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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
Awareness Building:
The
'United Human Resource' has come to a conclusion that awareness
building is the precondition for development of the people living below
the poverty line. That's why; the organization has attached importance
to the programs to develop awareness and build the capacity of the
rural people. It has already broadly classified its people oriented
awareness programs in the following way.
1. Awareness building camps on Sustainable Development in the remote villages in Northeast India.
2. Counseling programs for capacity building for self-employment.
3. Health Awareness Programs and free medical camps for the poor and needy.
4. Integrated Cultural Programs for understanding of diverse culture.
Apart
from launching various human resource developmental activities such as
Health Awareness Programs, Self-employment Counseling, Integrated
Cultural Programs, Awareness Building Camps on Sustainable Development,
in the remote villages of Northeast India, UHR has established a
development program to encourage the rural poor to produce various
handcrafted Eco-friendly articles using indigenous technology.
Impact of the Awareness camps:
Impact
of the awareness camps of different duration has already had its impact
in the rural areas of the region. The general impacts are as follows:
a.
Along with the development of awareness, interest, inquisitiveness of
the rural people to know more about the sustainable development
programs has been noticed.
b. Lots of rural people have organized themselves into Self Help Groups after being motivated in such programs.
c.
People have started analyzing the resources of their respective
villages for location specific economic activities as discussed in the
camps.
d. Rural people, particularly unemployed youths have
been able to understand the importance of a planned, scientific and
sustained approach in utilizing the local and natural resources for
their self-employment.
e. Rural people have been able to know
the scope and profitably of activities in the agriculture and allied
sector when taken with a Eco-scientific and commercial approach.
UHR
has designed a prospectus outlining the basic principles, project
illustrations, photographs of successful related components, technical
data and information etc. of its proposed Eco-friendly educational
project for presentation to potential supporters.
Given proper
implementation, the proposed project of UHR will prove immensely
beneficial in so far as the global community is concerned.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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No
one knows how many NGOs are there in India. Probably after the
Government NGOs are the largest employers of the educated in the
country. Unfortunately most of them have to depend on the Government,
because private charity is not enough for funding and internal
generating is not possible for all. While the NGOs are like knitted
garments, which provide protection and warmth confirming well to
individual need, the Government hesitates to co-operate them until and
unless they don’t indulge in corruption. Corruption engulfs an NGO at
the time of its birth, that is in the “OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF
SOCIETIES’ (NGO), until it surrenders before the corrupt system or join
hands with it. Many NGOs are enjoying Government funds by the grace of
corrupt politicians and officials even without their existence.
Nevertheless, many NGOs are doing outstanding work, providing social
service, which the Government is ill-equipped to undertake.
Unfortunately, the entire sector is getting a bad name because corrupt
politicians have invaded it.
Though NGOs should be self-serving,
self-sacrificing, and self-regulative, in practical, funding is the
main to grow an NGO especially in a developing country. It is just
impossible to survive for an honest NGO in a country like India as the
norms is 30% bribe for grants to be realized, even when the funds are
coming from the foreign countries. In most cases, politicians and
their agents swallow the money. The money comes from foreign
contribution for environmental issues entered through unaccounted
transfers, particularly to religious groups like the VHP, Madrasas and
evangelist organizations. There are many more obstructions in the
formalities of the corrupt system for a true NGO.
The financial
crisis is occurring the major obstruction to run the regular activities
of the organization. To set up an Eco-friendly educational project in
Northeast India (Assam) UHR is in urgent need of a land area
approximately 25 acres costing around US$2000 per acres. Any effort of
broad-minded people to invest for this purpose will help UHR to achieve
its goal.
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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VIEW POINT:
The
earth has been stripped of her original beauty and natural calamities
like flood, drought and earthquakes – the not so natural phenomenon
occurs as man made disaster. The survival of the major population of
the world are an impossible dream today and are suffering from
psychological distress, the people of the third countries even don’t
know the taste of the fruit of freedom, - freedom from hunger,
insecurity, injustice and indignity.
Today we see no end to
the multifarious forms of social, economical and environmental problems
prevalent in India. Numerous corruption, ruthless exploitations, poor
education system and exploding population are increasing unemployment
and poverty day by day. Massive exploitation of natural resources,
environmental rap and ecological crisis, has poisoned the air, ravaged
the soil, stripped the forest bare and corrupted the water resources
leading to an unsecured future. The country’s education curriculums do
not include appreciation of nature, experiential education and
understanding of environmental crisis and its effect on us. The
problems we are facing today, demands a change of attitudes, values and
priorities on a political, cultural and personal level. It requires a
bold rethinking of how we relate to each other and our world.
What
we need is a proper education system that allows the human potentials
to contribute towards a peaceful and healthy world. We believe that an
Eco-friendly Education System has a critical role to play in becoming a
part of the solution.
With this view, to make the people aware
of the grave problems the human family is facing today and also to
investigate deep into the matter the UNITED HUMAN RESOURCE (UHR), a
revolutionary non-confessional humanitarian social organization was
formed in the summer of 2001. UHR is dedicated to launching Human
Resource Developmental activities associated with environmental and
socioeconomic issues in India. The specific objective of the
organization is to constitute the Eco-friendly Education System to
impart vocational and technical training in Natural Resource Management
to enable individuals to tackle their environment everyday and ensure
their survival, sustenance and prosperity. The Eco-friendly Educational
Project of UHR will also provide General Education in an environmental
context to promote the overall aspects of daily life - Practical,
Social, Moral, Aesthetic and Intellectual.
