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Madagascar - Community designed solutions

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Madagascar - Community designed solutions

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One of Madagascar's last coastal rainforests, the Manombo Rainforest, is a critical habitat for nine endangered lemur species, one of which is endemic. The region is also a watershed for 7,885 Antaisaka, Antaifasy, and Betsileo people in 31 bordering communities.

However, the Manombo Rainforest is particularly vulnerable due to complex poverty and poor infrastructure as communities and external actors turn to the rainforest for survival. Slash and burn agriculture, long hunger seasons, and lack of training and resources compound food insecurity challenges.

Educational infrastructure and resources are virtually non-existent, and although 94% of households believe the forest should be protected, they are forced to degrade the rapidly shrinking forest for survival. The Manombo Rainforest's land-use change, disease, and spillover dynamics represent how the relationship between humans and the environment can reinforce well-being or degrade it.

Using a planetary health approach, Health in Harmony (HIH) will reverse rainforest degradation, preserve biodiversity, and improve rainforest communities' well-being by supporting community-designed solutions for food security, healthcare access, livelihoods, and education.

This project will provide training in regenerative agriculture techniques and alternative livelihoods such as agroforestry, diversifying crops, reforestation techniques, and rice cultivation. Over 2,000 people, 60% of whom are women, have participated in this training, and 1,000 more will receive training in the coming year.

By supporting the communities in rice cultivation and farming techniques, they will have access to higher-yield nutrient-rich food and no longer need to stress the forests through slash-and-burn agriculture, bushmeat poaching, overharvesting, and logging for charcoal. These programs incentivize long-term food security, emphasizing skills and techniques to weather the climate crisis's challenges, such as delayed and unpredictable rains, cyclones, and drought.

Furthermore, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and local health centers, funding will provide healthcare to 31 villages through mobile clinics with at least 5,000 patient visits. The team includes three doctors, five midwives, and 15 community health workers.

The medical team provides adult and pediatric services, reproductive counseling, vaccinations, including COVID-19 vaccines, malaria treatment, HIV testing, malnutrition treatment and support, a comprehensive pharmacy, and referrals. To ensure equitable access to affordable, high-quality healthcare, patients can pay for the treatment with non-cash payments, such as seedlings.

So far, the mobile clinics have conducted 6,438 patient visits, 368 routine vaccinations, and 261 COVID-19 vaccinations. The clinics provide an average of 400 patient visits per month. HIH is also supporting the education of 2,880 children per year. The program works alongside communities to renovate 13 school buildings and build six additional schools.

Investment in this project will support teacher salaries and provide school meals and registration incentives so that the children can attend despite food shortages. In Madagascar, women are the primary agricultural workers, and increasing educational support would improve the well-being of these communities and allow mothers to more easily participate in agricultural training, and bolster food security.

"The Women's Association is very motivated, especially about farming and healthcare.... We have helped with the construction of the mobile clinic [and] association-based agriculture. We hope that our collaboration [with Health In Harmony] will go further." - Madame Fanja, leader of the Women's Association in Anivorano, Madagascar

This project directly benefits the Manombo Rainforest and the 31 communities that steward it. Successful implementation of this project means rainforest communities will have the resources to preserve this vital rainforest for their health, the well-being of its boundless biodiversity, and future generations.

Investing in intersectional, community-designed programs supports a transition away from degradative livelihoods and improves community health. These investments create a positive feedback loop improving both forest integrity and community health, wellbeing, and food security.

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Regenerating Rainforests and Preserving Biodiversity by Implementing Community-designed Solutions in Madagascar | One Earth

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Karnataka is located in the Western Ghats, a region recognized as one of the world's biodiversity hotspots but largely unprotected. With the intensification of chemical agriculture, and a changing and unpredictable climate rendering the monsoons unreliable, animal and plant species that have sustained people for thousands of years are in jeopardy of extinction, and communities are increasingly vulnerable to hunger and poverty. The introduction of chemical agriculture has decimated India's long history of biodiverse and ecologically sensitive agricultural and forestry practices. It has also entrenched the existing social hierarchies and gendered distribution of landholding and wealth. Women farmers have been hit the hardest.

