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Saahas

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The HCL Grant Project in

Action

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e HCL Grant has helped us increase

our impact and reach in rural Karnataka

to villages across four districts of the state.

Segregated waste collection has started in

47 Gram Panchayats (GPs) out of the

projected 49. Segregation levels have

reached about 22 per cent in the households

giving their waste. 43 GPs have waste

management units. We have extended

the reach of the Swachh Bharat Mission,

MGNREGS and the NRLM schemes of the

government in our project impact areas.

W

orking with the HCL

Foundation

B

y receiving the HCL Grant, we have become

part of a team of high impact NGOs, all doing

wonderful work in their respective fields.

HCL oundation has enabled interactions

Recipient of the FICCI Circular Econom

y Award 2019, Saahas envisions

India as a leading circular economy with zero waste communities, zero

waste burning and zero waste to the landfill. Its projects have shown

considerable impact in the areas of urban/rural waste management

and livelihood for informal sector workers through enabling successful

source segregation of over 41 tonnes of waste per day and service to

58,000 houses. Its current focus is on 11 states to set up community-

owned waste management systems in more than 91 villages.

F

ounded by Wilma Rodrigues in 2001

HCL Grant Project Approach:

Waste

segregation and processing at the village level

for improved waste management and reduced

negative environmental impact

HCL Grant Project Title:

S

ustainable Waste

Management rough Community-Owned

Rural Resource Recovery Systems

Beneficiaries:

11,40,000 village residents

Location:

560 v

illages in dupi, Ramanagara,

Ballari and Dakshina Kannada districts

of Karnataka