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Grassroots democracy. All of our partners bring communities
together to decide their priorities and programmes. Some form
village assemblies and women's groups and most partners (particularly
NBJK)also encourage greater participation
in the formal village level political structures, the Panchayats,
both as voters and elected representatives.
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Women's development is important for all of our partners.
CRUSADE helps women to form, Self
Help Groups, run their own savings and loans schemes, and
provides training in health, literacy and advocacy.
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Education for girls Lakshmi Ashram
is an educational community for girls which follows
a Gandhian basic education. It is largely self supporting
and encourages women's development in its local area.
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Organic farming KGSN provide training
for men and women in organic farming techniques and multiple
cropping on their home plots. It has enabled people to make
best use of their land and has, in some cases, doubled their
income.
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Economic and agricultural development ASSEFA
at Lathur East supports a varied programme encompassing
25 villages. It enables small farmers to improve the retums
from their land, for women to start dairy societies and provides
capital for small businesses ranging from shops to welding
units.
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Social justice Ekta
Parishad is a network of activists enables which
mobilises people on livelihood issues - land, access to forests
for indigenous people, implementation of social legislation
and increased participation of women in social and political
processes.
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Making
Connections - Rural Links
Action Village India (AVI) and West Devon Environmental Network
(WestDEN) set up the
Europe-India Rural Links programme in 2000 to promote a deeper
understanding between the people and grassroots organisations
of the two continents, and to encourage the sharing of ideas,
information and working practices.
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