VACHAN
Brief Report
2006 - 2008
VACHAN
Vasundhara Bunglow, Shivaji Nagar,Near Ambedkar Nagar,
Nasik Pune Road, Nasik 422006. Ph.: (0253)2419220
Fax: (0253)2412379 E- mail :vachan @sancharnet.in
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VACHAN
About us
VACHAN is a development organisation working for more than a
decade, with the tribals of Igatpuri and Triambakeshwar blocks of
Nashik district in the state of Maharashtra. Nashik district primarily
has farm based economy, half of its Blocks have are predominantly
tribal population.
VACHAN has been involved in various
programmes with an aim to make a dent on poverty with an
integrated approach. The programmes have been in the realm of
Primary Education, Primary Health, Livelihood and Governance.
VACHAN started with working in 20 villages and has now reached
up to 60 villages. There are studies, which categorically show that
now poverty in India is concentrated in specific pockets with
associated common parameters. One of the common parameter in
most of these pockets is observed to be the fact that these are the tribals living in remote areas.
And hence the determination to continue working in such areas with grassroots development
programmes gets an edge of urgency.
About the people
The population is widely spread with most of the villages has less than 400 households. The
main village has hamlets and the entire village is spread across the main village and hamlets.
The area is hilly like Konkan region and experiences high rainfall. The tribals inhabit the small
hillocks. Mahadeo Koli and Thakar are the dominant tribes.
The farmers possess small patches of land on the hill slopes, and at the foot of the hills. The
plot at the foot of the hill is used to grow Paddy. The slightly higher patch of land is for
Khurasani - an oil seed and the higher, very sloppy plots are used in rotation for Ragi - Finger
millet. Some of the villages are surrounded by Dam reservoirs of Vaitarna, Alwandi, Mukane
rivers. Inspite of this the agriculture is mainly rainfed. Average rainfall of the area is 3000 mm
during June-September period. Recently we have worked with slum dwellers of Malegaon
mainly migrated population.
Our approach
VACHAN believes that the development of the poor families can best take place by
 Reaching out the unreached to ensure participation of the marginalized
 Encouraging the community to take initiative
 Encouraging involvement of women in the development process
 The emphasis on reaching out to the hamlets on priority as they are the most vulnerable
 Facilitating development of Community Volunteers and fostering those skills that
would lead to a sustainable development
 Complimenting efforts of the government and not duplicate parallel structures / system
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Our Legal overview:
Name of the Organization
Postal Address of the Organization
Name of Contact person for this purpose
Legal status of the organization
- Society / Trust registration number
- Date of registration
- FCRA registration number
- Date of registration
- 12 A registration number
- 80G registration number
- Income tax registration number
Voluntary Association for Community Health And
Nurture (VACHAN)
Vasundhara Bunglow, Shivaji Nagar, Near Ambedkar
Nagar,Nasik Pune Road, Nasik 422006
Dr Dhruv Mankad/ Shri Mahe
Registered Society and Public Trust
MAH/3900/95/NSK , F-3730/NSK
15.07.1995, 24.07.1995
083780382
07.05.1987
INS/25858 dated 25/8/1986
Applied for
AAATV3051A
Programme as evolved over the years
VACHAN’s efforts have been to support the community in integrated development with
interventions in

Primary Health

Innovative Education

Livelihood (Economic amd Agriculture)

Governance (Advocacy)
Primary Health
A Primary Health Centre for all the villages was the basic infrastructure available. The Nurse
could not reach out to all villages since there were no roads and no buses plying to the villages.
Reaching out to the hamlets was all the more difficult and hence not being done.
Ankur - Home based Newborn Care by the community health workers
Along with these programmes VACHAN participated in a social audit study of Infant
Mortality. SEARCH, Gadchiroli coordinated this study and designed a programme for home
based care for newborn with 6 other organisations across the State. Initially the programme
was in the Igatpuri taluka. About 2000 families benefited. VACHAN could reduce neonatal
mortality rate from 39 to 23. Now it has been extended into 20 tribal dominant villages in
Igatpuri and Trimbak Taluka. It covers 22000 population.
