PROFILE OF SCOPE
(Empowering underprivileged communities in Western Maharashtra)
BRIEFLY...The SCOPE of Pune, Maharashtra (India) was started in 1999 by Mr. Vishwas Chakranarayan left his permanent job as a Field Officer in well known Jesuit Social Organization-Social Centre ( Ahmednagar, Maharashtra) to organize community and promote Education among women and men of different religious ad caste backgrounds, the education that is at once holistic and progressive.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF SCOPE:
SCOPE of Western Maharashtra (India) is a non-profit making organization whose main aim is to develop village communities that have lagged behind in progress on all fronts. To achieve this, the organization ensures that its beneficiaries men, women, youth and children are trained in various community activities, which enhance their lives and that of their families. In this case SCOPE promotes and supports women and girls on priority with special attention to their strategic needs.
The SCOPE of Maharashtra (India) was started in 1999 by Mr. Vishwas Chakranarayan and a team of committed men and women who came together to promote unity in communities and progressive education in the villages on the outskirt of two Districts, Pune and Satara. As a result of this the men and women realized their other needs for environmental and economic empowerment to enable them to participate fully in the communities and families they lived in. The SCOPE then decided to establish resource centres like the Perne Phata ( Haveli Block-Taluka) in Pune and Savarigaon (Javali Block-Taluka) in Satara project centres where young and old men and women are able to gather and meet to discuss their various needs and pursue them. They are trained in SHGs (Self Help Groups), Agricultural, Recycling of Biodegradable products, Village Governance, cooperative management and Legal aides.
SCOPE VISION:The SCOPE's vision is of a fully inclusive nation where peace, justice, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and sustained through women's leadership.
SCOPE MISSION STATEMENT:The mission of the SCOPE is that of a voluntary organization that focuses to unite women and youth (girls and boys) in its endeavours to develop the leadership and collective power of women and girls to achieve social and economic empowerment, human rights, health, security, dignity, justice and peace for all people, inspired by faith in Basic Human Respect (BHR).
SCOPE PURPOSE:The purpose of the SCOPE is to promote the community building of people of all religions and castes through various activities that aim to translate BHR into action for social change. Through its programmes, the SCOPE aims to improve the quality of life for all whilst strengthening the family.
SCOPE OBJECTIVE:The SCOPE aims:
i. To promote self-reliance and self-actualization,
ii. To identify leadership qualities in men and women and strengthen them to better serve their communities.
iii. To promote libraries related to the human development and village communities.
iv. To make women alert to such injustices as poverty, discrimination and violence and to transform the power into action for social change.
v. To promote understanding, co-operation and harmony among different castes communities.
vi. To promote education and environment awareness among the village communities.
vii. To promote cleanliness, hygiene and make the villages free from sanitation problems.
viii. To promote local employment opportunities to discourage migration to the cities, the cause of HIV and other illnesses spread in the villages.
ix. To promote local products.
ROLE OF SCOPESCOPE is a membership-based organisation aimed at empowering the village communities through women on issues of leadership, self-reliance and self-sustenance.
PROGRAMMES BEING IMPLEMENTED:SCOPE operates within the following strategic areas that focus on:
(Empowering underprivileged communities in Western Maharashtra)
BRIEFLY...The SCOPE of Pune, Maharashtra (India) was started in 1999 by Mr. Vishwas Chakranarayan left his permanent job as a Field Officer in well known Jesuit Social Organization-Social Centre ( Ahmednagar, Maharashtra) to organize community and promote Education among women and men of different religious ad caste backgrounds, the education that is at once holistic and progressive.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF SCOPE:
SCOPE of Western Maharashtra (India) is a non-profit making organization whose main aim is to develop village communities that have lagged behind in progress on all fronts. To achieve this, the organization ensures that its beneficiaries men, women, youth and children are trained in various community activities, which enhance their lives and that of their families. In this case SCOPE promotes and supports women and girls on priority with special attention to their strategic needs.
