Diary of a Rural Manager!

Targeted Rural Initiatives for Poverty Termination & Infrastructure (TRIPTI) aims at enhancing the socio-economic status of the poor, especially women and disadvantaged groups, in ten districts of Orissa over a period of five years, beginning 10 February 2009. The project is assisted by the International Development Agency of the World Bank and implemented by Orissa Poverty Reduction Mission, a society under the Panchayati Raj Department of Government of Orissa. TRIPTI project under World Bank Assistance is running in 38 blocks in 10 districts that will be treated as pilot blocks for NRLM. The SHGs are at the first tier of the community institution structure. One SHG is formed constituting 10-20 women members (in case of disability or dispersed location the group size may be 5 to 20). The second tier of the structure is called Cluster Level Forum (CLF) which is an aggregation of 5 to 15 SHGs at the village/hamlet level. GPLF is the third tier of SHGs which is formed taking represe...

This Governance and Accountability (GAC) is taken directly from the PPT of world bank team. A: Awareness on GAC - Good project management is promoted by adopted governance and accountability. However, one needs to generate awareness on GAC. B: Benchmarking - The benchmarking on what can be delivered has to be done with due consultations with stakeholder who would deliver the service. C: Capacity Building - A training module needs to be developed which empowers the entire project staff and participating institutions at all level with basic activities under GAC, tools to be used under GAC. D: Deterrence - A clear cut policy which includes measures for prevention, detection and punitive action needs to be defined. D: Documentation - Documentation of procured assets, field processes, accounts, bookkeeping etc. are integral part of GAC. E: Effective Service Delivery - The deviation against the benchmarks has to be captured regarding the service delivery. F: Focal Poi...

My Belief - “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi

I have decided to lend $25 each month from my salary to people in need of credit. This will be done through KIVA . KIVA is a lending platform with a 99.03% repayment rate for 340,986,325 transactions in ended loans. This loan repayment rate is much higher than any bank. I will decide later on repayments that how much of my money will be further used either as a loan or development aid. This is my Profile at KIVA , so that one can always check the authenticity of the claim. A story of how a small loan from you can change the life of a family How Kiva Works ( http://www.kiva.org/about/how ) 1- Make a loan: You make a loan on KIVA. All KIVA loans are made possible by our Field Partners, who vet, administer, and disburse each loan. 2- Get updates: Throughout the life of the loan, you will see progress updates from Kiva through your e-mail, and if you come back to the site. 3- Get paid back:  As the borrower repays the loan, the money becomes available in your account. This ...