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
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SCF through SEARCH/HDFC
(From June 2003 – March 2007 )
INR 2,500,000.00
New Igatpuri block, Nashik District, 13
villages, 14000 pop., 2500 families
1300 no of mothers and 1000 newborn babies
provided services, NNMR reduced from 39 to
23 per thousand live births in 2 years
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6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
EXPANED PROJECT ITDP
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
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Dr Arvind Kulkarni
Dr Abhay Bang
Min of Tribal Welfare, GoI, thru Integrated
Tribal Development Project, Dept of Tribal
Development, Govt of Maharashtra
April 2007- March 2010
INR 40,00,000/20 villages from Igatpuri and Trimbak block,
Nashik District,
238 no of mothers, 199 no of newborn
provided services, IN PROGRESS
Ms Vaibhav Datrange
Dr Dhruv Mankad
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Nutritional Rehabilitation Centers for the Malnourished Children:
Nasik District is a focal area when considering malnourished children. With the objective of
reducing Grade III and IV malnourished children, an alliance of Socially Responsible
Corporate, Government of Maharashtra, NGOs got together and formed an Alliance called
Bhavishya Alliance. Last year, A model for rehabilitating the malnourished children with
adequate, freshly cooked nutritious meal and health check was designed and implemented by
VACHAN at Thanapada and Harsul. Trimbak Block A total of 60 children participated with a
50% drop in level of malnutrition within 6 months.
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
Bhavishya Alliance, ICDS
(April 2006 – May 2007)
INR 2,500,00.00
Harsul and Thanapada, Block
Trimbakeshwar
50 anganwadis covered, 150 children provide
services, 50% of Grade III and IV improved
Ms Shakuntala Mankad
Dr Dhruv Mankad
As a member of Bhavishya alliance it helped Dept of Home Science, SNDT to conduct a
baseline survey at Peth and Trimbak Taluka.
Sure Start – A Maternal and Child Health Programme, Malegaon
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
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Swaasthya, New Delhi and PATH
April 2006 – May 2007
INR 2,49,000.00
Malegaon Municipal Corporation, one ward
Started the MCH programme,
Ms Shakuntala Mankad
Dr Dhruv Mankad
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Innovative Education
Sakharshala Programme:
The same concept was focussed to education for sugarcane cutters – the migrants from Latur,
Parbhani, Osmanabad etc towards sugar factories in Nasik District. During 2002-2004 period
More than 500 children were educated at Kalwan, Niphad, Nasik, Nandgaon blocks of Nashik
District.
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
Indo American International through Janarth,
Aurangabad
( From Sept 2003 to Aug 2006 )
INR Rs 7,000,000.00
5 Sugar factories of Nashik, Kalwan, Niphad
Taluka Dist Nashik
6800 children provided pre school and school
teaching in 3 years
Ms Ashwini Kulkarni/ Ms Uma Ghouspurikar
Ms Varsha Dhake
Study Center for YCMOU programmes
VACHAN is a recognized Study Center for training Community Health Workers – Certificate
as Arogyamitra. A total of 20 members were/are being trained. They belong to Igatpuri and
Trimbakeshwar block, Nashik istrict
VACHAN is also a Study Center for training Patient Assistants – staff working in private
hospitals in and around Nasik but not trained. They can also be trained for Home based
patient’s care. Till now 21 girls from Igatpuri, Trimbakeshwar, Sinnar an Niphad blocks have
been trained and 15 of them have got jobs in hospital.
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Vachan is training CHWs of other organizations like Intervida, working in Nasik and surrounding areas.
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2. Project Period:
3. Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
Self Sustained
( From June 2006 onwards )
INR Rs 150,000.00
Nasik, Trimbakeshwar, Sinnar, Niphad,
Igatpuri
20 Arogyamitra, 21 Rugnasahayk
Ms Shakuntala Mankad
Dr Pranoti Sawkar
Anand Niketan
Vachan had a long experience of innovative non formal education programme. Vachan in
collaborations with Anand Niketan, a like minded school placed at Nasik, designed and
implemented such a non formal education programme. The school has students upto 8th
standard. The activities included educational trips, science exhibitions for middle school
children, cultural programmes, skill enhancement for teachers in non formal education and
dialogue with parents to increase their involvement. A total 350 children belonging to different
strata of urban society benefited from these activities.
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
Maharshtra Foundation, USA
From April 2007 - March 2008
INR Rs 84,000.00
Nasik
350 children provided extracurricular and
innovative activities in a school
Dr Dhruv Mankad
Ms Vinodini Kale
Livelihood (Economic and Agriculture activities)
Organic Fertilizer production and promotion programme:
Use of chemical fertilizer is on decline elsewhere but in the area where VACHAN is active, it
was hardly used. Farmers used organic fertilizers. In order to train the farmers to use organic
fertilizers properly, a unit for producing organic fertilizer has been set up at Vachanpada,
Dhargaon. 150 farmers were trained in organic farming in 2002-2006 period
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
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Actionaid
( From 2002 to 2006 )
INR 1,00,000.00
30 villages in Trimbakeshwar Taluka Dist
Nashik,
100 families use organic fertilizers
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6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
Ms Ashwini Kulkarni
Ms Sangeeta Kadlag
A demonstration plot has been established for this purpose at Vachanpada, Dhargaon, Igatpuri
taluka.
