The northern dry agroclimatic region of Karnataka experiences repeated droughts and famines that cause large-scale suffering to the local population.
This is the region where our project - the covering 24 villages - as well as the larger Kanakanala Samudaya or community is based.
The Kanakanala Watershed Project encompasses a wide range of programmes aimed at enriching the lives of people in the watershed area. With little access to economic or social development tools, the people have welcomed interventions such as micro credit schemes for women and community organisation models with enthusiasm and a desire to make them viable and sustainable options. 
Like in many parts of the country, the people of this region suffer the consequences of living in a rain-dependent economy. Subject to the vagaries of the seasonal monsoons, their lives are bound by the dictates of drough-ridden farm lands and lack of viable alternatives. The SAMUHA project is trying to look at alternative livelihood options such as
Proud mothers strutted their babies at our Baby Show designed to certify the nutrition level of infants in the watershed area.
