This presentation reports the intensive farming training for disabled people that happened in Sristi village for one month, thanks to Leonard Cheshire support and an organic farming teacher.

1. LC Project & Sristi Village
Present
30 Days Intense Farm Training
For Disabled People
Part I
By
Ananta BATSOU

2. The purpose of this intensive training program was
to teach Sristi’s members about organic vegetable
farming so they can be self-sustained in the
future.
They were given theoritical classes and pratical
lessons on the fields with a farm trainer.
The aim of this presentation is to report the
journey of the intensive training program.

3. Starting with
Sundar
- Farm Teacher -
Nagaraj
Senthil
Saravanan
Bharani
Parasuraman
Pradeep
Sugumar
Kaliapan
Palanivel
Jana
Anandraj
- staff member -
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4. Trainees smile for their first day of study
Teacher and trainees with their tools
Tree planted on launch day
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15th June 2018
Launch day of the intensive training

5. Training Schedule
From Monday to Friday
Saturday &
Sunday
6 am to 9 am
Field work
Watering work
10 am to 12 pm
Class
3 pm to 6 pm
Field work
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6. Class timeFrom
10 am…
…To 12 pm
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7. 1a
2a
3a
1b
2a
3b
Cowdung is
produced and stored
in a cool place.
As it is getting cooler,
it is also watered to take
out methane.
Cowdung has
decomposed.
Holes are digged.
Holes are filled with
compost and covered
with mulch.
Seeds can now be
planted.
Today’s lesson

8. Main field at the begining
of the training…
… started to
change slowly.
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9. … to another.
From a landscape…
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10. Trainees build cowdung shelter for compost.
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11. Cows… these
living factories.
Coconut dust can
also be used as
mulch.
Filling the shelter
requires a few hands…
Once
compost and
mulch are
ready, they are
set in fields.
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12. Some plants need
special treatments…
For what we
built a nursery. By

13. Same as tools… that deserve a shed for which
we also level ground with sand.
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14. Waiting for the material…
.. we set up a small nursery..
.. where
we planted ..
.. aubergine
and chillies.
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15. Spinach was planted in the main field.
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16. Banana trees require bigger holes. By

17. Different plants need different kind of beds.
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18. All seeds will not grow. To
increase our chances,
we remove the damaged ones. By

19. By

20. For
this week,
there’s not
more
compost
left under
the shelter.
We seize
the
opportunity
to put in
the plants
and trees
which are
waiting for
being
planted.
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21. LC Project & Sristi Village
Present
30 Days Intense Farm Training
For Disabled People
Part II
By
Ananta BATSOU

22. … to keep it wet.
… we filled themup with compost..
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2
3
4
5
Banana
trees…
…holes
digged,
… and raised their ground level.. By

23. By
We built benches for hard workers breaks and tea time…

24. 3
2
According to our principles, we spread ecological
suppliments to feed our growing plants with a pump.
Fish and
vegetal
manures are
mixed with
cow dung
compost.
1.a
1.b
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On the morning, spinach is
collected for lunch.

26. Trainees need a decent house to sleep and get
good rest. This home will be all bamboo made.For this reason, barrels are buried to host and
protect bamboo from decomposition.
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27. … seeds are growing in
the temporary nurseries.
Nearby..
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While big
nursery is
rising…
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29. Students are waiting patiently for their special teacher…
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30. As soon she arrives, class begins. There’s no time
to loose. All are carefully listening to her. By

31. And when she asks
questions..
… all are likely to participate and
show what they know on the subject.
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32. Between funny and serious moments, she teaches them how to
present themselves for working and how to behave with clients.
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33. All under the confident and proud gaze of their benevolent daily managers.
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34. When LC Meet Sristi…
Then, Sir
Christopher from
LC Association
discuss with them
to check what they
have been teached
during their
training.
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35. Finally, all
students get
successfully
graduated.
Each one is
called to
receive his
diploma.
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37. CONGRATULATIONS !
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38. And of course… Thank you to all the anchors of this project who
made it happens together. By

39. Parasuraman and Anandraj went to the Bank to open an
account…
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40. Indeed, training is now over.
But the adventure goes on and trainees are henceforth
all members of a new enterprise they launched their
1st independent venture together, THULIR.
In Tamil, Thulir means to grow, to sprout.
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41. Nagaraj
Senthil
Saravanan
Bharani
Parasuraman
Sugumar
Kaliapan
Palanivel
Jana
Anandraj
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