Profugo’s Organic Kitchen Garden 2.0!

By on October 30, 2021   /   Agriculture & Farming Cooperative, Center of Development, Education, Empowering Women, Food in India, Global Neighborhood, Health & Wellness, Life in India, Natural Resource Management, Reflections, Social Enterprise, The Grand Masala   /   Leave a comment

For the past 6 years, Profugo’s Organic Kitchen Garden (OKG) has been providing a crucial program to support and empower local farmers. Marginal farmers in Wayanad face ongoing farming challenges, such as climate change, flooding, high input costs, poor productivity, and low market prices. In addition, many farmers still use pesticides, in spite of its detrimental health effects. We aim to create awareness surrounding organic farming and mobilize members at a community level. With monsoons

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5 Podcast Recommendations about International Development

By on May 12, 2021   /   Center of Development, Education, Empowering Women, Global Neighborhood, Health & Wellness, Life in India, Reflections, Social Enterprise, Social Fund, The Grand Masala   /   Leave a comment

1. Center for International Development – Harvard The Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University “is a university-wide center that works to advance the understanding of development challenges and offer viable solutions to problems of global poverty”. Given the incredible reputation of the university and the speakers they feature, it is a reliable source for current, cutting-edge research in the field of international development. Each episode, a current student in the CID program interviews

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Modern Monetary Theory & Developing Economies

By on April 14, 2021   /   Center of Development, Education, Empowering Women, Final Thoughts, Global Neighborhood, Life in India, Reflections, Social Enterprise, Social Fund, The Grand Masala   /   Leave a comment

“Free money” – a phrase that appeared in bold on the cover page of the July 25th, 2020 edition of The Economist magazine. Such a statement feels counterintuitive. The whole idea of “free money” goes against the old adage we learn as children – that “money doesn’t grow on trees.” However, responses by central banks to the recent Covid-19 pandemic indicate that sometimes, and in rare occasions, money does indeed grow on trees (well, not

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Field Update

By on March 27, 2021   /   Agriculture & Farming Cooperative, Center of Development, Education, Empowering Women, Food in India, Global Neighborhood, Health & Wellness, Life in India, Natural Resource Management, Reflections, Social Enterprise, Social Fund, The Grand Masala   /   Leave a comment

The beginning of the New Year marked a time of innovation for Profugo. We intentionally organized and mobilized our community members, sowing the seeds that we hope will germinate into enduring opportunities for our community members to be owners and leaders in improving their quality of life. Notably, we began the registration process of starting our Profugo Real Toxin Free Farm Products and Farmer Producer Company (FPC) with a founding shareholder class of ten empowered

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Sustainable & Just Community Development

By on March 17, 2021   /   Agriculture & Farming Cooperative, Center of Development, Children's Club, Education, Empowering Women, English Language School, Final Thoughts, Food in India, Global Neighborhood, Health & Wellness, Life in India, Natural Resource Management, Reflections, Social Enterprise, Tailoring Training Program, The Grand Masala, Water for Life   /   Leave a comment

Profugo, like many other organizations, aims to create social change, and better the lives of those who have less access to resources such as health services, education, and entrepreneurial skills. The work Profugo does is essential and has fostered great change in Wayanad. What is fundamental to the work they do however, is that it is underscored with the prioritization of choice, participation, and inclusion of the community they are serving. A crucial aspect of

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