Minutes of the meeting held on 22nd May 2010 at Pavana Centre, Manathavadi, waynad, Kerala.
Present
1. Shri.Rajagopal.P.V
2. Fr. Stephen
3. Mr. Raghavan
4. Ms. Saradha
5. Mr. K. Biju
The youth camp with 68 participants from the Kerala Adivasi Forum is going on at PAVANA centre under guidelines of Rajaji. There was a small evaluation also happened on the 21st Morning to asses the Wayanad padayatra organized by ekta parishad in association with other adivasi forums. It was quite encouraging for every one to understand to use padayatra as a tool to challenge the present system of the Govt.
The youth camp will continue until 24th evening. Fr. Stephen will facilitate the remaining days of the camp in a direction to strengthen the Adivasi Form of Kerala.
In the mean time we had a meeting and have decided few major decisions in relation to the work of Adivasi Forum and Ekta Parishad in connection with strengthening the work among adivasis in Kerala in support to Janasatyagraha 2012.
1. Adivasi Forum will work among the adivasi communities in Kerala to empower them to get their rights and justice.
2. KAF will join with Ekta Parishad to create a linkage in a National Level and will join all the major action programs of EP at the national level.
3. In support to Jansatyagraha 2012 action on the issue of land KAF will participate from Kerala by bringing about 1000 adivasi’s and landless from Kerala.
4. Ekta Parishad will provide leadership training to 1000 cadres of KAF on Advocacy, constructive action programs, etc.
5. Ekta Parishad will provide exposure and linkage to KAF with the other states in India in-order to strengthen their struggles on land issues.
6. KAF can communicate with Mr. Biju, EP South India coordinator to continue their relation and communication development with EP at the national level.
Notes taken By: K. Biju and will forward the same to (stephen707@gmail.com, ekta.rajagopal@gmail.com) for corrections.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Minutes of the Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu Adivasi Program Planning Committee Meeting held on 22nd May 2010 at CESCI Centre
EKTA PARISHAD, TAMILNADU
Minutes of the Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu Adivasi Program Planning Committee Meeting held on 22nd May 2010 at CESCI Centre.
• Main Agenda
To develop a Adivasi land Rights Movement in Tamilnadu in support to Janasatyagraha 2012 action
The Following Persons were present
1. R. Kalimuthu, Tribal Activist, Theni
2. P. R. Raja, Member, Taminadu Ekta Parishad
3. G. Nagalingam, Tamilnadu Ekta Parishad
4. A. P. Mayandi, Social Activist, Madurai
5. V. Muniyasamy, Organic Farming Activist, Ramanathapuram
6. S. Jegadesan, Tribal Activist, Pollachi
7. R. Rajaraman, Advocate, Dalit Human Right Activist, Nagai
8. S. Dhanaraj, Tribal Activist, Madurai
9. T. Marirajan, Tribal Research cum Activist, Madurai
Apology for absent:
Ms.Pappathi, Women Leader from Paliyan Tribes, Theni informed over phone to Mr. Raja her inability to participate the meeting.
1. Mr. P. Raja, member Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu, welcomed the participants and gave introductory note about the founder P.V.Rajagopalji and Ekta Parishad. In his introduction he said, Ekta Parishad is a people’s movement dedicated to non-violent principles of action. Ekta Parishad working in 11 states of India on the issue of land and livelihood rights of the marginalized communities such as tribals, Dalits, nomadic communities, agricultural labourers, small and marginal farmers, etc. Ekta Parishad is a federation of approximately 11,000 community based organizations and has thousands of individual members. Today Ekta Parishad has become a national mass movement for land rights. P.V. Rajagopal Founder of Ekta Parishad, left his village in Kerala very early in his life, to do agricultural studies at Seva Gram. In the early 70s he worked in the violence-ridden area of Chambal (Madhya Pradesh) helping to rehabilitate dacoits. In the years that followed, Rajagopal traveled to several tribal areas and developed an understanding of plight and needs of India's tribal people. Their cause became part of his lifetime mission. His initial efforts to support various grassroots initiatives resulted in two organizations, PARIVARTAN ("Change") and LEHAR ("Waves"). Later these organisations became important institutes in supporting Ekta Parishad ("United Forum"). In Ekta-Parishad, Rajagopal has helped to create an important social mass movement for the past twenty years in Madhya Pradesh and other central India states. The movement consists of over 100,000 poor people, mostly made up of landless and tribal people who have been alienated from their land or marginalized by industrialization. He believes that through ahimasak sangharsh (non-violent struggle) the rural communities of India can secure Gandhi’s vision of gram swaraj. Srijan, or the creation of a self-reliant society, is possible when community ties are strengthened through mutual respect and social equity. He is a well known Sarvodaya leader and the follower of Vinoba and JP. Presently he is a member of the National Land Reforms Council of India.
