Arghyam & VJNNS Team’s visit to DC & CEO-ZP

Arghyam & VJNNS team had a meeting with District Collector & CEO-Zilla Parishad to discuss about following:

- About Arghyam, Its Goals & Aims and future plans.
- About VJNNS, Its areas of operation, Work accomplished in WATSAN area and future plans.
- About possible collaboration with Government bodies in implementing GFWSS.

District Collector and CEO-Zilla parishad showed positive response on such a collaboration. Arghyam and VJNNS has been asked to come up with a possible strategy in which such a collaboration is possible.

Participants:
Arghyam representation:
Mrs. Sunita Nadamuni, CEO, Arghyam – Bangalore,

VJNNS representation:
Mr. A.Siva Kumar, Project Director,VJNNS – Narasipatnam,
Mr. P.Karthik Chandan, Programme Director, VJNNS, Bangalore,

Others:
Mr. Murthy Garu, Engineer (Retd), Social Worker – Visakhapatnam

Day 01:
Sri Lav Agrawal, IAS Visakhapatnam

Day 02:
Mr. G.V.Reddy, CEO of ZP

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ACWADAM Team’s Field Visit

A team from ACWADAM, Pune comprising of Mr. Koustub Mahamuni and Aditya visited VJNNS Narasipatnam from 24th Sept to 27th Sept 2011. Primary purpose of this visit was to review the projects executed by VJNNS and provide a scientific approach to the overall programme.

ACWADAM’s field visit was scheduled as given below:
24-Sep-2011: Team reached Narasipatnam.
25-Sep-2011: Field visit to Rintada and Diguvapakalu villages.
26-Sep-2011: Field visit to Palada and A.Sanivaramu villages.
27-Sep-2011: Field visit to Rolugunta village. Wrapup meeting at VJNNS.

Following team members from VJNNS were involved in the discussions and field trips:
Mr. A.V. Raghu Ram (Secretary), Mr. S.B.P. Sarathi (Tech. officer), Mr. Ch. A. Naidu (Field coordinator)
Mr. D.V.Rao (Trainee), Mr. P. karthik chandan (Programme Director), M. A. Siva kumar (Project Director)

Following activities were conducted:
- Collection of rock samples and observation
- Walk thru of spring source catchment area contour lines
- Collection of Water sample.
- Collected other necessary data like, elevation of spring source, distribution tank etc.
- Observed Discharge rate of each of these spring sources.

Following report is created out of the field visit. ACWADAM VJNNS Report 2011

Photos:

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Arghyam – Project Review & Financial Audits

Arghyam team comprising Mr Manohar & Mr Suresh along with Mr Vijay Kulkarni (External Reviewer) visited Narsipatnam for project review and financial audits.

This is how the schedule was planned:

Day 01 – 24-August-2011 (Half Day)
Discussion on project status so far

Day 02 – 25-August-2011
Site visit to Rolgunta & Palada to see how the GFWSS systems has served the purpose so far.
On the way, team visited Asrada/Bheemanapalli/Gatham pakala & Racha panesa village where people are suffering with acute water shortage problems.

Day 03 – 26-August-2011
Site Visit to Gondipakalu & Chitralagoppu to observe Village committees and their contributions to maintenance of GFWSS &
Other discussions at VJNNS

Day 04 – 27-August-2011
Discussion with Animators & Village Development (VDC) members &
other discussions at VJNNS

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NALCO Foundation’s Visit to VJNNS project sites.

Mr Ravi & Mr Abhijit from NALCO Foundation visited Gondipakalu Village, where VJNNS has provided Water Supply using Gravity Fed Water Supply System.

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Western Union Foundation & VJNNS partnership

Western Union Foundation selects VJNNS as one of the grantees for their programme on Migrants.
VJNNS would be executing a training programme for Migrant families in Visakhapatnam.

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ACWADAM Training

Mr. Siva Kumar A & Mr. Venkateswara Rao from VJNNS gets nominated to get training at ACWADAM (Advanced Center for Water Resources Development And Management) to be conducted between 01 July 2011 to 16 July 2011 at Pune.

Venue of the training is:
BAIF Development Research Foundation
(BAIF Bhavan)
Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, National Highway No.4,
Warje, Pune – 411 058.
Tel. no.- (020) 25231661/63

This training is part of capacity building exercise for Arghyam’s Partners.

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Arghyam’s Visit to VJNNS project sites.

Ms Praveena & Mr Sachin from Arghyam visit VJNNS’s project site. The main purpose of this visit is to come up a document on the overall “Neeru Aaroghyam” project.

Report drawn out of the field experience is available here for download

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ACWADAM Visit to VJNNS Project Sites

Arghyam introduces a pune based organization ACWADAM to VJNNS. Mr Devdutt & Mr Siddharth from ACWADAM make visit to VJNNS project sites after visiting Gram Vikas in Brahmapur.

Photo Gallery:

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Sunita from Arghyam visits VJNNS Project Sites

Sunita Nadhamuni, CEO ARGHYAM visits VJNNS project sites (Gondipakala) along with her family. VJNNS team demonstrate Gravity Fed Water Supply System (GFWSS) to her.

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VJNNS’s Team undergo Financial training at Hyderabad

Mr Siva Kumar & Mr Srinivas K R from VJNNS attend Financial Management training sponsored by Arghyam in Hyderabad. Ms. Rozmin Ajani & Mr. Nizam Ajani were the trainers.

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