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Project Report | Aug 17, 2018
HPPI Turns 20 - It all started with standing by the side of poor.

By Shivani Narang | National Partnership Officer

Greetings from Humana People to People Chairperson, Dr. A. Padmavathi

Humana People to People India (HPPI) is celebrating its 20th birthday as I am writing this note for the Annual Report 2017-18.

Starting with implementing the first community development project in Alwar District, Rajasthan, with seven employees and reaching out to 2,400 people in 1998, HPPI has grown to having implemented 74 projects across 14 states and benefitting around two million people in 2017-18.

On behalf of all of us in Humana People to People India, we send our heartfelt greetings to all partners: Government of India and State Governments, international government departments, foundations and organisations, private companies who have contributed through CSR initiatives, individuals; and last but not least, member organisations of the International Humana People to People Movement.

Through support and collective action, we have been successful in transforming millions of lives across the country. The stories of courage and inspiration of the people impacted are constantly shared verbally and through our digital platforms (website and social media). Do visit our channels to read and share these stories ( Website, Facebook, Twitter)

I would like to highlight some achievements of the past year: The first is the expansion of the Kadam Programme and the efforts to bring Out-of-School Children back to school, and to prevent in-school children, especially girls, from dropping out of school and securing them equal opportunities. More than 50,000 children were benefitted by Kadam during the year. The Kadam programme has also met with widespread appreciation from the Ministry of Human Resource Development and several State Governments, and will now be further scaled up to more states through Private Public Partnership models in the coming years.

I am also very proud to share that we directly engaged with more than 250,000 women across our project initiatives for gender equality and women empowerment. These include large-scale projects that train women in functional and financial literacy, entrepreneurship and skills training and support women to start their own enterprises and income-generating activities through microfinance. All these activities contributed towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal no. 5, i.e. “achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls”. It also contributed to improving the lives of the families of these women, translating to more than 1.2 million people. Let me also mention HPPI’s contribution in 2017-18 to make India TB-free by conducting awareness campaigns and providing household information to 1.1 million people living in slums across 11 districts of Delhi, and supporting those affected by tuberculosis with test and treatment.

Lastly, I want to emphasise that HPPI is committed to continue the efforts of expansion in both quantity and quality of the five broad areas of development work – education, health, livelihood & community development, environmental sustainability and microfinance – all aligned with the global Sustainable Development Goals.

Operationally, all HPPI projects are people-centric and build on engagement and ownership of the activities by the people benefitted and with an administrative and organisational framework that ensures the highest level of accountability and transparency.

We look forward to working together with all stakeholders and partners in many years to come!

Attachments:

HPPI_Annual_Report_201718_.pdf (PDF)

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May 8, 2018
Women Propelling Social Parity - the story of Kanta

By Louise Mors Erichsen | Partnership/Communications

“Why aren’t you marrying off your daughter yet? Do you want us to approach the Panchayat to resolve the issue?”

“Why do you need to continue her education? Do you think your daughter will be the next Prime Minister of this country?”

No sooner had Kanta's daughter completed her standard 4th studies, such questions became commonplace in Kakarda village. Good grades couldn’t save the young girl from being withdrawn from the local school in the middle of her standard 5th classes, and barely after reaching the legal age for marriage, she was wedded and sent off to her husband’s house.

Her two younger brothers – aged 10 and 13 – continue to attend school today.

These are run-of-the-mill occurrences in the villages of Karahal region in Sheopur district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Entrenched social malpractices nip in the bud most progressive steps introduced in these settings, and, as is usually the case, the womenfolk bear the worst of its impacts.

“I had to succumb to the demands of our society and marry off my daughter. But, as soon as I registered in the Sashakt project and attended the first few training sessions, I resolved to challenge these norms in my own way,” recalls a stern-looking Kanta, as her husband enters the house.

“It wouldn’t have been possible without his support, though,” she quickly adds, gesturing towards Ram, her stern look slowly giving way to a gentle smile.

