Projects in Asia
Organization |
Project |
Description |
| REPORTS FROM PARTNERS | ||
| TEAM FOR WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT | NURSERY, INTERCROPS AND BIO-PRODUCTS India ($4,625) |
Twenty women, five from each of four self-help groups in Pudukottai District, Tamil Nadu are participating in this three-year project...for this project the women will be trained in inter-crops , vermi-compost and processing neem oil. [full text] 6-30-2012 |
| PULIYUR PANCHAYAT MEMBATU SANGAM | Organic Farming and Livestock India $4,450 |
2010 is the second year of the project, in which it will be expanded to three new villages; Ponnakudipatti, Vadakkutheru, and Nallathangalalpatti. [full text] 12-31-2011 |
| RURAL PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY | Dove-Rearing, Honey-Making, and Flower Cultivation India ($4,475) |
Twenty-five tribal women in the Arunoothu hill area of Ayothiapattinam Block, Salem District, Tamil Nadu started this three-year project. 2010 is the second year of the project. [full text] 12-31-2011 |
| BHASAM TRUST | ORGANIC GARDENING India ($4,000) |
25 women from Salem District, Tamil Nadu are participating in this three-year project. The women will lease ½ acre of land. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| SOCIETY FOR PEOPLES RESEARCH, ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE | MULTIPLE INCOME-GENERATING PROJECTS India ($4,000) |
Forty rural widows (in the first year) from Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh will participate in this three-year expansion of an existing project. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND NATURE DEVELOPMENT TRUST | Integrated agriculture and goat-rearing India - $4,625 |
Five women from each of five self-help groups in Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu are beneficiaries of this project. They will be trained in inter-crops... [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| GLOBAL PEACE TRUST | Onion and gourd production India - $4,075 |
Twenty women, who are members of a farmers self-help group, will be trained for two days on inter-crops, organic farming, land preparation, and soil and water management... [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| SOCIETY FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | Goat and duck-rearing India - $5,175 |
The 50 women are Dalit and mostly from women-headed families. They will engage in capacity training on issues of social and economic empowerment, gender discrimination... [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| ALAYAM FOUNDATION | Various income-generating projects India - $4,925 |
AF, operating in Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, has been organizing self-help groups, conducting evening tuition centers and providing awareness to the community members. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION | Various income-generating projects India - $4,750 |
25 women will engage in one of four projects; goat/sheep rearing (10 women), poultry (5), ghee preparation and sales (4), and vegetable sales (6). [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| MERCY TRUST | Various income-generating projects India - $4,950 |
Five women each will be engaged in palm leaf baskets, mat weaving, sheep rearing, tiffin and snack stalls, or pickle and appalam preparation... [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| MANUSHI WOMEN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | Organic rice and black gram cultivation Iindia - $5,000 |
25 woman-headed families will engage in organic rice cultivation to increase rice production and increase soil fertility. The women will be trained in organic farm inputs such as herbal pesticides... [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| MITHRA FOUNDATION | 3 Income-generating projects India - $4,500 |
Of the 27 women (all HIV-positive) engaged in the project, 14 will engage in candle-making, 8 in cards, and 5 in clothing. Loans will be given... [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| EVEREST TRUST | Block-making, fish-rearing and selling India - $5,475 |
Ten women from Pudukottai District, Tamil Nadu will make hollow concrete blocks and ten women will rear fish. This decision was based on local need and availability of materials. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| MARUTHAM TRUST | Organic floriculture India - $4,475 |
The twenty beneficiaries of this project are growing roses, as did the former project. These new members have visited the lands of the former beneficiaries and have discussed their experience. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| ORGANIZATION FOR ACCELERATED SERVICES TO IMPOVERISHED IN SOCIETY | Four income-generating projects India $4,900 |
