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SOUTH BENGAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES

SOUTH BENGAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES

..…Committed to improve lives
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MISSION & VISION

HISTORY

The divide between the worlds’ rich and poor is the result of closed hearts and narrow minds. Number of poor has always overshadowed the number of milliners. Poverty which is the root cause of all evils is multidimensional in nature. Therefore there can not be any single solution for it’s reduction. Poverty reduction can only be achieved through a broad spectrum of activities bolstering universal human rights, fostering economic growth and social development, enhancing national and local capacity and empowering the poor to join as central partners in their own development. These actions fit neither simple framework nor single blueprint. With this challenge in the backdrop, in the year 1999, the Institute was established. However to concretize its commitment formal registration process was completed in the year 2006.

INTRODUCTION

South Bengal Institute for Community Studies is a community support organization based in West Bengal. It was registered under West Bengal Registration Act 1961 with it’s headquarter at Bishnupur,Bankura. South Bengal Institute for Community Studies in short SBICS is endeavouring to address to the needs of community in a holistic manner. SBICS emphasizes on becoming key link in between government and community. SBICS believe that the solution lies in empowerment of community.

DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER ORGANIZATION WORKING IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ?

There is a large number of Government projects and non-governmental and voluntary organizations working for the betterment of lives. But they have failed to present a scientific approach towards community development. Lack of proper health care or widespread poverty in the society is not because of the resources but an acute lack of access to and control over resources. In almost all setups community has failed to have it’s control over the resources. SBICS’s focus is to develop self sustaining institution of the marginalized for the sake of their own development.

OUR VISION

Our vision is of a world where communities that has been forced to live a life without dignity, in poverty, in conflicts and all other forms of injustice due to inequitable distribution of resources can be empowered to shape the course of their own future and can bring in a qualitative change.

OUR MISSION

Progress without social justice is not real human progress. Therefore our focus is immediate needs of human being like food, health care, shelter and education. We pay special attention to delivery of basic health care to the vulnerable section of the society, Safe transfusion of blood by hundred percent voluntary blood donations to government blood banks, thallessemia and AIDS prevention. We also give attention to rural reconstruction rather than rural development. Because we believe that the root cause of poverty is not because of the resources but inaccessibility to those resources.

PRINCIPLE OF SBICS

 Reaching the Unreachable
 Holistic approach of Community Development
 Development of Human Resources
 Empowerment of marginalised communities

PRIME FOCUS AREAS OF SBICS

 Health Care
 Education
 Livelihood
 Environment Sustainability

INTERVENTION AREAS

In South Bengal the Institute has undertaken a multi-faceted approach through its social initiatives. Though our initiative started with voluntary blood donation movement in this South Bengal but very slowly we are making headway in to the area of comprehensive community development. Our mobile health care facility to certain Blocks in Bishnupur Sub-division has been extremely successful. These approaches have been primarily successful with the help of a pool of doctors offering honorary service to our Institute. We have working with more than 200 civil society organisations and over thousands of poor. Our focus is on the rights of India’s most marginalised communities: Dalit and indigenous people, rural and urban poor, women, children and minorities. These groups face an acute lack of access to and control over resources, services, and institutions. We pay special attention to those in vulnerable situations such as people living with chronic hunger, HIV/AIDS or disability, migrant and bonded workers, children who are out of school, and people whose land or livelihood is under threat. South Bengal Institute for Community Studies believes that to make any dent in persistent inequity and injustice, the root causes of poverty must be addressed, and not just the distress conditions. We therefore take a rights-based approach to development, helping people to claim their rights which may be constitutional, moral or legal entitlements.

ORGANISATION

SBICS has planned a three-tier structure for the organization. The first tier would comprise of advisor and patrons who will help the organization to formulate plans from time to time. The second tier would comprise of the Executive members who will help the organization in expansion of activities and exploration of institutional funding from donor and funding agencies. The Executive Committee would be the core team. This core team will be in charge of the planning and monitoring process. The third tier will comprise of the ordinary members and a group of field workers who will look after the implementation part of different projects.

