Tuticorin, the region in which SCAD works, receives 678mm of rainfall a year, which is 29% less than the average for the district. The communities who live in Tuticorin are already feeling the effects of drought, soil erosion and water depletion. Monsoon rains matter for crop irrigation and water supply, and people and livestock suffer heavily when the monsoon fails or is delayed. For the future of our communities in India we have started to plan adaptation strategies. To this end we have been planting between 80,000 and 100,000 new indigenous saplings every year since we began working in the community...

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Welcome to Social Change and Development, also known as SCADcharity! We are an Indian Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Tamil Nadu, South India. For the last 27 years we have been doing outreach work empowering rural communities and facilitating sustainable development. We work in communities in many different ways offering services in education, health, financial support, income generation programmes, farming and skills training, such as sewing, weaving and pottery. We also have many initiatives to protect the natural environment and we are dedicated to supporting and empowering...

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