The ‘United Human
Resource’ was registered in September 2002 under the Societies
Registration Act XXI of 1860 with its registered office at Bhaskargiri,
Kharghuli, Guwahati – 781 004, Assam, India.
BACKGROUND
In
the Northeastern part of India most of the unemployed youths are
frustrated and leading an uncertain life. Many of them are misguided,
wrong directed and misused by the opportunist leaders. Some of them are
suffering from psychological distress. In fact they have lost their
faith in life due to no way of survival.
Hard work,
Dedication, Sincerity, Commitment and a Never ending Zeal to Excel of
Mr. Pranab Saikia and active cooperation of some socially responsible
elderly people makes it possible to unite some groups of educated
unemployed Youths and assemble them under the guidance of a team of
experienced persons like retired Agriculture Scientists, Veterinary
Professors, Human Doctors and Legal Experts etc. to find a solution of
this inhuman situation in the lap of Mother Nature.
MISSION AND VISION OF UHR :
Our
Mission is to educate the underprivileged youths for their sustainable
development and arrange technical and financial support for their
self-establishment enhancing their standards of living, general,
physical and economical wellbeing. Our democratic struggle "Live and
Let Live" will lead the Socioeconomic Revolution demanding the right to
survival and right to development of the poor. We are determined to
constitute the Eco-Friendly education system for general development of
the people and environment. Our vision is of a world where the poor
people can realize their full potential as a human being in a society.
We are confident that Mother Nature will help us every way as the
friend, philosopher, nurse and guide. We know that it is Nature where
one can find peace, solace, harmony and tranquility.
THE ECO-FRIENDLY EDUCATIONAL PROJECT:
Real
education is that, which enables one to stand on his own legs. The
education that does not help the common mass to equip themselves for
the struggle of life, which does not bring out strength of character,
does not give the idea of sacrificing for the common wealth, cannot be
education. We need that education by which character is formed,
strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which
future can be secured.
Energy can not be created or destroyed.
It can only be directed or diverted. Therefore, we must learn to
control the general powers that are already in our hand, to make the
whole world our own.
‘Economic development to be ‘Eco and
environment friendly’. This is the simple rule of human development.
The man has to tackle his environment everyday for his survival,
sustenance and prosperity. One should know the trees how they are used
for the fuel and energy, for the fruit and food. One has also to know
which trees and crops can grow in one’s locality. It is the basic
education of a human being to know about features of natural
environment, which effects man’s food supply, health and recreation.
This is the education, which is indeed very important for children and
adults for self-fulfillment and social development. It helps in
maintaining life and health, in self-preservation, and in the
preservation of human race. Environmental knowledge directs attention
towards problems of population explosion, exhaustion of natural
resources and the pollution of environment and sheds light on the
methods of solving these problems.
The new paradigm of this
education system must identify and foster such skills, aptitudes and
attitudes furnish both inspiration and the tools to create a more
sustainable society.
These skills, aptitude and attitudes
include: reconnecting the human with the nature, linking social issues
with environmental ones, emphasizing the importance of values and
promoting real-life experiences.
Human-Nature connection:
The
Eco-friendly education system should strive to overcome the split of
body and mind, man and nature. We support the growing recognition that
education must fuse reason and emotion, knowledge and love,
understanding and caring.
Interdisciplinary education:
The
education today, should generate an interdisciplinary holistic approach
to education in which science is embedded within cultural values, and
social issues and environmental issues are linked.
Placed-based activism:
The
education system should instill a sense of place – a deep understanding
and caring for one’s local environment and community. It should foster
responsibility, inspire and furnish tools for active citizenship,
including coalition building, community action real-life learning about
democracy.
Value education:
This education should give
tools for critical thinking, reflection, analysis and evaluation of the
value issues dilemmas that are at the root of environmental and social
issues.
Such education should also encourage a critical look
at our society and one’s personal lifestyle and its environmental
implications.
Experiential education:
This education
should supply relevant, real-life experiences and situations and “hands
on” activities. Eco-education should promote experiences of wonder and
inspiration that strengthen appreciation and kinship with the local
environment.
The vision of such a paradigm of the Eco-friendly
education system is to give birth to a generation that has a deep
understanding of the total environment, the tools and values by which
to evaluate this knowledge and finally, the empowerment and know how
necessary in order to take positive action towards a more sustainable
society.
In order to materialize this vision our proposed
educational project will carry out Eco-friendly educational research,
environmental scientific research, technology development for renewable
energy resources, agricultural research, export policy making and
market development, promotion of responsive Eco-tourism and information
exchange on environmental cooperation etc. It will take the
responsibilities of an International Institute for Human Resource
Development, where people from various walks of lives can learn and
educate others for the sake of nature and humanity. The entire project
will be a practical laboratory for the trainees with high tech research
facilities. This will be the center of social harmony, cultural
resources and humanity healing. The project will provide free
education, lodging and other basic necessities of life to the
underprivileged youth and orphaned, destitute and disadvantaged
children.
