LAB-to-LAND INITIATIVE
AMR-APARD
ANDHRA PRADESH
VOLUNTEER
Volunteer is a person who can see
what others cannot see; who can
feel what most do not feel. Often,
such gifted persons do not think of
themselves as volunteers, but as
citizens - citizens in the fullest
sense: partners in civilization.
- ANONYMOUS
Volunteers are not paid -- not
because they are worthless, but
because they are priceless
L-2-L INITIATIVE
VILLAGES IN A.P
Sl.
No
ETC
No.of
Districts
No.of
Mandals
No.of
Villages
1
BAPATLA
04
11
13
2
HASANPARTHI
04
14
15
3
RAJENDRANAGAR
05
19
22
4
SAMALKOT
05
16
17
5
SRIKALAHASTHI
04
11
12
Total
22
71
79
TOTAL NUMBER
OF BNVs TRAINED
BNVs’ Trainings
Sl.
No
BATCH
DURATION
NUMBER OF BNVs
TRAINED
1
I
23-05-2011 to 25-05-2011
222
2
II
26-05-2011 to 28-05-2011
200
3
III
30-05-2011 to 01-06-2011
187
4
IV
03-06-2011 to 05-06-2011
261
5
V
07-06-2011 to 09-06-2011
191
6
VI
03-09-2011 to 05-09-2011
135
7
VII
07-09-2011 to 09-09-2011
177
8
VIII
11-09-2011 to 13-09-2011
165
9
IX
15-09-2011 to 17-09-2011
216
Total
1754
WHY BNVs DO VOLUNTARY
WORK
FINDINGS FROM SAMPLE SURVEY ON WHY
BNVs DO VOLUNTARY WORK
IT HELPS FOR JOB SEARCH
IT OFFERS MANY NEW PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS
IT PROVIDES A PHYSICAL & PYSCHOLOGICAL FEEL GOOD
SENSATION
IT REDUCES ISOLATION , LONELINESS, FRUSTRATION &
DEPRESSION
IT LEADS TO RECOGNITION
IT STRENGTHENS INTRA & INTER FAMILY/IES RELATIONS
IT PROVIDES GAINING INTERPERSONAL, COMMUNICATION ,
ORGANIZATIONAL , MANAGERIAL & LEADERSHIP SKILLS
L-2-L PROCESS
MODEL FOR BNVs
 L-2-L
Initiative process model was
evolved
BNV
Group of
families
Issues
Gram
Panchayat
Village
coordination
Committee
Mandal
Parishad
Zilla
Parishad
Ward
member
Different
Committees
MEASURES FOR
SUSTAINABILITY OF L-2-L
INITIATIVE
MEASURES FOR SUSTAINABILITY
OF L-2-L MODEL THROUGH BNVs
 Weekly
visits by core committee to pilot
village
 Weekly visits to L-2-L villages by faculty
of ETCs and DTMs
 Monthly video conference from APARD
by Commissioner with BNVs
 Feed back from BNVs through e-mails
 Feed back from BNVs through post
cards addressed to
Commissioner,APARD
Publication of articles on L-2-L in the
“Sthanika Palana” monthly magazine
 Production of motivational films that are
posted on APARAD’s “you tube”
channel
 The best voluntary works taken up by
BNVs are reported through Bulk SMSs
helping e-networking of BNVs
 Visits to the L-2-L villages where the
best works done by BNVs and night halts
at those villages by the Commissioner
,APARD along with the core committee
members

 Close
monitoring and handholding by
the District Training Managers (DTMs)
 Face book and Twitter on APARD’s
website helps e-learning of the peer’s
achievements
Highlighting the activities of BNVs
VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES
TAKEN UP FOR GAINING
CONFIDENCE OF
COMMUNITY
Voluntary activities by BNVs Initiatives

Plantation programmes
 Kitchen garden activities
 Special classes were conducted for 10th
class students
 Started open library in the village
 Collected rice and distributed to the poorest
of poor families
 Banned sale of liquor, Panparag and Gutkha
 Taken up shramadan works on every 1st and
3rd Sundays in a month
 Facilitated
in constitution of a team with
15 elderly persons and conducting
awareness campaign about harmful
consequences of intoxication
 During cyclonic storms, damaged street
lights were replaced by BNVs
 Jungle clearance
 Clean and Green programmes
 Taken
over community hall which was
under unauthorized occupation by local
leader for the last 23 years
 Banned use of plastic items
 Closed liquor vending shops
 Organized health camps
 Enrolled school dropouts
 Distributed note books and slates to
school children
 Restored RTC bus services
 Established R.O-based water treatment
plants
 Supplied dust bins

