Beyond Development

Diocesan Perspective Planning

Beyond Development

PROLOGUE

Philosopher Descartes said “Cogito ergo sum”- I think therefore I exist. This means everyone who meaningfully
exists is ready to explore new options. That is how science was born. It is the same law of questioning that is the
basis for the relevance of NGO’s.
No organisations can be static, very much so of voluntary organisations engaged in community mobilisation.
Nations and empires have collapsed due to stagnation of ideas and failure to respond to emerging challenges.
A responsible NGO has to consistently enquire into the life situations of the people. There have been globally
accepted paradigm shifts in the development sector since the last fifty years. We have come a long way from
relief/charity hand holding to the current trend of sustainable development. There has also been shift from
isolated approaches to integrated approach, from micro intervention to macro level intervention. As for diagnosis
of people’s concern we have come to the stage of participatory learning approach when a community goes for
collective, self reflective, critical and collaborative enquiry into the life situation of communities.
At the global level there are forces with vested interests at work to thwart the aspirations of the dreams of the
marginalised.
It is in this complex back drop that QSSS was called to put in place a perspective plan for the diocese of Quilon.
This was a prolonged exercise absorbing the learning of people and blend them with the information downloaded
from formal researches and development science principles in place. We have made use of scientific tools for
enquiry and perspective planning. The praxis approach has integrated the aspirations of people and the objectives
set forth by the organisation with the mature learning of people.
With profound humility I am presenting this diocesan perspective plan for forward linkages. The options ahead
have been listed as also the policy guidelines. Yet this is just a beginning and has to be ratified by our stake holders.
I am sure Quilon diocese will be able to discern the signs of the time and journey with the people towards a re-
enacted exodus.

Fr. Romance Antony

Director

31st March 2008

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1. INTRODUCTION

Quilon Social Service Society is the official agency of the Diocese of Quilon to announce the good news of the
Kingdom of God and to give expression to the mission of the local Church to “give sight to the blind, hearing to
the deaf, voice to the dumb “, place the despised in the mainstream of society and “to proclaim freedom to the
captives.” QSSS has been assigned to promote and co-ordinate programmes for the emancipation and upliftment
of the weaker sections, particularly the socially challenged and those discriminated against on the grounds of
gender caste and creed.
Registered as a Charitable Society in 1960, Q.S.S.S in the initial stage concentrated on welfare programmes and
relief operations. In the mid 70s Q.S.S.S changed its focus to vocational training, skills development, employment
generating programmes and integrated development of the people through appropriate interventions.
Bishop Jerome M Fernandez the first native bishop of the diocese of Quilon who founded the Society dreamt of
the exodus of the fisher community to a new future enjoying all the amenities of modern civilization.
Vision, Mission and Objectives of the Society has recently been revised as follows to keep in pace with globally
accepted standards and to represent the concerns of our reference groups:

1.a VISION
QSSS envisages prevalence of a just and virtuous social order deep set in humanness where every human being
attains highest possible levels of well being with equity in the social capital.
1.b MISSION
To strive for the liberation of deprived sections of society from the exploitative conditions prevailing and to bring
about a desirable situation where they will be enabled to exercise control over the means of production and
market with sense of equity, justice, and fellowship ensuring in the emancipation of women from a discriminatory
system and regenerative management of natural resources, with provision for environmental protection and
sustainable, participatory and integral development of the people entrusted to our care, thereby enhancing the
establishment of an egalitarian society.
1.c FOCUS GROUPS
The chief focus groups of QSSS consist of marine fishermen in the coastal villages of Kollam district, inland
fishermen who live on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake in Kollam district and on the basins of rivers- Achankovil
and Pampa and backwaters of Alappuzha district. Other groups that engage the attention of the society are coir
workers, cashew processing workers, urban slum dwellers and the un-organised workers.

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1.d REFERENCE AREA

The reference area of QSSS is congruous with the area under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Quilon. In 1986
when the diocese was divided to carve out the diocese of Punalur the area that was brought under the jurisdiction
of the new diocese was detached from the area under the operation of QSSS.

The civil units coming under the reference area of QSSS is given below;
District Taluks
Kollam Kollam
Karunagapally (except Thazhava and Thodiyoor Panchayaths)
Kunnathur – (only Sasthamcotta,Mynagapally & West Kallada Panchayaths)
Alappuzha Karthikapally
Mavelikara
Chengannur (Only Mannar andBudhannur Panchayaths)
Pathanamthitta Tiruvalla (Only Kadapara Panchayath)

1.eTHEMATIC AREAS OF INTERVENTION

• Organisation of women into a creative force for sustainable development
• Promotion of peoples bank for micro finance
• Skill development for alternate livelihood initiatives
• Mainstreaming entrepreneur development ventures with credit and market linkages
• Leading the destitute to planned development through a package of sponsorship
• Providing conducive atmosphere for integrated development of children.
• Support for excellence in education and career orientation
• Shelter programmes to ensure decent habitat.
• Regenerative management of natural resources.
• Response to Disaster and Disaster preparedness programme
• Combat trafficking and ensuring protection to women and children from trafficking
• Social protection and sustainable development of elder people.
• Promotion of Community Health initiatives‘
1.f MILESTONES IN THE JOURNEY OF QSSS WITH AND FOR THE PEOPLE:
We can divide the journey of QSSS into five chapters. Spanning a period of 48 years, its record of service rivals
the achievements of any other voluntary agency in the state
 1st milestone-1960—1979-WELFARE & RELIEF:
Emphasis was on relief to victims of natural calamities like sea erosion fire disaster which were almost annual
events in Kollam coast
Micro projects for housing, drinking water, milch cows, goat rearing, fishing craft and gear, agricultural
programs, etc were implemented in this period
A limited intervention for an integrated development programme was taken up from 1974-1977 supported
by IGSSS .Organisation moved to new avenues like soil conservation, cottage industries and debt redemption.
Linkages with Govt agencies like DRDA and programmes like IRDP opened new ground for QSSS
 2nd Milestone 1979-1990-INTEGRATED HUMAN DEVELOPMENT:
The Diocesan Seminar designed for the formulation of the ‘Integrated Human Development Project ‘ held
on 8th, 9th & 10th October,1979 was an epoch-making event in the evolution of QSSS as an NGO that understands
the signs of the time and the changes in the Development sector world over.

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In this period QSSS moved from isolated ventures to integrated approaches, from mere welfare and charity
mode to globally approved development mode, from micro projects to macro planning and mega projects,
from parish centered to a village centered approach, from priest centred to people centred approach and last
from projects to process or movements of the people.
IHDP was implemented in two phases, self-employment, agriculture along with housing, water and sanitation
formed the components of investment
QSSS succeeded in enhancing resource mobilisation by people through its small savings scheme and in effective
linkages with financing institutions and in availing Govt subsidy.
QSSS could become a people’s movement with the emergence of local units. In the first phase major focus
was on vulnerable groups like inland fishermen and the dalits (now in Punalur diocese). The programmes were
geared to dovetail with the Govt. sponsored IRDP. This phase was from the year 1981 to 1985.
The second phase of IHDP (1985 - 1990) concentrated mainly on marine fishermen one of the most
marginalised groups. Modernisation of fishing methods through technology transfer was a major brake through.
Organisation of sea fishermen for collective bargaining through the establishment of common fish marketing
centers and Fishermen Sangam resulted in sea changes in the coastal belt of Kollam.
Linkages with financing institutions opened the possibility of an end to indebtedness to middlemen and
moneylenders.
 3rd Milestone-Women empowerment/community based people’s organisation-1990-2000:
QSSS moved to harness the women power first by forming women’s credit unions and second by bringing
the women to mainstreams of development. Special attention was given to fish vending women whose social
status is a matter of concern for the Diocese as well as QSSS
 4th Milestone-2000-2004 Moving toward Self Help Groups
Keeping pace with the global stride of people’s development through Self Help Groups QSSS moved to re-
organise its large army of members of credit unions into Self Help Groups. The journey is continuing and with
success. EDP has since joined the grand wagon.
 5th Milestone – 2004 TSUNAMI and after
Tsunami came as a great shock and we were least prepared to meet a disaster of so great a magnitude. But all
the same QSSS emerged as a major player in relief and rehabilitation leading to resilience building. Association
with international organisations capacitated the Organisation and enabled the Organisation to branch out to fresh
pastures.

