September 2023
EVENTS
Fostering Water Resilience in Bundelkhand Region through Community Led Solutions
DA Hosted a one day workshop at TARAgram Orchha on Water resilience in Bundelkhand Region. An MoU was signed with Bundelkhand University. The workshop initiated crucial step towards combatting severe water scarcity and resource management challenges due to region’s semi-arid climatic conditions.
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Get in touch with: Bharthipudi Saketh
Featured Research at a Seminar by Council for Social Development
Zeenat Niazi, Vice President of Development Alternatives Group, participated in a seminar where her research was featured as ‘a significant stride towards resilient, adaptive, and community-centric resource management, underscoring a commitment to enhancing rural well-being through sustainable practices and local partnerships’.
Read More... #SustainablePracticesGet in touch with: Vaishali Kanojia
WomenConnect Challenge India Webinar
Development Alternatives participated in the WomenConnect Challenge India webinar on ‘Tools for Digital Inclusion Intervention’ to present their innovative tools and platforms designed to ensure digital access for marginalised communities.
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Get in touch with: Muskan Chawla
Maersk Suhana Safar programme ‘Training of Trainers’ (ToT) session at DAHQ
A ‘Training of Trainers’ (ToT) session was held in DAHQ to empower our team members of Maersk ‘Suhana Safar’ programme with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively implement our programme’s objectives.
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Get in touch with: Mohammad Azeem
Open Dialogue webinar on Leadership - From a Movement of Leaders to a Leaderful Movement
Kanika Verma, spoke at a session titled "From a movement of leaders to a leaderful movement: Building communities, acting as communities, and communities as a core leadership skill of the future".
Read More... #LeadershipGet in touch with: Kethosinuo Tepa
Launch of Aarya Manch - A platform for the local e-mobility ecosystem, Mirzapur
The Aarya Manch marked the beginning of a platform wherein women e-rickshaw entrepreneurs and local system stakeholders in Mirzapur district come together to engage actively in dialogues about the emerging challenges, barriers, needs, opportunities, and enablers in local e-mobility ecosystems and learn from each other.
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Get in touch with: Ashuva Shuziini
Placement Drive for Skills to Livelihood Program Participants
The Prabhat Livelihood Centre in Sonipat recently hosted a placement drive with the primary objective of providing employment prospects to enrolled youth and qualified individuals, with focus on encouraging participation from young women. This initiative seeks to foster economic and social self-reliance among the participants.
Read More... #SustainableLivelihoodsGet in touch with: Divya Yadav
Nurturing Entrepreneurship through Developmental Evaluation: An Innovative Approach
In the two-day developmental evaluation exercise in Mirzapur, the DA team engaged with Work4Progress entrepreneurs, local communities, and field teams to assess entrepreneurial ecosystem needs, opportunities, barriers and enablers.
Read More... #DevelopmentalEvaluationGet in touch with: Neema Thomas
Association with AARDO for strengthening South-South Cooperation
To facilitate the South-South Cooperation, Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA) has been providing an array of technical solutions in the areas of Low Carbon Cement Technology, access to Safe Water, Renewable Energy Systems and Eco-Kiln Technologies. Read More... #SouthSouthCooperation Get in touch with: Bharti Jasrotia
PUBLICATIONS
Toolkit for Facilitating Micro Fly Ash Enterprises
The Toolkit for Facilitating Fly Ash Brick Enterprises is an end-to-end guide developed by Development Alternatives Group with Bihar State Pollution Control Board to support ease of setting up & financing green enterprises in Bihar. A highly customisable tool, it provides business, market and financial knowledge to enable entrepreneurs start a fly ash brick unit or expand an existing one.
Work4Progress e-newsletter Issue 5 - Women and Youth Led Entrepreneurship in Bundelkhand
In this issue of Work4Progress e-newsletter, we present compelling stories of change in Bundelkhand, where women and youth are actively shaping new narratives. These inspiring accounts reflect the shifts in the ecosystem that are beginning to nurture and support the growing entrepreneurial spirit in the region.
ShubhKal Building Resilience for a Brighter Tomorrow
This book is an ode to the indomitable spirit of the people of Bundelkhand. The vignettes in it offer a glimmer of the transformations that are possible. We have developed an array of eco-solutions and systems to address the issues. But, the sheer scale and complexity of the challenge in Bundelkhand demands that the ideas, energies and efforts of all actors are in synergy to realise a shared vision of a resilient future for Bundelkhand. The time for action is now, and if we all come together, ShubhKal – a better tomorrow – will be ours.
PERSPECTIVES
In this blog, Zeenat Niazi reminds us of the profound relevance of Gandhian principles on this World Habitat Day, coinciding with Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. She explores the urgency of addressing resource stress, pollution, and climate change in our settlements. The editorial delves into the spectrum of challenges- from data driven policies-to-practice approach to changing citizen behaviours. Read more...
VIDEO
Safe & Green Mobility through Women-led e-rickshaws | Safe Mobility | Gender Equality
This short film highlights Development Alternatives' initiative of women-led e-mobility which provides safe transportation facilities and enables access to basic facilities for improved women's workforce participation and through that, empower women to unleash their entrepreneurial energies.
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