Fruit\r\nof the soilIt’s a tough challenge to balance the goals of environment preservation and community empowerment; Maitree’s success story shows how this can be achieved<\/p>
The Hindi word Maitree stands for friendship, and compassion and kindness. Maitree could also be the name of a girl, a typical member of a community living in an economically backward and tribal area, someone who has no access to good education or health facilities, whose family is dependent on agricultural income. To make her life better, it is necessary to help raise the standard of living of her family as well as the community she lives in.<\/p>\r\n\r\n