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2. PROJECTING A ROAD MAP IN THE BACK DROP OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOP-

MENT GOALS
The Millennium Development Goals were derived from the United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted by
189 nations in 2000. Following is an effort to cross checks the millennium goals with the ground realities QSSS is
working with.
 Eradicate extreme Poverty & Hunger :
♦ Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day
♦ Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
75% of the reference population resort to fishing as primary occupation - both inland & marine fishermen. The
reference population is reeling under abject state of poverty as a resultant of a number of causes; major among
them are the inability to compete with high tech fishing by deep sea trawlers and fishing vessels and the spiralling
operation cost. Total disregard to marine fishing rules and absence of control systems have resulted in serious
ecological issues.
In the context pro-fishermen stand is the need of the hour with supplementary program like mechanization of
traditional boat combined with skill up gradation program to indulge in alternative employment activity. This
bears much significance especially during trawl ban. The possibility of collective venture to take out to deep sea
fishing is to be explored.
 Achieve Universal primary education:
♦ Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary education
Extreme poverty can be associated with the educational status of the fisher community. One of the options is to
boost the education level of the target group to an optimum level to avail of all the prospects of professional
education. Suitable support systems are to be initiated in this respect. Yet another option is to promote skill based
education. Community College emerges as a viable option. Other option is to scale down drop out level. The idea
of Bridge school may be tried in some pockets.
Promote gender equality and empower women
♦ Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all
levels by 2015
QSSS gave much focus on women development issues through its biggest project called by name “Women in
Development” covering 16420 women under its program. The initiation of people’s bank by name “Samrudhi”
is the ample example of pro-active intervention to free them from dependency in occupation and to give equal
status in family and social life that supports women. We also believe in organization of women for self-dependent
growth, credit mobilization, bestowing them negotiating power, to assist them in and direct investment in
supplementary source of income guided by the philosophy of sharing, co-operation and empowerment. The
motivation provided by the society to include women in housing & habitat development is yet another milestone
towards this endeavour. QSSS should carry forward the movement to its logical sequence of women taking up
positions in political streams leading to influencing decision-making.
 Reduce child mortality
♦ Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five.
Since 1960 the society is implementing targeted health projects to improve the health status of the women
and children. This is not an issue in Kerala as a whole.
 Improve maternal Health
♦ Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality rate
MMR are comparatively less to other areas this is since because health services are adequate in the whole
of the diocesan area.

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 Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & other diseases:

♦ Halt and begin to reverse spread of HIV/AIDS
♦ Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of Malaria and other major diseases
QSSS is yet to take active role in this sector.
 Ensure environmental sustainability:
 Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes;
reverse loss of environmental resources
 Reduce by half the proportion of people with out sustainable access to safe drinking water
 Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020
QSSS has implemented many projects in natural resource management in the form of Rainwater harvesting,
drinking water wells, water re-charging etc. The above ventures must merge with the State sponsored ventures to
reach out to other possibilities in water management.
One of the major problems faced by the fisher community is the degeneration of water bodies both inland &
marine. Draining human waste, animal waste from butcher shops, hospital & factory wastes are the major
contributors of water pollutant. The artificial methods of fishing by dumping large quantity of tree branches in
lake area for creating artificial mangrove system is also acting as a polluting factor. Unauthorized sand mining and
filling paddy field have aggravated water scarcity in many places. The society is to plan and devise awareness
program & other hardware programs in this direction.
QSSS is to formulate its Environment policy with due reference to the concerns of its reference groups.

 Develop a global partnership for development \

♦ Develop further and open trading and financial system that is rule based, predictable and non
discriminatory, includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction
– nationally and internationally
♦ Address the least developed countries special needs
♦ Address the special needs of the land locked and small island developing states
♦ Deal comprehensively with developing countries debt problems
♦ In cooperation with developing countries, develop decent and productive work for youth
♦ In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs
♦ In cooperation with private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies
The Society has initiated programs under good governance & peace building measures. The Society is also engaged
in crises management of resolving conflict between traditional & mechanised fishermen and peace building measures
among different ethnic fishermen groups. The Society has been facilitating negotiation between the State Govt.
and the families to be evicted for mining in Chavara coast.
QSSS is to take up the role of Advocacy for the fishermen community—becoming the voice of the voiceless.
Special packages must be worked out for isolated islands and areas discarded or not sufficiently attended to.
Indebtedness of the fishing community has to be analysed and remedies sought. QSSS must dialogue with the
Youth commission of the diocese for value education, career guidance, and involvement in social issues. In a
situation where medical care is becoming inaccessible for the poor man, intensive drive for insurance coverage is
to be taken up as an urgent remedial measure. Mr. Abdul Kalam the former President of India spoke of PUARA
{providing urban amenities to rural areas}. People should be enabled to down load modern amenities presently
monopolised by urban areas. Access to technological innovations should occupy the centre stage of our involvement.

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3. DIOCESAN PERSPECTIVE PLAN

a. Introduction
With aid from Misereor Germany, the society is implementing data base management project which produces
resourceful information for making village plan document for sustainable development by getting
endorsement from local self-government. The project primarily focuses on organising zonal seminars on
Panchayat Raj and participatory program planning, data collection and compilation and conduct of village
planning workshop in 100 villages covering five administrative zones coming under the jurisdiction of
QSSS. The final document is named as Perspective Plan of the Diocese of Quilon.
b. Objectives of the Programme
Identification of the ground realities through building a comprehensive data base
Chalking out Key Issues and concerns
Framing a Diocesan Perspective plan
c. Process
DPP was taken up as a major challenge for the Organisation to revisit its proclaimed objectives and examine its
resources. The entire staff of QSSS was mobilised for the exercise. We decided to make the process participatory.
This was a massive exercise of eliciting the concerns of the people and involving them in the planning process.
d. Tools used in the process
Secondary data collection – Compilation of demographic details of the operational area
Forane wise focus group discussion with parish priests to assess the needs of people from the perspective
of church leaders
Participatory Learning and Action Exercises
Resource Mapping
Problem Tree
Livelihood Analysis
Venn Diagram
Vision Mapping
Focus Group Discussion with Rev. Sisters working in the parishes.
Diocesan Level Consultation Workshop
e. Stake Holders ‘ discussions were arranged with the following groups:
• Marine fishermen
• Inland fishermen
• Labourers of unorganised sector - cashew & brick kiln
• Women working in fish peeling industry
• Agricultural labourers
• Govt. employees
f. Diocesan survey was completed and data was subjected to analysis. Details have been published separately. Key
findings are given as annexure.
g. Five professional teams were formed to conduct two-day PLA exercise in all the 68 venues/Parishes of 6
foranes. Following are the teams formed for the conducting of PLA in the below mentioned 6 foranes:

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PLA Name of Core PLA Team member Name of Forane

Team Other staff
No.
Miss Beena, Ms. Lissamma , Sr. Ushus Chandramathy & Nirmala Carlose Mavelikara
01

Miss Mini. J & Ms. Sudha Ra Kanjirakode

02 Ms. Mary Latha, Mr. Nigil

03 Ms. Sibi , Sr. Jessina Ms.AmalaGeorge & Ms. Soniya Joy Kollam–A

Team 2, 3, 4 & 5 shared the Parishes of Kollam – B Forane Kollam–B

04 Mr. Deepak, Miss Danny , Mr. Sujith Ms. Laila Marry & Ms Laila AntoMs. Mary
Antony Kottiyam

05 Miss Subha , Mr. Aneesh Miss SmithaJustine & Miss Mini. T Neendakara

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4. SECTOR WISE PROBLEM ANALYSIS

