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Refresher Training on Monitoring, Evaluation and Documentation

Training on emergency care at Ante-natal, Intra-natal and Post-natal and other emergencies in

Refresher training on monitoring, evaluation, and documentation

for coordinators and supervisors was conducted at NEDSSS on th14 and 15th November 2017. Mr. Razdhan Sarim Rahman,

professor from Tata Institute of Social Science, Guwahati was the

resource person for two days training. The total no.of participants

were 34 from 5 States namely Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal

Pradesh, Meghalaya, and Assam. The main purpose of the

training was to give a deeper understanding of the project cycle

starting from the process of planning till the evaluation. The

second purpose was to guide the project personnel to have

proper perception of the project terms and to implement the

project effectively in their own working place.

The effective and motivational sessions from the resource person

highlighted in detail the important components of a project cycle

which included the planning, implementation, monitoring and

evaluation. The group was trained to know project

management , logic frame work analysis , the hierarchy of goals

in a project and its connection to outcome/ objectives, output ,

activities , inputs. They got acquainted with the words like

indicators, outcome, output, activities in a project. The group also

learned the type, method and comparison studies in evaluations.

The types are baseline evaluation, end evaluation and post

project evaluation and it is viewed in three ways of comparison

those are space context, time context (self comparison) and

mix of both. The four components of evaluation are efficacy as

well as compatibility, sustainability, replicability, and theory of

change. The participants shared that the training has enhanced

their skills for better implementation of project activities.

Mother and Child Health

Field visits to Seva Kendra Miao and DSSS Imphal

th thIt was conducted on 16 - 17 Nov 17. Dr. Sr. Lucy SND from

Jamalpur, Bihar was the resource Person. There were 32

participants including the health coordinators and supervisors

from 5 states namely Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and

Arunachal Pradesh.

The training helped the participants to learn about diverse topics

like Antenatal care, its purposes, birth plans, family and

community support, blood arrangements, transportation, place of

deliveries, early detection of pregnancy, monitoring and guiding

expectant mothers, giving health education on diet, rest,

personal hygiene, dress, travel, checkup, exercise, and sleep.

The other important areas touched upon were various steps in

identifying and managing antenatal care of women at first visit,

nutritional intervention, maternal and fetal assessment,

preventive measures, counseling, physical exercises and to

identify all the complications like HELLP syndrome, high risk

pregnancies, ecclampsia, etc. and to treat these emergencies .

They also gained knowledge on the importance of hand washing

and need for drinking enough water. Intake of sufficient water

helps with supply of nutrients in the body and the circulation of

blood, keeps the skin healthy and prevent from various

sicknesses.

Dr. Lincoln, the consultant to CURE project, took sessions on

dealing with emergencies at ANC, Labor and PNC in their own

respective working places. He also discussed with the group

about the importance of breast feeding and the immunization of

children. The group exercises and questionnaires assisted the

participants to be efficient to deal with antenatal, intranatal and

postnatal emergencies and deal with them.

Field visits and timely supervision by the Regional Coordinator

to partner organization was well appreciated by all. The visit has

helped them to gain knowledge to implement the project and

boost the village health workers, health supervisors and the

village people. At the time of visit to the partners the regional

HEALTH

Quarterly report October - December, 2017

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RESOURCE MOBILIZATIONOn 23rd October 2017, a one-day Reflective workshop was

conducted for management and staff at DSSS level on Resource

mobilization at IDEA Itanagar. During the workshop, the Resource

Mobilization Policy of IDEA which was developed earlier was also

revised and after addition and correction, it was finalized.

PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION IN NORTH EAST INDIA

coordinator conducted meeting with health team, motivated

health workers / ASHAS through the capacity building sessions,

assessed their field performance and guided them to keep

records of all the activities implemented and advised them to

monitor all the project activities regularly. The places visited th thduring this quarter were on 11 13 October, Mary Matha Health

th thCenter Dhonikona under SK , Miao and on 25 29 November to

Holy Rosary Health centre, Purul, De Paul Health centre, Willong

in Senapathi district Fernando health centre Tengnoupal in

Chandel District. This programme has assisted the village health

workers to do family visits, give health education and focus on the

target groups like pregnant women, lactating mothers, infants,

children and adolescent girls, as well as the important

components in managing malaria cases , motivate and mobilize

the target groups to avail health facilities and educate the

community to achieve better health.

