Reduce Poverty for Indigenous Rat Catchers
Help reduce poverty in India
Summary
3 million indigenous rat-catching tribals in India suffer from poverty through use of an inefficient and hazardous traditional rat-catching method. New technology/plan is safer and more profitable.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
3 million poor “Irula” indigenous tribal people of untouchable status in India get income by catching rats in agriculture fields. They are severely affected by heart, skin and respiratory problems from using the traditional method of catching rats. They are in poverty due to poor work efficiency. They do not send their children to schools. Our new device removes health hazards completely and will quadruple their income. Our integrated self-help plan will empower them.
Activities
Providing new rat-catching devices to tribal families; conducting occupational health checkups; educating their children; promoting self-help development groups/savings and micro-credit activity for tribal women/beneficiaries; integrated development
Funding Information
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
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
There will be complete socioeconomic change in the lives of millions of indigenous rat catching tribals living in interior locations of India. Their unequal and untouchable social status will be considerably changed. They will be empowered.
Project Message
“As a man living with severe respiratory problems due to mouth-blowing for rat catching, I found the new device a God-sent property. I wish this device to be given to more people of our community.”
- Subramanian, informal leader of a tribal sect
Who is Running This Project
Contact
S. Karthick
Project Coordinator
New No.12 Old No.10A, 65th Street
12th Avenue, Ashok nagar
Chennai, Tamilnadu 600083
India
091-044-24700247
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Centre for Development of Disadvantaged people
New No.12, Old No.10A, 65th Street 12th Avenue, Ashok nagar
Chennai,
Tamilnadu
600083
India
091-044-24700247
Where this Project is Located
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India
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Technology.
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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 17, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
Impressions on Visiting the Ratcatchers' Project
By Prithi Trivedi - GlobalGiving Ambassador, August 28, 2007 05:05 PM
After being driven an hour outside of the bustling metropolis of Chennai, I first encountered what many call “true India.” Since the majority of India’s enormous population resides not in the city but in the countryside, I was thrilled to finally experience the real heart and soul of the country. As we arrived at the rural site of GlobalGiving’s ratcatcher’s project, the first thing that caught my eye was a huge sign that read “CDDP—Thanks to GlobalGiving.” The Center for the Development of Disadvantaged Peoples was able to fund its production and distribution of healthier and more effective ratcatching machines solely due to GlobalGiving donations.
I toured the area where the wives of the ratcatchers actually made the machines themselves, providing them with a source of income and uplift, and was struck by the productivity of the tribal women. They showed me the process of making the machines, and explained that the necessary funds came from GlobalGiving donations. It was amazing to see the effect of the donations on the ground—how far just a dollar went to the ratcatchers and their families.
Next, I visited a nearby village of tribal ratcatchers, who proudly showed me how to use the new machines, and explained to me how much more effective they were. The villagers were so happy about the machines that they were even trying to spread the word about the new machines to other neighboring villages. The new machines were truly changing the lives of these villagers, allowing them a more secure and safe source of income. My visit to the ratcatcher project was really eye-opening, since for the first time I was able to see just how far GlobalGiving dollars go!
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