The SCOPE of Maharashtra (India) was started in 1999 by Mr. Vishwas Chakranarayan and a team of committed men and women who came together to promote unity in communities and progressive education in the villages on the outskirt of two Districts, Pune and Satara. As a result of this the men and women realized their other needs for environmental and economic empowerment to enable them to participate fully in the communities and families they lived in. The SCOPE then decided to establish resource centres like the Perne Phata ( Haveli Block-Taluka) in Pune and Savarigaon (Javali Block-Taluka) in Satara project centres where young and old men and women are able to gather and meet to discuss their various needs and pursue them. They are trained in SHGs (Self Help Groups), Agricultural, Recycling of Biodegradable products, Village Governance, cooperative management and Legal aides.
SCOPE VISION:The SCOPE's vision is of a fully inclusive nation where peace, justice, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and sustained through women's leadership.
SCOPE MISSION STATEMENT:The mission of the SCOPE is that of a voluntary organization that focuses to unite women and youth (girls and boys) in its endeavours to develop the leadership and collective power of women and girls to achieve social and economic empowerment, human rights, health, security, dignity, justice and peace for all people, inspired by faith in Basic Human Respect (BHR).
SCOPE PURPOSE:The purpose of the SCOPE is to promote the community building of people of all religions and castes through various activities that aim to translate BHR into action for social change. Through its programmes, the SCOPE aims to improve the quality of life for all whilst strengthening the family.
SCOPE OBJECTIVE:The SCOPE aims:
i. To promote self-reliance and self-actualization,
ii. To identify leadership qualities in men and women and strengthen them to better serve their communities.
iii. To promote libraries related to the human development and village communities.
iv. To make women alert to such injustices as poverty, discrimination and violence and to transform the power into action for social change.
v. To promote understanding, co-operation and harmony among different castes communities.
vi. To promote education and environment awareness among the village communities.
vii. To promote cleanliness, hygiene and make the villages free from sanitation problems.
viii. To promote local employment opportunities to discourage migration to the cities, the cause of HIV and other illnesses spread in the villages.
ix. To promote local products.
ROLE OF SCOPESCOPE is a membership-based organisation aimed at empowering the village communities through women on issues of leadership, self-reliance and self-sustenance.
PROGRAMMES BEING IMPLEMENTED:SCOPE operates within the following strategic areas that focus on:
Pune District: Education ( Balwadis: pre-schools) and workshops and trainings on SHGs. These are in Tulapur, Nhavi Sandas, Sangavi Sandas, Dongargaon, Phulgaon, Perne, and Vadu.
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| 1. Coloured area: SCOPE work site |
Present Status: The SCOPE has begun its work in full swing in the Daund Block of Pune District.
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| 1. Blue space is Koyna Reservoir 2. Green Ring around Reservoir is the SCOPE work site |
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Income generating projects for members in their respective villages and vastis (settlements). At Taluka (Block) level, the main office runs various courses and training programmes ranging from hygiene to self employments.
For self-sustenance, members are trained for various and appropriate skills. These skills include tie and dye, candle-making, food and fruit processing and preservation, spices preparation, nursery and wormy culture.
SCOPE also encourages members to care for the environment through maintaining their homesteads (kitchen gardens), farms, whose fruits they use when preparing different products. Other methods include the smokeless ovens for cooking, water purification methods. Farm and other wastes especially the human and animal wastes are utilized to feed the biogas-cum-toilet plants. Paper and plastic recycling are encouraged.
Advocacy for non-violence on the women and the girl child through an annual programme campaign on various occasions especially on International Women’s Day is promoted. Advocacy issues for women also center on issues that affect them daily, e.g. Drunkard husbands, deserted women, Resource allocation, land allocation, will and inheritance.
Youth programmes that also focus on HIV and AIDS, behavioral changes, Leadership training, peace building and community development. These programmes are not exclusive to the youth only but to all the beneficiaries of SCOPE.
Family health programmes, covering HIV, AIDS, Pregnancy and Delivery programme with the focus on Low Input gardening support groups for both the infected and affected, are a very important aspect in the SCOPE programmes.
PROGRESS TO DATE:1. There has been a remarkable progress in the SCOPE programmes. Students who attended the various and appropriate trainings in Perne, and Tulapur area have started supporting themselves and their families besides helping in the village community building. Through inspiration, these students have done wonders in the areas they are coming from. The various and appropriate trainings as commended by the community people are assisting a lot of other young people in the skills for them to gain employment.
