ntroduction From a humble beginning in five villages of Manamadurai in 1991, SERD traveled a long way helping people to realize their strength for empowerment. SERD activities are now spread over four districts- Madurai, Sivagangai, Ramnad and Virudhunagar- of Tamilnadu. For effective monitoring, project offices are opened in each district. We have always been working with the downtrodden, with special emphasis on women and children. Our strategy was to make them aware of their rights and throw light on various opportunities available for the poor to change life for better. There were many challenges on our way, but we still managed to own countless achievements together with the population we serve. We are continuing our efforts to fight against poverty, discriminatory practices, violence, man made disasters and also to maximize human potential. Commitment of our staff and participation of the target population at all levels helps us to run high quality programmes. Another productive year has just passed and we are extremely happy to present our annual report for 2007-2008. We were associated with different donors to reach out to a large population in four districts. Without their financial and technical support, we could not have achieved anything. We are thankful to all our donors. SERD believes in integrated community development and therefore we have conducted activities addressing varying needs and for different sections of the population.

Child development Supplementary Education SERD has partnered with Ananda Foundation (USA) to empower highly impoverished Irular, Narikuravar, Beggar and Dalit communities. Under this project multiple activities rried out to ensure bright future for children of disadvantaged groups. All children from these selected communities are first generation learners. Today’s school system demands a lot from parents. But the illiterate parents are unable to support their wards in their studies. In order to improve children’s educational standard and to prevent dropout, SERD started seven supplementary education centers. Education, health and recreation of children are monitored through these centers. Tuition classes are conducted five days in a week and Saturdays are kept for recreation. Once in a month, a nurse does health monitoring and gives classes on health and hygiene. Their reading and writing skills are improved and they developed interest in studies. Progress card is maintained for each student. All these children showed progress in their studies and all were promoted into next standard. Children’s clubs are promoted for school goers and dropouts and collective activities were initiated. This year we have introduced exchange of “greeting cards” between students of different centers. It was a new experience for our children in the New Year. They have learned the value of communication and networking. Small savings scheme for children was another innovation in the supplementary centers. Children used to wither away money for unwanted things. In order to teach them the

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

CEAD CEAD Annual Report 2009-10

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 – 2010

#4-100/1C, Srinivasa Nagar Vakalapudi, Kakinada – 533 005 EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT

ANDHRA PRADESH TEL & FAX: +91 0884 2363664

Mobile(s) +91 98661 87934; +91 93479 53664 EMAIL: ceadapindia@gmail.com WEB: www.ceadwomdev.org

Dear Friends, We are delighted to send you a copy of the Annual Report from the CEAD. 2009 has been a very productive year for the people with whom CEAD is working. For example, many of the projects that we were unable to implement which were innovative and deserving to support, the year 2009-10 reaching children at the greatest need, in line with the mission of the CEAD mandate. 2009-10 is being a very rewarding experience for CEAD in supporting people who were twice affected by floods as well as other natural calamities. The DRR works in island villages during flood alarming situations are remarkable. The relief activities are reached the needy. Our board members visited a few projects and found extremely valuable work with regard to migration project HIV/AIDS progress in two villages. In East Godavari, they observed a water and sanitation project that has been installing water pumps to give clean water to local children in selected schools. In Konaseema project area, they observed the clean up after a disastrous cyclone had struck an orphanage school and now serving the children and families who had lost their homes. The projects were appreciative of the support from the supporters and as the cases it was clear that their work was consistent with our mission to save and improve the lives of children, especially the children and adults afflicted by HIV and AIDS. The Board of Directors met three times in 2009-10 in person. Meetings always included discussions on the organisations ability to continue to support and to develop new initiatives to further our objectives. We are optimistic that even in these economically challenging times, we have been able to maintain our initiatives. We added a new member to the board, Dr. T. Bobby Reddy, who is back bone to our migration area initiatives, who is also an author of a book called ‘Urban Migration’. Dr. Reddy is CEAD founding board member who had been to abroad for couple of months and join back as board member from March 2010. CEAD continues to provide support to the villages that are regularly affected by cyclones and floods in East Godavari through logistical support, clothes and ready to eat food distribution and facilitation of emergency materials and funding. Perhaps one other sentence, we also continue a relationship with GOONJ, New Delhi who always come forward to donate used clothes, cereals and food grains competent distribution facilitation via our needs based assessment, we supplied oral rehydration solution for the treatment of diarrheal diseases to 183 villages during Kurnool, Mahboobnagar floods and regularly suffering from natural disasters and to the residents of East Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts which are more prone to regular disasters.

