Jatan Sansthan is a grassroots NGO working in Rajasthan on programs related to women empowerment, child development, and youth development. This document provides an annual report on Jatan's activities from 2011-2012. It describes several programs run by Jatan including establishing technology resource centers to empower farm women, a women's safety counseling center, child education programs like Apna Jatan Centers, and youth skill development programs. The report provides statistics on participants and highlights like a visit from a US company to support improving women farmers' hardship through technology. It recognizes donors, staff, and governance bodies that support Jatan's work.
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Credits
Publisher Dr. Kailash Brijwasi
Editors Anuradha Rai
Mackenzie Bhardwaj
Design Konstantin Kaufmann
Photographs Jatan Staff
Printing Sanjari Offset Printers, Udaipur
The cover page was created in a graffito workshop organized by interns
Annalena and Kathrin with the children of Apna Jatan Centre, Dewali.
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Credits 1
Contents 2
About Jatan 3
From the Director’s Desk 4
Our Journey 5
Through the Years 6
Women Empowerment Programmes 8
Child Development Programmes 16
Youth Development Programmes 22
Award 27
Donors and Supporters 28
Interns 29
Our Staff 31
Sanjeevani 33
Shramik Mitra 34
Governing Council 35
Board Meetings 36
Executives 36
Balance Sheets 37
Jatan in the News 41
Contents
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About Jatan
Jatan Sansthan is a grassroots NGO working with
the rural population of the Rajsamand and Udaipur
districts of Rajasthan. Jatan Sansthan was registered
formally in 2001 under the leadership of a senior
educationalist and development worker.
Since its inception, Jatan’s focus has been to im-
prove social and demographic indicators of the pop-
ulation of the Railmagra block in Rajsamand with
a special focus on young people. In the past twelve
years, Jatan has worked on programmes for young
people, women, children, elected representatives
and marginalized communities in this block.
The scope of its work has also included commu-
nity issues such as health, education, employment,
and participation in democratic and development
processes.
Our Vision
Jatan envisions a society where young people lead
a healthy, safe and empowered life, free of all forms
of discrimination.
Our Mission
Jatan strives to empower the youth of Rajasthan
by giving them a platform where they can express
freely their concerns.
Jatan also provides them with information that
leads to social and scientific solutions, thereby en-
abling them to become agents of change in their
communities.
5. From the Director’s Desk
Eleventh year of Jatan’s establishment.
This year had remained important for all of us
in many respects. This year, by starting two im-
portant projects in the direction of women em-
powerment, we have been able to add many of the
women of our areas into this campaign. Firstly,
to cut down the monotonous work of the village
farm women by simplifying their field related
works through technological intervention, and
secondly to start the women safety and counsel-
ling centre in the Rajsamand women police sta-
tion, thus giving pace to the campaign continued
to fight against women abuse. Both these projects
revise the organization’s commitment to work on
the issues of women with utmost sensitivity.
In the direction of continuous efforts for im-
proving the life of migrant labors and their fam-
ilies, the organization has also increased its un-
derstanding on the works related to commercial
health and risks.
From this year, students of prestigious In-
stitutes like Indian Institute of Management
Udaipur (IIM) and Duke University, USA, got
associated with Jatan as interns to learn and un-
derstand the ground level works that are being
done by the organization.
26th January’ 2012 had been particularly an
eventful day for the organization. Appreciation
of the organization by the District Administra-
tion really is the honour of every person who is
associated with the organization.
Come and join us in maintaining this honour.
Kailash Brijwasi
Executive Director
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Our Journey
Jatan began its work on sexual and reproductive
health by spreading awareness in the community
on these issues. Jatan has provided opportunities
to young people in the community to design and
implement programmes based on their health and
development needs.
Gender discrimination and sex selection have
been key issues of intervention. Every year, Jatan
organizes public hearings, media workshops and
youth competitions, as well as campaigns to sen-
sitize Panchayati Raj members, students, and the
community at large.
