This project attempts to address the crisis of rural livelihood systems of high dependence of population for employment but low GDP share; highly labor-intensive with extremely low return; highest vulnerability to climate change; and resilience mechanism of the sector in form of livelihood too suffers from high population low productivity leading to huge demand-supply gap for milk and meat products. To resolve this, we want to bring innovative entrepreneurial model through 21st century skills and cyclical resources management to make rural livelihood system aspiration for the youth and women. Herein, we integrated fodder production with animal husbandry as well as use of green energy with mechanization and digitalization of management to streamline a diversity of products being produced and marketed through collective social enterprise.

Partner: Ernst & Young Foundation

Location: West Bengal

The purpose and the scale of the program is to support the organization in improving their governance processes and establish their financial systems; improve nutritional intake of Adivasi farmers by introducing regenerative kitchen gardens and increase income of farmers & livestock rearers through improved livestock rearing and feed fodder cultivation, in 2 Santhal villages of Kapista Gram Panchayat of Mohammad Bazar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal.

Partner: Azim Premji Foundation

Location: West Bengal

This project aims to improve the learning outcomes of children from tea garden communities in Assam by collaborating with local teachers and stakeholders. The initiative focuses on creating a culturally responsive curriculum tailored to the needs and context of tea garden children. It includes the development and administration of ASER (Annual Status of Education Report) tests to assess and monitor student progress. In partnership with Pratham, a leading educational organization, the project also focuses on building the capacity of local teachers through targeted training and support. The goal is to ensure that children from tea garden communities have access to quality education that respects their cultural heritage while improving their academic performance.

Partner: Centre for Development Initiatives and Havey Institute for Global Health

Location: Assam

This project aims to foster a robust research culture in colleges across Uttarakhand by collaborating with local faculty and students. Recently, we organized a Research Methods Workshop at LSM College, where faculty and students were introduced to the foundations of academic research, methodology, and writing. Following the success of this initiative, we plan to write academic papers based on the work done during the workshop. Building on this momentum, we envision expanding the workshop next year to include colleges from Kumaon, with the ultimate goal of rolling it out across the entire state. By creating opportunities for collaboration, skill-building, and research output, this project aims to empower faculty and students, making research an integral part of higher education in Uttarakhand.

Partner: LSM College Pithoragarh

Location: Uttrakhand

This project is placed at the heart of two widespread phenomenons in India:

1. Huge aspiration towards learning English and Digital Skills
2. Systematic devaluation and diminishing trajectory of various local languages, cultures and ways of being

Objective – Provide online teacher training to build the capacity of teachers in the community as well as develop education roles

Background- As part of Sinchan we have been working with village youth and helping them develop community learning centers from a socio-cultural perspective. This work is in response to unfavorable pedagogy in school spaces for Santhal children. The larger goal is to develop tools and methods that can be taken back to school and help create a more engaging learning environment for Santhal children. Specifically within the changeloom program we intend to undertake 6 month training with 15 young people, who are currently teaching children in their community. We are developing a curriculum for this youth, to take them through the following 6 modules:

• problem diagnosis 
• community learning centers 
• skills for being a teacher 
• personal aspirations 
• socio-cultural orientation
• Becoming a trainer