NAME : Zodinpuia

2nd SEMESTER

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK

2nd SEMESTER 2019

FIELD WORK SUMMARY

 2nd SEMESTER (2019)

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK

DIVINE MERCY COLLEGE

NAME OF THE AGENCY: CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

THROUGH NETWORK, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, TRAINING, RESOURCE
MOBILIZATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING (COD NERC)

AGENCY SUPERVISORS: G.C.VANLALRUATI

FIELD WORK DAYS: 13 DAYS

(Mr. Zodinpuia) (MISS RUNREMSANGI)

STUDENT SIGNATURE FACULTY SIGNATURE

STUDENT ATTANDANCE SHEET

S.I Date Present/Absent Student’s Signature Faculty Supervisor
NO Signature

1 25/02/19 Present

2 26/02/19 Present

3 27/02/19 Present

4 28/02/19 Present

5 4/03/19 Present

6 5/03/19 Present

7 6/03/19 Present

8 7/03/19 Present

9 11/03/19 Present

10 12/03/19 Present

11 13/03/19 Present

12 14/03/19 Present

13 18/03/19 Present

INDIVIDAUL CONFERENCE SHEET

S.I No. Date Present/Absent Topic Discuss Student’s Faculty
Signature Signature

1 6/03/19
Absent

Discussed about
2 15/03/19 Present work done and
COD NERC
agency.
OBJECTIVES OF THE FIELDWORK

1. To promote an understanding of human needs using biopsychological perspective.

2. To promote and understanding of group dynamics and the use of group work in
addressing human needs.
3. To promote social work skills in working with individuals and groups.

INTRODUCTION
The trainee and his co- workers are assigned to have a field work in centre for community
development through network, education, research, training, resource mobilization and capacity
building (COD NERC) for 13days from 25february to 18 march . And then started their field
work properly and then finished clearly. In the COD NERC agency they had their supervisor of
their agency to guide the trainee and her co-worker. The trainee and her co-workers started their
field work days from 10:00am. The COD NERC agency was located in Zodin square near
Ghandhi Statue.

The COD NERC agency staff are very good and kind and have a good personality, so, the
trainee and his co-workers can build a good rapport with them, they gave the trainee and her co-
workers a works sometimes from their works but sometimes they gave them another work,
sometimes the trainee and her co- workers visited Armed Veng for their project, sometimes the
trainee and her co-workers help the staff entry the data survey report of youth bolt in the
computer and sometimes they help in fill up the loan form for their clients and sometimes they
had a survey in Armed veng. The COD NERC agency was a busy organisation and help many
peoples and they had many projects. The trainee and his co- workers went home sometimes
lately of field work because they are very busy, they had many works to do in the organization..

The mission of Cod NERC agency is it visualize a society where every human being
have freedom, equal opportunity and dignity and participate without any discrimination based on
caste, class, creed, colour, religion and gender for optimum sustainable development through
integrated and holistic approach.
 The trainee and his co-workers was taking photo with the staff (photo credited:self)

HISTORY OF THE AGENCY

Centre for Community Development through Network, Education, Research, Training, Resource
mobilisation and Capacity Building (COD NERC) is located inZodin inAizawl,Mizoram . COD
NERC is registered as a Society at Aizawl of state Mizoram with Ngo unique registration ID
'MZ/2010/0031670' . The NGO registration is done by Registrar of Societies with registration
number SR/MZ - 109 of 1992 on the date of 10-07-1992. The Chairman of COD NERC isMr B
Lalchhanzova and Chief functionary officer is Governing Body.

It has been established by Professional social workers who passed out their Master
degree in Social Work in 2005 from Mizoram University. It has been founded with clear sound
and mind driven social work ethic not situational driven but it is driven by an endeavor to help
the needy people with repsect and uphold the dignity of others.

The main motive which drive the founders were to take steps towards the promotion of NGO
movement in the state of Mizoram and acting as a catalyst to collaborate with other agencies
both Government as well as semi government, state level agencies, national agencies,
international agencies etc to fruitfully enhance their services towards the development of the
society.

OBJECTIVESOF THE AGENCY

1. Taking steps towards filling the gaps that exist between the people/community and the
services through integrated and holistic approach of intervention.

2. Create an environment where everyone can play the role and participate towards for the
promotion of optimum sustainable development.

FUNDING AGENCY
 Development Focus (DF) Bangalore.

 Church Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA).

 Mizoram State Aids Control Society (MSACS).

 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

 Charity Aid Foundation (CAF) India.

 Paul Hamlin Foundation (PHF).

 Vitamins angel, Delhi.

 Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE).

 Govt.of Mizoram.

 Social Welfare Mizoram.

