Achievements

Achievements in Agriculture sector:
· Establish eco-based integrated farming in the farmer’s field as model farm.
· Establish strong farmer’s team as model one.
· Introduce new crop in the crop cycle in these areas and slowly replicate.
· Reducing independent farming system.
· Resource farmer team has already developed.
· Increased income of the farmers through this type of farming.
· Some technique of cultivation successful established in the area.
· Seed bank and exchange of seed and others going to establish.
· Increase number of trees, fruits trees and others plant.
· The farmer’s teams are able to raise demand in Gram Samsad meeting on the basis of agriculture ‘s problem.
· Some farmers cultivate without chemical fertilizer & pesticides and they are willingly campaigning against chemical fertilizer and pesticides.

Achievements in Women sector:
* The community women and housewives are becoming organized
* The women and housewives are becoming engaged in many income generation activities such as poultry, duckery, basket making etc.
* Housewives are getting more respect than before in their families.
* A few group based work has done such as grain bank, seed bank, basket making etc.
* Exploitation by the moneylenders is reduced.
* Local resources are used in Women’s group program such as making “Bari,” Fried rice “, “Amchur”,”Gotery”,”Dairy”, Hat-making etc.
* Home state and wasted lands are properly utilized with the formation of permanent nutrition garden. Resultantly, Chemical fertilizer and pesticides free vegetable are getting regularly.
* Women of these groups identify the herbal plants, planted these in their own garden, and use it regularly. Resultantly, Primary treatment and preventive measures in done by using it.
* They are aware of their rights.
* The women are involving in many social actions and minimize family and social torture and they are playing active role in panchayat activities.

Achievement in safe drinking water sector:
* Grow the practise of drinking boiled water especially in the rainy season
* Some people are getting pure drinking water from water reservoir.
* People of this area are placing demand to local self Government for getting pure drinking water.

Achievement in child labor sector:
* Bring back 26 child labors back to the mainstream of education.
* Sensitize the common people along with the responsible persons

Achievement in orphanage sector:
* Has been able to develop the sense in them that they are not orphan
* Provide homely atmosphere

Achievements at the cultural sector:
· Cultural performance helps to implement others program of the organization.
· Cultural program helps to motivate the people specially in awareness generating.
· Cultural and sports program help to develop inner qualities of the child.
· Minimize bad affects of the present unhealthy culture.
· Cultural programs help to implement the joyful teaching.
· The children and adolescents are being organized gradually.
· Healthy social culture seems to back again gradually

Achievement in vocational training centre:
* 15 youths have engaged with the job on Tape/TV repairing and they able to earn Rs. 800/- to 1000/- per month.
* The trained women of these areas are till producing mats and earning additionally Rs.300/- per month.
* Maximum trained women of tailoring unit are earning Rs. 300/- per month additionally.
* The maximum youths have engaged on electrical work and they are able to earn money. Some of them become good experts on this trade.
* Presently 25 youths and adolescent has engaged on cycle repairing and able to earn Rs. 500/- to 1000/- averagely in a month.
* 12 youths has engaged with carpentry work and able to earn Rs.800/- to 900/- averagely in a month.

Krishna Jana, a girl of 13, was reading in class-IV in a government primary school. She was very interested in her studies. But she failed to get admission in class-V as she was unable to give school admission fees. Her parent was also not interested to give her education. The economic condition of her family is also poor. She used to work in a grocery shop with her father to help her family economically. In this situation one day our social worker of that village came to know about her. He talked with her family and motivated them. Krishna is now reading in class-VII at our school at Gopalchalk. She is very happy now and is performing well at her studies. But the problem is that we can provide her education at our school up to class-VIII and her parents are also not willing to continue her education. There does not exist the educational environment at her house. It is necessary to keep her in hostel to continue her education. Krishna will be able to stand in the life if she gets the opportunity to complete graduation at least. So it is necessary to help her financially so that she can able to have nutritious food along with the study materials.

