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Udainagar Pragati Samiti - The First Annual General Body Meeting
25/01/09 | NEEMKHEDA
The first Annual General Body Meeting of the Udainagar Pragati Samiti (UPS), the pioneering Federation of women SHGs promoted by SPS, was held at the Baba Amte Centre for People's Empowerment in village
Neemkheda on the 25th of January 2009. UPS was registered on 25 September 2008 under the MP Societies Registration Act 1973. Around 3000 women SHG members and a 1000 others, who were mainly family and
friends, attended the 4 hour-long meeting. Shri Shravan Garg, Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar and Shri Champalal Dewda, the first ever Adivasi MLA of Bagli were Special Invitees to the event.
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Awaaz
MAY 2011
From May 2011 Samaj Pragati Sahayog has started the publication of 'Awaaz', a quarterly newsletter in Hindi. The newsletter documents successful livelihood initiatives of individual Self Help Group members, as also their collective endeavor to make institutions like the Gram Sabha, the Panchayat, banks, the state and the market more responsive to their needs. With over 23000 women and their families spread across 9 locations, there is energy and enterprise, liveliness and action all around. The stories are about the acumen, the capabilities, the spirit, and the compassion of women. 'Awaaz' is a step towards voicing these untold stories. We hope other women will draw strength from them. View PDF
SHG members celebrate International Women's Day
16/03/11 | HATPIPLIA
On 16 March 2011, SPS led Women's SHG members from Hatpiplia celebrated International Women's Day to mark the solidarity amongst members and to reinforce their collective strength. More than 1000 women from 129 SHGs gathered at community hall in Hatpipalia. Bank of India and SBI officials joined in the occasion to extend their support. View PDF
BMC Foundation day
28/02/11 | BHIKUPURA
On the 28th of February this year, 500 women from 20 village level dairy co-operatives, a majority of whose
members are under Udainagar Pragati Samiti, an SHG Federation promoted by Samaj Pragati Sahayog, got
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together to celebrate the 2 Foundation Day of the Bulk Milk Cooler (BMC), a milk chilling plant at Bhikupura, a
remote tribal village in Bagli Tehsil. It was a day of jubilation for these women and their families who have a secure
source of livelihood from dairying for the last 3 years. With a sense of oneness, the women from across 60 villages
shared their success stories in milk production while discussing problems and recalling the initial days of
skepticism and difficulty.
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A state level consultation on "MGNREGA in Uttar Pradesh: Challenges, Potential and Way Forward" was organized by the National Consortium on MGNREGA in Lucknow between 8th and 9th of March 2011. The aim of the consultation was to bring together officials of the state and central governments along with representatives of civil society in UP working on MGNREGA to discuss the potential and problems of MGNREGA in the state and to arrive at a road map for MGNREGA reform within the state. The consultation was presided over by Dr. Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India . View PDF
MGNREGA Lok Muhim
15/12/10 | AGRAKHURD
15 December, 2010, Gram Panchayat Agrakhurd in collaboration with SPS organized a Jan Sunwain - a public
hearing where about 1500 people participated. This was a culmination of a month long Lok Muhim or public
campaign on MGNREGA, an initiative taken by SPS to mobilize the Gram Panchayats to take MGNERA to the
people. In a door-to-door campaign, a direct dialogue was initiated with every household on their experience and
understanding of their entitlements under MGNREGA.
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