TRAVELER’S MISSION
In order to meet the
required goal UHR has begun by establishing a development program, the
‘Traveler’s Mission’, aimed at protecting human rights and fostering
responsible youth care and education in an environmental context. This
program also serves as a communication platform that will enable people
of different countries to share their experiences and work together for
the development of multi cultural care facilities for the
underprivileged.
The purpose of the 'Traveler's mission' is to
organize broadminded people from all over the world to form a
Volunteer’s Community to work for the development of the socioeconomic
conditions of the poor people in relation to the Environment.
'Traveler's
mission' arranges for the participants stay with the natives mainly in
the South and the Northeastern parts of India enabling them get the
reality of this third world, which is a land of ancient history
colorful culture and people, superb scenarios and some of the best
walking on earth. UHR Director, Pranab Saikia leads the mission and
provides guidance and all assistance to the participants in every step.
The main aims of the 'Traveler's mission' are:
* To
rediscover the relation between human values and tradition, rebuilding
the linkage between cultural beliefs, environment and socioeconomic
stability.
* Documentation of the indigenous technologies that
help in the sustainable use of natural and human resources, promoting
them for the preservation and wider responsible use of traditional
knowledge, skills and resources.
* Carry out community
oriented actions and participatory research related to environmental,
social, economic and cultural matters of their surroundings.
*
Study the pressure on Nature and its impact on the local farmers,
suggesting solutions and canalizing the human resource capacities in
key economic activities for a sustainable development
* Work
as a vigilant organization and bring the criminal activities against
Nature and Humanity for the public awareness. At the same time, bring
consciousness about all the 'apparently inoffensive habits' that daily
contribute to this depleting inertia.
* Mobilize International
support and coordination to help the underprivileged to become
self-reliant. Encouraging them to develop their capacities using
natural and local resources in a planned, scientific and sustained
manner, making them aware of the ongoing degradation and destruction of
the environment and its consequences for their well being.
Specifically,
the goal of the 'Travelers mission' is to establish a self-employment
oriented Eco-friendly Educational Project the 'Environment-Friendly
Farming & Ecological Center and Training Institute for Vocational
Education' (EFFECTIVE) to impart vocational and technical training to
the underprivileged mainly in the areas of Agriculture, Horticulture,
Floriculture and bee keeping, Mushroom cultivation, Sericulture, Animal
husbandry, Fishery, Maintenance of agriculture equipment, Food
processing and preservation, Handlooms and Handicrafts, Sustainable
Renewable Energy Resources and responsive Eco-tourism etc. This
education project also integrates moral and spiritual education in an
environmental context for children and adults. Thus making them
self-reliant, enhancing their standard of living and job prospects
besides creating environmental consciousness among them. The EFFECTIVE
will also provide free lodging and other basic necessities of life for
orphaned, destitute and disadvantaged children, educating them how to
use their potentials in sustainable ways allowing them to contribute
towards a healthy and peaceful world. The aim of this Eco-friendly
education is to utilize the natural resources and ecological factors in
a friendly way in relation to human resource development for general
upliftment of people and environment. EFFECTIVE will ensure Financial
and Technical Support, Market and Easy Distribution System, and Project
Implementation and Monitoring Support to the trainees to make them
self-reliant.
How the proposed EFFECTIVE will work:
* Develop and demonstrate a role model of a sustainable agriculture system.
* Introduce agro-forestry farming system and best utilization of land, resources and time.
* Create awareness about the importance of managing and preserving sustainable natural resources.
* Analyze the environmental resources and ecological factor in relation to human resource development.
* Promote ecologically sound and culturally appropriate sustainable agriculture.
*
Retain traditional culture through the teaching indigenous skill and
technologies, rebuilding the relation between traditional skills and
ecology for sustainable development.
* Teach sustainable management of social waste.
* Education for effective project planning implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
All
interested organizations and individuals who would like to widen their
scope of vision and multicultural understanding through travelling are
invited to participate in the 'Traveler's mission'
To set up
the 'EFFECTIVE' UHR is in need of a land area of approximately 25
acres. We are looking for any organization or Individuals for
partnership to establish the 'EFFECTIVE'.
All participants of
the Traveler's mission' are requested to take initiative for the
establishment of the 'EFFECTIVE'. Any one can help UHR by becoming
partner or connecting any organization and individual interested for
partnership in establishing the 'EFFECTIVE'. One can also help by
donating in any kind - manpower, land, money, materials etc.
We
welcome one and all who are deeply concerned with the grave situation
of Nature and Humanity. Your participation in this mission will be
highly valued. We are in strong need of your guidance and support to
save the deteriorating scene of this strained and distressed world.
MISSION DETAILS
Northeast
is the richest part of India with its natural resources. It is the
matter of great agony that the people of this land have no scope to
utilize their own resources to reduce their poverty. No initiatives are
taken in awakening the people to the key issues of sustainable
development, to look over the linkage between ecology and human
development and good management of their land, water and forest. The
entire region is neglected by the Indian regime since the British left.
The irrational use of natural resources, injustice and inhumanity
causing all round discontentment and misery of the people in the
region. Unless and until the young generation is educated to come
forward and root out these evils, the future of the land is bleak.
To do something for the underprivileged, it is significant to enter deep into the people and know them in real.
