meeting. Local media persons and Dalit leaders also
attended the meeting. The meeting was convened for creating awareness on
hundred percent literacy and Right to Education Act. MVA expected from the
participants to do efforts of giving some time towards the development of the
society beginning with motivating BPL families to send their school going aged
children into schools. Therefore it organized this meeting.
Consumers Awareness programme:
MVA is very much worried with the normal behavior of local businessmen. It
gets difficulty in getting proper bill and vouchers while purchasing materials for
the organization. It causes difficulty for audit purposes where the organization
has to abide by financial rules. MVA personally motivated its dealers to keep
proper vouchers and bills and it is getting at least. It helped us but it motivated
us to create awareness on consumer protection act in the area. Therefore, MVA
organized a meeting of local businessmen and local important persons including
media people on the issue. This meeting sensitized participants. Many
businessmen promised to give pucca bills.
Women International Day:
MVA celebrates Women International Day every year on 8th
March. This year
the day was celebrated under leadership of Kiran Devi, Vice- President of the
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3. organization through a rally in Manigachhi block. The rally had placards showing
slogans on women empowerment and gender equality. The rally was culminated at
Khadi Bhawan, Manigachhi where a Kanjar woman presided a meeting of the
participating women and took oath for doing peaceful struggle for gender
equality.
Health Awareness Programme: -
Health Awareness programme was organized in three components as follows:
a. Naturopathy Awareness Program:
Last year’s effort of creating awareness on naturopathy yielded in some feed
backs from participants. This encouraged us to replicate the effort. Therefore,
MVA organized a training camp this year too. One hundred and two men and
women from six Gram Panchayat attended the meeting and patiently heard Dr.
Ushakar’s lecture. Dr. Ushakar showed several exercises that motivated
participants to learn much.
b. Normal Health Programme:
NRHM is working well in the district but Dalits are not recognizing the
importance of the mission. They only know that government is giving some
incentive to those women who gave birth in government institutions. In this
context, it was felt to link ASHA workers and the community, but before it, it
was most necessary to train ASHA volunteers. In this connection, a meeting was
organized with ASHA workers. Twelve ASHA workers attended the meeting
where they were motivated to understand various aspects of NRHM. ASHA
workers were sensitized on community based planning and monitoring (CBPM)
system and distribute leadership in community itself for getting maximum
benefits of the flagship programme of the government.
c. Promotion of Traditional Health System:
Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas supported this organization for
promotion of traditional health system for organizing cycle rally, wall painting,
plantation of trees and herbs for medicinal properties and organizing awareness
creating meetings. MVA did all the activities very innovatively. It has made
plans to develop 300 girl students of KGBV as local health friends to work in
the community.
Livelihood :
Livelihood programme consists of several activities. Awareness generation on
MNREGA was created through Rathyatra. Rathyatras were organized in
Manigachhi, Tardih, Alinagar and Ghanshyampur village on different dates.
Street lectures were organized on different places on various government
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4. schemes pertaining to livelihood and nutrition. Leaflets were distributy for
ready references on government schemes.
Goatary Bank was created in Lagma, Phulwaria and Phulban villages for Dalit
women. These banks distributed goats to 70 BPL Dalit families, all from
Musahar community for support of increased income. Napkin Nirman work was
initiated to advance personal health and hygiene of BPL women, but it took
shape cottage industry in some nine families who are selling sanitary napkins in
their villages and earn a good extra amount.
A sensitization meeting was organized for PRI members in Manigachhi block to
take schemes on MNRGES. It is ironical that most of the PRI members do not
know the schemes in real meaning. They said that they will now make pressure
on Rojgar Sewak to take as many schemes as to give maximum employment to
their villagers.
On another hand, in our area, it is most important to intervene in agriculture,
the prime source of livelihood. A meeting was organized with selected farmers,
local NGOs and farmers to chalk a action plan for agriculture development
activities. MVA hopes some action will be done next year.
Right to Information:
Right to information camps were again repeated in villages where these were
organized in the previous year. The camps experienced that several youths have
filed applications under RTI. But most of them said that PIOs are not normally
respecting such applications and only a few of them appealed to Commission.
The Commission is also taking much time in giving decisions. The situation is
discouraging applicants. MVA is planning to ask support from leading
organizations in the regard.
Child Labor Awareness programme :
MVA was initiated to work mainly for women empowerment. During
implementation of projects, it suddenly found that it is giving focus on children
basically from Dalit communities. Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya and other
activities are focused on child right. Other activities for sending all children to
school in different titles are meant for child rights too. MVA became the
North Bihar Coordinator of CACL for such reasons.
