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Funds were sanctioned for 250 SHGs
by NABARD Lucknow for Jhansi district (Badagaon and Babina
Blocks).
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TSG hosted Rio Tinto Community Head and Australian
Consultants in DA Delhi office (15 June) and TARAgram for 2
days (16 - 17 June). Field visits were made by the Rio Tinto
team to Majra, Chandravan, Bagan villages and to the
Gaushala centre
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TSG has launched fee-based trainings in TARAgram, Orchha on
three themes:
(a) A Livelihood
Approach for Prevention of Trafficking and Migration (7 - 9
August, 2007)
http://devalt.org/Training%20on%20Livelihood.htm
(b) Participatory
Livelihood Assessment Technique (13 - 15 September, 2007)
http://devalt.org/Training%20on%20PLAT.htm
(c) Micro Enterprise
Development (28 - 30 September, 2007)
http://devalt.org/Training%20on%20MED.htm |
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The first consultation workshop for
South Asia Environment Outlook and second consultation
workshop for Sub-regional Sustainable Development Strategies
were organized by Development Alternatives and UNEP in
Kathmandu, Nepal on 6 - 8 June, 2007. The documents were
reviewed in the workshop and the comments received will now be
incorporated.
Drinking water supply was provided in
five villages of Tikamgarh district under Water for All and
Always Project. |
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Technology and Action for Rural
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1. EcoKiln:
TARA EcoKiln launched a workshop on World Bank, CDCF (Community
Development Carbon Fund) in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 19 June, 2007
with the support of the Department of Industries, Government of
Jharkhand. Honourable Shri Sudhir Mahato, Minister of
Industries, Forest and Environment inaugurated the workshop.
Around 400 labourers working in TARA
EcoKilns have been insured for Personal Accident Insurance from
the Oriental Insurance Company.
2. Machines:
A TARA Mini Paper Recycling Unit workshop was organized at TARA
Nirman Kendra (TNK) Campus in Delhi on 12 June, 2007 as a result
of the Waste Paper Recycling advertisement published in a
newspaper by the Government of NCT to generate awareness of
Waste Paper Recycling . TARA has been getting a positive
response for setting up the units by various organizations.
3. Paper:
TARA Handmade Paper Products, in association with Mothers Pride
School, will be displayed in SM Mall Pritampura for six weeks.
This will be inaugurated by H’onable Smt. Najma Heptullah on 30
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Technology Systems Branch (TSB) |
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Development Alternatives was part of a national consultation on
developing standard course curricula for training masons in
disaster-resistant construction. Organized by Orissa Development
Technocrats Forum (ODTF) and supported by UNDP, the consultation
brought out the main contents of a curriculum for a multi-level
training of masons from unskilled to apprentice to skilled to
becoming specialized in disaster-resistant construction and
alternative technologies. Institutional systems conducive for
systematic training of masons were also presented and discussed.
Subsequently, DA and ODTF will finalize the curriculum and then
implement it in their own work areas. In the long term, it is
envisaged to institutionalize the curricula for a formal and
comprehensive system of skill upgradation in the construction
sector. |
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The total number of TARA Kendras has now reached 287.
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A pilot training programme on stitching and tailoring clothes has
been started in the Bundelkhand region.
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Under the National Institution of Smart Government (NISG) project,
there was a new initiative to link potential entrepreneurs with
bankers. In the first conference for such an initiative, 23 bankers
participated and showed their interest in the concept of the
Entrepreneur Development Programme of TARA haat. |
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