2. We have Block offices for the cluster villages In Pune and Satara Districts under SCOPE care. The Block (Taluka) officers in both Districts visit the various projects, branches and enroll new members through the funds raised from the locals. These projects are also self-sustaining as they are able to serve the communities through conference facilities that they provide.
3. Members in the various villages of Pune Block have also managed to form Dairy Cooperatives that are assisting them with self-sustenance. Markets are also ready to accept some of the products that the members make. Members are now able to take care of their families even under the current harsh economic conditions.
4. The communities who have been observing International Women’s Day have received the advocacy training on non-violence on the women and girl child, positively. SCOPE gets support from the local government, the police, Panchayats (village councils), other women organizations, women and youth in general. Members have indicated that the relations between the community and their branches have improved for the better. Their community initiatives that have to do with women empowerment are receiving financial and material support from the SHGs.
5. Environment needs to be preserved. SCOPE has over the years encouraged and fostered an Environment Conservation Programmes through observation and celebration of International Days related to the environment, nominated by the International Community, and organizations like UNO and WHO. Through its skills training (appropriate technology) programmes,
In Tulapur and neigbouring villages, SCOPE conducted training workshops on Biogas-cum-Toilet schemes. So far 45 Biogas-cum-Toilet Plants have been established under the able leadership of SCOPE. Till date the plants are successfully running and helping the owners economically. Due to the scheme the people have accepted in great number the biogas plants. This has greatly reduced the deforestation for firewood. The gas is used for cooking without smoke as wells the slurry is natural and organic manure for the farming. This has also cut down the excess use of chemical fertilizers in cultivation, added to their financial savings. The web of Biogas is fast spreading also in other villages which were not under the SCOPE care earlier. By joining the toilets to the biogas plants the roadsides and other areas around the houses and villages are fairly clean and hygienic. These programmes have been greatly appreciated because they remarkably reduced firewood cutting - threat to the village environment and increased respiratory illnesses. This has also proved economically viable solution to mounting cost of cooking gas.
6. Apart from this, SCOPE has also provided and promoted Solar Lanterns which are financially less taxing and a good alternative to the erratic electrical power supply. Some SCOPE village members are earning a living from running nurseries, wormy culture, and sale of slurry as manure to the other parts of the district.
7. The leadership programmes for youth and women, has also seen a lot of young people being empowered in leadership skills. It has seen some of them holding leadership positions at local government, community or organizational level. A number of them are also role models and peer educators on issues of HIV and AIDS. Many organizations and the community at large are recognizing their skills, as some of the members are being asked to facilitate at other places.
8. Low budget gardening (Kitchen garden or Paras Bag) and home-based care training is of great benefit to the community for general health, other illnesses as well as for the HIV and AIDS infected and affected. Especially, this is valuable in Javali (Satara) area which falls under the Koyana dam waters and is declared as the wild sanctuary by the government of Maharashtra. Moreover, due to the plentiful water and special climate the natural forest is replete with medicinal plants. Herbal gardens are being promoted with herbs used by family members for different illnesses. This has also helped members to substitute the expensive medication with the herbs. Herbs are also recommended as they have the required nutritious content and immunity-boosting capacity.
PARTNERSHIPS/COLLABORATION: Over the years, SCOPE has been able to partner with the following on different programmes
PROGRAMME PARTNERS:AFARM: Administrative training workshops and organizing skills.
NDDB : (National Dairy Development Board) Training for the milk and allied product s
Income generating projects for members in their respective villages and vastis (settlements). At Taluka (Block) level, the main office runs various courses and training programmes ranging from hygiene to self employments.
For self-sustenance, members are trained for various and appropriate skills. These skills include tie and dye, candle-making, food and fruit processing and preservation, spices preparation, nursery and wormy culture.
SCOPE also encourages members to care for the environment through maintaining their homesteads (kitchen gardens), farms, whose fruits they use when preparing different products. Other methods include the smokeless ovens for cooking, water purification methods. Farm and other wastes especially the human and animal wastes are utilized to feed the biogas-cum-toilet plants. Paper and plastic recycling are encouraged.
