Our sustainability goals guide our operations to create positive social change for our stakeholders, preserve our natural capital and create long-term value for our organisation.
To address issues of water scarcity coupled with declining groundwater levels and climate change impacts, we collaborated with leading organisation like MYRADA and BAIF on multiple initiatives associated with water. The initiative include renovating defunct water harvesting structures, strengthening embankments, desiltation of water bodies and thereby enhancing water retention and ground water rejuvenation across various project sites in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
In addition to the above, we supported the implementation of watershed programs within community facilities like public schools by installing rainwater harvesting structures through rooftop systems.
For the project implementation, the partner organisation selected villages experiencing water stress. This selection was informed by stakeholder consultations and active involvement of local panchayats, ensuring that the areas chosen were accurately identified based on local needs and conditions.
Water user groups have been formed in all the project location to ensure upkeep, maintenance and sustainability of project.
Launched in FY 2023-24, the project is striving to harvest 20 lac cubic meters of water by 2025 and the project is on track to achieve this.
Through the initiatives we have supported more than 19 villages with 3,000+ families in the aforementioned two states.
These initiatives reinforce our commitment to strike a balance of natural ecosystems through community participation while ensuring enhanced water security and building resilience against climate change impacts.
Continuing with our endevaour and investment in water harvesting project, we through our partner also supported project on promoting indigenous, weather resilient crop including millets as well as training and capacity building on improved agriculture practices beside components of renewable energy.
In both, Satara and Igatpuri of Maharashtra, BAIF has trained and encouraged farmers to sow local indigenous varieties of crops, alongside setting up solar plants and bio-gas units to reduce dependency on fossil fuel and improve the usage of green energy.
The bet9¹ÙÍø Foundation, through its partner, also supported farmers in deploying solar insect traps which are solar-powered devices aimed at controlling pests that harm crops. This also helped farmers reduce the use of pesticides and transition towards organic farming.
The project will continue to support more community members and villages in the year to come.
