So it’s not the end of UNFPA, thank goodness - but it is a severe blow to their budget (I don’t have exact figures onhand, sorry), and will therefore impact the scope of their activities.

FROM GRACE FOUNDATION, TRICHY, TAMIL NADU, INDIA

INTRODUCTION

NAME OF THE PROJECT

MOTIVATION PROGRAM FOR 45000 YOUNG WOMEN ABOUT FAMILY PLANNING

AND POPULATION CONCERN IN 30 VILLAGES IN ALATHUR BLOCK, PERMBALUR DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU, INDIA.

APPLICANT

GENERAL SECRETARY,

GRACE FOUNDATION

18-A, JEEVA STREET,

INDIRA COLONY,

SAMAYAPURAM – 621 112,

TRICHY DISTRICT.

PH: 0431-2670939
IMPLEMENTING ORGANISAION

GRACE FOUNDATION

18-A, JEEVA STREET,

INDIRA COLONY,

SAMAYAPURAM – 621 112,

TRICHY DISTRICT.

GRACE FOUNDATION was registered under the Societies Registration Act of the Government of India in 1996.

The Registration Number is 54/96

GRACE FOUNDATION is also registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs Government of Indian under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.

The FCRA Number is 076040258.

GRACE FOUNDATION is involved in various Socio-Economic development programs for the uplift of the disadvantaged people especially the Young Women, the Disabled and the Children in Trichy, Perambalur and Karur Revenue Districts in the State of Tamil Nadu, South India.

The Problem which the Project aims to address:

Population explosion is the most serious problem is India. Presently India is the second largest population in the world with 1 Billion people. By 2020, India is expected to upstage China to become the most populace Country in the world.

Sadly 44% of the population in India is reeling under the Clutches of poverty with lack of food lack of shelter, lack of clothing, lack of education and lack of health care.

Majority of women suffer due to anemic India is having the highest number of malnourished children in the world according to statement made by social analysts attached to the World Health Organization.

For the small population at the Independence in 1947, India had the resources for managing to provide quality of life. As the population increased, majority of people could not get adequate food and other basic necessities in life. The main reason for the misery of life for the majority in India is because of the lack of knowledge about male-female relationship, the reproductive system in human life and the safe birth control methods; If only, young women were offered sex education in the schools and in the villages, they will be able to adapt safe and health birth control methods for preventing the population explosion.

It is a myth that move children means more income. For, there are no jobs even for one third of the population now. For, increase in population leads to increase in poverty. Unable to find employment for regular income generation, the children often become anti social elements and indulge in violence, theft and illegal active.

Hence, the only solution for India today is to immediately arrest the population increase by motivating Young Women to adapt safe birth control methods and pave way for the enhancement in the quality of life for all the people especially women and children.

Intended Achievements

The purpose of this projects is to increase the level of knowledge among young women about male – female relationship, reproductive system and the danger involved in begetting children indiscriminately without adapting birth control methods.

The objectives are:

To enable 45000 Young Women to become aware of the need for birth

control for combating the rampant poverty created by the present level

population explosion.

To facilitate orientation programs about birth control for enhancing

quality of life in 30 Target villages in Perambalur District in the State

of Tamil Nadu, South India.

To enable 1,00,000 families in 30 Target Villages to extend

cooperation for very immediately minimizing population explosion by

and through birth control methods for the safety of the present

generation as well as for the benefit of the future generation.

Positive changes this project will bring out are the following:

45000 Young Women will be made aware that they are not child

bearing machines but equal partners with their husbands with whom

they can sit and discus and decide to have and child (or more children)

depending upon their income levels for providing qualitative life to all

in the family.

45000 Young Women will use the Project for regularly checking their

health status during the Monthly Health Clinics conducted in their

respective village and strengthen their health by either postponing

pregnancy or accepting to bear only one child.

45000 Young Women will have more time to look after their health and

that up their child because their work load will be less instead of toiling

hard for caring for more children.

The main beneficiaries while be 45000 young women in 30 villages

between the age group of 12 and 35 when normally women are used as

child bearing machines by this male dominated societal structure.

Intended Output

GRACE FOUNDATION will implement the following activities under this project:

1 Day Orientation Program on Sex, Reproductive System and Birth Control

in each of the 30 Villages for proving the young women that more

population means more misery to the already poverty stricken families

they life in.

