Introduction – The empowerment of women occupies a primary place in the activities of MSSS and is very much reflected in the vision of the organization. The women are coordinated into community-based organization in order to amplify their socio-economic capabilities which enables them to take up political tangents of accessing rights and entitlements. The overall goal is to promote the self determination of women from particularly marginalized sections of society. As a result, they are able to jointly claim their rights from family to society.
Data – The members of Mayura Mahasangha, located in Kanagalsara village, 5 km from Umlebylu gram panchayat of Shimoga taluk, have identified the problem of the community and solved it.
Mr. Raju was appointed as water operator by Gram Panchayat to release drinking water in Kanagal Sara village, who was found irresponsible and was letting the water not in the proper intervals. Very often a lot of water was wasted sometimes he doesn’t let out water at all. There was complaint that he never washes the tank at all. Villagers noticed that day by day the health of the people in the village started to deteriorate; Cold, fever, cough, swelling of feet and hands and vomiting became more and more common in every family member in the village. The members of the Mayura Mahasangha seriously discussed the problem and wanted to find out the root cause of it. Various opinions came up and finally one member suggested to check the drinking water tank and found that there was a dead rat lying in a rotten shape and many maggots around. They took this matter to the gram panchayat and reported to the President and PDO and under their instruction, the panchayat staff immediately inspected the place and reported back. The panchayat authorities ordered for a medical checkup in the village and fired the water operator for his irresponsible and careless behavior. He immediately cleaned the water tank. The members of the Mahasangha reported about the spread of chikungunya virus, dengue fever and malaria… etc, the health staff organized a health inspection camp in the village of Kanagalsara and gave them the necessary medication and treatment. The villagers appreciated the efforts of the members of the Mayura Mahasangha which was instrumental for this intervention. Of course the members also are happy that they could intervene and solve this crisis. They are thankful to MSSS organization as well as KROSS for strengthening and enabling them to reach this level.
Methodology – Identification of issue, discussion and analyzing: taking various opinions. Finally physically identifying the root cause and further steps to resolve the issue. Self-appreciation and sense of satisfaction of the ability to solve a major issue of the village.
