Plant a tree to support the rural farmers

Impact

Laxmi Dev Amma is one of the rural farmers in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka on whose land the team of SankalpTaru had carried out its Rural Livelihood Support Program. Because of scanty rainfall, the district faced severe water scarcity to the level of a serious lack of drinking water and utmost level of ground water depletion. Due to this, Laxmi Dev Amma and other farmers in the region faced multiple crop failures leading to the increasing level of suicides among them. Thus, the need to increase the water level and rainfall in the area so as to sustain the livelihood of the farmers came into consideration.Here's when Team SankalpTaru intervened and came into action. SankalpTaru Foundation initiated Rural Livelihood Support Program in the Chikmagalur district. The team members planted the saplings of Areca Nut on the land of Laxmi Dev Amma and other farmer beneficiaries. Areca nut is one of the most important commercial plants because of its twofold use - the first one being the yielding of 5.5 to 7 kilos of betel nut per tree per year, and the second one being used as an eco-cutlery.The Areca nut saplings produce maximum yield in minimum amount of water. This had increased the yields in the land Laxmi Dev Amma and other farmer beneficiaries so that they can earn regular income without any major loss. The drip irrigation system is used by the farmers to water the saplings. Also, eco-cutlery made from these plants after they shed are an alternative source of income for the farmers during times when there is little yield.This intervention by SankalpTaru Foundation has given a ray of hope to farmer beneficiaries like Laxmi Dev Amma and others. Laxmi Dev Amma is now acting as a mentor to other farmers, both men and women. Rural Livelihood Support Program has acted as a pillar to provide hope and strength to rural farmers in the states of Uttarakhand and Karnataka.Your contribution towards the project will act as a major step in increasing the agriculture, enriching the biodiversity, and saving the lives of the farmers. So, don't wait, plant a tree now and save a life!

About The Program

About The NGO

SankalpTaru Foundation, as the names suggests, is an e-NGO or an IT enabled NGO, as you may call it, active across 18 Indian cities with its pledge to plant trees for the people, by the people. The organisation believes that planting trees has many benefits, ranging from the power to fight pollution, strengthening the livelihood of farmers, to increasing the life expectancy of our planet.With the mission to create a clean, green and healthy planet and a vision to enrich the biodiversity with lush green plants, SankalpTaru works with all their capabilities to plant as much trees as possible so that our present as well as the future generations can have a bio-diverse sustainable environment.Since the plantation drive is for the people, by the people, SankalpTaru uses geo-tagging and other advanced environmental techniques in order to make it easier for people to track their planted trees. The plantation drive majorly consists of four operational models, namely Rural Livelihood Support Program, Clean and Green School Program, City Based Plantation Program, and Community Land Plantation Program. All of the operational models are based on constantly escalating happy smiles through healthy trees.