2. After the introductory note, Mr.T.Marirajan explained the objective of the meeting and its process to the participants. Mr.Dhanaraj, gave presentation about adivasi situation in Tamilnadu and the importance of implementation of Forest Right Act 2006. Mr.Mayandi facilitated the discussions and plan of actions. The following decision were taken;
a. It was decided to create new forum under Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu in-order to work among only the adivasi peoples in the Tamilnadu state by empowering them and also develop a people’s movement in the state. The group has decided to name it as “Tamilandu Adivasi Land Rights Movement” (TALRM)
b. Areas of work: Mr.Dhanaraj, explained the demographic details and the eco regions of Tamilnadu in which tribal people are scattered living in the 18 eco regions. The names of the Eco Region are as follows Eco regions in Western Ghats: 1. Pachiparai 2. Manimutharu, Kalakkadu, Mundanthurai 3. Sathurakiri, Sirumalai 4. Kuthiraimalai 5. Varusanadu 6. Bodi – Agamalai 7. Uppar and Lower Palani Hills 8. Valparai, Top Slip 9. Thirumoorthimalai, Amaravathi, Thalinchi 10. Sathiyamangalam 11. Thalavadi, Yanaikatti 12. Ooty, Kothakiri, Gudaloor, Eco Regions in Eastern ghats: 13. Kollimalai 14. Kalrayan hills 15. Pachamalai 16. Javathu Hills 17. Erkadu 18. Ellakiri hills. Based on this presentation the team had brief discussion and decided to concentrate community based eco region approach for future work plan to build work among adivasis in Tamilnadu.
c. Selection of separate Adivasi Program team for Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu: Mr. Nagalingam raised question about the structure of tribal team among existing Ekta Parisad, Tamilnadu setup. He also suggested that to form a separate Adivasi Program team from the participants who took part in this meeting today. The suggestion was well received by the participants. The following persons were elected as members, namely P.R.Raja, G.Nagalingam, S.Dhanaraj, S.Jegadesan, T.Marirajan and Pappathi (Women Leader from Paliyan Tribes). Mr.P.R.Raja elected as convener of the Committee. The committee authorized Mr. Raja to report to this development to State committee of Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu for their approval and to get their concern officially.
d. Preparation of Work Plan for 2010 – 2011 for Tamilandu Adivasi Land Rights Movement” (TALRM): Based in the discussion the team requested Mr. Marirajan to develop the work plan and circulated to the member for correction and further improvement before submission to Ekta Parishad
The meeting came to an end with vote of thanks by Mr.Jegadesan.
Minutes of the Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu Adivasi Program Planning Committee Meeting held on 22nd May 2010 at CESCI Centre.
• Main Agenda
To develop a Adivasi land Rights Movement in Tamilnadu in support to Janasatyagraha 2012 action
The Following Persons were present
1. R. Kalimuthu, Tribal Activist, Theni
2. P. R. Raja, Member, Taminadu Ekta Parishad
3. G. Nagalingam, Tamilnadu Ekta Parishad
4. A. P. Mayandi, Social Activist, Madurai
5. V. Muniyasamy, Organic Farming Activist, Ramanathapuram
6. S. Jegadesan, Tribal Activist, Pollachi
7. R. Rajaraman, Advocate, Dalit Human Right Activist, Nagai
8. S. Dhanaraj, Tribal Activist, Madurai
9. T. Marirajan, Tribal Research cum Activist, Madurai
Apology for absent:
Ms.Pappathi, Women Leader from Paliyan Tribes, Theni informed over phone to Mr. Raja her inability to participate the meeting.
