Alternative Livelihood to Reduce the Unsafe Migration in Disaster prone area of Sundarban Island
Alternative Livelihood to Reduce the Unsafe Migration in Disaster prone area of Sundarban Island
The project addressing challenges faced by marginalized communities residing in the Basanti and Gosaba Blocks of the Sundarbans with a target population of 55322. The area is prone to disasters like floods and cyclones has led to increased insecurity in livelihoods and forced migration. The project promote climate-resilient agriculture; provide Beautician and Computer with Spoken English training to youth and young to mitigate these challenges as development of vocational skill. The nutritional support provided to malnourished children.
Project Description:
| Project Location : | Block – Basanti & Gosaba |
| Total staff : | Project Coordinator: 1, Accountant: 1, Animators: 4, Trainer: 3 |
| Beneficiaries : | Disadvantaged & Marginalized Farmers, Women, Girls & Boys |
Objectives:
- To provide effective climate resilient agriculture and alternative livelihood inputs to marginalized farmers for economic enhancement & to reduced unsafe migration.
- To provide skill development training & establish market job linkages among marginalized youth and young women.
- Ensure good health and better education of 160 children through nutritional and educational inputs
Activities :
| Formation and Strengthening of Farmer Group | Baseline survey |
| Provided Saplings | Provided Chicks |
| Exposure visits of farmers | Workshop on climate change adaptive Agriculture |
| Workshop on Environmental issues & climate Adaptive Agriculture | Beautician course at Basanti centre |
| Certificates award ceremony for beautician girls and young women | Computer & Spoken English class at Gosaba Centre |
| Certificates award ceremony of computer students | Career counselling for youth |
| Coordination Meeting with relevant Stakeholder (Linkage with Govt. Department) | Monthly staffs Review meeting |
| Provided nutritional food packets | Wall writing Communication, Networking and dissemination |
| Provided Vegetable Seeds |
Major Achievements:
- 20 Farmers group have been formed in 20 target villages comprising 20 members in each group.
- People are trying to get the schemes benefits from govt.
- Farmers are encouraged to cultivate mono crop to multi cropping.
- 120 youth and young women completed Beautician course content and 23 of them are practicing with earning to add some income to their family.
- 60 youth and young women completed Computer with Spoken English course successfully and few of them engaged in job in different places.
- Aware about the monetary benefits Government schemes “Kannyashree” & “Rupashree” and criteria to access the benefits that the girls have to complete at least higher secondary education.
