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1. Title Of The Project:LIVELIHOOD FOR THE CYCLONE AFFECTED 1000 FAMILIES IN BALASORE
DISTRICT
2. Location Of The Project:a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Country – India
State – Odisha
District –Balasore
Block – Baliapal
Number of severely affected villages –20
3. Brief Description About The Target Area:-
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Balasore District At A Glance
Country
State
Headquarters
Area
• Total
Elevation
Population (2011)
• Total
• Rank
• Density
Languages
• Official
Nearest city
Sex ratio
Literacy
Climate
Precipitation
Avg. summer
temperature
Avg. winter
temperature
India
Odisha
Balasore
3,634 km2(1,403 sq mi)
90.08 m (295.54 ft)
2,317,419
4
609/km2(1,580/sq mi)
Oriya, Hindi, English
Bhubaneswar
957
80.66%
Aw (Köppen)
1,583 millimetres
(62.3 in)
43.1 °C (109.6 °F)
10.6 °C (51.1 °F)
History:
Balasore district was a part of the ancient Kalinga and later became a
territory of Toshala or Utkal, till the death of Mukunda Dev. it was
annexed by Mughals in 1568 and remained as a part of their suzerainty up
to 1750-51. Subsequently, the Marathas of Nagpur occupied this part of
Odisha and it came under the dominion of the Maratha rajas. In 1803, this
part was ceded to the British East India Company through the treaty of
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Deogaon and it became a part of Bengal Presidency until 1912. But The
First English Settlement came into existencein Balasore region in 1634
while Shah Jahan was the Emperor at Delhi. The Region was an early
trading port for British, French and Dutch Ships in the early age of
enlightenment and became a colonial part of first Danish India and
later British India. The first of English factories was established in this
region in 1640. During this period Dutch and Danish settlements were also
found in this region.
Balasore as a separate district was created in October 1828 while it was in
the Bengal Presidency. With the creation of Bihar province, Odisha was
diverted along with Balasore district from Bengal to Bihar. With the
creation of Orissa as a separate state on 1 April 1936, Balasore became an
integral part of the new state. The national movement of independence
surged ahead with the visit of Mahatma Gandhi in 1921. Inchudi salt
revolution (Lavana Satyagrah) and Srijang Satyagrah for non-payment of
revenue tax are famous as part of the struggle for freedom movement.
Praja Andolan was initiated against the ruler of Nilagiri state. In January
1948, the state of Nilagiri was merged with the state of Orissa and
became a part of Balasore district. On 3 April 1993, Bhadrak sub-division
became a separate district.
In the early 17th Century, Balasore was an important trading destination
in the eastern coastline of India. Inhabitants of the place sailed to distant
ports in South-East Asia, especially to Lacadive and Maldives Islands for
Trade and Culture. Copper Coins Excavated from Bhograi and statues of
Lord Buddha Unearthed From Places Like Avana, Kupari, Basta & Ajodhya
signify the existence of Buddhism in Balasore which was popular during
the rule of Bhoumakar Dynasty. The statues of Lord Mahavira found at
Jaleswar, Balasore & Avana date back to the 10-11th Century and show
the existence of Jainism inthe Region.
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Geography:
Balasore district is located in the Northeast ofthe state of Odisha and lies
between 21° 3' To 21° 59' North Latitude and 86° 20' To 87° 29' East
Longitude. The average altitude of the district is 19.08 Meter. The District
has a total area of 3634 Km2. It Is Bounded by Midnapore district of West
Bengal in its North, the Bay of Bengal in the East,Bhadrak District in the
South and Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar Districts on its Western Side.