In
this program, ‘Traveler’s Mission’ welcomes you to the Northeast India
– a land of indigenous people with unique cultures and breathtaking
natural beauty and one of the selected and virgin destinations of the
world with tremendous scope for responsive Eco-tourism.
Guwahati,
the capital of Assam and the gateway of Northeast India, will be the
main station for the Mission from where you will enter different
villages of Assam, Nagaland and Meghalaya by different transports like
steam boat, ferry, bus, train, small vehicles and bicycle. The program
may be extended to other states of the region subject to the term of
volunteering and other conditions.
This community oriented
actions and participatory research program also include exploring some
parts of south India, to experience the environmental resource,
ecological factors in relation to human resource development,
democracy, human rights and social, political and cultural differences
within the country.
‘Traveler’s Mission’ provides you the
unique opportunity to get into the natives, be a part of them and learn
about their land, culture, way of living, the prospects for their
sustainable development etc.
Staying with the locals you will
find the relation between human values and tradition and the linkage
between cultural beliefs, environment and socioeconomic stability. This
knowledge will help you to educate the people to develop their
capacities for proper utilization of natural and local resources in a
planned, scientific and sustained manner.
Apart from your
work, you may interact with the children giving them English
conversation training, Sanitation and hygiene related education, Health
awareness, Gardening, Drawing, Playing and Entertainment programs like
Music, Dancing etc. You may also get involved in different other
activities of the mission, such as organizing cultural programs,
conducting various events etc.
You will enjoy the diverse and
colorful cultures, customs and festivals of the natives, staying with
them in a homely atmosphere.
UHR organizes fun-filled study
tours at regular interval of the work to know the bio-diversity and
environmental impact on human resource.
UHR has a house in the
Guwahati city of Assam, which provides accommodation for the
volunteers. And also the family members of UHR from the different
villages arranges for the volunteer’s stay with them. All these
arrangements provide only simple accommodations and local food with the
people without any extra facilities, which gives the volunteers all the
privilege to get into the people and be one with them.
If you
have an understanding mind, a mentality to trust others, love for the
human family and this small planet Earth, willingness to take
initiatives and work independently and collaboratively in a
multicultural context, and the capacity to adjust with the living style
of the poor people, you get the real value of human life in this
Mission.
PARTICIPANT’S ACTIVITIES
* You are requested
to do a deep study of the prospectus, which contains the proposed
project outlining the basic principles, project illustrations,
photographs of successful related components, technical data and
information etc. that will make you more acquainted with the works of
UHR to share this global concern.
* Living with the natives in
different places, know the social, cultural, economical, political,
environmental and ecological situations and the scopes for sustainable
developments, and carry out a people participatory research for the
establishment of the Eco-friendly Educational Project of UHR.
*
Enter deep into the rural poor, encouraging them to develop their
traditional skills and indigenous technology for their sustainable
development and prepare the features and presentation for the proposed
project adjusting through local custom, culture and environment.
*
Carryout a feasibility study for the establishment of an extensive
central project of the self-employment oriented Eco-friendly Education
System, where students and representatives from far reach communities
would come for experience, training and follow-up support by
specialists.
* Analyzing the local and environmental resources
and Ecological factors in relation to human resource development,
prepare a detailed feasibility report for the proposed project focussed
on national adjustment, topographical surveys, sizing, costs, potential
productivity etc. for presentation.
* Prepare a final project
report of the “Environment-friendly Farming & Ecological Center and
Training Institute for Vocational Education” (EFFECTIVE) on your
observation of the local and natural resources, human resource
capacities, infrastructure, environment, possible acquisitions, land
etc. and expected cost for submission to the local Government and
Financial Institutions for the allotment of the required land and
financial support for its implementation.
* Educate the state
ministers and concern officials about this all-inclusive project, which
is our only future, and the vital needs of its implementation at the
earliest.
* Communicate with concern Government Departments,
Politicians, Supporters as well as the outer world for the
establishment of the project, with the interest of human family.
*
Documentation of the indigenous technologies will be an added advantage
for the preservation and wider responsible use of traditional
knowledge, skills and resources, and will play a key role to educate
people in the ambit of sustainable development.
PARTICIPANT’S EXTRA ACTIVITIES:
* Identify potential resources of funding for the proposed EFFECTIVE and drafting funding proposals.
* Connect organizations and individuals interested for partnership in establishing the EFFECTIVE with a global interest.
* Mobilize international support for the development of the Project.
* Assist the director in correspondence for the smooth functioning of the organization.
* Help in designing a web site of UHR.
*
Encourage the rural poor to produce various Eco-friendly handlooms and
handicrafts and Coordinate in promoting these products for their
economical well-being.
* Provide counseling to the unemployed youths for their Eco-friendly self-employment relating to local resources.
* Develop publications and maintain rapport with media.
* Prepare evaluation and reports of the organization for presentation to the ‘Registrar of Societies’.
* Organize cultural programs to develop understanding of diverse culture.
* Design events to raise awareness on health and environment and help in arranging free medical camps for the poor and needy.
* Help in conducting seminars on human resource development in relation to environment.
*
Designing curriculum for the Eco-friendly self-employment oriented
training including the preparation and development of training and
resource materials.
