SAHAYI - CENTRE FOR COLLECTIVE LEARNING AND ACTION
OUR WORK
REFORMING LOCAL SELF GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS (LSGIs)
• Following were the structured activities undertaken under the project from
1994 onwards:
• Pre Election Voters Awareness Campaign (PEVAC)
• Mobilisation and strengthening of Gram/Ward Sabhas
• Capacity Building for Elected Representatives and officials
• Interface Programme for Officials , Elected Representatives and citizen
• Building Leadership among citizen and CSOs
• Linkage with Media and Academia
• Participatory Research and Policy Advocacy
• Publication of research/ evaluation Reports
• Innovations and model building
• Collection, collation and dissemination of Information
• Promoting Linkage & Networking
• Strengthening Civil Society Voices on Urban Governance and development
Women Empowerment and Leadership Development
The major activities organized under various projects since 1990 include:
• Awareness generation orientations and capacity building training
• Self/personality and leadership development trainings
• Capacity building training for women prior and after election to LSGIs
• Exposure visits and participation in state and national level programmes
Strengthening Voluntary Sector and Voluntary Action
A series of activities have been under taken since the inception of the
organization which comprised of the following categories:
• Perspective building orientations for citizen and leaders of CSOs on
voluntary action, development policies and approaches, participation in
governance and in development etc.
• Seminars/ workshops on Rights issues, New Acts and Laws, Millennium
Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals, Environmental
issues and local governance and developmental issues.
• Capacity building trainings on Organization Development and
Management, Participation in Local Governance and Management,
Leadership and personality development, good governance, etc.
• Participatory Training of Trainers Programme
• Promotion of linkage and Networking
• Nurture, develop, promote and strengthen Networks/ federations of
CBOs/CSOs/ VOs.
• Research studies and Policy advocacy
Capacity Building Intervention for Livelihood/ Poverty Reduction
with Special Focus on women
Major activities implemented under the projects from 1992 include the following:
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Nurture, promote and strengthen women groups and women Organizations
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Strengthening the capacities of the leaders of SHGs/NHGs, ADS and CDSS for effective Management of their Groups/ organization
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Entrepreneurship Development programme
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Skill Development Training Programme
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Promotion of micro enterprises / Income Generating Programmes and providing monitoring and facilitation support.
Tsunami Relief, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and disaster
preparedness Project activities(2004 December-2011)
a. Initial Relief Interventions, which include: Visits to Relief camps for need
identification; listening and consoling the affected people; distribution of food and
drinking water to affected people who sat away from camps; and Cleaning Houses
and Removing of Debris from the area.
b.Relief and rehabilitation Activities
Address Basic Needs- A participatory approach:
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Organized Community Kitchen and Mess with the ownership and
participation of 120 affected families in 3 centers for 4 months. -
Organized Nutrition food for children in schools/camps and pregnant and
lactating mothers run by mothers in their locality and PTA in schools for 2
months-1914 children and 28 women benefitted. -
Noon meals for 1500 school/college students were provided for 2 months.
c. Relief and Rehabilitation Work – Phase-II
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Food Ration for vulnerable families -2931 families, one month
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Distribution of Kitchen Utensils - 1000 families
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Dress for children made in schools –1647 students
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Dress for senior citizen - 750 members
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Construction of Eco- friendly Temporary shelters – 567 Families
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Structural Strengthening(retrofitting) of existing structures -50 houses
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Maintenance and repair of Damaged houses- 200 houses
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Improving Environmental Hygiene construction of Temporary toilet
(100nos) and distribution of sanitation kit to 1500 families -
Child Care and Recreation Programme : Constructed and organized 7
child recreation centers and children’s park, Tour/Exposure visits for
children, Arts and Sports Competitions, Library facilities and Information Centers, Community Living camp for Children and Youth
d. Rehabilitation and Reconstruction activities
School regeneration Programme:
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School building repair/maintenance, repairs & maintenance of drinking water facilities(7 Schools)
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Development of structures for noon meals, School furniture, Strengthening
school library and laboratory facilities and supply of computer for
computer education etc.
Promotion and support for Income Generating programme
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Entrepreneurial development training
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Promotion and financial support for starting Income generating
programme for 50 women
Psycho Social Care activities
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Intervention families-1000Nos (Intensive - 500Nos,Extensive-500Nos)
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(Joint programme with NIMHANS) Regular House Visits
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Providing psycho social support  Offering referral services
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Life skill education, stress management etc.
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Developing community level workers (CLW)
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Close monitoring and follow up
Psycho Social Rehabilitation • Drop-in-centre
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Counseling
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Life skill education
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Training for alternate employment
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Support for income generation
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Linkage with LSGI
e. Disaster Preparedness Activities
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Disaster management Preparation – Youth Volunteer Team Building
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Training on Swimming, Rescue, First Aid and Fire & Safety
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Exposure visit to Nagapattanam in Tamil Nadu
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Massive awareness building on various disasters, mitigation and management
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Publication and distribution of leaflets on various types of disasters.
Ockhi Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation support
Professional support for project development , implementation and
monitoring of project activities undertaken and implemented by Latin
Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram.
Kerala Flood 2018 Relief and Livelihood support
Relief support to affected families in lower Kuttanad areas in AlappuzhaDistrictRehabilitation and Livelihood support to affected families in the aboveareas.
COVID-19 Relief and livelihood support
Relief and livelihood support for most vulnerable families in different district in
kerala.
Facilate run of Domiciliary COVID Care Centre by providing physical space and
facilites
Professional and Management Consultancy Support
Offered management consultancy support for several State, national and
international agencies for organizing and facilitating training programmes,
conducting research and evaluations, project designing, etc