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Dear Colleagues

 

Please find below an appeal for funding of an herbal project in

India that you may find interesting and wish to contribute to.

 

best wishes, Nina Nissen

 

 

Herbal project - Rural Women's Development Trust in Tamil Nadu

Appeal from India for financial assistance

 

 

A request for funding was received by the Maypole Fund, which

distributes small grants to women's organisations. However, this

project does not fall within the Fund's remit and could not receive

any financial support. I am now appealing to you on the group's

behalf.

 

The Rural Women's Development Trust is a registered non-governmental

women's organisation working in a rural area of Tamil Nadu, India.

Its main activities focus on: skills training of girls and women for

income generating projects; leadership and capacity building for

women; sanitation, health and awareness projects (e.g. HIV/AIDS

awareness, female infanticide).

 

The project they are now looking to develop and finance is described

as: promoting native medicinal plants and herbs for cultivation and

use to improve rural people's health status. This they hope to

achieve through a mixture of activities, including a central herbal

nursery and subsequent distribution of 30 plants to their members

(123 women's and 39 youth groups). Local herbal practitioners will

facilitate herbal demonstration classes, to be attended by health

workers from the region. The attendees will be instructed in the

cultivation of herbs (in kitchen gardens and on public land) and

learn about their use to address common health problems. In turn,

attendees will teach and support individual villages and village

members in growing and using local herbs. Thus, it is hoped to

spread herbal knowledge and skills, with the immediate and long-term

aim to improve people's health.

 

Money requested: Total approx 87.000 Rupees (87 rupees to £1)

 

1. to develop a central nursery, polythene bags, manure, tools etc

35.000

2. to organize awareness/skills training 19.500

3. to conduct herbal demonstrations 19.500

4. fees for resource persons 4. 000

5. misc (e.g. admin costs) remainder

 

 

While it may not be possible to raise the whole sum, I am sure any

contribution to get the group started would be appreciated.

 

Donations

Please make cheques payable to Nina Nissen and post to 27 Swan

Island, 1 Strawberry Vale, Twickenham, TW1 4RP. I will transfer any

donations to them within 4 months of this appeal.

 

Should you want to read the whole application, please get in touch

(nina) and I can send you a copy.

 

Many thanks, Nina Nissen