| Risk
Reduction and Livelihood Promotion Programme
Western
Orissa NGO Consortium
Pradeep
Mohapatra, June 2006 |
 | Background |
Western
Orissa is a region of chronic food shortage, recurrent droughts,
flash floods, deterioration in socioeconomic conditions and collapse
of traditional water harvesting structures. This forces large number
of people from the area to migrate from the region in search of
livelihoods.
Building
on lessons learnt from a CARE supported Community Based Drought
Rehabilitation Programme a group of CBO’s from Bolangir district
in Western Orissa came together to form a consortium that used Sustainable
Livelihood Approach (SLA) to design and implement the Risk Reduction
and Livelihood programme in Western Orissa.
Consortium
CBO's include:
•
Sramika Shakti Sangha (SSS)
• Anchalik Jana Seva Anustan (AJSA )
• Bolangir Gramodyog Samitee (BGS)
• Agency for Social Action (ASA)
• Bolangir Gramodyog Samitee (BGS)
• Agency for Social Action (ASA) and
• UDYAMA (facilitating CBO)
Consortium
members received technical support from Samaja Pragati Sahayog (SPS),
Bagli, Madhya Pradesh and financial support from the American
India Foundation, New Delhi.
UDYAMA, a consortium member,
was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhawana award 2006 in the category
of Best NGO for rural reconstruction and environment.
Pradeep
Mohapatra, Secretary UDYAMA on behalf of the consortium shares
with Livelihood Connect a report (PDF)on
their project and requests help in securing information on best
practice on disasters and livelihoods.
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