Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Teamwork, torrential rains and tough women
31 Jul 2007 10:47:00 GMT
Marianne Lemvig
Website: http://www.danchurchaid.org

In the state of Orissa in the eastern part of India, a successfully completed rebuilding project has led to homestead, road, latrine and tubewell raising, ensuring poor Dalit villagers to be safe during the flood season. This was a project between the Lutheran World Society India (LWSI), DanChurchAid and local villagers in the flooded areas. The rebuilding project from November 2006-May 2007 was financed by the European Commission and has helped approximately 35,000 poor people in the Kendrapara and Jaipur district of Orissa.

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