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So, it has been quite some time since my last post. The date of my departure is drawing nearer, but for the time being, I'm still just soaking up my last few weeks in Canada. In my last post, I promised to elaborate on what I'll be doing in India. Honestly, I am still pretty vague myself on what I'll be tackling, but I do know some bits and pieces, so here goes ...
The Indian NGO I'll be interning with is called the Jal Bhagirathi Foundation or JBF for short (www.jalbhagirathi.org). The are located in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, which is about 400 km southwest of New Delhi on the edge of the Thar Desert. The Foundation was founded in 2002 and their mission is to work "towards strengthening the capacity of desert communities to manage their scarce water resources through traditional best practices." They are actively involved in:
So, it has been quite some time since my last post. The date of my departure is drawing nearer, but for the time being, I'm still just soaking up my last few weeks in Canada. In my last post, I promised to elaborate on what I'll be doing in India. Honestly, I am still pretty vague myself on what I'll be tackling, but I do know some bits and pieces, so here goes ...
The Indian NGO I'll be interning with is called the Jal Bhagirathi Foundation or JBF for short (www.jalbhagirathi.org). The are located in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, which is about 400 km southwest of New Delhi on the edge of the Thar Desert. The Foundation was founded in 2002 and their mission is to work "towards strengthening the capacity of desert communities to manage their scarce water resources through traditional best practices." They are actively involved in:
- Supporting social mobilization efforts and strengthening community organizations for sustainable natural resource management;
- Advocating community rights over common property resources;
- Building a network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), and government leaders in order to influence national and state water policies and laws; and,
- Integrating gender concerns in natrual resource management.
Well, that was sure a mouthful ... as for my role, here is exactly what was written for me:
"In particular, JBF would like Jack to focus on Jal Marutahra, the organization's developing micro-enterprise initiative. The purposes of Jal Marutahra are to: identify skills and production groups inj local areas; identify marketable products to which these skill sets can be applied; build capacities of production groups to create these products; and establish market linkages for a source of viable income."
So from my understanding, I will be tackling the initial stages of a large micro-enterprise program. What that means and what the day to day activities will be actually be are beyond the scope of my understanding at this point. However, I am terribly excited about my host NGO and the initiative I will be working to develop. This appears, at least at this stage, to be exactly the type of development issues I was hoping to engage and I cannot wait to find out more!
"In particular, JBF would like Jack to focus on Jal Marutahra, the organization's developing micro-enterprise initiative. The purposes of Jal Marutahra are to: identify skills and production groups inj local areas; identify marketable products to which these skill sets can be applied; build capacities of production groups to create these products; and establish market linkages for a source of viable income."
So from my understanding, I will be tackling the initial stages of a large micro-enterprise program. What that means and what the day to day activities will be actually be are beyond the scope of my understanding at this point. However, I am terribly excited about my host NGO and the initiative I will be working to develop. This appears, at least at this stage, to be exactly the type of development issues I was hoping to engage and I cannot wait to find out more!
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