Program Overview

The Community Empowerment Program (CEP) aims to bring about lasting and self-sustaining changes in the mica-dependent community by addressing the root causes of poverty, vulnerability, illiteracy, and poor working conditions. It seeks to achieve this by improving livelihood opportunities, providing access to quality education, and enhancing health and nutrition outcomes within the community.

Approach

1. Five focus domains for community empowerment: Livelihood, Education, Social Entitlements, Health & WASH, and Advocacy.
2. Individual, small-group, and large-group activities to cater to diverse needs.
3. Promoting upward mobility of ultra-poor households based on a graduation model.
4. Infrastructural development of villages to increase the community's capability.

Implementation

• Assets Building Support
• Vocational training of local youths
• Financial Literacy Sessions to the community
• Training and distribution of seeds for Kitchen Garden
• Scholarship support to needy children
• Establishment of Balwadi centres, schools, and community libraries
• Provision of sports and teaching-learning materials in schools
• Trainings for capacity building of teachers and balmanch (community childcare centers)
• Organization of Health Camps for the rural population
• Awareness campaign for preventive measures of health and hygiene
• Linkages camps for social entitlements and rights
• Establishment of Resource Centre to promote social entitlements linkages

SDGs Covered

This program contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):