Community Bodies

1. Self Help Group

In India, SHGs have federated into larger organizations. Typically, about 15 to 50 SHGs make up a Cluster /Village Organisation (VO) with one or two representatives from each SHG and with several inter-groups decision making structures. The most important SHG’s institutional model is the SHG-Bank Linkage Model (SBLM), and in India three different schemes of linkage of SHGs to the financial institutions have emerged:

• I. Banks, themselves, form and finance the SHGs.
• II. II. SHGs are formed by NGOs, Government and other agencies but financed by banks.
• III. III. Banks finance SHGs with NGOs and other agencies as financial intermediaries

The organisation capacitates the members to begin income generating activities and setup their own micro enterprises. The goal of economic empowerment of the excluded has been finding a reflection through a collective approach of the SHGs through which one can see these rural women saving and earning for raising the economic standard of their families.

At present 208 SHGs were formed with 2570 members. The group members are using the loan amount for different activities like agriculture, animal husbandry, shop keeping, marriages, medical treatment, house construction, travel, education, etc. The SHGs have been linked with different banks and have been getting financial assistance because of this linkage.

2. Amar Jyoti Kalyan Sansthan

Disabled people's organizations have arisen in response to societal barriers that have prevented the equal participation of people with disabilities, and as a reaction against the control of people with disabilities by others. For a long time, people with disabilities have been spoken for by health professionals, family and others without regard for their needs, priorities or choices. People with disabilities are their own best spokespersons and representatives, as they know best their needs and aspirations.NIRPHAD Formed a community Body which called Amar Jyoti Kalyan Sanstha under the Parivartan Project At present 2039 members in Amar Jyoti Kalyan Sanshthan. The following work are:

• Increase Membership
• Draw up a constitution and register as legal entity
• Form the general body of the organization from the membership
• Elect a governing body (through the general body)
• Lect office bearers for the governing body
• Become part of national affiliations and movements.

3. Amar Jyoti Mahila Mandal

NIRPHAD Objective is rural development and without women development it not possible. NIRPHAD working on women empowerment and our priorities to merge women from mainstream and income generation activities. NIRPHAD formed Amar Jyoti MahilaMandals. MahilaMandals works on women development, Education, Livelihood, social and Empowerment. A total 1052 womens are members in MahilaMandals and they are working issues are:

• To have equal opportunities for girl children to education
• To ensure participation in decision making beginning from family circles
• To eliminate all forms of violence against women
• To promote economic independence
• To motivate for political participation and their effective role in decision making
• 7To build up local leadership
• To mobilize public opinion on specific issues and problems of women