Sector 1 - Human resource development and organizational development:
The people’s organizational framework has not come up to the desired level of sustainability with particular
reference to planning, monitoring and evaluation system and mobilization of resources. After almost two decades
of decentralized planning and functioning, the local units of the DSSS are in a crossroad seeking new identity and
new strategies and new responses to the emerging development needs of the reference groups. Paradigm shift
from parish-based intervention to a village-based intervention has alienated the organization from mainstream
parish systems and in some cases from the parish priests. The latent conflict between a secular fabric and a congre-
gation framework has come to the forefront. Since the concentration of activity to women SHGs with separate
dynamics the patronage of parish systems dwindled. This has resulted in lack of local ownership, which is necessary
for an organization like QSSS to have back up support. It is also necessary to drag in parish communities to
planned interventions for socio-economic development with proper understanding of the emerging role of QSSS
as an NGO with secular credentials.
Sector 2 - Education
The adult literacy programmed among the fishermen community got discontinued without finding culmination
into a functional educational system and failed to consolidate the initial gains. In spite of the increased accessibility
of educational institutions the children of the reference population maintained the tempo of dropout rate and
could not rise up to academic performance with their peer groups of other communities. The reference groups
have failed to avail of the rather adequate facilities for higher education resulting in growing impoverisation.
Sector 3 - Livelihood Support.
The traditional fishing sector is beset with new problems and challenges born out of Government policies consequent
to globalization. The technological innovation in the sector when embraced by the traditional fishing sector without
ready access to adequate linkages resulted in economic non-viability.
Dialectics of different interest groups having different fishing techniques and ethnic links result in conflicts. Level
of exploitation is in the increase in marketing and in capital investment.
The fishing community as a whole depends on the single source of income from fishing which is both un-reliable
and un-dependable. Under the circumstance supplementary income generation becomes imperative for survival
but unfortunately openings are scanty. The women need to be mobilized towards Income Generating Programmes
in a systematic mode and the youth have to be exposed towards alternative avenues of occupation other than the
traditional sectors.
Sector 4 - Gender Development:
The situation of coastal women is abysmally low as regards dignity in trade and in the home front. As far as welfare
and development programmes by the Government are considered this sector has been constantly neglected. Fish
vending women remain a separate sector with little updating in terms of trade style and management. Challenge is
to bestow dignity to the sector with greater control on market forces.
Gender discrimination is in the increase, be it in the family situation or public life that can only be termed as
dehumanizing. Domestic violence act is a welcome development but one wonders how on earth the law will take
its course.
Sector 5 Natural Resource Management:
The high density of population and the clustered living (almost an extended slum) conditions add to the prevailing
environmental hazards hosted by hostile conditions in the forms of sea erosion, floods etc. The dampened interi-
ors of the hutments are a perennial health hazard. Lack of proper drinking water facilities as against nil utilization
of available natural resources (rain water) make the environmental problem more complex. Waste disposal has
turn out to be a major challenge. Live memories of having encountered one of the greatest disasters of recent
human history in the form of Tsunami and the annual series of high tide disasters and floods in the inland sector
points towards a permanent disaster management strategy.

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Sector 6 - Family and Health:

The level of health consciousness of the fishing community is extremely low for obvious reasons imposed upon
by the socio-economic and environmental factors. The generalized publicity of a better health care in Kerala does
not apply to the target group. Health care in private medical institutions is unaffordable for the poor. The incidence
of contagious disease is on the higher side in our target group attached to the changing climatic conditions aggra-
vated into calamity proportions. Sanitation conditions are inadequate making the scanty habitat a mess. Inadequacy
of nutritious foods, addiction to alcohol etc. make the situation further vulnerable. Emergences of contagious
diseases {viral fever, bird flue etc…} pose a new threat to be combated.
Sector 7 - Basic Human Infra Structure Development:
Sea erosion adds to the number of homeless year after year in the coastal belt, Floods and tempests contribute their
share in inland fishing villages. As families multiply more huts appear both in seacoast and inland fishing sector.
Unflustered walls of existing houses face the danger of collapse due to salty atmosphere and lack of proper
maintenance is also a challenge in this sector.
Sector 8 - Relief’s, Rehabilitation, and Social Security
The role of QSSS in addressing the plight of the marginalized cannot be written of even as we struggle with
empowerment initiatives. Medical care stands out as the most challenging area of concern. Relief to victims of
natural calamities which visits us annually with out fail comes second in line. Rehabilitation of the displaced also is
our avowed commitment.

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5. SECTOR WISE OBJECTIVES
SECTOR LONG TERM OBJECTIVE
1. Human The reference groups become the primary agents and
resources planning subjects for their animated and authentic
and development. Organizational sustainability building;
organizati- Organizational sustainability at the grass root level
onal with the requisite capacities to respond logistically to
develo- people’s needs with an analytical set up and to animate
pment the personnel at the DSSS at its various levels to
undertake responsibilities.
2. Educ- Advancement of educational growth of the reference
ation groups at recognized levels both in functional format
as well as career aspects as an entry point to
development. As an organization that is concerned
with livelihoods and aspects of development, it is
essential to integrate development with literacy and
education as a permanent means of poverty
alleviation and sustained progress of the community.
3. Liveli- Enhancement of earning capacity of the target
hood groups in economic proportions including opening
Support up new avenues with inbuilt credit, market,
technological linkages, services as well as
infrastructure supports.
4. Gender Women’s emancipation free of gender
develop- discrimination and equality of status enlisting
ment greater participation in the socio-political and
economic variations and the ultimate emergence as
primary agents and planning subjects.
5. Natural Promotion of a regenerated and eco-friendly
resources physical environment providing for the safe and
manage- healthy habitation and human activities and
ment. livelihood improvements by harnessing and
appropriating the natural resources in a renewable
/ recyclable system.
6. Family Promoting a community based health culture that
and Health holistically address the various aspects of health
showing on promotion, co-ordination and
management within the existing framework of
resources and services at its best with affordability
and self reliance with family as the primary unit.
7. Basic Enabling the people with basic infrastructure
Human facilities of existence in such a way that it promotes
Infrastr- human dignity and serve as an entry point to human
ucture development
Facility
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SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES
- Building up of viable people’s organizations at grass
root level - Capacity enhancement of the people
concerned with effective leadership from within- The
reference groups are put in the track of a systematically
planned and monitored process
- Improvement of the knowledge base of the people
with analytical capabilities and action orientation.- To
create a mind set that recognizes knowledge as the base
for human progress and advancement of society and
formation of appropriate strategies- To provide for
supportive systems that will accelerate the quality of
education in the formal sector paving way to academic
excellence career building and social progress
- To enhance the skills and productive capabilities of
the reference groups- Technological advancement of
the traditional fishing sector with operational and cost
efficiency with due respect to ecological concerns - To
develop viable organizational behaviour and credit
linkages in the economic life of the reference groups.
- Liberation of women from all kinds of inhibitions
and enslavement - Empowerment to discharge the
family and social responsibilities along with due control
on financial management as well as influence on
decision making process of the community- Ensure
social security measures to women in deprived
conditions as a community responsibility
Prevent adverse human interventions in the natural
cycles and inculcate a system of effective resource
management- Including removal of unwarranted
fishing practices both in marine and inland fishing-
Developing and harnessing natural resources for the
consumption needs of the community in a replenishing
order- Environment regeneration and social disorder
management
- Revival and re-vitalization of local health tradition
duly developed into a system of community health
practice- Community empowerment with accelerated
knowledge on health matters as well as resource
together with removal of causes of ill health in a holistic
approach- Orchestrated campaign and education on the
adverse effects of alcoholism
Improvement of housing conditions to pave way for
decent human living- Creating secure conditions for
living ensuring growth potential- Ensure a new identity
and create the base for productive human engagements
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6. SECTOR WISE POLICY GUIDELINES OF QSSS