Capacity-building of the youth has been another
focus area. Jatan has provided a platform for young
people to voice to their concerns and find solutions
for them. Jatan provides regular opportunities to
young people to participate at both national and
state level conventions on sexual and reproductive
issues and rights
Jatan believes that youth development must be
addressed in a holistic manner. For this reason, the
group implements programmes that address prob-
lems of health (including HIV/AIDS), education,
local governance, migration, employment, and re-
productive rights, all of which are important con-
cerns for the target group. It achieves the above
through formation of youth groups, clubs, and as-
sociations as well as through a strong network of
youth volunteers.
Through these programmes, Jatan also aims to
mobilize greater participation of youth in local gov-
ernance, public services, and in the accountability
of public systems. It works to develop leaders in the
youth community.
As an organization with strong networks and
rapport with adolescents and young adults of this
region, Jatan also aims to bring greater social and
gender sensitization among the youth. Presently the
organization has contact in nearly 450 villages over
three District of Rajsathan – Rajsamand, Bhilwara
and Udaipur.
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Through the Years
2001 Jatan Sansthan got its legal status registered as a
society
2002 Launch of first project for Empowerment of
Elected Women Representatives
2003 Work with youth on Reproductive Health
2004 Campaign against Sex Selective Abortion
2005 First Migration Resource Centre
2006 Work on HIV/AIDS
2007 Skill Development Efforts for youth
2008 Efforts for advocacy of Women Health and Rights
2009 Scaled up in Bhilwara and Udaipur District after
Rajsamand and launch of Website
2010 Work on Child Education through “Apna Jatan
Centre”
2011 Start of UGER project, establishing Technical
Resource Centre for farmer women and a
Counselling Centre in Rajsamand’s women’s police
station
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9. Changing the Lives of those who
matter the most.
Women Empowerment Programmes
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Women Empowerment
With increasing
years, Jatan rebuilds
and ensures the fact
that women empow-
erment should be
the utmost priority
of any developing
economy.
Women, being the most integral
part of our lives, need to be empow-
ered and protected in all areas. Jatan
is one such platform providing a
centre for catering all the necessary
needs for women’s empowerment.
Social Hub for Women
Leadership
Jatan, along with the Hunger Project, Jaipur,
is continuously heading towards increasing and
strengthening the leadership skills of women under
the women empowerment programme in the 29 vil-
lage Panchayats of the Railmagra block. This year 10
Panchayats have been selected for the formation of an
active women awareness platform.
A total of 47 meetings and 4 block meetings of this
awareness platform were held in this working year.
These meetings were followed by need-based work-
shops, in which follow up of information dissemi-
nation and problems resolution was done through
introducing roles of ward Panch and comprehending
concepts like development, budget, and others.
Jatan has undertaken 4 permanent committee
trainings. In November this year, Jatan constituted a
women Panch-Sarpanch organization in Railmagra in
which 45 female representatives took part to work on
social justice issues. The Gram Sabha empowerment
campaign was also implemented by Jatan in the 29
panchayats of the Railmagra block to increase public
participation especially the participation of women,
and to establish and supervise the village develop-
ment projects.
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Women Empowerment
Technological Hub for
Empowerment of Farm
Women
In collaboration with Dr. Suman Singh and her
team from the Department of Family Resource Man-
agement Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture
and Technology, Udaipur, Jatan is implementing a
research project in the Rajsamand district with the
objective to empower women technologically to re-
duce their hardship in everyday farming and animal
husbandry activities.
To initiate the project the Technology Research
Centre (TRC) was established. The centre is a sin-
gle- window for practical field demonstrations of
appropriate technology, renting of a variety of farm
tools, selling of inputs like seeds, fertilizers, and pes-
ticides, information dissemination of government
schemes and other programs, awareness building
of various agricultural issues, and consultation for
farmers on agriculture practices.
To implement the project, a survey was conducted
with the help of self help groups and conduction
of a Village Contact Drive. This raised awareness
and created interest in the local public through ex-
hibitions, marches, shows and plays concerning the
existing agriculture practices. These activities also
helped to develop and provide technology informa-
tion kits concerning various aspects of agricultural
work.
These centres also provide participatory training
and information about the new technologies and ac-
tivities for capacity building. Efforts done by Jatan
proved to have a positive impact on the agriculture
of these regions with improvement in knowledge,
skills and attitude, a measurable reduction in hard-
ship, and increase in work output and thus increase
in income.