Advocacy for non-violence on the women and the girl child through an annual programme campaign on various occasions especially on International Women’s Day is promoted. Advocacy issues for women also center on issues that affect them daily, e.g. Drunkard husbands, deserted women, Resource allocation, land allocation, will and inheritance.
Youth programmes that also focus on HIV and AIDS, behavioral changes, Leadership training, peace building and community development. These programmes are not exclusive to the youth only but to all the beneficiaries of SCOPE.
Family health programmes, covering HIV, AIDS, Pregnancy and Delivery programme with the focus on Low Input gardening support groups for both the infected and affected, are a very important aspect in the SCOPE programmes.
PROGRESS TO DATE:1. There has been a remarkable progress in the SCOPE programmes. Students who attended the various and appropriate trainings in Perne, and Tulapur area have started supporting themselves and their families besides helping in the village community building. Through inspiration, these students have done wonders in the areas they are coming from. The various and appropriate trainings as commended by the community people are assisting a lot of other young people in the skills for them to gain employment.
2. We have Block offices for the cluster villages In Pune and Satara Districts under SCOPE care. The Block (Taluka) officers in both Districts visit the various projects, branches and enroll new members through the funds raised from the locals. These projects are also self-sustaining as they are able to serve the communities through conference facilities that they provide.
3. Members in the various villages of Pune Block have also managed to form Dairy Cooperatives that are assisting them with self-sustenance. Markets are also ready to accept some of the products that the members make. Members are now able to take care of their families even under the current harsh economic conditions.
4. The communities who have been observing International Women’s Day have received the advocacy training on non-violence on the women and girl child, positively. SCOPE gets support from the local government, the police, Panchayats (village councils), other women organizations, women and youth in general. Members have indicated that the relations between the community and their branches have improved for the better. Their community initiatives that have to do with women empowerment are receiving financial and material support from the SHGs.
5. Environment needs to be preserved. SCOPE has over the years encouraged and fostered an Environment Conservation Programmes through observation and celebration of International Days related to the environment, nominated by the International Community, and organizations like UNO and WHO. Through its skills training (appropriate technology) programmes,
In Tulapur and neigbouring villages, SCOPE conducted training workshops on Biogas-cum-Toilet schemes. So far 45 Biogas-cum-Toilet Plants have been established under the able leadership of SCOPE. Till date the plants are successfully running and helping the owners economically. Due to the scheme the people have accepted in great number the biogas plants. This has greatly reduced the deforestation for firewood. The gas is used for cooking without smoke as wells the slurry is natural and organic manure for the farming. This has also cut down the excess use of chemical fertilizers in cultivation, added to their financial savings. The web of Biogas is fast spreading also in other villages which were not under the SCOPE care earlier. By joining the toilets to the biogas plants the roadsides and other areas around the houses and villages are fairly clean and hygienic. These programmes have been greatly appreciated because they remarkably reduced firewood cutting - threat to the village environment and increased respiratory illnesses. This has also proved economically viable solution to mounting cost of cooking gas.
6. Apart from this, SCOPE has also provided and promoted Solar Lanterns which are financially less taxing and a good alternative to the erratic electrical power supply. Some SCOPE village members are earning a living from running nurseries, wormy culture, and sale of slurry as manure to the other parts of the district.
7. The leadership programmes for youth and women, has also seen a lot of young people being empowered in leadership skills. It has seen some of them holding leadership positions at local government, community or organizational level. A number of them are also role models and peer educators on issues of HIV and AIDS. Many organizations and the community at large are recognizing their skills, as some of the members are being asked to facilitate at other places.
8. Low budget gardening (Kitchen garden or Paras Bag) and home-based care training is of great benefit to the community for general health, other illnesses as well as for the HIV and AIDS infected and affected. Especially, this is valuable in Javali (Satara) area which falls under the Koyana dam waters and is declared as the wild sanctuary by the government of Maharashtra. Moreover, due to the plentiful water and special climate the natural forest is replete with medicinal plants. Herbal gardens are being promoted with herbs used by family members for different illnesses. This has also helped members to substitute the expensive medication with the herbs. Herbs are also recommended as they have the required nutritious content and immunity-boosting capacity.
