Vikalp Vārtā #6 - Panchayat's Response through Self-Governance and Inter-generational Learning

Kunariya village in Kachchh has seen greater people’s participation in budgets, availing government schemes and budgeting over the past few years. The panchayat made full use of social media to raise awareness about COVID and relevant safety measures, and facilitated house to house health survey. Only prescribed traders/producers could enter the village for selling the essential commodities. Around 316 needy families were provided food aid from the panchayat; better-off families and several farmers contributed to feed 87 of the poorest families for a month. Visually impaired and differently-abled individuals, single-women and other marginalised families were provided with food aid, necessary medicines, and other urgent and basic necessities. 106 labourers were immediately provided work through MNREGA in consultation with the local administration. One of the most innovative steps was to reach out to elders to teach children stuck at home their special skills of music, crafts, cooking and traditional technologies. https://kunariyapanchayat.blogspot.com/

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