Projects In Asia: Students Organization for Natural Service

INDIA ($5,000)
Sericultivation (Silkworm Rearing)
Project Coordinator - Ms. A. Allirani

Sixty Dalit women from five remote hamlets are participating in this one-year project.

They are already skilled in sericulture. The group will use their own savings as well as the RSWR loan to conduct the income-generating project. Each group will receive a loan of $1,065. They will receive five days of training to upgrade their skills. Anticipated economics are:

SONS is a current partner and was visited by Cindi and Katie Goslee in February, 2009. From Dr. R. Kannan’s report, “Students Organization for Natural Service is successfully implementing its sunflower project. SON’s staff and project holder have good experience and expertise in organizing people, social forestry and agriculture. The proposed project area is hilly and the climatic condition is suitable for sericulture. SONS has established good contacts with the Department of Sericulture, Tamil Nadu.”

Project Completed: December 31, 2010