There are 442 projects that match your search.
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India
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Biodiversity
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2006
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22,351.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: SSGF/IND/P11/06/TN02 |
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India
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Biodiversity
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2005
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25,842.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/KAR10 |
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Prakruti is a non-governmental organization formed in 1990 after the Chipko appiko movement in the Western Ghats of South India. It works in the field of evolving an ecologically sound and sustainable development strategy in the tropical forest ( ... )
s. The goal of the project is in-situ conservation of Garcinia gummigutta through identification of plus tress, vegetative propagation and conservation in community land along with making the process a source of income. The specific objectives of the project are:
? To reduce the pressure on forests for fuel woods
? To encourage farmers to identify suitable plants for domestication of Garcinia
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India
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International Waters
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2005
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33,954.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/DELHI04 |
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The WWF-India was established in 1969 as a Charitable Public Trust to work for wildlife conservation. In recent years, WWF has evolved into a conservation organization working for a wide range of environmental issues. The goal of this project is to ( ... )
pollution load of the Hudiara Drain through active stakeholder participation and better management practices. The Hudiara Drain is a tributary of the river Ravi, which originates at Batala in Gurdaspur District of Punjab and later enters Pakistan. With rise in industrial activities on both sides of the international border and in the absence of the effective environmental regulations, the storm
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2005
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34,676.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/PNDR01 |
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The project was initiated just after Tsunami to take up mitigation measures in the affected areas of southern region of India. The objective of the project is to re-build livelihoods of 192 fishermen affected by the tsunami through facilitating ( ... )
benefit coverage. The project will organize training and capacity building among fishermen communities on organization and management of fish-drier unit, sonar system and traditional medicines, helping fishermen communities with an access to sonar equipment for fish tracking, waste management initiatives and scaling up through waste recycling and vermin ?composting, developing village green cover
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India
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Chemicals
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2005
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2,182.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/DEL05 |
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? Toxics Link is an environmental NGO, dedicated to bringing toxics related information to the public domain, both relating to struggles and problems at the grass root as well as global information to the local levels. Toxics Link works with ( ... )
pal, hazardous and medical waste management and food safety among others. Toxics Link is implementing the SGP project in the focal area of Phasing out of PoPs with the goal to contribute to international efforts to phase out PoPs in the form of controlled, reduced or eliminated discharges, emissions and losses fostering civil society participation in the effective implementation of the Stockholm
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India
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Chemicals
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2005
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33,537.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/OR18 |
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The city of Puri is an internationally acclaimed tourist spot. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal and is spread over 16.84 sq km. Population of the city is nearly 2.5 lakhs and the daily floating population is 20,000. The city is famous for the ( ... )
ath temple and its glorious beaches. The gradual rise in economy significance of the city has given rise to slums and squabbles. Due to topographical factor, the sewage disposal system is poor. The project is proposed to be implemented in the city of Puri in two different areas. The project aims at developing an approach taking the local communities to constitute both direct and indirect
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2005
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34,465.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/TN17 |
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The project intends to Electrifying Thalangi tribal hamlet through biogas programme,Promotion of biogas as a fuel for house holds purpose, Promotion of organic farming with bio-digested slurry of biogas plants.
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ives through activities such as organizing strengthening activities for Self Help Groups, creating awareness on the conservation of natural resources, erection of biogas plants, connecting the toilets to biogas plants, demonstrating use of biogas slurry in the farm fields, capacity building communities in the area of electrification of the
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2005
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26,488.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/TN16 |
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VERDS is a non-profit development organization established in 1986 by a group of social activists. The major activities of the organization are in the areas of rural development, child and women?s development, agriculture development, employment ( ... )
tion and relief and rehabilitation. The goal of the project is to generate income for the marginalized farmers and women and contribute to wasteland development. Jatropha can be grown with minimal inputs and can be maintained for 30 years generating revenue as a bio-fuel. The project will benefit small and marginal farmers and women members of Self Help Groups. The community, especially farmers
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India
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Biodiversity
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2005
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42,956.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/TN15 |
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Development of Humane Action (DHAN) Foundation is a professional development organization working in field of livelihoods and development, promoting institutions to reach scale and human resource development. The goal of the project is conservation ( ... )
velopment of water and agricultural ecosystems in the selected villages of Nassandra watershed located in Magadi block of Bangalore Rural District. The area is mainly dependent on monsoon receiving less than 40 days of rain in a year. The six tanks present in the area are deteriorating due to negligence. Overgrazing and overexploitation has threatened rainwater harvesting and conservation
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India
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Biodiversity
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2005
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33,574.02
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Phase 2
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP2/04/OR17 |
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India
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Land Degradation
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2005
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36,265.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/MS20 |
