IND/02/043 - Mother Theresa Mahila Mandali Women Backyard Poultry Project

Country India
Total project budget ($USD) $0,000
Requested funding ($USD) $3,445
11/02/2002
Project development type Income Generation
Name of Requesting Association Mother Theresa Mahila Mandali
Objective: To assist thirty needy women labourers, the poorest caste (untouchables), to purchase GIRIRAJA birds and feed to assist them to feed their families and to attain self-sufficiency for themselves and their families.
Background: The above noted organization is a village committee which identified the target group during a survey conducted in the villages. The organization explains they selected 30 very poor women, "treated as untouchables by the high caste people" who are "worki
Use of Funds: The funds will be used for the purchase of chicks (30 units of 50 each), feed and insurance. The chicks will be housed either back or front of the beneficiary’s dwelling with a 50 brick connecting wall and bamboo plank roof. Children will also care for t
Beneficiaries: 30
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