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NEICORD works under its three goals:
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Goal 1. Uniting the people and church to have a
compassionate society: NEICORD
focuses on developing the capacity of churches and its
leaders to respond to the needs in their community,
equipping them for the transformational ministry they
are involved in.
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Project Raphael
NEICORD started Project Raphael as it realised that HIV&AIDS and
the problem of development cannot be isolated from each other.
The organisation believes that the church is the most important
platform for creating awareness among the youth and children of
our society. Therefore it ventured into the field of HIV&AIDS in
2006 by facilitating the churches to actively respond to it,
mobilizing them and enhancing their capacity. No NGO's can do as
much as the church can do especially in the North East India.
NEICORD, as a Christian NGO works together with the churches in
building their capacity, awareness and initiation of activities,
churches contribution, creating sense of ownership and
implementation of programs at different levels. At present the
project is functioning in Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya and
Mizoram. (i) Tearfund UK (ii) NACO and (iii) CRWRC
are
our donors.
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Goal 2.
Empowering communities through sustainable development and
physical wellbeing:
NEICORD usually works through local churches to assist them to
meet the needs in their community, empowering them for their own
development. The seven community development projects, which
focus on development with an integrated approach, are the
substantiation of this. NEICORD has also continued to provide
one off grants for access to clean water through the Water
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Addressing
Poverty through Sustainable Livelihood Promotion (APSLP)
The project is
carried out in the villages Parang – Taw under Sagalee circle,
Papumpare district, Arunachal Pradesh funded by Navajbai Ratan
Tata Trust. The project is facilitating / helping farmers in
adoption of improved cultivation practices of rice and maize,
where every farmer will participate and share their ideas on
ways of proper cultivation. The farmers will get the chance to
demonstrate their learning’s and at the same time encourage
their neighbours about their new and improved methods of
systematic cultivation. The components of the project are as
follows:
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Resource
Assessment, Baseline and Planning.
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Formation
of Farmers’ groups.
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Building
capacity for farmers’ groups.
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Identifying
and establishing Demonstration plots for upland and wetland
cultivation.
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Water
harvest system.
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Farmers’
training on Vermicompost and multicropping.
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Cultivation
with Improved seeds for Rice and Maize.
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Consultant
for Technical Backstopping.
GICDP is one of NEICORD’s projects
in partnership with Goalpara Boro Baptist Church Association (GBBCA),
supported by Tear Australia. The project is working in the
villages of Chirang District, which is in the western part of
Assam. NEICORD initiated this project to help the poorer
section, to have their dignity through “sustainable
development”.
There are
6
targeted
villages
and the 5 major
components in the project are i) Community Capacity Building,
ii) Reduction of common water borne diseases, iii) Increase in
adult literacy, iv) Increase in agriculture production and v)
Increase in family Income through IGP.
Khumolozung
Integrated Community Development Project (KICDP)
Tseminyu, the Project area of NEICORD in Nagaland is located at
a distance of about 50 kms from the state capital Kohima and
about 400 kms from the NEICORD Head Office, Shillong. The
majority of the population (95%) belongs to Rengma tribe. Their
main source of livelihood is agriculture and the primitive
method of jhum cultivation (slash and burn) is still in
practice. The areas are predominantly Christians constituting
the largest population.
The project Khumolozung Integrated
Community Development Project (KICDP) is funded by Tear
Australia. The Project has been working in empowering the people
and changing the long traditional mindset of the people
especially in the agricultural activities by providing those
alternative farming techniques for Jhum cultivation for the
sustainability of the poor farmers. The Project concentrated on
changing the cultivation pattern from 'Jhum' to Sloping
Agricultural Land Technology (SALT)
Urban Community Development Project (UCDP)
The Urban Community Development project implemented in 2006
works in a slum in the Pynthorumkhrah area of Shillong,
Meghalaya. This project was preceeded by Participatory Learning
and Action (PLA) survey
and has
four program components:
1)
Group formation & Community Leadership Development Program,
2)
Economic Development,
3)
Community Based Health Care Program
and
4)
Functional Literacy.
Christian Reformed World
Relief Committee (CRWRC) is our donor.
Patharkhamah
Community Development Project (PCDP)
The
Patharkhamah Community Development Project initiated in 2000
works in the Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya. This project covers 12
villages and serves the Khasi, Rabha and Garo people groups
through four main programs: Group Formation and community
leadership development, Functional Literacy, Primary Health care
and Income Generating Program. Christian Reformed World Relief
Committee (CRWRC) is our donor.