1. Mr. P. Raja, member Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu, welcomed the participants and gave introductory note about the founder P.V.Rajagopalji and Ekta Parishad. In his introduction he said, Ekta Parishad is a people’s movement dedicated to non-violent principles of action. Ekta Parishad working in 11 states of India on the issue of land and livelihood rights of the marginalized communities such as tribals, Dalits, nomadic communities, agricultural labourers, small and marginal farmers, etc. Ekta Parishad is a federation of approximately 11,000 community based organizations and has thousands of individual members. Today Ekta Parishad has become a national mass movement for land rights. P.V. Rajagopal Founder of Ekta Parishad, left his village in Kerala very early in his life, to do agricultural studies at Seva Gram. In the early 70s he worked in the violence-ridden area of Chambal (Madhya Pradesh) helping to rehabilitate dacoits. In the years that followed, Rajagopal traveled to several tribal areas and developed an understanding of plight and needs of India's tribal people. Their cause became part of his lifetime mission. His initial efforts to support various grassroots initiatives resulted in two organizations, PARIVARTAN ("Change") and LEHAR ("Waves"). Later these organisations became important institutes in supporting Ekta Parishad ("United Forum"). In Ekta-Parishad, Rajagopal has helped to create an important social mass movement for the past twenty years in Madhya Pradesh and other central India states. The movement consists of over 100,000 poor people, mostly made up of landless and tribal people who have been alienated from their land or marginalized by industrialization. He believes that through ahimasak sangharsh (non-violent struggle) the rural communities of India can secure Gandhi’s vision of gram swaraj. Srijan, or the creation of a self-reliant society, is possible when community ties are strengthened through mutual respect and social equity. He is a well known Sarvodaya leader and the follower of Vinoba and JP. Presently he is a member of the National Land Reforms Council of India.
2. After the introductory note, Mr.T.Marirajan explained the objective of the meeting and its process to the participants. Mr.Dhanaraj, gave presentation about adivasi situation in Tamilnadu and the importance of implementation of Forest Right Act 2006. Mr.Mayandi facilitated the discussions and plan of actions. The following decision were taken;
a. It was decided to create new forum under Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu in-order to work among only the adivasi peoples in the Tamilnadu state by empowering them and also develop a people’s movement in the state. The group has decided to name it as “Tamilandu Adivasi Land Rights Movement” (TALRM)
b. Areas of work: Mr.Dhanaraj, explained the demographic details and the eco regions of Tamilnadu in which tribal people are scattered living in the 18 eco regions. The names of the Eco Region are as follows Eco regions in Western Ghats: 1. Pachiparai 2. Manimutharu, Kalakkadu, Mundanthurai 3. Sathurakiri, Sirumalai 4. Kuthiraimalai 5. Varusanadu 6. Bodi – Agamalai 7. Uppar and Lower Palani Hills 8. Valparai, Top Slip 9. Thirumoorthimalai, Amaravathi, Thalinchi 10. Sathiyamangalam 11. Thalavadi, Yanaikatti 12. Ooty, Kothakiri, Gudaloor, Eco Regions in Eastern ghats: 13. Kollimalai 14. Kalrayan hills 15. Pachamalai 16. Javathu Hills 17. Erkadu 18. Ellakiri hills. Based on this presentation the team had brief discussion and decided to concentrate community based eco region approach for future work plan to build work among adivasis in Tamilnadu.
c. Selection of separate Adivasi Program team for Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu: Mr. Nagalingam raised question about the structure of tribal team among existing Ekta Parisad, Tamilnadu setup. He also suggested that to form a separate Adivasi Program team from the participants who took part in this meeting today. The suggestion was well received by the participants. The following persons were elected as members, namely P.R.Raja, G.Nagalingam, S.Dhanaraj, S.Jegadesan, T.Marirajan and Pappathi (Women Leader from Paliyan Tribes). Mr.P.R.Raja elected as convener of the Committee. The committee authorized Mr. Raja to report to this development to State committee of Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu for their approval and to get their concern officially.
d. Preparation of Work Plan for 2010 – 2011 for Tamilandu Adivasi Land Rights Movement” (TALRM): Based in the discussion the team requested Mr. Marirajan to develop the work plan and circulated to the member for correction and further improvement before submission to Ekta Parishad
The meeting came to an end with vote of thanks by Mr.Jegadesan.
