LIFE-Rajasthan

LIFE web page milestone: crossed 30000 ( THIRTY THOUSAND) viewers for www.liferajasthan.blogspot.com

“LIFE PROJECT WEB PAGE IS THE INDIA’S 1ST WEB PAGE FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT”

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Now the daily online development news paper from 1^st Oct 2012

LIFE project team is glad to share that the web page of LIFE (www.liferajasthan.blogspot.com) has crossed the mark of 30000 (THIRTY THOUSAND) viewers in 19 month span.  LIFE project has moved with its pace and has achieved 85.6% ( Source: based on the application of monitoring tools in July 2012) of total set results in 30 months of its implementation and each and every step of this success on daily basis have been uploaded on the web-page. In last 19 months LIFE project web page has following unique achievements:

What is the USP of LIFE web page?

Its almost daily updation

What makes possible to have daily updation?

It’s a strong team network and reach up the community level, daily reporting systems and almost daily interaction with project team at partner level.

Purpose

• Purpose of the web page to establish a transparent system of sharing project happenings and progress results so that a cross learning would take place at the broader scale.

Specialty

• Is being used by the viewers as the daily online development news paper ( reaching to almost 45 countries of the world)
• It’s an outcome of informal Research & Development wing of LIFE & HARIT PRAYAS project.
• Its India’s 1st project based web page to have daily updates and with viewer ship of around 4500-5000 per month
• Fr. Fredrick D’souza has launched the web page on 25th Feb 2011 at SJVS Banswara
• Almost daily updation of the web page on recent development in the LIFE project as well as in development sector.
• Through LIFE project we basically promote the process part of the project as well as the similar actions of other livelihood projects also. In last 19 months we have posted around 300 process based articles on the web-page.
• The web-page is being accessed by agencies/networks like WATERAID, CII, Caritas Asia, & NACDOR for reference and study.  
• Day to Day progress of the project is available on the web page.
• Web page has 65 followers and 1800 + fans on its facebook.
• We raised people concern on the subsidy policy by the government and did an online polling for the same.

Building capacity of others

• Through LIFE project we have organized small-small training programmes/sharing for CI State Officials and CI partners to develop web-pages.

Impact on other projects

• With the initiation of LIFE project web-page now around 13-14 projects of Caritas India has their web-pages and some more are coming and around 10 projects on facebook.
• 30000+ viewers means direct  and immediate reach to 30000+ people!

Viewer ship

• Maximum viewers of the web page by India, US, Russai, Srilanka, Spain, and Bangladesh
• 80 case studies from the LIFE project villages have been posted on the web page
• 30 News paper cuttings related with LIFE project have been posted ( indicating impact of LIFE project on sustainable agriculture, formation of CBOs & impact of Rozgar Dhaba’s, impact of LIFE project)
• Web page has received 54 comments from viewers for its appreciation and betterment.
• Maximum viewers view the web page content on LIFE project, analysis of union budget in respect with LIFE project and its progress report ( every month)

Support

• Initial motivation for coming out with web page from Caritas India Head office and North zone officials and further on support and motivation from Caritas Spain (Ms. Maria Isabel).
• Mr. Patrick (from Caritas India) has supported for linking the web page with Caritas India official website and regular suggestion and guidance for the improvement of the same.
• Mr. Manish & Mr. Chandrapal (Project Coordinator), has supported for the promotion of web page in the amongst community members of the LIFE project in Ajmer.
• All the team project team members of LIFE project has supported for providing the content of the web page on daily basis.
• Krishi Vigyan Kendera (KVK) is providing Technical information for uploading on the web page

Future planning

• Would be taking the shape of an online classroom for the practitioners in development sector; providing ample material on livelihood aspects for a rural and tribal context.

• Would also be sharing the working, feasible and non-working and non-feasible models of livelihood

• E-LHP (e learning of LIFE and HARIT PRAYAS ) course would be linked with the web page

• Coming out with the concept of world’s first Development channel “D channel” and link with the web page

• Promoting the web page as the online news paper for development sector

With the support and highly active team of LIFE project we are hoping to have crossing 7500000 viewer ship in next 6 months. Also now the updation of the website has been managed by the entire LIFE team rather than just one person and for its updation and freshness in the content team works even after office hours.

I thanks to all the team members, viewers and people related with LIFE project for this 30000 (thirty thousand) success.

                                                                       

To be the development volunteer for the LIFE project and being the development friend of LIFE project log on to www.liferajasthan.blogspot.com or www.caritasindia.org (blog) or follow us on facebook (LIFE Caritas)

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