Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Article by Amy Liberman

Marginalised Farmers in Andhra Pradesh find support in the Timbaktu Collective
- Amy Liberman, Media Global Correspondent in India
23 December 2009 [MEDIAGLOBAL]: The second most drought-affected region in India, Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh witnesses dozens of farmer suicides each year. Forests cover just 5 percent of the sweeping region, but the Timbaktu Collective is working to boost those rates, while granting more than 3,000 landless and marginal farmers support and connections to the marketplace.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Photoessay of Garima on the birds of Timbaktu

Timbaktu: Paradise regained
We first heard of Timbaktu Collective back in the days when Ranjeet was a volunteer in Asha-NYC/NJ and Asha first started supporting the Timbaktu schools in the ’90s.