Activities of PAD

Since its inception, PAD has been implementing socio-economic and human development programs for poor and underprivileged people of the region.
Integrated and sustainable human development: PAD envisages improving the living standard of the people particularly women through formation of SHGs. Micro-credit support, capacity and skill development are the main activities. From time to time women empowerment programs have been conducted. The following are the topics were covered in recent activities… 1) SHGs’ awareness generation on IGP. 2) Motivation and leadership. 3) Health cares. 4) Capacity building program. Through the SHG socio-economic development among the women has been taking place.
Besides these, PAD has a conglomerate of 45 SHGs. It has four clusters from different socially backward communities. Name of the clusters are as mentioned below: Name of cluster…………… Community.
1. Jharna………………. Adivasi.
2. Derhasa……………... Bodo
3. Bodosa……………… Bodo.
4. Kasangape ………….. Missing.
Now these SHGs Savings reaches up nearly to an amount of Rs. 2 lacs. These SHGs are given revolving funds by PAD for small economic activities. The self-help groups now have become self-reliant and also they are able to improve their living conditions. Each household has now adopted income-generating activities like piggery, poultry, weaving, petty shops, etc.
Community health: People in the rural areas get confronted with health problems throughout the year round, especially in the summer season. People succumbed to the diseases like malaria, diarrhea. In response to these problems of health PAD has taken measures. It has successfully conducted various health awareness camps with the help of the medical personals. It has been observed that people are able to take to the necessary precautions like using filtered water, mosquito nets and keeping their surroundings clean.
Environment : another area where PAD has intervened is environment. The mechanism through which inputs about environment are given is SHG. PAD has presently perceived SHGs as ‘a means to an end’ for the creation of a sustainable and alternate ‘Just society’ where the Marginalized will be empowered to control their lives and make their own decisions.

It is our pleasure to state that in the month of May 2005 our SHGs Built a foot bridge in Borola , a small village in the Dhemaji district of Assam on the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh without waiting for government support. A lot of works such as these have been done in the past three years.

Main programs which we had during last few year are :-

1. Awareness camps; -
PAD have conducted many Awareness camps to create Awareness and Motivate people to take up initiative for development of their village and family. Through these programs we try to identify the major problems and issues of the village .SHGs are the most suitable tool for social change in rural and tea garden areas .through SHG rural people, specially women united and empowered financially mentally to fight back against poverty, illiteracy, social evils and disease .Therefore we emphasis on organizing SHG in the village . These awareness programs are planned such a way that the participant feels the need of SHG and they take initiative to form SHG. Story telling, Games, lecture and Group discussion are the methodology through which we conduct the awareness camp.(Photo of Awareness camp at Nawgoan village)

2. Capacity building Program:-
This program is given to President and secretary of SHGs. These Programs are design to impart leadership quality to the president and secretary .these program also give them the Managerial Skill and record maintain training. These are three day programs. First day they are trained for leadership and other two days trained with Accounting and reporting .each SHG president and secretary has Togo twice a year through these programs. Internal and external loaning systems are taught in these programs.(Photo of a capacity building Program . Mr.A .K.Doley BDO of Bordoloni Block talks to SHG President & Secretary)

3. Skill development programs:-
These programs are given to SHGs Who are doing IGPs( income Generation Program ).Main training are on Agriculture , fishery , Poultry, Piggery and pity shop management .we request the govt. department to come to our program and conduct trainings for SHGs. (Skit during the program SHG President and Secretary)

4. Health Camps.-

Health camps are one of most important program conducted by PAD in the interior villages. Usually Health camps are organized before the rainy session .each year we have organized around 4 camps. Generally village people are invited by SHG members for the camps. PAD invite the resource persons like Health officers of Local PHC and health workers. (Photo of a health camp arranged by PAD. Dr.P.S. Pegu ,senior health officer of Gogamukh PHC ,addressing the participants)

5. Exposure :-

We also arrange Exposure program for SHG Members . this exposure help Shg members to know how the SHG movement changing the society in other part of the state and country. (SHG members of “Karsang Ope” presenting song at an exposure program at N.Lakhimpur NBS)


6. Loan for SHGS:-
PAD also provide Loan to SHG in small amount which we received from donors so that SHG learn to handle money and do income generation activity.(Photo Mr.C.Newar ,Manager Subansiry Bank giving the Cheque of Loan to SHG )