Clean Green Initiative-2

LETS TALK ABOUT YOUR IDEAS

Sustained Participatory Environment Protection Through Eco Clubs

STORY OF GREEN & CLEAN INT

Affinity With Mother Earth

Student Eco Clubs and Community Eco Groups for the adults in the villages have been initiated and implemented for the past one decade. Each club has 20-25 children/adults. Children and the adults are involved in addressing environmental issues through various programs, viz. planting and protecting new tree saplings, periodically cleaning the important locations in the villages/towns, conducting regular awareness campaigns to the public about the environmental issues, viz. causes & effects of pollution, importance of keeping the environment clean, importance of proper waste disposal, importance of recycling wastes, etc. Since childhood is the best period for sustained behavior modification, children are targeted, sensitized and involved in environmental protection activities and adults are motivated as they look at the involvement of the children. We periodically organize exposure visits for the eco club members where children from different setting have the opportunity to interact, learn from each other, allowing them to view practical/real-life situations. viz. integrated farms, locations with diversified flora and fauna, research facilities, etc. Our tree saplings plantation drives have significantly contributed towards improving the green cover, which would eventually improve the air quality and recharging & retaining ground water.

Fr. Arul Maran

Director of Cauveri DO.

STORY ABOUT GREEN & CLEAN INT

What We Have Achieved

Promoted Eco Clubs

129 Eco Clubs 75%

Student Members of Eco Culbs

2,521 Student Members 80%

Community Eco Groups

50 Community Eco Groups 75%

Members in Community Eco Groups

878 Members in Community Eco Groups 70%

No. of Locations Cleaned

56 Locations Cleaned 70%

No. of New Tree Samplings Planted

4,693 New Tree Samplings Planted 70%

No. of People Reached Through Awareness Campaign

13,285 People Reached Out 70%

Exhibitions & Competitions Organised

663 Exhibitions & Competitions 70%

RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION FOR WOMEN

Income Generation Through
for Organic Kitchen Gardens

Cauveri has contributed towards improving individual household food security by training women and promoting & maintaining kitchen garden. Seed-kits and basic garden implements are supplied to the potential, trained member of women self help group households for developing kitchen garden.

The Project Objectives:

1,500 poor women have been capacitated as entrepreneurs
150 micro-business units have been started by women entrepreneurs.

40% of the trained women that is 600 of them practice organic farming and kitchen garden

Trained women’s household annual income has increased by about 50%

INTEGRATED FARMING

INTEGRATED FARMING IN RURAL AREAS

Experiments in Two Districts

Sustainable Integrated Organic Farming provides an opportunity for environmentally sound economic self-sufficiency; ensures the preservation and expansion of small farmers; promotes protection of environment, particularly surface water, ground water, and soil conservation. Livestock rearing is a most common occupation and a source of household income to a large number of rural households, particularly by women.

Impact of the Intervention

Women are empowered and transformed as Environmental Stewards in their respective area/ village

People are educated in Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) practices

People learn integration of animal husbandry and organic farming.

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News & Events

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Workshop on Social Media Communication

Fr. Maran and Mr. Arockia Raj attended the Social media workshop organised between 22 and 24th January, 2020 at Bangalore Archbishop House. The primary aim is to enhance the reach of Cauveri Development office using social media platforms to mobilise good volunteers and to develop internal funding sources to sustain

January 25, 2020 No Comments

EDUCATION

National Level Meeting of Don Bosco Network

Fr. Arul Maran attended the meeting of all the Regional Development Offices held on 18th – 20th January 2020, in Don Bosco Provincial House, Matunga, Mumbai. The meeting was aimed at arriving at an impact making strategy for Don Bosco developmental interventions across India which wasunder the guidance of a team of experts to

January 21, 2020 No Comments

CHARITY

External Evaluation of Organic Kitchen Garden

Mr. Rajkumar from Delhi came for an external evaluation of the Organic Kitchen garden Project that was implemented in 12 salesian presences across Southern Tamil Nadu. The evaluation was done on 18 October 2019. Keeranur and Vilathikulam were chosen for the sample evaluation process. The evaluator was very happy and

October 19, 2019 No Comments

VOLUNTEERS

Regional Workshop on Disaster Preparedness

South Indian Regional Workshop on Capacity Building Training on Disaster Preparedness was organized by Cauveri on 9 and 10 September 2019 at the Retreat Yercaud. There were 20 participants from six provinces namely Trichy, Chennai, Bangalore, Hydrabad, New Delhi and Panjim. It was coordinated by Fr. Noel Maddhichetty of Don

September 11, 2019 No Comments

STORY OF THREE DISTRICTS

WATER CONSERVATION & MANAGEMENT

Experiments in Three Districts

Cauveri aims to contribute towards ensuring sustained, adequate, and safe water to the rural households in the target villages in three districts of Tamil Nadu State, India.