COVID-19 Response

Efforts made by Grameen Vikas Sansthan toward COVID-19 Response

Since the Lockdown has totally hampered the lives of the marginalized people in Mau and Ghazipur so there was a need of immediate response in the families through distribution of nutritional foods and supplies for the Children and adolescents. There was also immediate need of distributing the Menstrual Hygiene Kits, sanitizers and Masks to implement all the pre-cautions suggested to avoiding the infection of Covid-19. Grameen Vikas sansthan has distributed the ration Packets among then vulnerable families of the Mau district. Before the distribution ,the proper ground work was done to select the eligible families of the Community who were much in need of assistance. The distribution was ensured through following all the precautions suggested by the government and other experts.

Key objectives of the Intervention

Following were the key objectives of the CIVID-19 Response efforts

To mitigate the Impact of Lockdown in marginalized families.
To help the Community People to be sanitize through providing them different mode of sanitization.
To help the lockdown affected families through providing the Necessary food.
To promote the social giving for Good concept among financially outfitted people.

Strategies which were adopted

Promotion of Community Volunteerism.
Distribution of sanitizers and Masks for the marginalized families
Nutritional Support to the Marginalized families.
Counseling of families on Social Distancing ,Safe hand wash & hygiene Practices and Awareness Generation on Corona.
Making efforts toward realization of Govt financial packages to the eligible families.

Targeted Communities

The Targeted Community are as following

Cleaners and Domestic Workers
Adolescents Girls from Marginalized Families
Rickshaw pullers
Loaders and Thela Pullers
Daily Wages labours
Streets vendors

Total Coverage During Dry ration Distribution

Year	Total beneficiaries covered during Ration Distribution	Total beneficiaries covered during Menstrual Hygiene Kits
2020-21	1840	6700
2021-22	2050	5000

Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 through Activation of MGNREGA and PDS

Context

The Poverty is a vicious cycle particularly in Mau District and women are worst affected victim of it. The cause and adverse effect of poverty are lack of awareness about the civic right and entitlements and sense of livelihood security at the level of household in community. The COVID-19 Lock down badly impacted the livelihood option of rural poor and they were at their own villages but having no job and earning opportunities. The MGNREGA and PDS schemes are ambitious but the lack of information and poor demand generation ,the effective implementation is still awaiting. Since the COVID-19 Impact has hampered the livelihood options of the millions of the families in the Rural Uttar Pradesh so at this stage MNREGA could be a strong source of livelihood strengthening.

We have made the following efforts towards NREGA Realization as a COVID-19 Response and Rehabilitation among 15000 Community People.

Strengthening of revenue village level existing Community CBOs.
Formation of Village Advocacy Groups(VAG) at Panchayat level. This is a 5-member group that lead the advocacy events at village and blocks level. (3 Male and 2 female)
Training Village Advocacy Groups(VAG) on MGNREGA Provisions and implementation, PDS & PRI Act
Block level interface of Village Advocacy Groups(VAG) with Gram Pradhans, Panchayat Secretaries and block level officials on the issues related to Gram Sabha, MGNREGA and PDS.
Enhancing understanding and knowledge of community and GP level stakeholders about the MGNREGA.
Facilitating community for obtaining the job card, opening bank accounts for wage money and demanding job in written.
Training of Village Advocacy Groups(VAG) on Social Audit Process and their involvements.
Organizing the Village level Camps for Registration of New Job seekers under MGNREGA.
Development of the IEC on MGNREGA,PDS and GSand itsDistribution to increase the demand generation.

Establishment of Villages level Covid-19 Care& Support Booth

Since the COVID-19 2nd wave has impacted the thousands of lives. The Medical support and assistance crisis during the pandemic situation was broadly reflected. In spite of well awareness by the govt regarding home isolation and suggested medicine ,The large number of community people were far away to get the initial medication and treatments in case symptoms appeared. Through this pandemic response ,GVS has established a Covid care Booth in 50 GPs. This booth is equipped with Sufficient Medical Kit, Pulse oximeter,Thermal scanner,Hand sanitizers etc. This Booth is working as a centre where a need based community approaching for medical assistance. This centre is being managed by a Girls ( trained in nursing courses-there are many girls in the community who are certified with ANM courses).

Key services
Counseling on COVID-19 including do and don’ts
Promoting the diet with minerals and breathing exercises.
Regular temperature check-up
Regular check-up of pulse and oxygen level.
This centre has created a 5 members of COVID task Groups of Youths which is regularly monitoring the use of mask in village and also encouraging the community to wear Mask.
Centre is facilitating and mobilizing the Community for COVID immunization and vaccination.

Our Girls Our Pride has achieved the several remarkable milestones on the way of Adolescent Empowerment. Girls Fellows are working as a local squad of transforming the lives of the other girls through mobilizing them. The conceptualization of the Girls fellows is one of them. During the Intervention it was analyzed that Some of the leaders are vibrant and need a further encouragement to lead their initiative and be a role model for the community girls. The Project brainstormed and took decision that there is a emerging need to involve them in community mobilization and adolescent empowerment practices and a fellowship intervention can minimize the vulnerability factors in the area and coverage of local leaders through fellowship grant will ensure new champion from the community and they would be a source of motivation for other girls. Total 25 Fellows are working in 75 Gram panchayat of Mau district These fellows are from the 25 Different clusters. These fellows have achieved the certain milestone and have taken the innovative initiatives. They are playing the active role in the community through providing the correct information on age at marriage,Education,Girls related health issues, Girls mobility, Gender, nutrition and other girls related issues.

USHA Silai Schools are community based initiatives with the aim of empowering village women to become entrepreneurs through sewing and setting up sewing schools at their own villages . Gramin Vikas sansthan has partnered with USHA and sets up Silai Schools in the Districts of Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, Mau, Varanasi and Jaunpur in the most remote and rural corners. GVS facilitate and support USHA to identify, set up and motivate village women to join these schools where they are trained in sewing and given a free sewing machine. Its aimed that they in turn teach and train other women forming a network of self-reliant and enterprising women. And that’s not all. Every time someone buys an USHA sewing machine, more than 1% of that sale amount is used to enhance and further develop the Silai School Program.
Everyday USHA Silai Schools are helping hundreds of women in sewing and entrepreneurial skills and thereby changing their lives.

Organization has covered more than 4500 families through ration and other support during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

• Total 340 Girls during the Program has been supported financially to start their career opportunities.

• Organisation has developed more than 2000 Volunteers in Mau Ghazipur and Azamgarh District.

• Total 407 Early Marriage protest have been reported between April 2017 to March 2022.

• Total 5000 Equanis owner families have been covered through the different intervention.

• GVS Has mobilized 28000 Families in Mau ,Ghazipur District through the different development intervention during the last 5 years .

• GVS has trained more than 976 Community Support Groups Leaders in which around 6600 members are directly covered through different intervention.

• Organization has covered more than 120000 Community people through community mobilization events and campaigns.

• Organisation has its implementation among 1200 School teachers in in Mau and ,Ghazipur.

• GVS Has established 5 Smart classes for girls in Azamgarh to ensure the quality of education.

Gramin Vikas Sansthan

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COVID-19 Response