MANUVIKASA, in collaboration with NABARD Bangalore, has implemented various developmental activities for 150 selected families in the Dongri Gram Panchayat area of Ankola Taluk in Uttara Kannada district. These activities include the formation of self-help groups, promotion of alternative livelihoods, leadership development, and more.

To enable economic development for the women of the Siddhi community, the organization has distributed chicks and poultry cages, established vermicompost units, distributed beehive boxes, organic fertilizers and vegetable seeds, solar lamps for household use, and smokeless stoves as alternative sources of livelihood. To ensure effective implementation of the planned project, necessary training sessions and field visits were also organized for the beneficiaries.

Beneficiaries who received the training have already started engaging in income-generating alternative livelihood activities such as organic vegetable cultivation, honey production, vermicompost preparation, and poultry business. Through the formation of self-help groups, they have also developed qualities like managing bank transactions, cultivating a savings mindset, and leadership skills.

The organization intends to expand this project to other taluks of the district in the coming days.