During October to December 2017, 5962 people (2901 males &

3061 females) were reached out to through activities such as

peace celebrations; inter school peace meets, workshops,

dialogues, trainings etc. Given below are a few instances of the

activities that have been carried out.

Peace club members were trained on at King David’s

School, St. Vincent Seminary, Cambridge Schools, MGM college

Dimapur, Bengtol Government College, Bongaigaon and Montfort

Hr. Sec.School,

Champaknagar,

St. Arnold,

Gandacherra,

St. Andre

Budhjungnagar,

Synod,

Lefunga, Don

Bosco, Kairai, Mandai, Montfort, Ranir Khamar Holy Cross,

conflict resolution skills, life skills and leadership skills

Twikarmaw, Kumarghat, Holy Cross Convent, Dharmanagar, St.

Arnold, Ambassa and Janthum English Medium Schools. Conflict

resolution skills, ten life skills as propounded by WHO and

leaderships styles were taught and feedbacks were collected as

below:

• 'All the ten core life skills are helpful and can be practiced

easily in our daily life', said Thinang Debbarma, Salka

Debbarma, Apurba Chakma of Holy cross School Twikarmaw.

• Hayung Debbarma, John Reang, Sarik Debbarma and

Rexon Rupini were very much impressed and thankful to the

facilitator for sharing the topics on basic five leadership styles.

• Rebika Reang of St. Arnold School Ambassa said that she

wants to be a leader who influences people to the right way.

• Ankit Saha of St. Arnold School Ambassa said that he will

not make any decision quickly.

• Michael Debbarma of St. Andre School Budhjungnagar said

that he will not be a person with sympathy but a person with

empathy and not to make quick decision.thOn the 7 October 2017 JUST organized a

for peace building in

Tripura. The objective of the workshop was to discuss on issues

of Human Rights and how to file Public Interest Litigations.

Peace Project organized

with the SHGs members of Burburia and th thBorkathal on 11 and 12 October of 2017. Feedbacks from

participants are:

• Rabi Mala Debbarma of Borkathal, through the game of

opening fist understood that conflict can also be managed with

different techniques like concern, interest and compromising.

• Mangal Laxmi Derbbarma of Borkathal learnt the

importance of group work from the game played during the

training and learnt why the SHGs can play a vital role in peace

building.

was organized in the form of a

friendly football match between Holy Cross H.S School

Kathalcherra and K.T.M.C H.S School with a theme “Soccer for

peace” on 28 October 2017 at Nepaltilla playground. The peace

State level workshop

“Training on Conflict Resolution”

Inter School peace meet

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message was about building relationships between different

communities, to live in peace and harmony with each other. The

match was followed by prize distribution for both the teams.

Another

was thheld on 4

November

2017, at

Sacred

Heart Hr. Sec. School, Hungpung under the theme “Heal the

World through Peace”. The meet was participated by three

Schools namely Ukhrul Central School, St. George School and

Sacred Hr. Sec. School. The total numbers of students present

were 215. There were four categories of activities like Duet

competition, Choreography competition, Essay competition and

Drawing competition. There were three winners in all the

categories.

was held on 17/10/17 on the issue of clean election.

There were 13 males and 13 females present for the meeting.

The main objectives of the leaders were to discuss about the

current issue of Nagaland, to find a suitable solution for the issue,

to work together for bringing sustainable peace in the society. The

outcome of the programme were to observe one Sunday as clean

election day and take a pledge for clean election, to conduct a

seminar on clean election, to carry on with the concept of wall

stickers on clean election.

inter-school peace club meet

Consultative meeting of Religious and Community leaders

Capacity Building, Coordination and Advocacy for CSOs in

North East India (CCA) is the collective intervention framework

at regional level to synchronize the livelihood enhancement

steps initiated by member partners and CSOs. Project activities

under CCA enabled Jirsong Asong, Tezpur Social Service

Society, Diocesan Social Service Society, Imphal and AIDA to

strengthen the Civil Society Organization (CSOs) in order to

achieve family level food security.

