Report - Helpage India Programme

Part 2: Project Activity Report for Sponsors (Maximum 2 sides)
Project name:
SAGP- Haryana State
Project reference number:
Reporting period: 1 st October 2011- 31 st March 2012
Project Worker’s name and job title: Pradip Bastia Manager Program
Project partners and locations:
Project Name of the partner agency
Location (no. of blocks/districts)
code
1000448 Adarsh Gram Udhyog Samiti Block:-Nilokhari, Indari, Nissing & Karnal
District:- Karnal
1000459 Nav Yuvak Kala Sangam Block:- beri, kalanour, baghpur, jindran, Rohtak
and Vajirpur
District Rohtak, Jhajar)
1000462 Adarsh Saraswati Shiksha Samiti Block:- Silana Village & Sonipat
1. Direct beneficiaries
Age group Able Elders Assisted Elders Destitute Elders
Men Women Men Women Men Women
55-79 56 60 56 73 41 51
80+ 0 0 09 08 15 15
Total 56 60 65 81 56 66
How have they
benefitted
The organization works for all categories through Health care programs,
Advocacy, livelihood support And formation of ESHG’s etc. Due to these
activities beneficiaries are get benefit directly and their families are also
getting benefit indirectly.
2. Indirect beneficiaries of the project (grandchildren, family members or community members)
Directly involved with the
beneficiary
Indirectly involved with the beneficiary
(i.e. in the community)
Older
peopl
e
Grand
childre
n
Older people
in the
community
Grand
children
Number of
INDIRECT
beneficiaries
HOW have they
benefitted
Family
members
(other than
grand children)
Family
members
(other than
grand
children)
150 175 455 366 310 475
Indirect beneficiary’s and community members were involved in new SaGP
activities i.e. primary health care programs, awareness programs, counselling
sessions, Cataract eye surgery with IOL implant.

Project Activities Carried out in the past 6 months.
Healthcare
The 3 project partner’s agencies from Haryana State organized weekly/fortnightly 72 Medical
Consultations Camps during the second year of project. Through these Medical Consultation
Camps total 700 patients benefited. Across the project area organized Free Eye Screening
Camp and identified 10 elders for cataract operation and operated with the help of reputed
eye care hospital.
ESHG Formation
During 2 nd year of SAGP Project partner’s agency are formed 11 new Elder Self Help Groups
and 165 members (12-15 Elders Per ESHG) involved in formation of 11 groups. Currently 80%
elders participating in the ESHGs meetings and 9 ESHG having their written rules &
Regulations. Apart from the funds, 25 ESHGs have been saving Rs. 20- 100 per month per
member. Over the last 2 years, the cumulative saving of 25 elders self help groups amounting
over Rs. 105321. Groups members are getting benefits of inter loaning in their groups. Every
month members meet in their groups meeting and share their experience and problems with
each others.
Commodity Support
Two partner’s 4 grain banks or its similar alternates have opened at nearest the community of
beneficiaries And they have known about this and get benefit through this facility. They are
supporting the destitute grans under commodity support to destitute grans activity
(community based grain bank.)
Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods through Micro Credit and Micro Finance
In this activity Nav Yuvak Kala sangam from Rohtak graded 4 ESHG and after getting prior
permission from Ministry of Home Affair distributed seed capital to 4 old ESHGs. Other 2
partner have sent the applications for this to MHA.
Advocacy
Under the Age Demand Action Programs all project partners organized activity on the various
Govt. Schemes such as old age/ widow/ disabled pension, BPL card holders, NAREGA etc. After
these activities 14 families applied for the BPL cards and total 45 No of Old Age Pension
applied during the period in which 38 older people benefited with the old age pension
scheme. 29 widow pensions applied and 9 women getting widow pension, 10 elders linked
with the Annapurna Scheme All these activities were conducted with the help of Govt.
Department. Recreation Pilgrimage tour were also organized by the all implementing agencies
in which one implementing agency from Rohtak conduct a Exposure Visit with the help of
State office to India International Tread Fair, Pragti Maidan for ESHG’s Groups Leader there,
all are going to 4- Pavilions where they watch the livelihood Products produces by Self

Help Groups & interacting with them. Three sensitization programs were organized to
inculcate the moral values among the community especially to the youth. Partner Agency
Adarsh saraswati Shiksha Samiti Sonipat has been running District Yoga Wellness Centre,
hence, the Yoga Instructor has also been visiting the centre for Yoga activities so as to make
the older people and the community as a whole Health conscious.
Training of ESHG on Disaster Risk Reduction: - A training program worganised for Elders Self
Help Groups members on DRR by the State office at Sir Chotu ram Dharamshala Rohtak,
Haryana on 16 Jan to 17 Jan 2012. In which ESHG office bearer from Sonipat & Rohtak and
volunteer were got training.
Changes are a part of life. According to the time changes are possible Like up and downs and
its effects to the life styles. SAGP is a unique concept for the older category. In the starting of
SAGP, we face a lot of problems in the community to stop the direct help and face them with
indirect help and investment concept.
Improvements are come next after done some best. People have accepted this New SAGP
concept. Overall the Sponsor a Grant Program has introduced a positive change in the overall
scenario of the elderly in the project locations due to the multifarious act ivies/services under
the project all of which have helped the elders slowly come up in the village scenario.
All project partners will perform all the activities as given in the sponsor a Grant Parent - New
Phase Project.