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Like most of the developing world, India is being transformed by both globalization and urbanization. (According to some projections, by 2030, not only will 50% of India be urbanized, but, along with China, it will also be home to 50% of the world's slums.) Many urban Indians, especially those from the middle and affluent classes, have become fervent consumers in the last two decades, leading to a quantum leap in the demand for resources and intense pressure on the environment. The earth is warming up, and there is now overwhelming scientific consensus that it is happening, and human-induced.

With global warming on the increase and species and their habitats on the decrease, changes for ecosystems to adapt naturally are diminishing. Recent years show increasing temperatures in various regions, and/or increasing extremities in weather patterns. SEARTH initiatives include research, campaigns, policy interventions, capacity building, WASH & sustainable energy initiatives, agriculture and trees. We believe that if, all of us unite and take proper care in protection and conservation of the limited natural resources, we can give our children a better tomorrow. It is possible only through community participation and awareness. The issues of climate change need to be taken to the knowledge of common man who is more vulnerable to it. We believe that we have to be the change; we want to see in the world.

Micro Finance would be a customized model to empower women with sustainable income-generation options. SEARTH mobilizes rural women living below poverty line to form self-help groups. We capacitate women through robust training programs, primarily on group management and financial education. Using the social capital of the group as the collateral, microfinance is provided to the members, specifically to create or strengthen enterprises. Going beyond mere provision of microfinance, the entrepreneurs are also helped with bank linkages and hand held to develop their enterprises through business promotion initiatives like the provision of backward and forward linkages, including market support.

The vision of the organization towards micro finance was guided by the principle of sustainable holistic transformation of the poor and the marginalized. SEARTH wants to promote microfinance as a viable, sustainable and effective means for creating jobs and reducing poverty. SEARTH has 200 SHG’s in its working area and we are providing them with various hand-holding supports to make them choose the correct income generation program which makes the vulnerable women self-sustainable.

Emergencies occur nearly every day and affect thousands of communities around the world, leaving people in urgent need of help to survive and recover. The circumstances can range from catastrophic rapid-onset natural disasters and disease outbreaks to slow-onset crises such as food shortages, drought, and gender-based violence and displacement of populations due to war and civil unrest. SEARTH’s disaster response model is equipped to rush in quickly to reach out not only to the elderly but also to the community at large, providing relief with food, clothing and shelter to establishing long-lasting rehabilitation programs.

SEARTH provides emergency response and humanitarian aid in times of crisis. We would focus to identify the gaps of humanitarian aid and step in to assist in the most efficient and impactful manner. SEARTH has been working in emergency response since its inception. During November 2015 flood, SEARTH made intensive assessment of villages and provided relief materials to 1210 families and unconditional cash transfer has been done to 6 vulnerable affected in flood.

According to WHO, about 15% of the world’s population still openly defecates without access to any toilet or latrine. 60% of this population lives in India; 626 million Indians defecate in the open. India is the number one country in the world in rates of open defecation. Provision of basic water supply and sanitation facilities to people, especially for those living in rural areas and urban slums are still a major concern for our nation.

SEARTH efforts are to create a society with improved health not only through better sanitation facilities but also by improving the knowledge and awareness of Total Sanitation. SEARTH initiated a number of dedicated awareness program on sanitation and hygiene. These were particularly aimed at educating the communities on the hazards of lack of sanitation and its link to environmental and health issues. We focus on access for vulnerable and marginalized populations, such as the rural and urban poor, especially women and girls, as they are disproportionately affected by the lack of adequate and approved WASH facilities.

Micro Finance would be a customized model to empower women with sustainable income-generation options. SEARTH mobilizes rural women living below poverty line to form self-help groups. We capacitate women through robust training programs, primarily on group management and financial education. Using the social capital of the group as the collateral, microfinance is provided to the members, specifically to create or strengthen enterprises.

Going beyond mere provision of microfinance, the entrepreneurs are also helped with bank linkages and hand held to develop their enterprises through business promotion initiatives like the provision of backward and forward linkages, including market support. The vision of the organization towards micro finance was guided by the principle of sustainable holistic transformation of the poor and the marginalized. SEARTH wants to promote microfinance as a viable, sustainable and effective means for creating jobs and reducing poverty. SEARTH has 200 SHG’s in its working area and we are providing them with various hand-holding supports to make them choose the correct income generation program which makes the vulnerable women self-sustainable.

Irulas are an ethnic group of India and they speak Irula language. Traditionally, the main occupation of the Irulas has been snake and rat catching. They also work as labourers (coolies) in the fields of the agricultural landlords. SEARTH has been engaged in people-centered, culturally sensitive and ecologically balanced sustainable development of the Irula tribal community.

SEARTH started its intervention with supplementary education and nutrition support for the school going children of this tribal village as these children are the first generation children going to school. The interest level of children is developed by using play way method of learning and extracurricular activities. Parents of the children were also provided with awareness on education as most parents take their children with them for working in sugarcane fields. Special occasions are celebrated with them such as Pongal and Diwali for social inclusion by distributing dresses and conducting competitions.