PARTNERSHIPS/COLLABORATION: Over the years, SCOPE has been able to partner with the following on different programmes
PROGRAMME PARTNERS:AFARM: Administrative training workshops and organizing skills.
NDDB : (National Dairy Development Board) Training for the milk and allied product s
cooperative skills.
DRDA : Allocation of various Government schemes and the training for
the same.
SAD : (State Agriculral Department)Training and resource for the agriculture and other allied works.
GMBV : Training for women’s leadership and human rights.
LP : (Lohiya Pratisthan) Training and distribution of Solar Lanterns
AUP : (Agricultureal University of Pune) Training and resource personnel for better agricultural cultivation.
INTERNATIONAL NGO SUMMARY PROFILE – INDIA:1. Name of NGO: S C O P E (Society for Community Organization & Progressive Education)
2. Address: Ganraj Angan Society,
3. Head of Office: Somnath Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra State, 411 014
4. Contact Details Head of Office (email): SCOPE1999@gmail.com
5. Head Office Address (country of origin): India
6. Established in Pune, Satara (Maharashtra, India) since: 1999
7. Number of staff -: National: 8 Total: 8
9. Global Mission of NGO: To create a community harmonious with oneself,
with others and with the nature.
10. Global Programmatic Areas of Focus (delete those not relevant)
Water and Sanitation ------- Nutrition ---------
Health ------- Protection ---------
Food security and livelihoods -------- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
DRDA : Allocation of various Government schemes and the training for
the same.
SAD : (State Agriculral Department)Training and resource for the agriculture and other allied works.
GMBV : Training for women’s leadership and human rights.
LP : (Lohiya Pratisthan) Training and distribution of Solar Lanterns
AUP : (Agricultureal University of Pune) Training and resource personnel for better agricultural cultivation.
INTERNATIONAL NGO SUMMARY PROFILE – INDIA:1. Name of NGO: S C O P E (Society for Community Organization & Progressive Education)
2. Address: Ganraj Angan Society,
3. Head of Office: Somnath Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra State, 411 014
4. Contact Details Head of Office (email): SCOPE1999@gmail.com
5. Head Office Address (country of origin): India
6. Established in Pune, Satara (Maharashtra, India) since: 1999
7. Number of staff -: National: 8 Total: 8
9. Global Mission of NGO: To create a community harmonious with oneself,
with others and with the nature.
10. Global Programmatic Areas of Focus (delete those not relevant)
Water and Sanitation ------- Nutrition ---------
Health ------- Protection ---------
Food security and livelihoods -------- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Education --------- Community Development -------Infrastructure -------- Peace Building ----------
HIV/AIDS -------- Other (please specify) --------
11. Current Programmatic Areas of Focus in Pune, Satara (Maharashtra, India):
Water and Sanitation -------- Nutrition --------
HIV/AIDS -------- Other (please specify) --------
11. Current Programmatic Areas of Focus in Pune, Satara (Maharashtra, India):
Water and Sanitation -------- Nutrition --------
Health -------- Protection ---------
Food security and livelihoods Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Education Community Development
Infrastructure Camp Management
HIV/AIDS Peace Building
Other (please specify)
12. We specifically target the following special groups.
Food security and livelihoods Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Education Community Development
Infrastructure Camp Management
HIV/AIDS Peace Building
Other (please specify)
12. We specifically target the following special groups.
Handicapped -------------- Elderly -----------
Children -------
13. Offices currently located in Pune, Satara (districts – use HIC P-
codes – see attached)
1. Pernephata:- SCOPE Rural Resource Centre, Pune Region
2. Savarigaon :- SCOPE Rural Resource Centre, Javali Region ( Satara
2. Savarigaon :- SCOPE Rural Resource Centre, Javali Region ( Satara
District)3. Head Office:- Pune, Somnath Nagar, Vadgaon Sheri
14. Current Projects/Programmes in Pune, Satara (by title, donor, county, district – use HIC P-codes – see attached)
14. Current Projects/Programmes in Pune, Satara (by title, donor, county, district – use HIC P-codes – see attached)
