India is tremendously hit by the second COVID-19 wave, which is peaking like in no other country in the world. It impacts Women on Wings’ partners more than during the first wave, because this time the virus is reaching every doorstep. Also in rural India. We at Women on Wings have been reaching out to…
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Technology supports and provides for farmers
Women on Wings’ partner Grameena Vikas Kendram Society’s (GVK) Chief Functionary Aneel Kumar Ambavaram was selected as one of twenty changemakers to collaborate with the #NokiaC3forChange initiative. As a result, six Nokia C3 smartphones were distributed amongst GVK’s cotton farmers, one being Jatala Sathyavathi from Andhra Pradesh. Providing for family Having used the phones for…
New partner provides income to tribal women
Bastar Se Bazaar Tak promotes custard apple and other forest produce, such as tamarind, black plum (jamun), and spicy mango powder (amchoor). The new Women on Wings’ business partner from Chhattisgarh, central India, aims to provide employment opportunities and additional income to tribal – mostly women – farmers. Forest produce from farm to kitchen The…
Meira Foods continues mango processing to secure income for farmers
The COVID-19 pandemic is peaking in its second wave in India. Also in the state of Manipur, in India’s northeast. But also, it is mango peak season. Women on Wings’ partner Meira Foods decided to continue to procure mangos from the farmers so they could generate income to meet their basic needs. Women who do…
