Reduce Poverty for Indigenous Rat Catchers

(Prithi Trivedi, a former GlobalGiving intern, visited this project during her travels in India during June, 2007. Following are her impressions and photographs taken during her visit). After being driven an hour outside of the bustling metropolis of Chennai, I first encountered what many call “true India.” Since...

When Sethu Narayanan, project leader of CDDP, is asked about the leading principles of CDDP, he immediately references Gandhi. As a student of the Gandhi Gramin University, the only agricultural school in Chennai, Sethu learned the practices of rural development based on Gandhi’s philosophy. Simple teachings such as,...

Introduction: Rat catching is certainly an occupation unique to only certain countries. The majority of three million Tribal community in India is involved in this line of work. Income levels depend on the number of rats killed in the field. The poor rat catching tribals are facing with severe occupational health...