“Those were tough days,” recalls Ram, joining the conversation.

“For an entire month, she was attending a silai (sewing) training at the residential Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) in Sheopur, and I had to cook for the children and self after coming back from work. But I knew all this hard work will pay off one day, and today I am proud to say that my wife is the only one in this village who stepped out of its boundary and attended this month-long training. For all these reasons and much more, we are all very thankful to the trainers of the Sashakt project for selecting our village,” adds Ram, who works as a daily wager.

The Sashakt women empowerment project is being implemented in this village by Humana People to People India since early-2017.

Project Sashakt (Financial Inclusion and economic empowerment of ultra-poor women in MP) – with a goal to achieve economic empowerment of ultra-poor women through building their capability to overcome poverty shocks and bring about attitudinal changes for sustainability of their livelihoods – is targeting 40,000 ultra-poor women in Gwalior and Sheopur districts of Madhya Pradesh. The project achieves this goal by providing the target women population with financial literacy, knowledge and awareness on gender issues and rights, primary health and developing entrepreneurial and skill capacities.

Following the training, Kanta’s family income has increased by up to Rs. 6,000 per month and with augmented savings, the couple is now looking forward to a better planned future.

Kanta, however, wants to go beyond and help others achieve financial freedom.

“Now that I know how to stitch garments, I want to teach it to other people interested in learning this art, so they can generate more income,” she says.

“And why just women? Even men can be good tailors. So, I am open to teaching interested men of our village as well,” she quips.

Following the Project Sashakt intervention, this newfound confidence is now quite palpable in many women of this region and is instrumental in bringing about much-needed gender parity in the communities here.

Links:

http://www.humana-india.org

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Jan 25, 2018
HPPI's annual report is out!

By Louise Mors Erichsen | Partnership officer - Communications

We would like to share with you our new annual report, despicting HPPI achievements in 2016-2016.

Note from HPPI's chair person, Dr. A. Padmavathi:

Humana People to People India (HPPI) is working towards contribu ng to the Sustainable Development Goals and the e orts of Central and State Governments to achieve the same. HPPI has been able to almost double its outreach during the year and has bene ed more than 2 million people through 60 development projects and 40 micro nance branches across 10 states.

The programmes and projects implemented by HPPI are holis c in nature, are driven by the community, and focus on crea ng development together with the vulnerable groups and the most marginalised in the society. Women Empowerment, gender awareness, women’s rights and providing equal opportuni es for girls are integral focus areas across all our projects.

Our por olio of projects has grown substan ally during this repor ng year, and we have been able to scale and develop replicable project models in the areas of Educa on, Health, Livelihood and Community Development, Environmental Sustainability and Micro nance. Out of the many impressive results during the year, I would like to highlight the following:

1.2 million women have been empowered through various projects and ac vi es through Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship Training, Skill Training, Func onal Literacy and Health Awareness, and more than 60,000 women have got access to microcredit from Humana Micro nance. Across projects, women from both rural and urban marginalised communi es now play an ac ve role in their communi es and have improved their family economy through income genera on and engagement in the nancial mainstream facili es.

40,000 children have been impacted through in-school interven ons aimed at improving their learning levels. These include students from our a er-school programmes for girls, preven ng them from dropping out of school and building their con dence, and students at the ‘Kadam Centres’ for out-of-school children, preparing them for enrolment in formal schools. HPPI is also working with state governments to train primary school teachers – both in-service and pre-service – and has impacted more than 5,000 teachers in 2016-17.

I would like to take this opportunity to say a big Thank You to our more than 60 partners in development – na onal and interna onal organisa ons, corporates, private partners and State Governments – for your support and trust in us that enabled us to bring about a change in the lives of over 2 million people.

With accountability and transparency we are commi ed to further expand and increase the impact of our joint e orts!

Attachments:

HPPI Annual Report 16-17 (PDF)

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