FUNDING

SBICS plans to approach donor and funding agencies for individual as well as institutional funding. Till date SBICS has been receiving funds basically from individuals. Therefore the major contribution has been of voluntarism. SBICS wants to make it categorically clear that none of it’s member from the first or second tier would receive any salary. All the funding received would cover the administrative cost and the salary of the field personnel. These funds will help the ongoing projects and the upcoming ones. SBICS is not having any funding commitment right now.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES SINCE INCEPTION

SBICS since it’s inception has been focusing upon voluntary blood donation movement. SBICS has been working as a motivational agency on blood science, blood donation, thallesemia and AIDS awareness. SBICS has been able to motivate organization at some of the remotest place of the district. SBICS is also trying to provide mobile health care facilities in some of the remote tribal areas. SBICS is also working in the field of developing sustainable livelihood in the area.

Since inception SBICS has been organising at least 100 blood donation camps round the year,

  • In 2008 SBICS helped different Government Blood Banks to collect 8562 units of blood,
  • SBICS has organised several mass blood donation camps including one of 1051 donors at Bishnupur,
  • SBICS has been organizing Quiz competition during Durga Puja,Local festivals and Melas at Different places,
  • SBICS has been organizing mass rally on Voluntary blood donation, AIDS and Thallesemia awareness round the year,
  • SBICS published many brochures posters on blood donation,blood science, AIDS and Thallesemia,
  • SBICS has been organizing several Certificate course on blood donors motivation at Sonamukhi, Bishnupur and Bankura,
  • SBICS has been Participating in the Bishnupur Mela with a publicity stall on promotion of voluntary blood donation, AIDS and Thllesemia awareness,
  • SBICS with the help of a pool of doctors has been providing basic health care facility to tribal areas of Bishnupur Sub Division,
  • SBICS has been providing free medicines to the economically backward classes with the help of Bengal Chemist and Druggist Association, Bankura,
  • SBICS has identified several artisan groups and plans to work for their sustainable livelihood development,
  • SBICS has been running a few coaching classes for the students belonging to poorer section of society.

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES WITH GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

United Nation Development Programme,
National AIDS control Organisation,New Delhi,
State AIDS Control and Prevention Society,West Bengal,
Department of Health and Family Welfare,Govt. of India,
Department of Health and Family Welfare,Govt. of W.Bengal,
State Blood Transfusion Council, Government of W.Bengal,
Department of Social Welfare, Govt. of India,
Department of Social Welfare, Govt. of West Bengal,
District Administration of Bankura,Purulia,Burdwan and Paschim Midnapore,
Municipal Bodies of this region,
Panchayet Samiti and Gram Panchayet of this region,

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES WITH NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION

  • International Federation of Voluntary Blood Donors,
  • MARUT Foundation, London
  • National Federation of Indian Blood Donors,
  • West Bengal Voluntary Blood Donors Forum,
  • Association of Voluntary Blood Donors, West Bengal,
  • Elmhirst Institute of Community Studies, Santiniketan,
  • Womens’ Interlink Foundation, Kolkata,
  • Alternative Livelihood Consultancy India Limited, Hydrabad,
  • Bengal Chemist and Druggist Association,
  • Burnpur Social Welfare Committee and Voluntary Blood Donors’.

RECOGNITION RECEIVED

SBICS has received many recognition at the state level. It has also received many awards at the district level. But most importantly the love and respect it has received from the masses has always overshadowed other recognitions. But to name a few it is only organization in the district of Bankura who is taking care of the disaster management in the district. UNDP specially nominated this organization for capacity building in the field of sustainable livelihood development.

ROAD AHEAD

For any organization a journey of just eight year is very small. But this eight year has convinced every one of us that the road ahead might not be a smooth one but the culmination would very soothing. Some of the commitment that we have right now are

  • Promoting the voluntary Blood donation movement to 100 percent level,
  • Not in principle but in practice ban of commercial blood donation and collection,
  • Spreading Social awareness about thallessemia,
  • Spreading awareness about AIDS,
  • Taking our health care project to the tribal areas with free medicines,
  • Constituting more self help groups in the region,
  • Developing sustainable livelihood in this region,
  • Formation of a self help group federation,
  • Promoting Tourism in this region specially in Bishnupur with an endogenous perspective,
  • Reviving the rich heritage of art and craft in this region,
  • Revival of the dying craft of Baluchari Saree,Dokra Art and various other art forms of the region.

OUR JOURNEY CONTINUES