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The village head, called Munda, is not literate in many villages. They are least aware about the various government programmes and schemes. Sincere efforts have been made by AID to look into these weaknesses. The field staff maintains a regular visit during the Gram Sabha (GS) meetings. Proper record and register maintenance are taking place. The members of GS have been taught about bookkeeping. As a result many Gram Sabhas have started maintaining their own record of GS meetings. Some of them have learned enough to read and write names.

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There were two non-functional GS tolas of Sonepur village. They have been brought together with sincere effort of AID. The two erring GSs were united on the issue of protecting their community forest. They are building up their capacity to seek out their problems themselves. Further, they have put a check on deforestation .It has helped in increasing the village’s natural base. This was one of the goals of this project. Awakening of Gram Sabha with respect to forest preservation has taken place. The activities taken up are in right direction. They need more motivation. Once the positive results of activities are adopted by some members, it will be easier to achieve the goals.

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AID disseminated information about the schemes from the welfare Department of the state government to the YG of Serenghatu village. Bahiaram Munda is one of the members of the YG. He filled up the application for digging of well for drinking and irrigation purpose. The block has accepted his application. 15 other applicants from different villages within the project area have been granted similar schemes.

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The youth group of Serenghatu village has taken collective initiative to develop nursery in their village. Taking one acre of land on lease, they have prepared the bed for planting various economically important trees like teak, sesam, gamhar and fruit bearing trees. The group is already overbooked by various groups for supplying the saplings once they are ready.