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Especially useful where there is dependence on groundwater for the supply of drinking water.

𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗮'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆! When she started working with Patang, Rashmita developed a deep understanding of forest conservation and its impact on climate change. A youth-led organisation in Odisha, Patang facilitates young people to realise their own power and stand up for equity and justice. Rashmita’s passion for upholding community and individual forest rights set her on the path to becoming a changemaker. As a part of her GreEntrepreneur journey, she initiated Project Farm 2 Home to facilitate the adoption of organic farming among the families in her community. The knowledge-building sessions by the GreEntrepreneur mentors, helped Rashmita build her own understanding of Climate Change and the relationship between organic farming and carbon footprint. Through a series of activities and dialogues, Rashmita went on to engage 700 community members (school teachers, students and their families, government officers and PRI members). The conversations with the community members explored how the climate has changed over their lifetime, and its effects on their life including livelihoods. “𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.” “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙀𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣-𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝,” says Rashmita. Rashmita hopes that this trend of change continues and that she will be able to take more people along on her journey, especially more young people. It is their zeal for making a change, which fuels her own passion even further. #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #Decarbonization #Agriculture #CommunityEngagement #MakingaDifference #YouthLeader

A not-so-well-known element of our Suvidha Centres in Mumbai (a community hygiene and sanitation centre run as a private-public partnership between Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation HSBC and JSW Foundation) is the important role that the washing machines play. The laundromat helps keep the community clean whilst also ensuring the centres are financially viable thereby enabling us to maintain the highest of hygiene standards. Another interconnected aspect was brought out through a recent impact study conducted on Suvidha in Dharavi: 75% of women reported that the center facilities saves them valuable time, allowing them to spend more quality time with their families or in pursuing full time jobs. By offering clean toilets and effortless clothes-washing facilities, Suvidha centers are empowering communities and particularly women. Prashanth Venkatesh Sandeep Sheth Ruchita Raicha Kanupriya Rawal Yogesh Mishra Vinita Nair Sejal Haribhakti Mody Prasad Pradhan Bharati Shetty Shraman Jha Kanika Pal Mandira Nagrath #uniquelyunilever

Under the #HighImpactMegaWatershedProject, funded by the Axis Bank Foundation, 23 incredible women have transformed 20 acres of once barren riverbanks into flourishing #horticulture lands, cultivating a diverse range of crops like turmeric, radish, spinach, and pulses as intercrops. The growth of the plants is amazing, and the #motivation level of these women is very high. Being landless, the Panchayat and their Self-Help Group signed an agreement for 10 years, due to which these women could practice agriculture and grow crops, thanks to the efforts of our partner CSO Agrocrats Society For Rural Development. Overall, more than 100 ha of land is brought under such #horticulture interventions with the support of 221 #WomenFarmers in the Magarlod block of Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh. #sustainableagriculture #sustainablelivelihoods