Organizational Profile

Abhivyakti foundation

Giving voice to unheard….

Legal Status

Non Profit Trust registered under Indian Trust Act, 1882

Registration No. iv-90/7808 Date of registration : 11th July, 2002

Registered u/s 12A of Income Tax Act, 1961

Registered under FCRA, 1976

Coordination Office: Himani Bhawan (Besides Barganda Sub Post Office New Barganda, Giridih—815301, Jharkhand (India)

Phone : +91 6532 250 415 +91 9801 33 1700

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Extension Centre, Deoghar Abhivyakti Foundation, At & PO Burhai, Via Madhupur, Deoghar— Contact No. +91 8603103640

Extension Centre Pakur

Abhivyakti Foundation, Village Kutlo, PO Jordiha, Littipara, Pakur

Abhivyakti

Foundation

We are a team of young

social activists from different streams and professions with a passion

to social engineering. The team is inspired with Gan-

dhian thought of develop-ment and we catalyze participation of poorest

communities in development mainstream.

The organization has its roots in the non formal

group Abhivyakti (meaning

- expressions) that was started in the year 1998 by interested youth for social cultural activities to fill

up the cultural void in Giridih which has glorious past of its rich cultural heritage. The initial activities of organization revolved round cultural

reconnaissance through socio-cultural events like “Srijan Mahotsav”, “Natya Mahotsava”, Book Fair

etc. and gradually increased its involvement with development mainstream that led to formal regis-tration of this groups as Abhivyakti Foundation in

the year 2002. Since its inception AVF has been a youth cadre and focus on active involvement of

youth for development of self and society.

Guiding Principles: Abhivyakti Foundation is motivated by the Gandhian philosophy, and it follows the endoge-

nous theory of development. We believe in the inherent values and bottom up planning for the development of lowest sections of society. This requires active involvement of local

communities in the participatory process for development.

Our Mission

To aware people and mobilize self initiatives based on local available resources for

sustainable development , and right balance over generations.

Our Vision

Self dependent civil society having full realization of and complete access to basic human needs, rights and entitlements without any discrimination of caste, creed, sex, faith and religion……..

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Organigram of Abhivyakti Foundation

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The working area of Abhivyakti

Foundation is focused in Giridih, Deoghar, Pakur and Godda districts of Jharkhand. We are

also working with like minded organizations from other dis-

tricts of Jharkhand to build a common pool of resources and increase our reach out together

in difficult areas.

The operational area is managed through 3 cluster offices located at Giridih, Burhai (in Deoghar

district) and Littipara (in Pakur district.

Outreach and Coverage

• Food and Nutrition Security

• Mother and Child Health

• Sustainable Agriculture & Livelihood

• Youth Development

• Art & Culture

• Child Rights

• Education

Working Area

District Block No. of

panchayats

No. of

villages

No. of

households

Giridih Bengabad 25 150 3840

Giridih Giridih 5 20 840

Deoghar Devipur 5 50 3695

Pakur Littipara 1 05 182

Godda Sundarpahari 1 05 164

37 330 8721

Areas of intervention

Networking & Affiliations

Networks / Associations Involvement

since

Sukhar Virodhi Abhiyan 2002

Right to Food Campaign 2011

Jharkhand Right to Education Forum 2012

Jharkhand Voluntary Action Network 2008

Wada Na Todo Abhiyan 2008

Alliance for Immunization in India (AII) 2014

Network of Organizations for Rural

Resources Management in Santhal Pargana (NORRMS)

2006

Community based Management of Acute

Malnutrition (CMAM) Forum

2013

Our Donors:

Centre for World Solidarity

Jamshetji Tata Trust Welthungerhilfe

National Foundation for India

Food and Nutrition Security

Jharkhand comes next only to Madhya Pradesh in terms of nutritional health of children as per NFHS-3

reports. Food and Nutrition Security has been one of the most crucial challenges in the state of

Jharkhand for overall well being. Under Fight Hunger First Initiative (FHFI) in Devipur block of Deoghar

district Abhivyakti Foundation is facilitating the right based approach to improve four pillars of food se-

curity viz. access, availability, absorption and sustainability.

