BELLARY DIOCESE DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY Key Issues and
Operational Areas, Major Activiities & Achivements
Operational Districts: Bellary, Koppal, Raichur
Operational States: KARNATAKA
AchieveMents: Mobilized 450 women Self Help Groups SHGs in 78 villages
16 grass root level federations
2 taluk federations
More than 4 500 women engaged in I G Activities through internal loan and bank loan
With the support of Donor agencies over 2 000 houses were built for Dalits and marginalized families in Raichur Bellary and Koppal districts
More than 1250 Janatha Ashraya houses road construction repair in 56 villages public sanitation facility to 52 villages and 310 drinking water structures availed
41 different types of Govt facilities like houses drinking water roads street lights etc availed by SHGs from Government worth Rs 12 crores
48 women from SHGs elected for Gram panchayaths
Created awareness on HIV AIDS in 126 villages of Bellary Raichur and Koppal districts
285 HIV infected adults 189 HIV infected children 313 STI RTI cases and 148 TB patients were identified and provided care & support
85% of STI RTI cases and 148 TB patients were treated and cured
The PLHIVs and CLHIVs health status improved and helped to lead a normal life
26 VHSCs formed and strengthened to take up the Health issues especially of HIV AIDS
162 PLHIVs linked to District Positives Network
32 PLHIVs are promoted as Positive speakers
15 HIV infected children were transitioned to CLHIVs care homes
Communities were helped and trained on Watershed management and methods of soil and water conservation over 75 villages
Two check dams were built with peopleââ¬â¢s participation
17 percolation ponds are built for the community with people participation
A village tank was desilted
Field bunds are laid in more than 3200 acres of agricultural land
300 youths girls & boys were given skill training through Vocational courses and were helped to be self employed and get employment in well known and leading companies garments Hospitals & Factories
Through Rainwater harvesting structures 317000 litrs of potable water is available for more than 2000 school boarding home children During summer there will not be water scarcity
During flood 5 temporary shelters were provided to flood victims distributed food grains and cooking vessales and clothes to 1067 families of Bellary Raichur and Koppal districts constructed 80 group houses in 3 villages of Raichur district 50 families were helped with building materials to repair reconstruct their houses in Bellary
Through CHILDLINE programme we could reach out to school and college children slum dwellers drivers shop owners general public by awareness Outreach programmes provided Shelter through CWC to children child marriages were stopped child laboure were admitted to school
In 4 villages the RO water purification plants are installed and the village community especially the poor and marginalised families are getting the safe and sufficient drinking water in these villages