Special features of the organization
GENVP has established itself as one of the leaders in social change and developmental interventions in the state of Bihar. The greatest achievement of the institutions is that it has been able to organize thousands of dalits in to community based organizations and capacitate them for claiming their rights following non-violent and democratic methods. The efforts of the organisation in the fields of women empowerment, provisions of basic services to the deprived communities, gender mainstreaming and ending the discriminations practiced gender wise and caste wise across the state. The organization in this process has also established a strong networking relationship with the government departments as well as with a large number of civil society organizations. , , GENVP has a remarkable achievement in addressing the challenging issue of early marriage & early pregnancy. The organization has been successful in working on the issue among the community as well as the government officials. For addressing the problems of youth, NRHM provides Youth Friendly Health Services to promote SRH of young people. But there was no such implementation in Bihar. GENVP made state level advocacy with Ministry and govt. officials of health Dept. on the issue. After advocacy with the cooperation of the Civil surgeon of Nalanda District, orientation was given to all the MOICs and paramedical officers of Nalanda District on YFHS. As a result of which YFHS were initiated in the PHCs, which was yet a big challenge. , , 2.GENVP has undertaken another such challenge by initiating the SRH based life skills in the conservative community of Nalanda District. A training module has been developed for Life skills on adolescent SRH in collaboration with MAMTA health Institute for Mother & Child. The headmasters and teachers of government secondary schools of Nalanda District were given SRH based life skills orientation. It was a great achievement for GENVP that the District Education Officer accepted the Life Skill module and government schools incorporated the session in their daily routine of the classes. , , 3. GENVP has also shown significant achievement in working on declining sex ratio in Bihar. Prior to the efforts made by the organization, there was no initiative for PCPNDT act, but after the intervention of GENVP, remarkable changes have taken place. With the cooperation of GENVP, government has developed a format for PCPNDT, which is being followed by health Dept. for all the districts of Bihar. GENVP has provided orientation to the MOIC and health functionaries and have also sensitized them for birth registration in 2 blocks of Patna Distrct. After the orientation, the Phulwari Sharif and Daniyawan Block has emerged out as a model PHC, setting an example to other PHCs. The organization has also involved the community based resource groups for spreading the message to promote the birth of girl child in the community.