A letter to Kerala Ekta Parishad
10th June 2010, Madurai
Dear Friends
Jai Jagt and greetings from Madurai
Hope all you know that I was given the responsibility to work as a South Indian coordinator for Ekta Parishad in-order to support Janastygraha 2012 action and its preparations. I am sure all of you are very active in your districts and regions on various programs and issues in the name of Ekta Parishad or Ekta Mahila Manch or Ekta Kala Manch or Ekta Yuva Manch. It is interesting to see all these developments in the name of Ekta Parishad and your participation and responsibility in the social issues and development activities. Through its various programs and interventions EP Kerala has created a better name in the state as a responsible organization. After the cycle yatra the direction went in to the tsunami rehabilitation project activities and same time it has created some linkages with different organizations in the state and also started directly to work among the youth, women, adivasis.
Based on this analysis we can understand that there is a great possibility in Kerala for Ekta Parishad to become a responsible social movement with its nonviolent philosophy. It will only happen if we all become serious and responsible towards the cause of EP. We need to look back and understand our strengths and weakness. A kind of SWOT analysis is needed to continue our work and we really need to go forward. I think we should come together for a day to discuss about the possibilities and to create an action plan for EP activities in Kerala at least looking Janasatygraha 2012 action as point to focus. For that a one day get together is important with all our district committee members with following agenda.
1. Review of our last seven years activities
2. Plan of Action of EP Kerala
3. Selection of a state committee
4. Other matters
Please understand clearly that Ekta Parishad as a social movement, not as a project or funding agency. In Kerala we have done substantial constructive work along with political intervention, because it was a need at that time and there was a possibility to do so. Understanding EP as social movement we can do much more to make the state responsible and change their policies to the empowerment of the poor and downtrodden.
There should be a proper membership drive in the state to understand our cadres and to should have a system. To learn EP much better please read carefully the attached document. (We may have to translate important information’s in to Malayalam or we may have to collect all the Malayalam materials that people already have created).
Please do reply your valuable suggestions, and based on that we can find a date to sit with Rajai during the month of July 2010 for a creative beginning. Also please send some activity news from your areas to include in our Ekta Parishad South Indian News Letter. You can find information’s in our Blog http://ektaparishadsouthindia.blogspot.com and you can also join in our Facebook http://www.facebook.com/search ekta parishad south india.
With thanks
Jai Jagat
K. Biju
Coordinator- Ekta Parisahd South India
Dear Friends
Jai Jagt and greetings from Madurai
Hope all you know that I was given the responsibility to work as a South Indian coordinator for Ekta Parishad in-order to support Janastygraha 2012 action and its preparations. I am sure all of you are very active in your districts and regions on various programs and issues in the name of Ekta Parishad or Ekta Mahila Manch or Ekta Kala Manch or Ekta Yuva Manch. It is interesting to see all these developments in the name of Ekta Parishad and your participation and responsibility in the social issues and development activities. Through its various programs and interventions EP Kerala has created a better name in the state as a responsible organization. After the cycle yatra the direction went in to the tsunami rehabilitation project activities and same time it has created some linkages with different organizations in the state and also started directly to work among the youth, women, adivasis.
Based on this analysis we can understand that there is a great possibility in Kerala for Ekta Parishad to become a responsible social movement with its nonviolent philosophy. It will only happen if we all become serious and responsible towards the cause of EP. We need to look back and understand our strengths and weakness. A kind of SWOT analysis is needed to continue our work and we really need to go forward. I think we should come together for a day to discuss about the possibilities and to create an action plan for EP activities in Kerala at least looking Janasatygraha 2012 action as point to focus. For that a one day get together is important with all our district committee members with following agenda.
1. Review of our last seven years activities
2. Plan of Action of EP Kerala
3. Selection of a state committee
4. Other matters
Please understand clearly that Ekta Parishad as a social movement, not as a project or funding agency. In Kerala we have done substantial constructive work along with political intervention, because it was a need at that time and there was a possibility to do so. Understanding EP as social movement we can do much more to make the state responsible and change their policies to the empowerment of the poor and downtrodden.
There should be a proper membership drive in the state to understand our cadres and to should have a system. To learn EP much better please read carefully the attached document. (We may have to translate important information’s in to Malayalam or we may have to collect all the Malayalam materials that people already have created).
Please do reply your valuable suggestions, and based on that we can find a date to sit with Rajai during the month of July 2010 for a creative beginning. Also please send some activity news from your areas to include in our Ekta Parishad South Indian News Letter. You can find information’s in our Blog http://ektaparishadsouthindia.blogspot.com and you can also join in our Facebook http://www.facebook.com/search ekta parishad south india.