Balasore is also known "The City Of Land On Sea Shore” Or " City Of Sand"
Broadly the district can be divided into three geographical regions,
namely, the Coastal Belt, the Inner Alluvial Plain andthe North-Western
Hills. The Coastal Belt isabout 81 Km wide and shaped like a Strip. In this
region, sand dunes are noticed along the coast with some ridges. This
region is mostly flooded with brackish water of estuarine rivers which Is
unsuitable for cultivation. Presently this area is utilized for coconut and
betel cultivation. Shrimp culture and salt manufacturing units are also
developing in this area recently. The Second Contiguous Geographical
Region Is Deltaic Alluvial Plain. It isa wide stretch of highly fertile and
irrigated land. This Area Is Highly Populous and Devoid of any Jungle. The
Third Region, North-Western Hilly Region covers most of Nilagiri subdivision. It Is Mostly Hilly Terrain and Vegetated With Tropical Semi-Ever
Green Forests. The Hills of Nilagiri has the highest peak of 543 metre
above the sea level. The Scheduled Tribes of the district are mostly seen
in this region of valuable forest resources and stone quarries.
Balasore, the coastal district of Odisha is crisscrossed with perennial and
Estuarine Rivers because of its proximity to the Sea. Two important rivers
of Odisha, Namely :- Budhabalanga and Subarnarekha Pass through this
District From West To East Before Surging Into The Bay Of Bengal. The
Irrigation System in Balasore District isvery much widespread.
The Soil of Balasore District ismostly Alluvial Laterite. The Soil of central
region is mostly clay, Clay Loam and Sandy Loam which is very fertile for
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paddy and other farm produces. Nilagiri sub-division is mostly gravelly
and Lateritic Soil, which isless fertile. A small strip of Saline Soil is also
seen along The Extreme Coastal Part ofthe District.
Demographics:
According to the 2011 Census Balasore District has a population of
2,317,419, roughly equal to The Nation of Latvia orthe US State of New
Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 195th in India (Out of a total of 640). The
District hasapopulation density of 609 inhabitants per square kilometre
(1,580 /Sq Mi). Its Population Growth Rate Over The Decade 2001-2011
Was 14.47%.Baleshwar has a Sex Ratio of 957 females forevery 1000
Males and a Literacy Rate Of 80.66%
Languages:
The Primary Language Is Oriya. Other Languages Include Bhunjia, Spoken
by Approximately 7000 Bhunjia Adivasis and Santali.
Economy:
Balasore Is the main town in the district of Balasore. The Primary
occupation of people in the district of Balasore is cultivation. Balasore
district is mostly known for cultivation of paddy, since Rice Is thestaple
cerealof thelocal people. The district has four major revenue sources.
Industries, Agriculture, Fishing and Tourism.
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Socio-Economic Picture Of The Targeted Villages:
Distribution Of Population By Caste In The Target Area:
 Percentage of SC Population inthe Target Area. : 28%
 Percentage Of ST Population In The Target Area.2%
 Percentage Of OBC Population In The Target Area.: 69:
 Percentage Of Minority Population In The Target Area.:1%
Literacy & Education inthe Target Area:
 Male Literacy Rate inthe Target Area. 58%
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 Female Literacy Rate in the Target Area.:43%
 Rate of drop out among the boy students in the primarylevel of
education. : 33%
 Rate of drop out among the girl students in the primary level of
education.:54%
 Rate of drop out among the boy students in the high school level of
education.: 47%
 Rate of drop out among the boy students in the high school level of
education.: 83%
It is evident from the above data that the picture of education is dismal in
the target area. In particular the female literacy rate is very low and the
enrolment of the girl children in the school is very low. The rate of drop
out among the girl students in the primary schools is also very low. The
results are the day to day lives of the poor and marginalized people in
general and the women in particular are guided by different social
superstitions and religious dogmas. The illiterate and ignorant women
have no awareness about the right and entitlements and they are
subjected to exploitations, atrocities and gender injustices.
Occupational Structure in The Target Area:
68% of the population in the target area depends on agriculture for
theirlivelihood; 22% depend on daily labour; 2% depend on animal
husbandry; 2% depend on cottage industry; 5% depend on business and
1% depends on service.
