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Flood Relief Campaign
VOSARD team members on 05/09/2018 visited the flood- hit area in Idukki District where landslides had demolished the topography of agriculture land and found the areas deposited with large quantities of plastic wastes. A cleaning campaign was initiated and removed plastic wastes weighing nearly a tone, from marginal land holdings. The teams intends to make similar efforts in the remaining areas as well, in coming weeks.
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Child & Youth Development
In a country like India with its multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious population, the problems of socially marginalized and economically disadvantaged groups are immense. Within such groups the most vulnerable section is always the children. Children of our target communities are facing direct and indirect problems. That is why our goal is to create a safe and child friendly environment for children in the target area.
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Agriculture & Food Security
Another aim of VOSARD is to improve the rural people's quality of life through sustainable management of the natural resources and addressing the negative effects of environmental degradation. A major component is enabling them to conserve soil & water and facilitating them to mobilize local resources.Trainings on organic farming are conducted. The construction of biogas plants and Vermi compost units are carried out in the operational area.
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Rural Water Supply
The construction of rain water harvesting systems in the remote and hilly areas is part of our Watershed project as well as the Jalanidhi project. In order to have sufficient drinking water during the summer months, rainwater is collected in tanks during the rainy season. Previously the farmers had to rely on water from tankers which was expensive and the quality of that water could not be ensured. Besides the construction of rainwater storage tanks, bore and open wells are also implemented.
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