World Bank Aid |
 Sujala is a Watershed Development Project designed by the Government of Karnataka and implemented by the Watershed Development Department of Government of Karnataka with tripartite cost-sharing arrangements. The World Bank through International Development Association provided major portion of plan outlay as a loan to Government of India and in turn loan to Government of Karnataka. |
| Under Sujala 2nd Phase Sub-Watershed “Veda River Bank” was implemented by Franciscan Sisters of Mary Hosadurga, NISARGA. |
4 WATERSHED UNITS |
 NABARD-WDF Watershed Development Programme is sanctioned by National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development. This is an integrated project with all the components of soil and water conservation (farm ponds, trenches/bunds, boulder checks, loose boulder checks, rubble checks, clear over fall, check dams, waste weirs, boulder bunds, and pebble bunds), horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, income |
| generating activities, awareness, trainings and exposures, fodder development, demonstrations, innovative methods of farming, vermicompost and organic compost. |
| Franciscan Sisters of Mary, Hosadurga ® Nisarga, is an organisation registered under TRUST DEED, founded in the year 1998 and registered in the year 2001. Our aim is to instil self-respect, equality, and self-reliance deep in the hearts and lives of the people. |
| We are called to build up the women, youth, children, landless labourers and small agricultural farmers of the society and strive to build them into a self-confident and courageous people with a better self-image, holistic health, environmental protection, and equip them well to face the challenges of life.” |
| Vision:The Vision of Nisarga is “to live in minority, simplicity and joy, bringing reconciliation, peace and freedom to all. |
| Mission: Organising the poor, illiterate, exploited rural women, children, disabled, landless, small and marginal farmers through the formation and nurturing of CBOs and helping them in their integrated and sustainable development by empowering them and their families socially, economically, politically and educationally with a participatory approach, promotion and protection of environment and ecology of whole of Hosadurga and Holalkere taluks. |
| Case study on Rights based approach |
Karnataka State Women Development Corporation (KSWDC) had started a project to reach out neglected people such as: illiterate, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe, poor and marginalised. Chitradurga is one of such districts which caught the attention of KSWDC. KSWDC gave us the opportunity to for 75 SHGs. |
| We selected 29 villages which were economically poor, socially oppressed, male dominated, and belonged to SC-ST communities. We reached out to 1,318 families when we formed 75 groups for them. |
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