Sector 1 Human Resources and Organizational Development
Poor have the knowledge and basic resources for their development. The role of QSSS is to enable the people to
discern their capabilities and to evolve strategies to alleviate poverty. Animation and Motivation of the reference
group is aimed to give knowledge and skills to guarantee a decent livelihood, to assess what would be needed in
each locality, to ensure an environment that would lead to self-propelled development, to identify the forces that
perpetuate injustice and unequal practices in credit, market and services and above all to give the people a
determination to change -”We shall overcome feeling”
It has become imperative for QSSS to redesign the spectrum and structure of local units in the changed scenario
of the organization recognized as an organization accepted and owned up by the civil society. Challenge lies in
creating a new frame work where there will be space for all stake holders-Parish Priest, Parish social action groups
attached to BCC, community based organizations floated by QSSS, PRI and other local actors in the care and
growth of the reference groups of the organizations with a non sectarian outlook
Sector 2: Education:
We see education as the entry point to any sustainable development. We also believe that literacy does have the
capacity to enhance quality of life for those living in difficult circumstances. Literacy enables people to articulate
their aspirations and explore new opportunities and strategic interventions of DSSS.
As regards support to formal education we believe in enabling more and more the younger generation to reap the
available educational opportunities and to strive towards academic excellence so as to be able to compete in a
highly volatile situation and subsequently become qualified in the employment market. Education that is oriented
to livelihood is our concern. In this respect arresting the rate of school drops and arranging vocational training
assume great priority.
Sector 3 Livelihood Support
QSSS has pioneered vocational educational policy to enable training in livelihood activities and bestowing skills to
our partners to venture into self-employment or collective occupations. We also plan affordable technology
transfer to modernize traditional and rural employment sector, improving productivity reducing the
As the fishing community constitutes a major part of the reference population Quilon Social Service Society
always treat the above as the prime target of our intervention. We look forward to mobilize the fish workers to
become subjects of social change by removing middlemen at all points. We give priority to schemes that
Sector 4 Gender Development:
QSSS has had ample experience in projects for women’s emancipation. Our policy regarding women’s programme
is one of pro-active intervention to free them from dependency in occupation and to give equal status in family
and social life. We also believe in organization of women for self-dependent growth, credit mobilization, bestowing
them negotiating power, to assist them in direct investment in supplementary source of income guided by the
philosophy of sharing, co-operation and empowerment. We should now move towards Gender Justice in economic
activities as well as political forums .Challenge lies in capacitating women to claim their space. Equally important is
to fight against bias to women babies and support to pro-life movements.
Worth mentioning in this respect is the commitment of QSSS in combating trafficking and assist victims of
domestic violence. Trafficking and prostitution
Sector 5 Natural Resources Development:
Our position in this regard has constantly been that all the interventions towards socio-economic growth have
environment content. In the fishing sector trawlers have made serious inroads in the marine sectors destroying the
eco-system resulting in fish depletion. Unscientific and unapproved fishing methods both marine sector in lake
and backwaters have resulted in irreparable damage. We stand with traditional fishermen and environment groups
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recycling of natural resources (E.g. Rain Water Harvesting), appropriate waste management, ensuring healthy
habitat and surroundings, good sanitation practices. Fish culture and research in maintaining fish resources and
other natural sources occupy our priorities.
Having faced one of the greatest disasters in recent human history in the form of Tsunami and with the agonizing
feel of serial high tide disasters and floods , we stand committed to “Disaster Preparedness “ and building resilient
communities as a mass movement.
Sector 6 Family and Health:
Accepting the reality that our target groups do not enjoy optimum health standards, we have a definite commitment
to build a healthy community. Our emphasis is on health education, instruction on preventive health care practices,
information on health-oriented diet, encouraging home garden. We want to intervene in encouraging indigenous
health care. It is also necessary to arrange early detection of serious ailments and arrange treatment. It has become
very important to fight against increasing trend to alcohol and drug abuse and arrange massive education on the
evils of drinking. Mental health, hitherto neglected must be given due importance including counselling to all
sections.
Sector 7 Basic Human Infrastructure Development:
Shelter as a basic human right and the base entry point for human development cannot evade our attention. We
believe in promoting innovative technology, which will use locally available materials, which should also be cost
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7. LEARNING’S
 We have to redefine our concepts about our target group. They are not objects of social work but our
partners in the campaign for poverty eradication. They are co-workers and we have to dialogue with them to
find their aspirations and dreams. We are not to impose concepts on them but work out with them a blue
print for development.
 People don’t want to be called poor, depressed, and backward, marginalized. They are loaded jargon, which
they have come to hate. So we found it better to speak of deprivation.
♦ There is resource deprivation – lack of capital
♦ There are service deprivations – basic facilities like habitat, health education
♦ We can also speak of access deprivation – access to natural sources – water, fish sources.
♦ There is deprivation of know – how – technological know how which has become the monopoly
of only a few.
♦ We can think of voice deprivation – inability to articulate legitimate rights and to participate in
decision – making – both economic and political that influences their lives.
♦ Last there is deprivation consequent to gender inequalities.
 Our discussion pointed out that poverty or deprivation must be tackled by economic interventions, political
pressure, social movements and spiritual dynamics and by positive action by (religion) the local church –
parishes as they play a pivotal role in the project area.
 Development interventions must be areas centered, ecologically viable and culturally appreciable, socially
acceptable.
 Development interventions must be a continuity of the previous interventions, evaluating the performance
(SWOT analysis) of the previous projects and with due analysis and study of the previous projects.
 The present development initiatives must not be isolated efforts but must be part of an integrated project
with long-term vision and overall objectives and serials of a mega process.
 All development initiatives must be sustainable. There must be an in built component for the project to be
functional in the development even after the interveners retreat and responsibility shouldered by partners
(beneficiaries to carry on with the project)
 There must be a “trickle down” mechanism on the project so that the benefits flow down to the sections
more deprived and outside the project purview from the involvements and interventions.
 Development initiative must itself be a learning process for the QSSS and the partners (beneficiaries). A praxis
approach is necessary {do and learn}.
 There must be provision for course corrections and hence there must be considerable level of flexibility for
QSSS to respond to changing situations.
 The development initiative must be an affirmation towards a just society and denouncement of those who
perpetuate injustice and those from whom emancipation is sought.
 Linkage with the existing Govt. schemes should be taken care of.
 Maximum support from established financing institutions must be explored and efforts should be made to
shift gradually to a village banking system made operational by our partners.
 Planning, implementation and monitoring of the projects and programmers should be professionally conducted.
 Project implementation should bestow values of co-operation, sharing and fellowship with due respect to
principle of subsidiary.

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 Democratic functioning is to be ensured at all levels of project planning

 Social Security must be ensured through total insurance coverage.
 The project interventions should generate genuine solidarity among people and “we shall overcome” dynamism.
 Last our people don’t want sympathy or compassion but expect us to be with them, to take sides with them
walk with them and change the social equations through peaceful and non-violent mediation.

8. ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATIONS OF DIOCESAN PERSPECTIVE PLAN EXERCISE

Participatory Learning and Action chalked out the major areas of concern in the dioceses and measures to be
taken in the respective areas. Tools used in the process were Livelihood and Seasonality analysis, Problem Analysis,
Venn diagram and Problem Tree etc…Exercises were carried out in eleven parishes in each forane.

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 8.ALIVELIHOOD AND SEASONALITY ANALYSIS
FORANE
Kollam – Kollam – Kottiyam Kanjira- Neenda- Maveli-
A B code kara kkara
Total
Problem identified Intervention program 01 02 03 04 05 06
1. Dependency on local money lenders 1. Promotion of SHG & mobilising
high savings in other seasons
2. IGP and EDP programmes 5/11 5/11 7/11 6/11 5/11 4/11 32/66
3. Promotion of saving habit among
fishermen
2. Absence of skills among women & 1. Awareness generation
youth to opt for alternative 2. IGP programmes 5/11 7/11 8/11 5/11 7/11 6/11 39/66
employment 3. EDP programmes

3. Women are not engaged in 1. Training for family budgeting

productive purposes 2. Kitchen Gardens
3. IGP and skill training
5/11 6/11 9/11 5/11 4/11 4/11 34/66
4. Promotion of habit of saving

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1. Awareness programmes
2. De-addiction treatmen
4. Alcoholism and substance abuse 3. Referral services 5/11 10/11 7/11 8/11 7/11 5/11 42/66
4. Counselling and guidance
5. Luxurious life style – TV/ 1. Class on family budget
Refrigerator/gold etc management
4/11 4/11 3/11 4/11 5/11 3/11 23/66
2. Motivation for saving and
entrepreneurial activities.

6. During monsoon (June & July) 1. Skill development training to

opportunities of women women for alternative
working in cashew factory is less employment & SHG promotion 4/11 4/11 6/11 4/11 5/11 3/11 26/66

7. Fast food & tin food are more 1. Awareness on bad impact of fast
commonØ Other than fish food & nutritious education for
all commodities are from outside utilising locally available resources 2/11 6/11 2/11 1/11 2/11 2/11 11/66
2. Promotion of backyard kitchen
garden
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 8. Expenses for social ceremonies are 1. Awarenesson unnecessary luxuries
very high & are a burden on 2. Class on family budget
community managementand introduction of
3/11 10/11 4/11 5/11 2/11 2/11 26/66
family budget manuals.
Beyond Development

9. .Problems of coir industry/ 1. Training in coir value added

ineffective raw materials/poor products
market 2. Skills training to youth in other area 0/11 5/11 0/11 2/11 1/11 6/11 14/66

10. Lack of knowledge on multiple 1. Sensitise the programs of local

cropping pattern Krishi Bhavan
2. Scientific methods of farming
3. Prawn cultivation in water front areas
4. Maximize the use of agro clinics 0/11 3/11 2/11 1/11 2/11 6/11 14/66
5. Promotion of organic farming6.
Promotion of herbal plants
cultivation

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11. Lack of Transportation facilities. 1. Lobbying with government2. 0/11 0/11 5/11 1/11 0/11 1/11 7/66

12. Inadequate fishing equipments 1. Supplying equipments with

and related unemployment peoples ownership 0/11 0/11 4/11 0/11 4/11 1/11 9/66

13. Lack of Marketing of products 1. Revitalizing local markets.

2. Proper Transportation Facilities 0/11 0/11 0/11 011 1/11 1/11 2/66

14. Lack of Care to the children of 1. Providing special care centre for
fishermen. children ( crèches )
0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/11 0/11 1/66
2. Giving training programmes
about parenting and childcare.
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8.b.ANALYSIS OF MATRIX RANKING OF PROBLEMS