OASIS is working with women in the slums of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. They have identified twenty young widows and women-headed families in seven slums. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| COMMUNITY ORGANISATION FOR RURAL EMPLOYMENTS | 5 Income-generating projects India $4,700 |
The thirty beneficiaries were workers in local brick production units which have closed due to shortage of local suitable clay soil. The women will be trained... [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| SOCIETY FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT | Dairy India - $5,000 |
Twenty-five women from five self-help groups in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh ... do not have year round employment and must currently migrate to agricultural sites for wages, leaving their children at home. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| NEHRU MAHALIR MANDRAM | Various Income-Generating Projects India - $5,125 |
This project will benefit thirty of “the poorest women of minority religions (Christian and Muslim) in five self-help groups in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| RURAL WOMAN'S DEVELOPMENT TRUST | Goat-Rearing and Cane Chair-Making India - $5,125 |
This is a new project for a past RSWR partner. It will support 32 women from eight self-help groups in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT TRUST | Horticultural Activities and Cow-Rearing India - $4,875 |
This is a new project for a past RSWR partner. This project will support 16 widows or deserted women in five villages in Tiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| TRUST OF LIFE DEDICATE | Herbal Coconut Oil, Beekeeping, Fruit Jam India - $5,150 |
Thirty women from the handloom weaving community in Theni District, Tamil Nadu, will take part in the above projects which the women themselves identified. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| WOMEN'S ACTION FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS | Calves, Azolla, Vermi-compost, Kitchen Gardens and Buying and Selling Cereals India - $5,125 |
30 Dalit women, 25 farmers and 5 landless women from Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, will be involved in this project. The farmers will use organic ... [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST | VEGETABLE CULTIVATION AND VENDING India ($4,000) |
30-60 women from 30 self-help groups in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu are participating in this two-year project. [full text] 6-30-2011 |
| ANNAI MARY FOUNDATION | INTEGRATED FARMING AND ORGANIC FOOD PROCESSING India ($5,500) |
New self-help groups will be formed in the target villages with 15-25 women in each group. [full text] 12-31-2010 |
| SERVICE HOME FOR ACCELERATION OF RURAL ECONOMY | VARIOUS INCOME-GENERATING PROJECTS India ($4,400) |
Twenty-one women from eight villages in Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu are participating in this one-year project. SHARE participated in the RSWR-sponsored orientation workshop in May and the proposal-writing workshop in September. [full text] 12-31-2010 |
| VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION | FOUR INCOME-GENERATING PROJECTS India ($4,550) |
Twenty-four women from nine villages in the Kodaikanal Hills of Tamil Nadu are participating in this one-year project. [full text] 12-31-2010 |
| MUTHAMIL PENGAL GRAMA NALA SANGAM | COCONUT MAT WEAVING India ($4,600) |
Twenty-five Dalit women from Nagapattinam District (severely affected by the 2004 tsunami) are participating in this one-year project. [full text] 12-21-2010 |
| MADURAI TRUST FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | PRODUCTION OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE, VERMI-COMPOST AND GENERAL COMPOST India ($4,700) |
The last project was very successful and MTCD decided to extend it to more ex-scavenging Dalit people in self-help group members formed in adjacent villages. [full text] 12-31-2010 |
| NEW ERA TRUST | THREE INCOME-GENERATING PROJECTS India ($4,350) |
The beneficiaries are landless or small farming women, mostly in women-headed households. [full text] 12-31-2010 |
| STUDENTS ORGANIZATION FOR NATURAL SERVICE | SILKWORM REARING India ($5,000) |
Sixty Dalit women from five remote hamlets are participating in this one-year project. [full text] 12-31-2010 |
| SEMINARY OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT TRUST | VARIOUS INCOME-GENERATING PROJECTS India ($4,475) |
This project is for women who formerly worked either in local tanneries or made their living by hand weaving. The tanneries are closed and...[full text] 12-31-2010 |
| SNEKITHI | INTEGRATED AGRICULTURE India ($4,300) |
The beneficiaries own small portions of land and mostly are heads of household as their husbands are not offering support for a variety of reasons [full text] 12-31-2010 |