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Reimagine | Reinvent | Grow

All these interventions have helped the farmers to • Facilitating rural banking through eDost Initiative
incorporate the latest know-how into their daily operations. Enabling access to banking and financial services in these
Enhancing their operations with these tools has led to the remote villages is a key focus area of our sustainable
enhancement of farmers’ knowledge in these areas and livelihood initiative. This has been made possible by
helped them adopt profitable, environmentally sound leveraging technology and partnering with BAIF Institute for
practices and contribute to the quality of life. Sustainable Livelihoods and Development to provide last-
mile access in Malghar village. In the absence of banking
• Empowering Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
services in this village, the villagers would have to walk miles
To empower Self Help Groups in the region with financial away to the nearest Taluka to avail of this service leading to
acumen and know-how, we organised a training session the loss of 1 full day of productive work.
on effective record keeping and regular saving. The
training helped raise awareness among 6 SHGs and led Hence, we promoted the eDost Initiative, which provides
to a significant improvement in their financial planning services like withdrawal of money, mobile recharge,
behaviours. We went a step further to conduct field fund transfer, checking of account balance, electricity
exposure visits for selective members of the SHG group to bill payment, etc., through the convenience of a digital
existing wadi plots and the oil extraction unit at Pimpalshet application. This Initiative helped equip the villagers with
village. This field visit helped them get hands-on exposure easy and timely access to banking services, thereby saving
to the best practices in this sector, empowering them with time, effort, and money.
renewed approaches and techniques.

HEALTH & HYGIENE

The first COVID-19 case in India was reported on January 30, Together with our partner origination, Community Health
2020, and the first death in India due to COVID-19 happened on workers in these villages received a demonstration on using
March 12. Digital thermometer, Oxygen saturation checking and
registration of villagers. Local linkages and contact details were
We recognised the need to take care of the week and
underprivileged, daily wagers whose livelihoods were impacted. provided in case of emergency.
Provisions, supplies and hygiene kits were arranged to reach The COVID-19 Pandemic is causing many changes in the daily
such sections, and healthcare workers, through our partner lives of people around the world. However, some things can
organisation. be done to maintain a healthy lifestyle in these difficult times.
Various Community awareness programs were held in the
In partnership with Prime Education Health Learning Services
(PEHL), we distributed COVID-19 Kits to 277 families containing Jawhar Cluster, including sessions on preventive measures of
sanitiser, pulse oximeter, digital thermometer, material for cloth COVID-19, which health workers and 112 villagers attended.
masks to a resident of Malghar, Navapada, Khoripada and Dapti Further, a critical awareness session was conducted for
villages. the villagers in September on the Role of Nutrition during

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