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1.
sponsor a child's education: Rs.500/month
Our school runs
on no profit no loss basis.
Many of the rural
children cannot afford a formal education, therefore
we award scholarships starting right from kindergarten.
Most of our students come from underprivileged
families of farmers or
laborers, and therefore we have develop a programme
of Child Support by which our Friends can "gift a life and
a future" to these children.
With a monthly donation
of Rs. 500 you can help a child through school and support
him or her with basic necessities such as medical checkups
and care. Children are also regularly given fresh cow
milk and tiffin at recess.
To
see more about our school, please click
here...
2.
sponsor a clean water well: Rs. 5000
Lack of clean drinking
water is probably the single major cause of health problems
such as gastro-enteric diseases, skin diseases and infections.
It
also contributes, through intestinal infection especially in children,
to denutrition, anemia, weakening of the immune system and even
life-threatening conditions.
With your donation,
you can finance the boring of a deep well
that can serve a village, a temple or a community,
dramatically raising the level of life quality for the
people.
The
new abundance of clean water can also be used for bathing and cleaning
the kitchen utensils, and supplying cattle with safe drinking water.
3.
sponsor a voluntary field worker: Rs. 1000/month
Keeping direct contact
with villagers is very important to understand their
needs and problems and to offer them timely help.
Most
villages are rather isolated and lacking in infrastructures,
including transportation, so we are doing the travelling,
bringing our expertise and assistance to their doorstep.
With your donation,
you can support a voluntary field worker mobility
enabling him to be where he is needed most.
4.
support organic agriculture
Our Research &
Development department has been studying organic agriculture
and permaculture for many years, working at creating
sustainable and self-empowering solutions specifically
for Indian rural environment and economy. An important part
of our work is the cottage-level natural food processing
industry, valorising the local varieties of agricultural
and horticultural products.
For
more information about our organic agriculture programmes, please
click
here....
5.
support vocational training
A sustainable village
economy is based on self-sufficient agriculture and
horticulture as well as handicrafts. Useful and beautiful
objects constitute an important source of prosperity
besides being a means of creative cultural expression.
Helping unemployed youths to develop their skills and
to market their creations in the larger Fair Trade circuit,
we connect the rural villages of India with a world
that cares.
For
more information about our handicrafts training development programmes,
please
click here....
If
you are in a position to help us widen our network of Fair Trade
cooperation, please contact us. We are always looking for good people
to partner with.
6.
support micro credit and women empowerment
Developing self-confidence
and a sense of dignity, trust and cooperation, is the
key to the genuine progress of the rural population.
Women are an immense potential for the prosperity and
progress of family and society, and with a little help
they can go a long way in transforming their own destiny
and the life of their near and dear for the better.
By contributing
to our charitable fund for micro-credit you will directly
participate to a powerful revolution for a development
that starts at grass root level with a sense of responsibility
and pride.
Thanks
to our global approach, we are able to support the beneficiaries
not only with financial backing, but also with know-how on sustainable
production, innovative ideas, market networking, and other important
information and assistance for their development.
7.
support seminars on sustainable development
Creating awareness
and offering information is the first step to help
people to understand a fast changing world and make
the better of it, for a higher quality of life that
does not endanger culture, tradition, and environment.
We organise seminars,
invite expert resource persons, and stimulate discussion
on the issues and problems that concern people in their
particular situation and area.
Seminars
are held in cities as well as in rural and tribal areas, in order
to reach all groups of people.
8.
support publications
The
educated urban class in India is very often disconnected from the
problems of the rural people and also from the natural solutions
to a better quality of life.
Our
publications department produces printed books, consultation material
and leaflets to raise the awareness of the middle class people and
to encourage the underprivileged classes to develop an interest
for reading.
We
are now developing a multimedia section for the production of e-books
and CDs for the international community.
9.
support health care
A little prevention
can go a very long way in protecting the health of people,
from before birth to ripe old age.
The
great majority of diseases and health problems of the rural people
in India could easily be prevented or solved in the early stages,
with minimum expenditure and effort.
Sanitary
and nutritional information, early medical checkups, and supply
of safe medicines is one of the greatest needs we are working to
face.
We
are also developing a programme of Mobile Dispensary Care to reach
the isolated areas and villages.
10.
support free food distribution
The distribution
of good quality vegetarian food is not only a demonstration
of the vast possibilities of the vegetarian way of life.
It also becomes a social assistance service and an inspiration
in social cooperation and brotherhood.
Special programmes
with distribution of vegetarian food are held on the
occasion of popular festivals and celebrations.
11.
support support youth programmes
The energy, the
sincerity and the desire for progress are the most important
contribution of young people to society.
By encouraging
the positive channeling of such resources we create
inner satisfaction that protects our youngsters from
the dangerous attraction to an artificial life style
and the endless race for empty gratification.
12.
support flood relief
Situated in the
cyclone belt, Orissa is particularly
exposed to the force of elements, especially with the
growing problem of global warming and climate changes.
Our approach to the problem goes beyond the usual emergency welfare
that binds people to depend on irregular and aleatoric aid coming
"from the outside". We start working well before any emergency
materialises, for the systematic building of a proper awareness,
self-empowerment, self-sufficiency and social solidarity in
the face of disasters.
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