The major approaches to improve food and nutrition security under FHFI are—

• Improving availability of nutrition at household level through kitchen

gardens, key hole gardens nutrition gardens at schools and

anganwadi centres and Linking Agriculture with Nutrition and

Natural resources (LANN).

• Improving access of mother and child population to food services

and supplementary nutrition through mass education and commu-

nity based monitoring using community score cards.

• Promoting health seeking behavior through Positive Deviance Hearth

Sessions, counseling of mothers on Infant & Young Child Feeding (IYCF), referral to MTCs and follow

up using visual work plan for SAM children and WASH initiatives.

Action research based intervention on Uncultivated Food in Pakur and Godda districts has identified 124

local food varieties that have been significant part of food basket for the paharia community. AVF is

working in these areas to mobilize local communities to conserve commons and uncultivated food for

their food sovereignty.

Mother and Child Health

To improve access of mothers and children to health services AVF interventions focus on—

Involving youth and community volunteers in child growth tracking

Activating Village Health and Nutrition Day with community mobilization

Promoting ANC / PNC services with examination tables and curtain support at

anganwadi centres.

Promoting Routine Immunization through “My Village—My Home” tool and

Health Outreach Camps in uncovered areas.

Sustainable Agriculture & Livelihood

Sustainable Integrated Farming System (SIFS) initiatives of AVF aims to diversify farm production and

reduce external input costs of small holding farmers by encouraging usage of farm wastes from one sub

-system to other as farm inputs, thus making agriculture viable and profitable for them. Under SIFS

approach AVF promotes following interventions in field—

• Promotion of fallow cultivation

• Farm designing and planning of inter-resource link-

ages

• Sub-system flow like Rice-duck-Azolla, Pond-duck-

fish-vegetable cultivation, shadow cultivation etc.

• Common Facility Centres for value chain of local

produces like turmeric, gram, rice etc.

Innovative Solutions—Rice parboiler

Rice parboiler is a design innovation by AVF to

the rice parboiling process. This low cost fuel

efficient model saves 40% of fuel consump-

tion and 60% of grain loss compared to tradi-

tional karha system. Even a single woman can

handle alone the rice parboiling process at

Youth Empowerment The organization relies on youth voluntarism for social action through its two wings Abhivyakti Artists’

Association for Generations (AAAG) that was founded to promote music, theatre and fine arts for social

advocacy and Abhivyakti Youth Association (AYA) that looks after volunteer drives. In this process we

have been working with local youth to build them as change agents. AVF provides them necessary in-

puts to build up their personality, orientation and capacity. While working with them we usually engage

them to challenges in form of smaller projects for development of educational materials, mass cam-

paigns and focused drives. We encourage them to explore the ideas with a range of reference and

some study materials from our library, interview of different social groups and peer based learning

process. This helps them synthesize the ground realities and build up their own perception and respond

to the issues of social concern. The involvement of youth not only associate them with the local history,

culture, values and ethos but also help them to keep away from substance abuse, emotional distur-

bances and builds up self confidence and esteem and contributing to society as active citizens. Youth

engagement in Kaam Mango Abhiyan and other mass campaigns have better outreach and experiences.

Art & Culture

Giridih Book Fair-cum-Cultural Festival is a regular event organized by Abhivyakti Foundation. Apart

from promoting reading habit and book culture this 10 days carnival has more than 40 events involving

children from local schools and provides them a district level platform to nurture their hidden potentials

and creativity. This event also provides a platform to folk arts and local talents.

Child Rights

The child right initiatives of Abhivyakti Foundation focus on community sensitization about child rights.

A local movie “UDDAN” on Child Rights and trafficking made by AVF is a good resource for the purpose

and highly appreciated by etv and other channels. The child rights focus of AVF involves life skill

education, early marriage control and education of children from Birhor primitive tribes.

