GRC/SSK Project

Location: North East District (Old Seemapuri, New Seemapuri, Sunlight Colony, Kalander Colony and Tahirpur)

The Government of NCT of Delhi (GNCTD) initiated Mission Convergence called Samajik Suvidha Sangam to converge various welfare entitlement schemes and services with the objective of making entitlements reach the poor through a single window system in a hassle free manner. Samajik Suvidha Sangam is the interface between departments, DCs office and Nodal Agencies and NGOs and has come up as a convergence model for the State. The long-term objective of this project is to package useful social sector welfare schemes focusing on empowerment of the vulnerable population together at delivery level thereby maximizing their impact and efficiently utilizing scarce financial resources through active involvement of community in a concerted and focused manner.

Action India is implementing this project as "Gender Resource Center" in North east District of Delhi with direct intervention through the existing GRC components like Health,Nutrition,Non-Formal Education Vocational training and Formation of Self Help Groups. Dissemination of information about government entitlements and empowering community to come to SSKs to avail the benefits lies at the core of all the awareness programs. A survey of 17,500 households has been done to identify the vulnerable population and link them with the various schemes of govt.