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AFT�s Activities
This year Amanat took positive moves under various social development imperatives which were the needs of the time. In the field of education, health and economic autonomy Amanat was striving for its excellence. It had tried to implement every project satisfactorily. The following programmes were implemented during the year.
  • Health Related Activities
    • Pulse Polio mobilization & Routine immunization
    • HIV / Aids Prevention & Control
    • Reproductive & Child Health (RCH-II)
    • Amanat Ambulance Service under Public Private Partnership
    • Special Immunization & Health Cheek-up Camp
    • Amanat charitable clinic
  • Educational Activities
    • School Cholo Avijan under SSA
    • Amanat Remedial Coaching Centre
    • Access/Micro Scholarship
    • Amanat Shishu Academy (Nursery and Primary Education Centre) Library
  • Disaster Relief Activity
    • Flood Tornado & Tsunami Reliefs
  • Economic Related Activities
    • Self Helf Group & Micro Finance
    • Entrepreneurship Development
    • Salesmanship & Marketing Management
  • Social & Charitable Activities
    • Amanat Study Circle
    • Zakat Fund
    • Discover Yourself
    • Advocacy Committees
    • Annual Sports and special events
    • Affiliation of various local organizations
  • Future Visions
    • Running Sub-Centre (Rural Health Centre)
    • Supported by Govt. of West Bengal
    • District Health & Family Welfare Samity
    • Grameen Vikash Andolon
  • Health Related Activities
    • Pulse Polio mobilization & Routine immunization.
      We have reached almost end stage of this programme. Our state, West Bengal has achieved a very good result of this programme. Actually very coordinating approach at all strata fine - tuned plan micro conforming situation and single minded devotion are the factors behind this glorious achievement. In this approach, interventions social voluntary organzations� are also remarkable. NGOs play pivotal role in Polio Eradication Programme. They always plan to enrich their mobilization part. Definitely, this social mobilization part corroborates the technical part with innovative ideas. Social mobilization is empowered by wide ranging activities; from grass root level meeting to high level mass communication, from rally to CD show. special immunization to health checking Camp, house to house campaign to IPC with IPPI card. Even our NGOs intervention has been very fulfill which is accepted by accredited to the govt�s administration and health lines. It has been proved while govt. advices us to join Transit Point activities and IPPI cards distribution with strong IPC. Undoubtedly, this is the great appreciation of SVO�s or NGO�s work by govt even this scope helps organization to be recognized, in their ventures.
    • HIV/AIDS Prevention & control.
      HIV/AIDS has emerged as a disastrous developmental challenge in West Bengal. Its rapid growth in recent years alarms that the state is on the verge of a major epidemic. AFT has taken up the project of awareness generation in the community, especially in vulnerable section, to stop the motion and eradication of this killer disease. The project areas intricate 5 blocks targeting at least the district of Murshidabad. The activity implies the training of the trainers and field workers, media campaigning, sensitization of religious leaders, guardians / Parents and Political leaders of the area. Conducting rallies, wall writings distribution of pamphlets and hand Bills and holding meetings & Seminars etc. Our measures under this programme helps people change their attitude in responding to us. Really this programme is equated with very sensitive issues which should be classified ethically and morally. Both the above programmes are supported by unicef.
    • Amanat Charitable clinic.
      Poor People of rural areas can not afford costly medicine and treatment by Capable medical practitioners. It was the need of the Locality that AFT started a charitable clinic at Gulmohar Park , Garia in Feb,2004 to provide best possible free medical facilities to the poor of the locality so far more than 1500 Patients have been benefited from the Service of medical experts.
    • Ambulance:
      We have started to provide Ambulance running & maintenance facilities under Govt. Public Private Partnership scheme for the time being in 3 Districts of West Bengal.
    • Reproductive & child Health (RCH-II) Programme:
      Amanat Foundation has been working on Reproductive & Child Health project in Uttar Dinajpur district of the state, West Bengal since May 2006.
      This programme is designed with both mobilization and immunization programme. Immunization of pregnant mothers and children is in the focus of the programme. Besides, people�s motivation, for prevention and promotive measures along with drop-out cases tracking are one of the main objectives, of this programme.