Cleared debris with the help of JCB
machines
 Through health camps identified children
suffering from heart problems and
facilitated surgery under “Arogya Sree”
programme with 100% free of cost
 Avenue plantation
 Construction of Individual Sanitary Toilets
 Ensured Mid-day meal as per menu to
school children
Facilitated 100% family planning
 Cleaned Over Head Water Supply
tanks every 15 days
 Wall writings on social responsibilities
 Monitored
local
institutions
like
Anganwadi centres, schools, Nutrition
centres, Gopal mitra centres , Health
sub-centres, etc
 Formation of approach roads to local
grave yards

 Conducted
quiz programmes among
pregnant women to create awareness
about mother and child health
 Distributed Smokeless chulhas
 Facilitated
distribution of pattas to
landless poor
 Promoted enrollment in government
schools discouraging admission in
private schools
 Facilitated bank loans to landless
tenant farmers
 Reading
daily news papers for the nonliterates in the village
 Prohibited washing of clothes at public
water bodies and drinking water taps
 Established bio-gas plants with the help
of NEDCAP
 Facilitated loan waiver to weavers
 Conducted physiotherapy classes to
weavers
 Closed
cesspools and prevented water
logging
 Campaigned against open defecation
 Some BNVs opened e-mail addresses
like : rvpdbns@gmail.com
 Regulated garbage dumping in drains
Horticulture plantation
 Ensured no police /court cases in the
villages
 Identified child labor and enrolled them
into schools
 Facilitated financial assistance from
NGOs/ CBOs for completion of
incomplete houses under
IAY/INDIRAMMA housing
 Identified eligible youth and referred
them to Job Cell ,DRDA for Vocational
training

 Trained
farmers on Organic farming
with the help of local “Adarsh Rythulu”
for preparation of vermi compost, biofertilizers and bio-pesticides
 Suggested to be called as “Nava Bharat
Nirman Volunteers”
 Campaign on banning of plastic
 Engaging elderly through conversation
and documenting their experiences
 Promoted
the concept of making family
members literate by one’s own family
 Engaged in HIV/AIDS care
 Campaigned with school children on water,
sanitation and ethics. Slogans like “KOTI
RUPAYALU ICHINA VOTUNU AMMUKOMU”
used
 Ensured “Challa Yanadi”- a nomadic tribe to
lead settled life
 Conducted games, elocution
and essay
writing competitions to school children
 Conducted
trainings for skill up gradation
in association with banks
 Promoted community contributions to
upgrade the
existing institutional
facilities
 Started BNV reading rooms
 Programmed reunion of all those once
lived in the village and are now away
under the banner “JANMASTHALA
SAMYOJANAM”
42
WALL NEWS BOAD
PLANTATION
REMOVAL OF BUSHES
DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGN ON HEALTH
43
44
CLEANING OF ROADS
BUSH CLEARENCE
45
REMOVAL OF ENCROACHMENTS
46
SOME PROUD MOMENTS
TO AMR-APARD

REQUEST FROM OTHER THAN 79 VILLAGES FOR
REGISTRATION UNDER L-2-L INITIATIVE
 REQUESTS FROM NGOs to CONSIDER THEM
FOR TAKING UP THIS INITIATIVE
 REQUEST
FROM
RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT FOR UTILIZING THE SERVICES OF
BNVs FOR SOCIAL AUDIT , IWMP
 DISTRICT COLLECTORS OF RANGA REDDY &
CHITTOOR
RECOMMENDED TO TAKE ONE
VILLAGE IN EACH MANDAL
 SOME
OF THE
EX-SARPANCHES HAVE
ENROLLED THEM AS BNVs
 ENGINEERING GRADUATES FROM BITS, PILANI
HAVE UNDERGONE BNV TRAINING
 INTEL DONATED
100 LAPTOPS TO APARD
IMPRESSED BY
THE CONCEPT THROUGH
Demand for training