* Campaign the Eco-friendly educational
issue in the capital of Assam, Guwahati, to raise awareness among the
state politicians and bureaucrats, appealing before the Government,
Universities and other educational bodies for recognition and
affiliation of this all-inclusive and extensive holistic education
system to extend and further strengthen a base of quality education for
the sake of Nature and Humanity.
With your entire experience
from the mission, you are expected to represent the 'United Human
Resource' world wide with the interest of global community.
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
Presently, you can select any of the following three terms in this mission:
1. Long term ‘Traveler’s Mission’ (12 months)
2. Medium-term traveling volunteers mission (6 months)
3. Short-term traveling volunteers mission (3 months)
Apart from these visiting participants may meet us in the mission at any time.
Long term traveling volunteers mission (12 months)
In
this one-year program, you get sufficient knowledge and experiences by
exploring different places of the country to boost UHR to reach the
goal. This long-term program allows you to enjoy a fruitful outcome of
your great effort towards this global cause.
Medium-term traveling volunteers mission (6 months)
Even
though 6 months time is not quiet enough to visit more places, the
knowledge and experiences that you gain by visiting various places
within this time and interacting with the locals, you can make a
significant contribution towards the goal of UHR.
Short-term traveling volunteers mission (3 months)
This
3 months time is just enough to know the UHR and its people. However
you can take initiatives by working individually or collaboratively for
the purpose.
The 6 and 12 months terms are include an exciting
and one of the longest train journeys in India that is from South to
Northeast, which is a 3 nights, continuous journey. In this journey you
will view the agricultural situations of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and Assam.
To do something for
the people at first you need to be one of them. Staying with the
villagers in the different villages of Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland
and analyzing the local and environmental resources and ecological
factors in relation to human resource development, you will carryout
your research work in order to meet the required goal.
Though
Guwahati is our main station for the mission we have to spend major
portion of the time in the rural areas for the purpose. We need to
travel frequently from the remote villages to the towns and cities to
communicate with concern Government Departments, Politicians,
Supporters as well as the outer world, preparing for the establishment
of the central project in the gateway of Northeast India, the naturally
richest but economically poorest part of the country.
Guwahati,
the head quarter of the mission, offers you something extra. Visit the
places of Art and Culture, Zoo, Museum etc. Do take a boat ride or a
walk by the riverfront. Make new friends and enjoy the social evenings.
As a part of your work, you will be visiting different places
of Ecological, Socio-Cultural, Historical, Economical and political
importance of Northeast India to gather information on scopes of
sustainable development.
In this mission you will discover a
world in centuries back, ungrudgingly blessed by Mother Nature with an
abundance of natural scenic grandeur, a wealth of rarest flora and
fauna with many endangered species of wildlife which includes the
Rhinoceros, Golden Langur, Hoolock Gibbon, Pigmy Hog, Hispid Hare,
White Winged Wood-duck, Tiger, Clouded Leopard, Swamp Deer, Gangetic
Dolphin etc.
You will visit Shillong and Cheerapunji in
Meghalaya, a land of picturesque beauty and the National parks,
wildlife sanctuaries and other reserve forests in Assam, to know the
present situations of this natural world and prospects of responsive
Eco-tourism in the region.
Adventurous journeys to hill
stations, which are still virgin with their intense natural beauty,
will connect you with the youth of indigenous communities in these
highlands to know the daily reality of these ordinary people in this
increasingly globalize world.
Warm hospitality of the people and real friendships will make you emotional, during your stay here.
At the end of the program the locals will felicitate you for your work and contributions towards the great cause.
As
a founder member of this extensive holistic education system with
global aims, you will be in touch always with the organization and will
be receiving the progress report of UHR from time to time wherever you
are in the world.
VISITING PARTICIPANTS
Visitors
are invited to meet us in the mission to know the UHR and its people.
Visiting Participants will be treated as the guest members of UHR.
Visitors
may also offer their programs to support the mission. Experts in
relating fields may take initiatives by working individually or
collaboratively for the purpose, subject to requirement of the mission.
UHR takes every care for its visitors in a homely atmosphere.
As
the family members of UHR, all the visitors will be in touch always
with the organization and will be receiving the progress report of UHR
from time to time wherever they are in the world.
HOW TO JOIN
We
welcome all interested organizations and individuals who would like to
widen their scope of vision and multicultural understanding through
travelling to participate in this program. Most importantly,
participants should wish to expand their knowledge and understanding of
human rights and the rights of the earth and have willingness to render
their services for the sake of nature and humanity. We prefer those
personalities who can take up the challenge boldly in an all-inclusive
effort to make the mission a resounding success.
Please send an email to humanism_uhr@yahoo.com explaining your background and interest for the purpose, a minimum of 15 days prior to your joining the mission.
The UHR Director Mr. Pranab Saikia will receive you at Mysore City of Karnataka, South India
OR
At
Guwahati, the gateway of Northeast India, which is subject to your date
of joining, schedule of the UHR director and the place of your arrival
in India.
Direct trains are available to Mysore from Mumbai
and Chennai. The silicon city Mysore is at a distance of 139 kilometer
from Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka.
Guwahati is well connected by airways, railways and a network of roads with all the prominent cities of the country.
Kindly
specify a term of participating mentioning your Date of Birth, Sex,
Nationality, Passport No, Present address with phone number (if any)
and your possible financial contribution to bear your individual
expenses during the Mission in your Letter of Interest, to receive a
formal Letter of Invitation from the UHR.