We have been pleased that the donor agencies of Actionaid, Global Fund for Women, Plan International and Governments has continued to be responsive to the humanitarian and Child Trafficking and HIV/AIDS project needs of children and adults throughout the project area. We thank you for your generous support in the past. We appreciate your comments and your assistance in enabling our areas development to fulfil our mission of “saving the greatest number of children’s/families lives at the lowest possible cost.” We welcome your donations as we look forward to new opportunities to improve the areas of our operation in Andhra Pradesh……. Sincerely, Vijayalaxmi Garikena Secretary & Chief of Office

2009-10 Board of Directors

Dr. T. Bobby Reddy, MA, PhD Chairman CEAD & Principal Govt. Degree College, Kamareddy, Nizamabad District Mrs. Sudguna Pamarthi, MA, LLB Vice-Chairperson CEAD & Advocate Ms. P. Glory Sylvia, MSW, Child Nutrition Director CEAD & Programme Director Women & Child Welfare Mrs. D. Sudha Rani, MSW Director CEAD & Freelance Social Development Programs Ms. M. Padmaja, MA Director CEAD & Community Development Specialist Dr. AC Jose, MA, PhD Director CEAD & Consultant NGO Programs Mrs. Vijayalaxmi Garikena, M.Com, PhD in Disasters from Turin, Italy Secretary & Chief of Office CEAD 2009-10 Advisory Board Dr. A, Someswara Rao, Chartered Engineer, Indian Air Force (Retd) Dr. Emily Bild from Lyon, France Consortium of Donor Agencies in Europe Mr. Murali K Reddy, MSW, DRR Specialist Plan India, New Delhi Dr. Bibhu Kalyan Mohanty Former Consultant UNDP & World Bank Currently SAMBANDAN (An NGO in Bhubaneswar) Ms. Bratindi Jena Regional Manager, Actionaid Bhubaneswar CA. I. Kama Sastry, FCA Chartered Accountant & Financial Advisor to CEAD

Beneficiaries: Children, Disabled, Women, Youth, Urban Poor, Rural Poor, Displaced persons, Migrants, Sex Workers Areas of focus. Sector Education

Sub-sector Pre-school

Sector Livelihoods

Sub-sector Training & Capacity Buildings, Cluster Development, Common Facility Centre

Sector Migration

Sub-sector Focus to improve the coordination, management and safety of labour and strict enforcement of laws.

Sector Health

Sub-sector CP, LI, Polio, MR & HIV/ AIDS

Sector Disasters

Sub-sector Training & Capacity Building, Formation of Taskforce teams, SBDP, CBDP, FBDP etc.

Locations and contact details

Registered Office 4-110/1C, Srinivasa Nagar, Vakalapudi, Kakinada – 533 005, East Godavari District, AP.

Phone Nos. & Fax +91 884 2363664; Fax +91 891 2563704; Mobile(s) +91 98661 87934; +91 93479 53664.

Year of starting operation 1998 All grants to CEAD are exempt under the section 80-G of Income Tax Act vide letter No. DIT (E) 2007-08/E-36/1201 dated 27 August 2007. Registered under the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976, under FCRA No. 010350073 dated 8 August 1998. PAN No.: AAATC144E CEAD is registered under Credibility Alliance and adheres to the good governance and practice. Democracy & Participation

The organization shall promote the right of its stakeholders to be fully informed and participate in all decisions that affect their lives.