Sabita Rout, a 13-year-old girl of Gopalchalk was reading in class-IV in a government primary school. She was very keen at her studies. But she was unable to go to high school due to the distance. Due to the poor economic condition she used to work with her parent in brickfields. When the teachers of Gopalchalk Sarojini Siksha Niketan know this, they approached to her parent to send her to school again. The local Panchayat also help them. Now Sabita is reading at class-VI in Gopalchalk Sarojini Siksha Niketan. She is studying now enthusiastically with her friends. But her study may stop any day as pressure is increasing on her to help her family economically. In this situation it is necessary to help her financially so that she can able to have nutritious food along with the study materials. It is also necessary to keep her at residential school and educate her till graduation so she may get the opportunity to stand in life.

How far the mother will be able to educate her son
Sujan Das, a boy of Hinchi, aged 13, is reading in class-VII at Parulia Modern School. He is very interested in his studies. But he lost his father at the very childhood. His mother having no other alternative has to work at others houses to earn the livelihood. But she is keen to educate her son. Sujan was admitted at Saradamoyi Sishu Siksha Niketan (a school run by KJKS). Seeing his attentiveness to studies and keeping in mind the economic condition his fees were halved. He stood 2nd in annual examination of class-VI and thereafter admitted at Parulia Modern School. Neither there exist the educational environment at his locality nor it is possible for his mother to carry on the educational cost at higher level. It is necessary to keep him in hostel to continue his education. Sujan will be able to stand in the life if he gets the opportunity to complete his graduation at least. So it is necessary to help him financially so that he can able to have nutritious food along with the study materials.

D: Sarada Saradamoyi Sishu Siksha Niketan (a school run by KJKS) is situated in the village D: Sarada under Sarada GP at Contai-II Block. The school is beside the main road. The condition of the road was deplorable. It becomes more dangerous in the rainy season. There were every chances of danger at any moment. But the administration was indifferent. One day the students of and Sarada Dakshin Palli Primary school (govt.) blocked the road in the demand of immediate repairing. BDO Contai-II came to know this while passing through that road and he promised the students to make the needful at no times. And he kept his promise. The road is now okay. People are able to go quickly and safely through that road now.

Participation of the children in Pulse Polio
The school Saradamoyi Sishu Siksha Niketan is situated in the Muslim community. Due to some social taboos Muslims are not taking pulse polio. The rate was very poor in the previous time. In this time (14.11.2003) the students started awareness campaigning through home visit. Slips were issued to each family the previous day and on that day the students go to each and every home and gave the children pulse drops. 100% success rate was achieved on that time.

Develop Teaching Learning Materials with the Guardians
25 guardians of Saradamoyee Sishu Siksha Niketan developed teaching learning materials with the teachers for pre-primary level. The guardians were given the ideas earlier by the teachers and based on those ideas they had developed the teaching learning materials on languages, math and EVS showing their innovativeness. It was a whole day program.

The village Haturia is a backward one having no facilities of modern life. Most of the people are very poor. They have to work hard to earn their livelihood. So about the education or awareness level. There is no astonishment that children of this village will go out side to work as CDW (Child Domestic Worker). This we see in the case of Bharati, a 14-year-old girl child. Her father is an old man who is unable to work any more. Mother is a daily labor but due to gender discrimination and age is not getting proper daily wages. So being unable to run the family of five the parent sent the elder one Bharati to Medinipur, Kolkata for work as CDW some two years ago. A neighbour of them had made this connection. Bharati had to work from dusk to dawn to complete all the household jobs. She rarely got any time to take rest at the afternoon. But she didn’t complain as she was getting Rs. 500/- month, which helped her family economically. She used to come back once in six months. But things became after she went from home five months ago. The two sons of the employer started to use her as the medium of satisfying their perverted sex desire repeatedly when ever possible. She was so shocked and afraid that she could not tell that to any body. This continues till she came back. Her shocking experience has not been over since then her mother wants to send her back there, as she is the source of income. At this time one of our staff came to know this incident and motivated her mother not to send back their any more. Bharati is now a student of our BC centre at Analberia where she is learning attentively. She wants vocational training by which she will be able to run her family in future. But that horrible trauma is still vivid in her mind. Our staff there, is trying level best to get rid her off from that traumatized incident.

