Women's role in India has typically been limited to 'the home' thanks to a patriarchal society and a 'permission culture' which, according to an IDHS survey, sees 79.9% of women having to ask for permission from a male family member to seek medical care, and 58% of women reporting that they needed permission to visit the local kirana (grocery store)
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Ambuja Foundation's lift irrigation work in Farraka, West Bengal, has been featured in Village Square - a public interest communications initiative, focusing on rural India. The story outlines how Ambuja Foundation helped farmers expand from growing just 1 crop a year, to growing 2-3 crops per year.
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Pearl Tiwari outlined the opportunity for skilling to enhance off-farm livelihoods in the Times of India Blog this month:
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All through the COVID-19 pandemic, Ambuja Foundation supported skilling centres (SEDI) have continued to equip rural youth with vocational skills, using the online medium.
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In order to assess the overall performance of the organisation, and get a rating on it, Ambuja Foundation commissioned an external 'due diligence' conducted by CRISIL Ltd.
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Ramesh and Nitu, both ex-trainees of SEDI Rajasthan have been conferred with the Skill Ambassador Award and the Skill Icon award, respectively.
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Ambuja Cements has won the CII-ITC Sustainability Award recently for 3 locations: Bhatapara, Chandrapur, and Farakka for excellence in CSR, Policy, Practices, and Impacts.
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Chandrakant Kumbhani - GM-Community Development at Ambuja Foundation is a seasoned professional in Rural Development with more than 20 years of experience under his belt.
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It is a common, yet misplaced assumption that rural Indians lack the skills and the education to manage their affairs, and hence require constant intervention from external agencies.
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Anagha Mahajani - GM, Program Research & Monitoring at Ambuja Foundation has over 25 years' experience in the development sector and is a qualified management and research practitioner with publications to her credit.
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Dairy plays a crucial role in the rural economy of the country with high potential to generate income and employment.
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Back in 2013, villages of Sankrail Block (Howrah Dist. West Bengal) were gripped with a potable water crisis. The absence of piped water from the government water supply scheme had compelled the villages to rely solely on the fast depleting and contaminated ground water, which in turn had led to very high incidences of water borne diseases in the region.
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