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21 March 2006
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Since October 2004, Banswara Area Development Programme (ADP) has:
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Check dams store monsoon rainwater to be
used throughout the year.
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Health and sanitation
- Registered 144 newborns for birth certificates
- Immunised 1,624 children and 599 pregnant women, and provided polio drops for 10,751 children
- Organised puppet shows promoting breast-feeding in 15 communities
- Provided members of 25 communities with oral rehydration salts for the management of diarrhoea
- Constructed 39 sanitary toilets
Education
- Trained 1,196 adults to read and write through four literacy centres
- Supported one teenager to attend a computing course to gain employment skills
Infrastructure
- Constructed sturdy homes for nine families
- Motivated and enabled the community to access government funding and local labour to construct 11 check dams to store rainwater
- Constructed three new wells and installed seven hand pumps to provide safe drinking water
Agriculture
- Distributed vegetable seeds to 3,800 families
Community leadership
- Formed a number of community-based organisations, including three youth groups, six ‘Mahila Mandal’ (women’s groups common across India) and seven self-help groups
- Registered 16 existing community-based organisations with the government so they can gain access to government resources and funding
- Organised a youth camp for 35 young people and a children’s camp for 150 children
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