The village Kotdolbar is a backward one having no facilities of modern life. Most of the people belong to economically backward class. They have to work hard to earn their livelihood. So about the education and awareness level. It in no surprise that the children of this village are going out side to work as CDW. So Ashalata, a child domestic worker born. Her father is cultivator by name. The amount of land he possesses is negligible. Besides this he also works as daily labor. Being unable to run the family of five the parent sent the elder daughter Ashalata to one of the flats of CIT Road Scheme, Baguihati, Kolkata for work as CDW some one and half years ago. A relative of them had made this connection. Ashalata had to work from dusk to dawn to complete all the household jobs. She rarely got any time to take rest at the afternoon. But she didn’t complain as she was getting Rs. 500/- month, which helped her family economically. She used to come back once in six months. But she was unable to bear the beatings she got by the hands of the employer. That lady uses to beat her off & on at slightest fault s severely. At this time one of our staff came to know this incident when she came home this time and motivated her parent not to send back her any more. Ashalata is now a student of our BC centre at Analberia where she is learning attentively. She wants to learn VT by which she will be able to run her family in future. But that bitter experience still vividly presents in her mind. Our staff there is trying level best to get rid her off from that traumatized incident.

The curse of gambling is no more
Gambling and drinking were the common phenomena in a remote village Baroj (South) under Baroj G.P. of Purba Medinipur district. The common ignorant poor people were being affected by it. The men of this area used to come and involved at these malpractices. They went back at night to their families and behaved ill, tortured their wives. They took out the ornaments, rice by force and sold that to market and then went for gambling again. As a result of this, the families starved. Miscreant activities were increasing. In this period, the Puspa SHG of KJKS raised an agenda in their group meeting and took resolution to curb out the problem. They attacked the place of gambling one day and destroyed the materials. Panchayat helped them and decided in a meeting that gambling and drinking would be stopped from that day.
The fact is that gambling and drinking are abolished from this area till the day.

Biswarani foresees the good days
Biswarani Jana of the village Sarada (South) under Contai-II block of Purba Medinipur district is a widow having two children among which son is the younger. She suffered from severe poverty. Her daughter used to work in one’s house along with her to run the family. But after the marriage of the daughter it was almost impossible for her to carry on the family. At that time she came in contact with the social worker of KJKS working there and joined one SHG ‘Aasha’ on June 2001. She used to save Rs. 20/- per month among many difficulties and thus save Rs. 590/- till now. By this time his son becomes older. Biswarani applied for the loan of Rs. 1500/- to her group for buying a cycle van. Her performance at the group was good and she was granted for the loan. Now her son earns Rs. 50/--60/- per day and gives her earnings to his mother. Biswarani gradually gives back the loan and her own savings also increase. She uses to have two square meals per day and joy gradually comes in his house. She is very happy and gives the entire credit to her SHG.
Sarathi becomes the charioteer of her family