Organization's mission and main services/products/activities CEAD is a registered Non-Government, Non-Profit making voluntary organization working for the upliftment of our underprivileged society. CEAD is organized by a group of educated professionals working in various backgrounds.

CEAD is a grass roots, women and child-focused, development agency, serving the poor without regard to religion, caste or gender, operating in Andhra Pradesh. It works in Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and Hyderabad districts and aims to build capacity and empower families and communities around the children to give them a wholesome life filled with hope, dignity, justice and peace...CEAD serves people without regard to caste, religion, and race.

Specific problem that the organization is trying to address

Empowering marginalized, disadvantaged groups and strengthening efforts to build self-reliance and to bring them to the mainstream of society.

Promote the development of children, women, disabled persons and backward communities and concern to marine resources conservation and environment protection.

Promote their participation in education, healthcare and economic activities. Promote awareness and education for the target communities. To give quality health care and support to HIV affected persons (both CLHIVs and PLHIVs).

Proposed solution and approach Promote a society in which everybody including poor, marginalized and disadvantaged communities has equal opportunities and facilities and work to their potential and be self-reliant with justice, equity and pride.

Enhancing the life standard in qualitative and quantitative terms so as to integrate the marginalized and vulnerable sections and help them to participate in the mainstream society.

What differentiates this organization from others?

§ CEAD works through education, employment, income generation, and empowerment for the eradication of child and bonded labour by mainstreaming deprived children into regular schools.

§ We also work for the empowerment of women by creating micro-enterprises and by promoting income-generating activities and jobs for growth.

§ Additionally, CEAD focuses on strengthening grassroots involvement and democracy by setting up VCTC Centres.

§ CEAD promote health and hygiene among rural populations, and work to protect the local environment through WATSAN interventions.

We follow the following principles § Pro-poor, bottom-up approach § Participatory learning § Gender mainstreaming in all activities § Transparency and accountability in all actions § Working in coordination with local institutions mainly GO/NGO approach

SCHOOL ENROLMENT AND RETENTION DRIVE Child labour, particularly those forms that endanger children's education, health and general well being, is common in fisher folk villages. In coastal AP, where families are highly dependent on fishing and agriculture for their livelihood, children, especially young girls and boys (ages 8-15), are employed in the villages and at landings. The girls - many of whom work as domestic labourers, working in hatcheries and nursery points to support their families in economic earnings – they are often exposed to hazardous activities while working, work long hours, and receive meager pay for their work. Many of the estimated children employed in the villages are not attending school - many have dropped out and a few are never enrolled. In order to increase enrolment and retention CEAD organizes rallies at the start of every academic session urging parents to send their children to the school. This year special emphasis was given to ensure 100% enrolment of the girl children. The parents of the children were also involved to make the campaign more effective. The programme was implemented in all the villages of all five CCLCAP operation in Thondangi mandal.. The programme had a good impact as many of the schools in the area reported a higher enrolment after the drive. ORIENTATION TO CHILDREN GROUPS ON UNCRC

The UNCRC is a promise made by government to young people under the age of 18 years. When the governments signed this in UN and they agreed that children and young people are citizens who have a number of rights and they agreed to make sure this promise is kept. The government works through several bodies on an everyday basis, e.g. Dept of Education, National Commission for Child Rights, Human Rights Councils, NGOs, INGOs etc., Each of these bodies are supposed to help government keep its promise. This Convention has been signed by almost all of the countries in the world. CEAD carried out these efforts by using child group discussions and questionnaires with young people. In total about all schools and community segments children and young people across areas took part in the orientation on UNCRC.

