The DA Group is working with the Bihar State Pollution Control Board and Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of Bihar, to promote cleaner brick production technologies especially looking at fly ash brick technology
Development Alternatives has always been a strong believer in the importance of skill development and carries out many such activities to contribute towards creating sustainable livelihood alternatives.
: On the occasion of International Labour Day on 1st May 2019, Radio Bundelkhand broadcasted a live-in programme. Two labourers from Bundelkhand were invited to speak about their life experiences as labourers and the labour rights
TARA Akshar+ women enroll into livelihood activities to enhance their income and quality of life
DA in partnership with HCL Foundation is creating livelihood opportunities through YuvaKendra that impart both long and short-term skill building training to youth who have not been able to complete mainstream education and are from economically challenged backgrounds.
DA in partnership with HDB Financial Services, has been training the youth in various skills for a sustainable and dignified livelihood and income-generating opportunities in Rajasthan.
: DA, in partnership with UNICEF has undertaken the project ‘Linking Adolescent Girls and Boys of Jhabua to Livelihood through Skill Enhancement for a Better Future’. The project envisions enhancing the aspirations of adolescent youths of Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh) through skill development, employment generation and linkage with different livelihood opportunities.
Young people are a crucial segment of society; and need to have the correct direction to pursue their careers. DA, in partnership with Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd., is conducting career interventions with youth, especially girls of Manesar (Haryana), so that they can become self dependent and become leaders of change.
DA participated in the Open Innovation Platforms workshop organised by la Caixa Foundation and UNDP; where the Work 4 Progress India programme was showcased.
In an endeavor to promote nature based solutions and market validation of new technologies in Indian context, the DA group, with support from Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has partnered with Japanese company Taisei Kougyou, to validate and promote their soil based decentralised wastewater treatment technology in India.
DA organised a Rural Immersion Programme for the students of Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM), Delhi, to orient them towards developmental initiatives in rural areas.
DA has made active contributions to research, advocacy and outreach programmes related to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation at National, Sub-national, regional and global level.
TARA Akshar+ programme has been successfully concluded in Kachhuna Block of Hardoi District (Uttar Pradesh). Supported by the HCL Foundation, with the help of CSO partner - Sarvodaya Ashram, a total of 1556 women have been made functionally literate in the six gram panchayats of the district within a time period of August 2017 and April 2019.
On 22nd April, on the occasion of World Earth Day, Radio Bundelkhand broadcast a special live-in programme on the theme ‘Protect our Species’
Development Alternatives Group presented on the topic “Simple and low cost Arsenic, Fluoride & Bacteriological testing equipments”.
International Women’s Day celebrated in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand.