Stories of The Village Women – doing great with Microfinance loans!

This is Bibijan Pathan age -57 She lives in her own house at Kundagol Village, Dharwad District, Karnataka. Her husband passed away two years ago. So she is now her sole supporter. For the past eight years Bibijan as been doing a business selling cloth. She is a member of her local Mabusubani Self Help Group. Through this… Read More »

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Farmers happy with great result after one rainy season.

In Keroshi Village – Balgaum District – the farmers have had a great result after one rainy season. We carried out a pilot bore well recharge project with 5 bore wells. The Fincare Small Finance Bank supported the implementation of our twin ring method of bore well recharge. This was done in May 2022. In early September we… Read More »

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Why Skill Development in Rural India is Highly Important

In today’s world skill development in rural India is highly important. Lack of proper education and training restricts people from the opportunities for self-advancement by limiting their access to well-paid employment. Hence this prevents them from making an influential contribution to economic growth and from having opportunities in their lives to build a satisfying and healthy lifestyle. With… Read More »

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Goats for Livelihood and Sustainability

How goats can create a cycle for Livelihood and Sustainability. Recently Sikandar went to the cattle market and purchased thirty female goats. These were destined to be provided to the landless and poor women of the Mundaragi Taluk for income generation and livelihood. In Kelur Village 19 goats were provided and in Basapur 11 goats. It will become… Read More »

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Eco-Sustainability Journey September 2018

This eco-sustainablity journey was attended by three international guests in September 2018. Susan Sadler – one of our travellers from Perth Western Australia – shares her experience here of the visit we made to see the bore well recharge water harvesting project here in Karnataka.   And Rupa Fitzgerald of Melbourne Australia talks about the work of SRDS… Read More »

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Success Story from Anantapur

Last week we visited Anantapur.  We had done 75 borewell recharge implementations here just prior to the onset of monsoon.  Now we returned to see the results.  It was extremely heartening – seeing the flow of water from previously dried up borewells – hearing the reports of farmers who are now able to irrigate their whole acreage –… Read More »

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Water For Tibetan Students

In May, 2017, we were invited to Mundgod the second largest Tibetan Refugee Settlement in India.  There we implemented a bore well recharge for two student hostels – girls and boys – using the roof top rain water from the buildings. Here are some photos of the work – done with stone wall pond and the twin ring… Read More »

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New Year Team Meeting

Our new office in Gadag yesterday hosted the monthly meeting of our team – it was a great opportunity to share all the wins and successes from 2016 and do some forward planning and vision for the coming year. Each team member stood and spoke about their work – it was very inspiring to hear of their loyalty… Read More »

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