Ramanwadi
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MEDA State Award
On March 13th 2012, at New Mumbai, Venu Madhuri received the State Award for Excellence in Energy Conservation and Management under NGO sector for the year 2008-09.
The award was given by Hon. Shri Ganesh Naik (Minister for Non Conventional Energy, Govt. of Maharashtra & Chairman MEDA) in the presence of Sri Anand Limaye IAS (Director General MEDA) and other important guests on the dais. MEDA (Maharashtra
Energy Development Agency) is the state's agency for the "New and
Non-Conventional Energy Department" of Government of India.
Two projects (described below), implemented at Ramanwadi (tehsil - Radhanagari, district - Kolhapur), brought Venu Madhuri this recognition. First project was a gobar-gas plant with 22 gobar-gas (bio-gas) units and ...
Posted Apr 30, 2012 1:58 AM by venumadhuri NGO
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Vilas Ganapati Happier Than Ever
"Venu Madhuri transformed my life" - Sri Vilas Ganapati Patil
Vilas is 39 now. At the age of 19 he was forced
to leave Ramanwadi to work as sugarcane cutting labor*. The reason to leave Ramanwadi was
unavailability of water for cultivating his own land.
Vilas left behind his
parents at Ramanwadi. Latter at the age of 21 he got married &
left behind his wife with two sons and a daughter. The whole family remained in speration from
Vilas for 8 months a year for 18 years. All these years everyone in the family
went through a lot of physical, emotional, cultural and economical stress, that
made their situation from bad to worst.
Work
conditions
Sugarcane cutting is
highly durdegerious job ...
Posted Apr 30, 2012 1:03 AM by venumadhuri NGO
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Maruti Patil Reviving Cow Culture
Cow is the foundation for nutrition, organic manure, bio fuel, lasting
environment protection & reduction to drudgery
Maruti
A. Patil and his family are from Ramanwadi Village (tehsil - Radhanagari,
district - Kolhapur). Venu Madhuri has been working with the inhabitants of
Ramanwadi since 2001, with an aim to bring self-sufficiency. Core area of its work is to educate villagers about role of cow in
sustainable development of human health, agriculture & fuel. Ramanwadi
is located off the road in an isolated forest region where the basic facilities
like road, health center, secondary education, and markets are missing.
Even for bare necessities like matchbox or salt, people have to walk 4 km in
the hilly area. Several cases have been observed where pregnant ...
Posted Apr 30, 2012 2:02 AM by venumadhuri NGO
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Visit of our international donors
One of our regular donors is AID (Association for India’s Development), a US based agency with multiple chapters (http://aidindia.org, http://www.aiddallas.org). So far, they have sponsored 9 of our projects, first one in 2003 and the recent one in 2010. Most of the projects are sponsored by AID's Dallas chapter and minority by Mexico and Buffalo chapters. On many occasions, their board members have visited, stayed, and worked with villagers of Ramanwadi and have tested and monitored our project sites.Following members of AID have visited Ramanwadi since 2003.Sachin - New Mexico, visited in Oct-2003Sameer Marathe - Pennsylvania, visited in June 2005Shrayas Jatkar - New York, visited in Jul 2005, shrayas_jatkar@yahoo ...
Posted Apr 3, 2012 4:10 AM by venumadhuri NGO
| Change is inevitable
Why You Should Support Our OrganizationVenu Madhuri has been involved in sustainable development of village Ramanwadi. Our mission is to make a village self sustained in all aspects. We believe in what Mahatma Gandhi said: "Gram Swaraj". Activities of Venu Madhuri had lead many villagers to come back from cities to their native village. Venu Madhuri focuses on maintaining harmonious relationship between Nature and Human. Venu Madhuri is against the theme of Over Exploitation. Some of our activities are Bull Driven Oil Ghani, Traditional Ground Nut Decortication, Generation of Oil Cakes as by product, Irrigation Schemes, Bio Gas generation, etc. We have taken one step towards preserving not only the Village Culture but also making it self sustainable. Another Step is required from your side. You can extend your help by either associating with us OR helping us financially. |