AREA OF IMPLEMENTTATION/ TARGET AREA

All over Mizoram in Urban and Rural areas

ACTIVITIES OF THE AGENCY
ON GOING PROJECTS

1) Health Education & HIV/AIDS

To eradicate the health condition in the state, the organisation took up a project on
HIV/AIDS under Mizoram State Aids Control Society (MSACS) since 2008 in Khawzawl,
Champhai district and ThenzawlSerchhip District. Both the Drop InCentres (DIC) has been
functioning as service providers; providing assistance to registered and unregistered clients in the
form of synringes exchange to Injecting Drug Users (IDU), condom distribution, free & effective
treatment called Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) for People living with HIV/AIDS.

2) Promotion of Handloom and Handicraft

Under the partnership of Cod Nerc and NABARD, on 31 January, 2018 Chief
Minister PuLalThanhawla launched Ramlai Handloom Producers Organisation (RHPO) project
in Thenzawl Bazaar Veng YMA Hall. In this particular project, NABARD will contribute 15
Lakhs as a revolving fund, 800 weavers in the company will contribute 2000 each and NABARD
will contribute another 17.18 lakhs which would reach 47.63. Through this amount the producer
company will the start their own website to increase and strengthened the handloom market/
businesses. Cod Nerc will handle this project for 3 years and then sustain by themselves in the
later stage.

3) Bridge IT Project

Bridge IT is aptly named Bridge IT (Information Technology), a micro

entrepreneurship program that aims to provide livelihood opportunities and bridge the IT gap
between urban and rural India by building the capacity of rural youth in e-entrepreneurship.
Bridge IT will focus on building the IT and entrepreneurial skills of rural youth, build their
confidence, and enhance their life skills, providing them with the necessary means and support to
earn a livelihood through e-entrepreneurship. The initiative will not only allow rural youth to be
gainfully employed and self-sufficient, but will also bridge the IT gap by enabling the youth to
bring much needed IT related services into their communities. By promoting rural
entrepreneurship, the intervention aims to improve the rural economy, reduce illiteracy, and
provide academic inputs to both school going children and adults through computer based
education.

To bridge the gap between urban and rural communities, Cod Nerc Head Office
Aizawl in partnership with Development Focus (DF) signed the agreement on 29th March 2018
from Corporate Social Responsibility Fund, pioneering an innovative Digital Entrepreneurship
Program with Aizawl district of Mizoram. The aim of this unique initiative is to create rural e-
entrepreneurs from socially and economically disadvantaged rural communities. The primary
goal of the project is to facilitate rural youth to become e-entrepreneurs and for the youth to build
sustainable business with their computer and technical skills.

The project has been implemented over a 2 year period starting from March 2018
up to February 2020 with full financial assistance and support from the partner. At the end of 2
years, the project will be overseen by Cod Nerc for a further 3 years of Self-sustaining phase
from March 2020 till Jan 2023, with partial support and a small financial incentive from DF and
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund.

The project is mainly for the unemployed youth in Mizoram who does not get the
reliable job due to lack of opportunity and financial problem. The project divided the target areas
into 3 clusters: Thingsul,Tlangnuam, Falkawn and Sialsuk in Aizawl district in Mizoram. Each
cluster consist of 8 Entrepreneurs (youth) from poor tribal / rural backgrounds. Besides, among
the 8 entrepreneurs 1 of them is chosen as Cluster Lead (coordination). Besides this, there is 1
Module Lead (Manger) to coordinate the project. Therefore, including the Module Lead Cod
Nerc now has 25 staffs in these 24 villages.

Before the selection of entrepreneurs, in each village Livelihood Committee was

formed consisting of 5 members (3 women and 2 men) from the marginalized group who knows
well about their village and the people who needed this kind of help. So, after all the 24
entrepreneurs were selected by Cod Nerc in collaboration with the Livelihood Committee (LC)
the project provides free Laptop, Speaker, Netbook (small laptop) and projector. Moreover, they
are given orientation/training in computers and Internet based services, entrepreneurial skills,
communication skills, life skills, and handholding support to start their own IT / Internet based
businesses. A strong emphasis was placed on empowering young tribal women to take up this
opportunity to become entrepreneurs and establish their own e-enterprises. Additionally, all these
entrepreneurs are paid monthly honorarium of INR 5000/- and Cluster Lead post receives INR
12000/-

4) Poultry project

Through financial support from NABARD Livelihood Project, we distributed

chicks and its feeds to 48 households. The project main aim is to help the beneficiaries -family in
generating income as poultry products can be sold or bartered to provide a source of income.
This may be one of the few, or only, sources of cash income for the villagers. Moreover, it can
also provide additional incorne to the generally resource-poor small farmers, especially women
and children.
 5) Promoting Women Self Help Group (WSHG) and Joint Liability Group (JLG)

In early 2016, NABARD Financial Service Limited (Nabfins) Micro Finance

Institution (MFI) business was officially started in Mizoram under National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development (NABARD). Cod Nerc at present is one of Nabfins Partner/ Business
Correspondents in the state of Mizoram. Now, its Operational areas are Aizawl and Serchhip
District. Initially, we are looking forward in Lunglei District to extend this business. Nabfins
seeks to promote inclusion of the poor and marginalized in growth, building confidence and
management skills of the poor and their ability to lobby for change and build linkage with other
in a positive manner. It focuses more on participation of women; uplifting them from economic
crisis and capacity building. There are also large areas where people find it difficult to access a
bank due to distance and lack of transport facilities; we (Nabfins in charge) operate in such areas.