A special highlight this year in the TRC project
was the visit of Samuel R. Allen, Chairman and
CEO of John Deere, and a team of 8 officials from
the US along with 12 from India. They visited and
worked with farmers in their fields in Rajsamand
under their CSR initiative, ‘Mitigating Hardship of
Indian Women Farmers through Technology Inter-
vention,’ from September 5-8, 2011.
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Women Empowerment
Health Hub for Women Hy-
giene - UGER
UGER, meaning “new beginnings” in Mewari, is a
women’s group in Udaipur supported by Jatan San-
sthan, which deals with menstrual health and aware-
ness. The women of UGER come from slum areas
in Udaipur - Ramnagar and Meera Nagar. Through
UGER they receive extensive stitching training and
work to create reusable cloth sanitary napkins.
This project aims to provide a healthy alternative
to disposable pads, which contain chemicals and
non-woven polymers, and to increase the awareness
among women about the safe and hygienic use of
cloth during menstruation time.
The women of UGER are also engaged in en-
hancing their livelihoods and futures, as they earn
income through the sale of the pads and learn valua-
ble skills including stitching, banking, and business
management.
To increase the awareness about menstruation
the project group meets with different community
groups through seminars and discussions in colleges
and other areas, both rural and urban.
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Women Empowerment
Welfare Hub for Female
Protection - PCPNDT
Implementation
Giving meaning to its name, Jatan, further promot-
ed the campaign on declining sex ratio during this
year. For this it initiated an advocacy campaign in
two blocks of Rajsamand district, namely Rajsamand
and Railmagra, covering 50 villages. To disseminate
the message for a wider and deeper impact, Jatan
ensured the maximum participation of the public as
well as governmental, social and legal personnel.
For the implementation of PCPNDT (Pre-concep-
tion and Prenatal Diagnostic Act) project in Railmagra
block of Rajsamand district, which is the second low-
est scoring district of Rajasthan
state amongst declining sex ra-
tio, an action research was done
to understand the cause and
consequences of the sex selec-
tion and to explain to the com-
munity about the government
incentive schemes for effectively
adapting this project.
Jatan has initiated work in
this field with the support of the
Government of India (Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare) and PNDT, Delhi. The
primary strategy of intervention is to provide counsel-
ling, information dissemination and to assist women
and family members who are affected.
Furthermore, we are working towards building
skills and capacity of women’s groups and communi-
ty people to address the issue of declining sex ratio.
The sensitization workshops imparted at block-level
train ASHA Sahayoginis, Anganwadi workers, and
ANMs to provide information on declining sex ra-
tio, female foeticide, civil registration and legal en-
actment. Astounding numbers of Indian youth are
forced out of their villages and cultures into the
quickly changing modern world.
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Women Empowerment
Safety Hub for Women
Protection
To protect women from domestic violence and other
abuse in their everyday life, Jatan initiated the setting of a
women safety and counselling centre at the women police
station of Rajsamand district. It reaches out to women
at large to encourage them in getting free from violence
by using their rights. This women safety and counselling
centre was inaugurated in October’2011. Out of the total
138 registered complaints, 130 complaints were resolved
on the basis of mutual understanding and 8 cases are un-
der consideration. In this process counsellors got regular
support from district collectors, police departments and
the departments for children’s and women’s development.
During the process of counselling, the counsellor
listens carefully to the report of the victim lady and fills
the application form accordingly with all details given.
After this the other party is called if needed and the
counselling work is done -- if the situation demands
the help of local police is employed. All the recordings
are done on stamp paper. Centre counsellors also sup-
port the victim lady to get in touch with the court, po-
lice station, hospital and other offices if they need any
further assistance. Pamphlets, posters and calendars
were distributed and information boards were ground-
ed outside various police stations and offices.
Through 20 sector meetings, Saathin meetings, at Nar-
ega workplace, in-ward meetings and village meetings in-
formation about the services of this counselling centre are
given to the public at large. All the block police stations of
the Rajsamand district were approached and information
about complaints lodged by female victims were collected.
