These are some of the projects we are working on currently:
Livelihood initiatives based on Apricots in Ladakh
Passive Solar Housing in Western Himalayas
Mico-hydal projects and hydrams
Solid waste management
Solar power plants for remote communities
Studies on ground water management and climate change
Rehabilitation after 2010 floods in Ladakh
Glacial lake survey/ investigation of glacial lake outbursts; health and socio-economic status at high altitudes.
Documentation of cultural events and social practices in Ladakh.
Fruit processing in collaboration with Sir Dorabji TATA trust Mumbai
Livelihood initiatives based on Apricots in Ladakh
The project aims at supplementing the existing income of the resource poor through optimal utilization of available natural resources (Apricot) in a sustainable and environment friendly manner.
The main component of the project is value addition of horticulture products and assisting the women groups in additional income generation activities in the geographically remote regions within the Ladakh region.
Year: 2008-2010
Total Budget: 40.91 Lakhs (INR)
Funding Agency: Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai
Aims and Objectives:
- Facilitating shift from traditional subsistence agriculture to cash income based farming system.
- Improve access to market through coordination.
- To lessen the number of intermediaries between producers and consumers.
- To serve the society as a whole without degrading the ecological environment.
- Improve market oriented non-farm and agro processing activities\ strategies for underutilized agricultural produce.
- To empower the producers by the end of the project year to be self sufficient in marketing and processing activities.
Activities completed till the end of 2008:
- Identification of women groups in Leih-do and Udmaroo interested in Fruit Processing activities.
- Training on processing of Apricot jam and pulp.
- Training on marketing of products to the SHGs
- Construction of work-shed and purchase of machinery initiated in Leih-do and Udmaroo.
- Training on processing of Apricot jam and pulp.
- Training on marketing of products in Leih-do.
Passive Solar Housing in Western Himalayas
LEDeG is part of the network of NGOs in Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh on the project titled “Passive Solar Housing in the Western Himalayas. The project is being implemented by GERES with the help of local NGOs.LEDeG has been identified as the resourse NGO for Trombe Wall considering its expertise with the technology over the years. There are three main technologies under Passive Solar Construction, They are Trombe wall, direct gain and attached green house. LEDeG constructed 395 passive solar houses in Ladakh since the year 2003 which includes 225 PSHs under GERES programme.
Year: 2008-2012
Target: 225 PSHs
Funding Agency: EU-GERES
Aims and Objectives:
The project is aimed at improving the living conditions of the people in remote areas and facilitate their socio-economic development.
Activities:
Under the PSH Project, the following activities were carried out:
- Village meetings were held in the project areas to orient and introduce the Passive Solar Technology to the communities and to collect the list of interested promoters.
- Localized mason training were conducted.
- 225 PSHs are being constructed in three blocks of Leh out of which 60 percent is completed and the reaming 40 percent is in the process of completion.
- The reliance on fuel for space heating has been reduced by two third besides reducing indoor air pollution and hazards to human health. Moreover, production of3.5 tons of CO2 has been reduced annually by each household.
- Temperature of rooms always remained above 10C in winter in PSH while as it goes down below Zero in non-PSH during peak winter.
- The handicraft production got doubled during winter due to PSH technology.