For A Better Tomorrow Nongbah Nongnah

Nongbah Nongnah is located in the South West Khasi Hills District, approximately 40 kilometers from Mawkyrwat, which serves as the headquarters of the district. It is the oldest village in the Nongnah area, comprising a total of 45 households. The people of Nongbah...
UM DIH LANG

UM DIH LANG

A  Community’s Journey to Water Sustainability: From Scarcity to Ownership ‘Um Dih Lang’ is the name chosen for this success story. It is a term in the local language that can be roughly translated to ‘the water we drink together’. The...

GAMBEGRE VILLAGE SHOWCASING THE BEST PRACTICES OF NRM

Gambegre Village is one of 400 villages located in critically degraded landscapes of the state, that came forward to participate in the World Bank-funded Community-Led Landscape Management Project (CLLMP) in 2019. A survey by the North Eastern Space Application Centre...

EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH CLLMP

Meghalaya is one of the few existing matrilineal societies in the world and it is expected that women would have more decision making roles, however, the issue of authority and power is still a widely debated topic. The matrilineal system followed by the three main...