Social Mobilization(SM)

Among the major reasons of the rural population’s deprivations, lower level of awareness and consciousness and lack of trends of concerted thinking and action stand at the top of the list. They have a very little access to useful knowledge and information and that, they seldom find chances to share their problems, issues and experiences with each other with a spirit to give them a permanent end. RCDS, besides incorporating other poverty reduction strategies, focuses its prime attention on building capacities of the poor, developing an appropriate institutional infrastructure at grass root level, building networks at different levels and advocating for the rights of the people.

SM program comprises a core activity and entry point followed by the different development interventions including social and physical services delivery projects co-ordinations networking along with emphasis on the gender development and good governance.

Objectives of Social Mobilization

• Organize community at grass root level on sustainable basis
• Capacitate the organized COs/VOs/LSOs
• Development linkages with relevant department
• Developed infrastructure at local level through LSOs
• Within one year 225 community organizations formed in the shape of COs and trained them
• 15 VOs formed with the help of COs
• LSOs formed with the combination of VOs
• Capacity building of 15 of COs/VOs/LSOs