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Yerala Project Society is a registered non-government organization working in the drought prone area of Sangli district since 1976. The major activities of the organization are in the areas of income generation, housing, water harvesting and women?s ( ... )
ment. The goal of the project is to arrest migration by reclaiming degraded land and generating livelihoods. The specific objectives of the project are to train 50 women from migrating families for sustainable vegetable cultivation and form women vegetable grower?s groups and to provide alternative source of livelihood to arrest migration through demonstrating agricultural practices by using
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India
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Chemicals
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2005
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31,107.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/MP03 |
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The city of Ujjain is a famous pilgrimage site for Hindus and considered as holy as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva is situated here. However, the facilities for proper management of wastes are currently inadequate within the city of ( ... )
. The city has a problem of huge solid waste that is generated by six hundred thousand residents of the city and the large floating population of pilgrims. Due to lack of availability of proper management of solid waste, the city has become a pile of garbage. The purpose of the project is to find long term institutionalized solutions to the persistent problem of waste. The absence of concrete
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India
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Multifocal Area
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2005
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48,330.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/WB06 |
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MTFA is a community-based organization formed in 2005 to improve the standard of living of local people through sustainable development and conservation of local environment. The project is designed to improve the lighting system and reducing ( ... )
al pollution at household levels. The project will replace the naked kerosene lamps with solar lamps in 641 houses in Mamring Toryok. Further, the plantation done with the community will protect the area from accelerated soil erosion. The goal of the project is to contribute to environment of Mamring-Toryok in a sustainable manner and ensure health and well-being of the community. The project is
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India
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Chemicals
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2005
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34,497.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/AP06 |
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Tirupathi is a temple town in the state of Andhra Pradesh. On an average, it has a floating population of 60,000 pilgrims from all parts of India and the world. The present scenario in Tirupathi town is to get rid of wastes from sight by introducing ( ... )
tific practices. This is leading to degradation of land and contamination of ground water in the whole district and adjoining areas. This project envisages the involvement of local community in managing local environment in a sustainable manner. The rationale of the project is to make the temple city and its environment clean, to make use of biodegradable wastes for organic manure facilitating
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India
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Biodiversity
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2005
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30,934.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/HAR01 |
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Navreet Energy Research and Information (NERI) is a registered society working in the field of eco-friendly energy and optimum utilization of natural resources and its management for up-gradation of livelihoods of rural community in a sustainable ( ... )
n conformation to its objectives NERI is implementing a project on Clean and Green Energy Technology and Organic Farming concept towards Empowerment and better livelihoods of Farmers with the Small Grants Program.
The specific objectives of the project are :
? To implement and propagate clean practices of energy, towards irrigation in fields by biomass powered irrigation pumps.
? To promote
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India
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Biodiversity
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2005
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46,409.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/OR19 |
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Sambandh has been in existence since 1992 and has been working with the vision of an ecologically sustainable, self-reliant and gender-sensitized society that has access and control over resources and is in harmony with nature. The goal of the ( ... )
t is documentation, preservation, protection and replication of traditional knowledge, skills, innovations and practices of the indigenous community that have been developed outside the formal education system over the generations for food security, health, education and natural resources management with greater means of achieving social integration and entitlement. The specific objectives of the
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India
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Biodiversity
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2005
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21,662.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/HP06 |
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PAGVS was formed by a group of youth who wanted to fight against illiteracy, lack of hygiene, and for pure drinking water and livelihoods. In the last 16 years it has worked in the field of social development in the areas of water conservation, ( ... )
c farming and forming people?s institutions. PAGVS had successfully implemented a SGP project in 10 villages promoting organic farming practices in hilly, remote terrains with poor infrastructure. The villages were known for off-season vegetable cultivation and excessive use of synthetic agro-inputs. Based on the emerging impact of the completed project, PAGVS is now scaling up the project in
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India
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Land Degradation
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2005
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26,821.64
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SSGF/IND/P II/01/06/TN 01 |
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2005
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34,706.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/TN12 |
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Post Tsunami, the coastal villages incurred huge loss in terms of property, livelihood and livestock. In addition, agricultural land was deposited with silt from the sea, which resulted in salinity of soil as well as ponds and wells. This led to ( ... )
e of agriculture as well as death of livestock. The organization decided to intervene in these areas and strive to provide the sustainable sources of livelihood to tsunami affected families by introducing income generating activities based on livestock keeping. The aim is to conserve native animal species, land and water resources, and promote animal husbandry based sustainable farming system.
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2005
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13,766.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/TN13 |
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The project was conceptualized after the tsunami in Southern India. The project?s objective is to organize and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for women from the non-fishing communities who were widowed during the tsunami. The project ( ... )
king forward to achieving the set outcomes in the form of alternative livelihood generation activities to 70 women belonging to widow, destitute and downtrodden. After the tsunami, many of the women from coastal villages of Nagapattinam were widowed and left without sources of income and skills to start sustainable enterprises. The women who were involved in petty fish trade before the tsunami
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