Centre for Community Development(CCD) is a civil society organisation working since 1991-92 in Gajapati District for the socio-economic development of tribals and other marginalized sections of the community focusing on natural resource management, sustainable livelihood promotion, reproductive child health Women Empowerment, Community Based Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities and good governance.  Mr. A. Jagannadha Raju, the Secretary of the Society is having 44 years of concerted experience including 28 years in CCD in the field of social development sector working with the tribals, dalits and vulnerable sections of the community.  Presently, the organization is working in 372 compact tribal and non-tribal villages of 52 gram panchayats of Gumma, Kasinagar, Gosani (Paralakhemundi) Nuagada, Rayagada, R.Udayagiri and Mohona Blocks of Gajapati District.

VISION

CCD aspires for an alternative self reliant just society where people and children can grow with self dignity, free from exploitation, oppression and gender bias and harmony with nature and self governance.

MISSION

CCD enables to empower target community through capacity building encouraging their fullest participation, building up Community Based Organizations leading towards sustainable development, promoting effective natural resources, inclusion education, gender equity and sustainable livelihood initiatives emphasizing on participatory, democratic and transparent governance with holistic approaches.

 

Core values

  • Empathy with the poor and Persons with Disability
  • Commitment
  • Gender equity
  • Integrity
  • Good governance
  • Transparency and accountability
  • Sustainability
  • Inclusion

 

Governance in CCD

There is a decentralization decision-making process in CCD with efficient Governing Board. At the organization level Core committee is the apex level decision-making body. It is consisting of secretary CCD, all the project coordinators, accountant, document associate and other senior staffs. The committee meets every fortnight  to review the progress of different projects. It takes all the decision regarding the organizational affair. Apart from this CCD is guided by effective policies which are also being reviewed periodically

 

  • H R Policy
  • Financial Policy
  • Gender Policy
  • Disability Policy
  • Child Protection policy

 

Gender equity

CCD has a gender policy, which is taking about the gender equity aspect at the community as well as at the organization level. Gender focal group has been promoted to look after the issues relating to the women staff. CCD has Sexual Harassment policy. A gender fund has been promoted at the organization level to provide support to the women in distressed condition.

 

Experience of CCD

Natural Resource Management

Since inception, CCD is working in the field of NRM organizing awareness campaigns, capacity building trainings and exposures to the community / farmers to get the knowledge on protection of natural resources, plantation,  effective utilization of non-timber forest produces, collective marketing, sustainable agriculture for livelihood promotion, soil & water conservation measures, community nursery, watershed, water & sanitation etc. 

 

Education

CCD is having the concerted experience mainly in the field of education promotion maintaining effective linkages with line departments adopting the social mobilization techniques and measures for the enrolment of the tribal children with a special need to develop the retention rate of girl child in the schools, merging them in the main stream. , taking education as a entry point of intervention, imparting the noble values and the minimum basic tenets to the sponsor children creating the receptacle base for the socio-economic development of the parents. 

 

26 Education Guarantee  Scheme (EGS) centres were taken up in  interior and inaccessible tribal pockets of Rayagada and Nuagada Blocks, in 2003 to access the minimum basic needs of education to 656 dropout and non-schooling tribal children. 

 

Simultaneously, CCD is also one of the implementing agencies of Accelerated Female Literacy Program (AFLP), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, implementing the program in 38 Gram Panchayat of Gumma, Kasinagar and Paralakhemundi(Gosani) blocks in  2003, to literate 19000  neo-literates (the clientele women between the age group of 15- 35 years), in the said blocks,  During the year 2005-06, CCD was running 33 bridge schools in Partada Gram Panchayat of Kasinagar Block and Tarangada Gram Panchayat of Gumma Block enrolling 673 dropout and non-schooling children, supported by CEF/Action Aid. 

 

Apart from this, CCD is also enrolled its status quo  as a members in the District level education committee of SSA (Sarva Siksha Abhijaan), Gajapati,    CCD also prioritizing for the community based rehabilitation of the Disabled children ,promoting Inclusive Education for the children with disability.

