List of the projects implemented /ongoing at PPSS since its beginning with short brief of the project activities
1 Health
Urban Health Centers
Objective: Health services under Urban Health Center at Narayanapuram Slum situated in Machilipatnam town, Gulam Mohinuddin Nagar & Kothapeta of Vijayawada Malkajgiri Municipality
Target families: 20,000 in each center: Total 60,000 in three centers.
Funding agency: Commissioner of Family Welfare, Andhra Pradesh
Mobile Medical Unit
Objective: Medical care including clinical tests for the communities residing in the interior villages of Kruthivennu and Bantumalli mandals in Krishna district
Target families: 24 villages (30,000 families)
Funding agency: Commissioner of Family Welfare Department, Andhra Pradesh
2 Drinking water and Sanitation
Drinking water
Objective: To ensure safe drinking water supply for the SC community in Mangalapuram,
Funding agency: CAPART
Water and Sanitation
To restore water supply and provide drinking water.
Disposal of liquid waste.
Disposal of solid waste.
Home sanitation and food hygiene.
Personal hygiene.
Environmental hygiene.
Construction of toilets and construction of low cost latrines.
Objective: To promote Water & Sanitation program
Funding agency: CARE India
3 Housing
Objective: Construction of houses to poor in Mangalapuram village
Target families: 55 houses under Rural Housing and Habitat Development
Duration: 2002-2004
Funding agency: Ministry of Rural Department, Government of India.
4 Education
Construction of School Building
Objective: School building for SC children
Target families: 120 children of Harijanawada in Mangalapuram
Duration: 1999-2000
Funding agency: CAPART
Adult Literacy
Objective: Total literacy village program
Target families: Entire Mangalapuram village (1,168 illiterates)
Duration: 2002-2003
Funding agency: PPSS and Villagers
Work Site School for Fishermen Community Migrant Children
Objective: Migrant children of Fishermen Community in Y.S.R. Fishermen Colony, Machilipatnam
Target families: 30 families having Migrant children
Duration: 2004-2006
Funding agency: Rajiv Vidya Mission (Sava Siksha Abhiyan – SSA)
5 Women and Children development
Family Counseling Center
Objective: Redressal of family disputes and resolve them through legal, police and medical departments
Target families: Family disputes
Duration: 2003-till date
Funding agency: Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi
Short Stay Home
Objective: to provide rehabilitation and skill training of the victims of family discord and related disturbances through Stay Homes
Target : families 27, Inmates 1250
Duration: 1-4-2009 – till date
Funding agency: Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi.
Women and girls in the age between 15 and 35 years who are victims of family discord and related disturbances are being rehabilitated through skill training. Short Stay Home has qualified counselors, superintendent, rehabilitation officer, clerk and 2 servant maids (chowkidars). Periodical Medical Care is provided to inmates by a Medical Doctor.
6 Micro-credit
Objective: to achieve independent economic empowerment of rural women through micro credit
Target families: 1250 SHG groups (22540 women members)
Duration: 2007-2011
Funding agency: CARE India
On-farm and off-farm livelihood
7 Agriculture
Objective: to provide rehabilitate saline affected soils for paddy cultivation
Target families: 300 families; 900 acres in Nali, Sorlagondi and Edurumondi
Duration: 2005- 2006 (CARE India); 2008-2010 IDRC-CIDA
Funding agency: CARE India and M S Swaminathan Research Foundation through IDRC –CIDA
About 400 acres of saline land reclaimed to bring back agriculture in Sorlagondi and Edurumondi villages which were fallow due to salinisation. Similarly irrigation canals were created to irrigate 500 acres in Nali. These activities completely stopped seasonal migration which was rampant before in these villages.
8 Fishing
Objective: to provide boats and nets to fishermen living in 10 villages in Machilipatnam rural mandal,Avanigadda and Nagayalanka mandals
Target families: 350
Duration: 2005-2006
Funding agency: CARE India
Supply of ice boxes
Objective: to provide ice boxes to fishermen living in Giripuram, Machilipatnam rural mandal
Target families: 30
Duration: 2005-2006
Funding agency: CARE India
9 Dairy
Objective: to provide milch animals to BPL families to enhance livelihood at Mangalapuram, Sorlagondi, Nali and Edurumondi
Target families: 73 families
Duration: 2004 (CAPART) 2008-2010 (IDRC-CIDA), 2012-2014 (DST)
Funding agency: CAPART and IDRC-CIDA.
10 Sheep rearing
Objective: to provide sheep for BPL families to enhance livelihood at Uttagundam and Nali
Target families: 40 families; 400 animals – 10 each to farmer)
Duration: 2005-2006
Funding agency: CARE India
11 Imitation Jewelry
Objective: to provide employment for women through skill development (Jewelry)
Target families: 150 families
Duration: 2006 (CARE); 2002 (CFW); 2013-2014 (NIMSE)
Funding agency: CARE India, Commissioner family Welfare (CFW), National Inst. For Medium and small enterprises (NIMSE)
12 Training and capacity building (1996-2014)
Promotion of value added fish products
Crop protection
Maintenance of farm machinery through co- management (Tractors and other implements).
Guidance to farmers on technical areas of soil fertility development and integrated in puts used.
Vermi-compost
Integrated pest management and other agriculture practices
Other need based trainings
13 Aquaculture
Objective: to demonstrate eco-friendly aquaculture
Target families: families; 40 motors; 500 acres
Duration: 2008-2011
Funding agency: IDRC – CIDA support through M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and Provided 22 electrical motors from IDRC – CIDA supported project through M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and another 18 motors from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe a Germany based donor for shrimp farming. The operation cost has been drastically reduced and PPSS has linked with NaCSA (National center for sustainable aquaculture) for technical guidance. Now almost all small farmers are adapting the technology and sustaining the eco-friendly shrimp farming from 2008.
14 Integrated Mangrove and Fishery Farming System (IMFFS)
Objective: to demonstrate eco-friendly aquaculture for Yenadi families
Target families: 10 families
Duration: 2007-2010
Funding agency: IDRC – CIDA support through M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
Integrated Mangrove and Fishery Farming System (IMFFS) initiated in Sorlagondi in 4 ha of land. 10 yanadi (tribal) families are practicing aquaculture in this system which is eco-friendly aquaculture where no external inputs are provided. The tribal families culture small size crabs and water crabs to optimal size in the ponds and get good market price.
15 Environment – Mangrove Conservation and Management
Objective: to restore degraded mangroves to protect the coastal community from disasters
Target village: Sorlagondi village
Duration: 2007-2010; 2013-2015
Funding agency: IDRC – CIDA support through M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and UNDP-GEF Small Grants Project
PPSS with the support of M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation established Mangrove bioshield in 140 ha in Sorlagondi. The community is involved in protection and management of mangrove plantation. These mangroves provide coastal security against cyclonic waves and tsunami triggered waves apart from increasing the fishery production. The community also decreased the mangrove dependency particularly for fuel wood and fodder. In addition it has initiated mangrove restoration in 50 ha under UNDP-GEF project.
16 Community Based Disaster Management
Objective: to built the capacity of the fishing communities through disaster preparedness
Target village: 10 villages in Koduru mandal
Duration: 2007-2010
Funding agency: CARE India
PPSS with the support of CARE India built the capacity of the fishing communities to overcome the natural disasters and ensure food security and no loss of human life. The task force teams were formed and trained for various responsibilities
Early warning team
Rescue & Search team
Shelter & Food Management team
Health Hygiene Water & Sanitation team
First Aid Team
Disaster Management team