Motivation of the training changed my life

Mr. Manoj Oraon s/o Late Devnath Oraon a resident of Ghaghari tola of Kita village of Chandwa block of Latehar district, was living a miserable life, when he was working as a casual labour in coal mines Sikni village of Chandwa block. After the death of his father, entire burden of his family came upon his shoulders. He had no any option but to turn back to his traditional occupation of farming. He became a member of farmers club in his tola on 27th March 2018. He started cultivating brinjol in his small land for and selling it in the Brahamni market nearby his village. There he realized that in order to get more and varieties of customers, he needs to have variety vegetable. He contacted different vegetables producers and got vegetables in bulk. As a return, he started earning Rs. 300-400 daily as net income.

He is grateful to Samaj Vikas Sanstha, Chandwa, as because of Samaj Vikas Kendra of Daltonganj Diocese, he got training on agriculture conducted by SIGN, Ranchi, supported by MANOS UNIDAS. He says that Today he is happy person, who inspires others for similar type of success.

Source of Income of The Village, Traditional Community Skill Development and Unity in the Village

There are 100 families, of Bhikha village of Bhandru panchayat of Dumka block and district, dependending on bamboo making to run thier livelihood.. Rain-fed mono cropping is also one of the occupations. Wide spread illiteracy, superstition, lack of unity in the village, poor status of health and poor status of women caused them much of their misery.

Fortunately, already there were two women Shelf Help Groups from the beginning. Hence, Samaj Viakas Sanstha, Dudhani, Dumka, linked them to Praudh Shiksha (Adult education) to improve the literacy. As a result, women learned to read and write. Seeing their success, Samaj Viakas Sanstha, Dudhani, Dumka formed two men Farmers’ Club viz. Sagaenasakam Farmers’ Club and K.V. Samitti Farmers’ Club.

Mr. Lakhan Hansda, a member of Sagaenasakam farmers’ club, got trained in bamboo products and in turn he trained 15 others to make Lamp, flower pot, pen stand, corner box, dustbin out of bamboo and started to sale it in the market. Now the situation is that the members of the farmers’ club are fixing the price of the products and very easily selling the products at the rate of Rs. 400-700. Today his efforts brought a tremendous change in the village. Villagers are interested in sending their children to school. 6 children of the members of therse Farmers’ Clubs are studying in English medium school. Recently 15 families have done kitchen gardening, and 15 families have cultivated vegetables and 16 families have planted trees

Community Farming Has Changed My Life

Agriculture work and daily wage is one of the major occupations of “Titahi” village in Chanro panchayat of Churchu block in Hazaribag district. Felling of trees was normal to 47 families of this village. Due to unorganized farming and lack of coordination among the villagers, they were facing new challenges almost everyday. In this situation “Jan Vikas Kendra, Hazaribag social worker team conducted a meeting and urged them for unity in the village. Then continues meeting with the villagers brought a mutual understanding between the villagers and on 28 February 2018 “Ujwal Kisan Club and Jagriti Kisan Club” were formed and with these formation of Farmers’ Clubs, a radical change came over the people. Now they started to say Jal (water), Jangal (Forest), Jamin (Land) are the gift of our ancestors. Therefore, it is our responsibilities to protect these, which is possible only by having unity among the villagers. Deforestation reduced and leveling of rough field took its place. Then 25 kg paddy cultivation was done in 3 acres through 27 members. In the 1st year itself they got 1080 kg ofpaddy. It was districuted 40 kg each among 27 members in the group. It became an inspiration for other farmers of the village. Hence, now the rest of the 20 families also joined to cultivate 50 kg paddy cultivation. Having tested success, all of them went ahead with constructing built a dam on a village river and raised fish. In the first year, they raise 4 kg small fish in the river and in return, they got back income of Rs. 4500. For the second time in the year, they raised 6 kg small fish and it is yet to sale. Now entire village is enjoying the fruit of getting united. That is why, it is said, “Unity is Strength”.

Waste Materials Make Life Easy

“JUGGAD” is a Hindi word for makeshift solution or say creative invention. It is an activity, which makes us to do things out of the box. In rural areas, Jugaad is a day-to-day’s activity. People have brain of invention, only a lens of appreciation needed for them. Pradhan Jonko, a 21 year old farmer, from village Komai, Baipi panchayat, West Singhbhum district, has just started Bachelor Degree in Arts stream.

He has a family of 7 members including parents, 3 sisters and 2 brothers. Elder sister got married. He recalls, “Life was never easy in 7-8 years back”. Food is the only prime necessity for them. Education was never important. His father Yadav Jonko, was cultivating paddy and some vegetable year after year in their small piece of ladn to meet both the ends meet and could educate the children. Pradhan was very alert type of child since his childhood days. he was open to learning anytime and every time. In the school, he was the president of Children’s club, which helped him to discipline himself and practice hygiene. After school hour, he ws always a great help to his father in the field. In 2017, there was a turning point in his life, when he had an opportunity to attend a 5 days training program at Agriculture Institute, Hazaribiagh. He took the learning of training centrer to his field and his paddy yielding doubled. This success helped him to focus on vegetable cultivation and expanded the area of cultivation from 5 decimal to 20 decimals. He is also started rearing country bird and goat. Eventually, he increased the area of vegetable cultivation to half a acre. Now, he is earning Rs 3000/- per month. He also invented a Jugaad for sowing and making line by using the scrape of cycle handle. The entire waste plastic basket used for planting vegetable in kitchen garden.