KALA-JATHA PERFORMANCE IN VILLAGES:

Kalajatha and puppet shows generate awareness on Children's Rights, under advocacy campaign designed to get children out of work and into school, CEAD organized folk arts programs like Kalajatha, puppet shows to generate awareness. The project involved the local community to help sensitize everyone on the right of all children to elementary education and to be protected from economic exploitation. These efforts succeeded in spreading awareness on the rights of children. Kalajatha shows were organized to sensitize the masses. The project tried to address the right of all children to elementary education and the rights to be protected from all corners. These troupes were selected from their own blocks to perform, because the members had the understanding of the problems and issues in that particular village block. The kalajatha performance in village level had brought about some attitudinal changes both in parents and among community. Kalajatha performers first discussed with the villagers about the status of education before the performance, and then they were able to pick up the burning child labour and primary education related issues. Then the whole kalajatha performance revolved around the issues. The method of interactive discussion with the community members first and the subsequent

performance around a core issue enlivened the show. The kalajathas at a regular interval had sensitized the parents and they started realizing the fact that denial of educational right to children by engaging them in various chores is detrimental to the overall development of children. Different variants of folk culture were used to gain the trust of the communities to accept the need for education. Important among them were kalajatha or the street theatre, kirtan or devotional songs and puppetry. The kalajatha is a group of four artistes whose performance aims to sensitize the communities they are performing in. The performance is used as a medium to advocate the need for literacy, particularly the need to enable the re-enrolment of children between the ages of six to fourteen into school.

Community Development - Self- Help Groups (SHGs) Savings and thrift culture is a very old habit of women in the rural households. They are used this habit of savings from the grannies and more or less every women in village is a member of savings association. All women save something for tomorrow. Nurturing that habit in an organized way needs proper guidance and support. Through the self-help group approach, CEAD has been helping women and men to come together to experience their collective power for social action and mobilization. All development activities are implemented through self-help groups of local communities. CEAD has formed more than 1500 SHGs and made good contact with NGOs, line departments, Government agencies and financial institutions. CEAD have 145 men’s groups and 1380 women’s groups at present. Total membership in SHGs has gone up to over 16000 in March 2009. Each group has its own identity with a name, elected representatives, bye-law and decision making power. Self reliance is encouraged through their own savings and external linkage. Apart from financial transactions, each group discusses social issues and community needs in their monthly meetings. Accounts and minutes books are clearly maintained by all our groups. Savings and Credit Status of SHGs: All the groups are undertaken savings habit and all of them are operated through banks, savings and lending will be done through all systematic documentation and are through bank passbook and necessary resolutions while withdrawals and loans are taking place. Total savings by over 1500 SHGs groups are operating through nationalized banks and cooperatives. All groups have savings bank accounts. Saved money is rotated among its members as small interest loans. In addition to this, loans from banks and financial institutions are mobilized. Self-help group’s accounts are opened in different nationalized banks. CEAD has been recognized as a credible NGO by the banks that makes bank linkage easy for our SHGs. Savings money and matching loan/grant of the bank and government agencies are revolved among the group members. People are using loans prudently to come up in their life. Savings and micro credit activities have saved the poor from financial crises relieved them from private money lenders and helped income generation and asset creation. Micro credit: Financial assistance from banks and donor agencies to the self-help groups is increasing every year. Banks build confidence with the groups. CEAD guarantee adds strength to it. All groups have availed low interest loans with subsidy for small businesses and other needs.

Vocational Training Programmes in 2009-10 The year 2009-2010 several vocational and economic trainings were organized from the support extended by regular donor agencies and line departments, various trainings offered are the details mentioned in the following tabular form. Since there are lots of youth whose presence is more in the villages, based on their interest on specific trades, the vocational trainings are proposed and all of them are conducted by Jana Sikshana Sansthan which is a popular agency from the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development of Government of India.

S.No Type of Training No. of Participants

Funding partner

1 Fabric painting, tailoring, arya, embroidery design etc.

160 Plan India

2 SHGs formation and development.

460 Local banks

3 Entrepreneurship, marketing and business skills.

350 Plan India & Fisheries Dept.

4 Child Rights and issues 400 Unicef 5 Livelihoods 300 Global Giving 6 Rural Artisans 70 Friends of USA 7 Institutional linkage of SHGs 400 ICICI

Life skills Education

This program will provide educational and social services to children in need and who are most vulnerable children, and children living and/or working , in towns and 5 villages of operation by building additional capacity and increased knowledge as confidence levels among the trainees. The children are also to increase positive attitude among them. The following strategies will underpin this effort: • Services and educational opportunities for targeted children will be increased, the ability

of children and teachers to detect children at risk of entering into worst forms of child labor will be improved, the number of referrals of children at risk will be increased, peer support services will be enhanced, Child Labour Life Skills training modules for learners will be offered and the alternative education program practices will be replicated; and psycho-social support interventions will be offered; and,

• The institutional capacity of the existing community-based service organizations will be strengthened by assisting them in the improvement of their strategic management and organizational skills.