16 issues were identified and divided into five categories- social, economical, environmental health and infrastructural.
In this exercise participants ranked the issues by voting method.
Unemployment
Among the sixty-six parishes, ten parishes ranked unemployment as the major problem existing in their reference
area. In Neendakara Forane 3 parishes ranked unemployment as major problem followed by Kollam A Forane -
2, Kollam B Forane - 1, Kottiyam Forane - 1, Kanjiracodu Forane - 2 and Mavelikkara Forane 1. Unemployment
is a serious matter of concern in almost all parishes and this exercise states that 15% of the parishes in Kollam are
seeking some kind of solution to this problem. Unemployment scored the highest among the issues to be overcome.
Alcoholism & Drug Addiction
Substance abuse ranked second. It was also the second largest social issue to be addressed. In coastal areas the
prevalence of alcoholism is higher than that of the inland areas. Substance abuse has serious connection with
family breakage.
Indebtedness
Eight parishes in the diocese responded that the major problem in the society is the indebtedness of the people.
Neendakara and Mavelikkara forane scored high with two parishes each and all other forane scored one parish
each.
Drinking Water Scarcity
Drinking water scarcity ranked the fourth major problem in social issues of the diocese.
Housing
Lack of housing is considered as the fifth major problem in the society. In almost all reference area of the diocese
the people below poverty line still lacks adequate facility of housing. People of Kollam B and Neendakara Forane
are severely affected by the lack of adequate housing facilities.
Anti Social Behaviour of Youth
Neendakara and Kollam B Forane consider this as a serious issue in the parishes.
Density of Population
Coastal belt of Kollam and Neendakara experience density of population as a serious matter of concern.
Other problems
Opportunities for higher education, Dumping of wastes, Lack of Health Service Facility in interior areas, Improper
Sanitation facilities, Suicide Tendency, Problems of Elderly, HIV/AIDS, lack of Transportation facilities are other
matters of concern.

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 8.C PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS SECTOR 1 CAPACITY BUILDING

CAPACITY BUILDING
Beyond Development

Unwillingness of the target Non availability of suitable Inadequate

group study materials accommodation

Poverty Insufficient Lack of Non cooperation

of knowledge on motivation of
People the neighbourhood Non Inadeq- Non
Non Absence Careless availability uacy of availability
importance of
of handling

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animation availability of suitable teaching of suitable
of resource of classes hall aids resource
programme
subject person in person in
wise the time
resource schedule
Lack of Illiteracy Lack of the Ignorance
person time
employment grass root of the
opportunities level workers society
 PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS SECTOR 2 EDUCATION

EDUCATION

Scarcity of fund Limitation of job oriented Non availability of job opport-

educational institutions unity according to qualifications

Inability Politically Political

to influenced interference
present educational Technical Govt.ban Private
suitable system Lack of High rate personnel of filling up organizations
Lack of
project vocational of interest from are not the vacant are not
education capitation the part of getting job technialposts interested in
centers fee in time appointing

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management
Lack of Illiteracy Lack of the qualified
employment grass root level people
opportunities workers

Non
functioning
of non
formal
education
centers

Scarcity of Scarcity of
funds volunteers
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 PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS SECTOR 3 FISHING

FISHING
Beyond Development

Non availability of money from Seasonal catchments of fish Non co-operation among the
banks in time fishermen

Tight Lack of Lack of

formalities knowledge savings debt
of financing about sources Political Lack of Illiteracy
Lack of motivation

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instructions Unexpected Un balanced misguidance
changes in modern pricing
nature system of
fish

Disunity Inadequate Non

among educational involvement
the facilities of local
fishermen NGO’s
 PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS SECTOR 4 WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Non interest of the target group Illiteracy

Social customs

Family Lack of Lack of

burdens motivation future
planning Family Insurance Family & Gender Dowry Poverty Forced Indebtedness
control felling inequality system labour
Traditional

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Abuse
of
women
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 PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS SECTOR 5 ENVIORNMENT
Beyond Development

ENVIORNMENT

Pollution Industrialization Lack of knowledge

Inadequate Air pollution Urbanization

sanitation through
facility vehicles
Discharge Limited Usage of Water pollution
Deforestation Improper Political
knowledge harmful by engine oil

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factory of drainage interference
waste to of chemicals and from
system
river & environment pesticides mechanized
lakes protection boats
 PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS SECTOR 6 HEALTH

HEALTH

Health education Increase in Improper housing &

medical expenses sanitation system

Lack of Lack of Lack of

knowledge health health Slum Unhealthy Poverty Unhealthy
in health workers accessories Higher Non- Unhealthy Lack of systems sanitary sanitary
care to the cost of availability competition quality conditions conditions
medicines of life among the control

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poor
saving private
medicines hospitals Political Lack of Unemployment Anti
interference suitable social
latrines elements
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 PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS SECTOR 7 INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMME
Beyond Development

INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMME

Scarcity of fund Marketing

Lack of technical know
difficulties
how

Difficulty in Tight Lack of

getting formalities guidance
money from of the
banks financing Marketing Unbalanced Transportation Difficulty in Lack of Lack of Govt. Lack of
institution competition pricing problem identifying knowledge in initiative to Policies propaganda

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proper the industry learn by training
market technical institution
know how
 PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS SECTOR 8 HOUSING

HOUSING

Landlessness Poverty Density of

population

Urbanization Increasing high Industrialization Defective

cost on land town
planning Non
Inability to Migration of Higher
Lack of Inaccessibility Low demand for availability
maintain rural people
livelihood to resources agricultural building of
and to urban areas
strategies (money, land, productivity materials skilled

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credit) developsocial
workers
Vested Land relation
interest sliding with others
forces

Absence of Diversity in
dynamic behaviour
community pattern
leadership
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 8.D MAJOR PROBLEM ANALYSIS

FORANE

Problems Kollam – A Kollam – B Kottiyam Kanjiracode Neendakara Mavelikkara

Beyond Development

01 02 03 04 05 06 Total Rank

Alcoholism, Drug addiction 1/11 2/11 2/11 1/11 2/11 1/11 9/66 2
Debt 1/11 1/11 1/11 1/11 2/11 2/11 8/66 3
Thickly populated 1/11 1/11 0/11 0/11 3/11 0/11 5/66 6
Social
Unemployment 2/11 1/11 1/11 2/11 3/11 1/11 10/66 1
Suicide Tendency 0/11 0/11 0/11 2/11 0/11 0/11 2/66 9
Anti social behaviour of youth 0/11 2/11 0/11 1/11 2/11 0/11 5/66 6
Higher Education 0/11 0/11 1/11 1/11 0/11 1/11 3/66 8
Economical Housing 1/11 2/11 0/11 0/11 2/12 1/11 6/66 5

