Blog: India

Kharibari Village, India

Last month, I met two members of Grassmore Tea Estate Co-operative Society and told them about Transformational Community Development (TCD). This tea garden is going through a transition phase and is often forced to close due to non payment of wages. They are interested and want to start TCD in the tea garden. 

Jatapara Village, India

Agriculture

Chandrapura Village, India

Health Awareness

In Chandrapura Village, people were taught about using toilets regularly and keeping them clean. As a result, two families constructed a toilet and have started using it and they are keeping it clean, as well.

Kharibari Village, India

Binodpur Village, India

Greetings from Binodpur. I am glad to share a monthly update. Though it is the rainy season in India, the people in the village are doing really well in spite of it.

Jatapara Village, India

This month, we taught students the value of education, one of the five focusses of Transformational Community Development (TCD). Before, students only studied in school, and after school they would usually just play. At the training, the importance of self study after school was emphasised.  Now the students concentrate on studies after school, as well as play.

Dhoker Jhara Village, India

This month I reminded people about health and hygiene. Some families like to buy vegetables from the market rather than growing them on their own. I talked to two such families about the difference between conventional vegetables which they eat and organic ones. They were motivated and now grow organic vegetables in their kitchen garden!

Kharibari Village, India

Apart from reshuffling the committee in Khairbari Village, we have pursued the local authorities for solar panels and a PHE water connection. We have been assured by them that these amenities will be provided as soon as possible.

Chandrapura Village, India

Transformational Community Development (TCD) Update

Dhoker Jhara Village, India

This quarter we conducted an Awareness Programme by meeting villagers individually as well as in a group. Our focus was to get all villagers on the same page so that they could see the root cause of their problems and take steps to overcome them.