MANUVIKASA

22/07/2026

22/07/2026

🌿💧 4,000+ Farm Ponds – Creating Water Security, One Farm at a Time! 💧🌿

Water conservation is the foundation of sustainable agriculture and climate resilience. With the active participation of rural communities and the generous support of our partners, MANUVIKASA has successfully developed more than 4,000 farm ponds across Karnataka, transforming the lives of thousands of farming families.

This milestone has been achieved with the support of HDB Financial Services, CMS Info Systems, Azim Premji Foundation, EdelGive Foundation, Deshpande Foundation, YES BANK Foundation, and GiveIndia, along with contributions from local communities and convergence with government programmes.

What makes this initiative truly sustainable is the strong community ownership. Farmers contribute 30% to 70% of the total project cost through labour, machinery, transportation of excavated soil, and other local resources, ensuring long-term maintenance and sustainability.

🌱 Impact Highlights

💧 4,000+ farm ponds created across rural Karnataka
👨‍🌾 Thousands of small and marginal farmers benefited
🌾 Increased irrigation potential and crop productivity
🌍 Improved groundwater recharge and water availability
🌱 Promotion of climate-resilient and diversified farming systems
🤝 30–70% community contribution ensuring ownership and sustainability
💚 Strengthened rural livelihoods and enhanced resilience against drought

Every farm pond represents hope, resilience, and a shared commitment to conserving water for future generations. Together with our partners and farming communities, we continue to build water-secure villages and climate-resilient livelihoods.

We sincerely thank HDB Financial Services, CMS Info Systems, Azim Premji Foundation, EdelGive Foundation, Deshpande Foundation, YES BANK Foundation, GiveIndia, and all our community partners for being part of this transformative journey.

22/07/2026

Building Livelihoods Beyond Fishing | Creating New Opportunities for Coastal Global Fund for Women

MANUVIKASA is pleased to organize a 20-day Catering and Event Management Training Programme for fisherwomen from Uppunda, Udupi District. All participants are members of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and the Matsyasiri Fisherwomen Farmer Producer Organization (FPO), committed to strengthening their livelihoods through entrepreneurship and collective enterprise.
The training has been designed to equip women with practical, market-oriented skills required to successfully manage catering services and events. Participants receive intensive hands-on training covering:
🍽️ Bulk food preparation and commercial cooking
🍛 Hygienic food handling and kitchen management
🎉 Event planning and management
🌸 Stage and venue decoration
🍴 Buffet arrangement and professional food serving
📋 Menu planning and cost estimation
💰 Business management, pricing and customer service
👩‍🍳 Team coordination and catering operations
📦 Procurement, inventory management and quality control
📢 Marketing, branding and enterprise development

The programme aims to enable participants to establish women-led catering enterprises, undertake catering contracts for weddings, community functions, festivals, government programmes, and corporate events, thereby generating sustainable income and creating local employment opportunities.
This initiative is being implemented with the valuable support of NABARD under the Livelihood and Enterprise Development Programme (LEDP). Through this programme, NABARD is helping coastal women transform their traditional skills into profitable enterprises, strengthening financial inclusion, women-led businesses, and community resilience.

At MANUVIKASA, we believe that skill development is the foundation of sustainable livelihoods. By investing in women entrepreneurs, we are building stronger families, resilient communities, and a more inclusive rural economy.

22/07/2026

Empowering Women Through Skills and Self-Reliance

MANUVIKASA has proudly started a self-funded Dress Designing, Dress Making, and Aari Work Training Centre to equip rural women with market-oriented skills that create sustainable livelihoods and financial independence.

The training programme offers hands-on instruction in:

Dress Designing
Dress Cutting and Stitching
Aari Embroidery Work
Hand Embroidery and Decorative Work
Fashion Designing Basics
Blouse Designing and Tailoring
Fabric Selection and Pattern Making
Finishing and Quality Control
Basic Entrepreneurship and Business Management
Marketing and Customer Service

These practical skills will enable women to start their own tailoring and embroidery units, undertake customized orders, establish boutique businesses, or secure employment in the garment and fashion industry. The programme is designed to enhance creativity, build confidence, and create sustainable income opportunities for women from Self-Help Groups and rural communities.

We sincerely thank EdelGive Foundation for providing the initial infrastructure support that helped establish this training centre. Their valuable support has created a strong foundation for empowering women through skill development and entrepreneurship.

At MANUVIKASA, we believe that when a woman gains a skill, she gains confidence, financial independence, and the ability to transform her family's future. We remain committed to creating more opportunities that empower rural women and promote inclusive, sustainable development.

Together, we are stitching dreams, designing futures, and creating livelihoods—one woman at a time.

26/06/2026

🐔 Small Birds, Big Dreams! 💚

Every backyard can become a source of income, nutrition, and empowerment.

Through its Backyard Poultry Development Programme, MANUVIKASA is supporting rural women Self-Help Group (SHG) members by providing poultry birds, technical guidance, and capacity building to establish sustainable backyard poultry units.

🐣 How it transforms lives:

💰 Generates regular supplementary income through the sale of eggs and birds.
🥚 Improves household nutrition with fresh, protein-rich eggs.
👩‍🌾 Empowers rural women with a low-investment, high-return livelihood.
🌾 Integrates with farming by converting poultry waste into organic manure.
🏡 Creates self-employment opportunities at the household level.
📈 Reduces financial vulnerability and strengthens family resilience.
🤝 Encourages women-led entrepreneurship through SHGs.

For many rural families, a few poultry birds are not just livestock—they are a pathway to economic independence, better nutrition, and a brighter future.

Together, we are helping women build sustainable livelihoods, one backyard at a time.

26/06/2026

🍯 Sweet Livelihoods, Stronger Women, Sustainable Forest Communities 🌿

At MANUVIKASA, we believe that empowering rural women with sustainable livelihoods creates lasting change. Through our Self-Help Groups (SHGs), including women from Siddi tribal communities, we are promoting beekeeping (honey cultivation) as a low-investment, eco-friendly income-generating activity.

🐝 Beekeeping provides rural women—especially those living in forest areas—with a reliable source of supplementary income while creating opportunities for self-employment close to their homes. It also supports biodiversity through pollination, contributing to healthier forests and improved agricultural productivity.

Through this initiative, MANUVIKASA:

🍯 Provides practical training on scientific beekeeping.
📦 Supports women with bee boxes and healthy bee colonies.
🛠️ Offers handholding support for installation and management.
🤝 Facilitates market linkages to help women sell quality honey at better prices.
💰 Encourages community ownership by collecting a small beneficiary contribution, ensuring commitment and long-term sustainability.

For many women, a single bee box is more than a livelihood asset—it is a step towards financial independence, confidence, and a brighter future for their families.

Together, we are creating sustainable livelihoods while conserving nature—one bee box at a time. 🌼🐝

26/06/2026

🌱 Community Resource Persons (CRPs): Transforming Rural Lives

At MANUVIKASA, one trained Community Resource Person (CRP) serves 4–5 villages and supports nearly 300 vulnerable families by connecting them to banking services, government schemes, social security, digital finance, sustainable livelihoods, and agricultural support.

With an annual investment of just ₹3 lakh, one CRP can leverage over ₹1 crore in government benefits, subsidies, institutional credit, and development investments for rural communities.

Small Investment. Massive Impact.
✅ 300 vulnerable households empowered
✅ 4–5 villages transformed
✅ ₹1+ crore leveraged annually
✅ Stronger livelihoods, financial inclusion, and resilient communities

Support a CRP. Empower 300 families. Transform a community.