Mewat Educational & Development Society

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ABOUT MEDS

(MEDS) is a non-profit organization Regd. under Act (21)1860 of Government. Our mission is to ensure every child in Mewat Region of Haryana State in INDIA, has access to the technology, education system and social welfare setup they need.operating under the Constitution of India.

MEDS is also registered NGO of India as Non-governmental, Non-profit organization. The organization was founded in 2010.

MEDS promotes Education, Technology and Health Care in regions of the world where these basic needs are primarily limited by poverty and disproportionate appropriation of resources. We are in a 21st Century where hundreds of thousands of poor Children still have no access to a very basic education and Health Care. Today, thousands of girls cannot access school even when there is opportunity due to cultural constraints and gender disparities. Many others die from immunizable illnesses. Indian children fit well into this category. In communities living in Haryana State India and many other remote regions, there is a sense of resignation - a circumstance of fate and nature in which human intervention can do little. At MEDS, we think different. Wth your partnership, we can make a massive change.

VISION

Peaceful and prosperous World where Education, Technology and basic Health Care is accessible to all generations, nations, communities and individuals.

MISSION

To provide opportunities for accessing Education, Technology and basic Health care services and in the process, eliminate poverty and promote peace and prosperity in our World.

MESSAGE

Together, we can make a better world, one place at a time, one person at a time, one institution at a time, one community at a time.

Mewat (Haryana) India:

Mewat Region Communities lag far behind the rest of Haryana State and by extension the larger Indian communities in terms of Education, Technology, Health and Economy. The region is known to have the lowest enrollment in schools and the lowest performance in annual assessment exams. Furthermore, according to the United Nations, Mewat's region has the least number of girls enrollment in primary schools in the whole Haryana State. And according to Indian Ministry of Education, over 40% of school aged children (>150,000) in the region are not in school. Other sources suggest figures from the Ministry of Education are under estimated.

Medical and Healthcare services are scarcely available leading to alarming increase in the rates of killer diseases like Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Malaria and, Maternal and Child death and Immunizable diseases among others. There are only 12 doctors serving a population of 1.5 million. MEDS has therefore taken the initiative to work with these communities to ameliorate the intensity of healthcare crisis.

It is to this end, MEDS has undertaken massive campaign programs to promote education, access to technology and basic Health Care in this impoverished remote region of Haryana State.

Main Objectives of MEDS

• To promote the formation and strengthening of community based organizations

• To promote collectivism and voluntarism among target group

• To facilitate the sharing of information, recourses and skills of development

• To promote the social movements against exploitations

• To organize participatory learning, analysis and document its funding

• To facilitate the participation of women and marginalized in the development process

• To promote agricultural development

• To promote sustainable usage of natural recourses

• To initiate employment generation programmes

• To promote saving and credit programmes

• To popularize participatory planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation system at various level

• To avail appropriate development schemes (housing, sanitation, drinking water programmes etc.) to needy

Our Ethics

Respect : We affirm the dignity, potential and contribution of participants, donors, partners and staff.

Gender equity and equality : We ensure Gender equity and equality in all our programmes.

Integrity : We always act with our mission, being honest and transparent in what we do and say, and we accept responsibility for our collective and individual actions.

Commitment : We together work effectively to achieve our mission and vision.

Excellence : We prepare ourselves to the highest levels of learning and performance to achieve our mission and vision.

Target Population

Marginal farmers, agricultural laborers, dalit, children, women, economically weaker sections and non-income groups.

Phone:+91 9711116550, 8059947408, 9871259845, +91 124 4044845.

Email:

info@mewateducation.tk

president@mewateducation.tk

"Mewat Educational & Development Society", Regd. under Act (21)1860 of Government.Our mission is to ensure every child in Mewat Region of Haryana State in INDIA, has access to the technology, education system and social welfare setup they need.

Profile of Mewat

At the time of it’s formation on 1^st November, 1966, Haryana State had seven districts. Thereafter 13 new districts were notified from time to time by changing the boundaries of the existing districts. The Mewat district was carved out from erstwhile Gurgoan and Faridabad districts, which came into existence on 4^th April 2005 as the 20^th district of the Haryana State. The district headquarter is located at Nuh. The district comprises of five blocks namely Nuh, Tauru, Nagina, Firozpur Jhirka and Punhana. There are 431 villages in the district and 297 Panchayats. There are 512 villages and 365 Panchayats in Mewat area including Hathin Block of District Palwal.

Geographically, Mewat District is situated between 26-degree and 30-degree North latitude and 76-degree and 78-degree East longitude. Gurgaon district bounds it on its North, while Rewari district lies to its West and Faridabad district to its East. On South, the district shares its boundary with the State of Rajasthan. Mewat district is largely comprises of planes. Inconsistency in Mewat topography is evident from its patches of land with hills and hillock of the Aravali Mountain on the one hand and plains on the other. Thus, physio-graphically the area is divided into two tracts- upland and low land.

