Dahod, India

Achievements
Recently, Dahod Area Development Programme (ADP) has:

Water

• Installed 19 wells with hand pumps; 150 families from eight villages benefited from this activity
• Rehabilitated and deepened 150 wells in 11 villages; 300 families now have easy access to water for drinking and irrigation
• Constructed four check dams to trap water from monsoon rains; 150 families benefited from the availability of water for irrigation
• Provided pipes for lift-irrigation systems which carry water to villages and fields above the level of the water sources
  

Agriculture and food security

• Trained seven farmers to keep poultry, this was done in co-ordination with a local university
• Facilitated 200 farmers to visit water and horticulture projects in co-ordination with a local university
• Provided dairy goats for 200 families
• Trained 39 farmers in worm composting and organic farming
• Supported 15 farmers to establish tree nurseries; 170,000 seedlings were provided for 200 farmers
• Provided ginger seeds for 41 farmers
• Provided mango, lemon, teak and rose saplings for 153 farmers
  

Economic development

• Supported the dairy project in 12 villages and provided 25 per cent of the funds needed to establish computerised milk weighing systems in two villages
• Assisted 84 families to purchase buffalo for milking
  

Leadership development

• Supported monthly capacity-building training for 85 self-help groups and assisted 25 groups to apply for government registration
• Facilitated 42 self-help group members to visit groups in another area to share what they have learned
• Assisted 15 village development committees to apply for charity registration
• Supported the president of a village development committee in his election to a local council