Nabfins loan were provided among women group like Self Help Group (SHG) and
Joint Liability Group (JLG) for both men and women. Currently, around 650 household avail
Nabfins Loan through Cod Nerc. First Pre-Disbursement was conducted in Aizawl on 30th April
2016, now total disbursed has reached SHG/ JLG amount Rs. 21,050,000.00 (Twenty one
million and fifty thousand) only. Moreover, 67 SHGs and 59 JLGs involved in the areas of
Aizawl.

Similar to other town/districts, ThenzawlNabfins also been carried since March 2017
at Thenzawl town. The first pre disbursement was conducted on 24th August 2017. In these areas
Nabfins loan were concentrated more in JLG than SHG. As of now, total number of group
availing loans are 132 (131 JLG) and total amount has reached Rs. 19,200,000.00 (Nineteen
Million and Two Hundred Thousand) only. Therefore, 635 households has been availing loan
through Cod Nerc.

6) Gender Based Education

The organisation focuses on Ensuring solidarity, opportunities and responsibility for

both men and women in equality and individuality. Capacity building on inequality, lobby and
advocacy, unsafe migration, trafficking and health with targeted community is one of the most
effective measures been taken. Cod Nerc is comitted to strengthening our culture and identifying
steps to building an even more inclusive work environment.

They are working diligently to improve our existing policies and procedures on
preventing sexual exploitation and abuse, including those on whistle blowing and hotline
complaints, anti-sexual harassment, anti-trafficking, prevention of sexual exploitation and child
safeguarding - all of which take a zero-tolerance approach to sexual misconduct in any form. Our
goal is to ensure these stronger policies are effective and relevant and go beyond industry
standards.
 7) Capacity Building and training to youth

In order to help the youth to increase their capacity, we conducted free training
for youth and women in different districts of the state. As such, we provide training for
weavers in designing &colour combination in Serchhip District. This has helped many youth
in increasing their knowledge, enhanced profitability and improved career opportunities.

Similarly, we conducted training particularly for male that is training on two

wheelers repairing in Champhai district.

8) Early Child Care and Prenatally women

Regarding the early child care and prenatally women, the organisation distributed
Vitamin A and Alpendazole Tablets IP (400 mg) for children between the ages of 6 months to 59
months. Likewise, a medicine called KIRK has also been distributed for women’s parental for
her entire pregnancy period which helps in improving the health condition of the baby and the
mother even after the delivery. These medicines are received from an international organisation
called Vitamin Angels, India.

9) Promote Integrated Right Based Empowerment

Among the most marginalised and vulnerable communities, we conduct a program

that improves the awareness level of the target group and the community in general on the
relevant perspectives of land justice policy, provision, rights and entitlements, land policy, social
security, women’s rights, conflict, gender, justice, insurance, health services at the village level,
block level and district level. Moreover, we conduct workshop with Government for proper
implementation of relevant Acts, schemes & policy and facilitating public hearing like social
audit in the government policy, programme in its implementation. Besides, we had periodic
meeting at the block level among the target group, media, and government represent, churches,
CBOs and so on.

OUTGOING PROJECTS

1) Research, Survey & Need Assessment

Survey and research are a part of the project in our organisation. Likewise, survey
on beneficiaries who received loan through PMEGP under Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
(IIE) has been carried and yet to continue the same. Baseline survey on various subjects on
different project is being conducted from time to time.
 Likewise, survey on adolescents (10-24 years) was also counducted in 4 districts
of Mizoram.

2) Humanitarian Response to Mizoram Flood and Landslide

Since 2017 Cod Nerc in funded by Charity Aid Foundation (CAF) India has been
providing Emergency and post Emergency relief among the Flood affected Communities in the
state of Mizoram. Tlabung&Tipperaghat Village in Lungsen RD Block, Lunglei District; 96
families from Tipperaghat Village and 54 families from Tlabung Village 2017 and ----- in 2018.

