Food production should never come at the expense of human health. Sustainable agriculture is the production of food, fibre, or other plant or animal products without relying on toxic chemical pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, genetically modified seeds or practices that degrade soil, water, or other natural resources. This form of agriculture enables us to produce healthy …
Sustainable Farming
Drinking Water Project
Water is a fundamental human need. On an average every human requires at least 20 to 50 liters of clean, safe water daily for drinking, cooking and keeping themselves clean. Polluted water isn’t just dirty—it’s deadly. Around 1.8 million people die every year of diarrheal diseases like cholera. Tens of millions of others are seriously …
Literacy Programs
To create awareness among customers about financial literacy, VFS has joined hands with the RBI and conducted customer awareness programs at Chhagulia, Kaldoba, Agomoni and Golakganj in Dhubri District, Assam, through which VFS reached out to a total of 424 customers. The RBI Guwahati representative, Mr. Abbas Ahmed, along with VFS operation head, Mr. Manas …
Medical Aid
Health is the topmost priority for any empowerment activity. As a part of the Village Group, Out Patient Clinics (OPCs) have been introduced in several areas where VFS has presence. These OPCs are providing medical services to the patients through qualified medical practitioners. Mobile clinics have been arranged for patients in remote localities.. Doctors visit …
Solid Waste Management
Solid waste management is a term that is used to refer to the process of collecting and treating solid wastes. It also offers solutions for recycling items wherever permissible. From the time when people have been living in settlements and residential areas, garbage or solid waste has been an issue. Waste management is all about …
Old Age Home Programs
With rapid advances in healthcare and urbanization, senior citizens are living fitter and longer lives. There are heart-rending illustrations in our society of families abandoning their parents or family members when they grow old and “unproductive”. The hands that had rocked their cradles, fed and clothed them, sacrificed their small pleasures for the sake of …
Educational Initiatives
The Village Group has always promoted education among the young children, especially of families belowthe poverty line. VFS celebrated ‘Sishu Utsav o Milan Mela’ on the occasion of the 120th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Village Model School in Udaynarayanpur, Howrah. The festival started off with a morning rally and a road …
Targeting the Hardcore Poor (THP)
As a part of the group initiative, a program has been launched to transform the livelihoods of a 100 ultra-poor families headed by women in Siakhala, Haripal/Chanditala Block, Hooghly. Under the Targeting the Hardcore Poor project, the families were given hand-holding support socio-economically for a duration of two years, ending in the month of December, …
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