From our archives: Bartering for Betterment From our archives: Bartering for Betterment Apr 21, 2021
Barter for Better Fiji celebrates it s one year anniversary today. The group has 193,300 members and is still hosting trades. In December 2020 we profiled Marlene Dutta as part of our 2020 People of the Year series. We re publishing a lightly edited version of that article in full again today.
Marlene Dutta is the brains, and the heart, behind Barter for Better Fiji. She is also our Pacific Community Champion for 2020.
Early this year (2020), as borders closed in response to the pandemic and Fiji’s tourism industry came to an abrupt halt, Marlene Dutta started asking herself, “what do you do when there is no more cash?” At the same time, she said she felt she was becoming a “horrible person.”
New Northeast to play leading role in New India: Dr Jitendra
Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Apr 15: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said here today that New Northeast is destined to play a leading role in New India.
Speaking on ‘Sustainable Livelihoods : Investing in Women for a New India” at the 37th Annual Session organised online by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)-FLO here Dr. Jitendra Singh said, Northeast has had a rich tradition of women entrepreneurship and always took a lead as far as the women Self Help Groups (SHGs) are concerned. He recalled that it was way back in 1950s, only a few years after India’s independence, that the State of Assam had its first ever Mahila Mandal established, which actually paved the way for other States to follow. Today, different North Eastern States have
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INVITATION TO TENDER – GEF 6 – Integrated Ecosystems Management and Restoration of Forests in the South East Coast Project
INVITATION
The Government of Saint Lucia, through the Department of Sustainable Development (Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development), is inviting consultants to submit tenders for a
consultancy to undertake a detailed socio-economic profile of the communities in the South East Coast to provide agribusiness support services.
Project Location
Saint Lucia, with particular focus on the South East Coast, from Mandele Point in Dennery to Laborie.
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 Integrated Ecosystem Management and Restoration of Forests on the South East Coast of Saint Lucia project is aimed at developing ecosystems management systems and practices, restoring productive landscapes and enabling sustainable socio-economic development by creating avenues for sustainable livelihood in the communit
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