TARA Akshar + neoliterates and staff was invited by district officials to attend the International Women's Day celebration in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh on 8 March 2020. Young girls and women were honored for their excellence at the event.
DA and UN Environment Programme, as part of their project to reduce marine plastic pollution, conducted Clean Up Drives on 12 March 2020 in Prayagraj to collect data on plastic pollution.
Development Alternatives participated in the International Conference on Photo-irradiation and Adsorption based Novel Innovations for Water- treatment (PANI-WATER) at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus from 3-4 March 2020.
Gitika Goswami, Senior Programme Director, Development Alternatives was a panelist for “A conversation around Research and Convergence’ seminar, organised by Global India at the India International Centre, New Delhi on 2 March 2020.
Registration process for KBBL, a competition launched under the Work 4 Progress programme of DA and la Caixa Foundation, was concluded on 20 March, 2020. The competition was aimed to promote a culture of entrepreneurship among women and youth.
Development Alternatives conducted a 'capacity building cum orientation session' in Haridwar on 5 March 2020 for bridging the Information gap on marine litter, an orientation to vocational training centre as part of the 'Skills to Livelihood' programme.
Sakshi Farmer Producer Organisation (promoted by Development Alternatives) participated and explored the opportunity of market linkages at Namaste Orchha 2020 from 6-8 March 2020 in Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
Society for Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA), part of Development Alternatives Group along with E-Square Inc., Japan and Kimura Foundry Co., Ltd., Japan conducted the final round of feasibility survey across Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru from 3-6 February 2020.
Development Alternatives conducted tagging of wheat plants in seed production in Poha village of Niwari district in Madhya Pradesh, under its Bundelkhand Revitalising Rainfall Network Programme.
Development Alternatives organised the Green Economy Coalition Global Annual Meeting from 4-6 February 2020 in New Delhi. The focus was to create global momentum on recognising Local Green Enterprises as an instrumental approach towards greening the economy.
DA in collaboration with the NMHS is promoting ecotourism based livelihoods in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. As part of the initiative a stall was set up to disseminate information at the International Shivratri Mela in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh from 21-28 February, 2020.
With an objective to showcase the functionality of Technology of Taisei Soil System, an 8000 LPD decentralised waste water treatment plan has been commissioned in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. This to ensure better quality of water bodies in the region.
Mega-events - Humara Sankalp – Plastic Mukt Ganga were conducted in Haridwar and Prayagraj on 11 February and 25 February 2020 respectively, for ‘Promotion of Countermeasures against Marine Plastic Litter in India’, a joint initiative of DA and UNEP
udyaME, a single window digital platform launched in Delhi on 6 February 2020 at the GEC Global Annual Meeting. It enables micro-entrepreneurs to bridge information gaps, build capacities, and connect with fellow entrepreneurs.
Development Alternatives in collaboration with the NMHS is promoting ecotourism-based livelihoods in Uttarakhand. 5 members from the Uttarkashi community went on their first exposure visit to a responsible tourism model.