d. ORGANISATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The organizational objectives are concentrated on three main goals

1. 
   To work for the economic development of the people, VSSU provides Microcredit to unemployed, poor entrepreneurs and to others living in poverty, who lack collateral and a verifiable credit history. VSSU Microcredit is actually a part of microfinance, which is the provision of a wider range of financial services like savings, credit and insurance to the very poor.
   

2. 
   VSSU carries out numerous Community Programs including:
   

Home for Children Program for 37 children - to serve children who are alienated, deprived and marginalized for any reason whatsoever, irrespective of caste, creed, colour, sex, religion, or gender;

Sanitation, Hygiene, Health Programs, in order to supply basic needs of the community;

Food Program for the Destitute - to help elderly people who were abandoned by their family and have lost their potential to work;

Social Forestry Program - VSSU has planted 140 square-kilometers of trees in the district without any support.

3. 
   Generating employment opportunities is an essential development initiative of the organisation. To achieve this, VSSU is in the process of setting up the 'Jeebika Foundation', an institution dedicated to promoting sustainable livelihood among low income households. The foundation aims to connect these new employment opportunities with its existing microfinance and community development services.
   

The main objective of the project is Community development through eco tourism approaches. The organization aim is to generate employment opportunities among under privileged sector of rural west Bengal through a Self sustainable eco friendly manner by using local rural resources for a better tomorrow. The eco friendly initiative can achieve five different goals.

1. Develop a highly prospected Tourism in rural scenario.

2. Local resource mobilisation towards a self sustainable programme.

3. Employment Generation for poverty alleviation.

4. Initiate a tourism business involving Eco friendly aspects.

5. Awareness creation by using Renewable energy sources for a greener & healthier tomorrow.
b. BENEFICIARIES-

The number of direct beneficiaries will be 50 for the first year and 2^nd year it will be at least 75 and The Ngo hopes it will increase in future with the expansion of project. Most of them will be women and will be from the local community.

3. 
   IMPLEMENTATION AREA -
   

West Bengal is on the eastern bottleneck of India, stretching from the Himalayas in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south. The state has a total area of 88,752 square kilometres (34,267 sq mi). The Darjeeling Himalayan hill region in the northern extreme of the state belongs to the eastern Himalaya. This region contains Sandakfu (3,636 m or 11,929 ft)—the highest peak of the state. The narrow Terai region separates this region from the plains, which in turn transitions into the Ganges delta towards the south. The Rarh region intervenes between the Ganges delta in the east and the western plateau and high lands. A small coastal region is on the extreme south, while the Sundarbans mangrove forests form a remarkable geographical landmark at the Ganges delta.

The Ganges is the main river, which divides in West Bengal. One branch enters Bangladesh as the Padma or Pôdda, while the other flows through West Bengal as the Bhagirathi River and Hooghly River.

According to the provisional results of 2011 national census, West Bengal is the fourth most populous state in India with a population of 91,347,736 (7.55% of India's population). Majority of the population comprises Bengalis. The Marwaris, Bihari and Oriya minority are scattered throughout the state; communities of Sherpas and ethnic Tibetans can be found in Darjeeling Himalayan hill region. Darjeeling district has a large number of Gurkha people of Nepalese origin. West Bengal is home to indigenous tribal Adivasis such as Santals, Kol, Koch-Rajbongshi and Toto tribe. There are a small number of ethnic minorities primarily in the state capital, including Chinese, Tamils, Gujaratis, Anglo-Indians, Armenians, Punjabis, and Parsis. India's sole Chinatown is in eastern Kolkata.

The official language is Bengali and English. Nepali is the official language in three subdivisions of Darjeeling district. As of 2001, in descending order of number of speakers, the languages of the state are: Bengali, Hindi, Santali, Urdu, Nepali, and Oriya. Languages such as Rajbongshi and Ho are used in some parts of the state.

As of 2001, Hinduism is the principal religion at 72.5% of the total population, while Muslims comprise 25.2% of the total population , being the second-largest community as also the largest minority group; Sikhism, Christianity and other religions make up the remainder. The state contributes 7.8% of India's population. The state's 2001–2011 decennial growth rate was 13.93%, lower than 1991–2001 growth rate of 17.8%, and also lower than the national rate of 17.64%. The gender ratio is 947 females per 1000 males.^[2] As of 2011, West Bengal has a population density of 1,029 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,670 /sq mi) making it the second-most densely populated state in India, after Bihar.

It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640)^[3] Agriculture, Industry and Pisciculture are all at their peak in the district. In west side of this district situated Falta Special Economic Zone.Various types of industry is situated in this Economic Zone.

According to the 2011 census South 24 Parganas district has a population of 8,153,176, roughly equal to the nation of Honduras or the US state of Virginia. This gives it a ranking of 6th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 819 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,120 /sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.05 %.South Twenty Four Parganas has a sex ratio of 949 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 78.57 %.