With thanks
Jai Jagat
K. Biju
Coordinator- Ekta Parisahd South India
Ekta Parishad - few words
Ekta Parishad
Ekta Parishad provides a platform for the voices of the oppressed, the dispossessed and the marginalized communities of
Intervention
Grassroots level
· Creation of village level organization as a key proponent of Gram Sabha (which can play a role of leader and/or opposition, depends on situation and issues)
· Develop leadership within the marginalized community for initiating grassroots movement
· Generating local resource base for sustenance of campaign (Grain Bank and Village Collectives etc)
· Capacitated local leaders/ community on their due constitutional rights.
· Intensive awareness campaign through foot march and demonstrations.
· Organizing public hearing, social auditing on local land & livelihood issues and submission of resolutions at appropriate level.
· Building level of community participation in local institutions (Gram sabha, Block panchtyat, Jila panchyat etc).
· Developing critical opposition within/beyond established institutions like Traditional Tribal Panchyats, Tribal Advisory Council etc.
· Increasing levels of people’s politics with participation in electoral processes (people’s manifesto, people’s candidate etc).
· Promote and sustained village collectives for agriculture/khadi based livelihood
State level
- Engaging State for dialogue & decisions on land & livelihood issues (Task Force, State Human Rights Commission, ST-SC Commission, Tribal Advisory Council etc).
- Policy advocacy for pro-poor land reforms and its ensured implementation through ‘State Land Reforms Commission’.
- Preparing ‘People’s Policy on Land Reforms’ for generating mass awareness and using as a advocacy tool.
- Organizing ‘Assembly of Deprived’ a parallel forum for putting people’s perspectives on political and/or priority issues.
- Raising questions in ‘State Assembly’ through sensible elected representatives.
- Legal interventions in courts (lower and high court) on problems of poor.
- Engaging media on pro-poor issues
National level
- Policy advocacy and lobbying at ministerial level for putting agenda of pro-poor land reforms.
- Discussion with planning commission and other institutions on ‘People’s Policy on Land’.
- Discussion forum with parliamentarians on land reforms.
- Preparation and presentation of draft ‘People’s Policy on Land Reforms’.
- National campaigning / demonstration with like minded organizations.
- Engaging media on pro-poor issues
Future focus
- Engaging Central and State government on issues of land reforms through ‘National Land Reforms Policy’ presented by National Land Reforms Committee to the Prime Minister
- Engaging State for implementation of PESA (1996), Rehabilitation & Resettlement Act (2007) and Forest Rights Act (2006).
- Organizing grassroots leadership training and extending area of operations.
- Building capacities of local elected representatives .
- Advocacy for pro-poor land reforms actions (homestead land for each homeless family, minimum land holding act for each landless family, joint land rights and ownership for women, dalit land alienation act, legalizing leasing of land for women collectives, ban on diversion of common property land and ban on diversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes etc).
- Set up of ‘Peoples Commission on Land Rights’ as a critical advocacy forum on land rights at different levels.
- Building action alliance with land rights movements.
- Organizing national level demonstration on agenda issues
Friday, June 4, 2010
Biju Monthly Report for the month of May 2010
For the month of May 2010
1. On the 1st of May, I had a meeting with Ms. Lalitha the village work coordinator to understand CESCI village program direction for the year 2010-11. She will continue her work in the direction of economic and social empowerment of the women and children’s education. Also we are planning to expand the work in few more villages nearby the centre. She will work for creating a women’s federation with all the group members and will try to empower the group members in a leadership process. Lalitha will try to mobilize about 100 people to participate JS 2012 action.
2. Finalized the first issue of Ekta Parishd South India news letter and have started to distribute to the friends by email. It is an eight page news letter and the next issue will come in July.
3. Created a new Blog as http://ektaparishadsouthindia.blogspot.com to upload all the information’s and reports, News letters from the Ekta Parishad South India. In future any one can get the information’s directly from this blog. Similarly a new Facebook account also created for Ekta South India friends. Please join our Facebook to become a friend. http://www.facebook.com/search ekta parishad south
4. ektasouthindia@gmail.com is the new email address which I am using for communications. Please use this new email address for further communications. CESCI related communications the cescimadurai@gmail.com will remain.
