Human Rights for India's Dalit Community

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Human Rights for India's Dalit Community

	Summary Empowering Dalit communities through strengthening livestock as a livelihood base. Fighting discrimination through building the skills and knowledge base of Dalit communities. How Donors Like You Helped Thanks to donors like you, a total of $300 was raised for this project.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

1)Dalit communities have been denied access to technical & vocational skills, resources & knowledge pertaining to their role in livestock production.2)Dalit communities are exposed to numerous zoonotic diseases such as Anthrax , in their work of carcass disposal, which are a major threat to their lives. There is great need to document this info. in-depth & provide necessary support to Dalit comunities. Beneficiaries include Dalit men & women from 3 districts of Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra.

Activities

Training and capacity building, developing a database of zoonotic diseases the Dalit are exposed to advocacy with government

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $300

Funding Policy: partial

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $300as of Jun 09 2004. The original project funding goal was $33,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To document the relationship of Dalit comm. & livestock rearing; Identify constraints experienced by them vis-a-vis livestock production in the wider context of discrimination/access to natural resources; Develop strategies to address these problems

Project Message

I am determined to focus my work on the Dalit community to expose the seriousness of the situation and find meaningful strategies/practical solutions that address the human right concerns.
- Dr Sagari R Ramdas, Director