ngo partners

The non governmental organisation (NGO) partners have the responsibility for technical, social and economic aspects of watershed development. They provide guidance and assistance in these areas. Giving special attention to ensure that the programme is people centred, people owned and people controlled, the partners promote non land-based livelihood activities, mainly to address the equity issues in watershed development. NGO partners are also accountable for fund utilisation.

The following are the NGO partners in ISPWDK Phase 2. They were also partners in Phase 1.

MYRADA in Maramuri Watershed, Gulbarga district. The NGO that pioneered the PIDOW project as a replicable model in participatory development of watersheds. this organisation has rich experiences in participatory natural resource management, integrated development, self help/affinity groups, capacity building, documentation, etc.

SAMUHA in Kanakanala Watershed, Koppal district. The organisation's core competencies are watershed development, organising the rural resource poor for food security, community-based rehabilitation of people with disabilities, savings/thrift groups, micro enterprise development, HIV/AIDS, Child Development, innovative education and information technologies.

PRAWARDA in Upper Mullamari Watershed, Bidar district. This NGO started in 1994 and mainly focuses on participatory natural resource management, tank restoration, sustainable agriculture, self help groups, livelihood promotion etc.

NGOs facilitate community organisation; support building of self reliant people's institutions; provide guidance and support to community level institutions for planning, implementing and monitoring of land-based and non land-based development; provide support for identifying non land-based development activities to improve the livelihoods of the resource poor, marginalised sections and women in the villages; build capacities of the VDS/WMC/ local resource persons in the areas of planning for watershed treatment works, sustainable agriculture, livestock promotion and fodder development for sustainable land-based development; release funds to VDS for land-based and non land-based activities and support VDS in fund management; monitor the implementation of land-based and non land-based development activities; coordinate with the local government and people's representatives; participate in different events related to project interventions and project cycle; contribute to influencing of policies at state and national level; and document experiences for wider dissemination.