VRO INDIA – DETAILS ON CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE PROOCEDURES

1. Operational Matters :

Operational Area is divided into four broad Areas and further sub-divided into regions:

Area - l: Orissa [Mr. Sethy - Area Director]

North Orissa Region [Mr. Sk. Rout - Field Coordinator]

South Orissa Region [Mr. Sk. Swain - Field Coordinator]

Area - ll: Andhra North [Mr. G. Sudhir John - Area Director]

Hyderabad Region [Mr. Ch. Chennaiah - Fie]d Coordinator

Rajahmundry Region [Mr. P. Yallamandaiah - Field Coordinator]

Kothakota Region [Mr. P. Yallamandaiah - Field Coordinator Additional charge

Wardha Region IMr. G. Sudhir John - Additional charge]

[Sr. Divya, SJB - Area Representative]

Area - lll: Andhra South [Mr. K. Ravi Pradeep - Area Director]

Guntur Region [Mrs. V. Anitha Thomas - Field Coordinator]

Nellore Region [Mr. A. Arjuna Rao - Field Coordinator]

Kadapa Region [Mr. P. Samuel- Field Coordinator ln-charge]

Area - lV: Tamilnadu [Mr. K. Ravi Pradeep - ln-charge]

Trichy Region [Mr. M. Jayaram - ln-charge Field Coordinator]

Pondy Region [Mr. D. Siva Prasad - Field Coordinator]

B) Activities are broadly divided into three categories:

Projects:

-- Village Construction

-- Village Re-building Activities

-- Five Community Tests were conducted prior to the start of Village

                construction activity: will, work, service, share and Learning to test

    the attitude of people in Community action

-- Environmental Development activities such as Tree plantation,

  formation of internal Roads, Drainage Canals and Demarcation of

  community Lands

-- Youth of the Village are trained in construction I building activity for livelihood and income    

    generation

-- Formation and strengthening village councils for Leadership Development

   and for entrusting the responsibility for ownership

-- Community initiatives for infrastructure development

                        -- Community Halls

                        -- Water Tanks for supply of safe-drinking water

                        -- Bore Wells for drinking water

                        -- Income Generation projects (lGSP)

                        -- Alternative Livelihoods Development

Programs:

               -- Community child care program (CCCP) [social, physical & intellectual

                  development of Children in the age group of 3- 5 years

               -- Health Program (Hp)

               -- Village Learning program (VLP) [Transit Schools

               -- Other Program (OP)

               -- Women Empowerment

               -- Skill Development

               -- Leadership

               -- Village Contact persons, (VCP) Meetings

               -- Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs)

               -- Community Based Organisations (CBOs)

               -- Forestry & Nurseries (Ecological Development)

               -- Small Savings & Credit programs (SSCPs)

Service Centers:

-- Basic Productivity Training Center (BPTC)

-- Children’s Village (CV)

-- Child Labor Rehabilitation Center (CLRC)

-- Village Development Training center (VDTC) - VHCDG / VWC / VFW

-- Old Age Home (OAH)

C) Core Committees / Teams:

Operational Team (for decentratisation):

Operational Tea m Leader Fr. A. Santiago

Area Director – Orissa Mr. P. Sethy

Area Director - Andhra North Mr. G. Sudhir John

Area Director - Andhra South Mr. K. Ravi Pradeep

Area Director – Tamilnadu Mr. K. Ravi Pradeep (l/c)

Chief - Finance Management (C-FM) Mr. Ch. Venkateswara Rao

Chief -Quality Management {C-QM) Mr. N.J. Karunakara Rao

Promotion Team (for decentralization):

Chief - Promotion Team (C-PT) Mrs. Rita Astfalck - Central

Promotion Team Member Ms. Christine Camenzind - SWIVRO, Switzerland

Promotion Team Member Ms. lez Thiry - BIVRO, Belgium

Promotion Team Member Mr. Ronald Nachbauer – Germany