Working closely with the SSA, Departments of Education, Fisheries Development Office and all line-departments in the block and district teachers from schools from which these children are placed will be sensitized and mobilized around the worst forms of child labor through risk assessment training.

FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT The support is to contribute to livelihoods recovery and poverty reduction, creating employment through the restoration of income opportunities and sources of livelihoods for women in the tsunami affected fisher folk areas where children are involved in child labour activities in the affected areas the project will contribute to the following areas thereby to increase the income levels.

§ Improved access to vocational skills training in areas of work that are demanded by the labour market as well as women themselves.

§ Improved access to basic business management training that enables women to establish and manage their business.

§ Improved access to micro-finance loans as a result of participating in vocational skills and business start-up training.

§ Improved access to business advisory services

In the first year outboard motor repairs training has been organised 25 sea going fishing youth and are trained on simple repairs of the outboard motors. The youth had both theory and practical classes and an exposure to boat engine repairs mechanic place where they are asked to go through all their doubts and clarify by handling small engine repairs on their own.

Some of the youth who were taught in earlier course are encouragingly handled repairs of outboard motors.

COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR CHILDREN

CEAD has identified voluntary teachers as strong proponents of Disaster Preparedness in the tsunami affected communities since the voluntary teachers from same community in villages and live with all stakeholders. Teachers are directly in touch with children, parents, and other members of the community. They are therefore important stakeholders for Community Based Disaster Preparedness. CEAD has trained voluntary teachers and other regular teachers and youth from schools in project villages.

The objectives of the training were:

ü Create awareness among the teachers to understand the current situation, problems, tasks and solution for disaster management in schools and villages.

ü Create situations to exchange the experience and opinions and to sensitize the schoolteachers and children on disaster management.

ü Create awareness on the importance of disaster preparedness in schools.

ü Train the teachers in resource mapping and its utilization.

ü Create knowledge on the evacuation methods and first Aid to be followed during any disaster.

ü Impart knowledge on the Government role and importance of networking in Disaster Management.

Other techniques of educating children on Disaster Preparedness were discussed. Simple ways to get the concepts on Disaster Preparedness across to children were discussed. The importance of play, which facilitates skill development as a medium of instruction was discussed. Skill developed through play activities will make the participants understand concepts easier and one should know what play suits a particular age group. Other informal training methods like story telling, clay work, maps drawing, painting, and playing with animals, and puppet shows and worksheets activities were also discussed.

In the first year outboard motor repairs training has been organised 25 sea going fishing youth and are trained on simple repairs of the outboard motors. The youth had both theory and practical classes and an exposure to boat engine repairs mechanic place where they are asked to go through all their doubts and clarify by handling small engine repairs on their own.

Some of the youth who were taught in earlier course are encouragingly handled repairs of outboard motors.

COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR CHILDREN

CEAD has identified voluntary teachers as strong proponents of Disaster Preparedness in the tsunami affected communities since the voluntary teachers from same community in villages and live with all stakeholders. Teachers are directly in touch with children, parents, and other members of the community. They are therefore important stakeholders for Community Based Disaster Preparedness. CEAD has trained voluntary teachers and other regular teachers and youth from schools in project villages.

The objectives of the training were:

ü Create awareness among the teachers to understand the current situation, problems, tasks and solution for disaster management in schools and villages.

ü Create situations to exchange the experience and opinions and to sensitize the schoolteachers and children on disaster management.

ü Create awareness on the importance of disaster preparedness in schools.

ü Train the teachers in resource mapping and its utilization.

