Increasing Income for Landless Farmers in India

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Summary

To improve the quality of life for 5,100 people in 40 rural villages in Bihar, India, through self-help groups to increase income, manage their savings, and improve their health and education. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

More than 70% of the 100 million people in Bihar live in poverty. Most belong to socially marginalized castes. Women are especially disadvantaged. Only 11% of women are literate. Many girls marry before they are 18. Women suffer from lack of maternal health care, unwanted pregnancies, and closely spaced births. They lack vital health knowledge and have a limited role in decision-making. More than half of the farmers are landless and work on other people's farms.

Activities

Activities include providing high-quality community-based reproductive healthcare services, agricultural training and training in women's leadership and organization.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $929
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $11,071
Total Funding Goal: $12,000

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

The program strives to help people gain food security through technologies that rely less on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Also will improve the status of women, address sexually transmitted diseases and improve water and sanitation.

Project Message

We support GPSVS because of their philosophy [of] "Swarajya," self-reliant local governance based on justice and equity. GPSVS is a high performance, low profile agency in this marginalized area.
- Gopal K. Nakarmi, World Neighbors Program Coordinator

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Gopal K. Nakarmi,
World Neighbors Program Coordinator
P.O. Box 916
Kathmandu, Nepal, South Asia
Nepal
011977-1-546688
Email:

Project Sponsor

World Neighbors

Organization

Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas Sangh-GPSVS
Jagatpur via Ghoghardiha
Madhubani, Pin 847 402
Bihar, India Pin 847402
India
+91-6273-288347
http://www.gpsvs.org

Learn more about Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas Sangh-GPSVS and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

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

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 June 04, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 01, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

Jamila Khatun

By Linda Jo Stern, MPH - Associate VP, Community & Reproductive Health, June 04, 2007 05:04 PM


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