Project: Ensuring Environment and Livelihood Security (EELS)
Location: Andaman Islands
Start: 1st November 2006
Finish: 30th October 2009
Donors: ADRA Germany, European Commission

Budget: € 749,999.92 EURO

Beneficiaries: 10,000 students and 1,100 families, 9 intermediate shelters covering 17 villages.

Objectives: Mitigation and rehabilitation of degraded coastal, urban and rural environment of tsunami-affected communities of Andaman and Nicobar Islands through integrated management of natural and non-biodegradable waste resources.

Activities: Environmental care awareness, salt water intrusion protection, environmental cleanup related livelihood and backyard agro-forestry promotion.

Expected Outcomes: Students and teachers have improved understanding of environmental issues, and the means to practice methods of improving school and home environment, households are maintaining and protecting their landholdings and public properties against seawater intrusion through water sluice gates and greening initiatives, households are simultaneously doing environmental clean-up and utilizing organic and non-organic wastes/debris for earning livelihoods, households are engaged in backyard agro-forestation to support livelihood.