22% of the population in the target area depends on daily labour for their
livelihood. These people are either landless labourer or marginal farmers,
whose average land holding is very small.As agricultural operations are
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very limited in the target area they do not get employment more than 65
to 70 days in a year in the target area. In the remaining season they have
to migrate to far-flung town & town-lets in search of jobs.It is evident
from the above data that 68% of the population in the target area
depends on agriculture for their livelihood. But ironically, agriculture is
very handicapped and backward in this area due to lack of irrigation
facilities, lack of improved inputs , lack of training & technology, lack of
capital etc. Consequently, the agricultural productivity per acre as well as
per labour is very low. Low agricultural productivity leads to low income,
which in turn results in crushing poverty of the masses. 46% of the
population in the target area lives below the poverty line.
Standard Of Living:
46% of the population in the target area lives below the poverty line.
Their income is too low to have even square meals a day. 65% of the
population in the target area lives in kutcha houses in totally unhygienic
condition. They have hardly any access to the basic needs of life. Due to
poverty and the resultant low purchasing capacity most of the villagers
only consume rice without having any protein content leading to severe
mal-nutrition of the people in general and women and children in
particular. 32% of the rural men in this area suffer from mal-nutrition.
73% of the women and 78% of the children in the target area suffer from
mal-nutrition. Only 12% of the families in the target area have access to
safe drinking water resulting in outbreak of different water-borne
diseases. Only 5% of the families in the target area have access to
sanitation facilities. The health care system is totally in a mess in the
target area. More than 60% of the populations in this area have no access
to safe drinking water.
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4. Background Of The Project:A super cyclone called as Phailin hit the Balasore Costal Area in Odisha
leaving behind a trail of destruction and devastation on 12thof October
2013, Saturday. The cyclone has affected more than 5,00,000 people in
Odisha. Thousands of cottages have been demolished. The standing crops
in the thousand acres of land have been totally damaged. The economic
loss is huge and enormous. Lacks of people have been made homeless.
The loss of standing crops has caused huge economic loss to the poor
farmers. In this situation there is an urgent need to launch an economic
rehabilitation programme for the cyclone victims in Odisha.
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The flood filled the cup misery of the cyclone affected people. Due to
incessant and torrential rainfall for a couple of days the costal belt of
Balasore district were already inundated. Heavy rainfall caused flood in
the costal belt of Balasore district. Hundreds of villages had been
inundated and practically been marooned. Thousands of huts and hovels
had been washed away making lacks of people homeless. The cattle of
the poor people have died. The standing crops had been totally damaged
living thousands of farmers in the face of an agonizing future. The super
cyclone along with flood has totally destructed and devastated the
backward villages in Baliapal blocks in Balasore district in Odisha. The
heavy rainfall for the last couple of days has worsened the situation. The
affected villages in Baliapal blocks are totally marooned and cut off from
the district headquarter. The flood and cyclone victims have no food, no
safe drinking water, and no medical help. There is no electricity at the
marooned villages. The flood and cyclone victims are seeking shelter in
the river embankments and other temporary makeshifts.
To provide temporary relief to the flood and cyclone affected people
“ARM,” the applicant NGO had started emergent relief work at the
severely affected villages. “ARM” provided dry food, safe drinking water,
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medicine, cloths and also tarpaulin for temporary shelter to the cyclone
cum flood affected people. But the economy of the area has been totally
bruised leaving lacks of people in the jaws of an uncertain and agonizing
future. The standing agricultural crops have been totally damaged making
the poor inhabitants of the area resource-less. There will be no food
security for more than 80% of the people in the next 6 months due to loss
of agricultural crops. The poor people have also been made shelter-less as
their huts and hovels had been collapsed in the flood and cyclone. The
livelihood of the poor people has been totally ruined.
Taking in view the said situation there is an urgent need to start an
integrated economic rehabilitation programme for providing shelter
repairing and support to the flood and cyclone victims in the target area.
5. Overall Goal Of The Project:The overall goal of the project is to economically rehabilitate the cyclone
cum flood victims and integrate them into the mainstream of
development.
6. Objective Of The Project:a. To provide house repairing materials to the home-less cyclone cum
flood victims whose houses had been Partially damaged.
b. To provide financial assistance to the cyclone cum flood victims for
goat and chicken rearing.