Capacity building improves the effectiveness of organizations at

micro and macro levels and enhances the performance of an

organization to function and continue to stay relevant with the

rapidly changing environment.

In the reporting period, capacity building enhanced the staff,

improved their performance and achieved the desired objectives.

Flamingo (Finance,

Logical Activity and

Monitoring Organizers)

is a web based

Monitoring organizer

software which allows

organizations to track

and monitor their

activities and results.

Caritas Denmark

partners had adopted

Flamingo software to measure the impact of the project. Much

training on Flamingo had been given to partners organizations

since introducing the software.

Cross interaction and learning meeting for the MIS officers of

partner organizations enabled the staff to keep update and

effectively manage the software. All the 8 participants from four

partner organizations attended the meeting.

• The meeting enabled the MIS officers to clear their doubts

and problems faced while working with the software (Flamingo)

• Challenges encountered while working in Flamingo were

clarified for the participants

• The new MIS officers learned how to make data entry in the

software

Interaction and learning meeting for MIS officers

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• The interaction was a good opportunity to share their

challenges and difficulties and solve them by themselves

Synergy, the biannual report of Caritas Denmark

project partners was released in the month of October. The report

summarized the performance and achievement of CD partners

from January to June 2017. The report gives a wider visibility and

accountability for partner organizations.

Social auditing is a way of measuring, understanding, reporting

and ultimately improving an organization's social and ethical

performance. A social audit helps to narrow gaps between

vision/goal and

reality, between

efficiency and

effectiveness. It

is a technique to

understand,

measure, verify,

report on and to

improve the

social performance of the organization. Social auditing is done

with the aim of effective implementation and control of

irregularities; assess the outcome more than the outputs. 13 staff

from partner organizations participated in the training conducted

on

Resource mobilization refers to all activities involved in securing

new and

additional

resources for the

organization. It

also involves

making better

use of and

maximizing

existing

resources.

Mobilizing resource is one of the main challenges for

NGOs/institutions to ensure sustainability. One requires a lot of

time and skills to seek resources from different sources and the

pressure to mobilize resources may lead the organizations to use

methods that compromise the values of their work. Hence to

capacitate partners a one day regional level training on Resource

Mobilization was organized at Social Forum, Guwahati to discuss

Synergy:

Training on Social Auditing for key staff partners (TOT)

Resource mobilization

how funds can be mobilized, fund mobilizing strategies and to

identify different sources of funding both international, national

and local.

The training enabled the partner organizations to

understand the importance of resource mobilization

It enhanced their knowledge on fund mobilization

strategies, and various agencies from where resources could be

mobilized

Plans are made for improvement and scale- up of products

and services the organization currently provides

In today's scenario of farming, farmers' networks to pool ideas,

exchange perspectives and learning from each other have become

effective tools for the local farmers to work successfully in

agriculture related activities. Networking with government or

regional farmer organizations is one of the challenging factors for a

local farmer organization. Consultation meeting held on provided

partner organizations with the opportunity for linkages and

networking with different organizations. The knowledge gained will

enable the farmers to boost their revenues and profit beyond their

expectation. Further there will be an increase in production and

marketing opportunities.

Outcome

Special Consultation Meeting with Regional Farmers Organization

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North East Level Needs Assessment Workshopfor Voluntary Organisations organized by

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In the new phase of the Project, supported by

Kindermissionswerck, Germany.

We are scaling up the Bridge school Model to other part of Assam

i.e. in the newly created civil District of Biswanath which was

earlier part of Sonitpur district. The main aim of the bridge school

is transforming the life of dropouts and neglected children of the

16 villages through educational support and Neighbourhood

Children's Parliament.

th thOn 6 and 7 of October, leadership Training and Study tour for

Bridge School Children was held at North East Diocesan Social

Forum. Six students each from all the 8 centres who are leaders

in

Neighborho

od Children

Parliament

and eight

animators

participated

in the

training.