Environment Awareness Programme:
With support from NEAC, Government of India, MVA accomplished different
activities for awareness on better environment.
Women Empowerment:
Involvement of women in all MVA activities is a strategy to increase confidence
and develop leadership among them. Women are moving towards improved social
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5. economical and political status. Women are organized and raise their voices
against any injustice in their society. It is sure that they do not have enough
knowledge to understand various tentacles of the machinery of injustices lied in
the present socio-economic system. Women organizations in ten villages of
seven Gram Panchyat in Manigachhi and Tardih blocks of Darbhanga district
have several success stories.
To keep the vigour of the organizations live MVA continues its activity for
them. One two-day workshop was organized to understand dynamics of domestic
violence and on related acts for those women organization leaders
Save the Daughter Campaign: A “Beti Bachao Andolan” moved this organization
to join the campaign in context of increasing girl infanticide and honor killing. A
meeting was organized on the issue with some community and religious leaders.
Women organizations were motivated to discuss the issue in their normal
meetings and generate awareness in the community at large. Kishori Vikash
Kendra and SHGs were also motivated to do similarly.
Disaster Management program:
Madhubani and Darbhanga districts are our major working area. Both districts
are disaster prone. Flood is almost a regular feature. Fire, Earthquake, Cloud-
burst, Heat-wave, Cold wave etc. are major disasters that cause occasional
damages of huge lives and property here in the area. In this context, all efforts
are being done for disaster mitigation. Disaster Management and now Disater
Risk Reduction are major foal activities of the organization. MVA has created
trained human resources for DRR and most importantly on School Safety
programme. Several training programmes for community, NGOs, volunteers etc.
are regularly being organized. Community based disaster mitigation is being
ensured through CMDRR committees at grass root level. All India Disaster
Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) is supporting this organization in wide range
activities. MVA is a core group member of Inter Agency Group (IAG) in
Madhubani district and the district convener in Darbhanga. Sphere-India is
giving support in conducting IAG activities in the district.
Capacity Building program:
Capacity building activities is a normal activity of the Organization. It extends
from the community target group leaders to the top brass of the Organization.
Several training programmes were organized by the organization itself while
staffs, volunteers and officers of the organization also got trainings from
other organizations like IGNOU, AIDMI, NIDM,NDMA, BEP, Cord-Aid, Tdh etc.
Loksamiti Activities:
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6. MVA is a active partner of LOKSAMITI movement. Loksamiti was founded by
late Jay Prakas Narayan for bring communal harmony, peace, non-violence and
egalitariasm in the society and in the country. Loksamiti is now headed by Nav
Bharat Jagriti Kendra, Hazaribagh. MVA is the North Bihar Coordinator and
organized several activities like Dharna, rally etc. at local, district and state
level.
Thus is all in brief about MVA’s work during year 2013-14. I, secretary, extend
my gratitude towards you all for your consistent support in implementing its
activities. I extend my gratitude to Bihar Pradesh Lok Samiti partners, local
NGOs, medical officers, media persons and other persons including personnel in
our donor agencies like BEP, Cord-Aid, GPSVS, DIAG, Madhubani, NBJK,
Hazaribagh, Tdh and AIDMI for their support in our works. To conclude, I,
request your favor in accepting this report including the financial statements
and give suggestions, directions and necessary advices for the next year.
With best regards,
Yours
(Vishwanath Mishra)
Secretary.
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7. MVA is a active partner of LOKSAMITI movement. Loksamiti was founded by
late Jay Prakas Narayan for bring communal harmony, peace, non-violence and
egalitariasm in the society and in the country. Loksamiti is now headed by Nav
Bharat Jagriti Kendra, Hazaribagh. MVA is the North Bihar Coordinator and
organized several activities like Dharna, rally etc. at local, district and state
level.
Thus is all in brief about MVA’s work during year 2013-14. I, secretary, extend
my gratitude towards you all for your consistent support in implementing its
activities. I extend my gratitude to Bihar Pradesh Lok Samiti partners, local
NGOs, medical officers, media persons and other persons including personnel in
our donor agencies like BEP, Cord-Aid, GPSVS, DIAG, Madhubani, NBJK,
Hazaribagh, Tdh and AIDMI for their support in our works. To conclude, I,
request your favor in accepting this report including the financial statements
and give suggestions, directions and necessary advices for the next year.
With best regards,
Yours
(Vishwanath Mishra)
Secretary.
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