A project by Inner Wheel Club is helping Chennai citizens raise a garden and compost their kitchen waste
The Hindu
In the last six months, Prabha Ramesh has helped raise four terrace gardens and inspired 12 people to start composting their kitchen waste. Through home visits, calls and follow-ups, these citizens ar
In the last six months, Prabha Ramesh has helped raise four terrace gardens and inspired 12 people to start composting their kitchen waste. Through home visits, calls and follow-ups, these citizens are urged to do their bit to reduce the burden on landfills.
Prabha is a volunteer with Project Vilvam, initiated by the chairman of Inner Wheel District 323 Kamala Selvam. Besides raising kitchen or rooftop gardens, these volunteers encourage others to follow their example, and also show them how to go about it. Through this work, they have impacted homes, schools, service-based organisations and individuals. For an initiative that started in June, it has covered much ground. “We have 56 clubs in the district and in the last six months we would have done good work in more than 40 government schools,” says Sheetal Satish, project coordinator, Vilvam.
She notes that in the past, the Club had associated with a majority of these institutions, which aids the smooth execution of the ongoing project.
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