Women Destroy Parthenium
Women of Self Help Groups supported by Social Welfare Institute in
Patiram area destroyed hundreds of thousands of Parthenium plants that
had grown wild along the State Highway that runs through their
villages. Twenty eight women and two staff of Social Welfare Institute
dressed in masks and gloves given as gift by the Issaqua family of
Washington State, (brought by our own Andrea Smith during her last
visit to Raiganj), spent the entire 07 September, 2008, a Sunday
--from dawn to dusk--in cutting down, gathering and then destroying
the Parthenium plants with boiling hot water. The team destroyed the
weed for a distance of two-and-a-half kilometers on either side of the
road. The parthenium, if comes in contact, creates respiratory
malfunctioning in humans and cattle. The event was covered by many
local print and electronic media. Congrats to the team of women and to
Mr. Jayanta Das and Fr. Herman Kindo, who coordinated and motivated
the women.

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