In India, WEA is helping to organize and build the capacity of rural women leaders and small-scale forest home gardeners in the Malnad region of Karnataka in order to preserve traditional knowledge, promote Indigenous seed saving practices, support climate adaptation and mitigation, and further the rights of women farmers. This project emphasizes working with local women and villages in the Western Ghats to push for a return to the long-standing tradition of biodiversity-friendly agriculture. This includes maintaining Indigenous seed stocks and food forests, practices that currently face great threats.

The goal of this joint initiative called Seeds of Resilience, with local organization Vanastree, is to ensure seed and food sovereignty and the transfer of traditional knowledge by supporting women to build and scale seed businesses, lead training to increase farm biodiversity and productivity, participate in demonstrations and exchanges, and build networks in their communities and beyond.

"Seeds have no caste, creed, religion, or gender. They are universal." - Manorama Joshi, Founding member of Vanastree

Women farmers launched their own campaigns, product lines, seed enterprises, small businesses, and demo farms. Participants went on to train over 54,000 additional people with skills, tools, and knowledge in regenerative agriculture and seed saving, giving rise to new tree-planting initiatives, food forests, ecological product lines, and complementary microenterprises.

Participants launched and grew the Vanya Community Seed Bank, which now gives regional farmers access to previously unavailable Indigenous seed varieties. Since its launch, the Seed Bank increased the seed varieties it manages and sells by over 25 percent. Due to high demand, training participants launched a second community seed bank in the region, which provides food security for thousands more people.

4,000 farmers planted Indigenous seed varieties in their gardens, planting an average of 2-3 new varieties and employing regenerative farming practices. These changes increased nutrition, resilience to floods, drought, and other climate shocks, and preserved native forest garden ecosystems.

10,000 trees were also planted by community members, contributing to the Indigenous tradition of agroforestry and biodiversity, while also increasing resilience to climate shocks and providing multiple ecosystem services.

96% of women farmers participating in the India Seeds of Resilience Initiative now have full authority over their farms, and their households support their garden plots as well as their use of native seeds and organic farming practices. The entire landscape has now become a seed sanctuary. Members of the local community, especially the women, are the stewards and keepers of seed diversity and the ethno-culinary traditions of the area, supporting intergenerational knowledge transfer.

Additional capital will support the expansion of the Seeds of Resilience project to other states in India, allowing WEA and Vanastree to engage with women farmers to incorporate regenerative farming practices and traditional seed saving in their local regions. The goal is to form additional seed banks, using them as a hub to preserve traditional knowledge, promote Indigenous seed saving practices, scale sustainable livelihoods.

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Transferring Traditional Knowledge by Supporting Women to Build Heirloom Seed Businesses in Karnataka, India | One Earth

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This woman-led project will help organize and build the capacity of rural women leaders and small-scale forest home gardeners in the state of Karnataka, to preserve traditional knowledge, support climate adaptation and mitigation, and further the rights of women farmers.

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Women in India are largely under-represented in business due to various socio-cultural barriers, lack of a suitable network, and requisite skills and confidence. The 'Women in Energy Entrepreneurship' program is a set of initiatives which build the capacity of women entrepreneurs in India to develop their energy access ideas. These are designed to bring equality to the skills and networks clean energy entrepreneurs need to succeed and to ensure that women entrepreneurs have the confidence and adequate knowledge to benefit from startup support programs available in the ecosystem.

Ranjana was one such woman in Kerala who was passionate about creating impact through business but didn't know how to bring her business idea to market. After participating in the 'Climate Ready for Women' program, she figured out her market strategy, set up partnerships, and is now building her online marketplace. She has used the COVID crises to learn how to scale a business, and she is now entering a follow-on global accelerator.

The science indicates clearly that we must rapidly transition away from fossil fuels economy to a clean renewable future, and India's participation is key to this global transition. This program will enable the New Energy Nexus India team to scale the number of women reached across the Indian continent.

The program was successfully piloted in Kerala, India between Dec-Jun 2020, and supported by the government of Kerala's Startup Mission. Called the 'Climate ready for Women' program, it had 16 women founders, six of whom joined a follow-up accelerator.

