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Problem Statement
Holistic Development of the Village
- Lack of vision for a “developed” village enabling “excellent quality of life”
- Lack of blueprint for holistic development of the village to get to excellent quality of life
- Lack of ownership for holistic development of the village
- No coordinated effort by Government entities, NGOs, NPOs etc., for end-to-end, holistic development of the villages
- Scalability of NGOs, NPOs, FPOs engaged in various aspects of rural development
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Intervention
Facilitate development of a “Vision” by the “stakeholders” (villagers) for a “developed world-class village” in every aspect of village life that is an alternative to urban life
- Introduce the “world-view” of Quality of Life in a developed village for development of “their” Vision
Facilitate Gap Analysis in the Vision and ground reality on every aspect of village life
Facilitate development of a Blueprint and timelines for fixing the identified gaps
Facilitate execution of Blueprint
- Identify and facilitate engagement of appropriate resources (Government entities, NGOs, NPOs, FPOs, CSR) for addressing the gap(s)
- Enable the scale for execution for NGOs/NPOs/FPOs in the adopted villages
Own and manage the progress of the Blueprint for the stakeholders
- Establish Structured Management and Ownership of each stream of Blueprint from within the stakeholders
- Bring accountability to the execution
- Establish review mechanisms with the stakeholders
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Targeted Outcome
Year 1:
Work on low-hanging fruits to build credibility
- Identify acute developmental issues (e.g. water paucity, nutrition, etc.)
- Identify and engage appropriate entities (NGOs/NPOs, etc.) to address these acute developmental issues
- Show tangible results in a short time
Introduce world-view of developed village Quality of Life to the stakeholders to seed development of vision
- Stakeholder visit to better villages, interact with counterparts
- Motivate to aspire, to build the vision
Documented Vision Statement by the stakeholders
Year 2:
Engage appropriate agency for Gap Analysis
Documented Blueprint for holistic development of the village, along with priorities and timelines
Start Execution and Management of Blueprint
- Engage appropriate agencies for execution
- Establish Governance mechanisms
Year 3++ (as per the Blueprint timeline):
Continued execution on Blueprint
Annual review and improvement of Blueprint
Institute Annual Awards to celebrate progress and contribution of entities engaged in the development
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