Development Alternatives and Fullerton India Credit Company Limited conducted training on sanitisation and hygiene from 19-29 August 2020 for empowering women for further employment.
DA shared insights from its work in Bundelkhand through the Nature-based Solutions lens at Young Water Professionals Webinar on 'Nature-based Solutions and its Application in Water Management in the GBM river basin'.
54 wall paintings were created across six villages of Orchha, Bundelkhand to spread awareness on water and hygiene under the DST funded ‘Photo-irradiation and Adsorption based Novel Innovations for Water-treatment’ (PANIWATER) project.
Gitika Goswami, DA presented the perspective of civil society working on concrete adaptation projects with a water focus in a webinar hosted by Adaptation Fund on 25 August 2020.
To continue skill development programmes in the pandemic, DA has modified its mode of sharing and curriculum for ease of learning over mediums such as WhatsApp.
A webinar was organised by DA and DST on 21 August 2020 under the Technology Intervention for Mountain Ecosystem: Livelihood Enhancement through Action Research & Networking (TIME-LEARN) programme.
A proposal finalisation workshop for the TAP-RISE (Technology Acceleration Platform for Rural Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship) platform was virtually conducted on 7 August 2020 to source insights from stakeholders.
Development Alternatives, United Nations Environment Programme, and The Nature Conservancy organised a webinar on 26 August 2020 to discuss approaches to promote land restoration on a large scale.
Mountain regions are a vulnerable Eco-system and construction exerts an important influence on their natural resources. DA, recently, undertook a project on "Delivery Model for Eco-Friendly Multi Hazard Resistant Construction Technologies and Habitat Solutions in Mountain States under the TIME-LEARN programme of the DST", which focuses on strengthening construction practices in the region with ecological, affordable and hazard-resistant building materials and technologies and their delivery on ground. In this context, we , in partnership with (DST-Govt. of India) and Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organization (HESCO), is conducting a Webinar.
The neo-literates of the adult literacy programme TARA Akshar+ celebrated the International Day of Yoga on 21 June, while maintaining social distancing in Bhagwanpur Block, Haridwar, Uttarakhand.
CAN (Climate Action Network) South Asia and South-east Asia, Development Alternatives, and the Adaptation Fund-NGO Network jointly organised a webinar on Adaptation Fund projects in South and South-east Asia: Insights from CSO perspectives on 14 July 2020.
DA under Marico India Programme organised training programme on 27 June 2020 for farmers to demonstrate organic pest management for millets cultivation in Chachawali village, Niwari district, Madhya Pradesh.
The Work 4 Progress (W4P) Technology Challenge Reflection Workshop for the W4P programme of Development Alternatives and la Caixa Foundation was held on 16 July 2020 to capture the summary of work with stakeholders.