Cicada - Ecotourism

Cicada’s community initiatives follow a two pronged approach - Social as well as Economic welfare - which help reduce human dependence on forest ecosystems.

Direct Influences:

Staffing: Staffing: 95% of the staff at Cicada-Kabini have been recruited from the local village, giving due importance to local community development. Prerequisites are a willingness to learn and a hospitable attitude.

Indirect Influences:

Creating a marketplace: Produce such as vegetables, poultry, dairy and farm products are sourced from the local villages surrounding Kabini.

Community welfare programs:

	We work closely with Kabini Foundation, a local welfare organization in the region which helps set up village dairies with high milk yielding hybrid cows, conducts health camps, and trains villagers in job oriented skill sets

	Again through the foundation, contributions have been made towards better equipping the forest guards; scholarships were given to hundreds of children including contributions towards school fees, transport passes, books, carry bags etc.

	Cicada has installed solar street lamps in the nearby villages, especially near watering pumps where women gather late at night to gather water.

	Cicada also financially supports “Namma Sangha”, an organization that works towards providing LPG gas connections to villagers residing near protected areas thereby reducing firewood or bio-mass collection from Bandipur National Park

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