During Global Youth Service Day-April 11th -13th,2003, we Belgaum Integrated Rural Development Society-Naganur(BIRDS) and T.R.A.P.Foundation Jointly organized a state wide program on awareness on H.I.V./A.I.D.S.& S.T.D. disease- from 11th – 15th April 2003.
The Discussion is held on the subject The Role of youth in local Governance. The key speaker: Farmer minister of Karnataka (State)-India.
The speech on Global Youth Service Day by: Professor. R.Y.Sirur, college of social work,
In Belgaum District about 50 rural youth’s were participated in celebration, the following subject was discussed to over come from the problem.
1. Deflating Under ground water.
2. Decrease in food crops in irrigation area and un-secure to food crop’s.
3. Less education in rural youth’s (below 10th standard).
4. Problem in communication with outer world (English).
5. Lack of self-employment.
Above are the major problem’s came from youth’s. To over come these problems we all planed a program: - 1.To over come the problem of under ground water we planed to take up mass awareness on water harvesting methods in Belgaum district with collaboration with 50 youth organization.
2. To minimize the effect on food crop’s in irrigation area we planed to take up help up B.I.R.D.S(K.V.K) Farm Science Center-I.C.A.R. , all youth organization were agreed to give awareness on important of food crop’s in coming years, (For All youth organization we will give a training on inter cropping of food crop’s with sugar-cane, wheat, ect.. )
3. To expand the education & self-employment, B.I.R.D.S is all ready working with rural youth’s (from age group 15 to 40) in 45 villages of Gokak Taluk, Belgaum District. (Education throw Skill Development).
Tree Planting Program.
From May 11th to 15th 2003 on the behalf of Global Youth Service Day April 11th -13th ,2003 we planed to go to the rural area’s in three taluk, to motivate other rural youth’s on planting trees in villages.
In first phase of the program every youth organization will take part to motivate the local youth’s to plant at least 1000 plants in one village. The season for the planting will be first week of July to October-2003 if monsoon comes.
From two years the program of planting trees is getting postponed due to absence of monsoon.
This is our small program on Global Youth Service Day April 11th -13th, 2003.
By
R.M.Patil A.R.Patil