ü Create knowledge on the evacuation methods and first Aid to be followed during any disaster.

ü Impart knowledge on the Government role and importance of networking in Disaster Management.

Other techniques of educating children on Disaster Preparedness were discussed. Simple ways to get the concepts on Disaster Preparedness across to children were discussed. The importance of play, which facilitates skill development as a medium of instruction was discussed. Skill developed through play activities will make the participants understand concepts easier and one should know what play suits a particular age group. Other informal training methods like story telling, clay work, maps drawing, painting, and playing with animals, and puppet shows and worksheets activities were also discussed.

TRAINING ON CHILD RIGHTS TO SHG WOMEN LEADERS: Self help groups are considered to be important agents for social change and also play a vital role to carry out different kind of development programs at the gross root level. An overwhelming number of mothers of working children in the entire village are mostly members in SHGs. Since the SHG women are already exposed to the local reality to some extent they will be able to understand the problem of children in fishing industry. In this context series of meetings, workshops and trainings on CRC is planned for them. The SHG leaders will become aware of the problems of child and CRC in the operational villages. Through this effort of the women will be motivated to help the children to continue education and discuss the issue of child rights in their regular meetings. Within their limitation the women will be able to collaborate with all those who work for protecting the rights of children. WORKSHOP ON CHILD LABOUR FOR THE LOCAL NETWORKS, NGOS AND NSS UNIT, THE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND MANDAL LEVEL OFFICES IN THE OPERATIONAL AREAS:

CEAD has been closely working with the local networks, NGOs, NSS Wing, the local schools and the block level offices. Programs of all levels have been regular organized in the operational villages and the block level headquarters. While organizing special camps and community service programs the NSS students, block field level MSWs can be sensitized on the issue of child labour. The students are exposed to the child labour reality, violation of child rights and discrimination of girl children in the society. Campaigns on CRC are planned for all levels of people to aware of the issues relates to children and their vulnerability in the area. In the campaigns and meetings topics like child labour, CRC and different strategies to involve students and community in protection of child rights will be dealt with by social activists and school authorities. This process will help the schools and community to incorporate CRC theme in to their plan of action. The students of these NSS units will be also educated on child rights through the different programs. Moreover the program officers of the Tuni College will come forward to adopt one village/hamlet a year and work for child labour free. PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN:

During the past few years of the program implementation campaigns on primary school enrollment was conducted in the operational villages to gear up the enrollment ratio in the villages. The staff, VDF, child club members were involved in the process along with a few selected volunteers and committee members. The campaign team meets the parents, teachers, public and local leaders. The parents encouraged and helped to enroll all the children in to regular schools after attaining five years of age and also the dropouts. During the campaign and public meetings there was a huge response from the local leaders, officials, and educational department authorities, and local Panchayath leaders, teachers, regarding the primary school enrollment performing street dramas, awareness songs, and wall paintings. Issuing hand bills, booklets, pamphlets were also being carried out during the campaign. As a result of the campaign, the parents were highly motivated to send their children to schools and to continue their studies.

Strengthening of VDC, Child Rights Committees and follow up:

The VDC discusses all sorts of issues that need to be implemented in villages, from basic policy matters to the details of individual programs.

In villages of operation, the traditional fishing communities discuss village matters is through a gathering of the elders of the village and the members selected for the VDC, and this traditional structure has been adapted by the CEAD for operation to ensure that the correct support gets to the correct members of the community. The signs are there that the operative model of this will be another good for the beneficiaries, the children towards strengthening all kinds of efforts, there has been much participation in the past by village elders and respected members of the local communities. Being members of the village development committee the core committee are participated in the designing and formulation of the committee to handle issues of general development of the village and children for their rights etc. VDC have already started using a basic model of operating system strengthening programs on different activities that have taken place in the respective area of operational villages. The VDCs shall have the duty to monitor activities of the village and action plans, problems encountered and how issues of concern were solved shall be documented and be referred back to in times of need. Different local structures shall perform their duties in readiness for a feedback to the main committees.

