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Name of the Project : COMMITTED SUICIDE FARMERS

Status : on going

Target Group : The children of Farmers who committed suicide.

AIM: Our aim is not to allow the children to become school dropouts due sudden demise of their parents.

GOAL:  The main goal of this project is to make the children to go back to their Schools / colleges by extending some financial help.

INTRODUCTION:-

Andhra Pradesh mainly depends on agricultural as it has majority of rural population. The state has a rural population of 55,401,067 (72.69%) as per 2001 census, out of which 7,859,534 (22.52%) are cultivaters and 13,832,152 (39.64%) are agriculture labourers. The state economy depends on agriculture.

The state has been facing severe drought for the last few years consecutively. In this situation, farming community has become the main victim. Most sufferers are among the farming community who are small and marginal farmers holding less than 5 acres of dry land and no irrigation facility and follow mono-croping. These farmers had to invest much higher than expected in order to get good yields.

There were no sufficient rains for the last 6 years. Farmers digged bore wells by taking money from lenders. They spent lot of money for digging bores. But they failed to find sufficient water from the bores. With that much of water they started caltivation. The farmers used to follow the advice of fertilizer and pesticides dealers and invested heavily to control pest and to get the good yield. Nevertheless, the yields have been very less due to the failure of monsoon rains, less water from bore wells for the yield. There is no good market price.

As a result the farmers had heavy loss and gone for debts. In order to save their respect in the society they were forced to commit suicide. Many widows and children are left with no assets except debts.  Because of this crisis, most of the children are forced to stop their education. Some of them may become child laborers and anti social personalities. 

AMG decided to extend its services to the families of suicide farmers and to give some financial assistance to the children for their education. We came to that many farmers are committing suicide across the state daily. AMG decided to help the families of the deceased farmers and save the children form the miserable conditions. Without making any delay, we approached all District Collectors and got the lists of the Suicide Farmers. We invited all the families to Chilakaluripet and conducted programme for them. 

RESPONSE FROM AMG:-

We came to that many farmers are committing suicide across the state daily. AMG decided to help the families of the deceased farmers and save the children form the miserable conditions. Without making any delay, immediately we approached all District Collectors, Revenue Divisional Officers and got the lists of the Suicide Farmers in their surroundings.

OUR EFFORT:-

AMG decided to extend its services to the families of suicide farmers and give some financial assistance to the children of Suicide Farmers for their education. We invited all the families to Chilakaluripet and conducted programme for them.  The children were given Books, School/college Bags, Clothes, School/college Fee and Financial help. We have also given the travel amount to them to come here and to go back. 1000 children from 547 families in 21 Districts of Andhra Pradesh attended the programme. They returned to their homes very happily.

ACTIVITIES: -

Continue for children education

INPUT:

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION:

• To provide education support-for 1000 the children of Suicide Farmers, every month send to their houses by post through   cheque.
• To provide school/college fees Yearly once by the beginning of the academic year.
• They are enjoying Education Support resultantly, reduced drop outs and child labour.

PHYSICAL SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION:

• Books, bags, Uniforms, Civil dresses and Study material at the time of meeting conducting in June/July in every year.
• Visiting families in every month for counseling and giving hope.
• Every year conducting the meeting to total family members of the children of Suicide Farmers families all districts.
• To give travel expenses for all family members from and to.
   
  BUNDLES OF LOVE:
• We have conducting Bundles of Love programme in every year at AMG Prem Vihar Children’s Home campus.
• We inviting the all children and their mothers to attend the programme.
• The word of God was preached to them. Children and Mothers were given one pair of clothing (Bundles of Love) and delicious love feast was served to them. 

CAREER GUIDELINES:

• Social Workers and Project officer of AMG is giving career guidelines to children, how many courses in job oriented.
• Which course offered Universities where there is. What type of jobs to which course completed.  

REFERRALS AND LINKEGES: Net working with Government of Andhra Pradesh and District collectors. 

PREVENTION:  Counseling Through AMG Social Workers and we are educating the children of Suicide Farmers.

OUTPUT:

• The children of the suicide farmers are now continuing their studies.
• Moreover, the mothers of the children are expressing their gratitude towards the service rendering to them by AMG and the Donors of Woord En Daad.
• The children are studying L.K.G. to Intermediate, Engineering, B.Pharmacy, Nursing, MBA and MCA. 
• All of them are studying very well in their respective schools/colleges.
• Children did not become child laborers and street children.