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named South 24 Parganas one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).^[4] It is one of the eleven districts in West Bengal currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).^[4]

A small village in the district of South 24 Parganas which is renowned as an economically backward district of West Bengal is Ullon, where VSSU is working and trying to develop the village and its surroundings since 1983. Vivekananda Sevakendra-O-Sishu Uddyan (VSSU), is an Ngo based at Ullon providing basic social development programs to the local community through education, environment and healthcare endeavors. VSSU is starting a project on Eco –tourism called “V World” at village Ullon. The proposed area is extended up to about 96 acre and it is adjacent to the world largest Sundarban Mangrove forest and Bio sphere reserve. And it is only 60 km far from central Kolkata and can be reached by train & National high way also within 2 hrs.
d. RELEVANCE OF THE PROJECT

Tourism contributes a lot to the GDP of the area. There are places all over the world which have important and famous tourist spots. People go there , visit the places ,stay there and enjoy the surroundings .By doing so they are also helping the local economy as well as promoting the local culture & arts. Sundarbans is one such place which is a tourist destination for many people. People admire the land, water bodies, and Wild & Natural beauty of Sunder bans. This project will help in more promotion of the area. It will utilize the local resources and generate employement oppurtunities for local people . VSSU’s Agri. Based Eco tourism will attract more & more tourists & Visitors around the world. This will lead to many new workplaces, more spending of money on local products and then enhance the Development of Local economy. In near future there will be too many scopes to create employment around this project. The organization hopes to reach at least 50,000 visitors for the first year and double it next year to enjoy and get more & more benefits from V world’s eco tourism project.

“The V world” will alleviate poverty by job creation which will lead to financial emancipation in future. The V world will prove that the idle resources of rural Bengal can bring a financial revolution with a little innovative effort.

1. 
   BASELINE SURVEY- The baseline survey has already been done by the Ngo .They have identified the 50 beneficiaries for the project who are the local women residing in the area.
   

2. 
   AWARENESS GENERATION - Awareness generation of the local community will be done by having meetings with the community people, Distributing leaflets among them, installing hoardings at various places,having workshops & by showing them the audio visuals of the proposed project so that they can understand the project .
   

VSSU is planning an eco tourism project which include cultural centre, Conference hall, festive Grounds, (Marriage & ceremonial Hall), Mini –Cinema hall Food & amusement park, artificial hill ,fountain & green forest ,rope ways, toy train, water ways & Boat riding facilities, fishing lakes, temple, Cottage for visitors, and few mega structure of attraction like Statue of Liberty, Red Fort, Tower Bridge, India gate, Light & Sound programme . The tourism project cost worth is Rs. 30.00 Cr., and the organization had already invested Rs.15 Cr (approx) for earth work, land development and canal excavation .The organization is seeking funds of Rs 2.8 crore for a part of this project. They wish to implement the project by using local human resources, mostly by women to generate employment opportunities among under privileged, less educated local community. VSSU dreams to bring up a sustainable development through such types of project implementation & employment generation. The organization hopes to start with 50 acres of land for the first year and to reach 100 acres within 3 years.

VSSU will offer Visitors, tourists and trainees a place to stay and enjoy. A large attraction of the program will be trips to the Sundarban ( 40 km far from proposed project area) with Boarding, Loading & transportation facility at its Proposed Campus. Sundarban is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest with 29 islands in the world and its only 30 km far from VSSU.

1. 
   Mono and multi cropping with a Horticultural Production Cum Exhibition with Marketing Centre.
   
2. 
   Social Forestry Programme by 1, 00,000 (10 million) tree plantation with the aim of Greener future to make an oxygen area. Mostly of which will be fruit plants including Coconut trees to built a Local coir industry with the aim of employment generation.
   
3. 
   Fish farming with new technology as well as opportunity to train others
   
4. 
   Long canal will be constructed for water sports as part of VSSU initiative to make Ullon a tourist attraction simultaneously increasing the oxygen in the water for the fish.
   
5. 
   Finally, the construction of a Water Amusement Park with Air Cable (rope way) that can carry tourists between Different points of Eco tourism Project with the power of hydro energy.
   

We strongly believe that by the help of above stated metrics & facilities and supplementary Sundarban Mangrove Forest Visit programme, VSSU’s Agri. Based Eco tourism will bring success. VSSU is highly expecting to have Sponsorship or partnership to facilitate and make it more attractive to the tourist, Visitors around the world. This will lead to many new workplaces, more spending of money on local products and then enhance the Development of Local economy.

Bio Village & organic Farming , There will be a bio-village with Agri production centre where agricultural products would be manufactured and then sold to the visitors.

4. 
   ACTIVITY SCHEDULE
   

1. Promotion of tourism & increase in the numbers of tourists visiting the area.

2. Awareness generated among the people regarding the benefits of rural and agro based tourism.

3. Local resource utilization towards a self sustainable programme.

4. Employment generation for the local people.

5. More livelihood opportunities will lead to lower the poverty level of the community.

1. 
   Since the project involves a huge investment so, the organization will have to see that the funds allotted for different purposes are properly used.
   
2. 
   Sundarbans is a high tidal area, it is not safe to go there during that period, so the visits have to be planned accordingly.
   

Monitoring and evaluation includes input and output monitoring, process monitoring, performance monitoring and impact assessment. Monitoring would be a continuous assessment of use of inputs and services. Both external & internal monitoring will be done . The organization will monitor each and every activity involved in the project for its proper functioning. A team of experts will evaluate the outcome of the project at the end of the year after getting record of each and every detailed activity.

Sustainability will come from the continuity of project implementation and expansion year after year. Next to Kolkata there are hardly such types of tourism projects. And The Ngo does hope to expand this eco friendly programme with innovative approaches and methodologies. What the organization need is just to adopt new eco friendly technologies and publicize it in a vast way to attract visitors & tourists. A leisure zone with green cottage, Food Park, water amusement park, festival grounds, theatre hall, Art Gallery, Horse riding, Fishing, boating, meditation zone etc within 60 km from Kolkata with a challenging and affordable price will make it a self sustainable programme. A oxygen village of 50 acres maintained by devoted full time local women worker, professional management, in addition explore natural diversified wild beauty of Sundarban and growing trend of being eco friendly nature of Visitors will make the project self sustainable and successful.

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