Posts from the ‘Tamil Nadu’ Category

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    Solidarity, Summer 2011

    December 8th, 2011 | Front, Fundraising, Mae Sot, Solidarity, Summer 2011, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, The Pacific | UnionAID | Comments Off

    The sixth issue of Solidarity, the newsletter of the Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust, is available below. This issue introduces new projects in Sri Lanka and the Pacific, as well as updates on ongoing projects in Tamil Nadu and Mae Sot. New Projects in Sri Lanka, Mae Sot and the Pacific Worker co-operatives: Tamil Nadu Labour Union leads the [...]

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    Worker co-operatives: Tamil Nadu Labour Union leads the way

    December 8th, 2011 | Solidarity, Summer 2011, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off

    Increasingly experts are questioning the role of aid in the reduction of poverty. Some are even suggesting that at times it might contribute to the problem. So what development programmes should we support? The United Nations has claimed that co-operatives not only achieve the common goals of their members but also promote “poverty reduction, employment [...]

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  • Women basket weavers are forming a cooperative based business

    Meeting our fundraising target!

    December 8th, 2011 | Fundraising, Solidarity, Summer 2011, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off

    Gareth Morgan has agreed to match us dollar  for dollar up to $30,000 a year with our fundraising for the new Tamil Nadu project. Thanks to hard work from UnionAID activists, and generous donations from our supporters, we are on track to meet that target for the first six months of the project. Our sincere [...]

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    Online database a first for Tamil Nadu project

    December 8th, 2011 | Solidarity, Summer 2011, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off

    An online database has been developed with the help of Susan Iversen of Karo Data Management in Wellington. This will provide statistical information to evaluate the Tamil Nadu economic development project. To gather this data a small survey was designed in collaboration with project directors in India. This covers demographic data and three measures which will identify [...]

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  • Basket makers' president Angali

    Cooperative economic development

    June 28th, 2011 | Solidarity, Winter 2011, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off

    An exciting new UnionAID project in South India will develop 5 cooperative based businesses and more than 120 micro-enterprises over the next 3 years. This new project will build on the UnionAID project work of the past 3 years which has organised more than 30,000 people in Dalit and Tribal communities and will help them [...]

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  • Gypsy Union - Rajalakshmi and Rani - leaders

    South India: building economic independence, cooperatively

    June 28th, 2011 | Solidarity, Winter 2011, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off

    The new UnionAID project will enable Dalit and Tribal communities to build their economic independence (from landlords, middle men and moneylenders) through cooperative based businesses and micro-enterprises. On a recent visit to South India UnionAID Executive Chair Ross Wilson was able to talk to many of these groups about their aspirations. Gypsy communities Rajalakshmi and [...]

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  • Bracelet makers’ micro-enterprise leader Karuppayee

    Regular donations hit $3000 a month!

    June 28th, 2011 | Solidarity, Winter 2011, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off

    Your Kiwi Solidarity contributions recently reached a high of $3000 a month. Thanks to the efforts and encouragement of our volunteers,  unionists and others, people are signing up to UnionAID in growing numbers. This regular monthly income provides UnionAID with a sound financial base from which to plan future projects and consider expanding into other [...]

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    Comment, Solidarity Winter 2011

    June 28th, 2011 | Fundraising, Solidarity, Winter 2011, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off

    The past six months have seen a major shift in focus for both of our major projects in Mae Sot and Tamil Nadu. We have been working with the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) in Mae Sot, and the Tamil Nadu Labour Union (TNLU) for several years. In both cases the projects have [...]

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  • Meet Rajalakshmi and Rana from the Gypsy communityRajalakshmi (l) and Rana are the leaders of the Gypsy (Narikuravar) community which is part of the UnionAID project. They settled on government land near Madurai and are organised as a union, proud of their achievements. They want to work with two other Narikuravar communities to create a jewellery-making cooperative.

    Building cooperatives in South India

    June 20th, 2011 | Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off

    Five cooperative-based businesses and more than 120 micro-enterprises will be created over the next three years in Tamil Nadu, South India with UnionAID assistance. The project will build on the work of the past three years which has organised more than 30,000 people in Dalit and Tribal communities which is helping them to achieve economic [...]

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    Project priorities for 2011

    March 31st, 2011 | Mae Sot, Solidarity, Autumn 2011, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off

    UnionAID has established the following priorities for our project work in 2011: 1. The FTUB Mae Sot project The establishment of the skills training centre for Burmese migrant workers is our first priority for the year. Funding from the Government’s new Sustainable Development Fund will assist with this desperately needed facility. 2. The Tamil Nadu [...]

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