| Snehalaya
- NGO
biofarm - himmatgram
People living with HIV face prejudice and their ART medication
weakens them, making holding down a job and providing for
their families extremely difficult. Snehalaya's Himmatgram
or 'Hamlet of Courage' stands in 25 acres of arable land
on the outskirts of Ahmednagar, complete with its own poly
tunnel, well and reservoir. It provides food for our other
projects as well as a safe haven and gainful employment
for a number of HIV+ families.
This
biofarm has become a community for former sex workers and
HIV+ beneficiaries ready to make a new life for themselves
and their families. Here they learn how to become self-sufficient
in a rural setting, gaining skills in organic farming, crop
rotation, irrigation and dairy farming. Live-in project
manager ensures they receive all the support they need to
farm their own produce with the excess going to supply our
Rehab Centre. He also counsels them through their transition
to rural life, medical treatment and respite care - the
farm has become their family home.
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across the world and we are just drivers.
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