Key Components:

• • Installation of 6 raised handpumps across all villages to ensure flood-resilient access to safe drinking water during extreme weather events and year-round.
• • Desilting and bund strengthening of 24 agriculture ponds, expanding their capacity for Rabi and Kharif irrigation
• • Livelihood support for 50 landless families, including training in backyard poultry, duckery and water hyacinth handicrafts, plus microenterprise support.
• • Formation of Water User Groups (WUGs) to manage irrigation ponds and promote community ownership.
• • Community mobilization and awareness campaigns on water conservation and local resource management.

Expected Outcomes:

• • Community mobilization and awareness campaigns on water conservation and local resource management
• • 1.5X increase in Rabi cultivation, improving irrigation access for 300 farmers and expanding cultivated area from 75 to 115 acres..
• • Increased resilience and income for 50 landless families, doubling average monthly earnings through sustainable microenterprises.
• • Enhanced community governance, with VWSCs and WUGs actively managing water resources and leveraging government convergence funds.
• • Reduced salinity and waterborne diseases due to access to deeper, raised and protected water sources.
• • Boost in women’s economic agency, as women lead microenterprises and play key roles in water resource management.

Vision:

Through this integrated water resilience project, SEED envisions a Ghoramara where no family suffers from water scarcity, no child misses school due to illness from saline water and no farming household is left behind due to climate-induced poverty. The initiative aims to transform this fragile island into a replicable model of community-led adaptation and inclusive sustainability.