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A special program for Adolescent girls— Organisation of Kishori Sangha (Girls Club):  
 
This was a pilot project sponsored by UNICEF, Bhubaneswar and it was the first project of SSE at Balangir. Achievement of this project was studied by College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Bombay, in 1994 along with other two projects implemented by Indian Council of Child welfare- Madras and Prerana, Bombay and placed as India Report on ‘Study and Action Research on the Girl Child in Especially Difficult Circumstances.’ this report was placed as INDIA REPORT at SAARC meeting hold at Katmandu in November 1994. Page 29 to 41 of this report focus on the micro-study on the tribal Girl children in Balangir, Orissa.


This programme was started from July 1993 in twenty villages of Balangir Sadar Block of Balangir district. We organized 472 girls (11 to 19 years of age) in 20 groups in 20 villages of Balangir Sadar block. Girls were given leadership training, self-development training, Training on Community Health & Development and Functional literacy. They were given some seed money to start petty trade also.
 
 
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Adolescent girls: who are they? :  
 

All the girls (11 to 19 years of age, most of them are tribal) )were from poor economic background and it was found that most of these girls were engaged in various income-generating activities which are seasonal, labour-consuming and low-paid .Specifically they were engaged in more than thirty odd occupations like:- preparing soil for making pot, Forest-produce collection, kendu (Tobacco) leave collection, wood cutting, agricultural labour, broom-stick-grass collection, supply water to houses, house hold assistant, baby-sitter, leaf-cup-plate stitching, cattle-keeping (goat), pooped rice petty trade, rice-husking, home-made quilt stitching, thread work for weaving, loom-operation & weaving, labourer in construction site/brick kilns/ stone crushers/tile making etc.

This project was started in 1993 up to 1995 and second phase (for six month )in 1996, Still the enthusiasm of girls could make it run for next 5-6 years. After marriage of girls many girls went out of the village, still few girls remained unmarried and in the village. You may not believe these girls still now remember those good old fun days and any opportunity in community works they volunteer to join. Many of them joined as member of Health & Nutrition Monitoring Committee of our next project INHP. They always show responsibility and interest to be involve in community actions.

 
 
   
 
Happy family life Education of Adolescent girls & boys under RCH program :  
 
More than 500 girls and 500 boys of age group 11 years to 19 years were trained on Reproductive Health and Gender Equity in Sonepur district during 1999 to 2004. Also several Health Check-up camps were conducted to extend the advantage of health-services at village level to adolescents. All these trainings were conducted at villages with cohesive separate groups of girls and boys. Young and sensitive trainers were selected and specially trained as trainer for conducting these trainings.  
 
   
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