Help Women Farmers Build Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in Rural India

In the drought-prone villages of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, women farmers are on the frontlines of poverty and climate change.

For generations, they have worked tirelessly to feed their families, often struggling with depleted soils, water scarcity, crop failures, and crushing debt from local moneylenders.

Today, they are transforming their lives—and their environment.

For more than 30 years, the Rural Organization for Social Education (ROSE) has partnered with rural women to build sustainable livelihoods through organic farming, water conservation, agroforestry, and farmer-owned enterprises.

Your support helps women farmers:

🌱 Restore degraded land through organic and climate-smart agriculture

💧 Harvest and conserve precious water through farm ponds and water-management systems

🌳 Plant trees that improve soil fertility, increase biodiversity, and protect communities from climate impacts

🌾 Revive indigenous millet and traditional seed varieties that are nutritious, drought-resistant, and environmentally sustainable

👩‍🌾 Build women-led enterprises and farmer organizations that create long-term income and economic independence

Proven Impact

Together with rural communities, ROSE has already helped achieve:

·       92,450 trees planted through agroforestry initiatives

·       55 farm ponds harvesting over 42 million liters of water

·       1,364 small and marginal farmers organized into a successful Farmer Producer Company

·       71% of members are women farmers

·       Significant increases in farm productivity and household income

·       Reduced dependence on exploitative moneylenders and costly agricultural inputs

These are not short-term solutions. They are lasting investments in people, livelihoods, and the environment.

Why Your Donation Matters

When you support this campaign, you are helping a rural woman:

·       Earn a stable income

·       Feed her family nutritious food

·       Protect her land for future generations

·       Adapt to climate change

·       Build a future with dignity and opportunity

Every contribution helps women farmers become leaders of environmental restoration and economic transformation in their communities.

Donate Today

A greener future begins with empowered women.

Join ROSE in helping rural women farmers restore the land, strengthen their livelihoods, and build climate-resilient communities across South India.

**Your gift today will create lasting change for women, families, and the environment.**

Empower Women Farmers for a Climate-Resilient Future

Empowering rural women, children, and farming families in South India through livelihoods, education, and climate resilience.

**Building Dignity, Sustainable Livelihoods, and Climate Resilience for Rural Communities in India**

For more than 30 years, the Rural Organization for Social Education (ROSE) has been transforming the lives of marginalized rural communities in Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1993, ROSE works alongside women, children, youth, small and marginal farmers, unorganized workers, fisherfolk, and rural artisans to create sustainable livelihoods, strengthen community resilience, and promote social justice.

**Our Vision**

A world where rural communities enjoy greener livelihoods founded on equity, dignity, opportunity, and justice.

**Our Mission**

ROSE empowers vulnerable communities to overcome poverty and exclusion by:

- Strengthening sustainable livelihoods;
- Promoting women's leadership and community participation;
- Protecting children and advancing their education;
- Conserving natural resources and biodiversity;
- Building climate resilience and disaster preparedness; and
- Creating opportunities for economic self-reliance and social inclusion.

**Where We Work**

ROSE serves 68 villages across Pudukkottai District in Tamil Nadu, one of India's drought-prone regions where rural families face persistent challenges including poverty, climate change, water scarcity, unemployment, gender inequality, and limited access to services.

**Who We Serve**

Our programs directly benefit:

- Women and girls
- Children and youth
- Small and marginal farmers
- Unorganized workers
- Fisherfolk
- Rural artisans
- Dalit and socially marginalized communities

**Our Impact**

Over the years, ROSE has achieved measurable and lasting results:

**Empowering Women**

- Formed and strengthened 153 women's Self-Help Groups.
- Enabled women to access savings, microcredit, and livelihood opportunities.
- Supported women facing domestic violence, dowry harassment, abandonment, and discrimination through the Bharathi Women's Movement.
- Trained women in leadership, legal rights, entrepreneurship, and income generation.

**Protecting and Educating Children**

- Reintegrated 325 school dropouts into formal education.
- Supported more than 1,100 children through school gardens, health programs, and environmental education.
- Established children's groups, eco-clubs, tuition centers, and child rights initiatives.
- Promoted life skills, psychosocial well-being, and child protection.

**Advancing Health and Well-Being**

- Provided healthcare support and medical services to more than 10,500 people.
- Organized health camps, herbal medicine programs, and community health awareness initiatives.
- Established herbal gardens managed by rural women to improve nutrition and healthcare access.

**Strengthening Livelihoods and Economic Security**

- Registered over 22,000 unorganized workers for social security and welfare benefits.
- Helped vulnerable families access government entitlements and social protection schemes.
- Facilitated livelihood development and microenterprise opportunities for women and marginalized households.

**Securing Land and Social Justice**

- Assisted 174 Dalit families in securing ownership rights to 246 acres of land.
- Supported 750 tenant families in obtaining legal ownership of their homes.
- Advocated successfully for land rights, community resources, and rural justice.

**Protecting the Environment and Combating Climate Change**

- Planted more than 92,000 trees through agroforestry and ecological restoration programs.
- Constructed 55 farm ponds capable of harvesting over 42 million liters of water.
- Promoted organic farming, biodiversity conservation, indigenous seeds, and climate-resilient agriculture.
- Helped farmers improve productivity, reduce debt, and restore degraded ecosystems.

**Transforming Agriculture Through Farmer-Owned Enterprises**

ROSE facilitated the creation of the Pudukkottai Organic Farmers Producer Company Limited (POFPCL), a farmer-owned enterprise with 1,364 small and marginal farmer members, 71% of whom are women. Today, POFPCL has become one of Tamil Nadu's leading Farmer Producer Organizations and achieved annual turnover exceeding INR 6.6 Crores (approximately USD 800,000).

The organization has received state-level recognition for excellence in governance, organic farming, and sustainable agriculture.

**Why Your Support Matters**

Across rural Tamil Nadu, women, children, and farming families continue to face increasing challenges caused by poverty, climate change, unemployment, and social exclusion.

Your support helps us:

- Keep vulnerable children in school.
- Equip young women with skills for employment and entrepreneurship.
- Create sustainable livelihoods for rural families.
- Protect women and girls from violence and discrimination.
- Restore ecosystems and improve water security.
- Strengthen climate resilience for farming communities.
- Expand opportunities for marginalized communities to thrive with dignity and self-reliance.

Every contribution creates lasting change in the lives of families who are striving for a better future.

**Our Credibility**

ROSE is a legally registered nonprofit organization in India and holds:

- Registration under the Indian Trust Act
- FCRA Registration for receiving international contributions
- Income Tax Exemptions under Sections 12A and 80G
- More than three decades of proven grassroots experience

ROSE has partnered with respected international organizations from the United States, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, South Korea, and other countries to advance sustainable development and community empowerment.

**Join Us**

Together, we can help rural women, children, youth, and farming families build resilient livelihoods, protect the environment, and create communities where every person lives with dignity, opportunity, and hope.

**Your donation is not simply a gift—it is an investment in lasting social and environmental change.**

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