Sarathi was like other housewives of the village Namaldiha under Amtalia G.P. of Contai-II block in Purba Medinipur district till not she formed the SHG ‘Maa Nachinda’ in the year 2002 where she uses to deposit Rs. 20/- pm amidst many sufferings. Now she uses to produce sugarcane at her own land and her husband sales the juice in the local market. She managed the cost to buy the juice-extracting machine by taking loan from the SHG. Today she earns Rs.1400/-1500/-pm and is able to runs the family well. She owes the entire credit to the group.
A Success Story of “LOPAMUDRA”
Name of the SHG: - “LOPAMUDRA” Vill. + P.O.: - Sarada
Block: - Contai-II; Purba Medinipur
Year of formation: - 2001
No. of Member: - The group was started with 10 members at first. Gradually it increases and by 2003 it has 18 members all total.
No. of meetings: - Once in a week.
Problems at the beginning: - The male members of the family objected very much at first regarding the presence of the women in the meeting. They couldn’t think of that women might go outside for any purpose without them. Some husband even beat their wives. So the women were afraid of coming at the meeting. They used to come only at the time of depositing the money. The meetings were irregular.
What has changed the situation: - They at first prepared an herbal medicine for digestion (antacid). That medicine is very effective. It was able to create a special impact in the area. People used to use this medicine whenever required. They also used to talk about the “LOPAMUDRA” SHG enthusiastically. This began to change the mind of the male members of the family. They began to realize that the women were doing some thing, which would be economically viable for them. They withdraw their all the objections.
Works done in the group:
* Besides preparing of the herbal antacid.
* Prepare hair oil, mainly “MAHAVRIGARAZ OIL
* Discuss the various successful activities of other SHGs regularly.
* Making Nutrition Garden
Present situation: -
* The SHG becomes united. They held the meeting regularly and discuss what can be done further more.
* Becomes a part of the cluster, “ASHAR ALO”
* Deposit regularly
* With the help of loan that they get for KJKS they used that in grocery shop, furniture shop etc.
There is no loan defaulter in the team.

Subhas finds the new stream of life
Subhas Chandra Ghorai of the village Mouhati under Khejuri-I block of Purba Medinipur district was a marginal farmer like all others till the year 1999. He used to get one time crop from his land and had to fight the battle against poverty through almost all the year. There was no facility of irrigation for doing agricultural work throughout the year. He started weaving, but it was not profitable enough.
In the year 1999 he came to know that KJKS is an organization that gives training on sustainable agriculture. He digs a pond at first for preservation of rain water and from there made several outlets surrounding his land. By this it was made possible for him to produce crops through out the year using crop rotation system. He started fishery at small scale in the pond. He also starts making nutrition garden at his land surrounding the house. The production, which he gets, is enough to sale at the market after fulfilling the need of the family. Now his savings is approximately Rs. 900/- per month on an average through out the year. He is no more a poor and leads his family happily.

Rabindranath Jana - the example of all
Rabindra Nath Jana of village Mouhati under Khejuri-I block of Purba Medinipur district has no social or political base so that he can be identified easily from others. Yet he is a familiar person of that area today. Today he is a renowned farmer in that area. But things were not the same from the very beginning. He had to work hard from dusk to dawn to earn the livelihood for his family. He even took loan for the marriage of his daughter and was unable to repay it. By that time the ‘Vabistah Krishak Dal’ (Future Farmer’s Team) of that area came and to know this and got him acquainted with KJKS from where he took training on sustainable agriculture. He too became the member of that team. Now he earns Rs. 2000/-per month on an average. Besides cultivation and nutrition garden he has now fishery, poultry, duckery, goatery of his own. For these he has not to buy anything from market as fodder. The sustainable agriculture system enabled him to arrange all the needful from his own house. He now gives training to others farmer. Seeing his success two more team is formed in that area.

Debi- the orphan
Debi’s father deserted Debi along with her mother and brother when she was 1 years old. Her mother had to earn hard to feed them. Three years ago it was heard that her mother established an illegal relationship with one person. Being unable to cope with the criticisms she left home leaving her son and daughter. One of our staff came to know this and thereafter Debi finds her shelter in our orphan home at Paunshi. She is now 8 years old reading in class-II with several other students. The responsibility to educate Debi and help her stand in life lies entirely upon the society.

Surajit wants to be the sphinx
Surajit Jana is a boy of 8 years old. His life is not like the other children of his age. He had lost his parent at the very childhood. He reared up by a couple having no issue of their own. They look after him as their child. But the things again become bad for Surajit. His foster mother died all of a sudden and that person remarried. The new wife started to hate him from the very beginning. Things became worst when that couple gave birth to a son. That person asked the others to take Surajit from him paying him the cost, which he had spent for Surajit. The villagers protested and one of them contacts our staff. It has become 1 year Surajit is living in our orphanage. He is happy here getting the opportunity to study and having friends. He wants to be a doctor in future and work in the village.

