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Community Efforts in Creating capacities in the Disability Leadership Group (DLG) for a pollution free Ladakh through recycling

Namgyal Institute for People with Disabilities had earlier implemented a SGP project on management of urban solid waste in Leh with people with differential abilities. The present project is an up-scaled one that has been sanctioned based on the success of the earlier model. The goal of the project is to develop ways for reduction and management of urban waste in Leh, while providing sustainable livelihoods for the people with differential abilities. The project will reduce the incidence of dumping and burning of waste thus reducing release of methane and GHG. The segregated wastes with provide raw material for hand made Ladhaki handicrafts, which will be used to set up profitable enterprise for income generation.

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Grantee:

Namgyal Institute for Research on Ladakhi Art and Culture

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Multifocal Area

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 26,423.20

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 62,510.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 9,709.67

Project Number:

SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/02/06/LDK02

Start Date:

9/2006

End Date:

3/2008

Status:

Project Terminated Before Completion

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Project Characteristics and Results

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Campaigns will be undertaken for generating awareness amongst the public on issues related to waste, especially with the army, the tourists and the Municipality.

Policy Impact

The NGO has established links with the government and their program has wide acceptance in local government. They are in the process of working out a collaboration with the government and other NGOs on a sustainable garbage managemnet programme. The NGO seeks to make this an important agenda of the tourism industry, so that their activities are geared towards garbage reduction. The NGO will initiate take back policies with manufacturers producing non-degradable and harmful consumer goods like tetra-packs. The project, if successful, will help determine future policies of the government and will also increase the demands of stakeholders for a sustainable garbage management programme.

Notable Community Participation

The programme will be run with the active participation of the community of disabled persons in Leh region.

Capacity - Building Component

The project will identify and train disabled persons and others marginalized by poverty, in the waste management processes. The differentially abled will be mobilized into Self Help Groups, and training will be provided for segregation and recycling of waste paper. The groups will be engaged in the waste paper recycling unit of NIPWD. Leadership and management training of disabled persons will be done to manage the entire programme.

Project sustainability

The unit has good prospects of becoming self-sustainable, while making a visible contribution to the problem of waste management in Leh.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Under a previous SGP grant, NIPWD has already set up a disabled people?s unit in Leh, where waste paper collected from homes, offices and army units is being converted to useful products. The unit has started generating some revenue as well. The local Army units and some office establishments have started cooperating, by providing waste paper to the production unit. The local municipality and the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Leh are also being approached for participation.

Project Results

Garbage management should become an important agenda of the tourism department and trekkers will minimize garbage by using & promoting unpackaged foodstuff available on trekking routes. Offices and residences will segregate garbage at source. At least 50 differentially abled persons will be earning an income through the entire programme. The collection, reuse, recycling of garbage will increase two-fold minimizing the burning and landfill of waste. There will be increase in production and sales of paper bags, cloth bags and production and sales of recycled paper. Organic color will be used for paper and there will be reduction in use of PET bottles in the 2 tourist villages. Local community and Army will be engaged in planning, implementing the entire programme and at least 20 persons will be set up independent units of work due to project?s initiatives.

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