Background:
Our organisation ‘Shramik Janata Vikas sanstha (acronym SJVS) was founded by a group of local youth Mr. Adhinath Ombale from Jaoli block of Satara district who earlier worked with Shramjivi Janata Sahayak Mandal (SJSM) Satara as social workers where they took considerable experience of organising community around livelihood issues through cooperatives, addressing socio-economic issu
es of poor people and mobilising poor and needy for their basic rights. Since inception in 1994 we are operational in villages along the foothills of Sahyadri hills in Satara District. Creating awareness amongst the rural people about socio-economic development we have promoted 13 cooperative societies and CBOs amongst small and marginal farmers, women and landless Katkari tribals in the areas of dairy, credit cooperative, agriculture, fishing, and women’s industrial cooperative, etc. Over 450 SHGs have been promoted in 6 blocks of Satara district namely Jawali, Medha, Mahabaleshwar, Koregaon, Rahimatpur and Wai. With encouragement from Oxfam India office at Mumbai we have started operations in 50 villages/hamlets of Jawhar block in Thane district where we have promoted more than 150 SHGs amongst tribal women. Three fishing co-operative and one Eco tourism society ongoing registration processes Some of the poorest communities that we are working are Katkari, Dhangar Gavali & dalits in Satara district and Katkari, Warli, Thakar and Konkna tribals in Thane district alongside small and marginal land holders and women across all communities. Although Katkaris are chiefly located in neighbouring Raigad district, some of them have migrated to adjoining Satara and Thane districts in search of livelihood and have set up their houses in the forest areas. Due to relocation and in the absence of productive physical assets the community is very impoverished and exploited at the hands of non-tribals. While in Satara district they survive solely on daily wage labourers (agriculture, construction, bricks making) and fishing, in Thane district most of them have encroached forest lands to cultivate and earn their livelihood during the monsoon. For the remaining period they migrate and work as daily wage earners on construction sites, brick kilns, and agriculture farms or as annual contract workers with large farmers. Needless to mention all these works are done against the advances obtained by tribals for agriculture inputs during the monsoon, Mr. Adinath Omble had build up confidence to do something for development of social & economical growth of peoples situated at Jaoli & Mahableshwar areas. Due to this he was organized youths of same thinking and established organization named “Shramik Janata Vikas Sanstha” at 1987. He started organize poor people and implement the small projects of social & economic issues. After getting success in proposed work done organization is registered 1995 as Society and trust act and FCRA act. Work Place: The organization is successfully working since 1987 in One hundred twenty five villages in Satara district. Now SJVS spread its work not only in Satara district but also in Jawhar (Dist- Thane) and Pune District Maval and Mulshi block. Most the area is remote, hilly & also surrounded by backwater of dams like Koyana, Kanher & Dhom in Satara dist and Khadkhad in Thane Dist..Bhushi(lonavala)Walvan Kundli Bhivapuri,Mulshi catchment are in Pune district. and Geographical situation is too much difficult and harder for human beings. This area is under the shadow of heavy rainfall (average 1800 to 750 mm). And rice is one of the main crops. Organization works various categories of peoples for their social & economical development. And empowered tribal community in the Konkan region having assured natural resource based livelihoods and living a life of dignity and confidence”. 50 hamlet in Thane District Jawahar Block.107 villages in Pune district. Vision: Our vision is to centralize the progress of common man and his surrounding natural area by making awareness of local problems and resources and, through the participation of people ,foster their social and economic development. Mission:To bring about social and economic development of economically backward and deprived factors of working area through the establishment of CBOs and groups with right based attitude; participating them in various trainings, get-together (Melava), seminars, campaign, workshops and home visits and implementing govt. schemes and developing networking with other agencies and organizations. Programmes:
The agency has been implementing tribal empowerment project since 2010 in Satara and Thane dist. and agency is working for livelihood enhancement , Women empowerment and sustainable agriculture in Jawali Mahabaleshwar Wai block of Satara dist. for the implementation of these project SJVS is getting financial support from SWISS-AID India OXFAM India.Besides that SJVS has well experience with NABARD. The SJVS implemented Jalswaraj project in 11 villages of Satara district in 2008-2009. SJVS has implemented NABARD’s Add-o-Activity-I and II,(SHG) REDP and SDP programs successfully. Now the agency is implementing VDP-II, JLG, Rural Mart and Farmer’s Producer’s company etc. programs with the support of NABARD. Vasundhara project implementing through YSHADA Pune in Satara dist. TATA Power company support us in Pune district.The SJVS has recruited trained and well experienced staff for the successfully implementation of the agency’s programs. The total no. of staff is 19. We have our monthly staff meeting on 5th date of every month. The agency carries out the audit at proper time. Overall work of the agency is running successfully. We have friendly environment in the agency and it has been become helpful for the successful implementation of programs of our agency.
