Help women secure water and food in India

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Summary

Tanks to collect and store safe, clean water will be built. Women will learn organic farming to grow drought tolerant plants. This will improve the nutrition and the income of the women.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Drought is a chronic problem in Rajasthan, leading to health issues, poor sanitation, poverty and other socio-economic problems. Lack of water has a major impact. Women walk for hours each day to find water. Girls can't go to school because it is their role to fetch water. Water harvesting and cultivating drought tolerant fruit trees improves nutrition, income, and awareness of the environment. GRAVIS works with women to create water and food security and address local socio-economic conditions.

Activities

People will be trained on rainwater harvesting, seed banks, organic farming, horticulture and bio-fertilizers. Community Based Organizations will be formed to help members be aware of and access various savings & income generating options.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $0
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $19,800
Total Funding Goal: $19,800

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

Communities will have increased food & water. Training provided & activities undertaken will enable the people to save more water, increase crop yield & create extra income sources. Women will be economically independent & girls will be at school.

Project Message

The primary approach of GRAVIS is to run projects that work directly on social rehabilitation and not just monetary assistance thus promoting self-reliance in village communities.
- Shree Shashi Tyagi, Secretary, GRAVIS (Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti)

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Yael Falicov,
Director of Programs
IDEX
827 Valencia Street, #101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:

Project Sponsor

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Organization

Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (Gravis)
3/458 Milkman Colony
Pal Road
Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342001
India
91-291-2741317
http://www.gravis.org.in/

Learn more about Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (Gravis) and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 11, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 07, 2008.

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