Agro Servce Centers :
Farmers needed fertilizers for soil preparation and for the growing crops. They were made
available from agro-service centres at 3 villages. VACHAN were dealers of IFFCO and RCF.
Certified seeds were also available. Farmers were provided these and pesticides on interest free
credit. In 1990 – 2006, about 3000 families benefited from this programme.
They were also outlets for any other nonfarm livelihood activities based interest free credits for
banjo and speakers, mandap and utensils, shops, tailoring, bicycle and motor pump repair
services etc. About 300 families benefited.
1. Name of Contracting Entity:
2.Contract Number:
3.Contract Value (TEC): (if subcontract,
subcontract value)
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Contracting Officer:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
Actionaid
NIL ( From 1990 to 2006 )
INR 18,00,000.00
40 villages in old Igatpuri Taluka Dist
Nashik
3000 families used improved fertilizer
services
Ms Ashwini Kulkarni
Ms Sangeeta Kadlag
Governance (Advocacy)
Vachan has been working mainly with the tribal population who are often deprived of their
rights due to various reasons. Lack of awareness about their rights, governance of these rights
by the state authorities, procedures and practices (incl malpractices) are reasons for these
problems. Vachan carried out several activities to empower the vulnerable groups like farmers,
labourers and women about their forest, land, employment guarantee rights. Women were
empowered as panchayat members as well as family members.
Empowering women against violence:
In 1995-2002, about 60 women’s SHG were set up and functioning. This included about 600
families. They used it for family needs. There were 10 thrifting groups of boys and men. They
used the loans for livelihood systems. The women SHGs also were empowered as members of
a family, society and political system. They participated and led movements against alcohol,
for land rights for tribal and for women, employment generation, domestic violence, as
members of education committees etc.
Domestic violence has been a bane amongst rural and urban communities. The recent law has
provided an important tool to fight it out. However, the women suffer from health problems as
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a direct or indirect outcome of domestic violence. A set of intervention starting from making
them aware about negligence both the family and health care provider to health care, about
identifying survivors of violence based on the behaviour and symptoms etc. A community
based cadre has been developed with the objective to identify and councel the survivors. A
block has been covered in this activity in 2007.
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
Global Human Rights through SANGRAM
April2007- March 2007
INR 4,17,216/32 villages in Trimbakeshwar Taluka, Dist
Nashik, yy pop and xx familes
28 health workers trained
Ms Sulabha Shertate
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Training Panchayati Raj Representatives
VACHAN has trained gram panchayat members of 4 blocks about the legal provisions for
decentralization of their power and responsibilities.
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
YASHADA,
April 2005 – March 2006
Rs 200,000.00
72 villages of Nandgaon Taluka, Dist Nashik,
300 members trained
Mr Tukaram Patil
YASHADA, Pune
Awareness campaign about Employment Generation Scheme
Most of the tribal families live on single crop. They donot get employment during December –
March period.
1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
University of Sussex
(From April 2005 to March 2006 )
INR 200,000
40 villages in
1500 families benifitted
Shri Sopan Khaire
Hon. Raghuvanshi
Awareness campaign about Family Courts
NALSA has been active in provide legal awareness about remedies of prolonged legal battles
at courts. VACHAN has been facilitating these efforts in 7 blocks. During 2002-2007, a total
of 14 such camps were organized.
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1. Name of Supporting Partner:
2.Project Period:
3.Project Budget :
4. Area covered
5. Achievements
6. Project In charge:
7 Technical Office (CTO):
NALSA
(From April 2006 to March 2007 )
INR 100,000
12 villages in Igatpuri, Trimbakeshwar and
Peth, Surgana, Niphad, Satana, Nasik Taluka
Dist Nashik,
1500 families benifitted
Shri Sopan Khaire
Hon. Raghuvanshi
Financial Resources
VACHAN has been raising funds from various resources. ACTIONAID – an INGO,
Department of Agriculture, Dept of Tribal Welfare, Dept. of Health and FW, Women and
Child Dept. Bhavishya Alliance are such sources.
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