RCRC
12
States
60+
Lakh Families
COVID-19 and Lockdown are hurting the rural poor the most. Migrant labour and their families (old parents) in the native villages face a grim prospect – loss of livelihoods, chances of their loved ones being infected, and further the socio-psychological impact – they may be ostracized.
The response has to be rapid, deep and supportive of the government, and coordinated nation-wide, given the fact that virus infection spreads quickly and the coronavirus cases rise exponentially within the space of weeks.
We think it is critical to support the vulnerable rural community in the following way, at the block/ village level, community resource persons (CRPs) resident in the village being the agents of change
We as a nation need to collectively understand better the public health crisis and the economic crisis, the latter including agriculture production crisis and implication of pandemic on water resources and the loss of jobs for the migrants and for the farm labour
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RCRC effort will complement the efforts to the democratically elected representatives from the local self government level, to members of the legislative assemblies to member of Parliament
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Discover the inspiring story of Kupiya, a village in Chhattarpur district, MP that is combatting the impact of rainfall shortage on their groundwater resources. Learn about the Haritika Foundation's Bhujal Jaankar model,
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By Nandan Sharalaya & Shilpa Kumar Omidyar Network India In 2020, a number of prominent livelihoods focussed Civil-Society Organisations (CSOs) across the country came together to form a National Coalition to enable a Ra
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Methodology and Coverage Data collection period – 12th December to 05th January 2021 Sampling: 5 Villages per Block; 2 Blocks per district; 100 respondents per Block, every 5th household, all hamlets Survey Instrument -
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