Mahima Jaini
Mahima wrote proposals with Dakshin Foundation for initiating researcher and community-based fisheries monitoring project in the Lakshadweep Islands. She also initiated a new project to study dynamics of plankton communities in the Andaman Islands as part of a grant Dakshin had received from GOI Department of Biotechnology.
Arun Viji
15-year old Arun Viji from Chennai, singlehandedly raised INR 72,000 for our crowdfunding campaign ‘Help Fisher Families‘ by starting an online summer camp on ‘Understanding Oceans’ for children.
Sports and Community Wellbeing
Sports and Community Wellbeing in Odisha and Andaman and Nicobar Islands Kanishk Srinivasan, Anand Rao, Kartik Shanker Sites: Odisha and Andaman and Nicobar Islands Our sports and community wellbeing programme aims to provide youth and children in our field sites with structured sporting opportunities, which can provide them with spaces to engage in pro-social behaviour…
Developing a rapid needs assessment framework for fishing communities
Developing a rapid needs assessment framework for fishing communities Marianne Manuel, Tanya Koshy, Samyuktha Rao, Fathima Husain, Naveen Namboothri Considering the large economic contribution and the employment and livelihood opportunities that the fishing sector generates, there is an immediate need to focus on improving the lives of the coastal fisher communities. However, the diffuse and…
A humanitarian response enabled by networks
By Aarthi Sridhar and Madhuri Mondal | Most individuals and organisations involved with social change in India find themselves embedded within multiple networks and coalitions of the country’s vibrant civil society. Since our inception in 2008, Dakshin has built up such engagement to actively facilitate and strengthen civil society networks comprised of coastal community-based organisations and fishworker groups, but also disciplinary experts from law and natural science.