i) Livelihood Resource Agency (LRA – 8,9,10)
The project aims at building capacities of the rural beneficiaries by imparting them with trainings on entrepreneurship, marketing and livelihood enhancement through skill building. The organization has till date provided training to 5432 farmers and rural youths from its project area. The organizations has provided skill and livelihood enhancement trainings to 5432 farmers and rural youths from 20 villages and have also provided them with valuable inputs on existing government schemes, credit access, market and entrepreneurship and leadership development. The organization has also carried out exposure visit for the participants and is providing hand holding support for ensuring that the beneficiaries’ participants start and run their small enterprise/ livelihood source smoothly and efficiently.
ii. Skill development of tribal youths
The organization imparted trainings to tribal youths on technical aspects such as wiring, electrical motor re-winding, electric phase, electric water pumping machines/motors, drip irrigation, sprinklers, pipe fitting etc. This program was funded by Tribal department in which skill trainings on farming sector were imparted to tribal youths with an aim that they could earn a decent living for themselves in their own village rather than migrating to distant cities in search of wage labour and at the same time boosting the farming sector from their region with providing technical and skill help in aspects like drip irrigation, sprinkler, pipe fitting, electric water motor, etc
iii. District Resource organization (DRO)
The organization has been selected as District Resource Organization by VASUNDHARA, keeping into mind its expertise in watershed and NRM activities. The Resource organization provides support to other NGOs and CBOs from Wardha District for all activities pertaining to watershed development programs. Under this program the organization has till date provided support and guidance to several NGOs from Wardha district on watershed program (IWMP) on aspects like Entry Point Activities, LRA, Livelihood Action Plan etc.