It was a great experience for me to visit some of our programmes and to meet the people personally during the visit of Mr. Clinton, Australia Territory under the banner of Integrated Mission work to know the impact of the programme at particular community on 18-21 July 2016. During this programme we visited different areas of New Delhi, Orissa and Kolkata.
We had visited our newly started community empowerment programme area at Vasant Kunj, New Delhi to facilitating the community women to develop their economical and social status. As a result many beneficiaries have opened their small business through self help group's (SHGs). Last two year back Army had started the tailoring programme at Bhubaneswer, Orissa through this training programme many women get training successfully starts their own small or big business which is remarkable. Every woman in the tailoring center had good relationship with the Salvation Army programme centre and they are attending morning devotion, this given them a good discipline. For last many years areas at Angul, Orissa community empowerment programme has been going successfully and presently most of the SHGs are dynamic, self sustained, unity to access Government schemes, supporting other groups who were weaker and to develop as well as to create good relationships with bankers. Starting tailoring shops, manufacturing of plastic bags, banana farming, poultry farms and accessing the government loans were the significant impacts of this SHGs in the communities. The Veer Project was another part of the integrated mission work for the betterment of the street children by proving them basic education and creative activities are going on nearby Howrah Railway Station at Howrah. This programme will help the children to bring back in their normal life and for the development of the community.
We are very much thankful for our territorial leadership for thinking to upgrade the standard of the buildings of social institutions to support for the needy people and to set up a good relationship with community.
Major Prakash Chandra Pradhan, Projects Officer, India Northern Territory
