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Organize poor rural women into self-help groups that provide small loans and training on sustainable agriculture and conservation, improving the natural environment and creating stable food sources. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Area is arid and suffers from acute water shortage leading to crop failures. Small and marginal farmers depend on monsoon, which is erratic and unpredictable. There is lack of crop diversification and due to lack of resources; farmers leave their land fallow. Labor-intensive farming and excessive reliance on high yield seeds and fertilizers leads to soil degradation and increase in farming cost. Women are disproportionately burdened as they manage most work within and outside the home.

Activities

Train rural women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in basic accounting and management skills Renovate wells Train on organic farming Help families purchase improved breeds of cow Provide veterinary care in rural areas Organize health camps for rural women

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $5,698
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $12,302
Total Funding Goal: $18,000

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

Ensure food security through sustainable resource management programs that take a community-based approach to creating tangible and positive changes in the natural environment, as well as in the lives of the poor.

Project Message

Sahyog Sansthan’s community based approach to improving the environment while at the same time empowering women has helped bring tangible and long-lasting changes in many communities.
- Heera Lal Sharma, Secretary, Sayahog Sansthan

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Katherine Zavala,
Programs Coordinator, IDEX
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:

Project Sponsor

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Organization

Sahayog Sansthan
54-A, Old Fatehpura
Near Mangal Shree Garden, Bedla Road
Udaipur, Rajasthan 313 004
India
(0294) 2451802

Learn more about Sahayog Sansthan and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Climate Change (GG Green).

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 September 04, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 22, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

September 2008 Update - Renovating Wells

By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, September 04, 2008 06:40 PM

Over the past year, Sahyog has successfully renovated a total of 33 old wells. The wells are now in full operations and 122 families in 13 villages have access to safe drinking water.

The work involved in renovating wells required construction of parapet walls and lining the irrigation channels.

The wells are the major source of drinking water but they also provide water for irrigation and are critical to the success of crops. The annual monsoon rains replenish the wells, in time to provide water for irrigating the spring harvest.

Thanks to the renovation of wells, farmers will have access to water for irrigating their crops and their family and community members will have access to drinking water.

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