Lack of awareness about the common lands, forest and water resources among rural community has led to degradation of such resources and going waste. Though there are laws and rules (under Panchayat Raj Act, Section 61 A, a sub-committee on the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources, forests and water should be formed), implementation of these rules is not possible until rural community are not well aware of their Rights on these lands and leading to very less participation. Panchayat Raj institutions have failed to identify these lands which have a huge economic value. Hence there is lack of responsibilities of these resources.

The key activities of the project are Consultation of District level, Taluk level and Gram Panchayat level Government bodies/authorities and all underlying departments and one day workshop at each level on this project implementation and cooperation. This will be done for elected representatives of all the 3 levels of Panchayat, for SHGs, JLGs, NGOs, CBOs etc at the target/ project implementation areas, IEC (Information, Education and Communication) activities is done at rural level, formation of Village Level Natural Conservation and Development Committee & Gram Panchayats are requested to consider Committee which is formed as ‘Gram Panchayat Sub-Committee’ under Section 61 A of Panchayat Raj Rules, Identification of common lands and resources by villagers with the village committee, listing of problems faced by these identified common lands and coming out with the solutions and implanting the proper methodology in reviving these lands , meetings will be held monthly to come out with activities on Common land development and revival of it and coming out with decisions followed by maintenance of ledger (documentation ) of Common lands list by Gram Panchayats.

We aim to integrate forests in the overall land use planning by highlighting the critical role that forests play in terms of sustainable agriculture, animal husbandry and rural livelihoods in general, and also position community based forest governance in the larger unfolding of decentralization of governance.

It will help in enhancement of Self governance among village level committees and village community through day-to-day conversations and social-consciousness, Proper planning and implementation of MGNREGA ( Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act) on schemes like soil moisture conservation and forest activities intern will develop common lands/assets and revival of it, Awareness and proper implementation of the laws and rules laid by Government in this regard(Karnataka Land Revenue Rules 1966 , Section 97(1),as per the directions of Karnataka High Court judgment on Writ application no. 14048/05 date on 22.09.2005, Honorable Supreme Court guidelines on Use of Common land among rural community on 28.01.2011), accountability of each and every rural community on common lands, water and forest resources, employment opportunities to landless people, Control and prevention of land encroachment, prevention of Sand and stone mining, improvements in levels of groundwater etc.

At present Base-line survey(as a pilot project) is ongoing in Urdigere Hobli, Tumkur Taluk, Tumkur District which will be followed by planning, awareness drive and development of common land and implementation of project by organizing committees with villagers as members & linking with Local government bodies and various departments of Government. The pilot Page19 project will be extended to all the villages of Karnataka in future after successful implementation of this with project duration of five years. We are inviting the supporters, volunteers, funding agencies like CSR funding agencies/ companies/ industries and individual donors. Interested people or companies can donate by filling the form in this website or contacting the MARSS-K in person.

The English proficiency and knowledge in this current world scenario plays a very important role in rate and quality of employment. Hence MARSS-K has taken a step towards improving the probability of getting job by improving in English speaking. The main targeted beneficiaries will be the Youths of BPL families (Urban and Rural) (200 families) who had never got access to English medium schools. This step would not only provide better employment opportunities but also increases source of income thereby enhancing their better standard of living.

The main activities are conducting base line survey (which involves identification of the beneficiaries/target group), setting up of Monitory Committee ,selection of knowledge resource person who is fluent in English and Orientation Programme training for them at top universities/ institutions, training Centre is setup which is fully equipped with LED TVs, Smart classes etc, IEC( Information Education & Communication) activities to bring out the awareness among the local area about this programme, implementation of the project and Monitoring, personality Development Programme and Training and Yoga classes followed by evaluation of the project and Project report.

After the training the beneficiaries will be enrolled in National Career Services under which job placements are done and if they are interested in self employment, they will be linked with PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana and other trainings like computer training, driving training are given and linked with tourism department to appoint them are tour guide/ taxi drivers etc. Eradication of unemployment and reaching the downtrodden with the technical knowledge at global level through training are the key outcomes of this project.

We are inviting the supporters, volunteers, funding agencies like CSR funding agencies/ companies/ industries and individual donors. Interested people or companies can donate by filling the form in this website or contacting the MARSS-K in person

Today women and children are considered to be the most vulnerable group. This can be characterized and quantified in many countries by the tools like high maternal mortality rates, high infant mortality rates, gender biased employment opportunity, wage bias, child marriage, female infanticide, poor access to education and health facilities, high malnutrition levels among women and child hence prone to many diseases etc. There are many government interventions made to tackle these issues but is striving hard to reach out the beneficiaries because of corruption, social stigma, poor identification of target group etc. Hence there is a very much need of intervention of Non-Government Organizations and other institutions to take a call and raise the voice on behalf of women. Hence MARSS-K has taken up the initiative of “WORLD WOMEN CENTER” implemented in coming five years from 2019-20 with the main aim of reaching out women at the grass root level to the women of the whole world and empowering them socially, economically and politically with a vision of “Ward to World” i.e., from ward, Panchayat, legislative assembly, Parliament to the whole world.

This project will be implemented in Panchayats of every district of India and the main activities are being counseling and training of sustainable and alternative livelihood activities for maintaining the Family, training on child parenting and age old, by creating self employment IGA Activities, economical empowerment, training on the chemicals and poisons in things used in daily routines and protection of water, environment and other natural resources creating of opportunities to identify art and skills, participating in sports and cultural activities.

These activities are followed by linking of the networks to institutions at various levels by creating platforms for likeminded and encouraging them by providing knowledge about technology like ecommerce, conducting interaction Workshop in every month at State Level, conducting Training about Mental and physical Health, family planning, conducting Self protection training Camps (Yoga , Meditation , Kung fu, wrestling and which increase the physical energy ), training on following the Traffic rules and safety of Two wheeler and LMVs(Light Motor Vehicles) at District level, organizing Awareness Programmes about Nutrition and Right to Food, conducting training on Leadership, elections and casting vote, training camp on realization of strength and awareness on constitutional rules, providing training and education about information technology and Digital technology, conducting awareness about conservation of natural resources, Global warming , Natural disaster management, making Village level enterprisers or Small /Marginal Entrepreneurs through the MSME or Pradhan Mantri Mudra Scheme or etc.

Domestic and international companies/industries, distributors will be empanelled with MARSS-K to connect the trained WWC members to open companies’ franchisee (and extending the companies’ sales and marketing to the grass root level), raw material collection centres, resource organisation centres, Human resource support etc.

We are inviting the supporters, volunteers, funding agencies like CSR funding agencies/ companies/ industries and individual donors. Interested people or companies can donate by filling the form in this website or contacting the MARSS-K in person.