Birth Registration Campaign and Follow up:

Birth certificate is one of the most important registration documents for any category of people in anywhere. It is the authentic document establishing citizenship of individuals and hence is required for demanding service that the state should provide to its citizens. It also plays an important role in the development of identity and welfare planning of the country. It also ensures the right of identity, which is the first right of a child. It can also play vital role in the eradication of child labour and early child marriages in the state of Andhra Pradesh. According to records, in 2000, 44% children were registered under birth registration where as 56% could not register. The NBR Rate is 55%. This is actually an alarming situation, requiring multi-dimensional intervention for improvement. The main objective of the project is to accelerate the rate of civil birth registration through awareness building, strengthening the information system, sensitization of registering unit and organizing and mobilizing people and civil societies. The hallmark of this process is mobilization of the local community, including children, Panchayati Raj institution, media and civil societies to accelerate the rate of civil registration. Further; it empowers the registering unit to make the best utilization of present government structure for civil registration.

Campaign of UBR campaigns in the area:

Launch of Universal birth registration campaign was organised in all 5 villages of CCLCAP CEAD operation, The launch was also seen as part of the activities organized to accelerate the rate of civil registration in the villages through awareness building, strengthening the information system, sensitizing of registration units and organizing and mobilizing the civil societies through wide spread advocacy and awareness building by involving the stakeholders like government officials, panchayat members, children, parents etc in the launch. The campaign helped in mobilizing the service providers on the importance of birth registration.

The prime objective of this programme is to change the perception of parents about birth registration which would then help increase the registration rate. Then advocacy campaigns and awareness drives would be held by the BBA team with the involvement of the Panchayat, SHGs. These drives would focus on informing parents on how birth registration ensures that children could be easily enrolled in schools, or how it would help him/her in the future if he/she wants to buy land for agriculture, how it deters traffickers from trafficking children and thus ensure safety of the children, etc. CEAD, the PHC along with VDCs in the area took lots of interest to take the message to every household and especially the pregnant mothers to follow up the matter, the staff and others helped them in completing formalities of birth registration.

PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF CHILD TRAFFICKING AND HIV/AIDS The immense spread of HIV and AIDS threatens the civil society enormously. Especially adolescents and youth age14-25 are affected widely due to lack of proper education, awareness and knowledge on the relevant issues. Trafficking in women and girls is one of the serious concerns in Andhra Pradesh. Trafficking is serious in its nature and consequences on the one hand, and trafficking issues are increasing rapidly in mostly coastal villages. Some amplifying statements and studies as well as media reports have attached the attention of general populations, civil societies, government and others in the CTHAPAP projected areas. There are number of efforts to prevent and control HIV/AIDS and child trafficking in some selected areas, however, the plan of actions through project components are continuing to combat on the issues related to HIV/AIDS and CT in the areas. CEAD-CTHAPAP project was implemented in 13 panchayaths and made interventions in reducing the child trafficking and prevention of HIV/AIDS. CEAD accomplished the activities in all the panchayaths and achieved progress by strong lobbying with the line departments and other govt. officials eventually availed the govt. benefits to the victims. Still there is need to capacitate the whole process and community to reach the envisaged objectives of the project. The role of peer educators is very vital for strengthening of the community to effectively tackle the issues. After completion of two and a half years project key learning’s were observed and a way forward to get better results by involving actively the stakeholders, the community and government machinery by using the services of more focus on convergence. The livelihoods assessment study conducted by MART and anticipating the study interventions with a direction to proceed in undertaking viable market linkages which are able micro-enterprises in CEAD project area.

TRAINED ARTISANS IN SOFT WOOD TOYS, CANE AND BAMBOO TRADE

There are many trained Artisans/Entrepreneurs in the soft wood toys, cane and bamboo trade in Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts. In a recent study organised by CEAD Master Crafts persons are identified and trying to support the poor artisans in the area identified for linking them with banking finance system and through AHVY programmes support. In the study it was also noted that the artisans need to have some economic support and training inputs. CEAD has identified the needs of the rural artisans and trying to intervene through some programmes in the coming year 2009-2010. The children of the craft persons are frequently dropout from education. CEAD would like to address all their problems collectively and to enhance their capacity through various trainings as per the

action plan prepared by CEAD for 2009-10. This project is initiated by Department of Handicrafts, Government of India, New Delhi through Director of Handicrafts Regional Office in Chennai.