 

Reproductive Child Health and Malaria prevention

Health is one of the priority areas of CCD and since inception, CCD is working in close collaboration with H&FW deptt, ICDS and network agencies to reach effective health services in unreached areas, sensitization of the community on different components of RCH & safe motherhood, mobilization of health support services in partnership with CARE and UNICEF, and actively involved in Malaria prevention and control.in 300 villages with the support of Tata Education Trust.(SDTT, Mumbai).

 

Women Empowerment

 CCD is always focusing on socio-economic development of women community with gender equality approaches.  CCD has promoted 921 women self help groups and two district level women Cooperatives i. e Gajapati Women Cooperative Society Ltd, Paralakhemundi and Mahendragiri Women Cooperative Society, Rayagada Block   with 10000 women to access the micro credit support for income generation activities etc.

 

Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

One of the focus areas of CCD is community based rehabilitation  and mainstreaming the persons with disabilities.  CCD is organizing the PWDs through promotion of SHGs of PWDs and providing capacity building trainings and creating employment and self employment opportunities.  Till now CCD has promoted 215 SHGs of PWDs in Gajapati District.  To mainstream the education of children with disabilities especially visually impaired, CCD has started Braille education and emphasizing to reduce the dropout and non-schooling of the children Promoting Inclusive Education and Promoted an ABLED body DPO SMARTH with 1936 PWDs.

 

Vocational Skill development

To enhance the target communities sustainable livelihood through skill development CCD has continuing its focus on skill development. Still now CCD has provided skill development trainings on mobile repairing, Bike repairing, driving, computer softer and hardware, tailoring, Phynoil , Agarbati making, Leafplate making, broom making and  Jute bag making.

Value addition of NTFP products

CCD has also taken up the sustainable livelihood on Pineapple processing, cashew processing, Tamarind processing and millets processing.

Details of Funding Partners

PAST PROJECT  PARTNERS

Sl. No

Name of the Project

Donor agency

Block covered

1

Integrated Tribal Development Project (SPONSORSHIP)

Action Aid

Gumma & Gosani

2

Education to dropout and non-schooling children between age group of 6 – 14 under Common Wealth Education Fund

Action Aid

Gumma & Kasinagar

3

Natural Resource Management and Livelihood promotion through Animal Husbandry practices

SDC-ICNRMPO

Gumma & Kasinagar

4

Crop Post Harvest Program

IDE(I)

Rayagada

 

 

5

Education Guarantee Scheme

OPEPA, Bhubaneswar

Rayagada and Nuagada

6

Sustainable livelihood and empowerment process of SHGs

UNDP – IMAGE

Rayagada

7

Accelerated Female Literacy Program (AFLP)

Ministry of HRD, Govt of India.

Gumma, Gosani and Kasinagar

8

Empowering CSOs for Good Governance and Poverty Alleviation in Gajapati District

DFID / PRIA

Gumma, Kasinagar & Gosani

9

Integrated Nutrition and Health Program

CARE-INHP

Gumma, Gosani, Kasinagar and Nuagada

10

Reproductive Child Health – FNGO

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Rayagada

11

Rural young Professional Scheme and MNGO

CAPART

Gumma and Kasinagar Blocks

 

12

Compressive Land Allocation Programme (CLAP)

ITDA, Gajaapti

Gumma Block

13

Orissa Tribal Empowerment and Livelihood program (OTELP)

ITDA,OTELP, Gajapati

Gumma

 

14

Multi Sector Development Programme (Base line survey on Minority families in Gajapati District)

ITDA, Gajaapti

Gajapati District

15

 

Infant and young children feeding practices

OVHA and UNICEF

Entire Gajapati District

16

Diversion based irrigation through Gravitation flow

AFPRO-SDTT

Gumma & Rayagada

17

Block demonstration of Paddy under RKVY

Agriculture department, Gajapati

Gumma & Gosani

18

Village Development Programme

NABARD

Gumma and Kasinagar Block

19

Low Cost Innovative Cashew Processing Unit

NABARD

5 units in Gumma Block

20

Capacity building of GKS members

CARE-INDIA & NRHM

Gumma, Gosani & Kasinagar

21

Malaria prevention & Control programme in Gajapati

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust & Allied Trusts  – SDTT, Mumbai

Gajapati District

22

Reduction of green house gas emission and promotion of sustainable livelihood of the community through eucalyptus plantation in wasteland and low productivity land

