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| Vishwas speaks with a village administrative member about de-notified poor. |
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| Vishwas is cutting his Birth Day Cake with the de-notified man and his children |
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| The poor are being gifted with some cooking utensils. |
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| This is another de-notified couple being presented with utensils by Sr. Asunta |
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| One of the temporarily thatched houses they live in |
After 18 yrs of work in an NGO-Social Centre (SC), working in rural Ahemednagar of Maharashtra (MH) thru Integrated Watershed Development Program, I started SCOPE, acronym for Society for Community Organisation and Progressive Education, NGO in 1999 in rural Pune, Satara. The SCOPE implemented Biogas-cum-Toilet Progrms thru Women’s SHGs to preserve Environment, Natural Energy, women’s Health, also Mixed-Crop Patterns with the poor farmers, Mtm Gandhi Clean Village Scheme, K’garten classes, Dairy Cooperatives with the help of Women. We run tailoring, embroidery and other skills for women and the School Dropout (SD) girls. The SCOPE’s active in Satara Dist of South MH in Koyana-backwaters areas, Wild Life Sanct. We formed 150 SHGs, 3 Dairy Cooperatives, 20 Farmers-Club. Want to begin Skilled Trng programs, capacity building programs for SD girls-great number of them & women in this area. Our focus on the de-notified tribes.
I post graduated in Social Sciences from Pune Univ, Journalism from Ranade Inst.
Postal Address: Ganraj Angan Society, S.No. 43/6A, Somnath Nagar, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India, Pin: 411 014
Email:SCOPE1999@gmail.com