Social Consultancy Services

SCS has been instrumental in collating all the relevant information duly made available by UPSACS and its Technical Support Unit (TSU) in the form of an Annual Report. This task of developing Annual report for UPSACS was duly supported by USAID funded Family Health International's Project Samarth.

SCS provided professional support in developing the content for this manual which was prepared by the Uttar Pradesh State Aids Control Society in collaboration with UNICEF Office of Uttar Pradesh and with support from State Institute for Health and Family Welfare, Uttar Pradesh. This manual has been prepared for the state government employees of various departments. The document is user friendly and hence can be used in a multicultural and multi-sectoral setting by people coming from different backgrounds and social segments. This document can also be used as a primer for readers especially those who are uninitiated in the world of HIV/AIDS.

Prior to moving towards an ambitious phase of ICDS IV, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India commissioned a study to assess the impact of ICDS III, so as to identify the gaps and built upon the lessons learnt during implementation of current phase.

Conducted a survey of Education for All program through a participatory approach, whereas structured interviews and FGDs were conducted with teachers and community members residing under catchment area of 21 primary schools and upper primary schools. It was done with an objective to assess quality of the education program focusing on Teaching Learning including a detailed mention of whether there is multi-grade/multilevel teaching, classroom organisation, teaching methods used, teaching learning materials used, tools used for assessment, nature of assignments- class work & home work given, recapitulation methods used, if technology has been used, any innovative teaching learning method/ material used , practices for punishment & reward etc.

Two of the flagship programs focussing on drinking water, Accelerated Rural Water Supply Program and Swajaldhara were evaluated through a participatory approach

Udaan 2007, a two days mini special Olympics for differently abled children was held on 1st and 2nd December 2007. The event was jointly sponsored by “Liliane Foundation” and the “Catholic Diocese of Lucknow” and organized by the “Diocesan Social Work Society of Lucknow”. SCS provided support in coordinating and conceptualizing the video and print documentation of the event. The documentary (developed both in English and Hindi) depicted the preparation and experiences of organizers, participants and their guardians during the Udaan 2007. The film also captures the energy, courage and joy of the special children who participated in this event. The print and the video document both offers a hope that guardians of disabled children recognize their hidden skills and talents and motivate them to become part of the society.

The documentary is an endeavour of Fatima Hospital to look back into its 50 years of diligent efforts and to acknowledge the persons, institutions, beneficiaries and other stakeholders who have rendered their five decades of selfless support

SCS analysed the Micronutrient Initiative India's (MII) data of 38 districts on Vitamin A coverage and Bal Swasthya Poshan Mah (BSPM) for assessing the coverage status and evaluation through monitoring indicators data analysis.

SCS in partnership with AED-ARTS, LLC, a subsidiary of the Academy for Educational Development in partnership with a consortium of organizations is implementing DAZT project to reduce and rationally manage childhood diarrhea. DAZT aims to reduce morbidity and mortality related to diarrheal disease amongst children less than 5 years of age. The project aims to increase child survival in India, and contribute to improved child health outcomes and provide actionable information for diarrhea treatment and dehydration management efforts around the world. SCS is implementing this project in collaboration with Impact partners in Social Development. The project area is all 12 Tahsils of Bareilly and Budaun Districts of Uttar Pradesh.

SCS has been associated with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), UNICEF, WaterAid and other renowned social sector organization for execution of several assignments. Some of the major assignments are “Stories of change from watershed development programme” of Rajasthan, Documentation of several workshops & conferences, multilingual translation of training manual, reports, documents etc. These documents have also been published and widely distributed for cross learning.

SCS documented the Peace building initiative of CRS's capacity building of its NGO partners

The BEADS activities have been continuing for a long period of time without any assessment, therefore SCS was awarded an assignment to carry out an evaluation of its activities and suggest way forward for the organization. SCS carried out assessment for BEADS outreach program in 3 Development Blocks of Lucknow

After completion of the four year project it was considered by UNICEF to conduct an external assessment to get a more comprehensive understanding of the outcomes of the child focussed intervention. How well the community based institutions have been strengthened through augmenting their capacities, Status of Government Department’s convergent approach targeting ‘at risk’ families and their children, No. of school networks and their capacity of availing basic education services

SCS is the coordinating agency for Leadership Development Programs of Institute of International Education (IIE) for organising programs across the country (India) in selected regions especially Bihar & Jharkhand.