DEG, Germany

J.K.Paper

NABARD

IFC

Gumma, Gosani, Kasinagar & Rayagada

 PRESENT  PROJECT  PARTNERS

 

Sl. No

Name of the Project

Donor agency

Block covered

1

Capacity Building and rehabilitation of Persons with Disability

REHASWISS, Switzerland

Gumma and Gosani,

2

Comprehensive Eye Health services, National Social Inclusion Programme

Sight Savers India

Gosani, Kasinagar, Rayagada, R.Udayagiri, Nuagada & Mohona

3

Sustainable Livelihood and empowerment process for Soura Tribals in Rayagada, Gajapati District

MISEREOR - KZE, Germany

Rayagada

4

Orissa Tribal Empowerment and Livelihood program (OTELP Extension)

ITDA,OTELP, Gajapati

Gumma

5

Orissa Tribal Empowerment and Livelihood program (OTELP Plus) – Consortium

ITDA, OTELP, Gajapati

Gumma

 

6

Focus Area Development Programme (FADP)

ITDA, Gajaapti

5 TSP Blocks in Gajapati District

7

 

Promotion of Women Self Help Groups, Cooperatives and women enterprises

Self Help cooperative and State Bank of India.

 

Gumma, Gosani, Kasinagar and Rayagada

8

Capacity building of Panchayati Raj members

State Institute for Rural Development, Panchayatiraj Deptt., Govt. of Orissa

Gumma, Gosani, Kasinagar, Nuagada & R. Udayagiri

 

 

9

Sustainable Livelihood Promotion for SC Communities

OSFDC, Sc & St Dept.Govt of Odisha

Kasinagar Block

10

Community-based Technologies Exchange

fostering Green Energy (CTx)

CTx, Canada

Gumma Block

11

Micro Enterprise Development Programme (MEDP)

NABARD

Gajapati District

12

Millets development programme

Agriculture deptt., Govt of Odisha in technical consultation with WASSEN

Gumma Block

13

Physiotherapy activities for the Intellectual disability children

Social Security & Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities, Govt. of Odisha

Gajapati District
4.         Human Resources

Office Staff:                                                                                 05 (Male: 4, Female: 1)

( Project Director, Finance, MIS & Documentation

and Office Assistance)

Filed Staff (Full time)                :                                               29(Male : 25, Female : 4)

(Livelihood Promoters, Agriculture Experts, Civil Engineers,

Social Mobilizers , Project Coordinators & Supervisors)

Field Staff (Volunteers)                 :                                               196 (Male : 128, Female : 68)

(Community Service Providers, Community Resource Persons

and  Village Health Volunteers)

  1. PARTNER COMMUNITY: Tribals, Dalit, women, Children, Persons with Disabilities.
  2. OPERATIONAL AREA:- Gajapati District,    Odisha State.

 

 

SL

 

Block

 

GPs

 

Total Villages

 

Total HHs

 

Total Population

 

Total PWDs

1

Gumma

15

57

4257

25582

294

2

Kasinagar

11

36

682

3511

329

3

Gosani

18

55

370

1835

415

4

Rayagada

28

117

1522

6034

409

5

R. Udayagiri

05

72

1034

4496

275

6

Mohona

01

08

111

624

19

7

Nuagada

05

26

128

698

142

7

Paralakhemundi

(Municipality)

00

01

831

3179

153

 

TOTAL

83

372

8935

45959

2036

            

Computers      :11

Two Wheelers :12

Four Wheeler   :1

LCD                 :1

By-Cycles         :10

Land             : 12A.c

Office Building :   1

Field Office    :     4
Community centers       :           9
Resource Training Centre :           6                           
Inverter             :          1
 

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

 

Education

:

·         Women & Girl child education

·         Education of Children with Disability of all categories

Bridge schools to provide education to dropout and non-schooling children.

 

Reproductive Child Health

:

·         Reproductive Child Health, Integrated Nutrition Health Programme and activating the health mechanism

·         Promotion of Sanitation and safe-drinking water measures

 

Women Empowerment

:

·         Promotion of Gender Sensitization in the community

·         Formation and strengthening of Women self-help groups and federations, women cooperatives, promotion of Micro Enterprise and Income Generation.