A tableau depicting violence on women was presented
on 26th January parade at Rajsamand and it won appre-
ciation prize.
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Major Cases solved in Counselling Centre
Number of Cases Solved Cases
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Women Empowerment
Mahila Suraksha EvamSalah Kendra is a redressal cen-
tre for women and girls who are victims of violence. The
Centre provides an environment of security and support
to the distressed women and children. In this space, they
can make decisions about how to handle the violence
they are experiencing.
Besides counselling, the Centre tries to link the
women with critical services like legal support, psychi-
atric/medical/short stay facilities, livelihood support
etc, thus attempting to provide them holistic redres-
sal. The centre undertakes intensive case work with
women, providing emotional support, helping analyse
their situations, counselling for positive change, medi-
ating with the perpetrators of violence, providing legal,
medical, and child-related information and assistance,
and referring her to essential services.
The Mahila Suraksha Evam Salah Kendra is located
in Police premises (Mahila Thana, Bhilwara Road) in
Rajsamand district, where any woman facing violence
can seek support.
Ummied - Mahila Suraksha Evam Salah Kendra
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Child Development
A society that cares
for the mental,
moral, and physical
development of its
youngest members
blesses the future
with prosperity.
Jatan Sansthan has intensified
it’s activities in the area of child
education and development this
year and by that taken on this
responsibility to transform the lives
of this society’s youngest members..
Apna Jatan Centre
The health and education status of children in
the slums of Udaipur depicts a bleak picture charac-
terized by poor living conditions with lack of basic
housing and infrastructure facilities. The immediate
consequences are an overall poor hygiene level and
numerous mild diseases.
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Child Development
Enrolment of children at the Apna Jatan Kendre
Ram Nagar Neemach Kheda
Creche Service 15 6
Alternative Education Classes 13 42
Education Support Programme 23 07
Total Registered 51 55
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Child Development
Jatan Sansthan started the Apna Jatan Centres in
Neemach Kheda, Dewali and Ramnagar in Udaipur
with the help and guidance of GEBECO, Germany
from October 16, 2010. This year we have started one
more apna Jatan centre in Ramnagar slum area with the
help of Philipp’s contribution on 1-9-2013.
After an initial study on the educational conditions of chil-
drenintheruralareasofUdaipur,itwasfoundthatintheDe-
wali area there was a large need of educational improvements.
In this little Basti, the citizens live with a lack of education,
healthcare,employmentandalsoinsufficientfacilitieslikewa-
ter supply and electricity. In later health-check-up-camps, it
was also recognized that many children are malnourished and
have a lack of knowledge about hygiene and proper behavior.
“Apna Jatan Kendra” has three wings providing alterna-
tive education to non-school going children, tutorials for
school-going children with low learning levels and providing
pre-school education to children below five years of age with
enrolmentof19childrenineachofthethreewings.TheApna
Jatan Kendra aims to improve the academic knowledge of the
children and guide them in healthy development towards be-
ing clever, creative and well-behaved young people.
One of Jatan’s main pillars is “Alternative Education”. This
meanstheteachersconductclassesandlessonsinaplayfuland
fun way, which includes the use of painting, arts and crafts,
story-telling, songs and poems. The children then enjoy the
fun of learning and develop a wish to go to school.
Later on Jatan helps them get admission for either govern-
mental or private schools. During the year, the quality of the
Centre improved in many ways due to trainings, workshops
and many meetings about its’ condition. The Centre gained
more faith in the community, and parents became more likely
tosendtheirchildrentotheclassesofApnaJatanCentre.Oth-
er activities done by the centre are regular health check-ups,
parent meetings, film shows, picnics, festival celebrations etc.
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Child Development
Vedanta Bal Chetna
Aanganwadi Project
Jatan undertook the project of holistic development
of children aged 3-6 years in selected government-run
Anganwadi Centres under the ICDS scheme under
the guidance and supervision of Vedanta Foundation
(Hindustan Zinc Limited), who provides financial
assistance to meet the recurring and non-recurring
expenses towards the above stated child care services.
The major activities of the organization were to
check all 100 Anganwadies, organize the distribu-
tion of supplementary nutrition, pre-school educa-
tion, distribution of fuel bills, participation in Pulse
polio campaign, and picnics.
