Drought Mitigation Project:

Drought is not a novelty in Rajasthan. In fact, the words famine, drought and scarcity can be used synonymously with Rajasthan. Failure of rains, loss of crops, scarcity of drinking water and fodder, lack of employment, migration of laborers, ecological degradation and desertification have come to be the principal features of life in Rajasthan. Taking it in to our consideration organization initiated the Drought Mitigation project, which is aimed at resiliency of vulnerable community against drought.

In this project organization considered the activities by which rural mass can be motivated for Adopt appropriate land use techniques for live stock, practice water efficient agricultural. To harvest and store of rainwater for increased domestic and agricultural use. Organization also pays its attention for Linkage with govt. and other actor to improve resilience of draught.

Major achievement:

• Economic and social condition of the area is learnt and problems are identified.
• 3 CBOs are formed and actively participating in the project
• People learnt and ready to adopt new advanced agriculture and animal husbandry practices
• People are aware of the disastrous effects of drought and learnt importance of rain water harvesting
• People started accessing desired information from village information centers
• District administration now recognizes the village leaders, listen to their problems and provide guidance and help in resolving village level problems.