5. On the 8th visited Trichy Mukthigram village and met some of the inhabitants and Durairaj. Informed the villagers about the need of becoming self reliant in terms of running the office building as a common village hall. Informed Durairaj to find out a new job very soon with some other agencies or independently. He will also settle the Ekta membership account with CESCI office.
6. Prepared a south Indian travel plan for Mr. Christop and Polani of Reck Film Company of
7. 60 selected children’s from CESCI village children program was participated a five days summer camp called Dreams at CCD, sevaiyur during15th to 19th May 2010. Lalitha the village work coordinator and the volunteers coordinated the summer camp with the support of CCD filed staff team.
8. Went to Kerala to meet Rajaji and also to participated the youth camp at waynad district conducted by Rajaji. There 68 people participated in this youth camp from the Kerala Adivasi Forum. The camp was held at PAVANA centre, Mananthvadi, Waynadu during 21st to 25th May 2010.
9. Joined the Kerala padayatra evaluation meeting at the Pavana centre on the 21st May 2010. Generally the group felt that it was successful yatra and team strongly wish to continue their struggle by using such techniques to challenge the Govt policies. As a continuation of this process the KAF may send some people to NCAS, Pune to learn the Advocacy techniques and also make a good study about the Status of Adivaisis in Kerala with the help of some professional researchers. Rajaji will set up research committee and Fr. Stephen will follow it up. The finding of the research will be published in the leading news papers by the end of December 2010.
10. On the 23rd may we (Rajajji & Biju) had a meeting with the Kerala Adivasi Forum (fr. Stephen, Raghvan, saradha) at PAVANA centre and have decided few major decisions in relation to the work of Adivasi Forum and Ekta Parishad in connection with strengthening the work among adivasis in Kerala.
a. Adivasi Forum will work among the adivasi communities in Kerala to empower them to get their rights and justice. Ekta parishad will not interfere with KAF and their work among the adivasi areas in Kerala as KAF is actively involved in this process and Ekta Parishad doesn’t want to repeat or compete with KAF.
b. KAF will join with Ekta parishad to create a linkage in a National Level and will join all the major action programs of EP at the national level.
c. In support to Jansatyagraha 2012 action on the issue of land KAF will participate from Kerala by bringing about 2000 adivasi’s and landless from Kerala.
d. Ekta Parishad will provide leadership training to 1000 cadres of KAF on Advocacy, constructive action programs, etc.
e. Ekta Parishad will provide exposure and linkage to KAF with the other states in
f. KAF can deal with Mr. Biju, EP South India coordinator to continue their relation and communication development with EP at national level.
11. On the 23rd evening participated in the Inaugural function of Kerala anti liquor campaign vehicle yatra at Malappuram, Kerala. Swami Satchidanada bharathi will lead this dharma Sandesa yatra from the 23rd to 5th June travelling all around kerala and will end at
12. I also spent some time to help Rajaji to draft his email replies and some reports in connection with our work.
13. In a meeting with KGNS, it was decided to start a new organisation at Kollam district where ekta parishad was very active in support to tsunami rehabilitation work. Ms. Benzy was instructed to coordinate this process with the help of KGNS. Later she came with a proposal to create the new organisation as “ekta centre for rural development” ECRD.
14. There are some works are pending under the KGNS and it was decided to list out the pending activities and Mr. Suresh the office secretary will follow it up.
15. In a discussion with Rajaji, he asked me to take more responsible in the SAPA activities in south
16. Under Ekta Parishad Tamilnadu a new forum was initiated as Tamilnadu Adivasi Land Rights Movement (TALRM), to work among the tribal’s in the state. Mr. Raja who is heading this new initiative and has organised a one day meeting at CESCI with a small team of social activists and intellectuals to prepare a working plan for the year 2010-11. At the end of the meeting the group came out with a good proposal to create adivasi movement in tamilnadu and will be participated 5000 people to Janasatyagraha 2012 action at
17. Did some follow up work with European contacts by sending emails to some of them? Ms. Caroline Morel of Swissaid is asking us to contact Mr. David Kadam: david@swissaidindia.org of Swissaid for further communication in-order to create linkage with them. Secondly Yvonne of Solifonds will meet Rajaji on the 21st June while he visits
Biju Monthly Report for the month of April 10
For the month of April 2010
1. On my arrival back after three months visit in Europe i had a meeting with Rajaji at CESCI on the 5th of April 2010. In this meeting I was given responsibility of Ekta Parishad South India coordination along with CESCI Centre coordinator work. We have drafted a EP south Indian project perspective for the year 2010-11. (a copy of the same is available). In-order to work as a South Indian coordinator, it is important to get the ekta parishad national coordination support, for that a letter was forwarded to the national convener to seek his support and help.2. It was decided to change CESCI India news letter as Ekta Parishad South India News letter, to begin the process of South Indian EP coordination work. An editorial was drafted by Rajaji and Biju will collect and include other news items of South India and will send it out the friends by electronically by the end of April.