During the Aanganwadi Empowerment Commit-
tee meetings, along with giving information about
the Vedanta Bal Chetna Project, the members also
inform about the provision of supplying soap, pow-
der,and hair oil for children for the maintenance of
cleanliness and hygiene conditions. Movie shows are
also organized to increase the number of children in
the Aanganwadi Centres.
At the centres of Kiron Ka Oda , Peepali Acharyan
and Mandawar indoor-outdoor games and learning
activities were organized for language development
as part of pre-school education. Along with the ori-
entation programmes for the project staff,grocery
supplies are provided and supervision of the cook-
ing procedures and cooked food is done at regular
intervals.
Under the supervision of one District Coordina-
tor a five Cluster Coordinators, children are getting
a better opportunity for growth and development.
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Youth Development
Astounding num-
bers of Indian
youth are forced out
of their villages and
cultures into the
quickly changing
modern world. They
come as unskilled
labourers with no
financial or physi-
cal security.
Jatan wishes for them a brighter
future.
Work With Migrants
In November 2006, with support of Sir Dorabji Tata
Trust, Mumbai, and Aajeevika Bureau, Udaipur, Jatan
Sansthan initiated a Shramik Sahayata Sandarbh Kendra
(3SK) to address issues of migrant youth in Rajsamand
and Railmagra block of Rajsamand district and Raipur
block of Bhilwara district. The 3SK focused on counsel-
ling, information dissemination, skill training and com-
munication with migrant youth and groups to build up
their capacities to take informed decision about their well
being and the health of their families.
Since the work with migrant workers began, there has
beenarapidgrowthof3SKRailmagra’swork.Thereisnow
a good presence and visibility in at least 26 panchayats.
The Jatan team has been upfront in organizing large
numbers of contact and publicity events. The centre is a
busy one with a number of drop-ins every month, on-go-
ing skill training activity, and the formation of labour
collective. Extensive work was also done to strengthen
the capacity of Shramikmitras and Para Health Workers
Sanjeevani. Some of the notable achievements of the 3SK
operated by Jatan have been as follows:
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Youth Development
• Registered of nearly 1855 migrants in Railmagra
and 1276 migrants in Bhilwara and provided them
photo identity cards.
• 51 migrant youth trained in livelihood skills,
migration issues and life skills.
• 3 studies based on migrants: one on migrants
in the ice cream-vending trade, one on those
in the Namkeen-making trade and one on the
impact of migration on households.
• 10 para-health workers, Sanjeevanis, are trained to
improve the migrant families’ awareness of health
problems along with conduction of 2 health camps
at Junda and Railmagra.
• Formation of two labour collectives – one of ma-
sons and the other of electricians.
• Completion of 66 Panchayat level migration pro-
files in Rajsamnd and Bhilwara district.
• Regular village and block level meetings with
migrants groups and consistent participation in
Panchayat level events known as Mini Sachivalaya.
Jatan also initiated a new centre in Raipur block
of Bhilwara district to initiate work with migrants.
The centre is providing services to the migrants of
Raipur block from 18 panchayats.
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Youth Development
Jatan’s Experience in Skill
Building and Placement
Jatan initiated its programme on skill building of
rural youth in various trades with the aim of provid-
ing better and improved employment opportunities
to these youth for betterment of their lives and the
rural communities. The specific objectives of this
programme have been: to develop the skills of rural
youth in the area
• to further build skill and knowledge of rural girls
and boys and make them competitive in the job
market
• to improve the sustainability of the work being
done by the youth
• to provide technical, financial as well as market-
ing and career support
In the past year, 51 youth were linked with var-
ious skill building trainings organized by different
agencies. The trades in which the youth were trained
included mobile repairing, motor driving, cooking,
and office assistant. 51 youth were facilitated in
getting employment at various trades including Big
Bazaar, computer shops, and garment shops. A total
of 3454 youth were provided with counselling on
livelihood skill training and placement.
