RUCHI is an NGO committed to community development since 1983 in the foothills of Great Himalayas.
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With Waste Force we aim to create awareness among local community and change their behavior where individuals start to think and deal with their waste in a more responsible way.
Under this campaign at present our focus is to discourage people from burning waste specially “plastic waste”. Working closely with schools, communities and slum dwellers volunteers are expected to take following tasks:
• Create awareness on importance of waste segregation and disposal at individual and
community level.
• Organising community cleanup campaigns.
• Exploring ideas to reuse non biodegradable waste and stop burning plastics.
• Connecting communities and nearby recycling businesses.
• Organising workshop on recycling aiming to generate entrepreneurship for youth.
Konaklama ve Yemek
Accommodation: Basic, simple, safe & clean accommodation will be provided either at host family or RUCHI campus on sharing basis (Twin or triple) with common toilets and bath.
Food: Food offered will be simple authentic Indian vegetarian and freshly cooked. Three meals a day will be served. Assistance while cooking is desired and self cooking can be organized by volunteers.
Konum ve Serbest Zaman
The project site is Ruchi campus and the nearby Bandh village (1 km) in Solan district. It is 30 km from Kalka and 70 km from Chandigarh. The village is small with 35 families.
Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
Notlar
India, being one of the fastest emerging economy in the world is facing multitude problems due to rapid urbanization. Lack of waste management is one of them. It is sad to say that there is no solution in near sight as majority of our collected waste from cities is used for landfill. Things become worst in rural area where there is no waste system offered by government and therefore people are left to deal with it at their own. As a result people do what is most convenient to them: throwing it on road, streams, forest or even worst burn it.
Thanks to this ignorant behaviour of people our streams and fresh water sources are getting contaminated and choked, our landscape is being filled with plastics and people are slowly developing respiratory diseases.
During October 2017, RUCHI embarked on an innovative project called Waste Force with the help of 2 Italian interns without funds from any source. The project focuses on 3 dimensions: 1) Education, 2) Action and 3) Recycling workshops.