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.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Swathi V in ‘The Hindu’

IITian takes a different path
The child contingent from Ananthapur that took part in the ‘Baalala Naatakotsavaalu’ (Children’s Theatre Festival) at Ravindra Bharathi had a remarkable mentor. Short, lean and plain, U. Subbaraju boasts of nothing unusual in his looks and can be easily lost in a crowd.
(click here to read more)

Friday, August 15, 2008

Timbaktu Collective’s work on ‘Asha’ web page

Timbaktu Collective is a rural development organization working in the three mandals - Chennekotha Palli (C.K.Palli), Ramgiri and Roddam of India's second most drought prone district, Ananthapur in Andhra Pradesh. For over 20 years they have been working on issues of rural development through Eco-restoration, Child rights, Youth development, Disability rights, Alternative banking with women, Organic farming and producer owned business enterprise development.
(click here to read more)