You will be briefed
about the ‘Traveler’s Mission’ by the director before you register
yourself with UHR as a Missionary for a specific term.
All the
basic principles of this mission are globally universal. We are looking
for responsible organizations and individuals for sponsoring the
Missionaries to this holistic purpose. However, the mission is launched
on the basis of freely offered financial contribution of the
participants.
The Missionaries, who are interested for the
purpose but are not capable to bear their expenses, are cordially
requested to look for sponsors, or raise fund in their locality, to
meet their expenditures of this mission for a global cause.
The
entire individual expenses of a participant is US$12 a day, in average,
which includes, food, accommodations, all transportation and other
miscellaneous expenditures during the mission. As the operation
includes a lot of traveling, the expenditure for transport is the most.
UHR is not able to afford its Volunteer’s expenses at this
moment. Therefore, you are a self-funding volunteer. To ensure smooth
management of the mission, UHR requests you to deposit your financial
contribution to the Director at the time of registration.
WHAT TO BRING
* Comfortable formal clothes and shoes for easy movement.
* Warm clothes for winters.
* Sleeping bag.
* Personal Medicine.
* You may carry a computer to carry out your work comfortably.
To know more about UHR kindly visit http://unitedhumanresource.free.fr
For your Comment, Suggestion, Advice and any queries please send an email to: humanism_uhr@yahoo.com
Call UHR Director MR. Pranab Saikia any time at +91 98804 34054.
Wish you all the best and welcome you to the UHR family.
Kind Regards
Pranab Saikia
Founder Director
UNITED HUMAN RESOURCE
http://unitedhumanresource.free.fr
(A revolutionary non-confessional humanitarian social organization)
Registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860
Registration Number: RS/KAM/240/0/403 of2002 - 2003
CONTACT ADDRESS:
E-mail: humanism_uhr@yahoo.com
Registered Office:
Bhaskargiri, Kharghuli, Guwahati – 781004, Assam, India, Phone: +91 (0) 361 2524759
Promoting Center:
#312, 7th main, 9th cross, T.K. Layout, Mysore – 570 009, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 98804 34054
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
The
responsibility of the U.N. should be to unite separately this excluded
mass by adopting the mostly ignored expertise of the many world
organizations striving to bring about alternative community systems.
When
the Protocols of such systems are conceded, full endorsement by the
United Nations must be followed by a special mandate to protect them
from outside interference or exploitation.
However, these
movements need to develop new ways to cooperate on a larger scale to
avoid the traps of existing or past systems (Providing true Global
democracy exists) so that these changes can be made in an ethical
non-threatening way to sensitive cultures or to the prevailing
capitalist system.
Then the coexistence of capitalist and
non-capitalist global societies to a true democratic Global nation
would be creative and not destructive.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
Assessing
the limiting and contributing factors in the development of
self-employment we found, Poverty is common mostly among the following
categories of people in the rural areas:
* People having no assets or less assets.
* People having less managerial ability and skill.
* People having less capacity to bear risks.
The main types of unemployment found in rural India are:
a. Agricultural unemployment.
b. Seasonal unemployment.
c. Educated unemployment.
Causes of unemployment:
* Lack of diversification in the activities.
* Inadeq uate vocational training and guidance.
* Personal factors.
* Age factors.
* Illness and / or physical disabilities.
* Technological and economic factors.
* Increase in population.
The solving factors realized to tackle the unemployment problem are:
* Agriculture and allied sectors still offer good avenues for self-employment in rural areas.
*
Motivation, training and post training guidance play an important role
in helping villagers to do something of their own without getting
external financial assistance.
* Motivation through training
and guidance create the enabling environment in the villages for
self-employment without which the financial assistance can do nothing.
*
Confidence can be created in the minds of villagers by establishing
rapport enhancing their risk bearing capacity. Exposure to technical
skill is an important factor in this regard.
* Interface among
the scientist, experts and policy makers involved in developing ideas,
technologies for the production and productivity and villagers who are
actually involved in translating those ideas into reality and who apply
those technologies in actual field situations may go a long way in
changing the existing scenario.
* It is convenient and easy to
organize rural poor around certain selected economic activities. Their
capacity can be built, interest sustained and cohesiveness maintained
along with the development of the economic activity they have taken up.
Analyzing the local and environmental resources and Ecological
factors in relation to human resource development we are preparing to
establish the central project of the Eco-friendly Education System in
Assam, the gateway of Northeast India, which is naturally richest but
economically poorest part of the country.
Here is an initial idea of the key Economic Activities to be selected for self-employment oriented training programs in Assam.
These
are the economic activities that are totally based on locally available
resources having good scope for self-employment in the state.
* Composite Farming.
* Area based Horticulture and Floriculture.
* Mushroom Cultivation.
* Animal Husbandry - Scientific Management of Poultry, Piggery and Dairy.
* Food Processing and Preservation.
* Small Tea Garden.
* Diversification of Jute Products.
* Pisciculture Development.
* Cottage Industries - Honey Production, Cane and Bamboo Handicrafts.
* Handloom Designing.
* Computer Education.
