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INDIA - $5,000
Economic Promotion Providing Food Security
Project Coordinator: Mrs. R. Vijaylakshimi

Thirty Dalit women from three self-help groups are participating in this one-year project. They all have small pieces of land. The land is un-utilized and overgrown. The women will clear and cultivate the land to grow vegetables. A female calf will also be provided to each of the women. The women will be trained on water harvesting, land reclamation, intercrop cultivation and animal-rearing. They will also learn to use compost and plant matter waste to produce compost.

 

 

 

GROSS INCOME PER YEAR: $1,250

ANNUAL EXPENSES: $65

LOAN PAYMENT to WORD: $160

NET INCOME PER YEAR: $1,125; PER MONTH: $95

From Dr. R. Kannan’s site visit report, “WORD has good rapport with the women beneficiaries. It has 2 full-time staff and is working in 20 villages. There is a good potential for calf-rearing and watermelon cultivation.”

Project completed: June 30, 2008