Chennai Resilience CentreIn collaboration with Sempulam Sustainable Solutions, Chennai Resilience Centre (CRC) distributed kitchen garden kits to homeless shelters and Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) centres within the jurisdiction of Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), as a part of the Chennai Urban Farming Initiative (CUFI). A skill-based training session was organised for 66 Anganwadi workers and 15 ICDS block coordinators at the Anbagam shelter for mentally challenged on 9th March 2022 and the Madras Seva Sadan on 10th March 2022 and 11th March 2022, and between 2 pm and 5 pm.
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Chennai Resilience CentreOrganic Mobile Vegetable Garden Kits were distributed in three batches (March, April and August 2021) to 151 ICDS centres. All the centres initially received 5 kits and some well-performing centres were provided with additional kits later. In Jann 2022, 75 newly identified ICDS centres will receive 5 kits each. Similarly, 55 homeless shelters were initially provided with 5 kits each beteen April 2021 and August 2021 following which some well performing shelters received additional kits.
Chennai Resilience CentreA skills training cum exposure visit was organised by CRC for shelter coordinators from the homeless shelters administered by GCC and Assistant Coordinators of the SUH initiative on Aug 30th, 2021 and Sept 5th, 2021. Participants were taken to an organic farm, owned and maintained by Sempulam Sustainable Solutions, at Sukkankollai, Kancheepuram district.