Composite Farming:
We
have to give emphasis on the importance of taking up composite farming
system considering its economic viability. We have to develop a model
composite farm to study the dynamics involved in managing the
components of a composite farm. It will be a part of the action
research to be taken up in the project. Study of the minute details of
the activities of a composite farm will help the project to guide the
people taking up these activities in the rural situation.
Area based Horticulture and Floriculture:
Horticulture
is considered as the mainstay of economy of Assam and thereby it stands
as the economy of the state. As per 1991 census, about 89 per cent of
the total population of Assam is living in rural areas and about 69 per
cent of the total working force are engaged in agriculture and allied
activities and also earn their livelihood from these sectors. The
following are some of the important points, which explain the role, and
importance of agriculture in the economy of the state.
a. Source of livelihood.
b. Source of food supply.
c. Contribution to state income.
d. Higher productivity valuation.
e. Commercial importance.
f. Setting the movement of general price level.
g. Role of horticulture in economic planning.
Our
educational project will impart training programs on organic
agricultural practice, integrated farming system, area based
horticulture activities to educate the rural youth to take up
self-employment through these activities and demonstrate how small
plots of land belonging to small and marginal farmer can be used
productively.
Mushroom:
Mushroom is a good source of
delicious food with high nutritive attributes, and has some medicinal
values as well. Mushroom provides a rich addition to the diet in the
form of protein, carbohydrates, valuable minerals and vitamins from the
worthless Agro waste. The congenial climatic conditions and abundant
raw materials for mushroom cultivation places Assam in an advantageous
position for production of mushroom on commercial basis. In Assam four
species can be cultivated round the year depending upon their climatic
requirement. Mushroom can profitably be started by land less farmers,
unemployed youth and other entrepreneurs. It requires less land as
compared to other agricultural activities.
Dairy:
In Assam
there are tremendous potentiality for dairy farming, as the present
production cannot meet the demand for milk and milk products. A major
portion of cultivable land is occupied by paddy cultivation. By product
of paddy cultivation as well as grass from unused land can be fed to
dairy cow for economic production of milk.
Dairy has a
definite future in this region, as it is suitable for all sections of
people and has no religious rigidity. It will create grate opportunity
for unemployed youth for the upliftment of their economic status. The
major advantage of dairy farming is that daily income can be achieved
through selling milk, which is very much important for economically
weaker sections.
Poultry:
In India poultry industry has
recorded and impressive growth unparalleled in the history of animal
rearing during last three and half decades of its existence due to
adaptation of modern poultry production technologies. In Assam it is
still in juvenile stage. Although poultry keeping in Assam is as old as
its civilization, poultry farming in this region, however, remain a
backward venture. Taken up by poor, weaker and vulnerable sections of
the society including the tribal households. By following proper
management procedure with high producing strains the farmers can easily
maintain poultry farming economically.
A Broiler Hatchery
Project for providing chicks at cheaper rate and training programs to
transfer scientific and managerial skill to rural people in animal
husbandry sector will help the poor people to take up poultry farming
for their economic wellbeing.
Piggery:
In Assam there is a
tremendous potentiality for Piggery development because of the
traditional dependence of people on pigs, large consumption trend and
absence of any taboo against pig production or pig farming. In tribal
areas, pig rearing is a traditional activity but due to lack of a
scientific approach they have not been able to maintain the level of
production and productivity. Courses on pig rearing in scientific and
commercial line have a definite future in Assam in meeting the demand
of the people for animal protein.
Food processing and preservation:
Agriculture
is the backbone of the economy of Assam. Horticulture plays an
important role in the rural economy of the state. It is observed that
almost 70% of the people in rural areas have a fruit garden. Various
fruits like mango, pineapple, lemon, amla, olive, jackfruit, etc. are
grown in plenty in Assam. Most often these perishable commodities fail
to provide adequate return to the poor people as the selling of these
produce is not up to the mark. A huge part of the annual production
goes waste due to lack of processing and storing facilities.
Locally
processing and preserving fruits in the form of pickles, jam, sauces,
juices, etc. will not only save the wastage, but the poor people will
also earn a lot. Unemployed youth can take up food processing and
preservation on commercial line for their self-employment.
Our educational project will include a food processing and preservation unit organizing courses on it.
Floriculture with bee keeping:
Assam
has a rich array of flora and fauna. The climatic condition of Assam is
very much congenial to grow different seasonal flowers and orchids.
Assam honey is famous for its quality. Bee keeping is a traditional
activity in Assam. But, it is taken more as a hobby than for commercial
purpose.
Floriculture was never taken as something that can
generate income in Assam. UHR must take up this as a viable economic
activity wherein transfer of technology is seriously considered.
Herbal Garden:
There
are lots of medicinal plants available only in Assam. An experimental
herbal farm in the project campus will help to make the people aware
about the indigenous medicinal plants.
Handloom Designing:
In
Assam there are lot of expert weavers, but what we need is improvement
of the designing skill of the weavers to capture urban market and add
value to the products. Qualities of handloom products in Assam are very
fine in terms of texture, durability etc. If we introduce new design,
colour combinations it will help in catching markets inside the country
and abroad. In Assam handloom designs of tribal people are very rich.
Putting this designs on costumes, used by people living in other parts
of the country and abroad, will increase the marketing outlets for
their products.
Training and research will help to orient the weavers in finding a wider market.
