By Maurah Van Impe | Supporting WeForest's Donors and Sponsors
Your support is empowering the Khasi Hills’ “Women Self-Help Groups”!
Self-Help Groups (SHGs) are the key to sustainable development in the Khasi Hills restoration project. They integrate forest restoration and sustainable livelihood activities, and they help involve families and women as heads of families in the matrilineal Khasi society. SHGs have proven to be popular as they offer women an opportunity to increase family income. In December 2017, the Khasi Hills federation of 10 indigenous governments recognised the SHGs with the best performance and most creative work. WeForest’s Socio-Economic team organised two friendly celebrations, one in Hima Mylliem on 12 December and one in Hima Laitkroh on 13 December. Each celebration was attended by nearly 200 SHG members as well as newcomers looking to join a group. The interest from the potential new members was so high that the federation is now considering launching another 8 SHGs in 2018.
Partnership with United Nations FAO: Building Capacity on Forest-Water Interactions
In response to community concerns about water availability and quality, WeForest collaborated with FAO’s Forest and Water Programme to organise a workshop for our Indian project partners on forest-water interactions. The workshop took place in February over 8 days and provided a more in-depth technical follow-up to the forest-water capacity building workshop from April 2017. Participants learned how to better monitor forest-water processes and studied the effect of forest restoration on soil hydrological function. Under the guidance of two forest hydrologists, they conducted experiments to compare infiltration of the rainwater through different soil types
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