Patharkhmah Food
Security Project - Food Resource Bank (FRB)
The Patharkhmah Food security
Project was initiated in 2009. The main aim of the project is to
help the communities utilize the natural resources in a
profitable and sustainable way to achieve livelihood and food
security at the household level. The main components of the
Project are: 1) System of Rice Intensification (SRI), 2) Sloping
Agriculture Land Technology (SALT) and 3) Kitchen garden and low
cost compost.
Livelihood
Improvement Project for the Himalayas (LIPH), Jirang Block
LIPH Jirang block was
initiated in 2006
at Jirang, Ri Bhoi District, Meghalaya. The project components include: Empowerment and Capacity
Building of the Community & Support Organisation (through
trainings, exposures, capacity building, etc.); Livelihood
Enhancement & Development (livelihood activities falls under
agriculture, sericulture, forestry, horticulture and
aquaculture); Livelihood support system (Microfinance, seed
capital, linkage with bank and different line department);
Project Management (Staff salary, etc.). Meghalaya Rural
Development Society (MRDS) is the donor and implementing
partner.
Livelihood
Improvement Project for the Himalayas (LIPH), Umsning Block
LIPH Umsning block was initiated in 2007
at Umsning, Ri Bhoi District, Meghalaya, in partnership with
Meghalaya Rural Development Society (MRDS). The project started with
project orientation and PRA. The main focus of the project is
Self Help Group mobilization and formation. Capacity building
trainings were conducted for SHG members on functioning of SHG,
book keeping by the project staff and other training like Food
Processing, Livestock, training on ginger, water management
training were also provided to the beneficiaries by Rural
Resource Training Centre (RRTC) and Indian Council for
Agricultural Research (ICAR). Meghalaya Rural Development
Society (MRDS) is the donor and implementing partner.
Churachandpur Area Intergrated Development
Project (CAIDP)
The project
works in the villages of Churachandpur District, Manipur. There
are 6 major components in the project i) Capacity building
through VDC and ADC ii) SALT technology iii) Livestock/seeds
provision and agricultural training iv) Health awareness v) Land
and environmental awareness training & vi) Income generation
program through SHG. World Relief Canada/ Canadian Foodgrain
Banks is our donor and Rural Women Upliftment Society (RWUS),
Churachandpur, Manipur is
our partner.
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Goal 3. Responding, restoring and
rebuilding communities in times of disaster and conflicts: NEICORD works in responding to restoring and rebuilding
communities in times of disaster and conflict. |
Natural Disaster Risk Reduction (NDRR)
The project is implemented in the villages of the
Chirang district (which was formed after dividing the Bongaigaon
district) of Assam. The villages represent the people groups
Bodo, Rabha, Santhals, Rajbangshi and Nepali and includes
Christians and Hindus. The 6 major components of the project
are: i)Formation of Disaster Mitigation Committees and Task
Forces in the villages ii) Provision of boat to 1 village SALT
technology iii) Livestock/sapling provision and agricultural
training iv) Installation of raised wells in the villages
v)Disaster awareness training for adults and school children &
vi) Risk mapping. In the past two year and three months of the
project, the intervention has helped the Disaster Mitigation
Committees (DMC) to understand their risks and increased
knowledge in risk assessment, and risk management. The project
has also had a major two activities one construction of escape
route and the other construction of flood shelter in one of
the target village (Doakabaha) where the villagers have
contributed sand, chips, bamboos, small hut for storing cement
and labour for the construction of the flood shelter. EFICOR is
our donor and NEICORD directly implements the project from its
Guwahati office.
Health and Food Security Project for
Borjon Area (HFSPB)
This Health & Food Security
Project, initiated in January 2008 works with a mixed group of
poor subsistence farmers trapped in a cycle of debt with little
buffer for disaster and marginalised by the indigenous people in
the remote hills of Borjon area, Karbi Anglong district, Assam.
The project has three areas of work: i) Food security through
training in kitchen garden, and other income sources. Ii) Safe
drinking water: iii) Increase Community Health. Tearfund UK is
our donor.
Karbi Anglong Rehabilitation Project
(KARP)
This program began after violent ethnic
clashes in Karbi Anglong in 2005 in which over 100 died and
approx 45,000 were displaced, The program included mobilizing
and providing relief to the affected families. A livelihood
recovery program was initiated and was completed in March 2008.
Our donors are Asian Baptist Federation and Baptist World Aids
Alliance. Karbi
Anglong Baptist Convention (KABC) is our implementing partner.
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