Family background:
Shaktipada Sahoo is an energetic youth of 28. He resides in the village Pirijpur of Purba Medinipur. He comes from a low-middle class family. His father Shri Anil Kumar Sahoo is a farmer. He has very small land of his own and earns rupees fifteen to twenty

. thousand in a year. The whole family totally depends upon this meagre income. They have to work from dusk to dawn to have two square meals. He was suffering from frustration. As a result of which he tends to become involve with some notorious youth of the area. His parents were unhappy and quarrel often broke out. The parent seemed to lose all their hopes about him.
In this situation one day in 2002 Shaktipada came to know from one of his friends that JIBIKA (A vocational Training Unit of KJKS supported by FVTF, Bangalore) is giving training to the drop-out unemployed
energetic youths so that they can do something to improve their living conditions. He joined the carpentry training held during Feb’02 to March’03. Shaktipada enquired of this at KJKS and decided to take training on carpentry, as he loves to do wooden works from his early childhood. Moreover he has noticed that there is a demand of wooden works in his area.
Performance during training:
Saktipada has taken the training for one year. His performance at the training is highly praised by all. He used to ask questions till he grasped the whole process. He even went to the house of the teachers with his problems. He was very disciplined also. He has started his own income through making furniture during the very training period.
Present Status:
At present Saktipada established one furniture shop of his own. He uses his innovative ideas to make the furniture sets, tile and asbestos roof houses. He collects the designs from several places. He does his works all by himself. He has also employed one staff to help him. He works for eight to ten hours per day and earns 2000 to 2500 rupees per month.
Impact of the training:
The change of income level has brought in remarkable changes in him. Though he read up to class IX yet he is determined to give higher education to his children. The increase of income level has made him to think of his family in a better way. He is planning to repair his old house. He runs his business honestly. He is in great demand by the people. He has gained an identity as a skilled carpenter. He thinks of increasing his business gradually. He is confident of that.

Subrata has able to change himself
Family background:
Subrata is of 20 years old. He resides in Sarada, Contai, Purba Medinipur. He comes from a poor family. His father Shri Ashoke Das is a rickshaw-puller. The family has no land of their own and totally depends on the income of the father who uses to earn rupees eight to nine thousand in a year. He has to work hard to arrange two square meals for his family. Moreover he is ill. He is not able to go for work everyday. His mother work as a bidi labor as a result of this. Subrata became a problem child. He did not even complete the primary level education. His behaviour was very rough.
In this situation the secretary of Kajla Jana Kalyan Samity has tried to motivate him through various ways and after some counselling sessions he has succeed. He joined JIBIKA (a vocational Training unit of KJKS supported by FVTF, Bangalore) in carpentry division during Feb’02 to March’03.
Performance during training:
Subrata has taken the training for one year. Though His performance at the training was not so satisfactory yet He was so eager to learn that he used to make wooden materials during the training period so that his mistakes can be rooted out at the very beginning. But his products were good enough and he earns some by selling them.
Present Status:
At present Subrata works at his own house. He is to working with an efficient and renowned carpenter also. He tries to learn the work hard. He earns about 800/- to 900/- per month.
Impact of the training:
The training has brought in positive changes in him. He stops passing his time idly in gossiping and doing nuisance things. The increase of income level able him to take responsibility of his family. He thinks to purchase the tools of his own to start work independently.
The parent as well as the community people is happy with his change.

