Frequently Asked Questions: SCAD
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Social Change and Development (SCAD)?
SCAD is an NGO founded in 1985 in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. It exists to facilitate collective action among low-income rural communities, traditionally disempowered both socially and economically.
How are funds generated and provided to SCAD from TCW?
TCW commits 25% of the profits from its renewable energy project in Tamil Nadu to SCAD directly.
What projects benefit from these funds?
There are currently 414 villages participating in various projects based around education, health, community, agriculture, animal husbandry and women’s self help groups.
What agreements does TCW have with SCAD to illustrate their support of this initiative?
SCAD helped TCW to develop the idea of investing on a wind farm in Tamil Nadu. They have inspired the model of TCW, which aims to establish physical links between the developed and the developing world while working with the principles of contraction and convergence. SCAD has also helped TCW to ensure that the project in Tamil Nadu does not result in disruption to the local environment and livelihoods. The infrastructure, tracks for maintenance, may enable the land under the turbines to be reclaimed for crops (fuel and food) – this is a subproject that TCW is hoping to conduct with SCAD.
