Deadline: 27 March 2017
National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC), Government of India, is currently seeking expressions of interest for Development and Exececution of Sustainable Livelihood Interventions for Manual Scavengers.
The Corporation is implementing various loan and non-loan based schemes for the socio-economic upliftment of the target group. Under Loan based schemes, NSKFDC provides financial assistance to the Safai Karamcharis, Manual Scavengers and their dependants through SCAs/RRBs/Nationalized Banks for any viable income generating schemes including sanitation related activities and for education in India and abroad.
Programme Objectives
Sustainable Livelihood Intervention for Manual Scavengers and their Dependents programme has following objectives:
- Socio economic development of Manual Scavengers and their Dependents through design, development and execution of sustainable livelihood enhancement projects involving group of families of Manual Scavengers as target group.
- To facilitate livelihood enhancement, including through education and life skills training by adopting area and context specific approaches and establish necessary linkages for the same.
- Provide necessary handholding support to the target group for their smooth transition to alternate occupations/income generating activities as envisaged under the project.
- Identify potential clusters of manual scavengers and also the training and financing approaches necessary for self ventures.
Expected Outcomes
- Improved perception, motivation, confidence and capacity of the targeted Manual Scavengers and their Dependents to take up alternate occupations
- Income generation in alternate occupations through self employment projects and enterprise development
- Improvement in socio economic status of the targeted Manual Scavengers families to be captured through pre-defined indicators
- Formation of self help groups and their capacity building for sustenance of the initiatives
- Demonstrable model on sustainable livelihood development for manual scavengers which can be replicated and up scaled.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Applicant must be a legally registered entity in India and should have a minimum of five years of proven track record of Planning, Designing and Implementing Livelihood development/Income generation projects for the underprivileged communities. Applicants should also have experience of developing/strengthening SHG/Cooperative/ Producers’ Company etc. at state or national level.
- The Applicant should have presence and prior experience of implementing similar projects in proposed state of intervention and should have adequate manpower and resource support.
- The Applicant should have an average gross income inclusive of receipts/donations and other income of 50 Lakhs over the last three consecutive financial years for which audit has been completed.
- The Applicant should not have been blacklisted by any government agency in India.
- Prior experience of working with the target group of NSKFDC on sustainable livelihood/income generation projects.
How to Apply
The EOI should be submitted in the prescribed format, in a sealed envelope mentioning “EOI for Development and Execution of Sustainable Livelihood Intervention for Manual Scavengers and their Dependents” via postal mail.
Eligible Country: India
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