Achievements and Impact of The Livelihood Capacity Building Project for Fisherwomen undertaken by Indian Red Cross Society in 29 Coastal Villages in Nellore and Prakasam Districts of Andhra Pradesh between Feb 2011 To Jan 2013 - An Example of Addressing Social Determinants of Health

摘要

Indian Red Cross Society with the support of Spanish Red Cross implemented a livelihood project for the fisherwomen in the coastal districts of Nellore and Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh for a period of two years. The objective of the project was to improve the livelihood capacities of the fisherwomen by providing them locally viable livelihood tools and infrastructure as an example of addressing an important social determinants of health. A total of 1626 fisherwomen benefitted from the project. The project accomplished all the planned activities and was successful in fulfilling its objectives by improving fisherwomen's access to hygienic livelihood tools and infrastructure and by building their capacity through training programmes on hygienic post harvesting methods, use and maintenance of livelihood tools and marketing & negotiation skills. The project actively engaged the services and technical support of the fisheries department officials at every phase of the project and contributed to the department's effort of improving the livelihood of fisherwomen. An impact assessment study was conducted in January 2013 with 465 project beneficiaries from both the intervention districts. The impact of the intervention on the livelihood of the fisherwomen by comparing the results of both the baseline study, conducted before the commencement of the project and the impact assessment study conducted at the end of the project was clearly brought out by this study.