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liv68 CHAPTER -VI69 KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GOVERNMENT SCHEMESA number of government schemes have been implemented in the state of Chattisgarh for theupliftment of women. This chapter discusses about what the mothers / caregivers know aboutthese schemes. District - wise Table 6.1A to 6.8A have been given in Annexure -2 of thereport.70 6.1 Women awareness campTable 6.1 provides information on awareness of mother/ caregivers about these campsTable 6.1: Knowledge of mothers/caregivers about women awareness camp(Percentage)Particulars Intervention districts Control districtInterventionAWCsIntermediateAWCsControl AWCsKnowledge of women awarenesscamp (n=) 828 844 924Yes 21.4 19.9 15.3No 78.6 80.1 84.7Activities undertaken inthe camp (n=) 177 168 141Imparting knowledge about schoolsinitiated by dept. of woman & childdevelopment 85.3 85.1 88.7Educating about their school, problems,economic development and legal rights 74.6 71.4 78Participation in the camp (n=) 177 168 141Yes 30.5 29.8 39No 69.5 70.2 61Form Table 6.1, the following findings have emerged.• Only about one - fifth of the respondents in intervention districts (17% in Janjgir and 24%in Korba district) and 15 percent in control district knew about this scheme.• Out of those who knew about the scheme, 85 percent in intervention districts (74% inJanjgir and 94% in Korba district) and 89 percent in control district reported impartingknowledge about school initiated by department of woman and child development as anactivity undertaken in the awareness camp.• “Educating women about schools, problems, economic development and legal rights” as anactivity undertaken in the camp was reported by 73 percent and 78 percent of therespondents in intervention and control district respectively.• Out of those who were aware of the awareness camp, 30 percent of the respondents inintervention districts (19% in Janjgir and 38% in korba district) and 39 percent in controldistrict participated in such camps.71 6.2 Self help groupsAll the surveyed respondents were asked whether they knew any SHG of women functioning intheir village. Those who were aware of any SHG of women, were further asked a set ofquestions to assess what they knew about its functioning. Table 6.2 provides such data.Table 6.2: Knowledge of mothers/caregivers about self help groups(Percentage)Particulars Intervention districts Control districtBaseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012