"Supporting more women in energy entrepreneurship is key to achieving a most just, equitable and sustainable clean energy future. We want to develop an ecosystem where women take up energy entrepreneurship in large numbers and get the right support through their startup journey to scale in the market" - Jui Joshi, Program Director, Women in Energy Entrepreneurship (India)

From January 2021, New Energy Nexus will launch the next stage of the energy transition through the 'Women in Energy Entrepreneurship' program. This includes two early-stage educational programs, an incubator, and a pre-accelerator geared towards women entrepreneurs in clean energy and energy access in India.

To strengthen the support following their 'Climate Ready for women' program, which serves as an early-stage accelerator program for women in product development, grants are sought to support the six most promising women-led startups to aid their first pilots in the market. This promised support will ensure that higher-quality applications will be received. Over two years, $200,000 will support 12 women-led startups with a grant size of $15,000 for each. The balance of $20,000 will cover the administrative costs.

Women-led startups are more likely to employ other women, so the program will have a "ripple effect" by leading to better gender balance in the clean energy transition. Women share their skills with other women, and their presence as role models within an enabling network has the catalytic effect of inspiring more women to take on leadership roles in making the world a better place.

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Building Capacity for Women Entrepreneurs Driving the Clean Energy Transition in India | One Earth

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To strengthen the support following the 'Climate Ready for women' program, which serves as an early-stage accelerator program for women in product development, grants are sought to support the six most promising women-led startups to aid their first pilots in the market.

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More than 10 million Filipinos do not have access to electricity. With the country being archipelagic, household communities in mountainous and remote islands are not connected to grids and depend heavily on kerosene lamps as a source of lighting.

Two social enterprises supported by New Energy Nexus Philippines are working towards helping these communities by providing access to clean energy through solar microgrids and home systems, providing capacity building for improving livelihoods. New Energy Nexus Philippines and partner Solar Hope are working to directly scale more clean energy startups and entrepreneurs in the region.

"Solar Hope provides solar technologies and equipment to marginalized communities. Our approach to working with communities where we install solar solutions has changed from, "We have the solutions for you" to "You've got the solutions and we're here to help." -- John Mark Napao, Solar Hope Philippines CEO

Solar Hope works with Indigenous communities such as the Dumagats of Tanay, Rizal and the Badjaos in Batangas. Their startup first engaged with these communities in 2018 by providing solar lamps and working with the communities to secure funds and donations for solar microgrids that households can use for a more stable source of light and phone charging. The next phase is to provide solar hubs that will be a center for livelihood improvement, supporting bamboo weaving industries, agricultural products, and other micro-enterprises.

With the support of Indigenous community champions, Solar Hope will train and support a new generation of clean energy entrepreneurs in the region. With the support of Indigenous community champions, Solar Hope will train and support a new generation of clean energy entrepreneurs in the region. With a project funding goal of $16,000, they hope to uplift the lives of these Indigenous People communities by providing them with the appropriate resources in terms of equipment, technical training, and enterprise skills and management. This will enable 4 beneficiary communities to have 208 lighted homes and train 25 community solar champions

As the first phase of providing energy access to the Dumagat community, training is conducted for community champions who will be in charge of the installation and maintenance of the solar home systems. Solar Hope's goal is to secure funds to be loaned to the beneficiaries and to work closely with their community champions to support operations until they are able to repay the loans and earn a profit.

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According to the Philippines report from the Senate Committee on Energy, of the 2.4M households that are not grid connected, more than 75% are situated in the Visayas and Mindanao regions in the central and southern parts of the country. Currently, these families depend on candles and kerosene lamps as their light sources, and they use repurposed lead acid batteries to charge their phones for communication.

Light of Hope has been helping underserved, off-the-grid communities in Visayas since 2018. Their Cloudgrid solution is a small solar generator system that helps a household get enough power for more than 12 hours of light, along with mobile phone charging for its neighbors. Through the Light of Hope payment model, Cloudgrid owners can offer charging services to nearby houses for a fee, out of which they pay for the device and deployment costs.

