“PLANT A TREE FOR LIFE” project through sustainable farming with focus on small and marginal farmers.

End poverty is a civil society organization registered in 2009 with a purpose to contribute towards poverty reduction in India. Its main activities are in the area of sustainable livelihood creation.

“PLANT A TREE FOR LIFE”  project  is implemented  in  Tijara block of Alwar district of Rajasthan,India. It is a livelihood cum environment project of End Poverty and is the  best solution towards sustainable farming as it consumes less water, give more returns, improve the local environment and family nutrition.

Planting more trees including the major category of lemon , guava , amla , ber and other citrus fruits as they are best suited for the particular area and hence recommended  by the Government of Rajasthan .Cost per plant is Rs100 which includes cost of sapling, basal treatment, supervision etc.

We are planning to achieve a target of 1 lacs sapling in next 2 years .We have already planted around 35350 fruit tress covering 650 farmers from 60 villages.

For more detailed information please visit our website

Link : www.endpoverty.org.in

You can also make a donation online through crowdfunding campaign page-

1.https://letzchange.org/campaigns/plant-a-tree-for-life

2.https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/ptfl?utm_source=campaigner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ptfl&utm_content=500621

We thank you in advance for your support .Your donation is highly appreciated.

Pls note: Donations towards End poverty is exempted under Income Tax  Act (80G)

Thanks !!

End poverty Team

SMILE FOUNDATION supports EPs KISHORI SHIKSHA PROGRAM!

Adolescent girls born in rural households often only hear about being educated. The written word  mostly remains unrecognised in their lives, but they have heard about literacy and the mileage many are getting by virtue of being 'literate' and having studied.

EP's Kishori Shiksha Program has been a buzz word in the Tijara Block since 2009 and a welcome opportunity for many young girls who are desperate to learn to read and write. 

SMILE FOUNDATION joined hands in support and we hope this is the beginning of a relationship that will provide all the keen learners in Tijara with a serious and sincere opportunity to learn the written word!

End Poverty's New website

Dear All

We are very pleased to announce that End Poverty has a brand NEW state of the art , user friendly website!

www.endpoverty.org.in 

Do visit and share with your friends and family! Let us know what you think!

Thanks.

Tijara Craft Exhibition at ShopClues.com

Tijara Craft(earlier known as Meo Home Crafts) is a home grown brand of End Poverty's Ajeevika Craft Center (ACC).  The ACC is a women’s livelihood project that was conceived and pilot tested in 2010-11. As a result our first Ajeevika Craft Center was set up in 2011 and since then 546 women  from under privileged section of the society have been trained in sewing skills out of which 80 women come and make 26 products regularly.  

 

ShopClues.com has organised an exhibition of our hand made products in their premises on October 18, 20 and 21 as a part of their CSR initiative.The range of products on exhibition cum sale includes mobile pouch, round pouch, potli pouch,tote bag, shopping bag, passport pouch, Ipad cover, laptop cover etc.

 

 

We thank ShopClues.com for their support to our initiative to create sustainable livelihood options for the rural poor. 

Skill upgrade training

End Poverty set up Ajeevika Craft Center in 2010 as a part of its Women livelihood project. From its inception these women have been given regular skill upgrade trainings. One such training took place in the last week of August. This was a training program designed by Rhizome . 

 The trainer Ms. Varalika held week long training where she introduced 3 new ranges of products to our artisans.

Our artisans took part in the training very enthusiastically and grasped all the new techniques and tips taught by the trainer.

The product ranges introduced are Tableware, Organisers and Bags and clutches.

Ajeevika Craft Center would soon be launching its new product ranges.

Table ware comes in a set of 1 table runner, 6 each of placemats, coasters, napkins and cutlery case.

Organisers have a travel oraganiser, passport case, tissue holder, hygiene case and stationery case.

They were also taught 2 varieties of tote bags and clutches and a sling bag. The trainer was able to bring out the best talent the artisans already possessed and use it in the products. 

All in all the training was a big success and we look forward to an exciting range of new products hitting the market very soon. 

Trainees  proudly showcasing  the products they made

Saplings distribution

As a part of our Plant a Tree for Life campaign, on 20^th Sep 2016 another tranche of saplings were distributed to the farmers of village Hamiraka in Tijara block.  As per the demands from the farmers, pomegranate and guava saplings were given. These saplings were donated by Mr. Lalit Jalan on behalf of GLMF DMRT 43, Delhi.

EP's collaboration with ABS India

End Poverty has collaborated with ABS India, a subsidiary of Genus world leader in animal breeding to improve the breed of dairy animals in Alwar. Dairy farming is extremely crucial in the area as most of the people here are engaged in dairy farming and income from dairy farming is crucial to sustain their families.  ABS global, headquartered in De Forest, Wisconsin, US is the world leader in bovine genetics, reproduction services, technologies and udder care products. The cluster which covers Bharatpur, Alwar, Dhaulpur, Dhousa and Karoli is a dairy belt that lacks the know-how of scientific dairy farming and farmers remain poor.

ABS product launch meeting was held in Tapukra on 6^th of September 2016. Vinod Kaushik, President of End Poverty presided over the function and expressed his conviction that with the availability of ABS semen in Alwar this area may grow in leaps and bounds and move forward  faster in breed improvement leading to the required change in farm sector earnings.

The Managing Director of ABS India Dr. Arvind Gautham, delivered the keynote address. He shared that ABS India has set up a high end breeding farm in Pune, which is amongst the best in the world which has imported 13 of the best bulls from America. With this genetic input, it is expected that Indian dairy farmers will have access to best semen similar to the one available in the US. The best genomic semen is now available to the farmers of this area at their door step with the support of End Poverty. In the near future there are plans to introduce embryo transfer technology and sex semen to dairy farmers.

Dr. Jayverdhan Tiwari and Mr. Abhishek Kumar from ABS India also presented valuable aspects that will support the effort such as - allow the farmers to choose the semen, managing the future progenies –such that the milk yield continuously grows. How customers can choose and estimate profits by using customised Apps was also shared by the ABS Team.

The program was attended by Zilla Parishad members, Sarpanch, progressive farmers, AI (Artificial Insemination) Technicians, NGOs representativesin large numbers.

 Farmers who had gathered from far and wide from areas like Alwar, Agra, Meerut, Rewari and the AI technicians had many queries that were answered to their satisfaction by Dr. Arvind and his team.

This product  launch was covered by the local media as well.