Summary

The Aa foundation in collaboration with VMWAREis planned to provided Tribal and below poverty communities’ individual toilets for their households. The building of 50 toilets in Areleri Panchayat will be on need based and community participation. The prog

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Background

Doddaupparalli village , Areleri Panchayat, Malur taluk, Kolar district
The village is 11kms from the malur town. The community is basically from Migrating tribes who had settled here from past 40 years, their occupation is Agricultural laborers and they are specialized in cutting huge roots of eucalyptus tree. The community migrates to the other villages and around the district.
This community leaving in a stretch of 3kms radius. Gerdenahalli, chikkaupparallli and Doddaupparalli. who are relatives to each other.
There is lower primary school of school strength of 40 children and 40 children in and anganwadi.
Children are often under the care of older folks or on their own.
The villages is surrounded by the eucalyptus trees and small patches of agricultural land where vegetables as main crops.
The drinking water facility is through the government dig bore well up to (1500ft)
The community here are scheduled tribes called Naiak’s, who‘s Traditional occupation is bird hunters and nomads. But they have settled in these areas from past 30-40 years and depend on daily wages in agricultural farms and brick factories, their living conditions and traditions practices have not changed and have least interest for the education. Alcohol among men and women is common, and women tend to take the family responsibilities as the practice of polygamy exists. children suffer from the malnutrition, irregular to school and youths are almost childlabourres ,after lower primary education the children discontinues specially girl child because they have to travel 6 kms to higher primary and villages does n’t have approach road or road transportation. Youths travel with their parents to other villages for work and most them are addicted to alcohol, smoking and panparang.The cases of child malnutrition, childmarraiges and water related diseases are high.
The village is almost deserted in week days as men and women go out /migrate to work in other town, city and villages return is weekends or bimonthly. The work is headed by a mestri.
Health status of the women and specially adolescents are in stake. The practices of personal hygiene, girl child marriages and giving birth in young age have resulted in poor health condition of the women as well as children. The average family consists of 6-11 members.
The community out of 46 HH 6HH has toilets 2 toilets is of grampanchayat member of the village and other 4 toilets built by individual families themselves.

Location

Doddaupparalli, Kolar District, India

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