Major Ongoing Programmes

Drought Mitigation Programme

Wells for India is funding this programme that is seeking to improve the quality of life of tribal villages on the Aravalli hills. Repeated droughts have hit the natural lifestyle of these people, leaving them to struggle for water, food and fodder. AFPRO’s socio-technical support for planning and effective implementation of the programme is helping capacitating these people to create replicable models of drought mitigation for the region.

Started in June 2001, the programme is being implemented by ten grass root level organizations. 5487 people belonging to 1122 families of the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Castes in ten villages are the benefiting partners. The programme aims to address surface and subsurface water conservation, soil and moisture conservation, afforestation and wasteland/pasture land development; agriculture and horticulture development; animal husbandry; rural energy; income generation programmes and community level capacity building.  

AFPRO was also able to link the programme with Government Drought Relief Programme, and under this alliance intervened in 6 villages with 6 of the programme partners. Various activities were undertaken such as construction of field bunds, gully plugs, a loose stone check dam, counter trenches, farm ponds, stonewall terracing, protection walls in individually owned lands. The labor for this work was provided by the villagers themselves, who were paid in terms of food grain and cash. About 25000 person days of employment were generated during this work

(Field Unit: Udaipur, Rajasthan)