Our climate action work promotes solar electrification across schools, villages, and healthcare facilities, while tackling water challenges through percolation wells and lake rejuvenation. Native afforestation using the Miyawaki method and mangrove restoration protect coastlines, restore ecosystems, and build long-term climate resilience.
Concern India Foundation promotes renewable energy - such as solar electrification - through most of its projects in an integrated model, partnering up with schools, governments and healthcare facilities to facilitate access to uninterrupted electricity supply and lower bills. Additionally we also work on providing solar electrification in villages through solar street lights, enabling road safety and preventing accidents.
We address the challenges of declining groundwater levels and urban flooding by implementing water conservation initiatives focused on groundwater percolation and lake rejuvenation. Percolation wells enhance rainwater infiltration and recharge groundwater, while lake restoration efforts include desilting, removal of invasive weeds and plastic waste, strengthening of bunds, and plantation drives to improve biodiversity. These interventions work to increase water-holding capacity, improve soil moisture retention, and strengthen the catchment area - helping mitigate flooding and build climate resilience.
Utilising the Miyawaki method, we work to restore biodiversity, combat urban pollution, and enhance green cover across rural and urban cities. This is done by planting native saplings, regularly maintaining them for two years with regular watering, organic manure, and pesticide applications. We often partner up with volunteers to make this a community-led initiative.
Mangrove ecosystems have emerged as critical nature-based solutions, storing carbon, mitigating disaster risks, and protecting vulnerable coastlines. In response, we have undertaken extensive mangrove restoration initiatives, focusing on ecological recovery, climate resilience, and livelihood improvement for coastal communities. To ensure long-term impact, Joint Mangrove Management Committees have been established, enabling community participation and coordination with local governance. We promote alternative livelihoods such as solar fish drying, coconut oil units, and saline-water paddy farming create income while reducing environmental stress. These integrated, nature-based solutions serve as replicable models of community-driven ecological restoration.
We help communities adapt to changing climates by diversifying income sources and linking them to eco-friendly practices. We have done this through interventions such as saline paddy cultivation, millets and indigenous seed farming, beekeeping in rural areas that act as additional sources of income.
