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ICDS, after a careful and thorough study, programmed to effect a change in the attitude of the people, radically by imparting general awareness and motivation- training in all aspects and fields related to their lives.

Keeping the above goal in mind, ICDS conducted training programs and meetings seperately to women, men and youths in a planned way, with its trained staff/resource persons, adopting various practical methods and media like cultural troupes, audio-visual system, and screening films by 16mm projector as well as video systems. .ICDS always educates people to know the various schemes and welfare measures and programs, earmarked by the Government for the benefit of the down-trodden people and also helps them to attain the same.

In short, ICDS, not only guides, but also helps people of all walks, to stand by their own, without depending on others and thus helps and lead to attain self sufficiency, paving the way to attain socio-economic development.

WOMEN DEVELOPMENT

The condition and state of women here in the villages were not as they required to be. They were neglected in their own houses and in the society and were not treated as equals to men folks. They don’t even get equal wages paid to men for the same work what men do.

They were deprived of their fundamental rights and were not allowed to raise their voice against injustice perpetra ted on them .

ICDS organized women association (madhar sangam) in every village, to unite the women and made to realize their condition in the society and to endeavour to redeem themselves from the above state of affairs.

The women associations organised in the villages have to formulate action-plans to implement their own village development programs.

CREDIT UNION PROMOTION (or) SELF HELP GROUPS:

This novel scheme is the back-bone for rural development which helps people to save and conserve money, drained by useless and wasteful expenditures on drinks, smoking, cinema,etc., In this scheme, the women, in an organised way, formulate their own rules and regulations (by-laws) and operate by their elected office bearers.

After saving a considerable amount in credit unions (SHGs), the saved amount is revolved as loan within their members. This system creates a confidence among the members that they can avail their own savings as loan, free of interest, at the time of emergency and thus saves people not to run to money lenders and pawn brokers who lend money on exorbitant intrest.

Loan among the members is the first step of achievement in credit union. The little amount thus saved in the credit union/SHG, in every village will grow in thousands in years and thus the credit union/SHG, develops an understanding and credibility in the local banks, wherever the credit union account is maintained. Further the saved money can be kept as marginal money and the members can tap additional loan facilities from the concerned Banks, through direct linkage schemes and subsidies can also be availed in some cases, based availability of various Government schemes.

NFE AND ADULT EDUCATION & NON FORMAL SKILLS:

Development in villages could be achieved through transformation of the whole society which could be possible only after inculcating, over all awareness, among the village people. The reason for lack of development is for want of literacy. through nonformal education. Ignorance can be eradicated and awareness can be achieved.

Additional skills can be acquired through various skill training programs as well as vocational training programs.

ICDS is specialised in non-formal education and so far, it has published 7 books, in a totally new method for the benefit of the village people In addition to tuition centres were also conducted by ICDS in villages to improve the educationally weaker section of the students.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Youths play an important role in the progress of a country. Due to unemployment, today’s youths are idle and spent their valuable time in indulging unwanted and unlawful activities.

To divert their power and energy into development activities, ICDS had formed them in groups in the villages.

To-day’s youths are tomorrow’s leaders of the country and hence to create leadership quality among youths ICDS has the obligation to provide them with enough leadership training, seminars on village development activities, periodical career guidance classes, knowledge on employment and self employment schemes etc.,

COMMUNITY HEALTH

The lack of health education in the village is the root-cause for the increase of patients suffering from various diseases in the villages.

It is taught that, the women association or SHG in each village should have the responsibility of developing health related awareness, which will pave the way to undertake tackling of various health issues, including the importance of sanitary latrine in each house, health as well as eye screening and correction camps, guiding their poor , economically weaker neighbor and those who are suffering from peculiar complicated diseases as well as the disabled persons in the villages.

GOVT- SCHEMES

The objective of the program is to make the villagers realize that, the village could be developed by securing various government programmes, welfare schemes and income generation programmes available from Government for the down- trodden people in the rural villages.

The village devolepment council consisting of the office-bearers of womens association (SHG), youth association and any other forum in each village, has to chalk out their own action-plans to tap all the programs available in the above departments and thus work towards the development of their respective villages. ICDS conduted periodical training programmes to core group members to make them aware of the availability of schemes in various departments.