      We have started this programme within a very small circle covering only two sub-centres. Where each sub-centre is endowed with more than its target population and also treated as underserved areas. The immunization programme for mothers and children is going on in the sub-centres 3 days a week and to cover district or dispersed fringes. the out-reach camps are also launched once a month to reach out target groups. Through this programme we have built up partnership with govt�s health line which helps us serve the mobilize children best.
  • Education Activities.
      AFT has given equally importance to the educational programmes both on primary & higher levels. These can be highlighted herein below beside other welfare imperatives.
    • School Cholo Avijan.
      AFT aimed at Primary education programme basically to ensure schooling for all children. In our project areas this level of education witnesses an worse condition since number drop-out and out-of-school cases are erecting a fabulous figure. To create the motion of this trend we are creating awareness waves through various campaigns. In our move we have got District Primary Education Cell (Sarva Siksha Mission) as our partner. Our joint hand efforts have given a push to even village to sensitize parents for straining their children into education.
    • Amanat Remedial Coaching Centre.
      For weak and dropout students, remedial coaching has been arranged to enable them to compete with other students in normal course and take admission in higher classes. Under the supervision of competent teachers this class of students has developed their studies a lot for obtaining good results. At present we are running in 8 Blocks of Murshidabad and Uttar Dinajpur.
    • Access Micro Scholarship.
      Most of our school/college students specially Madrasah students are very poor in English due to which they are lagging behind in education and other field of life. Neither are table to proceed for higher education nor they can compete for getting high posts in India or abroad.
      AFT has started a project with the sponsorship of U S govt. to enrich these students in English language. 150 students have been admitted to going spoken. English course in Ramkrisna Mission Institute of culture Kolkata under this scheme. Once in a month these students are counseled to assess the development of their study regularly.
    • Amanat Shishu Academy.
      On Sunday�s and other free times most of the children waste their time in useless practices and entertainments. AFT has provided a chance to make use of this spare time. On each Sunday classes are held to teach them Islamic beliefs and how those can be practiced and developments of their hobbies and extra curriculum activities like drawings. At present 33 students are enrolled at the Academy in few Blocks. In the near future we shall set up the same in all the Blocks of the State.
    • Amanat Library. All the students willing to study cannot afford the desired books of their courses
      As a result of which even some meritorious and intelligent Students are unable to show their skill due to lack of required books on the topic AFT has established a library to fill up such gap and provide the required books for poor Students of all ages as well as to promote reading habit of general people, A large number of deserving students are benefited by recycling of the available books required for their studies.
  • Disaster Relief Activities.
    • Flood Tornado & Tsunami Reliefs.
      Sometimes man has to surrender himself to the natural calamities. Man is helpless to floods, earth quake, tsunami, tornado and other devastating calamities.
      In Sept 2005 the districts both of North 7 South 24 Parganas faced such type of catastrophe. Flood was washed away five blocks of these districts. The resources both human and materials have been damaged severally.
      AFT took oath to stand by the victims who had almost lost their everything with its best efforts. Our volunteers visited almost all affected villages and provide food to the victims, baby food for infants & children and health camps with required medicines for the patients. Were also launched as instant relief work Earthier organization also experienced the relief work while Tsunami hit coastal zone of our country in Dec�07. AFT drove into the relief work very promptly with its network and resources. Thought initially the resources was limited, its intention and almost appeal helped it gain potentiality. In this case a humanitarian organization, IHH Germany had strengthened its hands. Apart from this AFT helped the Tornado & Tsunami hit victims by all means with the assistance of IHH-Germany in 2004 & 2005.
  • Economic Related Activities.
    • Micro Finance Program through SHG.
      AFT has prioritized this programme from the very beginning. It was our plan to combat extreme penury and to give support to our target group as they can come out from drudgery and despairs. It is a unique process in which plan for development takes place at grass root level and also shared with those people whose participation in planning and its implementation is highly needed.
