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The
FIOH Education and Development Fund
48 Churchward Avenue
Swindon
Wiltshire SN2 1NH
UK
Tel/Fax 01793 532353
Registered
Charity Number 1047953
THE
NEW HOPE RURAL LEPROSY TRUST
In 1984
Eliazar Rose, with some
of his friends, established a Research Trust to help the the tribal
people in the Rayagada District of Orissa suffering from leprosy, cholera,
malaria TB and hepatitis. Although this early work was focused on these
diseases, it was soon recognised that addressing the needs of the people
required a more holistic approach that would increase incomes whilst
at the same time preserving the natural environment on which the tribal
people depended.
In 1985 an organisation named the New Hope Rural Leprosy Trust was established
to develop this approach. The FIOH Fund has supported some of the smaller
projects of New Hope since 1995. FIOH UK has also supported projects
before the charity was established.
FARM
AND TREE PLANTING NURSERY AT MUNIGUDA, ORISSA
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An
11 hectare plot of land was purchased near Muniguda. The land was used
for several purposes:
To provide tree seedlings to tribal people living in the surrounding
hills where the gathering of fuelwood had caused a large amount of deforestation.
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Preparation
of beds for 60,000 seedlings
at the site near Muniguda - Jan 1991
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To
grow cashew nut trees on the site
Provide buildings for vocational training for leprosy and polio patients.
The bricks were made from clay on the site and rice husks were used
for firing.
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CYCLONE RELIEF
- THE GREEN EYE CLUB
This project
was started after the severe cyclone that hit the coast of Orissa in
1999 to involve children in (i) growing tree seedlings and green vegetables
to reduce vitamin A deficiency (the main cause of night blindness) and
(ii) the identification of old people with eye cataracts.
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The red mark on the side of the school at the village
of Kiada, Ersama Block, indicates the level at which the water settled
on 29th October 1999 after the cyclone.
Children started planting seedlings in March 2000 when the project was
launched.
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After water levels
subsided, New Hope staff found people in the villages affected who had
not eaten for nearly a week. A food emergency and temporary shelter
programme was launched and thousands of women were given seeds to grow
vegetables.
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New Hope Rural Leprosy
Trust, PO Box No. 1, Muniguda, Rayagada District, Orissa, India 765020
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HEALTH,
EDUCATION, AWARENESS, REHABILITATION AND TREATMENT SOCIETY (HEARTS)
TRANSIT CENTRE FOR STREET CHILDREN IN GUNTUR, ANDHRA
PRADESH
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In
2000, Mohan Rao and his brother
and some friends established HEARTS to help poor and marginalised people.
One of its first projects was to rent lock-up buildings close to Guntur
railway station to provide the 'street' children with accommodation,
some education and vocational training and games facilities. In
2003 the FIOH Fund provided a grant for a permanent home for the children
at a rural site about 6 miles from Guntur city centre on a one and half
acre site which HEARTS had acquired with a bank loan. The home was inaugurated
on 19th Feb 2004 during a visit by FIOH Fund chairman, Mike Thomas,
Plans for the future include a row of vocational training workshops,
playing area, sheds for buffaloes and chickens, small neem tree plantation
and organic vegetable plot. The boundary will be defined by rows of
coconut trees. A 60m deep borewell and pump have been provided for the
home and the crops and animals.
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HEARTS,
PO Box 247, Arundelpet, HPO, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India 522 002
EMail: Indiahearts@hotmail.com
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RURAL ASSOCIATION
FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION SOCIETY
(RACES)
INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES FOR TRIBAL PEOPLE IN
TAMIL NADU
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The project
provided tribal women with goats and cows. Some of the offspring were
passed on to more women to extend the programme.
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RACES, South Street,
Radhapuram, Tamil Nadu, India 627111
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