Monthly Mobile Health Clinics will be conducted in each of the 30 Target

Villages for providing Pre Natal and Post Natal care and concern for

45000 Young Women under the medical guidance of a qualified Doctor

and 2 Nurses.

The Coordinator of the Project will provide educational inputs, medical

care and follow up counseling to 45000 Young Women about population

control with sociological concern and physical welfare of women and

children.

Intended Activities:

a) 1 Day Village level Orientation on Health to all the Village people about the dangers of population explosion.

b) Monthly Mobile Health Clinic to check 45000 Young Women for providing pre natal and post natal care.

c) Coordinated efforts to follow-up the birth control methods adapted by 45000 women along with counseling on family planning.

Origins of the initiative:
GRACE FOUNDATION was worried about the deteriorating situation in the life of the majority of people due to increase in poverty and understood clearly that Population Control alone can be the right and timely solution.

GRACE FOUNDATION met the Young Women in the villages and come to know from them that they are not also happy to be considered as child bearing machines and that they are willing to stop bearing more children through safe birth control methods. For, these Young Women are the direct sufferers due to family poverty.

Relationship with POPULATION CONCERN:
This is a New Project

There is no previous relationship

Lessons Applied

The earlier projects of GRACE FOUNDATION which were mostly on Women Empowerment, made us realize that Women should be allowed free time to think about innovative methods to work for qualitative life for themselves and for their families. This can be done only if Young Women stop without child and start. Creating richness of life as Co-Creators with God, Husbands and communities.

Proposed Length of Initiative

This Project is of 3 years duration i.e. from January 2001 to December 2003.

SPECIAL NOTES:

GRACE FOUNDATION will evaluate the Project internally once in six

months and send the Half Yearly Progress Reports to YOUR

ORGANIZATION.

GRACE FOUNDATION will audit the accounts once a year and send the

Audited Statements of Accounts duly certified by a Chartered Accountant

to YOUR ORGANIZATION.

GRACE FOUNDATION will evaluate the project during the 2 year by an

External Evaluation Team as decided upon jointly with YOUR

ORGANIZATION.

GRACE FOUNDATION invites to YOUR ORGANIZATION.

visit the Project Villages for supporting this very important Social Action

Initiative.

Though sufficient Orientation will be provided to the Young Women in the

target villages about male – female relationship, reproductive system and

birth control during the 1 Year, still there needs to be effective follow-up

for achieving the project activities through establishing betterment in life

of the Young Women as well as their families towards enhancement of the

quality of life.

GRACE FOUNDATION will appoint a Full – Time Coordinator for the

Project who will involve in necessary activities such as preparing the base

line data of every Young Woman associated with this project, organizing

frequent interactions with the target women, mobilizing health awareness

and health care follow-up activities, providing counseling both to the pre -

natal/post-natal woman in the family and the husband / elders in the family

about the urgent need to stop begetting more children which spoils the

health of the young mother and causes enormous problems to the families

and the community on economic and social spheres of life.

Total Project Cost

For Year I

i) For conducting Orientation Health camps in

each of the 30 Target Villages at the Cost of

Rs.5000/- per village = Rs. 1,50,000.00

ii) For conducting Monthly Health Clinics in

each of the 30 Target Villages at the Cost of

Rs.2000/-per village per month x 10 months = Rs. 6,00,000.00

iii) For purchasing a 4 Wheeler Vehicle(Ambulance

Type) for conducting health check ups for

45000 young women on pre-natal and post

natal care = Rs. 6,50,000.00

iv) For Vehicle maintenance at Rs.2500/- per

month x 12 months = Rs. 30,000.00

v) For purchasing Clinical instruments, Weighing

Machines and Medical Appliances = Rs. 2,00,000.00

vi) For purchasing Charts, Education Materials

and Audio – Video Equipment = Rs. 3,00,000.00

vii) For minimum establishment charges at

Rs.1000/-per month x 12 months = Rs. 12,000.00

viii)For Staff Salaries:

a) 1 Project Coordinator art Rs.6000/- per month = Rs. 72,000.00

b) 1 Full Time Doctor at Rs.10000/- per month = Rs. 1,20,000.00

c) 2 Nurses at Rs.5000/- per person per month = Rs. 1,20,000.00

d) 6 Health Animators at Rs.3000/- per person

per month = Rs. 2,16,000.00

e) 1 Driver at Rs.2500/- per month = Rs. 30,000.00