Acinom provides support for Training & Farming of Lemongrass in Assam and Harvesting & Distillation of essential oils for the International Market. Additional information is available in this presentation.
Platinum Sponsorship for 2022 Calendar is $1500.
UPDATE
August.20.2023
The Amrapari Project:
- An initiative started to provide sustainable livelihood to Sixty women from the Char-charpori area in the Barpeta district of Assam. It is a project supported by the Non-Profit Organization- Foundation for Social Transformation (FST). AFNA has provided the funds to support their activities such as training, market participation, procurement of raw materials and production process. The training for two batches of women workers is complete and training for the third batch of women is scheduled. Market linkage was established by taking part in the Kalakriti exhibition. For the future AFNA will assist with FST’s agenda of: ▪ Worker Training and design quality improvement ▪ Training for Master Trainers ▪ Procurement of raw materials purchase of sewing machines required for production.
Cachar Cancer Hospital:
- AFNA volunteers are collaborating with Cachar Cancer Hospital for the support of patient care. It will provide the funds for the purchase requirement of an Automatic Blood culture and ID- AST System which will reduce the patient testing time and results from 70-80 hours to 12 to 18 hours.