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Lack of agriculture 0/11 1/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/66 10
Dumping polluting objects 2/11 1/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 3/66 8
Environmental Improper sanitation facilities 2/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 2/66 9
Scarcity of drinking water 1/11 1/11 1/11 2/11 1/11 1/11 7/66 4
Lack of health services 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/11 1/11 2/66 9
Health Problems of elderly 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/11 0/11 1/66 10
Vulnerability to HIV & AIDS 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/11 0/11 1/66 10
Infrastructure Transportation 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/11 0/11 1/66 10
 8.e CAUSE EFFECT RELATIONSHIP
Sl. No. Sector Core problems Causes
01 Livelihood High density of population 1. Migration to the region
2. People do have fishing as their main
occupation, since they prefer to live in
and around coastal areas.
3. Marriages are limited to within the
community
02 Environmental High environmental pollution 1. High density of population
2. Lack of cohesive efforts to keep area clean
3. Excessive use of plastic.
4. Apathy of govt. authorities
5. People unaware of Grama Sabhas role
6. Dumping the waste by outsiders of the
community
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7. Lack of awareness about homestead
methods of waste management
8. Increased number of night shops and
restaurants
03 Environmental Lack of proper sanitation facilities 1. Over population causing space
constraint to construct latrine
2. Marshy land – not feasible for latrine
construction
3. Financial constraint
4. Habit of open defecation among male
population
Effects
1. Lower standards of living
2. Conflicts and cultural gap within in the
community in relation to work and social
living.
3. Leads to more people staying in the region
4. Other people are not ready to engage in
marriage relations with people
1. lack of space for waste disposition
2. Public areas have become dumping areas.
3. Leads to global warming
4. Increases the problem of rats, flies,
mosquitoes etc
5. Wrong notion about the place
6. Unfavourable behavioural patterns from the
community
7. Polluted food items and surroundings
1. Lack of space to construct latrine & septic
tanks
2. Women & adolescent girls struggle to meet
their basic physical needs due to lack of
privacy & security reason
3. Soil type not suitable for pit latrine & ground
water table is comparatively high
4. Unable to build high cost latrine using
advanced technology
5. Problems of reproductive health owing to
use of community latrine
6. High episode of communicable diseases
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 04 Social Unemployment 1. Mechanisation of tile factory leads to
loss of job opportunities.
2. Availability of labour on low wages
from Tamil Nadu
3. Unable to update with new skills
adopted in tile factory etc.
4. Privatization of sectors
5. Lack of vocational education to due
economic problem
05 Social Alcoholism & use of pan masala 1. Availability of drugs in the community
2. Ignorance
3. Alcoholism is culturally sanctioned
4. Influence of peers
5. Teens getting more money at younger
ages
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6. Influence of visual media
06 Social Lack of education both primary & 1. No motivation to children from parents.
higher
2. Unable to afford the cost of higher
education
3. Poverty
4. Illiteracy of parents
5. All promotion policy adopted in schools
de-motivates and result in low standards.
1. Loss of job
2. Local people are devoid of job
3. Income reduced & family problems
Beyond Development
4. No job security
5. No skilled workmanship to meet the
demands of employers.
6. Increase in no. of unemployed youths
in community
1. Increase the number of addicted persons
2. Occurrence of incurable diseases, family
and economical problems
3. New generation grows without aims or
responsibility
4. Develop anti social behaviours and
disturb the social security of women and
children
5. Develop an unrealistic attitude among
the group
1. Children at early age engaged in other
job/works
2. No. of school dropout increases
3. Lower motivation for education to
children
4. Low academic standards.
5. Less importance to education in
community, since children are not
joining schools
 07 Social Unemployment 1. Polluted lake due to the dumping of plastic
wastes
2. Fish catch in breeding period
3. Production of inferior quality of coir rope
4. Increase in workforce but no increase in job
opportunities
08 Environmental Scarcity of drinking water 1. Water consumption increases due to
over exploitation of ground water for
industrial purpose – ice plant
2. Saline water in open well
3. Poor service delivery of KWA
4. No infrastructure to store rain water
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09 Health Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS 1. Value detection in the society.
1. Economic Problems
2. Family Problems
3. Health Problems of Life Partner
4. Substance abuses
5. Ignorance about the preventive measures
6. Unscientific treatment methods
1. Fish resources are less hence no
income & inland fishermen are idle
2. Fish seeds are destroyed leading to
depletion of fish resources
3. No demand for locally made craft and
gear.
4. Increased disguised inferior rope &
switching over to plastic rope
unemployment
1. Depletion of ground water table
2. Collection & storing of drinking
water from far away places
3. Unavailability of water
4. Rain water are drained into water
bodies
1. Increase in the number of people
being exploited
2. Chances for demoralized ways of
getting money
3 Family atmosphere disrupted.
4 Increase in extra marital affairs
5. Chance of killer diseases.
6. Chance for trafficking.
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 8.f MEANS & ENDS RELATIONSHIP

Sl. No. Sector Core objective Means Ends Proposed Activity

1. Skill up gradation trainings and
Beyond Development

01 Livelihood Density of 1. Functional and vocational 1. People gets more job and increase more
population reduced training for youth and school purchasing capacity functional literacy programmes
drop outs will be given to the people.
2. Migrants get their own place and protect
2. Govt. authorities take initiative sea resources 2. Formation of SHG’s and
for rehabilitation empowerment activities
3. Occurrence of health issues was
3. Capacity building programmes
controlled.
for the migrants
02 Environ- Environmental 1. Awareness programmes 1. Behavioural change among the 1. IEC materials
mental pollution is community 2. Promotion of eco friendly
2. Banning the usage of plastics
reduced materials.
2. control over the solid waste
3. Promoting biogas plants
3. Homicide wastes were controlled 3. Promotion of paper bags etc
4. Installation of waste bins
4. Behavioural change in the community. 4. Lobbying with government and
5. Formation of SHG’s and CBO’s. hoardings against waste
5. Cohesiveness with in the community disposal

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6. Installation of proper drainage
system 6. Polluted water flows freely 5. Formation of SHG.

03 Environ- Construction of 1. Multi family using one sanitary 1. All multi family user group’s accessibility 1. Construction of cost effective
mental cost effective & latrine to basic sanitation facilities & area specific & technology
technology 2. Episodes of water borne & feasible sanitary latrines
2. Technology appropriate latrine
appropriate sanitary communicable diseases are reduced
construction for marshy type land 2. Sanitation & hygiene
latrine 3. Cases of exploitation of women & promotion program –
3. Alleviation of financial constraint children are reduced Education program
4. Abolishment of cases of open 4. Increase in financial status
3. Initiation of group IGP
defecation 5. Positive behavioural change among men

04 Social No. of 1. Revive the workforce in 1. Increase the no. of employment 1. Providing tile factory oriented
unemployed according to new situation opportunities skill up gradation training to
youth
2. Providing vocational education 2. Indigenous culture is restored
2. Refresher skill training in
3. Increase in production & more income frequent interval
4. Vocational edn. Make youth competent 3. Utilisation of existing skill
to adapt to emerging situation development training centre’s
 06 Social Ban of alcoholism & 1. Ban of alcoholism & other
other substances in substances in the area
Tope area 2. Value education imparted
3. Avoid alcoholism in social
ceremonies & functions
4. Promotion of savings habit
among youth to justifiably
utilised earned money
07 Social Increase the education 1. Motivate the parents to have
status of the realistic ambition for children
community rather than immediate financial
needs of the family
2. Ensure free education at least up
to primary level in pvt aided
schools functioning in near area
3. NGO/CBO working for
education
1. Decrease in the no. of addicts
2. Peaceful & health family
atmosphere
3. Social ceremonies & functions
are solemnized peacefully
4. Increased income
1. Education will get prime
importance imbibed in
community
2. No school drop outs &
encouragement to education
will be increased
3. Educated community
1. Massive awareness program &
social action movements
2. De-addiction treatment,
counselling & lobbying program
3.
1. Social analysis & awareness
program for the parents
2. Negotiation with school
authorities to admit all eligible
students of the community
3. Supplementary education
programs by NGO/CBO and
strengthen of tuition program of
FCDP

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08 Social Reduce 1. Protection of lake from being 1. Increase in fish resources 4. Awareness program on protecting
unemployment in polluted lake & on environmental issues
2. Revival of traditional coir
Kadavoor 2. To avoid catching fish during industry 5. Awareness program on scientific
breeding season methods of fish cultivation
3. Employment generation4.
3. Promote traditional method of 6. Training in coir value added
coir production products
4. Introduce different areas of 7. Skills training to youth in other area
employment

10 To alleviate drinking 1. Controlled use of ground water 1. Increase in ground water table 1. Awareness program
Environ-
water scarcity in & adopt water recharging
mental 2. Availability of water all time 2. Rain pits
Mukkad area techniques
3. Planned storing of water 3. Diverting filtered rainwater into open
2. Promoting RWH technology well
3. To make public water available 4. Construction of RWH tanks
all time or in a particular time/
5. Networking with KWA
day
6. Changing house roof top from thatched
to sheet for collecting rain water
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 8.g OTHER AREAS TO BE INTERVENED

Sl. Issues to be Intervention program Who will do? Kollam Kollam – Kotti- Kanjira- Neenda- Maveli- Total
Beyond Development

No. dealt –A B yam code kara kkara

01 02 03 04 05 06
1 Unemployment 1. Vocational trainings Govt., NGO’s,
and related CBO’s
2. IGP and EDP Programmes
economic 7/11 8/11 6/11 5/11 3/11 6/11 35/66
for both men and women
problems
3. Prevent artificial forms of
fishing.
2 Alcoholism and 1. Awareness programmes NGO’s, 4/11 3/11 8/11 2/11 1/11 4/11 22/66
Drug addiction CBO’s
2. De-addiction
programmes

3 Habitation 1. Construction of new Govt.,

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problem houses NGO’s,
2. Repair of the existing 6/11 4/11 5/11 4/11 2/11 6/11 27/66
1. Low cost houses
2. Creating sense of
ownership among the
community

4 Lack of 1. Planting trees Govt., NGO’s,

vegetation in CBO’s 2/11 1/11 2/11 0/11 0/11 5/11 10/66
2. Promotion of kitchen
the area
garden and vermin compost.
3. Lobbying with agricultural
department.

