AID Troy, NY presents THE $1000 CHALLENGE !
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Troy, NY chapter of Association for India’s Development (AID) presents
THE $1000 CHALLENGE
If we raise $1000 in the next 2 weeks, it will be doubled by a generous donor.
Since its inception in 2003 the Troy, NY chapter of AID has raised and disbursed more than $40,000 for empowering marginalized communities in India by supporting projects in education, agriculture, health and women’s equality. It would not have been possible for us to do this without your support. Please donate today so that we can get your contribution up to $1000 matched.
Pledge your support to Troy, NY chapter of AID, now!
Below are some highlights of the projects we have recently supported.
1. Sustainable organic farming in Sunderbans, W Bengal.
Key Accomplishments:
Promoting sustainable farming through the use of environmentally, culturally, and socially
sound approaches.
10,000 farmers are involved in 2014-15
1000 + acres transformed
75000 Kg of chemicals eliminated in 2013
Movement towards gender equity and enhanced visibility and legitimization of women’s participation in the community.
Resurgence of indigenous farming knowledge and community empowerment.
Creation of a medium for community organizing and potential for resisting exploitation and subjugation.
2. Lok Shakthi Manch (LSM): a people’s rights movement addressing entitlement gaps caused by urban displacement in New Delhi.
Key Accomplishments:
The Manch has taken an admirable lead in protesting the disastrous cash for rations scheme being forcefully imposed by the government on the economically weaker sections in the city.
The Manch has come of age in being able to grasp the logic of how to avail of entitlements of water, electricity, education, and so on.
The women of the Manch have been energized enough to begin working in areas other than Bhalaswa, so much so that the name has been changed to Lok Shakti Manch.
LSM have completed a survey of the contribution made by people in such settlements to the development of land and housing, which should have significant impact on the assertion of the urban poor to lay claim to the city.
Another remarkable activity is LSM’s tentative exploration of the issue of livelihoods and how people contribute to the economy of the city. In the coming year it is hoped that they will be able to find the time and energy link up with other groups in Delhi and other towns so as to be able to forge a larger united alliance on an alternative paradigm of development itself.
For more information please visit: http://www.lokshaktimanch.org
3. Community Empowerment, Ecology and Conservation in the Gori Valley, Uttharakhand
Key Accomplishments:
Improvements in Energy Utilization via use of efficient Smokeless Chulha's (fuel wood stoves) and adoption of novel Solar drying methods to increase shelf-life of fruits and vegetables.
Tracking of Hydro power projects and their implementation to create awareness among communities of ecological risks as well as to address displacements to accommodate the infrastructure placements that accompanies such projects.
Adoption of sustainable agricultural methods such as vermicomposting, adoption of poly-houses, crop intensification practices.
Nature conservation and nature based livelihoods such as bird watching, stargazing, butterfly conservation, yak breeding.
Information dissemination of awareness worthy issues affecting mountainous communities
For more information please visit http://www.himalprakriti.org
Pledge your support to Troy, NY chapter of AID, now!