Network of Activities CEAD is fully aware of the power of networks and need of joint ventures in the social transformation process. CEAD has membership in different networks in India and abroad. In association with fellow NGOs, it undertook various social activities and human rights based initiatives. CEAD is a partner in the Global network of NGOs. Sometimes the activities related information and achievements are published in the e-Library of global network and is available in the website, www.glinetwork.org.

Achievements- 2009-2010 (End of March) 356 SHGs are added to the previous total of 894 SHGs formed in different area of operation and many of the groups are linked to formal financial institutions and banks. All SHGs has a mandatory of regular monthly savings.

Revolving fund activities are introduced to a few villages where micro enterprises are successfully operating and rotating the amounts sanctioned.

In the fisher folk villages a few women groups are identified to install solar-drying systems for fish drying with hygiene and value added processing.

The island village’s children who are regularly affecting by floods and cyclones initiated safe swim training’s and other practices to protect their lives along with families.

School children to actively participate in global warming and climate change initiatives. The high school children are trained on special areas of the core themes to adopt certain measures for protecting the environment through locally available resources.

Introduced villages clubs and resource centres in some of the project villages on environment education and development.

Taskforces have been established to support people needs during cyclone alarming situation and to train fellow youth and community on disaster preparedness and mitigation activities.

Youth vocational trainings for self-employment including training of youth on computer education, hardware.

Youth to learn car driving with required licenses issued by State Road Transport Authority. The demand is to meet the area needs with multi-national corporations, SEZ, EPZ, KSEZ establishments along the coastal corridors.

Way forward

Future direction of the organization was discussed by the Executive Board and suggested the following course of action to implement in following years. o To promote education and skill development for disadvantaged sections through focused

intervention. o Facilitate communities to avail Government schemes and low interest bank loans to

develop their economic status. o Register the coir making unit under small scale industries and promote its marketing. o Improvise the post-harvesting technologies of fishing trade especially the women in

process.

o Increase herbal growing through nursery raising, community gardening, and wasteland development.

o Development and undertaking various means of activities for the effective promotion of coastal zones through marine bio-diversity and ecology development projects with a sustainable planning and development approaches.

o Create child friendly schools. o Improve the reproductive rights among adolescent girl children. o The migration areas in search of seasonal and regular livelihoods are increased; CEAD

would focus more on this issue in the years to come.

Conclusion

The year 2009-10 gave a different experience compared to the previous years. CEAD is continuing its efforts for the empowerment of disadvantaged and communities. The achievements of this year projects gave full satisfaction for the organizers to achieve better results and benefit the stakeholders by all means. The never enrolled and dropouts are identified in a huge way in mainstreaming the process. The HIV patients are more identified in number and provided aftercare through available resources, enough referral services are provided through outsourcing efforts for the people in need. Disaster mitigation and preparedness, the disaster risk reduction strategies are a few to satisfy the needs of the communities in emergency situations and adequate trainings are received for mitigating the process and enough contingency plans are in the place to overcome from the alarming positions. While the community is moving forward in the right direction, CEAD could identify different issues for bettering the needs of the stakeholders of course, the planning is essential to design in close planning and partnership with communities. Needless to say to reach at this level the staff of CEAD are endlessly put their efforts. We request everyone’s cooperation and support in the future also to reach the goals of a just and equitable society. CEAD Annual Report 2009-10

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge with gratitude for the support extended by the donors, the cooperation and support from governments and internal and external experts supported our activities. CEAD like to thank everybody for sponsoring the activities of the year 2009-10 and acknowledgements are also extended to all organizers who have worked very hard to make this year programmes a success. CEAD thank the individuals who has financially supported and joined hands in all our efforts.