      This is the system where people sit together discuss together, move together and take decision together. Naturally when they raise their voice together for their own development that is justified. It is sure that all SHGs have some characteristics which all members practice for its cohesion. These help SHGs to be disciplined and most homogeneous.
      Weekly meeting-discussion on group lending� problem analysis, involvement in social development, takes place for every group. But beyond that the SHGs have been able to identify themselves as most promising stakeholder of other programme implementation like mother and child immunization. Child education, sanitation child and mother�s nutrition programme, campaigns against HIV/AIDS, malaria etc. These are their other social aspects through which they are motivating area�s people. Though we had our SHG promotion activities started in Aug� 2004 experimentally in the limited areas of Murshidabad and North 24 Parganas we extended this network to more districts like this year up to South 24 Parganas and Birbhum and Malda. Presently we are running 405 SHGs comprising of 4860 members. Their total saving is accrued Rs. 52,3000 and lending has crossed Rs. 8,16,000.
      This scheme has promoted saving habit in rural people and also offered finance to the borrowers of the areas to enable them to be self sufficient. In the meantime this programme has started to gain its potentiality and recognition from financing institute.
    • Entrepreneurship Development Program.
      Entrepreneurship is a boom to the Industry, if a businessman is well equipped with the art, skill and methodology of controlling his activities he can yield the optimum result out of his efforts. For this purpose, AFT has popularised its importance and conducted seminar and training programmes to develop the concept and technique of entrepreneurship.
    • Salesmanship & Marketing Management.
      AFT conducted seminars to train the educated youths so that they could earn their livelihood out of this field. Good salesman and market surveyor is a must in present day economy. This sector is highly employment oriented and even low educated people can get scope of carvings the industry through their salesmanship skill. In the near future AFT shall organize effective workshops to promote such training.
  • Social & Charitable Activities.
    AFT works for the welfare of the minorities and depressed people in West Bengal. It has given equal emphasis on social and charitable aspects of life. These activities can be summarised as follows:
    • Amanat Study Circle.
      On 2nd Saturday of each month a regular program is organised on current social issues and problems before the people. Seminars and debates are held on burning topics with the scholars and experts. People come to know the issues/problems and how these can be solved and put to social welfare of the people.
    • Amanat Zakat Fund.
      Generally 33.67% of total population of our country as well as of our state are constituted with below poverty level (BPL) families and this ratio is proportionately higher for other basic needs like health, education are severely staggered and it is true this condition leads this section to frustration and keep them away from main stream of life.
      In this varying problems Zakat Fund plays a pivotal role to show the glimpse of hope to the poor. Criteria to regulate fund is properly maintained. Education, health and other social imperatives are met up by this fund. Despite having constraint as innumerable appeals reach us every year we are trying to make its level high to comply more and more appeals.
      Some one is getting assistance for his/her child care education some one for his/her daughter�s marriage some one for sustaining occupation, various measures taken up from this fund.
    • �Discover Yourself� Program.
      AFT conducted a training program for its staff members and functionaries to enhance their capacity building and managerial skill. Participatory learning and action, group discussion and presentation open house discussion to opinion taking tools using all had been incanted this programme. The programme became move interesting to participants and resulted well.
      The objective of the �Discover Yourself� was to enrich the level of capacity of administrative hierarchy and to focus the assessment of organizational strength. It had been learnt by every participant to assess himself or herself to be a competent to bear with the work load, and how to share it.
    • Advocacy Committees.
      AFT has constituted an Advocacy Committee on State, District and Block level to seek the advices from scholars and concerned persons on the problems and issues facing to the local inhabitants of the areas. people are made aware of the issues and after in depth discussions the issues can be placed before the Advocacy Committee for proper action.
    • Annual Sports.
      Social and cultural aspect of life is also important to let the people come closer. AFT gave this chance by arranging Annual Sports for school children, staff and local people. Different events took place and First, Second and third in each event has been awarded with prizes.
    • Affiliation of Various local organisations.
      So far more than 350 local Clubs, Societies and organisations have been affiliated to AFT, which has in creased our strength manifold. These affiliates are meant to co-operate in all our activities whenever and wherever it is required specially in case of emergencies.