Economic Empowerment for Single Mothers The Economic Empowerment for Single Mothers initiative seeks to guide single mothers from the mindset of being supported to becoming self-supporting — either through strengthening their existing work or by developing new enterprises built on their skill sets. This programme aims to create pathways for these women to thrive economically …
Empowering Ownership of Cultural Heritage Revival of Lost Arts and Cultural Practices in North East India is a vital initiative centered on the theme of Indigenous Arts and Languages across seven states of North East India — Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Sikkim. The project engages diverse indigenous communities including the Khasi, …
Livelihood Enterprise Development Programme (LEDP) Bamboo handicrafts involve creating both artistic and functional items using bamboo as the main material. This renewable, fast-growing resource has been utilized across cultures for generations due to its strength and versatility. The craft encompasses diverse products including furniture, home décor, utensils, baskets, musical instruments, and jewellery. Most residents of …
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Youth in Civic Spaces Grassroot, in partnership with Amyaa, has launched a collaborative initiative that selects nine young leaders from Meghalaya and Manipur to become peace builders and conflict resolution specialists in their communities. The program equips participants with critical thinking skills and contextual understanding of cultural, historical, and social factors to develop innovative solutions …
Traditional Herbal Practices and Sustainable Livelihood Meghalaya, renowned for its medicinal herbs, faces challenges such as inadequate documentation, patent and intellectual property rights, and inadequate connections to the market. Traditional practitioners struggle to adopt this practice on a large scale, hindering their economic systems. Grassroot, in collaboration with Laitmawsiang village, East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya, …
Tree Plantation cum Carbon Offsetting Project Tree plantation faces significant hurdles including improper planting techniques, neglect during crucial early growth years, and increasingly common wildfires. These factors can destroy additional trees and increase carbon dioxide emissions through changes in land cover, potentially worsening the very problems we aim to solve. Successful tree plantation requires consideration …
The Project Strengthening Community Action for development in North East India is a partnership project with the North East partners under the technical support of CASA and the financial and technical support of Bread for the World. Grassroot as one of its partners is implementing in 20 villages of East Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya since …
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Indigenous communities are carriers of traditional wisdom and our spiritual relationship with nature has helped us recognize and identify plants and herbs of nature to heal diseases such as cold, arthritis, fever, diarrhea and many more. This traditional knowledge of IP has been proven to be providing comfort to basic ailments. Meghalaya is one of …
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As COVID19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, many of the vulnerable communities including women, children, elderly, unemployed youths, daily wages earners and disabled members are faced with food security, loss of jobs and no protective equipment for their safety and security. Grassroot intervened with the aim to reduce the impact of COVID19 through …
The Behavioural Change in Communication programme is supported by National Health Mission (NHM) and is being executed by Grassroot. Five blocks of Meghalaya; Saipung and Khliehriat, East Jaintia Hills and Mawphlang, Shella Bholanganj and Pynursla, East Khasi Hills are the organisation’s selected areas of intervention. BCC was launched with its objective to change the behavioural …