The Millennium Development Goals MYRADA is committed to doing its part in contributing to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Very recently, an attempt was made to categorize MYRADA’s records to date in support of the MDGs. While it is not possible to give a complete listing of all MYRADA’s records, its major activities in relation to the MDGs have been as follows : Goal 1 : Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger :
1.1. Formation and strengthening of Self Help Affinity Groups (SHGs/SAGs) : Over 10,000 such groups have been promoted directly by MYRADA till date. Through the efforts of MYRADA and in collaboration with other institutions like NABARD, the State and Central Governments in India, and multi-lateral agencies like IFAD, UNDP, UNOPS, etc.,
Read more… | Goal 2 : Achieve Universal Primary Education:
2.1. Donor support to MYRADA has enabled it support more than 20,000 children to complete 10 years of schooling. It is not that the children have been given substantial material inputs to stay in school, though that has also been done; it has been more of working with parents to convince them of the value of schooling, and working with the government and the school committees to build a better learning environment in schools. Around 1,580 classrooms have been constructed for schools in rural areas.
Read more… | Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women:
3.1. As already mentioned, more than 95% of the membership in SHGs is of women. The important thing to note here is not only do they now have savings in their own name, access to credit, and have experienced a rise in status coming in the wake of this money power, every member of each SHG also undergoes between 8 and 14 modules of training in a variety of topics that prepare them to face the challenges of integrating with the mainstream. To this end, MYRADA conducts more than 5,000 training programmes for CBOs each year.
Read more… | Goals 4 and 5 : Reduce Child Mortality and Improve Maternal Health:
4.1. and 5.1. (Combined) In RCH (Reproductive and Child Health) activities, MYRADA is identified as Training Resource Centre for its successful interventions in training community level RCH Resource Persons identified both by MYRADA and by other NGOs. It also implements RCH programmes in several districts (e.g. Kolar, Chitradurga, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Dharmapuri, Anantapur). In all these locations it is collaborating successfully with the Government and other NGOs.
| Goal 6 : Combat HIV-AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and other Killer Diseases:
6.1. Since the late 1980s, MYRADA has been extensively popularising facts related to the ‘Six Killer Diseases in Childhood’ (polio, whooping cough, tetanus, diphtheria, measles, and tuberculosis) and has worked with the government to promote full immunisation of all children. In this context, it has also actively participated in the more recent Pulse Polio Campaign and has won prizes for enabling the most number of immunisations.
Read more… | Goal 7 : Ensure Environmental Sustainability:
7.1. MYRADA’s commitment to work on environmental sustainability issues is most obviously manifested in its efforts to promote watershed development in rainfed drylands. As early as in 1983-84, it was the first NGO to be formally invited into a partnership with the Karnataka State Government and a bi-lateral agency (Swiss Development Cooperation) to work on participatory integrated development of watersheds in a drought prone area. The experiences and lessons from there have fed into the refinement of the watershed development approach in India.
Read more… | Goal 8 : Global Partnership for Development:
8.1. MYRADA’s NGO partnerships contribute in no small measure to enabling wider global links. Besides, it is a part of networks like Banking with the Poor and the Asian NGO Coalition that not only create platforms for dialogue but also undertake joint activities for wider sharing and learning. Of late, it is also engaged with e-groups on subjects like poverty reduction, HIV-AIDS, livelihoods promotion, micro-finance, etc.
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