About

WASSAN’s vision is to establish participatory processes through a network approach that strengthens Natural Resources Management (NRM) practices to secure livelihoods of deprived communities in drought-prone areas. They engage and empower economically disadvantaged communities, particularly scheduled castes and tribes, in projects covering water management, crop management, afforestation, pasture/fodder development, rural energy management, soil, and land management, and the scope of their activities include capacity building, institutional development, networking, and advocacy. They have worked intensely with communities from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha.

Impact Narrative

To protect tribal farmers from falling prices of tamarind, Rang De and WASSAN have partnered to enable tribal farmers to meet the expenses of processing and storing their tamarind produce, while they wait for market conditions to improve.