Historical Background

Mewat - Land of the Meos, has its genesis in its tribal inhabitants, the Meo tribals, who are agriculturalist. The area is a distinct ethnic and socio-cultural tract. The Meos, who trace their roots to the early Aryan invasion of Northern India, call themselves Kshatriyas and have preserved their social and cultural traits to a surprisingly large extent, unlike the other tribes of nearby areas. During the regime of the Tughlak dynasty in the 14th century A.D., these people embraced Islam but till today, they have maintained their age-old distinctive ethno-cultural identity. Historically, the region has been extremely turbulent and has been subject to repeated invasions and resultant plundering throughout the post-Vedic period, largely due to the situational peculiarity of the area and the non-sub-jugative attitude of the people. The destruction and devastation over the centuries resulted in backwardness and gross under-development of both the area and its proud people.

According to the Census of India 2001, the total population of Mewat was 9,93,617 (including Hathin Block of district Palwal) of which 46,122 (4.64%) lived in urban areas and the major chunk 9,47,495 (95.36%) of the population lived in rural areas. Out of the total population of 9,93,617, there are 5,24,872 males and 4,68,745 females. The SC population is around 78,802. The total numbers of households are 1,42,822 out of which 1,35,253 (95%) are in rural areas and remaining 7569 (5%) are in urban areas. The total number of BPL households are 53125 including Hathin Block.

The main occupation of the people of Mewat is agriculture and allied and agro-based activities. The Meos (Muslims) are the predominant population group and are completely agriculturists. They perceive themselves as such, with a sense of pride. The agriculture in Mewat is mostly rain fed except in small pockets where canal irrigation is available. Agriculture production measured in terms of crop yield per hectare in Mewat is comparatively low to the other districts of the State. Animal husbandry, particularly dairy is the secondary source of income for people of Mewat and those who live closer to the hilly ranges of Aravali also keep a few sheep and goats. Milk yields are not so low, however, due to heavy indebtedness most of the farmers are forced to sell the milk to the lenders at lower than normal price, which drastically reduces their income from the milk. The poultry population in Mewat is much less in comparison to other districts of Haryana State.

Mewat has remained a region of backwardness even after independence. The area lags behind the rest of Haryana on almost every yardstick of development indices, even though the farthest point of Mewat is no farther than 145 Km. from the National Capital of India.

Soil

The soil of Mewat is light in texture, particularly sandy, sandy loam and clay loam. The upper hills are mostly barren.

Agriculture

The total population of Mewat according to the 2001 Census was 993617 of which 46122 i.e. 4.64% was urban and 947495, i.e. 95.36% was rural. The average household size in rural Mewat was 7. The Meos (Muslims) are the predominant population group and are virtually completely agriculturist. They perceive themselves as such, with a sense of pride. The agriculture in Mewat is mostly rain fed except in small pockets where canal irrigation is available. Agriculture production measured in terms of crop yield per hectare in Mewat is comparatively low.

Animal Husbandry

Animal husbandry is the secondary source of income. Those who live closer to the hilly ranges of Aravali also keep sheep and goats. Milk yield is not so low, but due to heavy indebtedness the income from the' milk is much reduced, as many farmers have to sell the milk to the lender at lower than normal price. The poultry population in Mewat is much less than in rest of Haryana.

Climate
Mewat falls under the Sub-Tropical, Semi-arid climatic zone with extremely hot temperature in summer. Dryness of air is standard feature in Mewat except during the monsoon season. May & June are the hottest months of the year with the temperature ranging from 30 C to 48 C, January, on the other hand is the coldest month with temperature ranging between 4 C to 25 C. Strong dusty winds are conspicuous during summer.

Rainfall

The annual rainfall varies considerably from year to year. The maximum rainfall is experienced during the monsoon season, which reaches its peak in the month of July. The principal precipitation occurs during monsoon period from June to September when about 80% of the rainfall is received. The average rainfall varies from 336 mm to 440 mm in the district.

Humidity

Humidity is considerably low during the greater part of the year. The Mewat experiences high humidity only during the monsoon period. The period of minimum humidity (less than 20%) is between April and May.

Wind
During the monsoon, the sky is heavily clouded, and winds are strong during this period. Winds are generally light during the post-monsoon and winter months.

Region Specific Weather Phenomena

Mewat experiences a high incidence of thunderstorms and dust storms, often accompanied by violent squalls (andhar) during the period April to June. Sometimes the thunderstorms are accompanied by heavy rain and occasionally by hailstorms. In the winter months, fog sometimes appears in the district.

Literacy

The literacy rate in Mewat is comparatively low particularly in the case of female literacy. Literacy rate is 44.07% against State average of 67.91%, while female literacy rate is 24.26 against State average of 55.73%.

Sex Ratio

The Male: Female sex ratio is also lower than the National average. In Mewat there are only 893 females to each 1000 male as against the national average of 927 females per l000 males. Infant mortality rate in Mewat indicate similar backwardness rising up to 85 per 1000 in Punhana block, which has 80% Muslim community, as against the national average of 72 and 75 for the State of Haryana. Maternal mortality rates are not available, but considering the poor health facilities, large family size and the adverse sex ratio, it can be safely assumed that maternal mortality is high.

Mewat Educational and Development Society(MEDS)

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