So, what does that mean ? and what are the issues ? What is a Model Village?
A village that is able to provide sustainable resources (water, electricity), progressive livelihood, economic opportunities, enhanced quality of life, education and health care through effective use of technology and community participation thereby eliminating migration away from itself.
Following are the characteristics and goals of the project:
- Good infrastructure- access (roads, transportation), homes, schools, stores, technology, helath care etc
- Sustainable way of living- energy sources, water, building materials, food products, farming, eco-awareness
- Good, affordable and acessibe educational facilities - schools, training centers, technology
- Economic opportunities, financial resources and enhanced standard of living that is fairly uniform for all villagers
- Retention of youth, community participation in transformation from status quo to a model village
- “Each one Model one”- Foster a spirit of duplication and outreach beyond the model village into neighboring villages. Ability and motivation to apply best practices and resource management know how easily from one village into another. Document the best practices online and bring them down to the villages.
- Environmentally sustainable practices
- proper rain water harvesting to increase the ground water levels
- restore all the old village tanks. At present, 6 of the 8 tanks are dry most of the year. According to the villagers, even 20 years ago all the tanks used to have water most of the year. Most of the borewells in 4 of the 6 villages are dry. Water is provided by trucks.
- create rain water bodies on the common Panchayat land
- educate farmers with ‘best’ practices to get better yields
- provide farmers access to relevant information from the internet
- ‘greenify’ all the 6 villages, i.e: 10 sq km area
- Native compost and soil enrichment knowhow and supply
- Provide access to good seeds to grow native crops (e.g millets)
- Provide sustainable energy sources (solar, wind, bio-fuels etc)
- Infrastructure
- Roads
- Waste Management
- Drains and Sanitation
- Clean drinking water to all residents
- Street lamps
- Electricity/Renewable energy sources (solar, wind, biogas etc)
- Education
- No child from the village will be denied higher education due to finances
- Adult literacy programs
- 100% of the children attend high school, i.e: till 12th grade
- equip schools with the right tools, technologies and trained teachers
- women empowerment
- Classes in farming best practices
- Village Information Center
- Investment options for farmers, women and underprivileged
- Awareness on policies and governance and the impact of participation and promotion of good governance
- Health Care
- provide access to good health care
- good sanitary and hygiene practices
- provide periodic health camps
- Vocational Training
- setup programs to train the youth
- Financial programs for inclusive growth. Empower women to save and use technology to bring about financial security
- Train them on banking and simple investment techniques
- Technology to improve living standards
- explore bringing the vast knowledge from the internet to the villages to improve quality of life. [Leverage the smart phone technologies and 3G penetration into the rural areas]
- Setup a mobile community resource center that would provide timely info to the farmers
- Culture
- Encourage, enrich local culture- art, music, vocations, crafts, languages,spiritual practice
- Center for youth- training, recreation
- Build a spirit of collective and integrated development cutting across religious, gender, caste, political and class lines
- Promote tourism if there is something special or esoteric about the culture or heritage of the village
- Instill pride in residents about their village
- Empower to share knowledge and resources on development and culture to reach and assist nearby villages attain the goal of a model village
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