Sarpanches who were completely convinced
about the concept and the role of BNVs in
Lab to Land have enrolled themselves as
BNVs after completion of their 5 years tenure
on August 21st 2011
COMMITTEES CONSTITUTED
 GRAM
PANCHAYAT COMMITTEE
 DRINKING WATER MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
 STREET LIGHT MAINTENANCE –
LOCAL PROBLEMS SOLVING
COMMITTEE
 LIQUOR PROHIBITON COMMITTEE
 LOCAL CABLE NETWORK
MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE
 HEALTH COMMITTEE
 CLEAN AND GREEN COMMITTEE
 CIVIL
SUPPLIES COMMITTEE
 LOANS RECOVERY COMMITTEE
 INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE
 WOMEN-PROBLEM SOLVING
COMMITTEE
 SCHOOL COMMITTEE
 YOUTH COMMITTEE
 WOMEN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
 EMPLOYEES COMMITTEE
 LIVELIHOOD COORDINATION
COMMITTE
 FARMERS
EMPOWERMENT
COMMITTEE
 ANGANWADI CENTRE-NUTRITION
COMMITTEE
 ADULT EDUCATION COMMITTEE
LIST OF GOVERNMENT
SPONSORED
PROGRAMMES - BNVs
1
Department
Programme
Women and Child
Welfare
ICDS
State Homes
Swadhar Homes
Nutrition Programme for
Adolscent Girls
Girl Child Protection and
Insurance Scheme
Kishor Shakthi Yojana
Supplementary Nutrition
Programme
Sabala
2
Rural Development
Indira Kranthi Patham
Abhayahastham
Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarojgar Yojana
Rural Self Employment Training Institutions
Social Security Pensions
Employment Generation and Marketing Mission
(Jobs for rural youth)
Integrated Watershed Management Programme
Indira Prabha
MGNREGS-AP
Pavala Vaddi
Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture
Programme
Corporate Education at Intermediate Level
Community Governed Early Child Hood Centres
IKP-Marketing
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) special
programmes
3
Agriculture Department
Saguku Samayatham
Training Programmes to farmers
Establishment of District Soil Testing
Laboratories (STLs) under Single
Window Diagnostic Scheme
National Project on Management of
Soil Health and Fertility
Farm Mechanization Scheme
National Agriculture Insurance
Scheme (NAIS)
Weather Based Crop Insurance
Scheme (WBCIS)
Agricultural Credit
Pavala Vaddi Scheme on Crop Loans:
Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt
Relief Scheme 2008
Credit Incentive scheme of GOAP @ Rs.5000/- per
farmer who were not benefitted under GOI Debt waiver
scheme, 2008
Farm Equipment – Women Groups
Adarsha Rythu
Polam Badi
Seed Village Programme
Vermicompost, Organic farming
Rastriya Krishi Vikasa Yojana,
National Food Security Mission,
Pasukranti, Jeevakranthi
National Horticulture Mission,
Agriculture Technology Mission,
4
Department of
Cooperation
Kisan Credit Cards
Loaning Programme
Integrated
Co-operative
Development
Project
(ICDP)
5
Horticulture Department
AP Micro Irrigation Project
National Horticultre Mission
Rastriya Krishi Vikasa Yojana
Integrated Vegetable
Development-, Hybrid Vegetable
Seed supply
Assistance for erection of
Permanent and Semi-permanent
Pandals, Shade-houses and
Poly-houses.
Supply of Vegetable Mini Kits
Oil Palm Developmentassistance provided towards
plant material, cultivation, micro
irrigation and inter crops besides
organizing training programmes.
6 Animal Husbandry
Department
Sheep Insurance Programme
Vaccination Programmes for foot and
mouth disease
Programme for Deworming the Sheep
Special Livestock and Fisheries Package
(“Prime Minister’s Package”)
“Jeeva Kranthi Padhakam”
Pashukranthi Padhakam
Livestock Insurance Programme:
Scheme for Gopalamitra Sustenance:
Pig Fattening Scheme (Buy back system)
Piggery Development Scheme
7
Fisheries Department
Coastal Security for Marine
Fishermen
Assistance to Fishermen for Flood
Losses
Group Accident Insurance scheme
Construction of Houses to
Fishermen
Relief-cum-Savings scheme
Assistance to SC and ST Fishermen
NFDB Assistance for Fish seed
stocking in tanks above 40 Ha.
Motorization of traditional crafts:
Construction of Community Halls
for Marine and Inland fishermen
8
Forest Department
9
Sericulture Department
Social Forestry Plantations
Vana
Samrakshana
Samithis
(JFM)
Farm Mechanization Programme
Supply
of
Improved
Seeds
(Dhaincha)
Construction of rearing sheds
under Catalytic Development
Programme (CDP)
Irrigation
and
conservation
techniques
other
and
water
usage
Supply of Saplings
Rearing equipments
Supply of disinfectants worth of
Rs.1,500/- per shed to the
Sericulture farmers
10
Marketing Department
Agriculture Market Committee Fund
Central Market Fund mainly to
provide loans to Market Committees
Rythu Bandhu Pathakam
Rythu Bazars
Farmer Awareness Programmes and
Health Camps
11
Food and Civil Supplies
Department
Subsidy Rice Scheme Rs1/Kerosene Subsidy
Minimum Support Price Scheme