Pisciculture
Assam
is endowed with huge fishery potential. Assam poses fishery resources
in the forms of riverbeds, swamps, ponds, tanks, forest fisheries and
paddy fields. The twin river system of the Brahamapura valley and the
Barak valley brings enough fresh water to almost allover the state
through innumerable tributaries. The Eco-logical condition of the state
is also quite favorable for pisciculture along with its subtropical
humidity and cool climate.
UHR will organize courses on
Pisciculture. A fishery unit in the project will allow the students to
learn the developed ways of fish farming.
Small Tea Garden:
Although
a large number of youth in Assam have shown interest to start small tea
gardens due to lack of technical knowledge and skill they are not able
to take it for self-employment.
We need to set an example in
the project providing technical knowledge and skill to rural youth so
that they can manage tea gardens in a profitable way in small plots.
Agricultural equipment:
Promoting
indigenous technologies in making agricultural tools and equipment in a
modern way, will not only help a pollution free environment but also be
cost effective and allow the farmers to look after the repairing and
maintains of such farming tools and equipment at their own.
Computer Education:
Courses
in Information Technology to the rural youth will promote their
managerial and communication skill and give them access to the outer
world enabling their social improvement.
UHR has designed a
prospectus outlining the basic principles, project illustrations,
photographs of successful related components, technical data and
information etc. of its proposed Eco-friendly educational project for
presentation to potential supporters.
Given proper
implementation, the proposed project of UHR will prove immensely
beneficial in so far as the global community is concerned.
The
'United Human Resource' is Planning to organize a National Level
Awareness Program the 'Mission Justice' aiming to educate the Citizens
of the great Sub-Continent through Electronic Media about the grave
problem of the worst crimes to Nature and Humanity.
UHR
experts have been preparing to present a News Based TV Serial 'Mission
Justice' which will play a key role to educate the people in the degree
sustainable development coexist with the local environment and will
also bring a clear picture of the criminal activities to Nature and
Humanity in live and true story shootings. Interview programs will be
conducted in every episode on the particular issue, with the concern
Government Agencies, Research Institutions and other Responsible
Organizations investigating deep into the matter, and Scientists,
Experts and Specialists and Legal Consultants will participate in the
program to offer suggestions to the public. 'Mission Justice' takes the
task of educating people about the access to Justice for Protection of
Environment, Fundamental Rights and natural Liberty to improve their
capacity, which is capable of utilizing the people's potentials and
strengthening the sustainable development. The serial will also
includes documentation on Human Resource Developmental Activities
initiated by the Government Departments, Social Organizations and other
Institutions. Anchorpersons will spill the thrill around in the program
and will bring audiences to the platform to express their views and
opinions on the subjects.
UHR is looking for Cameraman with
camera, Director and Assistant Director with or without experiences,
Scriptwriter, Editor and creative thinkers for this program.
The
North East based International Level English Monthly News Magazine
'Mission in Earth' will take the important role in this Revolutionary
Mission. This Magazine will not only carry topics like - Sustainable
Development, Employment, Eco-friendly Establishment, Finance,
Environmental Education, Human Resource Development, Energy and
Development etc. but will also bring a clear vision of the grave
situation of Nature and Humanity that will awake the inner eye of the
readers and will heat the heart with a vibration of resulting from
inhumanity such as Ecological Crises, Environmental Rap, Poisoned Air,
Ravaged Soil, Stripped Forest, Corrupted Water Resources; Destruction
of Infrastructure, of Soul-rivers, Coast-lines, Lakes, Grasslands, and
Hill sides, Irrational Use of natural Resources, Black Marketing and
Smuggling, Distortion of Human Resource, Numerous Corruption,
Restlessness, Child Servitude, Child Labour, Exploding Population,
Genocide, Torture, Food Poisoning, Cruel Treatment, Sexual Slavery,
Ruthless Exploitation, Threat to Peace, Act of Aggression, Attack
Against Civilian Population etc. The 'Mission in Earth' will also cover
Politics, News Analysis, News Features, Social Commentaries, Economic
Reviews, Film Reviews, Sports Round-up, Fashion and Life-style,
Business News and special accents on Women, Children and Unemployed
Youths. This will carry regular columns on Natural Resource Management,
Self Employment Guidance, Opportunities Abroad, Information Exchange,
Problem and Solution, Resource Directory, Travel and Tourism, Legal
Consultation, Hidden Talents Seeking Scope, Voice of Unemployed, Nature
and Environment Today, Know Your Health, Quiz Game, Creativity Test,
Competitive Question Fun, News for Use etc. The Magazine will build
Bridges between the readers to express their views and opinions on the
situation and to exchange their ideas for Human Development.
UHR is looking for publisher or publishers to launch the News Magazine
For
your Comment, Suggestion, Advice and any queries please send an email
to: humanism_uhr@yahoo.com or call UHR Director MR. Pranab Saikia any
time at +91 98804 34054.
Wish you all the best and welcome you to the UHR family.
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Postal address of organization
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UNITED HUMAN RESOURCE
Bhaskargiri, Kharghuli, Guwahati – 781004, Assam, India, Phone: +91 (0) 361 2524759
Karnataka, India
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E-mail address of organization
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humanism_uhr@yahoo.com
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Website address of organization
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http://unitedhumanresource.free.fr
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Sustainable development
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Education for a culture of peace
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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India
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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Third world
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