5 Disasters 1.Disaster preparedness Govt., NGO’s, 1/11 2/11 0/11 0/11 1/11 0/11 4/66
unexpected CBO’s
2.Awareness programmes
 6 Gender issues 1. Awareness programmes Govt., NGO’s, 2/11 3/11 2/11 1/11 1/11 3/11 12/66
CBO’s
7 Proper waste 1. Awareness programmes Govt., NGO’s,
management 2. Construction of drainage CBO’s
system 4/11 2/11 5/11 2/11 1/11 2/11 16/66
3. Homestead methods of
waste management
8 Drinking water 1. Awareness programmes to Govt.,
scarcity protect water sources NGO’s,
2. RWH systems CBO’s,
7/11 6/11 7/11 9/11 8/11 4/11 41/66
Kollam
3. Pressurizing Kollam
corporation.
Corporation to take
adequate step to restore
water crises
9 Lack of skill 1. EDP and IGP programmes
training for 3/11 3/11 1/11 2/11 2/11 2/11 13/66
2. Skill up gradation trainings.
women.

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10 Indebtedness 1. Awareness to bring ?????
2/11 2/11 2/11 2/11 3/11 2/11 13/66
down unwanted luxuries
11 Installation of proper Community/
transportation facilities Govt.
through networking 1/11 1/11 2/11 3/11 2/11 1/11 10/66
with govt.
12 Unsatisfactory Govt. 1/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/11 1/11 3/66
services of PHC
13 Awareness Community/
program to protect NGO 1/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/66
Ashtamudy lake
15 Street Dog Local 0/11 0/11 1/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/66
Menace
16 Lack in 1. Coaching classes for Govt/NGO’s 0/11 1/11 2/11 0/11 1/11 2/11 6/66
Professional competitive exams
2. Technical education
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 17 Illiteracy 1.Nodal Continuing
Govt., NGO’s, 1/11 0/11 0/11 3/11 1/11 1/11 6/66
education
Programmes.
Beyond Development

18 1.Geriatric Care
Geriatric Problems NGO’s 0/11 3/11 2/11 2/11 1/11 2/11 10/66

19 Avoidance of 1. Care for widows and NGO’s 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/11 1/11 2/66
Vulnerable Destitute
sections

20 Transportation 1. Allotting Matsyafed

of Fish Vending 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/11 0/11 1/66
women

21 Lack of Hospital 1. Conducting Medical NGO’s

facilities Camps 4/11 3/11 2/11 5/11 4/11 0/11 18/66

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 INTERVENTION PROGRAM BASED ON ANALYSIS OF VENN DIAGRAM FOR INSTITUTIONS WITHIN COMMUNITY:

FORANE

Kollam – Kollam – Kotti- Kanjira- Neenda- Maveli- Total

A B yam code kara kkara

Problem identified Intervention program 01 02 03 04 05 06

1. Services provided by GP 1. Interactive program with GP officials

unsatisfactory 1/11 1/11 0/11 2/11 1/11 1/11 6/66
2. Linkage program with GP
1. Improper functioning of KWA 1. Lobbying with the KWA
1/11 2/11 1/11 3/11 2/11 3/11 12/66
2. Construction of RWH systems

1. Services of PHC is not available 1. Lobbying with government to have

1/11 1/11 2/11 0/11 1/11 2/11 7/66
to people one PHC

1. Services of supplyco 1. lobbying with government 1/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/66

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1. Drinking water scarcity 1. construction of RWH systems 1/11 6/11 7/11 0/11 4/11 3/11 21/66

1. The community has less 1. Strengthening of CBO’s and

accessibility to the library that exist SHG’s to the optimum utilisation 2/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/11 1/11 4/66
in the community of library.

1. Ineffective health services 1. Lobby with district health

rendered by govt. health department for effective health care 3/11 2/11 0/11 1/11 1/11 2/11 9/66
institutions services

1. Daily income spend for liquor by 1. Awareness program on de-addiction 1/11 3/11 5/11 5/11 6/11 6/11 26/66
men

1. Only 10% women engaged in star 1. Include children in craft making activity
making activity hence relation with to have increase accessibility
printing press is less 2. Promotion of SHG & linkage 2/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 2/66

2. Money lender playing major role, program with banks

hence no relation with bank
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 1.Library not optimally utilised by 1.Motivating youth & SHG members to
the community utilise the services of library by
mobilising local fund for procurement of
literature, magazines & newspaper 1/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 1/66
2.Interactive program with library staff to
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liberalise rules & regulations for

membership

1.Services of PHC is not 1.lobbying with government to have one

available to people PHC 1/11 0/11 1/11 0/11 1/11 1/11 3/66
2.Interactive session with govt. health
officials

1.Unsatisfactory services from 1.Lobby with district health department

govt. hospital for effective health care services
2.Unsatisfactory services from the 2.Capacitate the community to fight for
coir co-operative their medical rights 1/11 1/11 0/11 1/11 0/11 1/11 4/66
3.Liaisoning with coir co-operative for
skill development training in value
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1.Services rendered by govt. 1.More participation in PTA meeting
school is un satisfactory 2.Frequent evaluation of school activities
by PTA 1/11 2/11 0/11 2/11 1/11 1/11 7/66
3.Networking with edn. Department

1.Service rendered by Anganwadi is 1.Sensitise the community on work done

not satisfactory by ICDS
2.Parent involvement in Anganwadi
1/11 1/11 0/11 1/11 0/11 2/11 5/66
activities
3.Attention seeking activities to be
implemented by ICDS

1.Rigid banking procedure for 1.Sensitising community on banking

availing loan procedure & formalities
2.Strengthening bank-community 0/11 0/11 0/11 2/11 0/11 0/11 2/66
relationship by conducting interactive
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9. SECTOR WISE SWOT ANALYSIS CAPACITY BUILDING

Strength Weakness
1. Resource persons are available 1. Uncontrolled influence of media, magazines etc
2. Favourable circumstances to organize animation 2. Non-willingness to voluntarily participate in the
programmes programmes
3. Easily availability of media

Opportunities Threats
1. Target group is exposed to new possibilities 1 .Growth & competition among the NGOs
2. The life style of the target group is changed 2 .Misguidance by media
3. Animation programmes conducted by different 3. Non-co-operation from the family heads female
agencies members.

Sector -Saving and capital needs of the people

Strength Weakness

1 .Expectations/Hope 1. Non co-operation among the target group

2. Developing savings mentality 2. Selfishness
3. Achieve the objective of the society 3. Shortage of monitoring
4. Organizations at grass root level 4. Inadequate income
5. Dedicated and sincere workers
6. Centralized inspection system
7. Reliability

Opportunities Threats

1. Creation of employment opportunities 1. Interference from the private money lenders

2. Partial poverty eradication 2. Habit of consumption of Alcohol
3. Footstep to economical stability 3 .Mentality for luxury life
4. Improvement of educational facilities 4. Mentality for following other
5. Overall development of the family. 5. Scarcity of knowledge about the savings

After identifying the above 5 promised needs, the participants were divided into 5 groups for further discussions for preparing
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Sector - Education
Strength Weakness

1. Availability of facilities of educational institutions 1. Scarcity of funds

2. Availability of trained teaching staff
3. Favourable parish level arrangements
4. Assistance from the parent teacher association
5. Transportation facilities
6. Availability of financial support
7. Government policies for free education
2. In service teaching staff
3. Uninterested parents and children
4. Limitation of job oriented education
5. Non-availability of job opportunity according to
qualifications

Opportunities Threats

1. Free education system 1. Political influenced educational system

2. Uniform system 2. Unlimited growth of English medium schools
th
3. Free supply of books to female students up 8 3. Political interference
standard
4. Partiality behaviour of management
4. Free noon meal supply system
5. Higher rate of dowry system to the educated women

Sector - Fishing

Strength Weakness

1. Knowledge about the work / skill 1. Scarcity of funds

2. Higher rate of work environment 2. Unfavourable formalities in availing financial assistance
3. Locality available equipments 3. Non-interest in receiving/attending animation
programmed
4. Availability of financial assistance
4. Limitations of transportation facilities
5. Marketing net work
5. Misbehaviour to the fish vending women
6. Organizational strength
6. Non-interest of the new generation to accept the
profession

Opportunities Threats

1. Availability of assistance from the NGO’s like QSSS 1. Political interference

2. Collection of small savings from the target group 2. Unhealthy competition among the fisher folk
3. Availability of animation programmes 3. Exploitation from the money lenders and middlemen
4. Availability of grant from the pinhead, Massaged. 4. Unscientific fishing habit
Fishermen welfare board etc.

