Project Detail

Creating responsible actions for promoting resilient, low carbon construction (fly ash) for better environment and livelihoods in Rural Odisha.

The primary objective of the project is to demonstrate sustainable improvement in quality of life and a tangible reduction in vulnerability of rural families through interventions that enhance incomes and improve habitat conditions.
1. To link rural poor families in the target area with appropriate shelter, water and sanitation, low carbon resilience technologies and with finance to access the same.
2. To build capacities in rural unemployed women and men for taking up production and supply of materials, building elements and skills in a financially sustainable manner.
3. To build capacities of local institutions to develop and implement action plans related to physical asset and economic asset creation in villages.
4. To consolidate management capacities of local civil society institutions to provide facilitation support to the "people's habitat and livelihood process".
Project Activities:
A. Facilitate to construction of 2000 toilets and 200 houses with the support of Government of Odisha Water and Sanitation Mission and Panchayatiraj Department towards the dynamic of climate change and the building sector in low carbon and resilient technology.
* Selection of beneficiary with consultant with the Government Department. (PRI/WSM)
* Awareness building on low carbon resilient technology.
B. Technology Demonstration Centre (TDU) Government of Odisha.
Project Objectives:
1. Reaching 1000 families in 25 villages in 10 Panchayats and 2 blocks of Cuttak district of coastal orissa with services for structurally strong and cyclone resistant habitats (shelter water and sanitation).
2. 100 families linked to habitat credit facilities from women's housing cooperative of Self Help Groups.
3. Availability of drinking water through roof rainwater harvesting and improved sanitation in 500 households in 25 villages into blocks of coastal orrisa.
4. 10 artisan self help groups trained and linked to the CORE Ashraya resource center providing service to homeowners and village community groups.
5. 20 Groups/ individual building material production and sanitation enterprises providing products and services to village community, government projects and homeowners in a profitable manner.
6. Increase in incomes and better health in villages under interventions.

Project Snapshot

Grantee:

CO-OPERATION FOR RURAL EXCELLENCE

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

OP5 – Y4 (Jul 14 – Jun 15)

Grant Amount:

US$ 29,297.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 83,193.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 66,561.00

Project Number:

IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/CC/STAR/ 2014/63/ORR06

Start Date:

12/2014

End Date:

3/2016

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Policy Impact

Local institutions will be strengthened (village housing cooperatives, Panchayats and NGOs resource centre). Links will be established with micro-credit institutions. Village based self help groups will be connected to access habitat credit from housing cooperatives and rural banks- technical application preparation and assessing group credit worthiness. The NGO will collaborate with the government department to ensure smooth functioning of the project.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

Nil

Notable Community Participation

Rural youth (5) will be involved as artisan construction i.e. Plumbers, masons, carpenters etc.

Gender Focus

The NGO believes in community participation and strength. Capacity building and skill up gradation of women beneficiaries will lead to empowerment of this section of the society. Rural unemployed women and men will be motivated for taking up production and supply of material, building elements and skills in a financially sustainable manner. Artisan self help group will take a lead role in organizing the self help groups/ groups at local level. SHGs and building material enterprises will be supported to provide shelter, water and sanitation services to families accessing habitat facility. Disaster resistant and safe housing will be constructed to ensure safety during natural calamity and reduce loss of lives and resources.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The main aim of the project is to demonstrate sustainable improvement in quality of life and a tangible reduction in vulnerability of rural families through interventions that will enhance incomes and improve habitat conditions of the community. Rural families of the area will be linked to appropriate shelter, water and sanitation low carbon resilience technologies. The interventions will reach out to over 2000 families in 80 villages and will lead to direct improvement in shelter and sanitation quality of over 500 families and enhanced incomes of at least 1100 self-help groups through new opportunities in the habitat micro finance sector. The project will reduce embodied energy and fuel consumption thus reducing carbon emission and will also reduce environmental damage through optimal resource use and waste utilization.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The project will focus on tribal, dalit, scheduled tribe (BPL). The project will help in linking families with credit for safe and hygienic habitat (shelter, with basic amenities of drinking water and sanitation).

Capacity - Building Component

Village based artisans will be trained and organized into entrepreneurial habitat services provider. Capacity building on climate change will be done for urban local bodies. Masons/ Labours will be trained on proper utilization of building centre material for house construction. Village based micro enterprises will be selected and trained to produce building material, toilet pans etc as defined.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Workshop will be organized for agencies dealing with housing, development, finance and technologies on housing and livelihood to share the lessons learned during the project. Workshop will also be organized for the stakeholders of the villages. Quarterly review meeting will be organized to analyze the progress of project.

Project Results

? Nearly 322 women self-help groups formed in the 28 villages in 08 panchyats 02 blocks Athagarh and Tangi-Choudwar. The 322 SHGs have nearly 3679 women members and started savings regularly of Rs 20 per month from 2014 and now each member is making savings between Rs 50-100 per month. On an average,each SHG is having more than Rs 35,000 savings. A total savings of nearly Rs 95 lacs is with all groups.
? 4185 toilets have been constructed using fly ash bricks and all have been linked through the state sanitation department and got Rs 12,000 under SBM-R. The Cuttack District Collector seeing this given letter to construct 4000 more toilets in the region.
? The model is supervised through women SHGs. One person who facilities the toilet construction using fly ash bricks getsRs 500 per toilet as incentive and the NGO person also gets Rs250 as incentive. This happens as the cost of the toilet is reduced as 200 less bricks are used (Rs 800/-) and other savings result in Rs 2000/- per toilet.
? The Fly ash bricks made in the centre normally use (Fly ash 70%; Cement 7 % and Sand23%).
? The CO2 emissions red brick for one toilet construction is nearly 619 kgs and for the fly ash bricks it is 182 Kgs per toilet. Therefore, the project reduced nearly 1802 Mts CO2 emissions. (4125x 0.619 Mts = 2553 mts.) and (4125x0.182= 751 Mts).
? There is no mud earth materials used for the construction of the bricks when doing the fly ash bricks.
? More than 65 trainings undertaken in the last 05 years into the project with women SHGs.
? 04 community enterprises started making the rings and bricks for construction through SHGs.
? Availability of drinking water through roof rainwater harvesting and improved sanitation facilities was done with 100 households.
? Around Rs. 12,00,000 was raised as co-financing and linked to banks lending to promote alternative livelihoods related to building construction, water, and sanitation.
? Demonstration and verification of best practices for easy replication through documented evidence led to have Anjan Jena as a member in the state water sanitation committee and convener for Orissa Toilet Forum.
? On seeing this approach in the state meetings DFID United Kingdom agreed to replicate this approach in two districts. Several discussions led to funding through IP Global for support of setting up WASH Academy at Kandhamal (with Swati NGO partner) and Kalahandi (with Dapta NGO partner) for Rs 40 lacs each. This was for replicating the UNDP SGP model of fly ash brick making. CORE trained and provided all the technical support to both the institutions and today since last two years they are doing good business with an annual turnover of nearly Rs 23 lacs each.

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