PART B

SEWA’S UNITS

  1.      The Urban Union

  2.      The Rural Union

  3.      Jeevika

  4.      Jeevan Shala

  5.      The Federation of Co-operatives

  6.      SEWA Social Security Net

  7.      SEWA Marketing Support

  8.      SEWA Bank

  9.      SEWA Academy

10.      SEWA Bharat

11.      SEWA Accounts



 

1. THE URBAN UNION

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Ahmedabad City is the birthplace of SEWA, where it has been organising women workers from informal sector for the last 33 years. For the last 5 years it has adopted the Campaign Approach for Organising; and through the campaigns, it has so far organising self-employed women from number of trades where the women workers are not organised. The main approach is to solve work related issues & problems of as many women as possible; and to influence policy advocacy in the long run. This has not only helped strengthen the existing major trades but also provided a significant place and platform to small trades like bangle makers, sand filters, garland makers, etc

Campaigns:

I.                  Home Based Workers:

a.    Piece Rated Minimum wages

b.    Identity Cards

c.     Social Security

d.    Minimum wages for all the trades included in the category

e.    National Policy

II.              Labour and Service Providers

a.    Construction workers Campaign

b.    Head Loaders Campaign

c.     Small Factory workers

d.    Casual Workers

e.    Paper Pickers Campaign

III.           Street Vendors

a.    Space and License

b.    National and State Policy

c.     Family Identity Cards

IV.            Integrated Approach

a.    Insurance

b.    Health

c.     Savings

 

 

SEWA: A Profile of Its Organization and Activities:

 

I.         SEWA UNION

       a)       Urban Union

·        Campaigns

a)    Home based workers

b)    Increase stick rollers

c)     Readymade garment workers

d)    Vendors and Hawkers

e)    Head load workers

f)           Paper pickers

g)    Casual labourers and factory workers

·        Legal services

·        Legal training

 

       b)       Rural Union

·        Jeevika project

a)    Agriculture development

b)    Soil and water management

c)     Cattle and fodder development

d)    Promotion of gum collection

e)    Salt production

f)      Self-reliance through handcraft

g)    Minor credit facility

h)    Disaster preparation and prevention

i)      Social security

j)      Long term food security

·        Campaign

a)    Forestation Campaign

b)    Water Campaign

II.       SEWA Gram Mahila Haat

Marketing support services

III.     SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre

a)    Marketing support services for artisan’s products

b)    Provide National and International linkages for marketing of craft products

IV.      SEWA Co-operatives

V.        SEWA Bank

                                a)        Financial counselling

                                b)        Saving and fixed deposits

                                 c)        Credit to the members

VI.      SEWA Academy

                                a)        Training

                                b)        Literacy

                                 c)        Research and policy development

                                d)        Communication through print and electronic media

VII.    Video SEWA

VIII.  The Gujarat State Mahila SEWA Co-operative Federation Ltd.

                                a)        Training and guidance services

                                b)        Marketing services

                                 c)        Vegetable Shop

IX.         SEWA Social Security

                             a)           SEWA health and child care

·     Health and midwives’ cooperatives

·     Health centers

·     Dispensaries

                                b)        Housing and Shelter

                                 c)        Insurance

Ř      Economic Activities:

·        Midwives’ campaign

·        Generating employment opportunity for member by forming micro enterprises

·        Poverty alleviation programmes

·        Marketing of craft products and other products like gum, salt etc.

·        Capacity building trainings such as masonry training, hand pump repairing trainings

·        Providing linkages with government welfare schemes

Ř      Support Services:

·        Health care and child care

·        Insurance

·        Saving and credit

·        Housing

·        Water campaign

·        Forestry campaign

·        Agriculture campaign

·        Water campaign

·        Disaster management activities




REPORT OF URBAN UNION BY SEWA’S 11 QUESTIONS

 

Sr. No.

Details

Members

Rs./Activities

1

Employment

 

 

 

Vendors

8,693

Rs.   4,70,71,400/-

Labourers

3,066

Rs.   2,97,75,738/-

Home based

2,645

Rs.   1,11,00,100/-

Shanta

257

Rs.      16,42,378/-

Shantipath

755

Rs.   5,82,82,560/-

Stable Employment

10

Rs.        2,16,000/-

TOTAL

15,426

Rs. 14,80,88,176/-

2

Income

 

 

 

Vendors

8,246

Rs.      64,70,293/-

Labourers

40,085

Rs.   4,04,91,154/-

Home based

27,559

Rs.   1,01,66,367/-

Shanta

257

Rs.      21,86,800/-

Shantipath

330

Rs.        4,05,320/-

TOTAL

76,477