The

resource

person for the training was Mr. Ajit Kumar Nath, a trainer of Sarva

Shiksha Abhijan, Tezpur. There were 56 participants including the thteachers. On 15 Children were taken for study tour to Guwahati

Planetarium and Zoo cum Botanical Garden at Guwahati.

Participants developed leadership skills

Students learned to practice values of confidence, mutual

respect, and helpfulness in their interactions with each other.

The training motivated the children to go to school regularly

and study well.

“The neighborhood Children's Parliament” is a forum for

Children's participation in local governance, giving suggestions,

regarding the development of the neighborhood, needs and

problems of children. In order to give awareness on the concept

Leadership Training meeting cum Study Tour

Outcome:

Concept Dissemination on Neighborhood Children's Parliament

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Promoting Education Culture among the Tribal children of 16 villages in Kamrup and Biswanath Chariali districts, Assam (Phase-II)

of NCP to parents and local leaders a training was conducted at ndAmsing Jorabat, Amchong and Bengnabari on 22 October and

th4 November 2017. There were 120 persons including parents

and children who participated in the programme.

1. The villagers and children understood about NCP as well as

its objectives2. The Children understood their role and

responsibilities and are eager to form NCP

Children's Day was celebrated in five Bridge School Centres.

Outcome

Children's day Celebration

Sl

No.

Date Name of the Bridge School Participants

1 14/11/17 Nortap village Sonapur District 63

2 14/11/17 Amchong Tea Estate Sonapur

District

79

3 15/11/17 Hathisilla PaniketiKamrup

district

66

4 14/11/17 Bengnabari 50

5 14/11/17 Amsing Jorabat 45

The objectives of the celebration was to make the Children

aware of the importance of Children's day and the importance of

education in Children's life. Village and local leaders were

present on the occasion. They addressed the children encourage

them in their studies. To mark the occasion children performed

dances and poems were recited. The celebration ended with

distributions of snacks and sweets for the children.

Children became aware of the importance of Children's Day

They also gained confidence in speaking and dancing on

the stage

They learnt to work together as a team

thOn 10 December, International Human Rights Day was

observed at Amsing Jorabat and Hathisila organized by

NEDSSS as part of the Peace project. Objective was to impart

knowledge regarding Human Rights to the people. Mrs.

Outcome:

Human Rights Day Observation

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Debasmita Ghosh from Human Rights Law Network, Guwahati

and Mr. Abinash Narzary Legal Cell for Human Rights were the

resource persons. Speaking about Rights to Education Mrs.

Debasmita told them that every child in the village has the right to

go to school and that parents should ensure that their children

are going to the school. If studying in the government school they

should get free education and uniform. She explained about

rights related to health focusing on mothers and children. Mr.

Abinash also highlighted about recent evictions that are taking

place in some parts of Kamrup Metro district. He explained to the

people of Hathisila the concepts and importance of Human

Rights. Taking the examples of Government’s s he tried to

make the people understand how to fight for their rights if

Government Officials violate them. There were around 107

participants excluding the children.

The participants understood the importance of Human

Rights

Became aware of various rights relating to them

Learnt about how and where to go if their rights are denied

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Outcome

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Workshops and trainings

Workshop on Event Management

Three days workshop on Event Management was organized by

NEDSSS from 10th - 12th October at NEDSF. The objectives of

the workshop was to capacitate the Partner organisations with

Event Management. Event Management is the need of the hour

as our organisations and Institutions conduct numberl of events

whether big or small. Systematic and professional way of

organising any event is important.

Fr. Paul Pudussery Ph.D was the resource person.

1. The participants understood the context of event Management

2. Objectives of Event Management

3. Logistics

4. Servant Leadership

5. Attributes of Event Management

Project Coordinators Mr. Tennyson Shaiphu and Mr. Martin Jojo

participated the workshop on safer home and livelihood on the

occasion of International Disaster Risk Reduction Day. The

workshop was organized by Assam State Disaster Management

in collaboration with UNICEF, Assam.