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Problem at grass root level - Income generation programmed
Strength
1. Well structured Sanghams at grass root level
2. Availability of funds from Sang am/Bank
3. Active participation of beneficiaries
4. Easy availability of fishing nets
5. Skilled fishermen are available
6. Readily available marketing network
7. Regular savings habits
Opportunities
1. Funds are available from Sangam/Panchayats/Banks
2. Constant help from QSSS
3. Net work from other Sanghams
4. Financial assistance from SAFP
5. Fishing nets are locally available
6. Beneficiary contribution is available
Women empowerment
Strength
1. Well structured grass root level organization
2. Dedicated Animators at the floor level
3. Government and NGO support
4. Availability of financial support from NABARD
5. Support from the society
6. Favourable legal network
Opportunities
1. Encouragement from Vanitha Vikasana Corporation
2. Assistance from Kudumbasree
3. Support from the local Panchayats for the formation
of SHG’s
4. Government subsidies
5. Support from the local people
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Weakness
1. Non co-operation of the target group to fulfil the
formalities
2. Lack of motivation
3. Low education status
4. Lack of knowledge about the sources of availability of
resources
5. Non-co-operation among the fishermen.
6. Unhealthy marketing competition
Threats
1 .Political misguidance
2. Unhealthy competition among the target group
3. Tight formalities for availing funds from financial
institutions
4. Increased price of fishing nets
5. Seasonable availability of fish
6. Unbalanced pricing system of fish
Weakness
1. Traditional family systems
2. Ban from the religious authorities
3. Adverse effect by the media coverage
4. Unfavourable treatment from the police authorities
Threats
1 .Gender in equality
2. Non co-operation from the husbands
3. Social customs of certain communities
4. Lack of finance
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Sector - Environment

Strength Weakness

1. Favourable climate 1. Adequate sanitation facility pollute the environment

2. Rain water is available average 6 months in an year
3. One third part of our state is forest area which control
the environment 4.Plenty of river water is available
5. 362 km. coastal belt favour for a healthy environment
5. Support from the society
6. Favourable legal network
2. Air pollution through factor smokes and from the
vehicles
3. Urbanization pollute the environment
4. Usage of harmful chemicals and pesticides
5. Improper drainage system
4. Unfavourable treatment from the police authorities

Opportunities Threats

1. Favourable Government rules for pollution control 1. Attack of forest thieves

2. Awareness Programmes conducted by Government 2. River water pollution through the factory waste
and NGOs
3. Untimely rain
3. Voluntary actions from nature friends
4. Natural calamities
4. Actions and support of Forest department
5. Sea erosion
5. Thickly growth of forest trees

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10. SWOT ANALYSIS OF QSSS

Strength Weakness Opportunities Threat

1. Professional ex perienced 1. Lack of proper docu 1. Scope to bring the 1. People understands
staff plus adequate field mentation & reporting untapped women folk development as charity
staffs system into new SHG’s
2. Lack of NGO co-
2. Vast experience in both 2. Absence of pro- per 2. Ample room to mobilize ordination to fill gaps
marine & inland fishing planning, monitoring, re- sources from local
sector/women SHG/ evaluation & follow up 3. Vested interest of some
comm- unity/Govt. &
Family support /Social pro- grams NGO’s fun- ctioning
mobilization funding agencies
3. Poor functional job 4. Vested interest of NGO’s
3. Good experience in 3. Liaisoning with govt.
profile in same target area/un-
disaster Mngt. habitat/ agencies/CBO’s &
healthy com- petition
liveli hood . 4. Lack of proper capacity NGO’s, National/inter-
building among staff national 5. Inaccessible mar- keting
4 Credibility est- ablished
network- ing/unable to
with govt. agencies/other 5. Non marine areas are not 4. Availability of
compete branded items
funding agencies in dis- adequ- ately considered professional institutions
aster Mngt. program and consultants 6. Indifferent atti- tude of
6. Lack of proper publicity
5. 1071 women SHG’s and people.
& pub- lic relations 5. Scope for net- working
its net work with LSG’s
7. Poor network with govt.
6. Good infrastr- ucture agencies for mobilization 6. Scope to address issues
building, vehicle, IT & of fund of un- organized sectors
related field
8. Do not have ad- equate 7. Changing developmental
7. Good leadership at top
R&D Data bank concepts gives
level
9. Underutiliza-tion of opportunities to explore
8. Good will about QSSS
among the target groups staff capacity 8. Scope for ex- pansion of
9. Openness to new ideas in 10.Lack of network- ing men SHG’s
deve- lopmental arena with other NGO’s 9. Scope for pro- jects for
10.Adaptability to 11.No SH partici- pation in inland fishermen
modernize in fishing policy formulation 10.Scope for mar- keting of
sectors 12.Inadequate mobilization pro- ducts of SHG’s
11.Team work/team spirit of local resources
11.Scope for geri- atric care,
12.Capacity to adopt new 13. No value add- ition in children & youth oriented
develop mental trends at tradit- ional vocational programs
organizational level training
12.Scope for vocat- ional
13.Have local unit office at 14.Presence of a few inactive trainings
almost all parishes women SHG’s
14.Presence of a few SHG 13.Scope for NRM
15.Image of a Donor
members elected to the Agency 14.Scope to revita lize tradit-
PRI’s ional coir sector through
16.Lack of support from network- ing with coir
15.Better office administ
ration local Parishes board
16.Sector wise depart 17.Lack of suffi- cient fund 15.Credibility with local
mentaliz ation to cater genuine needs financial institutions
17.Sharing best practices of 18.Gap in the un- 16.Scope for improving
disaster mitigation & derstanding of vision
career guidance program
Mngt. Program and approaches at local
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11. IDENTIFIED STRATEGIES

Strategies for five years:

 Involving the community in program
 Involving the vulnerable groups (women) in program planning, implementation & evaluation
 Involving PRI representatives in project planning, implementation and evaluation
 Taking community key influential persons into confidence for project design, implementation and evaluation
 Formation of village level committee for project implementation
 Ensuring equal representation for women in village level committee for ensuring gender parity.
 Involving people’s organisation in project planning, implementation and evaluation.
 Empowering community and CBO to lobby govt. for infrastructure development
 Linkages with government agencies

12. SECTORS OF INTERVENTION PLANNED FOR FIVE YEARS

♦ Alternative Livelihood Generation
♦ Intervention to address the issue of substance abuse
♦ Creation of employment opportunities
♦ Promotion of saving and fighting indebtedness
♦ Community Based Disaster Preparedness
♦ Initiatives to address drinking water scarcity
♦ Ensure decent habitat to the poor
♦ Empowerment of youth
♦ Educational sponsorship and placements
♦ Organic farming
♦ Solid waster management practices
♦ Anti trafficking programmes
♦ Improving the health facility of the women and children
♦ Mobile Medical Units to the innermost areas and villages
♦ Address the issues of elderly
♦ Mainstreaming issues of HIV/AIDS
♦ Empowerment of marginal fishermen
♦ Address the issue of inland fishermen

CONCLUSION
The goal of any Perspective Plan is to guide towards achievement of a better quality of human life for the people we commit
ourselves to. It has to be updated from time to time so as to address new issues. Pope Benedict XVI has summoned us to
rekindle the flames of Hope instilled in human hearts by the Holy Spirit which in turn ignites the aspiration of the poor whose
grieves and dreams are our too.

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CONTENTS
Foreword from Director
1. Introduction of the Organisation
a. Vision
b. Mission
c. Focus groups
d. Reference area
e. Thematic areas of intervention
f. Milestones
2. Millennium Development Goals
3. Diocesan Perspective Plan
a. Background
b. Objectives of the plan
c. Process
d. Tools
e. Stake holders
f. Stages
4. Sector wise Problem Analysis
5. Sector wise Objectives
6. Sector wise Policy Guidelines of QSSS
7. Learning’s
8. Analysis & Interpretations
a. Analysis of livelihood and seasonality analysis
b. Analysis of matrix ranking of problems
c. Problem Tree Analysis
d. Major Problem Analysis
e. Cause effect relationship
f. Means and Ends Relationship
g. Other areas to be intervened
h. Intervention programmes based on Venn Diagram
9. Sector wise swot analysis
10. SWOT analysis of QSSS
11. Identified strategies for five years
12. Sector of intervention for five years
Conclusion
Team Members
Director – Fr. Romance Antony
Research Coordinator – Mr. Ramesh Krishnan
Consolidation Team Member – Mr. Jaimon C Uthup,
Mr. Aneesh P David
PLA Members – Miss Beena, Ms. Lissamma, Sr. Ushus,
Ms. Mary Latha, Mr. Nigil, Ms. Sibi A, Sr. Jessina,
Mr. Deepak O J, Miss Dany Rozario, Mr. Sujith V R,
Miss Subha Chandran, Mr. Aneesh P David

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