Mother & Mother Earth Foundation

Our work

Programmes that grow from the ground up.

Six connected programme areas, shaped with communities in Ladakh, Uttar Pradesh and Darjeeling.

Six programme areas

One connected purpose.

Women & Sustainable Livelihoods

Strengthening women's skills, self-help groups and livelihood opportunities to support greater economic independence.

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Environment & Climate Action

Promoting environmental awareness, conservation and responsible management of natural resources.

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Renewable Energy & Appropriate Technology

Exploring clean, practical technologies that support communities and improve livelihoods.

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Local Resources & Value Addition

Helping communities add value to locally available resources and develop products and enterprises.

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Health, Sanitation & Menstrual Hygiene

Promoting awareness, dignity and practical solutions for healthier communities and women's wellbeing.

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Skills & Entrepreneurship

Creating opportunities to build skills, confidence and entrepreneurial capabilities.

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Documented work in communities

Where we work.

High-altitude mountain landscape of Ladakh under a wide sky (representative image) Ladakh

Women, local produce and livelihood opportunities.

Our work includes women and self-help groups involved in seabuckthorn harvesting and processing, apricot value addition, solar drying and market linkage.

Representative image — Ladakh's high mountain landscape

  • Seabuckthorn
  • Apricot value addition
  • Solar drying
  • Market linkage
Women artisans weaving moonj grass baskets surrounded by their colourful finished work Uttar Pradesh

Traditional skills connected with economic opportunity.

Our work in Uttar Pradesh includes Mooj grass handicrafts, women's skill development and market linkage, including participation in local haats.

  • Mooj grass handicrafts
  • Skills
  • Local haats
  • Market linkage
A Himalayan river running through forested hills near Darjeeling (representative image) Darjeeling

Community participation in environmental care.

MMEF undertook a river-cleaning initiative in Darjeeling, bringing community action and environmental responsibility together to support cleaner natural surroundings.

Representative image — a Himalayan river near Darjeeling

  • River cleaning
  • Community action
  • Environmental responsibility

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