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Rejuvenating
Communities &
Ecosystems
Rejuvenating
Communities &
Ecosystems
The Fragility of Rural India
280 million rural Indians live in abject poverty – their fragile existence threatened by the severely degraded ecosystems, their vulnerability to climate change, and overdependence on unproductive agriculture as a livelihood.
Ecosystem
Degradation
Climate
Change
Low Agriculture Productivity
Over-dependence
on Agriculture
WOTR
Provides the
Solution
WOTR tackles the key causes of rural poverty by taking a holistic approach to rejuvenate rural communities and the ecosystems in which they live. The focus is on mobilising rural people and building their capacities to efficiently manage the land, water, and forests that surround them. Working at the grassroots, WOTR creates resilient rural communities that enjoy a fulfilling life within vibrant and sustainable ecosystems.
WOTR
Provides the
Solution
WOTR tackles the key causes of rural poverty by taking a holistic approach to rejuvenate rural communities and the ecosystems in which they live. The focus is on mobilising rural people and building their capacities to efficiently manage the land, water, and forests that surround them. Working at the grassroots, WOTR creates resilient rural communities that enjoy a fulfilling life within vibrant and sustainable ecosystems.
WOTR
Provides the
Solution
WOTR tackles the key causes of rural poverty by taking a holistic approach to rejuvenate rural communities and the ecosystems in which they live. The focus is on mobilising rural people and building their capacities to efficiently manage the land, water, and forests that surround them. Working at the grassroots, WOTR creates resilient rural communities that enjoy a fulfilling life within vibrant and sustainable ecosystems.
Agriculture
Women Empowerment
Water & Land Management
Livelihoods
Health Sanitation & Nutrition
WOTR
Provides the
Solution
WOTR tackles the key causes of rural poverty, and takes a holistic approach to rejuvenating rural communities and the ecosystems in which they live – mobilsing rural people to regenerate and efficiently manage the land, water and forests that surround them. Working at the grassroots, WOTR creates resilient rural communities that enjoy a fulfilling quality of life within vibrant and sustainable ecosystems.
Water & Land Management
Livelihoods
Women Empowerment
Agriculture
Health Sanitation & Nutrition
How WOTR Operates
There is an urgent need to transform the rural landscape of India – from degraded ecosystems and impoverished villages, into vibrant hubs of prosperity. WOTR is at the forefront of this important work and takes a three-pronged approach in transforming rural communities.
Our Impact
WOTR has been working with rural communities in India for about 3 decades now. It has touched the lives of over 4.07 million people across 4,152 villages in India and included participants from 63 countries in training and exposure programmes.
Our Impact
WOTR has been working with rural communities in India for about 3 decades now. It has touched the lives of over 3.8 million people across 3754 villages in India and included participants from 63 countries in training and exposure programmes.
Ecosystem Based Approach
To effectively address rural poverty, we must employ strategic solutions that tackle its key causes so as to bring about enduring change. By using an integrated Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approach; we regenerate degraded ecosystems to help rural communities adapt to climate change while expanding livelihood opportunities, improving health, nutrition and people’s well-being.
Ecosystem Based Approach
To effectively address rural poverty, we must employ strategic solutions that tackle its key causes so as to bring about enduring change. By using an integrated Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approach; we regenerate degraded ecosystems to help rural communities adapt to climate change while expanding livelihood opportunities, improving health, nutrition and people’s well-being.
Bhojdari Village
Sangamner Block, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra
1082
Population
203
Households
1145 ha
Watershed Area
BEFORE WOTR : Bhojdhari was once crippled by acute water shortages, repeated crop failures, and the loss of cattle and livestock – resulting in large-scale distress migration. But today, after 2 decades of extensive work by WOTR across three projects, Bhojdhari, and the entire watershed it sits in, is thriving. And it has transformed the lives of those who live there.
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