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                    | 1.  
                    Friends of Women World 
                    Banking (FWWB) project on Strengthening of Trafficking 
                    Prone Communities at Tanakpur, Uttaranchal, India has 
                    been successfully completed.  2. 
                     New zardozi and food processing 
                    products created for the purpose of samples to be sent to 
                    various shops for marketing. Training System 
                    Group (TSG) 1.   
                    Training on Participatory Livelihood Assessment Tools 
                    (PLAT) will take place on 4 June 2007 in TARAgram, Orchha. 2.   
                    23 Livelihood Package documents, which give details of 
                    Package of Practices for Livelihood creation, are printed 
                    and ready. Social Action 
                    Group (SAG)  1.   
                    In Arghyam project, the following milestones have been 
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                    Village Development Committees has been formed in all the 8 
                    project villages.    n   
                    Boring for drinking water is going on in the 8 villages and 
                    water has been found in 5 of the villages.    
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                    Village Action Plan has been formulated for the project.  2.
                      Gaushala will 
                    start running as a livestock-based enterprise with the funds 
                    that have been secured recently. DAINET An interactive database on news 
                    clippings is under construction and will be launched through 
                    the DA ENVIS website in the 
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            Environment Systems Branch (ESB) |  
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                  |  | Development 
                  Alternatives (DA), National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning 
                  in India (NRCLPI) and Occupational Knowledge International (OK 
                  International) in collaboration with Quality Council of India 
                  (QCI), Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) and 
                  Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), organised two regional 
                  workshops, on 25 May 2007 in Delhi and on 30 May 2007 in 
                  Bangalore, as part of large-scale awareness campaign to 
                  promote environmentally sound manufacturing and collection of 
                  lead batteries. The aim behind the workshops was to increase 
                  the awareness on how to manage the lead battery supply chain 
                  for environmental sustainability.  Report of the Study ‘Solid 
                  Waste Management Plan for Upper Dharamshala Tibetan 
                  Settlement, HP’ was submitted to the Tibetan Welfare 
                  Office. The first stakeholder meeting of the 
                  UNDP-PPP Project held on 22-23 May 2007 in Namakkal, Tamil 
                  Nadu was attended by representatives of the Municipality, 
                  Poultry Associations, Panchayats and the general public. The 
                  objective of the meeting was to develop the Public Private 
                  Partnership Model in a waste-to-energy system. |  
        
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                |  |  | 1. EcoKiln: 
                World Bank, Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF) launched in 
                Orissa on 25 May 2007. Hon’ble Shri Biswal Bhushan Harichandan 
                offered a cheque of Rs. 60,000 to Mr. P. Semanchalan, Muniguda 
                for carbon saving of the period January – December 2005.This 
                endeavour was possible using only TARA EcoKilns with the support 
                of the Directorate of Industry in Orissa. Another 40 TARA 
                Ecokilns will be coming up in Orissa under REGP (Rural 
                Employment Generation Programme) scheme.  2. Machines: A 
                second lot of TARA Balram machines sent to UNICEF. NCT 
                Department of Environment had advertised in the newspapers to 
                recycle waste paper and save trees and referred to Development 
                Alternavives as the provider of Mini Paper Recycle Units. A 
                number of other NGOs Corporates, institutes, schools had 
                contacted us at DA to learn the procedure of waste paper 
                recycling technology. TARA has planned a workshop on paper 
                recycling on 12 June 2007 from 10.30 am onwards. 3. Paper: TARA paper has a rate 
                contract with TRIBES for all sizes of carry bags for the entire 
                year and has been successfully participating in fairs/ 
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                |  | ØA waste paper recycling 
                plant was successfully installed at Heritage School, Dehradun. 
                Teachers and students were trained on the use of the recycling 
                plant to the satisfaction of all concerned. 
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                A mason’s training program was conducted from 11 to 13 May 2007 
                at Maharajpura village in Tikamgarh District of Bundelkhand. 
                Eight masons were trained in the construction of toilets, both 
                twin pit system and eco-sanitation.  Ø   
                Readers may recall the ‘Methane to Markets’ project being 
                implemented in Bundelkhand with support from USAID. 
                Under the aegis of the project, 3 Gaushalas have been 
                selected for energy generation using cow dung to convert the 
                Gaushalas from a cost-centre to a profit centre. One of the 
                first milestones under the project was achieved in May 2007 when 
                10 quintals of vermicompost generated using the bio-digester 
                slurry was commercially sold by the Maurani Pur Gaushala, 
                demonstrating the economic potential of Gaushalas. |  |  
          
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            TARAhaat |  
            | nThe total number of 
            TARAkendras has now reached 270. n 
            
        
              Under the 
            TARA Akshar programme in Bihar, a total of 1200 women completed the 
            entire course with pass percentage of 95% and 92% in two regions.
            
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