PDS –Market Intervention Scheme
(Supply of Palmolein Oil, Yellow Peas,
Red gram etc.,)
12 AP Transco
Tariff Subsidy to Agriculture
Pumpsets
Benefits to BPL domestic
consumers
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen
Vidyutikaran Yojna ( RGGVY)
13 Roads and Buildings
Repairs and Maintenance of Roads
(Non Plan)
Tribal Sub Plan (TSP)
A P Rural Development Fund
(APRDF) to improve rural roads
leading to agricultural areas
HUDCO Loan Works
NABARD Works
14 Transport Department SAFAR (Safety Always for All
Roads)
15 School Education
Department
Sarvasiksha Abhiyan
Rastriya Madhyamika Siksha
Abhiyan
Mid Day Meals Scheme
16 Intermediate Education
National Programme for Education
of Girls at Elementary Level
(NPEGEL)
Kasturba Gandhi Baalika
Vidyalayas (KGBVs)
Rural infrastructure Development
Fund (RIDF) for construction of
buildings, toilets and Drinking Water
facilities
17 Medical and Helath
National Rural Health Mission
104 and 108 Services
Janani Suraksha Yojana
Rajiv Arogya Sri
Maternal Health Care Services [ASHA,
Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric
and Neonatal Care, Blood Bank and
Blood Storage Centres, 24-hours
Mother and Child Health (MCH) centre,
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY),]
Child Health Care Services [Vaccine Preventable
Diseases (VPDs),
a) Routine Immunization including Vitamin-A Biannual administration during January and July of
every year.
b) Campaign – Intensified Pulse Polio Immunization
c) Surveillance – Polio and Measles surveillance
Universal Immunization Program
Family Welfare Schemes
Sub-Centre un-tied funds
National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control
Program
School Health Programme
Tobacco Related Diseases and Control Programme
TB Control Program
National Vector Borne Diseases Control Program
(NVBDCP)
AIDS CONTROL Programme
National Program for Control of Blindness
18
Youth Services
Rajiv Udyogasri
Rajiv Yuvashakthi
Skill Development Training
Programmes
Pre Army Recruitment Training
19
Panchayat Raj
BRGF Programme
13th Finance Commission Grants
State Finance Commission Grants
PMGSY
NABARD
HUDCO
20 Rural Water Supply
Total Sanitation Campaign
Jalamani
National
Rural
Programme
Water
Supply
National Drinking water Quality
Surveillance
and
Monitoring
Programme
Ambedkar Jeevan Dhara (AJD)
NABARD, HUDCO
21 Adult Education
Department
Saakshar Bharat
22 Disabled Welfare
Subsidy @ Rs.3000/- to disabled
persons
under
economic
rehabilitation scheme
23
A.P.Vikalangula
Cooperative
Corporation
24
25
1. Supply of Prosthetic Aids and Mobility
Aids.
2. Supply of educational aids to
individuals and institutions.
3. Facilities to impart training in various
technical and non-technical trades.
4. Organizing employment generation
production units with assured market
for products.
Supply of Tape Recorders and cassettes
with lessons recorded for intermediate
and above classes
Supply of braille books to school going
visually disabled students from 1st Class
to 10th Class.
Margin Money Scheme
BC Welfare
Andhra
Pradesh Construction of Dhobighats,
Washermen Co-Op. Financial Assistance Scheme
Societies Federation
26 Andhra Pradesh
Nayee Brahmins CoOperative Societies
Federation
Sanction of Medium term loans to
the eligible Primary Nayee Brahmins
Cooperative Societies ranging from
Rs. 2,500/- to Rs. 5,000/- per
member at a simple interest of 5%
repayable in 36 equal monthly
instalments.
27 Andhra Pradesh
‘Financial Assistance Scheme’ for
Vaddera Cooperative extending economic support to
Societies Federation members of registered primary cooperative societies. The scheme
contains subsidy with bank credit
linkage with an unit cost of Rs.1.50
lakhs for a 15 member primary
society
with
(50%)subsidy
Rs.75,000/-, (40%) bank loan Rs.
60,000/- and (10%) beneficiary
contribution Rs.15,000/-.
28
Scheduled Castes
Welfare
Specials Component Plan for SCs
Educational Programmes-Hostels
Distribution of House Sites under
INDIRAMMA
Post Matric Scholarships
29
Andhra Pradesh
Economic Support Program
Scheduled Castes
Cooperative Finance
Corporation Ltd
NSKFDC loans
30 Tribal Welfare
Education-Tribal Welfare Schools and
Hostels
Pre and Post Matric Sholarships
Student Helath Insurance Scheme
Conservation cum Development Plan for
PTGs
Tribal Sub plans
Subsidy Schemes (@30000/-per
beneficiary)
Coffee Plantation Projects
Rubber Plantations Project
Incentives for Intercaste Marriages
Referral Cases-Medical Expenses
31
Minorities Welfare
Reimbursement of Tuition Fee
Maintenance of Pre and Post
Matric Hostels for Minorities
Improvement and Development of
and colleges for minorities
32
Housing
Weaker Section Housing
Programmes-INDIRAMMA & IAY