1. ANTARANG to “Bharat Nirman Volunteers” KANDHAMAL DISTRICT ORISSA

2. Antaranga : Youth Mobilization Programme in Kandhamal Antaranga (Intimate Friend) programme was launched in Kandhamal district in the aftermath of communal and ethnic violence in 2008 Aims at mobilizing youth for the purpose of building peace, communal harmony and also to channelize their energies in the process of nation development Aims to provide a platform for coordinating various efforts of government, civil society organizations and individuals who were and are involved in process of not only bringing in harmony but also sustainable, equitable and rights based development to every village in the district

3. Vision: Antaranga envisages harmonization of relations between various sections of society by accepting diversity not only as a way of life but also something to be celebrated and to contribute towards nation building. This is to be achieved by putting rights and dignity of individual as human being at the centre of the programme. Now this network would bridge the gap between people & administration.

4. Core Values: Celebrating Diversity Humanism Nation Building

5. Objectives: To organize and bring youth of different cultural and religious identities to a common platform. To provide the youth with a larger exposure and broader understanding on reasons of economic and social marginalization. To develop religious tolerance through wider exposure to appropriate literature and ideologies. To develop leadership skills to strengthen secular democratic principles. To analyze the status and role of girls and women and to conscientise them to take on constructive roles in nation building.

6. Project Structure: District level Federation:- Responsible for planning, coordinating and executing various programmes Antaranga youth clubs:- in every Gram Panchayat at the village level, all sections of society with respect to religion and caste/community are represented. Aim is to ensure that at least 03 such clubs/groups are formed in each of the GPs of the district 14 Partner NGOs:- formation of these clubs, taking up training programmes, youth leadership development, organization of youth camps etc

7. ANTARANGA YOUTH CLUBS FORMED Sl. No. BlockGP CoveredNo. of Clubs MaleFemaleTotal 1Kotgarh1014 2Tumudibandha929 3Balliguda922527 4K.Nuagam821 5Daringbadi1229231 Bamunigam813114 6G.Udayagiri814317 7Raikia1021324 8Tikabali1126632 9Chakapad10 212 10Phiringia1118321 11Phulbani1016 12Khajuripada1322325 Total12925528283

8. Hon’ble Chief Minister attending ANTARANGA Programme in Kandhamal

9. Hon’ble Governer, Orissa encouraging ANTARANGA Volunteers

10. Mass Rally by High School Girls

11. Meeting of ANTARANGA

13. Celebration of Holi creating communal peace

14. Theatre as a medium to unite people

15. Peace Meeting by ANTARANGA

16. Play by ANTARANGA Members

17. Street Play by ANTARANGA Members

18. Capacity Building of ANTARANGA Volunteers

19. Banner of solidarity

20. Peace Meeting

21. Rally on bi-cycle

22. Meeting of Antaranga Members

23. ANTARANGA slogan for peace & harmony

24. Shram daan by ANTARANGA volunteers in village Mundigarh of Tumdibandh block. The villagers got together to construct a 2 km long road

25. ANTARANGA volunteers celebrating festival of minority

26. ROAD AHEAD….. Antarang To BHarat Nirman Volunteers

27. SUB-GROUPS FOR PREPARATION OF MODULES: Following 4 sub-groups will be formed to facilitate this initiative. Sub- Group No. MembersTask assigned II)PROJECT DIRECTOR, DRDA II)JEEVAN SANGRAM DASH, KALPAVRIKSH III)PRAMOD PATNAIK, SEVA BHARATI IV)KUNJA BEHARI SENAPATI, OASIS V)GOUTAM ARYABHUSAN, CONSULTANT, unicef. Identification of Resource Persons, Preparation of Hand out and other matters relating to training. III)ADDL. PROJECT DIRECTOR (ADMN.), DRDA, KANDHAMAL II)AMULYA KHANDAI, PRADAN III)HARI SANKAR ROUT, SWATI Modalities for training and monitoring of schemes related to livelihood like MGNREGS, Community Forest Rights, NHM etc. IIII)DISTRICT PROJECT COORDINATOR,SSA, KANDHAMAL. II)ASWINI SINGH, AMAGAM III)RABINDRA PANDA, BANABASI SEBA SAMITI, BALIGUDA Modalities for training and monitoring of schemes relating to Education, ICDS etc. IVI)D.P.M., NRHM, KANDHAMAL II)PRADEEP DASH, PRDATA III)KAILASH DANDAPAT, JAGRUTI Modalities for training and monitoring of schemes relating to Health.

28. Few villages will be taken up as focus villages. Partner NGOs will adopt those villages & concentrate on them. Intensive training will be imparted to 10-15 volunteers in each village In 6 months these volunteers will take up all the development activities of the village. It will have demonstration effect on other villages. Efforts would be made to target parameters like IMR, School drop outs, participation in MGNREGS etc. What’s to be Done?

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