"I made it my mission to uplift the lives of the less privileged off-the-grid communities because I was once in their situation during my childhood days and this life experience fueled my passion to help." - Jovie Gil Montajes, Light of Hope Founder

Through this project, 1,400 households across 10 communities in the Visayas region have been provided with access to lighting with solar lamps made from recycled PET bottles.

An affordable smart solar generator system has also been developed that will enable households in rural off-grid areas to power basic appliances and collect usage data that will be beneficial to telecommunication and utility companies. After spending roughly $20 per month on kerosene lamps and candles, each household will now pay only $12 per month for the entire system.

This project aims to uplift the lives of less privileged off-the-grid communities by providing affordable clean energy access, helping to mitigate climate change by using clean, renewable energy and IOT technologies. A series of surveys will target the beneficiaries to help inform the design of Cloudgrid units to be built and deployed in the communities. At the same time, monitoring of energy usage and GPS locations will be enabled to provide a real-time tracker of the equivalent CO ₂ emissions avoidance. More Cloudgrid units can be developed with additional capital, and the platform can be enhanced for reporting and energy usage monitoring.

Supporting New Energy Nexus in the Philippines will enable the team to engage the local energy community to scale Light of Hope's Cloudgrid program, run regular energy meetups, and expand other innovative startup acceleration programs.

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Providing Solar-power Lighting and Telecommunications for off-the-grid Communities in the Philippines | One Earth

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Worlds Largest Lesson - Emma Watson Introduction | Global Goals

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1. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

2. Use Reusable Bags

3. Conserve Water

4. Use Energy Efficient Appliances

5. Plant Trees and Vegetation

6. Eat Locally Grown Food

7. Use Public Transportation or Carpool

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

https://unsdg.un.org/
Where to focus?

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Areas of action:
1. Energy transition
2. Nature conservation
3. Regenarate agriculture

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CIOC 2021 proposed 9 Areas of Intervention to actualize the Global Compact on Education in the orionine family.
The 7th area: Harmony with nature (p. 15 of CIOC 2021), offers us initiatives for action:

1. Promote contact with nature and solidarity.

2. Educate about the care of the common home.

3. To generate educational processes to recognize oneself as part of a universal brotherhood.

4. Implement projects in the field of economy (circular economy, food generation, new consumption, etc.).

5. Plans for inclusion and social transformation

in the commitment to care for the common home.

6. To promote the knowledge of Laudato Sii.

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https://laudatosiactionplatform.org/
It aims to implement the goals of the encyclical "Laudato Si'" and promote ecological conversion and integral ecology,

1. Response to the Cry of the Earth

2. Response to the Cry of the Poor

3. Ecological Economics

4. Adoption of Simple Lifestyles

5. Ecological Education

6. Ecological Spirituality

7. Community Engagement and Participatory Action

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The "Guardians of Creation" project, an initiative of the Diocese of Salford, England, in collaboration with St Mary's University and the Laudato Si' Research Institute, has recently launched a series of materials...

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The "Guardians of Creation" project, an initiative of the Diocese of Salford, England, in collaboration with St Mary's University and the Laudato Si' Research Institute, has recently launched a series of materials...

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https://laudatosimovement.org/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OzgW77ea60
The 7th commitment:
- Take care of the common home

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Il Papa: un patto globale contro la "catastrofe educativa" 15 Ottobre 2020

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Explore the interactive sphere to learn about the bioregions and ecoregions of Earth, and the underlying ecological fabric of life that surrounds us.

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Ecological economics - Solar Panels, Gral. Lagos, Argentina

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Ecological economics - Solar Panels, Gral. Lagos, Argentina

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Energy transition by installing solar panels in the Cottolengo of Gral. Lagos, Argentina.

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Example of NGO: Catholic Climate Covenant

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Example of NGO: Catholic Climate Covenant

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DOFI Scholars conduct an annual clean-up drive on the shores of Lucena, and along the riversides nearby.

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Coloring powder production - Bangalore, India

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Coloring powder production - Bangalore, India

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Holi production; using dried flowers after Hindu festivals, coloring powder if produced

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Ecological Econonomic, brick making out of recycled materials - Saenz Pena, Argentina

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Ecological Econonomic, brick making out of recycled materials - Saenz Pena, Argentina

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Brick making out of recycled plastic and glass

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Project of energy transition by installing solar panels for borehole pump.

