IAHV s community driven development initiative, 5H program focuses on poverty alleviation
as defined by the UN Millennium Development Goals. Community empowerment including
community participation is key to sustainable development. The 5H program launched
in India in 1999 and has a two step approach:
5H STATISTICS (INDIA):
Reached to 34,400 villages through 5H program.
Trained 61,460 rural youth in Leadership program.
Conducted 121,600 free Nav Chetana Shivirs (Breath Water Sound workshops) benefiting more than 5,688,000 people.
Conducted 48,800 hygiene camps and 23,600 medical camps benefitting 2,582,500 people .
Planted more than 2,251,000 trees.
Built 1527 homes, 5670 toilets, 1036 borewells, 820 biogas plants.
5H ACTION PLANS:
Health:
To educate people about general health practices and awareness
of healthy eating habits, with an emphasis on children and expectant mothers.
To revive local and traditional medical practices.
To organize health camps in rural areas and mobile dispensaries
for remote regions.
To educate on prevalent health hazards and ways to tackle them.
Homes: "A Roof over every Head"
5H aids in the construction of durable homes for the homeless. Repairs existing
homes, and provides free homes for the aged, widowed women and the handicapped.
Hygiene: 5H Youth Leaders help raise awareness about hygiene
through a variety of programs and projects.
Cleanliness drives
Garbage Disposal and waste management
Awareness drives on personal hygiene and the need to participate
in community hygiene
Clean Drinking Water: Villagers are trained in testing methods
and treatment procedures of water for portability. Basic home water treatment techniques
like boiling and filtering are taught.
Drainage: Awareness camps are held, which teach about the dangerous
effects of open toilets and open drains, and the ways diseases spread. Villagers
are trained to make proper drains to avoid stagnation of water and keep them clean.
Human Values: "Sustaining development through Human Values"
Our experience shows that most successful projects are those where the volunteers
and the target group have worked together in the spirit of mutual respect, belongingness
and caring. Much of the unprecedented success and growth of the 5H program can be
attributed to the fact that all service projects are taken up with the great emphasis
of reviving human values.
Harmony in Diversity: "Bringing the World Together"
With education that creates a reverence for diversity in nature and a sense of belonging
with the whole world. 5H creates a platform for sharing common moral & spiritual
values, inherent in all religious, cultural traditions and provides exposure to
diverse cultures through group meetings and community get-togethers.
5H INITIATIVES
A step towards Food Security:
Chemical Free Farming: Building model farms and raising awareness
amongst farmers on organic farming techniques.
Consulting on seed management
Encourage reviving traditional conservation techniques that can
be beneficial
Employment Generation Rural Development Training:
Vocational Trainings
Self Help Groups for Women
Entrepreneurial development trainings for youth
Right to Information:
Knowledge dissemination Hubs: Each community center, school backed by specially
trained village youths serve as a mechanism to pass on knowledge on prevalent issues
to the rural population.
Natural Resource Management:
Watershed Management:
Reforestation
Reviving Indigenous Knowledge
Reviving indigenous knowledge on rural governance.
Reviving age old know how on land and water conservation
Creating a platform to encourage indigenous art forms and
local artists to the mainstream
5H KOSOVO EXPERIENCE
The 5H Program in Kosovo delivered food and clothing to needy families. Volunteers
are working with UN civil administrators to clean up areas. Trauma relief courses
are offered free to torture victims, massacre witnesses and disabled KLA veterans. Similar
programs are also being given to the Indian Special Police Unit in Kosovo.
Our volunteers travel to backward areas, giving counseling under unusual circumstances.
5H INDIA EXPERIENCE
In India, 5H program was launched in 1999 as a pilot program for rural development.
Selected youth leaders having undergone IAHV’s
YLTP implement 5H action plan in their communities and surroundings.
These youth conduct breath water sound camps—a unique program that develops
a sense of comradeship and renews energy and enthusiasm. This provides the basis
for the youth leaders to implement much needed intervention programs like medical
and cleanliness camps along the 5h program guidelines.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (RDP)
Youth Vocational Training Institute
To facilitate integrated development within rural communities by empowering individuals,
enhancing human values, mobilizing communities and promoting a prosperous society,
RDP are training institutes for young rural men and women. These training institutes
bring about entrepreneurship skills and facilitate productive income security for
the rural communities.
