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Recently Approved Projects |
Institutional Capacity Building, Utthan, Gujarat ($10,300; Ausin, San Diego & Houston): Women build livelihood security and participate in local governance.
RTI Campaign, AID India, Bihar ($3850; Anti-Corruption Fund): People to learn how to fight corruption using the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
RTI Campaign, AID India, Delhi ($4100; Anti-Corruption Fund): Marginalized communities learn how to use the Right to Information Act (RTI).
Strengthening Democracy, AID India, Delhi ($6500; Houston and Portland): Awareness for NREGA and RTI through theatre, posters, audio and video material.
Janasahyog Programme, BSFC, Narmada Valley ($36000; Austin, San Diego, College Park, LA, Duke, Portland and Relief Funds): Foodgrain relief to tribal families living in submergence zone of Sardar Sarovar dam.
Sustainable Agriculture, Chetana Vikas, Maharashtra ($10,000; Bay Area, Philadelphia, Berkeley): Farmers develop sustainable models using low external inputs and getting higher yields.
Child Education, Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti, Uttar Pradesh ($5500, Portland): Rural children learn to use computers.
Environmental Conservation, Kalpavriksh, Jammu & Kashmir, ($7500, Columbus & Portland): Children from schools in Ladakh learn about environment.
Non-formal Education, Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra, Bihar ($7850, Portland): 300 children in slums of Patna study and play in 10 non-formal education centers.
Micro-credit program. Nisarga Trust, Andhra Pradesh ($1250, Bay Area): Kondh tribal community co-operatives market members’ agricultural produce.
Community Environmental Monitoring, The Other Media, Tamil Nadu ($5250, Austin, Bay Area): Pollution-affected communities in Cuddalore monitor, document and communicate impacts of pollution on health and environment to strengthen civic action.
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