Our Focus Area

Environment and Natural Resource Management

  • Human-Elephant-Conflict Mitigation and Elephant Conservation
  • Research
  • Awareness Campaigns
  • Community-Based Soil and Water Conservation
  • Capacity Building

Livelihood Improvement

  • Mentoring and Capacity Building for CBOs
  • Skill Development

Water, Hygiene, Sanitation - Wash

  • Awareness Programmes
  • Infrastructure Development
  • Capacity Building

Education

  • Preschool education
  • Capacity Building

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT:

  • Human-Elephant-Conflict Mitigation and Elephant Conservation: One of SNEHA’s primary focus falls on mitigating Human-Elephant-Conflicts in Kodagu in Karnataka and in Odisha focusing on ‘Save People and Save Elephants.’
  • Research: Studying elephant behaviour and crop depredation.
  • Awareness Campaigns: Raising awareness on sustainable living and environmental protection.
  • Community-Based Soil and Water Conservation: Implementing soil and water conservation activities using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques ensuring community involvement.
  • Capacity Building: Conducting training for different stakeholders.

LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT:

  • Mentoring and Capacity Building for CBOs: Forming and fostering Community based Organisations including Self help groups, Users Groups, Watershed Associations, Joint Libel Groups, Child Cabinets, Youth Groups and Federations and assisting them with credit linkages through nationalised banks.
  • Skill Development: Development training for adolescents and SHG members.

LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT:

  • Mentoring and Capacity Building for CBOs: Forming and fostering Community based Organisations including Self help groups, Users Groups, Watershed Associations, Joint Libel Groups, Child Cabinets, Youth Groups and Federations and assisting them with credit linkages through nationalised banks.
  • Skill Development: Development training for adolescents and SHG members.

WATER, HYGIENE, SANITATION - WASH

  • Awareness Programmes: Spreading awareness about Behaviour Change Communication strategies, demonstrations for school children and conducting workshops to encourage sustainable Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) in rural and urban areas.
  • Infrastructure and Development: Construction of wash infrastructure including compound walls, classrooms, toilets, drinking water facilities and handwashing facilities.
  • Capacity Building: Training for school and Anganwadi teachers, Anganwadi helpers, on hygiene practices and CBOs using Community led Total Sanitation (CLT) approach.

EDUCATION

  • Preschool Education: Capacity building for Anganwadi teachers on teaching-learning methods to improve preschool education, and hygiene promotion for Anganwadi helpers to improve preschool education.