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 …
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 …
The Integrated farming system, implemented by Grassroot, is a partnering project with Bethany Society and Meghalaya State Skill Development Society (MSSDS). The integrated Farming System (IFS) approach introduces a change in the farming techniques for maximum production in the cropping pattern and takes cares of optimal utilization of resources. A judicious mix of agricultural enterprises …
Sustainable Livelihood and Income generation for youths is a project initiated by Grassroot Shillong to support youths on skills training on carpentry. This project is supported by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). This is a three months training program for youths and is a part of the objective of Grassroot, that is …
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The project Skills to Succeed, supported by Quest Alliance was implemented by Grassroot from August 14, 2020 to November 21, 2020 after receiving written permissions from the District Authority and the respective Community Heads. The project aimed to imbibe the youth members, aged 16 to 30 years, with skills needed for self-employment and employability skills …