·         Encouraging women participation in local self governance and all the developmental initiatives

 

 

 

Natural Resource Management & Livelihood promotion

 

·         Afforestation and forest protection 

·         Networking for the regularization of rights of the forest community

·         Drinking water and Irrigation through gravitational flow method

·         Promotion of best practices to ensure Sustainable agriculture, Participatory Technology Development and SRI. 

·         Integrated Watershed Management

·         Value addition and marketing of NTFP and forest Produces

·         Promotion of animal husbandry

·         Value addition of Cashew through low cost innovative cashew processing unit

·         Promotion of Organic Cultivation.

 

 

 

Local self governance

 

 

·         Promotion of village Development committee, people’s federation related to survival and dignity of tribal, women, Dalit and PWDs

·         Capacity building of Community and PRI representative on Panchayati Raj act and PESA act

·         Facilitation for effective implementation of poverty alleviation program and development programs like NREGA, Food security and social audit.

 

Inclusion of Person with Disabilities.

 

·         Sensitizing the Community on the issues of PWDs

·         Promotion of self help and advocacy groups

·         Facilitating for Certification, Aids and Appliances, Social Security Schemes and other provision and privileges of Government.

·         Sustainable economic rehabilitation of PWDs with IGP and Vocational training programs

·         Promotion of District level and State level networking of PWDs 

·         Promotion of barrier free environment

·         Promotion of inclusive education through teachers training, motivating parents, Braille, Speech Therapy and other initiatives.

·         Promotion of cataract services and referral to low vision and blind people.

 

Skill Development of Rural Young professional

 

·         Promoting skill trainings to rural young professionals on Computer, Driving and Tailoring

·         Encouraging the rural youth for employment and self employment

 

 

 

Capacity building of CBOs, PRI & Stakeholders

 

·         Training to Gaon Kalyan Samiti (GKS) members for effective health and sanitation at village level

·         Orient the GKS members for effective utilization of money for the benefit of community.

·         Leadership trainings to VDC members

·         Capacity Building trainings to PRI members

·         Training to SHG, ASHA,  & AWW members

 

 

 

 


CCD NETWORKING

 

  • A member of Amnesty International
  • A member of the Credibility Alliance
  • A member of International Association of Voluntary Efforts (IAVE), USA
  • A Member of ASIAN HEALTH INSTITUTE – JAPAN
  • A member of the Orissa Voluntary Health Association (OVHA), Bhubaneswar
  • A Member of CLAP – Cuttack – A Legal Network, Orissa
  • A Member of VANI – a NGO network in Orissa and India
  • A member of National Campaign on Survival and Dignity for Land Rights and Tribal Dignity
  • A member of Orissa Shrma Adhikar Abhijaan
  • A member in Orissa State Disability Network
  • A member of Orissa Disaster Mitigation Mission (ODMM), Bhubaneswar
  • A member of White Ribbon Alliance, BBSR, Orissa Chapter, convenor Gajapati.
  • A member of District Employment Committee
  • Member of District Vigilance Committee
  • As Institutional member of District Council for Child Welfare of Gajapati
  • A member of District Grievance Cell, Collectorate, Gajapati.
  • A member of District Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS)
  • A member of District Mission Shakti, Gajapati
  • A member of the Dowry Prohibition Council in the District
  • A member of District Environment Society
  • A member of SHPI – in collaboration with DRDA, Gajapati for the promotion of SHGs.
  • A member of District Juvenile Justice Board, Gajapati
  • A member of District Blind Control Society (DBCS), Gajapati
  • A member of District level Steering Cum Monitoring Committee for MDM & Districts level Coordination Committee of ICDS.

 

ACCREDITATION OF CCD

 

  • A recipient of Prakruti Mitra, Indira Priyadarshani Brukshya Mitra State and Central level Awards– a redemptive friend of nature for the gratifying cause to protect and restore the forest and degraded environment in the year 1998-99 and 1999-2000 respectively.

 

  • A recipient of Jaya Prakash Narayan Samman Award – on the eve of International Year of Volunteerism 2001-2002.

 

  • A recipient of State level award for best Self Help Promoting agency in Gajapati in the year 2005-06.

 

  • CCD has been accredited by Credibility Alliance, New Delhi.