Core committee meeting at Savdhaan Samaj Kendra on 6/7/16

Core committee meeting was held on 6^th July 2016 in Manori church hall at 11.00 a.m. The director of the Savdhaan  Samaj Kendra Fr. Michael D’souza was also present for this meeting. This meeting was a followup of the PRA meeting. There were about 18 members who attended the meeting. It was animated by Mr. Dayanand Patil.

The members had collected Information from the PRA tools formats given to them. They shared the information gathered by them from the people. Discussion was held on the following topics:

1.       Low Income from farming.

2.       Issues related to fishing profession such as low income generation, hygiene, marketing, cold storage facility, boat maintenance etc. 

3.       Lack of implementation of Government schemes.

4.       Wastage of drinking water.

5.       Lack of dual business opportunity.

6.        Lack of higher education.

7.       Lack of vocational skills & career guidance.

8.       Poor Health.

9.       Tourism issue (MMRDA)

10.   Addiction of Alcohol

11.   Superstition

12.   Sanitation issue

13.   No English medium secondary high school.

14.   Women’s health.

15.   Issues relating to   Kishori girls.

16.   Ration issue

From the above issues the following issues were given priority  

1.       Health.

2.       Low income in fishing business.

3.       Superstition

4.       Addiction of Alcohol

5.       Lack of dual business opportunity.

6.       Festivals & Celebration lot of waste money in this things  

There was active participation and interaction from the members