Workers Development Union
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| Abbreviation | SAS |
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| Location | |
Region served | North Karnataka & Kolhapur |
Also called | Jana Jagran (Awake) |
Director | Joseph Chenakala [1] |
| Affiliations | Goa Province of Jesuits Catholic church |
Staff | 42 |
| Website | SAS |
Workers Development Union (Shramik Abhivrudhi Sangh) also known as Jana Jagran is the social action wing and a non government organization[2] of the Goa Jesuits, with activities concentrated in Belgaum and other districts of north Karnataka and in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.[3][4]
The Union has a shepherd training program in sheep care, modern medicines and modern breeding practices carried on in the largely pastoral northern districts of Karnataka.[5][6] In 1996 SAS helped local women produce and market handbags and other handicrafts made of jute and cotton fibre. In 2005 SAS teamed with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and helped Kuruba women in the Belgaum district in Karnataka to make and market wool products from sheep on the Deccan Plateau.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Shepherds seek compensation". The Hindu. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ FAO Animal Production and Health Paper. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2010. p. 20. ISBN 9789251064535.
- ^ a b "Marketing wool from an endangered sheep breed in the Deccan Plateau of India" (PDF). Gopi Krishna, PR Sheshagiri Rao, and Kamal Kishore. Food and Agriculture Organization. pp. 17–28. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Belgaum District, Karnataka State". Indiana University. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Karnataka / Belgaum News : Workshop on coarse wool begins today". The Hindu. 2005-12-19. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "A big, overseas market for coarse wool is waiting to be tapped". The Hindu. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 27 September 2021.