1. DRR aspect on safer built environment

2. Overview of earthquake damage estimation project for

Guwahati City and road ahead

3. Safer and disaster resilient home for economic sustainability

4. Usage of bamboo for disaster resilient housing

Advanced training on livelihood promotion and entrepreneurship th thdevelopment was organized by NEDSSS from Nov.18 to 20 .

Mr. Varghese Paul and team from Centre for Alternate Learning

and Living, Kerala, were the resource persons. 25 participants

from various parts of North East benefitted from this training.

The items taught were 3 types of washing powder, toilet cleaner,

dish wash, hand wash, shampoo, floor cleaner, soap, candle,

pain oil etc. Most of the participants were those who plan to

make these things in their homes for marketing locally. Apart

Learnings

Workshop on Safer Home and Livelihood

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from production, the participants were also introduced to simple

techniques of marketing and innovation in business.

Sr..Sunanda, the Regional Coordinator of CURE project and Sr.

Mariana attended the Advocacy meeting for religious, political

leaders and media on Tuberculosis organized by PTCC (partners

for TB care and control), India at Vivekananda Kendra Institute of thCulture, Guwahati on 30 November 2017. The main agenda

discussed were back ground and vision of PTCCC, TB update of

Assam, discussion on the role of faith leaders, elected leaders

and the media in elimination of TB. Number of dignitaries like

Dr. S.N Mishra, executive chairman of PTCC, Dr. Simanta Bora

from State TB cell, Ms. Anindita choudhary PTCC, State focal

person, Dilip sarma, member Zilla Parishad, Kamrup and other

special guests were present to share their knowledge with the

participants from various NGOs.

The workshop was organized by North East Zonal program of

Indian Association of Palliative Care for the promotion of palliative

care consciousness in North East India. Dr. Sangahmitra Bora,

National Faculty and central council Member IAPC, North East

Zone was the chief facilitator. This programme was organized for

two days at Don Bosco institute of management, Guwahati. Srs.

Sunanda and Mariana was privileged to attend it. The first day's

programme was for the implementing agencies /NGOs to make

them aware about the perception of palliative care at grass root

level, from the eyes of care giver, the essence of palliative care,

modern palliative care, obstacles and overcoming them,

development of palliative care in Guwahati and the responsibility

of media in palliative care. The sessions were facilitated and

inputs given were by experienced and expert Doctors who are

dealing with palliative care in various parts of India. On the

Advocacy meeting for religious, political leaders and media on Tuberculosis

Palliative Care consciousness in North East India

second day the session were open for many health care givers,

nurses, doctors, social workers. The participants (70) were

instructed on the basic concepts of palliative care, patient care,

observations, sign and symptoms, treatments, complication

physiotherapy, bio-psycho-socio-spiritual support, development

of home based care and the process to build the home based

care.

The construction of Jubilee Hall was delayed for more than an

year due to

delay in

getting

permission

from various

departments

of the State

Government.

Hence with

much

gratitude to God and everyone who contributed to the thconstruction, we gathered on Nov.16 at the construction site to

bless the foundation stone of the Jubilee Hall. Chairman of

NEDSSS Archbishop John Moolachira performed the ritual and

prayed for everyone. Other dignitaries who were present on the

occasion were Fr.Varghese Kizhakevely, the Vicar General of

Guwahati Archdiocese; Fr.Amalraj, the deputy Secretary of

North East Bishop's Council; Fr.Anil Vaniyakunnel, Treasurer of

NEDSSS; Fr.Varghese Velickakam, the director and Secretary of

NEDSSS; Sr.Gracia, Provincial of Holy Cross Sisters Guwahati

and Sisters of Holy Cross Convent Kharghuli, Staff of

NEDSSS,and the project staff of CURE project from the region.

At the end of the blessing, delicious lunch was served for all.

Blessing of Jubilee hall foundation stone


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