Climate Project

Reports and details of this Project will be available from this page.

Business Plan as a Word Document

Island Trust Report 25 Jan 2010 as a Word Document

Climate Change Leaflet as a PDF file

GAWDESY CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT JANUARY 2010 as a Word Document

Results of Baseline Survey conducted in Island Trust Villages

Gawdesy Quarterly Report March 2010

NEW - Monitoring Report - Island Trust

What Will We Be Doing?

We will be raising local awareness about the causes and effects of climate change. We will be working with schools on educational projects and setting up events with communities, even in the remotest areas.

Once we have established what changes are taking place in South India we will be looking at ways of adapting to them.

Different drought-resistant crops could be tested. Irrigation and water harvesting will be considered. Solar energy might be a possibility. Indeed, anything that will help people to adjust to a new life with a different climate

We will be filming and photographing all our activities so that people will learn from what we are doing. We will also be working with politicians and policy-makers so that they are aware of the effect that climate change is having in rural areas and how they could help communities to adjust.

The Project Partners

Tamwed (Tamil Nadu/West Devon) was set up by people in South West England to link with and support communities in rural South India. We have worked with locally-based NGOs on health, education, sanitation and other projects.

Gawdesy (Gandhian Welfare and Development Society) is based in Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The organisation supports over 2,500 Women’s Self Help Groups and has set up health, education and other projects.

The Island Trust (Indo-Sri Lankan Development Trust) is based in the Nilgiri Hills and works with Repatriates from Sri Lanka, Dalits and Tribal people on projects that improve their quality of life and their environment.