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Increasing Income for Landless Farmers in India
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
More than 70% of the 100 million people in Bihar live in poverty. Most belong to socially marginalized castes. Women are especially disadvantaged. Only 11% of women are literate. Many girls marry before they are 18. Women suffer from lack of maternal health care, unwanted pregnancies, and closely spaced births. They lack vital health knowledge and have a limited role in decision-making. More than half of the farmers are landless and work on other people's farms.
Activities
Activities include providing high-quality community-based reproductive healthcare services, agricultural training and training in women's leadership and organization.
Funding Information
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The program strives to help people gain food security through technologies that rely less on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Also will improve the status of women, address sexually transmitted diseases and improve water and sanitation.
Project Message
We support GPSVS because of their philosophy [of] "Swarajya," self-reliant local governance based on justice and equity. GPSVS is a high performance, low profile agency in this marginalized area.
- Gopal K. Nakarmi, World Neighbors Program Coordinator
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Gopal K. Nakarmi,
World Neighbors Program Coordinator
P.O. Box 916
Kathmandu,Nepal, South Asia
Nepal
011977-1-546688
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Project Sponsor
Organisation
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Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas Sangh-GPSVS Jagatpur via Ghoghardiha Madhubani, Pin 847 402 Bihar, India Pin 847402 India +91-6273-288347 http://www.gpsvs.org |
Learn more about Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas Sangh-GPSVS and the project team.
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
India
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 01, 2004.
Latest Update from the Field
Jamila Khatun
By Linda Jo Stern, MPH - Associate VP, Community & Reproductive Health, June 04, 2007 05:04 PM
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