India PBL 2014-16
Milestones Year 2
India: Milestones Year 2
More participants undertake training
The second Ecovillage Design Education, combined with the Transition Training course, was delivered to 33 community leaders, students and government staff of ICDS projects (Anganwadi workers), and was facilitated by three THREAD resource persons. During the EDE course, practical sessions were conducted in three villages, Dongapaiguda, Birlaput and Semiliguda, where villagers were involved and benefited from the course directly. 54 villagers participated in the six days village programme where demonstration of different kinds of manure, soil enhancement techniques and water conservation were experientially learned.
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Distribution of Seedlings
A further 250 families benefited from the Grow Your Own Food Project with seedlings of banana, papaya, eggplant, drumstick, multi vitamin, tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, mint, turnip, chilli, squash, Punjabi Palak (spinach), nukul, Kerala greens, Poi and seeds of vegetable creeper plants.
Promotions
All the gardens now have the placard ‘Grow Your Own Food’ in place to popularise and replicate the approaches of other villages.
Results
Preliminary harvest data May – October 2015 In Laxmipur, Sradha Samaj, Semiliguda village ‐ Radha Jani sold papayas weighing approximately 17 kilograms, worth Rs.1500 after consumption.
Taking ownership
Indigenous EDE participants conducted poster demonstrations on peak oil with the title ‘No diesel and no petrol after 2020’. This caught the interest of people and media and the Grow Your Own Food Congress gathered 54 tribal and Dalith organisations, strengthening the partnership within and between the federation of women’s organisations.
Connecting with SDGs
The second year activities incorporated a festival of best agroecological practices from the villages where the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were introduced to the tribal women. They were able to associate each one of the Goals to their reality and the SDG event was the first such outreach programme held in the region.
Project Milestones
Milestones Year 1
42 community, NGO and university student leaders took part in Transition Town Training and EDE Training with 77 villagers attended the ecological dimension at Jinjira village. These practical sessions have created a lasting impact on the village.
Milestones Year 2
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were introduced to the tribal women. They were able to associate each one of the Goals to their reality.
Milestones Year 3
250 families engage in the Grow Your Own Food Project, totalling 750 families in all. The average supplementary income was in the range of 6,000 to 9,000 Rupees.
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Milestones Year 1
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Milestones Year 1
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Milestones Year 2
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Milestones Year 2
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Milestones Year 3
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Milestones Year 3
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Milestones Year 4
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