District Fluoride Monitoring Centre DFMC Nalgonda

This is a presentation made by Srinivas Chekuri for Fluoride Knowledge and Action Network in Bangalore on July 21, 2015

1. DISTRICT FLUORIDE MONITORING CENTER (DFMC) Office: SE,RWS, Visveswarayya Bhavan Beside M.G. College, Panagal , NALGONDA-508001, Telangana Email:[email protected]

2. DFMC Structure

3. 1. Rural Water Supply & Sanitation (RWS&S) 2. District Medical & Health Officer (DMHO)-Health 3. District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) 4. District Water Management Agency (DWMA) 5. Women and Child Welfare (ICDS) 6. Rajiv Aryogya Sri 7. Social Welfare 8. B.C. Welfare 9. Tribal Welfare 10. Horticulture 11. Education 12. Civil Supplies 13. Animal Husbandry 14. Minor Irrigation 15. Forest 16. Rajiv Vidya Mission 17. National Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis (NPPCF) DFMC KEY LINE DEPARTMENTS:

4. DFMC- Staff STAFF: Point Persons as STAFF (16 members) on deputation drawn from member departments one PP per dept. Support for atleast two days a weak. Full-fledged Office at SE,RWS, Visveswarayya Bhavan , Beside M.G. College, Panagal , Nalgonda , Telangana state One District Fluoride Monitoring Officer (DFMO) One Project Coordinator One Computer Operator UNICEF Consultant for technical support

5. DFMC-Review Meetings REVIEW MEETINGS: Regular bi-monthly review meetings held with 17 key line departments Review done against performance indicators embedded in Action Taken Report (ATR) District Collector as Chairman, DFMC presides over review meetings All Head of Dept ( HoD ) attend meeting along with Point Persons So far 5 such review meetings organised and status updated in ATR ATR submitted to District Collector & circulated to all departments Monthly review meeting held with Point Persons

6. DFMC –NGO Network NGO/CSO NETWORK: A network of NGO/CSOs formed and about 50 organizations are members A two day consultation workshop held and an action plan developed The action plan is reviewed periodically and thus NGO/CSO engagement promoted On July 2 nd 2015 a GO-NGO Consultation meeting held with network partner and Govt functionaries. It was decided to closely converge GO- NGO Collaboration for Fluorosis mitigation Now areas of NGO engagement has to be identified and an action plan with financial plan to be prepared for rolling the activities

7. DFMC -Linkages LINKAGES WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS: National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad Academy of Sciences (CCMB) M.G. University National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) International Water Management Institute (IWMI), ICRISAT State Council for Education Research Training (SCERT) Fluoride Knowledge and Action Network (FKAN ) NGO/CSO Network

8. DFMC- Linkages Other Professionals: Dr Raja Reddy (Apollo Hospitals) Communication Specialists Ph. D. Students Project Work Students (Interns) School teachers & professors Volunteers

9. Nalgonda Collaborative Full-pledged office set up in Nalgonda Two fellowships are awarded i.e. 1) Sadguru Prasad and 2) Mr Subhash Kanchukatla are part of the team of FKAN –Under fellowship programme Strengthening civil society engagement – Fluorosis Vimukthi Porata Samithi (FVPS) led by Mr Subhash Kanchukatla Conducting Thematic Studies – Internships- two studies conducted 1) DFMC, Role and Structure by Mr Rahul Rathod from SP University, Gujarat, and 2) Water Scenario in fluoride affected region – a case study of Nalgonda distirct Participation in summer heat wave relief activities in collaboration with Plan India and Mahita agencies Capacity building and awareness training to SHG leaders and project staff on fluorosis mitigation Coordinating with DFMC, UNCEF and NIN for various support activities on fluorosis mitigation

10. Work in other districts Kadapa Distirct : Collaboration with Mines, Minerals and People ( mmP ) – led by Keystone Foundation on issues related to drinking water, water quality issues, rights of indigenous people on water, water pollution with Uranium and other toxic elements and fluorosis mitigation Chittoor District: Member of District Level Steering Committee led by Outreach on water harvesting, watershed development, food, nutrition, and fluorosis mitigation Approached by ‘Foundation for Indigenous Tribes’ (FIT)-NGO Network of Chittoor District to assist them in the issues of access and quality of water of indigenous tribe

11. Dist Collector & FKAN Interface

12. Heat Wave Relief Work

13. Heat Wave Relief Work

14. Mr Subhash Conferred with Best Social Worker Award

15. Go-NGO Consultation

16. Go-NGO Consultation

17. THANKS