Shushilan

Some fundamental information on Shushilan’s groups:

      No. of members in a group- 15-30

      Executive Committee of the group- 5 members (President, Secretary, Treasurer, Law Member and Health Member)

      Weekly Meetings- (3 meeting on savings and one meeting on development)

      Agenda- Organization, leadership, development programs

Ø  Objectives

 organize poor and disadvantaged people, landless people, laborer and people without shelters to establish their social rights

 provide the target group with training and awareness build up for their socio-economic development

 ensure peoples participation in the environmental and regional development stream

 determine appropriate places to identify local problems, continue discussions and finding out solutions of the problems

 develop a framework for social empowerment

Ø  Terms and conditions for the groups

Ø  group size 25-30 persons in each from similar social status to be formed by 100% female or 100% male or 60% female and 40% male

Ø  must possess faith and mentality to be involved in development stream of individual or united efforts

Ø  must have intension to attend in weekly meeting and weekly savings

Ø  must have social accessibility

Ø  Group activities

Ø  group discussions

Ø  monthly meetings

Ø  discussion on issue based meetings and implementation of decisions

Ø  initiating development programs