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The Rain Decided To Help Us : Participatory Watershed Management in the State of Maharashtra, India (English) (by Crispino Lobo & Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius).

 

This book is a case study of the Pimpalgaon Wagha watershed in the drought prone area of Maharashtra, India. The lifestory approach has been used wherein the people analyse from their own perspective the change that has taken place in their lives because of watershed development.  The book has been published by the World Bank as part of its EDI Learning Resource Series. 
Little Drops of Water Make A Mighty Ocean (English)
Thembe Thembe Tale Sache (Marathi) 
Boon Boond se Banta Sagar (Hindi)
(Trainer's Manual for Savings and Credit Groups)

 

 

Drawn from experiences familiar to poor, rural women, this "Trainer's Manual" helps the guide/trainer to initiate and facilitate the savings and credit activities of Self Help Groups (SHGs).  It has simple activities that easily attract the attention of the rural participants.  In order to sustain the SHGs formed, a simple, clear, yet efficient accounting system has been explained.  
Accounts Register (with 20 passbooks) (Marathi) 
It is accompanied by an easy-to-use accounts maintenance register and 20 passbooks for each individual member (These are presently available only in Marathi).
Bol Anubhavache (Talking from Experience) (Marathi)

These are experiences shared by women from different villages, culled from our monthly local language newsletter 'Panlot Parivar' (Watershed Family).
Operations Manual - Guidelines for operations in the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme (English)  This manual consists of the operational procedures followed under the IGWDP for undertaking participatory watershed management.  It contains a detailed description of what watershed management is, as well as the formats, systems and pedagogies involved.  It would also be a very  useful tool for participatory watershed implementation in different social cultural situations 
Measurement & Record System (English)
Karyapranali
(Marathi) 
This booklet contains the necessary recording and measurement systems useful for watershed management, besides impact monitoring formats. 
Watershed Development - An Information Booklet  (English) This is a small booklet on watershed development which explains the basic concepts behind it.  It is meant mainly for those who would like to understand what watershed development is about. 
Watershed Development - An Information Booklet  (English) This is a small booklet on watershed development which explains the basic concepts behind it.  It is meant mainly for those who would like to understand what watershed development is about. 
Watershed Development - An Information Booklet  (English) This is a small booklet on watershed development which explains the basic concepts behind it.  It is meant mainly for those who would like to understand what watershed development is about. 
Flipcharts
Songaon Decides to Change (English)
Songavane Badalayache Tharavale
(with audio cassette) (Marathi)

This flipchart story meant for creating awareness about the need and importance of watershed development, explains how participatory watershed development can transform a village and the lives of the people living therein.
Thembe Thembe Tale Sache - Pictorial Flipchart for SHG Promotion (Marathi) Various aspects of Self-Help Group promotion are depicted in pictorial form. The flipchart helps to initiate discussions of relevant topics during Self-Help Group meetings.
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