The Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD) felicitated the Community Based Organisations (CBOs) on its foundation day.
The CYSD, in 2017, introduced a solar motorised water ATM project to resolve this gigantic issue, Khairaput in Malkangiri district. Each family of the village paid Rs 100 and received a water ATM card and continued to pay Re 1 per day for each 20 litre of purified water on a regular basis. Later, CYSD facilitated to form a Water Sanitation
Committee in the village and the committee sensitised the community on sanitation issues.
The NGO in 2017, initiated to form 256 producer groups in five blocks of Laxmipur, Kundra, Boipariguda, Narayanpatna and Bandhugoan for collectivising the tribal products through collective action. It segregated the tribal women producer groups and facilitated for formation of producer company in respective block level to check the distress sale of the tribal products.
The Maulimaa Producer Company in Kundura block sensitised the producer groups about the exploitation of the middlemen and they collected the products directly from 65 producer groups in the block and ensured value addition in the products to sell in the higher market.
Irregularity of students’ attendance and dropout in Padiabeda Upper Primary School in tribal Thakurmunda block of Mayurbhanj was a major issue. The CYSD team facilitated the School Management Committee (SMC) and sensitised the members of the committee on their roles and responsibilities.
Gopabandhu Youth Club of Imaliguda village under Kolanara block of Rayagada district played a significant role to drive local self governance process.
“Currently, the CYSD is directly working with 37,000 families in 28 blocks of eight tribal dominated districts and striving to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)- agenda 2030 and this can only be possible through inclusion and active involvement of the poor, deprived, marginalised and weaker communities in the local governance system”, said mentor and co-founder of CYSD Jagadananda.