Education

AVF works with local schools, community and School Management Committees to improve their

performance and better access of children to Right to Education. These initiatives cover engagement of

youth volunteers in regularizing services at schools, piloting of school nutrition garden and WASH

facilities at schools. We also facilitate activity based learning and extra curricular activities to reinforce

the learning process among children. Recently we have initiated a mobile based school tacking system

for school based planning and status of Right to Education in Bengabad block of Giridih district as a

pilot.

Financial Year Receipt Payment Income Expenditure

2013-14 6050894 5947152 5398025 5818553

2012-13 5361886 5258485 5451522 5337556

2011-12 2956306 1887137 2914646 1768266

Financial Status of previous 3 years

Abhivyakti Foundation has a highly motivated team with

a good balance of development professionals and grass -root level workers. The team is backed up by a volunteer bank where apart from the regular volunteers

more than 120 adolescent and youth of different youth groups are also actively involved as volunteers in issue

based campaigns.

Board of Trustees

Name Designation Qualification Profile Contact No.

Mr. Rupam Roy President Graduate & P.G.

Diploma in Rural

Dev.

Social Worker & Development

Consultant working with grass

root organizations in Giridih

and adjoining districts for 10

years.

9304177402

Mrs. Swapna Roy

Vice-President Intermediate Grass root social activist with

mo r e t h a n 2 0 y e a r s

involvement in women empow-

erment, sel f help and

entrepreneurship.

9431996433

Mr. Krishna Kant

Secretary M.Sc, LLB

Development Professional

w o r k i n g w i t h l o c a l

organizations and support

groups for 15 years

9801331700

Mr. Ritesh Chandra

Treasurer M.A., B.Ed.

Young social activist and

Master Resource Person on

MNCHN and Child Pedagogy.

9708506856

Mr. Sanjay Kumar

Member Graduate Banker, and initiator of many

art & culture events in

Jharkhand and Bihar.

9304970456

Ms. Babita Sinha Member MSW, M Phil

PG Diploma in

Mass

Communication

Development Worker and a

leading social activist on Right

to Food in Jharkhand. She has

been a brand leader to Action

Against Poverty campaign of

GCAP.

9955385626

Mr. Madan Manjrwe

Member Graduate

Theatre activist 9798344368

Human Resources

Position Male Female Total

Professionals 03 01 04

Supervisors 04 02 06

Field Workers 08 03 11

Volunteers 24 10 34

Infrastructure and Physical Resources

Motorcycle - 02 Nos. Bicycle - 02 Nos. LCD Projector - 01 Nos.

Handicam - 01 Nos. DSLR camera - 01Nos. Telephone landline - 01

Computers - 02 Nos. Laptop - 2 Nos. Printer - 2 Nos.

Land - 2 plots of 12 decimal

land donated by local commnity

at Devipur (Deoghar).

Field Office (s) – 03 at Giridih,

Burhai and Littipara with mod-

erate secretarial facilities.

Residential Training facility for

30 participants at Giridih.

Furniture & fixtures

We as a small learning organization seek your continuous support and cooperation. Together we can make the change happen!

How can you help us? By providing donations to help out at risk communities and individuals in need.

Fund our regular programmes for more outreach and appropriate technology innovations. Gift clothes, books, computers learning aids to help out children in need. Share useful information and knowledge resources

Volunteer to enrich our knowledge bank in Hindi.

Give us your valuable feedbacks, observations and opinion to improve our work.

Please feel free to contact us for any information at -

Abhivyakti Foundation Himani Bhawan (Besides Barganda Sub Post Office)

New Barganda, Giridih—815301, Jharkhand (India)

Contact : +91 6532 250 415 / +91 9801 33 1700

E-mail : avfoundation@rediffmail.com

avfoundation@gmail.com

Website : www.avfoundation.weebly.com