In our program areas, agricultural lands are converted in to housing plots/ real estate/ farm houses and industries. Hence agricultural and gracing lands are decreased. Agricultural dependent families are lost their employment opportunities. Most of the people don’t have any alternative skills to get jobs in industries. Transport facilities in the remote/ interior villages are very challenging for going to colleges and for jobs. In Poondi Block ( Andhra Pradesh border) where we are working , most of villages are scattered and surrounded by reserved forest area. Hence, possibility of new industries/ companies is not possible in these areas due to environmental/ forest department rules.
The objective of the Sustainable Livelihood Program is to reduce poverty and inequality by generating employment among poor households and by moving highly vulnerable households into sustainable livelihoods and toward economic stability. In order to ensure this, we are closely working with Women SHGs, Panchayat level federations, Village Development Committees, Government Banking Institutions, Government Institutions, NGOs and academic Institutions. Our interventions towards this direction are:
- Financial Literacy among women
- Facilitate women SHGs to access financial support from Govt. Banking Institutions in order to address their life cycle needs/ relief from Debt-Bondage
- Marketable skill trainings
- Facilitate needy families to access resources from Govt. Institutions and Civil Society Organizations.
Activities related to Sustainable Livelihood can also be found in the "Latest News" section of the IRCDS website :
- 2-9-21_Tailoring machine_https://ircds.in/Tailoring-machine.php#
- 9-3-22_International Women's Day 2022 Celebrations: _ https://ircds.in/International-Womens-Day-2022.php#
- 21-3-22_Convergence camp_https://ircds.in/Convergence-camp-23-03-2022.php#
- Director, DIZ, Germany_https://ircds.in/Jona-Aravind-Dohrman.php#
- 6-9-22_Skill Development Training with Placement_https://ircds.in/Skill-Developmen-Training-with-Placement.php#
- 18-12-22_Dr.Jona AravindDohrman, Director, DIZ, Germany_https://ircds.in/dr-Jona-Aravind-Dohrman.php#
- 24-12-22_Tailoring Assessment held @ IRCDS on 24th December 2022_https://ircds.in/tailoringassessmentheldircdson24thdecember2022.php#
- 26-2-24_Livelihood support to most deserving women_https://ircds.in/livelihoodsupporttomostdeservingwomen.php#
- 6-6-24_Livelihood Promotion of Tribal Families in Tiruvallur District on 6th June 2024_https://ircds.in/tribalwelfareprogram2024.php#
- 21-6-24_Training for Women SHG Leaders from Tribal Community_https://ircds.in/Training-for-Women-SHG-Leaders-from-Tribal-Community.php#
- 23-8-24_Livelihood Benefits distributed to Tribals by the Tribal Welfare Department_https://ircds.in/tribalwelfarelivelihoodprojectministerprogramph.php#
- 21-11-24_Training on Value Addition to Fish Products_https://ircds.in/trainingonvalueadditiontofishproducts.php#