3. Minutes of CESCI committee meeting (5th April 2010) was prepared with some important decisions. (copy is available at office)
4. Biju will complete his Europe visit report by the end of April and will forward to the national convener and Rajaji for further follow up. (Report forwarded- so far no response from any one except Jill madam)
5. In-order to support JS 2012 action CESCI can offer a carnival workshop in November 2010 instead of theatre festival. We can invite 100 activists and train them to make a Carnival before the JS action on the route Gwalior to Delhi and during the JS action. Raja will develop a concept and plan in consultation with the resource persons. We need a confirmation from the EP national team to organise such a carnival workshop at MGSA resource centre in November 2010.
6. On 10th April I had a meeting with Mr. Udayan and Mr. Suresh Babu at KGNS office. They were just back from the tsunami filed visit and have a impression that the project should continue as a separate federation or a small organisation by empowering the team. EP has done substantial work in the field of the tsunami area and it is important to continue the work by empowering the team and it is also not easy to withdraw from that villages. KGNS will continue its work in the direction of networking with its nine partner organisations, adivasi and land agenda, tsunami rehabilitation, women empowerment, youth mobilization and anti liquor campaign in Kerala. They have money available for three months for some limited activities and need support to continue the work. Jill madams have formulated some five proposals and are waiting for its response from the donor agencies.
7. A group of 20 Teachers from SAWRD (a partner organisation of KGNS) wanted to participate a Nai Talim training program at CESCI Madurai. IGINP can invite these teachers to participate in their regular non-violence and peace programs. (discussed with Dr. JP ji and decided to organise the training during 14,15,16 May at CESCI).
8. Visited CESCI organics on 14-15 of April along with Dr.Razak (Algerian Vetinary doctor) to understand its progress. The oil unit is fully functioning now and it need further investments to continue the work. Razak has prepared a small report with some photographs and it can be forwarded to Solidarity along with account report.
9. Razak has visited CESCI villages along with Lalitha and found out that the possibility to integrate animal husbandry as a income generation activity for the village community. He has developed a small proposal in this direction to benefit 20 farmers from the beginning. (copy of the proposal is available at CESCI office)
10. On 16th April, i had a meeting with Mr.Raja of ARUDECS. He is interested to work for EP by working among the paliya tribals. Throgh this process he wants to bring about 2000 people to JS 2012 action. He need some scholarship and program support. He will get Rs 3,000/- per month from April onwards to this task. He is in a process of developing a program proposal in this direction. There will be a separate committee for working on Adivasi agenda and will focus JS 2012 mobilization and participation.
11. Participated KGNS board meeting on 28th and 29th to understand the program direction of EP kerala. KGNS will move in a direction in to women leadership empowerment with its network partners and federation groups with a perspective on socio-economic development. The newly elected executive committee will have 19 members (16 network members + 3 individuals).
12. On the 29th afternoon we had a EP Kerala workers meeting along with Jill madam. (Suresh, Vijayan, Mhalaxmi, Anu Srija, Vasu waynad, Biju, Jill madam).
a. Mahalaxmi will continue her work among the tsunami project area and will try to mobilze people to participate JS 2012 action. She is planning to bring about 200 people to Delhi in this direction. She need support in terms of programs and finance. Udayan and Suresh babu will visit her project area and will help her to develop a program plan.
b. Srija is planning to bring about 500 people to JS 2012 from EP kerala Mahila manch working areas. She also needs program and financial support. Srija will organise a MM leaders meeting and will develop a plan of action for the year 2010-11 and will forward to the EP MM national office and Jill madam.
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