2024

Big Give 2024 – Green Match Fundraise – LIVE…

  • by TCW

The Converging World is delighted to be taking part again the BIG GIVE’s Green Match fundraise this April.

LIVE for one week from Thursday 18th April to Thursday 25th April 2024, the campaign will double any donations made through the Big Give website.

Last year, thanks to your support, we successfully raised £16,990 to help support our programme work in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Another 2,000 native saplings were planted and nurtured by a local women’s cooperative, restoring vital local habitat. Big Give supporters also funded a new solar installation for an environmental education centre near to the forest in Nadukuppum, Tamil Nadu.

This year we aim to raise at least £10,000 through Big Give for further habitat restoration work in Tamil Nadu as well as vital charitable funds.

Double the donation, double the impact for nature!

PLEASE donate to this year’s campaign here!  Thank you!

2023

The Big Give Campaign – A BIG Thank You!

  • by TCW

A BIG thank you to everyone who participated in the Big Give Green Match Fund and helped us raise £16,990 for further habitat restoration and development of community renewable energy projects in India! It was great to be part of the week-long fundraise campaign with Big Give and to be fundraising alongside other important green-minded projects. There is much to do!

India is ranked as the 7th country most vulnerable to climate change and its future effects, scoring 16.67 on the Climate Risk Index (2019). In 2019, India had the highest fatalities as well as the highest financial losses adjusted for Purchase Power Parity while as a developing country. India’s electricity consumption has increased 459% since 1990, and emissions have increased by 335% as India remains a fossil fuel power based country where at least 70% of the electricity still comes from coal power plants – emitting high levels of CO2 and creating high levels of air and water pollution that cause long term health issues for locals.

The Converging World believes that global problems need global solutions. Investing in renewable energy in India captures the growing need for clean energy and an even bigger impact on carbon avoidance. Our investment in 4.2MW wind turbines deliver c8,000 tonnes carbon avoidance impact per annum – 4 times that in the UK. The profits from sale of clean energy to local communities and businesses are then used to support programs for community empowerment, habitat restoration and providing employment opportunities for women.

Donations received from the Green Match Fund will help us enhance our climate action through our core charitable objectives of access to sustainable and affordable energy, ecological restoration and poverty alleviation. We plan on working closely with our partners – Pitchandikulam Forest – to deliver holistic sustainable development projects for climate vulnerable communities in South India.

Stay tuned for updates on our activities and progress!