While it is business as usual in NCR region, hustled 90 minutes away from Gurgaon, residents of Nuh (Formerly Mewat) district in Haryana are working hard to reclaim their livelihood and respect.
Highlights
Solar street lights installed in the Nuh district, Haryana. It is directly benefiting the villagers.
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Solar Light Project:
Aiming to empower women in the remote villages of India.
Promoting free movement of the girls so that their movement after dark can not be just restricted to their houses.
It also helps to keep a check on the night related crime especially against women.
Cleaning & Garbage management
- A population of 2000 in the village Kherla ( Nuh district) is struggling to get the clean environment for the residents. DoaR volunteers are working on the following areas since April 2018 –
- A facility for door to door collection of garbage
- Daily cleaning of streets
- Weekly cleaning of drainage by removing sludge
- Recycling the organic waste
- Educating the shopkeepers on keeping dustbin outside their shops
- Educating villagers on the harmful effects of plastic burning
Background
While it is business as usual in NCR region, hustled 90 minutes away from Gurgaon, residents of Nuh (Formerly Mewat) district in Haryana are working hard to reclaim their livelihood and respect.
With a population of over 1 Million, Nuh is one of the 22 districts in the state of Haryana. The district is grappling with immense debt. So while the primary occupation is agriculture and animal husbandry, they are often forced to sell goods and services at lower costs which adversely hits the overall income. What the district can really use at this juncture is a revival of their numerous natural attractions to generate employment opportunities within the villages. With this in mind, the need of the hour is to recognize the potential of this district, educate the locals on various possibilities and help build a tourism model involving the inhabitants.
How it was started
In 2017, when the Donate an Hour team visited this district for the first time for conducting smart classes, they were dumbfounded by the beauty of the area and the potential of this place to become a popular tourist spot. Not the one to give up and someone who has always been driven about building upon a prospective idea, Team DoaR, quickly began talks with the authorities and got the consent of locals to start work on the initiative to rebuild the area.
Vision
Cleanup the villages to create better-living conditions for locals in the high-crime districts
Promote tourism and local craft to generate employment opportunities
Smart classes managed by volunteers to provide quality education to local students