in partnership with

Project MADHU EXTENSION strengthening & expanding an existing Tribal women’s beekeeping network

Extending the capacity of an existing network of 350 women beekeepers in 15 villages while simultaneously replicating these activities as an economically viable, environmentally-sound and self-sustaining industry in the Chandaka Forest of Odisha, India.

This project addresses the severe lack or limited access to critical resources such as education, employment, land, electricity, roads & the banking system which excludes women and their families from sustainable income-generation activities & decision-making roles within their community. Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) are collectively trained to manage, produce & sell their honey in local markets & honey fairs. Young men are trained to produce honey boxes. The Network aims to qualify for a Fair Trade qualification. Beekeeping contributes to environmental sustainability. The original Project Madhu was funded for £60k by the UK Government’s DfID over the years 2014-2015. This project allows for continuing expansion and replicability across Odisha.

Project Description

Quick Project Facts Rural Women

Delivering partner: Jeevan Rekha Parishad (www.jrpsai.org) Location: 15 villages in Odisha, Eastern India Target group: 350 women beekeeper as honey producers, 54 male farmers to collect wild bees/honey, 15 male youths to produce bee boxes - all benefit from new skills & income-generation Total beneficiaries: 419 + their family members = approx. 2,500 villagers

Average cost per beneficiary: £12.00

UN information for rural women & the Millennium Goals indicates that: Women are less likely to work for wages than rural men Poverty & inequality are barriers to women’s education Improving women’s access to infrastructure & productive resources is

central to addressing poverty & hunger

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£30 can buy a beehive for one woman

£100 can buy a protective suit & a beehive

for one woman & two training sessions for

her Self-Help Group

in partnership with

Project SNAPS providing Tribal women & girls with access to sanitary napkins

Empowering women & girls through awareness & training to promote menstrual hygiene & to provide access to sanitary napkins (SNAPS) is of utmost importance to break the culture of silence & to be

able to discuss the concerns of women & adolescent girls related to reproductive & sexual health.

This project addresses the need of Tribal women & adolescent girls living in remote villages to have access to hygienic, cost-effective, eco-disposable SNAPS. Women villagers formed into Self-Help Groups (SHGs) will produce the SNAPS & generate income from their sale to health workers & schools. With access to SNAPS, girls are helped to remain in school – avoiding the typical 20% dropout rate of girls at puberty. The project also addresses issues of reproductive health & hygiene. This project is also replicable in multiple clusters of villages across Odisha.

Project Description

Quick Project Facts Menstruation in India

Delivering Partner: Jeevan Rekha Parishad (www.jrpsai.org)

Location: Odisha, Eastern India

Funding partner: Monsoon Trust

Target group: 10 SHG women to produce SNAPS, 25 SHG women to market/sell SNAPS, 5000 women/adolescent girls (200 from each of 25 villages) to receive reproductive health education/access to SNAPS; 500 school-going adolescent girls from 5 high schools to receive reproductive health education/access to SNAPS

Total beneficiaries: 5,535

The issues of menstrual untouchability and religious taboos in rural areas are strong Poor menstrual hygiene not only causes 70% of all female reproductive diseases in India, but can lead to maternal mortality, a lower school attendance for girls & fewer women in the workforce 200 million women villagers aged 12-47 are estimated to be precluded from freely engaging in & contributing to community life during their periods because they lack access to suitable sanitary protection. Village girls & women miss up to 50 days of school or work per year & India as a whole loses close to $7 billion in productivity.

For more info call 0208 973 3773 or email lucy@jeevika.org.uk.

More about all of our projects can be found at www.jeevika.org.uk

£20 can keep a girl in school for one year

£50 can pay for a training day for 25 women in

an SHG to produce & market SNAPS

in partnership with

Project PANI building the capacity of Tribal villagers to provide safe water & sanitation facilities

Building the capacity of Tribal villagers to provide better access to safe water & sanitation facilities in the Chandaka Forest Area of Odisha so that they may better understand issues related to health & hygiene & environmental sustainability.

This project enables Tribal women & men living in remote villages to gain the skills necessary for construction of rainwater conservation & ground recharge systems that ensure sustainable sources of safe water for household & bio-toilet purposes. Village schools are provided with similar facilities. Women are trained to produce organic vegetables, compost & pesticides to boost household nutrition. Awareness is raised across the target community as to their legal rights & entitlements. This project is replicable in multiple clusters of villages across Odisha.