Preparedness:

a) Formed a selection committee in Tlabung and Tiperaghat village to select the flood
affected families to pick the most affected and deserve families
b) Purposeful relationship built with the stakeholder both the state as well as the village
level
c) Response: We distributed Immediate Relief of Family Kit like-Tarpaulin sheets, Sleeping
mates, Water Storing Units, Emergency Solar Lamps, Hygiene kits, Medicine kit,
Mosquito net & Blankets etc to 150 families in 2017. While in June 2018, we distributed
sewing machine to 30 disaster affected families to create for their sustainable livelihood .
As far as possible, team Cod Nerc try its best to help people who are in need and lift up
who are at the bottom.

Achievement:

a) The 150 most deserve families have been given out the family kits through the
selection committee formed from two villages represented by the village
institutions like YMA, Young Chakma Association etc.
b) Coordination, network and working relationship among the CAF India, Cod Nerc
and other stakeholders was considerable good.
c) The family kits items distributed were their immediate need like Tarpaulin sheets,
Sleeping mates, Water Storing Units, Emergency Solar Lamps, Hygiene kits,
Medicine kit, Mosquito net & Blankets to 150 families.
d) Transparency and accountability followed has contributed for mutual
understandaning
WORK DONE:
1) Observation - The trainee and his co-worker began their observation from the first day of their field
work till the last day, and learn new things everyday regarding the work and activities done by the
agency. It was a pleasure for the trainees to be with the staff members and observed about their work. The
staff member are very kind to the trainee and his co-workers, they have a good relation between the
workers.But they have no wide office its very congested but they are very kinds and work hard, From the
agency the trainee had wide more knowledge

2)Rapport Built - Firstly the trainee and his co-worker introduced themselves to the agency Chairman and
had interaction with field work supervisor, and after they were done their supervisor introduced them to
the other staff members. The trainees tried their level best in build rapport with by helping them with
their work and by interacting with them. The staff member in Cod Nerc are very kind to the trainee and
his co-workers,they have some interaction time with the workers.but, the staff members are very busy in
their own work,the trainee tried his best for to have more good rapport

3)Helping Workers In different office work- The trainee and his co-worker helping the staff in any work
in inspite of lack of skill, the trainee and his co workers help in to fill up Youth Bolt survey report in
laptop upto 1000 and sometimes they help to fill up loan form. During having field work the trainee and
his co workers to do more than fill up Youth Bolt

The trainee and his co workers fill up Youth Bolt9(photo crediter:self)

4)Survey For Vitamin Angels:The trainee and his co workers having a survey at Armed Veng
about the Vitamin Angels. They have survey childhood and pregnant women who need medicine
for free and take down their names and distribute those who need.

5)Conduct Group Discussion-The trainee and his co-workers Armed veng for having discussion
with Kumtluang Self Helped Group.the trainee ann his co workers ask many question about their
Groups fuctions. Kumtluang S.H.G was established in 7th July 2017. And they are choose
Leaders and Secretary and they have a proper minute book and they always contribute Rs100
each.

The trainee and his co-workers with Kumtluang Self Help Group(photo credited Self)
6) Case Study

Name - **********
D.O.B - 21.Dec.1989

Sex - Female

Address - Armed Veng

Type of case – Poor Family

Personal History

They live with children and her husband was passed, her mother take care of her, but her mother face
difficulty as her income was too low. Fortunately she was very healthy and try to work more. They live
with children one boy and three female one of the daughter have a marriage.

Present Condition

She was good at that time, they involve in Self Help Group and she was very happy and good mind and
try to works tayloring

Future plan

She try to uplifted and try to always support her child until having a healthy. She try to start business for
masterpiece like Tayloring because she need to take care her sons and school fees.
SELF EVALUATION

The trainee had fieldwork for 13 days along with his co-worker. During his fieldwork the trainee gain
many new knowledge and information about the agency. The trainee know more about the poor people
are very faithful and they take agency throught Cod Nerc and they try to search their work for using Loan.
And not only that, he also gain information about other agencies aside from Cod Nerc. The trainee is
involved in almost all the activities done by the agency.

During the fieldwork the trainee use the tools and technique of

 Observation: Each fieldwork he observe the work done by the staff members of the
agency
 Rapport building: the trainee establish good rapport buy helping the workers at their work
and by participating in their activities
 Communication: Communication is one of the key tool in building rapport and the trainee
communicate with the staff members as much as he can.
 Active listening: Listening was the best weapon to built rapport. The trainee listen all the
problems of the worker which they openly shared to him. He also had interactions with
them.
 Questioning: The trainee asked the staff members the working and functioning of the
agency. And ask them for help when he is facing problem in his work

CONCLUSION

The trainee went to Cod Nerc with his co trainee for 13 days. During his fieldwork the trainee build a
good rapport with the workers. They also having survey and group discussion with S.H.G. Aside from
this they were also given office work which are fill up Youth Bolt Survey and sometimes to fill up Loan
form.The trainee gain many new knowledge for having a field work i.e Cod Nerc.