Dahod, India: Snippets

Dahod, India

20 March 2006

Snippets

Since October 2004, Dahod Area Development Programme (ADP) has:

People digging wells often have to be
lowered 40 metres down the well
to carry out the task.

Health and sanitation

Trained 35 midwives in modern hygienic techniques and distributed delivery kits to 90 midwives
Taught 1,518 children from five schools about health and hygiene
Educated 170 teenagers about HIV/AIDS
Improved access to safe drinking water by deepening 86 wells, constructing three new wells, installing and repairing hand pumps, deepening two ponds, constructing three check dams and repairing two check dams

Education

Enrolled 674 children in primary school
Held an education trip and picnic for 375 primary school children
Facilitated 20 women to train in tailoring, 37 teenagers to learn about eye care, 12 teenagers to train in plumbing and repairing water pumps and 11 teenagers to attend a computing course

Agriculture and food security

Provided seeds for 424 farmers and fertiliser for 600 farmers
Trained 200 farmers in modern agricultural practices
Provided 26 farmers with plants including mango, lemon, pomegranate and rose
Distributed 62,800 saplings to members of five communities to help reforest the land
Constructed 38 lift irrigation schemes, which will assist 426 farmers from 19 communities to irrigate 730 acres of farmland

Economic development

Provided 57 dairy cows to four communities
Trained 29 families about animal husbandry and provided them with two goats each

Community leadership

Educated 11 community trainers and 207 children about child rights
Educated 435 women about women’s rights and domestic violence through ‘Mahila Mandal’ (women’s groups common in India)
Educated members of village development committees about topics including child rights, ability of households to respond to difficulties (resilience), and sustainable development

Dahod file

Dahod project profile

DAHOD STORY ARCHIVE
2007
A man with a vision
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Milking time
Counting down
2006
Country life
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Shining
Avian influenza
What a difference
2005
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2004
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Reluctant farmer
2003
Snippets
Signs of ownership
An answer to migration

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