Program Interventions

Documentation

Documentation of the work is as important as the work itself. This is the third year of this newly established activity. Not only those associated with the cell but all MITTRA staff members participated in the activity with zest. Although all members of the Cell come from different educational background, some from social work while some others from agriculture all contribute with same enthusiasm.

The Cell, analytically and sensitively documents about the experiences gained about working on new concepts, develops media material to promote best practices, and undertakes archival documentation.

One contact person at each regional office classifies and refines the material collected. This person, in each region, has now groomed another one to help in documentation activities.

MITTRA Regular publications

Sr. No.	Name of periodical	Nature of Periodical	Contributors	Primary Audience
1	Maitreya	Booklet-Strengthening dialogue among staff & information sharing	MITTRA Staff	MITTRA Staff
2	Goshti Vikasachya	Booklet- Compilation of selected case studies from MITTRA work area	MITTRA Staff	MITTRA Staff
3	Ugavati	Wall paper-Strengthening experience sharing of programme participants	Programme Participants	MITTRA Staff and programme Participants
4	Balkhajina	Wallpaper-Forum for expression of Students from Ashram Schools	Students from Ashram Schools	Students from Ashram Schools. MITTRA Staff, Ashram School Teachers and authorities
5	Asha Wartapatra	Booklet- Forum for information sharing about Shikshan Mitra programme and related topics	Ashram School Teachers. Experts in the field of Education	Ashram School Teachers. MITTRA Staff

A video film titled ‘Shikshan Mitra Cha Dhyas, Shikshanatun Gram Vikas’ based on the experience of Shikshan Mitra programme implementation, is produced in Marathi language. This 22 minutes film explains the concept, objectives, approach and overall journey of Shikshan Mitra programme. More than 70 residential tribal schools have participated in the Shikshan Mitra programme and are taking the programme ahead.
Regional level documentation is done regularly. It includes writing case studies, developing database of information about work impact, process and impact documentation of activities like health campaigns in Vidarbha region, impact of temporary check dams in Shahada region, generation of six monthly and annual reports of the region and profiles of the region which prove useful for information sharing.
Theme based documentation is undertaken which includes write up on experience of implementation of a novel concept, like cultivation of Chest nuts in small water tanks in Chandrapur region, fishery as income generation activity of for a landless group in remote area of Shahapur cluster in Jawhar Region, etc.
The Jan Samruddhi Programme is being implemented in five blocks of Hingoli district. The process documentation of the baseline conditions of the area, the implementation process and impact of the Jan Samruddhi Programme is being documented on Video format on periodic basis.
In the Best Practices Series, we have so far produced video films on Wadi and Community Health (on subject – An Ideal home). The next topic being considered in Community Health component is - An Ideal Village, with ‘Sanitation and waste water management’ as its theme.

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