SCS provided professional support in developing the content for this manual which was prepared by the Uttar Pradesh State Aids Control Society in collaboration with UNICEF Office of Uttar Pradesh and with support from State Institute for Health and Family Welfare, Uttar Pradesh. This manual has been prepared for the state government employees of various departments. The document is user friendly and hence can be used in a multicultural and multi-sectoral setting by people coming from different backgrounds and social segments. This document can also be used as a primer for readers especially those who are uninitiated in the world of HIV/AIDS.

SCS is the host agency in UP for the internship programme of Knowledge community for children in India (KCCI). SCS has hosted and facilitated a team of National and International interns for documenting impact of two different programmes of UNICEF in UP, which are Village Planning of Lalitpur District & Adolescent girls’ education Program of Barabanki District. SCS also facilitated these interns for preparing two case-studies and a 10 minutes Documentary film, titled ‘Weapons of the Weak’: Empowering people through self-help.

SCS had instrumental role in managing the Central Intervention Unit (CIU), a helpline for NGOs and community in UP during Panchayat level elections in 2005. The CIU acted as the bridge between the state election commission and NGOs. CIU counselled and guided candidates and NGOs in cases where irregularities and election related crimes were reported. This assignment was jointly funded by Action Aid, CRS, DFID and CASA.

SCS has been instrumental in documentation of a status report on ‘Human Trafficking’ in Uttar Pradesh, this report is based on desk review of secondary data. UNICEF Lucknow had commissioned this assignment to SCS for assessing the current situation of Human Trafficking especially child trafficking, scope of work included identification of major trafficking routes with regards to UP, analyze and illustrate state plans of action/policy development initiatives, initiatives undertaken by various stakeholders, etc

Documentation and Media Management of Women's day program organized by CRS at St. Francis college. This program was inaugurated by the District Magistrate of Lucknow

Don Bosco Ashalayam in collaboration with renowned civil society organizations of Lucknow and with support from UNICEF Office of Uttar Pradesh organized a one day event on 2nd October 2005 titled “Bal Sammelan” to celebrate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Bal Sammelan served as a forum to disseminate information about dangers of HIV/AIDS, methods of prevention and protection and its impact. SCS provided documentation support to capture the key events organized during the day long activities with a special focus on capturing the joy, learning and experiences of both the organizers and participants.

The purpose of this documentation exercise was to take into account the experience and lessons learnt while implementing and facilitating the INHP III ,(A flagship program of CARE India focussing women and children in joint collaboration with ICDS) at various levels over the project life.

SCS had been instrumental in facilitating the UNICEF's emergency response program through awareness generation amongst reproductive age group women regarding menstrual hygiene and also provided a platform to the department of health for a PPP model whereas Johnson & Johnson provided the supplies of Sanitary Napkins, Government provided storage, upkeep facility and ensured distribution of the same through their service providers at the village level (ANM & ASHA) and UNICEF provided funding support

SCS has been associated with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), UNICEF, WaterAid and other renowned social sector organization for execution of several assignments. Some of the major assignments are “Stories of change from watershed development programme” of Rajasthan, Documentation of several workshops & conferences, multilingual translation of training manual, reports, documents etc. These documents have also been published and widely distributed for cross learning.

SCS had been commissioned to shortlist the NGOs based on a minimum eligibility criteria fixed by WSSO and the grade the duly qualified NGOs on a mutually agreed grading criteria format.

These assignments were undertaken to assess the environmental and social aspect of the impacts of these projects on the community, environment, and livestock in advance so as to minimize the negative impacts.

Catholic Relief Services’ Jaipur office, under the Institutional Development program commissioned this assignment to capture the most significant activities that women members have been engaging in over the past few years. Most of these activities were recorded through interaction with women, which happened during field visits to the watershed program area. This exercise profiled the unique contribution that women can and do make as leaders in the struggle for social justice.

A joint intervention was initiated by the Department of Labour, Government of UP and Unicef to improve the situation of working children in Jalesar. The project focused on promotion of community based institutions (SHGs), augmenting their capacities so that they could opt for other sources of livelihood and sensitizing sectoral departments on the need for a convergent approach targeting at risk families and their children. SCS did a trend analysis of this project, which was focussed on: results achieved, challenges faced, and lessons learnt in course of the implementation process. The focus was also given to come up with recommendation for future course of action in terms of structure and synergy to achieve optimal results.

A workshop was conducted to disseminate the data and information generated through the rapid assessment

SCS is the coordinating agency for Institute of International Education (IIE) for organising workshops across the country (India) in selected regions.

SCS is the key facilitator for organizing workshops for Department of Planning and UNICEF.