318 migrants were assisted in getting enrolled with
Viswakarma Ansdayi Pension Scheme and 66 mi-
grants were linked with various saving schemes and
assisted in opening bank accounts. 580 labourers
were linked with the scheme of Construction Labour
Welfare Board. Jatan organized 4 workshops at Palra,
Bethumbi, Ashaholi villages and Raipur centres with
migrant labours to build the knowledge on legal as-
pects of migration in which 115 labours participated.
In the past year, 34 migrant labour disputes were
registered and settled by Jatan by providing Rs.64250/-
to the labours through these cases. With these goals,
research and studies were conducted at the Panchayat
level in order to understand the condition of the mi-
grant youth. During the last three years Jatan organ-
ized nearly 10 rounds of skill building trainings that
benefited about 251 youth including women. Most of
the trainees are those who were looking for new skills
or opportunities to upgrade their livelihoods.
Jatan Sansthan also works as a placement agency
as Jatan is registered by the Govt. of India as one
such agency. With its network and linkages with var-
ious agencies and companies, a total of 130 trained
youth were placed in various trades. Some of the
major recruiters have been DELFI, Reliance Cho-
motex, Dariba Mines, Big Bazaar, Hotel Lake End,
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Youth Development
Hindustan Lever, mobile shops etc.
With the support and guidance of Functional Voca-
tional Training and Research (FVTRS) Bangalore we
have associated 100 youth participants with bag stitch-
ing work, mobile handset repairing, and beautician
work by providing three months skill trainings. Most
of the trainees started their own business at a small
scale level after completing training.
Dr. Brijwasi from Jatan shared our experience working
with such youth at the 5th National Skill Conference in
Kolkata on the topic of “Challenges and Opportunities
in the Unorganized Sector: All Encompassing Skills for
the Unskilled, Cutting Across All Sectors” in his talk.
Entrepreneurship development forms an important com-
ponent of FVTRS activities in an effort to replicate and
trigger more successful entrepreneurs. Dr. Brijwasi will
continue exploring how to replicate and trigger more suc-
cessful entrepreneurs, how to inspire youth.
Efforts for Awareness on
HIV/AIDS
Awareness on the issue of HIV and AIDS is lack-
ing in the state of Rajasthan. For this reason, the
efforts to join HIV with the mainstream along
with interdepartmental co-operation and integrat-
ed planning are being increased. The civil society
organization forum constituted by Jatan under the
co-operation and guidance of Rajasthan State AIDS
control society is trying to bring HIV-awareness in
the mainstream. In this effort 25 other organizations
and institutes are also working with Jatan.
To facilitate, support and share the experience of
main-streaming and District level forum’s activities,
Jatan held a District level workshop on 22nd March
2012 in Udaipur. Representatives of Aajeevika Bureau,
Mahan Sewa, Kosvi, Women’s Police Station, Home
Science college, Meera Girls college, Samarthan, Vikalp
design, Abhigam, Afford, Nyay Pahal, Vedanta, Saksh-
am and Foundation for sustainable development have
taken part in the workshop.
The CSO Forum provides platform/opportunity to
raise a social dialogue on issues related to HIV/AIDS
among the major stakeholders and organizes various
ongoing activities to enhance community participation.
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This year has proved significant for Jatan in
terms of receiving recognition for its achievements
through the granting of awards. In appreciation of
its sustained contribution of 10 years to develop-
ment in Rajsamand district, Jatan was awarded from
District Collector. Executive Director Dr. Kailash
Brijwasi accepted the Award from Dr. Preetam B.
Yashwant, District Collector Rajsamand on the oc-
casion of Republic Day 26 January, 2012.