7. Target Groups:Cyclone and flood affected poor people are the target groups of the
proposed project. These people have been either made shelter-less due to
severe damage of their dwelling houses. They have lost their standing
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crops. They have lost their cattle. They have also lost their income
generation activities due to cyclone and flood. They are totally resourceless and helpless. They live in extreme poverty being denied of all the
basic needs of life. They are homeless. They have no livelihood security.
They have no food security. They have been reduced to the destitute
having no shelter, food or livelihood.
8. Benefitting Population:The proposed project wills directly benefit 1000 families flood affected
people who live in extreme poverty being deprived of all the basic needs
of life.
 Provide house repairing Material: House repairing material to 300
families will be provided in the form of GCI Sheets, and the other
materials required for the construction of house will be contributed
by the family.
 Financial Assistance For Cattle i.e. Goatery :-Financial Assistance for
goatery will benefit 300 flood affected poor families. Other
maintenance and construction of shed will be contributed by the
family.
 Financial Assistance For Cattle i.e. Poultry:-Financial Assistance for
poultry will benefit 400 flood affected poor families. Other
maintenance and construction of shed will be contributed by the
family.

9. Activities Of The Project:The activities of the proposed project are described below:
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a. Provide house repairing Material: Each family will be provided 10 no of
Galvanised Corogated Iron (GCI)sheets for the covering of the roof and
the other materials required for the construction of house will be
contributed by the family. So 300 Families will be provided 3000 no of GCI
sheets.
b.Financial Assistance For Poultry:-400 resource-less families who
had lost their poultry in the super cyclone and flood will be given
financial assistance for purchasing their cattle like poultry . Each
family will be given 20 no of chicken in kinds so that they can
recoup their loss. 400 families will be directly benefited from this
programme. They will be given financial assistance in kinds that
means they will be given poultry chicks, so that they can start their
poultry. The implementing organization i.e. ARM will purchase the
poultry chicks from the project fund and will hand over the inputs
to the beneficiaries in kinds so that they can start their poultry.
Money will not be directly given to the beneficiaries so that they
cannot miss-utilize the money for other purpose. The implementing
agency will purchase the poultry chicks and will handover it to the
beneficiaries.
C.Financial Assistance For Goatry:- 300 resource-less families who
had lost their goats in the super cyclone and flood will be given
financial assistance for purchasing their cattle like goats. Each
family will be given two no of she goats in kinds so that they can
recoup their loss. 300 families will be directly benefited from this
programme. They will be given financial assistance in kinds that
means they will be given she goats, so that they can start their
goatery. The implementing organization i.e. ARM will purchase the
she goats from the project funds and will hand over the inputs to
the beneficiaries in kinds so that they can start their goatery.
Money will not be directly given to the beneficiaries so that they
cannot miss-utilize the money for other purpose. The implementing
agency will purchase the she goats and directly handover it to the
beneficiaries.
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10. Duration Of The Project:-The duration of the project will be for 1
year.
11. Work Plan:Sl.
No.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Name Of Activity
Time
Activity To Be
Required For
Done In The
Completion Of Month (1st – 12th)
Activity
Final selection of beneficiaries, 1 Month
1st Month
need assessment survey for
livelihood
development
programme.
Providing
house
repairing 10 Months
2nd – 11th Month
Material to the affected
families.
Distribution of Poultry chicks
2 Months
3rd – 4th Month
Distribution of she goats
2Months
5th – 6th Month
12. Financial Implication Of The Project:A. Programme Cost
Serial
Major Head
No.
1.
Provide
House
repairing Material to
300 families @10 no
of sheet
2.
Cost for providing
financial assistance
to 300 families For 2
no of she goats @ 50
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Item Of Expenditure
In US$
Provide 10 no of GCI
sheet to a family,
10sheetX 10US$ X300
Family
Cost of providing goat
300 family X50 Us $
Estimated Cost
(in US $)
30,000
15,000
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3
4
US $
Cost of financing to 400 Families X20 US$
400
families
on
chicken
chicks@20
US$ per family
Project
For 12 months @ 75
Administration
US$ X12
Total
8,000
900
53,900
13. Expected Results Of The Project:The Objective Wise Results Of The Project Are Highlighted Below:
Sl.
