Category: project

  • WOTR responds to COVID-19

    WOTR responds to COVID-19

    WOTR’s STRATEGY: At present, WOTR is working across 7 states: Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Telangana. It is our ground-level staff, Wasundhara Sevaks and Sevikas, who are implementing these efforts and have risen to the occasion. At present, there are four main challenges faced by rural communities. These are: firstly, the lack…

  • The WOTR Centre for Resilience Studies (W-CReS)

    The WOTR Centre for Resilience Studies (W-CReS)

    Climatic and non-climatic drivers of changes are significantly altering India’s landscapes, its socio-political fabric and economy. In particular, the overall impacts of climate change on ecosystems, water, agriculture, forests, wet lands and grasslands are expected to be adverse, further exacerbating existing problems. In an economy closely linked to its natural resource base where over 60%…

  • Health and Nutrition

    Health and Nutrition

    WOTR’s interventions in Health have been in several areas: Taking 2 indicators – Children’s Growth and HB – to understand the nutritional status of the community and communicate it to them so they can take the required measures. Setting up a cadre of Health workers and their capacity building to intervene in the community. Facilitating…

  • Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods

    Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods

    The Kumbharwadi Project In 2011, WOTR was awarded a grant from the American Friends of WOTR (AFoW) for a project in Kumbharwadi Village – a small village in the Indian state of Maharashtra with a population of 840. Climate change has resulted in land degradation and water scarcity in this area. Agricultural conditions are becoming…