"I never imagined bees could change our lives,” Tara says, gently lifting the lid of her wooden hive. A year ago, she didn’t know how to manage a colony or harvest honey. Today, thanks to the IFHD and Concern India Foundation initiative supported by Thomson Reuters India (TRIPL), she manages her own apiary, part of a collective of women’s self-help groups learning to build livelihoods from nature — not at its cost.

Tara Naik

Golibetta, Karnataka

"IFHD provided solar dryers to our SHG group and trained us on the importance of hygienic dry fish production and how this would fetch higher market prices. Today we are able to produce a good quantity and quality of dry fishes. We are able to do the packaging and marketing and get good income out of that. These solar dryers also helped us prevent the loss of dry fishes from birds, dogs, cats and predators." 

Mohini Mudangi 
Gokarna, Karnataka

"When I decided to create my own kitchen garden, the soil beneath my feet was dry and coarse but my resolve was anything but. With a little guidance from the IFHD team, I began enriching the earth, carefully mixing red and black soils and treating them with natural compost and biofertilizers. Soon, tiny seeds of spinach, coriander, okra, and ridge gourd began to sprout watered by care, patience, and a simple mini-sprinkler system. Within a few months, my family and I were eating fresh, organic vegetables grown right in our own backyard. Our weekly expenses came down, but what truly grew was something deeper: pride, better health, and a strong sense of self-reliance."

Shivasharanayya
Raichur, Karnataka