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DOFI scholars planted mangrove trees on the seashore of Lucena to restore the ecosystem.

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Women empowerment by teaching basic concepts of tailoring

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Students of our community in Bangalore celebrate the World Earth Day.

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Response to the cry of the earth, of the poor, ecological education, community engagement - Kandisi, Kenya

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Response to the cry of the earth, of the poor, ecological education, community engagement - Kandisi, Kenya

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The Don Orione Centre in Kandisi implements a series of programs that embody the goals of Laudato Sii.

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The Orione Community Training Centre (OCTC) Kenya was founded in 2005 and has evolved over the last 14 years into a symbol of inclusion for the children and youth with intellectual disabilities who are usually treated as a "stigma" by the Kenyan society. The center has promoted and provided a reason to give them relevance, hope and potential value to their community.

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The Orione Community Training Centre (OCTC) Kenya was founded in 2005 and has evolved over the last 14 years into a symbol of inclusion for the children and youth with intellectual disabilities who are usually treated as a "stigma" by the Kenyan society.

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Livelihood for women in need - Warrangal, India

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Livelihood for women in need - Warrangal, India

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Empowerment of women; women learned basic concepts of tailoring to help their families meet their daily needs.

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Empowerment of farmers, Gauribidanur, India

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Empowerment of farmers, Gauribidanur, India

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Feeding the poor by implementing a sustainable agricultural project.

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**Gratitude Post** PUURNA Project (Purposeful Utilisation of Under-utilised land for Nutritional Activities) PUURNA in Sanskrit means Complete or Full.

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Ecological economics, recycle products - Bangalore, India

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Ecological economics, recycle products - Bangalore, India

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Orione SEVA partners for skill development in creating marketable products from discarded materials such as used flowers, fabric discards, newspapers, etc.

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Green Skilling Program, Bangalore:

CSR Donor: Accenture India
Objective: skill development in creating marketable products from discard materials such as used flowers, silk thread discards, fabric discards, flex banners and newspapers.

Beneficiary Profile: persons with intellectual disability, women from low income communities, women inmates & psychiatric patients at Bangalore prison, persons with autism spectrum disorder and those being rehabilitated from domestic violence are being trained in a range of craft skills.
Beneficiaries trained: 850
(a) Therapeutic benefit*: 400

(b) Income generation: 450
Discards processed:

20,000 kilos of flower waste

500 kilos of Silk thread discards

Also fabric discards, flex banners and old newspapers.

Design and Production:

Flowers - Holi colours, DIY Flower Sand Art Kit, Rangoli-Diya kit, Potpourri

Silk threads, Fabric discards - a range of jewellery, personal accessories, floor rugs, travel kits for men and women, jewellery pouches, seat belt covers

Flex banners - tote bags, travel kits, cosmetic pouches, cheque book covers

Skill Training Partners: Grameena Abyudaya Seva Samsthe (GASS), Jaya Organic Yojana, NIMHANS, Orione Seva (Kripa Trust),Peacemakers, Pragati Centre for Autism, Richmond Fellowship Society, Seva In Action and Spandana Rehabilitation Centre.
Publications:
Research paper published along with NIMHANS and RFS on "Eco-Friendly Holi Colors: Hospital-Based 'Income Generation Activity' for Persons with Mental Health Challenges at a Quaternary Mental Health Care Facility in India" in the Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health
Manasadhara Program, Government of Karnataka:
Craftizen is working with the Government of Karnataka as a skill training partner under the Manasadhara program focused on rehabilitation of persons with mental health issues. We are currently supporting 2 centres in Doddaballapur and Bangalore (Urban) and will soon be adding 2 more centres in Tumkur and Mandya districts.
Design Experiments:
Craftizen in its endeavour to upcycle different discard materialshas also experimented with a range of household plastic waste including single use plastics, milk packets, tetra packs and so on which can be converted into marketable products.

Project period: February 2016 to date
* This program offers therapeutic and cognitive benefits for beneficiaries with severe to moderate intellectual disability.Working with flowers has resulted in improved social skills, higher concentration levels, enabled colour recognition and fostered team work.