. Nemai, the elder son of Shri Rabindra Nath Das, resides in Sarada, Contai, Purba Medinipur. He comes from a poor family. His father is a rickshaw-puller. He is also a sharecropper also. The family totally depends on the father who uses to earn rupees ten to twelve thousand annually. He has to work hard for his family. Nemai studied up to class V. Basically he is polite at his behaviour but is not so intelligent. He uses to help his father at cultivation. Rest of the time he did nothing.
In this situation the Mahila dal of Kajla Jana Kalyan Samity while working in that area came to know about him and took initiative to admit him at the JIBIKA (a vocational Training unit of KJKS supported by FVTF, Bangalore) in the carpentry section during Feb’02 to March’03.
Performance during training:
Nemai has taken the training for one year. His performance at the training was not so satisfactory. He has eagerness to learn. The teachers were pleased with him at his behaviour and interest of learning.
Present Status:
At present Nemai uses to work with a skilled and renowned carpenter of the area. He tries to learn the work at his best. He spends seven to eight hours per day for that reason. He earns about 700/- to 800/- per month.
Impact of the training:
The training has certainly brought in notable changes in him. He stops passing his time idly. He thinks of purchasing the tools of his own to start work independently after sometime. Seeing the change of him, his mother is thanking of becoming a member of the SHG of that area.

Biman takes the responsibility of his family
Family background:
Biman is an energetic youth of 20. He resides in the village Betalia of Durmuth in the district of Purba Medinipur. He comes from a low-middle class family. His father Shri Purna Chandra Shaw is a businessman. He earns rupees fifteen to twenty thousand approximately per year. The whole family totally depends upon his sole income and he has tried his best to raise the income level. But he wasn’t. As a result of this Biman has to stop his education

while he is in class-IX. He has to find a job immediately and became engaged in one poultry farm of that area as a worker. He had to work for 12 hours to earn 300/- per month. He was suffering from frustration. As a result of which he tends to become involve with some notorious youth of the area. His parents were unhappy and quarrel often broke out. The parent seemed to lose all their hopes about him.
In this situation one day in 2001 Biman came to know from one of the women SHG of that area JIBIKA (a vocational Training unit of KJKS supported by FVTF, Bangalore) gives training to the unemployed energetic youths so that they can do something for the betterment of their family. Biman enquired of this at KJKS and decided to take training on Tape, TV, Radio repairing and making during Feb’02 to June’03.
Performance during training:
Biman has taken the training for fourteen months. His performance at the training is highly praised by all. He used to ask till not he takes the subject at his grasp. Whenever any problem arises he discuss that with his teachers. He was very disciplined also. He has started his own income through repairing the electronics goods from the training period.
Present Status:
At present Biman established one Electronics shop of his own. He uses his innovative ideas to make the sets. He has established rapport with the renowned electronic experts of the area. He does his works all by himself. He earns 1500 to 2000 rupees per month.
Impact of the training:
The change of income level has brought in remarkable changes in him. Though he read up to class IX yet he is determined to give higher education to his children. The increase of income level able him to think of his family in a better way. He runs his business honestly. People use to contact him before hand for making their materials. He has gained an identity as a skilled worker. He thinks of increasing his business gradually. He is confident of that.

Urmila has overcame her deformities
Urmila Guria. Age- 11years. Educational Status- A student of class-IV. Being a child, Urmila is not like others of her age. She is physically handicap by birth having deformities at her right leg. She was not very sharp at her studies. Moreover the classmates used to pinch her. In this situation she stopped to come to school. When our school Gopalchalk Sarojini Siksha Niketan has opened her father approached the teachers to admit her. The learning method of the school has able to create interest in her mind and she is now a regular student of the school. She is also performing well. Her parent is now very happy.

The story of Rinku-A MR student
Rinku Patra is a mentally retarded child of 11. She was very poor at her studies. Her parent has given up the hope of giving her education. Gopalchalk Sarojini Siksha Niketan is able to fulfil their wishes. Rinku is now reading in class-V and is doing well at her studies.

Sambhu is still fighting
The 13-year-old lovely son of Rabindranath Ghorai, the potter and handcraft maker was dropped out at class-II due to poor economic condition of her family. When the teachers of Gopalchalk Sarojini Siksha Niketan know this they approached to his parent to send him to school again. After several counselling sessions they able to take him to school. Sambhu is now reading at class-IV.