The Climate Resilience Project

Founded by Ms. Manisha Ghule in 2008, Navchetana is a non-profit organization that does important and admirable work at the grassroots level across a diversity of domains. From women’s rights to banking, health and wellbeing to climate change, the work Navchetana does has thus far impacted the lives of over 65,000 people across 298 villages. 

Navchetana also specifically operates within the drought-prone Beed district of Maharashtra, India focusing on communities with deeply marginalized and vulnerable backgrounds including the the Nomadic and Denotified Nomadic Tribes (NT-DNT), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled Castes (SC), and Other Backward Classes (OBC).  In addition to a diversity of sociocultural issues, these communities are also grappling with the adverse effects of climate change. This situation has led to meager livelihood opportunities and a scarcity of arable land and water. Consequently, these communities are forced into seasonal migration which has significantly disrupted children's education, depriving them not only of their fundamental rights, but also any awareness of these rights.

While Navchetana tackles various issues in the communities through interventions across land rights, menstrual health and livelihoods for women, The Climate Resilience Project aims to support them most directly in their education interventions that are geared toward addressing the devastating effects of forced climate migration.

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CRP is supporting NSVK through:

1. Conducting rigorous research and ethnographic insights to build case studies and an academic research paper titled “Shallow Waters: Examining Displacement, Migration, and Climate Resilience among Urban-Village Communities in Beed,” that sheds light on the experiences and resilience of the community, aiming to foster lasting awareness, and change.

2. Organizing a Fundraiser for the establishment of the Navchetana Gurukul, a first-of-its-kind residential hostel in Beed. This residential facility will be pivotal in enabling the displaced children of Beed, who will be able to continue their education and live in a steady environment without having to drop out from their school.

3. Building a resource network by connecting individuals and organizations with NSVK, who are willing to offer support to these communities through trainings and resources including vocational training, water management education, medical assistance, etc.

 

CRP’s collaboration with NSVK is supported by Dasra, strategic philanthropy organization with a vision to transform India where a billion thrive with dignity and equity. Dasra is a strategic partner to NSVK and has duly vetted the credentials of the organisation, and is supporting them by providing flexible funding and capacity building support for a duration of 5 years through their The Rebuild India Fund initiative.