Award
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Donors and Supporters
Aajeevika Bureau
Udaipur
CHETNA
Ahmedabad
Department of Women & Child Development
Rajsamand
Duke University
Durham, USA
Foundation for Sustainable Development
San Francisco, USA
Friends of Jatan
Germany
Functional Vocational Training and Research Society
Bangalore
Gebeco GmbH & Co. KG
Kiel, Germany
Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
Dariba
Indian Institute of Management
Udaipur
Indo Asia Travels
Delhi
John Deere Foundation
Moline, USA
MaharanaPratapUniversityofAgricultureandTechnology
Udaipur
Mahila Adhikarita Vibhag
Jaipur
Pathfinder International
Watertown, USA
PCPNDTCell,DepartmentofFamilyandHealthWelfare
Rajsamand
PCPNDT Cell, Ministry of Family and HealthWelfare
Delhi
Police Department
Rajsamand
Prayas
Chittorgarh
Pro World Volunteers
San Francisco, USA
Rajasthan State AIDS Control Society
Jaipur
Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
Mumbai
The Hunger Project
Jaipur
Vikalp Design
Udaipur
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Interns
Abigail Weitman
FSD Programme
USA
Allison Moore
Pro World Volunteers
USA
Annalena Spratte
Gebeco Reisen
Germany
Anne Krol
MSID
USA
Colette Ghunim
FSD Programme)
USA
Danielle Littman
FSD Programm
USA
Jeselene Andrade
Pro-World Volunteers
USA
Jiru Ajano
MSID
USA
Kalindi Shah
FSD Programme
USA
Mary Stennes
MSID
USA
Nathaniel Henry
FSD Programme
USA
Nidhi Mistry
Banasthali Vidypith
India
Pulkit Taunk
Duke University
USA
Rachel Glogowski
Duke University
USA
Rachel Vrabec
FSD Programme
USA
Reena Deora
Home Science College Udaipur
India
Stephanie Charouk
FSD Programme
USA
Mukesh Salvi & Prashant Panda
Udaipur School of Social Work
India
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Kathrin Mittlel
Via.eV
Germany
Olaf Zimmermann
Via.eV
Germany
My internship at Jatan and my life in India were a great expe-
rience that had a great impact on my personal development.
During the year I learned a lot about myself as well as the
rich culture of India and developmental work. It changed
my point of view and granted me a better understanding
of cultural differences between my native country and my
host country. These experiences and the lessons taught in
India will surely influence my future life and lifestyle.
I was happy to work with Jatan and about the good relation-
ship with the Jatan staff. I am thankful for my experiences and
for the opportunity of spending a year in India and with Jatan.
Olaf Zimmermann
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Governing Council
Shrilal Garg
Chair Person; District Education Officer
Udaipur
Ashwani Paliwal
Secretary
Aastha Santhan, Udaipur
Govind Singh Gahlot
Faculty
Vidya Bhawan, Udaipur
Mahesh Dadheech
Advocate
Gangapur, Bhilwara
Rajesh Sharma
Program Officer
NICE Foundation, Jodhpur
Sarita Jain
Expert on Woman Empowerment
Rajsamand
Goverdhan Singh Chouhan
Treasurer ; Program Manager
Jatan Santhan, Railmagra, Rajsamand
Lakshmi Murthy
Designer and Social Communicator
Vikalp Design, Udaipur
Mukesh Kumar Sinha
Social Worker
Railmagra, Rajsamand
Ranveer Singh Shaktawat
Program Manager
Jatan Santhan, Rajsamand
Shakuntala Vaishnav
Expert on Reproductive Health
Railmagra, Rajsamand
Dr. Gaytri Tiwari
Human Development & Family Studies
Udaipur
Madhu Joshi
Social Worker
Rajsamand
Prakash Bhandari
Educator
Udaipur
Sanjay Chittora
Coordinator
Aajeevika Bureau, Udaipur
Dashrath Singh Dalawa
Educator
Gogunda, Udaipur
Dr. Kailash Brijwasi
MemberSecretaryandExecutiveDirector
Jatan Santhan, Rajsamand
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Board Meetings
Executives
As of 31. March 2012
Date of Executive Committee
meetings (period of 2011 - 2012)
• April 3, 2011
• June 29, 2011
• August 31, 2011
• October 29, 2011
• December 31, 2011
• March 27, 2012
Date of Governing Body meetings
(period of 2011 – 2012)
• 27. March 2012
President Shrilal Garg
Treasurer Goverdhan Singh Chouhan
Executive Members Rajesh Sharma, Ranveer Singh Shaktawat, Mukesh Kumar Sinha, Ashwani Paliwal,
Shakuntala Vaishnav, Sarita Jain, Prakash Bhandari, Govind Singh Gahlot
Executive Director Dr. Kailash Brijwasi
and Member Secretary