Objective
No.
a.
To
Provide
house
repairing material to
the shelter-less people
whose houses had been
damaged during cyclone
b.
To Provide Financial
Assistance
to
the
cyclone
cum
flood
victims for cattle goat
Expected Results
I.
II.
I.
II.
III.
c.
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To Provide Financial
Assistance
to
the
1.
300 families will get the House
repairing material for the roof.
The living condition of 300 poor
families will be improved
300 flood affected poor families who
had lost their cattle in the cyclone
cum flood will get goatery for income
generation
300 flood affected families will have
a new scope for having a good
income from goatery and out of their
poverty
The standard of living of 300 flood
affected poor families will be
improved
400 flood affected Poor families who
had lost their cattle in the cyclone
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Cyclone
and
flood
affected poor families
for chicken chicks
cum flood will get chicken chicks for
income generation
2. 400 flood affected families will have
a new scope for having a good
income from chicken and out of their
poverty
3. The standard of living of 400 flood
affected poor families will be
improved
4.
14. Monitoring Of The Project:For the monitoring of the project a three tier monitoring system will be
introduced. At the field level the activities of the field workers will be
monitored by the project supervisors. At the middle level the activities of
the project supervisors will be monitored by the project coordinator. At the
upper level the functioning of the project coordinator and the activities of
the project will be monitored by a project monitoring committee consisting
of 2 board members of the applicant NGO, the project advisor of the
applicant NGO, the Project Coordinator, 2 representatives of the flood cum
cyclone affected villagers and1 representative of the local self government.
The field workers will report to the project supervisor in the weekly
meetings organized at the field level. The project supervisors will report to
the project coordinator in the fortnightly meetings. The project coordinator
will report to the project monitoring committee in the monthly meetings
Monitoring Mechanism
Project Monitoring Committee consisting of 2 Board
Members of Applicant NGO, the Project Advisor of ARM, 2
Representatives of the Flood cum Cyclone affected
villagers and1 Representative of the Local Self
Government.
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Project Coordinator
Project Supervisors
Field Workers
Reporting System
Project Monitoring Committee
Reporting System
The members of project monitoring committee will
discuss with the project coordinator about the progress of
the project in the monthly meetings on the basis of the
feedback received from the Project Coordinator, the
Project Monitoring Committee will submit the quarterly,
half-yearly and annual report to the funding agency.
Project Coordinator
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The Project Coordinator will report to the members of
Project Monitoring Committee in the monthly meetings.
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Documentation:
The activities of the project will be properly documented through
photography and video recording. The data collected from the project will
be properly recorded and maintained. The photographs, video clippings,
case studies and the compiled data will be submitted to the funding agency
along with the project reports.
Audit:
After completion of one year the accounts of the project will be properly
audited by a registered Chartered Accountant. The audited statement of
accounts will be submitted to the funding agency.
15. Evaluation Of The Project:After the termination of the project the impacts of the project will be
assessed through a detailed evaluation study. For the evaluation of the
project different indicators will be developed. Through assessment of
indicators developed the evaluation of the project will be made. One
Evaluation Committee consisting of 2 Board Members of the applicant
NGO, 2 representatives of the flood affected beneficiaries, 1 representative
of the local self government and 1 external evaluator will be formed.
16. Sustainability Of The Project:The activities of the project will be followed-up and sustained by the
beneficiaries themselves in active help and collaboration of the applicant
NGO. Beneficiaries’ committees will be formed for each of the programme
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of the project. The beneficiaries’ committees will look after the follow-up
of the programmes. However, the financial sustainability of the project will
be achieved through raising funds from the local community and also by
way of taking-up different innovative fund raising programme. To achieve
financial sustainability funds will also be raised from the local businessmen
and traders.
Date:-28/05/2014Name & Signature Of The Project Holder
Rajendra Kumar Rana
Coordinating Member
ALTERNATIVE FOR RURAL MOVEMENT(ARM)
Baliapal,Balasore,Orissa,INDIA – 756026
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