Social Mobilization is the mainstay of BRSP’s interventions in rural development which proves that only established Community Institutions (CIs) having strong linkages, can bring true empowerment and alleviate poverty when households are united to form of COs, VOs and LSOs. Then these institutions can play a decisive role to addressing most crucial and challenging issues of rural poor to come out of vicious cycle of poverty. Subsequently, the social and human capital produced have the potential to serve as a building block for developing transparent, accountable and professionally managed networks of CIs.
BRSP started gradually maturing-up its three tiers social mobilization model focusing on federating COs into VOs and then LSOs so that CIs can take over the service delivery role as part of its long-term strategy. This role was further enhanced through creating synergies with local government institutions. However, BRSP continued its role as a mentor or facilitator, but the actual implementation of development initiatives needed to be owned and championed by the local communities. Apart from RSPs’ institutional development approach, BRSP has also formed specific groups under various projects since its inception. The details of social mobilization since 1991 and the reporting year are given in the below table:
Institutions/Groups formed | During the Year Jul-18 – June-19 | Cumulative as of June 2019 | ||
Total CIs | Membership | Overall CIs | Membership | |
Community Organizations (Men) | 3670 | 54489 | 14158 | 219442 |
Community Organizations (Women) | 2533 | 36749 | 7081 | 108152 |
Community Organizations (Mix) | 5 | 63 | 64 | 955 |
Total | 6208 | 91301 | 21303 | 328549 |
Village Organizations (Men) | 947 | 5796 | 2756 | 27090 |
Village Organizations (Women) | 429 | 2714 | 951 | 8265 |
Village Organizations (Mix) | 1 | 4 | 54 | 513 |
Total | 1377 | 8514 | 3761 | 35868 |
Local Support Organization (Men) | 36 | 1408 | 116 | 3712 |
Local Support Organization (Women) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
Total | 36 | 1408 | 117 | 3729 |
Village Specialist Association (VSAs) | 0 | 0 | 21 | 133 |
Farmer Associations (FAs) | 0 | 0 | 458 | 6219 |
Parent education Committees (PECs) | 0 | 0 | 159 | 1180 |
Village Health Committees (VHCs) | 0 | 0 | 104 | 1097 |
Liaison Committees (LCs) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 |
Wash Committees | 508 | 3518 | 640 | 4641 |
Note: the Tabular summary of progress is updated on a quarterly basis
The outcome of the Community Institutions and Community Training
BRSP assesses the outcome of CIs through its Outcome Tracking Sheet (OTS). The following summary will highlight achievements made by the CIs in the year 2017-18:
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