Skill and craft for women's empowerment, West Bengal:

Objective: Using craft skills as a means to train disadvantaged persons in order to enable rehabilitation, income generation and economic self reliance.

Beneficiary Profile: Women rescued from a life of trafficking, tribal and rural women

Beneficiaries trained: 200

(a)Women rehabilitated from trafficking: 105

(b)Tribal and rural women: 95

Brief: Craft skills range from hand-block printing, screen printing and tailoring to tie & dye, fabric discards, bena grass jewellery and kantha embroidery. We have 3 centres, one each in Kolkata, Bonnerpukur Danga village in Bolpur and Jalpaiguri. The training is enabling beneficiaries to earn an income, making them economically self reliant and developing the confidence to live and work independently, and be rehabilitated into society. To date 60% of the beneficiaries are absorbed in the production centers while the remaining have opted for self employment.
Production:

Garments: stoles, scarves, kimonos, dresses, jackets, blouse pieces

Home accessories: cushion covers, placemats, runners, coasters

Jewellery: neck pieces, earrings, bracelets, anklets and so on.

Implementing Partner: Women's Interlink Foundation

Project duration: September 2015 to date

Swayam Sakthi project, Hyderabad

Objective: Enabling empowerment and economic self-reliance through craft based livelihoods.

Beneficiary Profile: unschooled and unskilled women from economically underprivileged backgrounds

Beneficiaries trained: 100

Brief: advanced skill training in three complimentary skills - hand embroidery (from zardosi to banjara mirror and thread work), painting (on fabric, paper, metal and wood), and tailoring to enable sustained income generation from an integrated group enterprise
Impact:

50% absorbed in production unit, remaining have opted for self-employment

Design workshops have enabled high levels of creativity and encouraged our women to undertake design development

The group has been receiving regular monthly orders from various Corporates, B2B, B2C and B2B2C channels

Average income per month ranges between INR 1,500 to 5,000 per artisan

Production:

Jewellery - Banjara mirror work, Handpainted wooden pendants

Home Décor - Coasters, Trays, Wall arts and wooden plaques

Home Furnishings - Cushion covers

Fashion accessories - Tote Bags, Drawstring bags, Potlis and Pouches

Garments - Hand painted and embroidered blouses, Free size tops and dresses, stoles

On ground support partner: Centre for Social Service

Project duration: January 2017 to date
Plastic Upcycling project, Hyderabad Donor: Social Venture Partners, Hyderabad
Objective: Collection of household plastic discards, which would otherwise end up in landfillsto convert them into marketable products, using different craft skills, thereby generating livelihoods

Beneficiary Profile: Unskilled minority women from economically underprivileged backgrounds

Beneficiaries trained: 30

Techniques used to upcycle plastic: Crochet, Fusing, Mix media artworks

Impact:

Skilling:

70% absorbed in production unit

High focus on design development and experiments with various innovative skills and techniques

The group is fulfilling various niche orders from retail buyers and corporates

Average income earned - INR 1,000 to 2,000 per month

Environmental impact: 180kgs of a variety of plastic discards including:

Single use packets

Shopping bags

Food packaging

Milk packets

Cement Bags

Pet Bottles

Product Innovation: A wide range of innovative products have been developed including:

Home Décor - Coasters and Tablemats

Stationery - Pen stands, Earphone clips, Organizer Trays

Bags & Bag accessories - Conference Bags, Tote Bags, Keychains, Bag hangings

Jewellery - Earrings and Finger rings

Mixed Media Artworks - inspired by contemporary and folk arts, replicated entirelyby upcycling plastics

Waste Management Partner: Bintix Waste Research Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad

Project duration: August 2018 to date

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Program Case Study | Craftizen - Handcraft Products

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Green Skilling Program, Bangalore: CSR Donor: Accenture India Objective: skill development in creating marketable products from discard materials such as used flowers, silk thread discards, fabric discards, flex banners and newspapers.

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Orione SEVA Youtube channel offers tutorial videos on how to grow plants and make craftworks.

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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national oceanic and atmospheric administration

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Ten simple choices for a healthier planet.

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On water pollution

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The Magic Pipe - The Outlaw Ocean, episode 4