Change Initiatives has uploaded a video clip on Women’s participation in Nabanna Project in Nadia.
The video The Road To Tomorrow is in Bengali with English sub-titles.

It is an example of how ICT facilitates women to take up new initiatives.

To view the film click here.
 

A video clip on Azolla cultivation was downloaded from the Telesupport database and was shown to the women of Ghoragacha.As the women were very much worried about the health of their animals, they decided to cultivate Azolla in their village. Initially the women were a bit worried, as it was a completely new thing for them, but when the animals started eating Azolla they were very happy not just because their initiative was successful, but also because they could see the remarkable change in their animals' health.

Their success story spread over to another village, Madnadanga, and the same film was shown there to the village women.They were quite convinced and decided to cultivate Azolla. Sadhna, an woman form Ghoragacha, who had already experienced Azolla cultivation came to Madandanga to demonstrate how Azolla can be cultivated. Now it is more than six months that women from both villages are cultivating Azolla. Meera, an woman from Ghoragacha village, recently said, “If you look at our birds now, you could easily recognize the difference, they are laying more eggs than before.

During the entire exercise the whole process has been video-documented and The Road To Tomorrow is the reflection of that.