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Yale University, November 2, 2023
Srilakshmi Vajrakarur (University of Madras, Chennai, India) on the AGAPE project
Chair: Sebastien Tabash
Presented at the 2023 annual Global Justice Program conference.
More info: https://globaljustice.yale.edu
AGAPE provides competitive funding and mentoring for innovative pilot projects in severe poverty eradication that offer strong prospects of cost-effective scale-up.
In its first year of operation, AGAPE has made four awards in India:
To the Snekithi Charitable Trust in #tamil Nadu, Rs. 199000 for an initiative that will raise the productivity and thereby the incomes of Dalit woman farmers in the rain-fed areas of #karur District. AGAPE’s mentors for this project are Srilakshmi Vajrakarur and Johnson Prasant Palakkappillil.
To the Kuriakose Elias Service Society (KESS) in Elanjikulam, #nadathara, Thrissur, Rs. 200000 for an initiative that will help women who have lost their jobs build a tailoring cooperative after suitable fashion design training. AGAPE’s mentor for this project is Jose Nandhikkara.
To Dr. Arambam Noni Meetai at Dhanamanjuri University, #imphal, Manipur, Rs. 220000 for an initiative that will enable villagers in Kwatha to market their fermented bamboo shoot product directly in Imphal, thereby capturing a larger share of the final sales price. AGAPE’s mentor for this project is Tanvir Aeijaz.
To the National Service Scheme Unit at Sacred Heart University and Chellanam Panchayat, Rs. 175000 for an initiative that will improve the livelihood of women by enabling them to create an enterprise for the manufacture and distribution of ecofriendly paper bags. AGAPE’s mentor for this project is Johnson Prasant Palakkappillil.
AGAPE will closely monitor and learn from these initiatives and intends to disburse another, larger sum in awards in 2023.
AGAPE is a program of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP), an international community of scholars and researchers working to confront the rules and practices that perpetuate global poverty and to initiate targeted, evidence-based reforms. This program commemorates and honors Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, India’s great leader in poverty eradication. Initial seed funding for AGAPE was generously provided by Krishen and Geeta Mehta.
Contributions to AGAPE are tax-deductible in India and the United States. Help those who know poverty first-hand try out their best ideas toward eradicating severe poverty for good!
https://globaljustice.yale.edu/ambedkar-grants-advancing-poverty-eradication-agape
#india, #povertyreduction, #agape, #grants, #tamilnadu, #kerala, #imphal, #womanpower, #universityofmadras, #nationalservicescheme, #sacredheartuniversity, #KuriakoseEliasServiceSociety,
Yale University, November 2, 2023
Srilakshmi Vajrakarur (University of Madras, Chennai, India) on the AGAPE project
Chair: Sebastien Tabash
Presented at the 2023 annual Global Justice Program conference.
More info: https://globaljustice.yale.edu
AGAPE provides competitive funding and mentoring for innovative pilot projects in severe poverty eradication that offer strong prospects of cost-effective scale-up.
In its first year of operation, AGAPE has made four awards in India:
To the Snekithi Charitable Trust in #tamil Nadu, Rs. 199000 for an initiative that will raise the productivity and thereby the incomes of Dalit woman farmers in the rain-fed areas of #karur District. AGAPE’s mentors for this project are Srilakshmi Vajrakarur and Johnson Prasant Palakkappillil.
To the Kuriakose Elias Service Society (KESS) in Elanjikulam, #nadathara, Thrissur, Rs. 200000 for an initiative that will help women who have lost their jobs build a tailoring cooperative after suitable fashion design training. AGAPE’s mentor for this project is Jose Nandhikkara.
To Dr. Arambam Noni Meetai at Dhanamanjuri University, #imphal, Manipur, Rs. 220000 for an initiative that will enable villagers in Kwatha to market their fermented bamboo shoot product directly in Imphal, thereby capturing a larger share of the final sales price. AGAPE’s mentor for this project is Tanvir Aeijaz.
To the National Service Scheme Unit at Sacred Heart University and Chellanam Panchayat, Rs. 175000 for an initiative that will improve the livelihood of women by enabling them to create an enterprise for the manufacture and distribution of ecofriendly paper bags. AGAPE’s mentor for this project is Johnson Prasant Palakkappillil.
AGAPE will closely monitor and learn from these initiatives and intends to disburse another, larger sum in awards in 2023.
AGAPE is a program of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP), an international community of scholars and researchers working to confront the rules and practices that perpetuate global poverty and to initiate targeted, evidence-based reforms. This program commemorates and honors Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, India’s great leader in poverty eradication. Initial seed funding for AGAPE was generously provided by Krishen and Geeta Mehta.
Contributions to AGAPE are tax-deductible in India and the United States. Help those who know poverty first-hand try out their best ideas toward eradicating severe poverty for good!
https://globaljustice.yale.edu/ambedkar-grants-advancing-poverty-eradication-agape
#india, #povertyreduction, #agape, #grants, #tamilnadu, #kerala, #imphal, #womanpower, #universityofmadras, #nationalservicescheme, #sacredheartuniversity, #KuriakoseEliasServiceSociety,
