Resilient Rural Livelihoods in the post COVID world in India
The coalition meeting for the Work 4 Progress Programme of Development Alternatives and la Caixa Foundation was conducted virtually in Eastern UP and Jhansi from 25-26 April 2020 to discuss enterprise development in times of the pandemic.
DA conducted a virtual group discussion on 29 April 2020 for the Bundelkhand-Revitalizing Rain fed Agriculture Network (RRAN) Programme. The discussion aimed to design appropriate strategies for revival of millets production in the post COVID-19 era.
The neo-literates of TARA Akshar+ adult literacy programme are stitching and distributing masks to underprivileged women, and are spreading awareness on social distancing in their villages to battle the spread of COVID-19.
Dr K Vijayalakshmi, Vice President, DA presented in a webinar on Gender and Water organised by Centre for Social Research on 13 May 2020. She focused on the water crisis in the country and its implications during COVID-19.
The SFURTI network of Ministry of MSME and DA’s Indian Micro Enterprises Development Foundation (IMEDF) helps set up clusters like the Visakhapatnam’s Chintapalle Coffee cluster which are now leading the way in COVID-19 relief.
Dr Soumen Maity presented in a webinar on 'More Income and Employment in Rural Area – Creating Entrepreneurs and Enterprises’, organised by North East Centre for Technology Application & Reach (NECTAR), DST on 22 May 2020.
DA and Maersk are providing support and relief to vulnerable and stranded communities by distributing food, dry ration and self-protection items. PPE kits are also being provided to support the frontline health workers, especially doctors
Development Alternatives presented its work on 'Promotion of Countermeasures against Marine Plastic Litter” implemented in Haridwar (Uttrakhand) and Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) as part of a project with UNEP.
Shrashtant Patara, Sr. Vice President, DA Group participated as a speaker in the 'Collaborating to Create Rural Jobs' session at Charcha 2020, on 15 May 2020, hosted by Transform Rural India Foundation (TRIF).
The neo-literate women of TARA Akshar+ from Marwadi village of Jahkaura Block in Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh are stitching and distributing masks in their communities.
In association with Maersk, DA has provided meals, ration packets, masks, soaps and sanitisers to vulnerable communities from 1-21 April 2020 in Greater Noida during the lockdown for COVID-19.
Through strong and relational networks, and empowered individuals, Development Alternatives is enabling opportunities and cooperation in clusters for providing relief in pandemic.
COVID19 has brought the world to a standstill. While we know about the challenges faced by people in urban areas, there are many unheard voices from rural and remote areas.
A story of Tauheed Khan, member of the Work 4 Progress programme of la Caixa Foundation and Development Alternatives who has been providing rations to sanitation workers and daily wage labourers during the lockdown in view of COVID-19.