1. Youth Action for Rural Development
(YARD)
under
Bharat Nirmaan Volunteers Programme
Mr. S. A. Ashraful Hasan
Director,
Abdul Nazeer Sab State Institute of
Rural Development, Mysore -
570011, Karnataka
2. Goal
“Enable youth to acquire Vision,
Commitment and Capacity to transform
villages with Sustainable Development”.
3. Objectives
To create a band of young and enterprising facilitators.
To empower and enhance capacity of 1000 youth in governance issues.
To equip the rural youth to oversee the effective implementation of
flagships programmes .
To develop competency in skills of Management and Leadership amongst
rural youth.
To develop rural youth as ‘Angles of Change’.
4. Batch - 01
Selection Process : From 14th February 2011
Duration : Six Days (Phase - 01)
Date : 14th March to 19th March 2011
Venue : Shri Taralabalu Krishi
Vignana Kendra, Davanagere
Participants : Total of 34 Members (20 Males
and 14 Females)
No. of Gram
Panchayaths (GPs) : 25
5. The Volunteers
Expected Nos. : 50 (25 Males and 25 Females)
No. Participated : 40 (23 Males and 17 Females)
No. of Dropouts : 06 (03 Males and 03 Females)
No. Completed Training : 34 (20 Males and 14 Females)
6. The Highlights
100s of youth gathered to understand and participate in the
programme.
First phase of Batch-01 was completed successfully.
34 youth including 14 females participated in the training.
Training was conducted locally.
PRA was conducted in the field with good community support.
7. Expressions
“We learned about personality development, activities to be performed as volunteers.
Training was imparted in a good manner. It would be very good if a handbook on the
training is provided” - Mr. Nagaraj P
“Kindly motivate the youth to join hands with the government to work for the
betterment of the society” - Ms. Manjula
“We feel difficult to learn more subjects in less duration”
“We could have learned more if this training was increased for four more days. More
information on HIV AIDS could have been shared”
8. Expressions (Contd…)
“I request to impart additional training with many more subjects and varieties of
methodology” - Ms. R. A. Mamatha
“Secured very good information. More could have been imparted”
“We, who did not have any information about the Panchayath Raj System and
addressing our problems, have gathered knowledge in this one week training.
Thanks to Abdul Nazeer Sab State Institute of Rural Development (ANSSIRD)” -
Mr. S. Nagaraja
“We have learned many issues in this excellent training programme. It would
have been good if the duration is increased to 10 more days. We visited two
villages and visit to two more villages would have increased our awareness” - Ms.
Sumalatha
9. Expressions (Contd…)
“We learned how to work as a volunteer with service mindedness. We also
learned discipline to be incorporated in our services” - Mr. Umesh M
“I have acquired new and fresh experiences from training and have learned
everything happily” - Ms. Latha R. T
“I suggest to increase the duration of field visit and also the programme” - Ms.
Nethravathi
“It would have been good if more consultants were invited. It was told that a team
from Central Government will visit, but it did not come. Efforts should be made
to invite the team atleast for the next batch. Good knowledge was provided in this
training programme” - Mr. P. G. Dinesh Kumar
10. Expressions (Contd…)
“We, who did not have any information, are provided with complete knowledge to
be imparted in our villages and work as volunteers by Fathima madam and
Wilfred sir. They have guided us excellently. My sincere request to you is to
provide additional knowledge to us” - Mr. Siddesh
“Our S. N. Fathima madam and Wilfred D’ Souza sir has given us complete
knowledge. I request that they should be selected for the next volunteers training
also. These two are enough to provide information to any sort of people. For
example, they have changed us” - Mr. Lokesh Kumar
“We are provided information with good intention. All teachers have given us
good training. It is not possible to learn everything in one week. Hence, training
should be increased for eight more days. We could learn more. This is my
opinion” - Mr. Sanna Yogendrachar
11. Responses
Series1,
Excellent,
67%, 67%
Series1,
Good, 18%,
18%
Series1,
Satisfactor
y, 3%, 3%
Series1,
Poor, 0%,
0%
Series1, No
Response,
12%, 12%
Ice-Breaking
Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor No Response
Series1,
Excellent,
61%, 61%
Series1,
Good, 12%,
12%
Series1,
Satisfactor
y, 0%, 0%
Series
1,
Poor,
0%,
0%
Series1, No
Response,
27%, 27%
Debate - "Is India a Rich
Country?"
Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor No Response
12. Responses (Contd…)
Series1,
Excellent,
55%, 55%
Series1,
Good,
36%, 36%
Series1,
Satisfactor
y, 0%, 0%
Series1,
Poor, 0%,
0%
Series1,
No
Response,
9%, 9%
Collage Work on Aspects of
Development
Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor No Response
Series1,
Excellent,
45%, 46%
Series1,
Good, 24%,
24%
Series1,
Satisfactor
y, 9%, 9%
Series
1,
Poor,
0%,
0%
Series1, No
Response,
21%, 21%
Discussion on "Sustainable
Farming"
Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor No Response
13. Responses (Contd…)
Series1,
Excellent,
70%, 70%
Series1,
Good,
21%, 21%
Series1,
Satisfactor
y, 0%, 0%
Series1,
Poor, 0%,
0%
Series1,
No
Response,
9%, 9%
Discussion on "Protection of
Environment"
Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor No Response
Series1,
Excellent,
64%, 64%
Series1,
Good, 33%,
33%
Series1,
Satisfactor
y, 3%, 3%
Series
1,
Poor,
0%,
0%
Series1, No
Response,
0%, 0%
Discussion on "HIV AIDS"
Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor No Response
14. Responses (Contd…)
Series1,
Excellent,
58%, 58%
Series1,
Good, 33%,
33%
Series1,
Satisfactor
y, 0%, 0%
Series1,
Poor, 0%,
0%
Series1, No
Response,
9%, 9%
Participatory Rural Appraisal
Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor No Response
Series1,
Excellent,
64%, 64%
Series1,
Good, 30%,
30%
Series1,
Satisfactory
, 0%, 0%
Series1,
Poor, 0%,
0%
Series1, No
Response,
6%, 6%
Introduction to Panchayath Raj
System
Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor No Response
15. Responses (Contd…)
Series1,
Excellent,
70%, 70%
Series1,
Good, 21%,
21%
Series1,
Satisfactory,
9%, 9%
Series1,
Poor, 0%, 0%
Series1, No
Response,
0%, 0%
Participatory Rural Appraisal in the
Field
Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor No Response
Series1,
Excellent,
45%, 46%
Series1,
Good, 39%,
39%
Series1,
Satisfactor
y, 15%, 15%
Series1,
Poor, 0%,
0%
Series1, No
Response,
0%, 0%
Flagship Programmes of
Development
Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor No Response
16. Achievements
There were and are enquiries about the programme.
Youth are waiting to get trained under the programme.
The programme was conducted locally.
Very good participation by the youth, especially the female candidates.
Students learned the skills to mobilize the community and also to
perform street play.
17. Challenges
Duration of the course - participants desired to learn many things, but
we had to rush through.
Venue caused disturbances - disturbances from the families, asking for
frequent permissions and leaves, etc.
Identification of the expert resource persons.