Snapshot of activities carried out in 2009-2010:

Jharkhand

• Health care trainings
• Sustainable agriculture training
• Leadership training
• Reporting and Documentation Training
• Refresher Training
• Computerised Accounts Training (Phase I)
• Training Programme on Business Opportunity Identification and Guidance
• Monitoring and Evaluation Visit
• Orientation cum Coordination Meeting of PAHAL Partners
• Field Exposure related to Livelihood Activities
• Livelihood – Credit Management Training
• Knowledge Management and Coordination Meeting
• Advocacy Training
• News letter of Pahal Project

Uttarakhand

• Advocacy Training
• Coordination Meeting for Ist Quarter
• Advocacy Strategy Meeting
• Monitoring and Review Visit
• Coordination Meeting for 2nd Quarter
• Meeting of Bhoomi Adhikar Manch
• Advocacy -Training Bhoomi Adikar Manch at Kathgodam
• Monitoring and Mid Term Evaluation
• Media visit
• Press Conference
• Opportunities in Challenging Times- a workshop for NGOs

Chhattisgarh

• Two days training on Capacity building of CBO leaders
• Training on Record Keeping of SHGs

Uttar Pradesh

• Training Programme on Business Plan Development and Implementation
• Consultation on Brick Kiln Worker’s Rights
• Training on Record Keeping at SGH Level
• Unorganized Sector Rights Training
• Follow-up training on Livelihood
• National Level Perspective Building Training of CBO leaders
• Weaver’s Campaign on Post GI Awareness
• Post GI workshops
• Goat based Livelihood Training
• Training on Stress Management

Few of the new initiatives taken up by Saksham India Trust (SIT) in the year 2010 for organizing marketing

• Goat based livelihood training was organized by Saksham India Trust. This was a four days training program for Senior and Middle level NGO functionaries responsible for planning and coordinating their projects.
• Initiated the process of organizing producer groups products in Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh for marketing of rural products
• Promoted “Ethnic Earth”, a brand that would market rural handloom and handicraft products produced by artisan group members of networking partners
• Started processing and advocating for obtaining Fair Trade Forum- India (FTF-I) Membership (Membership with FTF-I will enable SIT to market Fair Trade Products by organizing exhibitions and direct selling).
• A though process for identifying avenues to low cost social tourism “Tourism with a difference” under fair trade is also under way.