Project Description

Quick Project Facts Water & Sanitation in India

Delivering partner: Jeevan Rekha Parishad (JRP), www.jrpsai.org Location: Odisha, Eastern India Target group: 100 families constructing household bio-toilets, cleaning ponds & wells, repairing hand-pumps; 100 women formed into Self-Help Groups producing organic vegetables, compost & pesticide; 120 school children with access to safe water, bio-toilets and ECO Clubs which raise environmental understanding; and 500+ villagers better understanding their legal rights. Total beneficiaries: 620

400 million people in India are classified as poor by the World Bank. Over 770 million people don't have access to sanitation Only three in ten people have access to a bathroom in rural areas 76 million people do not have access to safe water 140,000 children under five die from diarrhoeal diseases every year due to lack of safe water & sanitation facilities

For more info call 0208 973 3773 or email

lucy@jeevika.org.uk. More about all of our

projects can be found at www.jeevika.org.uk

£40 can repair a defective hand pump

£200 can pay for a bio-toilet

in partnership with Women’s Organisation for Rural Development

Project SEED Empowering Dalit women to break the cycle of poverty

Empowering Dalit women farmers to cultivate particularly nutritious almost-extinct varieties of millet using drip irrigation, organic fertilisers & pesticides - while promoting organic seed use within the wider community - increases income & quality of life while reducing poverty.

This project enables Dalit women living Below the Poverty Line (£1.35 a day) to generate an income and be free from discrimination & domestic violence. With the use of drip-irrigation, organic fertilisers & pesticides, women cultivate & sell millet as well as vegetable seedlings. A Seed Wealth Centre collects & exchanges organic seeds for use in the wider community. A Watch Dog Committee addresses issues of domestic violence. Children attend After-School Learning. This project is replicable in multiple clusters of villagers across Tamil Nadu.

Project Description

Quick Project Facts Poverty & Agriculture in India

Delivering partner: Women’s Organisation for Rural Development (WORD) (www.mywordindia.org) Location: N-W Tamil Nadu, India Funding partner: innocent foundation Target group: 50 women farmers to cultivate Millet & 50 women to produce fertilisers, pesticides & collect/exchange organic seeds; 500 farmers as members of the Seed Wealth Centre; 150 school children in After-School Learning; and 500+ villagers aware of their legal rights & entitlements. Total beneficiaries: 1,250

India is home to 1/3 of the world’s poor Approximately 270 million people live below the poverty line in rural India alone. Over 50% of employment in India is farm-related Although the majority of the female workforce in India is engaged in agriculture, most women don’t have land rights. Over 300,000 farmers are thought to have committed suicide in India in the last 10 years.

For more info call 0208 973 3773 or email

lucy@jeevika.org.uk. More about all of our

projects can be found at www.jeevika.org.uk

£40 can pay for 1 month’s English tutoring for Dalit boys & girls in the After-School Learning programme. £100 can pay for a workshop on millet cultivation & on cooking nutritional & tasty foods with millet for 75 women.

in partnership with Mithra Foundation

Building the capacity of village families living with HIV/AIDS to become self-sufficient enables them to support their own health & socio-economic needs and make a contribution to the wider community.

This project addresses the need of village families living with HIV/AIDS to maintain their health & socio-economic status while faced with poor health & challenges which limit employment. Education & training related to nutrition & economic opportunities such as kitchen gardens, craft activities or goat-rearing enables women & men to generate income which supports their household income & health needs. The project also addresses HIV/AIDS education in the wider community. This project is also replicable in multiple remote village clusters in Tamil Nadu.

Project Description

Quick Project Facts HIV/AIDS in India

Delivering partner: Mithra Foundation (MF) www.mithrafdn.com Location: Tamil Nadu, South-eastern India Target group: 100 families in Self-Help Groups to cultivate organic kitchen gardens to improve nutrition or engage in craft or goat-rearing activities to generate income. MF to provide counselling, yoga, cooking skills as well as record & collect health-related data; up to 2000 other villagers to gain better understanding of HIV/AIDS issues. Total beneficiaries: 2,000+

India has the third largest number of people living with HIV in the world Poor understanding of reproductive health has led to stigmatisation of people living with HIV/AIDS and bars their access to employment and their children to schools, etc. 1.4 to 1.6 million people infected with HIV/AIDS currently reside in India. While the HIV population has declined by approx. 50% over the last decade, Trichy in Tamil Nadu is a hotbed of main highways &truck drivers & prostitution which contribute to high levels of HIV in the area.

For more info call 0208 973 3773 or email

lucy@jeevika.org.uk. More about all of our

projects can be found at www.jeevika.org.uk

Project MITHRA providing village families living with HIV/AIDS with counselling, nutrition,

household income & community support

£25 can buy a she-goat to provide milk to supplement family nutrition & kids which can be sold to generate income.