CSR
Activities
- CSR activities of SIDART -
A partnership with BPCL at Nangal Govind
Village in Daussa district
Vocational
training to unemployed educated youth: Animal Attended Training
Sustainable management of smallholder livestock depends on several
factors such as availability of fodder, veterinary services.
Unfortunately, the extension services in the livestock sector are very
poor and the knowledge and skills to engage in profitable livestock
farming. This requires development of the capacity of rural youth in
scientific livestock management practices particularly development of a
Para vet cadre. Keeping this in view, SIDART in association with BPCL
organized a training course for developing the capacities of rural youth
as veterinary managers so that the trained youth could provide the
livestock extension services in their own village and also make it as a
livelihood activity for themselves. The training is needed not only
because the so trained youth will be able to earn livelihood for them
but also it will help other poor villagers by enhancing access to
quality livestock management services thereby preventing economic loss
due to so far unaffordable services and resultant loss of livestock.
SIDART developed a need based training material in local language,
Hindi, and adopted the course to suit to a heterogeneous group of youth
from the village Nangal Govind. The course was designed in such a way
that it catered to the needs of local population with utmost practical
orientation. Thus SIDART conducted a 3 month’s theoretical and practical
training programme in livestock management.
The
village members were encouraged to identify 10 suitable youths ( at
least 10th Class pass and above 21 year age) for the training programme.
The training was provided at Dausa which is at 3-4 Km distance from
Nangal Govind. The students visited the hospital for exposure and
also came to help in suffering at Jaipur and Gaushala at Baggru and
Sanganer.
The methodology involved more of hands on
training in animal hygiene, feed and fodder management, common diseases
and vaccination schedule, etc. Everyday (25 days in a month) there were 3
hours theory sessions and 1-2 hours practical training. The trainees
were provided with a simple veterinary kit along with necessary
literature after the programme so as to enable them to provide simple
veterinary services in their native village and the help of local
veterinary doctor whenever required. This way they were expected to
serve the local farmers and also earn a livelihood for themselves
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