Details:

On Sunday 10 February 2019, the association "Aide à l’Enfance de l’Inde et du Népal (AEIN)" is holding its 41st traditional Bazaar at the Centre Culturel à Sandweiler from 10:30 - 17:00; the proceeds from this year's event will be used to finance several agriculture projects in India and in Nepal.

The all-day event will include Sale of Indian and Nepalese handcrafts, jewellery, clothing, books; Sale of Indian spices, rice and Indian tea; Indian cookbooks, flea market, second-hand books; Tombolas for adults and children; Samosas, frites and sandwiches, and pastries; Kulfi (Indian ice cream);

Continuous projection of AEIN's projects; an exhibition on inequalities in India and Nepal; Information about AEIN's Kerala rehabilitation project,

Meal reservations can be made by 5 February by tel: 2609-4154 (after 17:00) or by email: bazar@aein.lu

The association works improve the lives of rural communities in the two countries.

Programme

12:00 and 13:00 Lunchtime (Indian buffet €20 (children €12); Luxembourgish meal €18 (children €10); Vegetarian €12 (children €7))

14:00 Indian classical dance performance

from 14:00 Sand Mandala workshop (registration required); Activities for children: face painting and Warli painting workshop

from 15:00 Indian dance performance

16:00 Xpression group dances

Agriculture in India and Nepal

At present, 70% of the Indian population still lives directly or indirectly from agriculture. Although India is self-sufficient from a food perspective, food is distributed unevenly, and there are currently 53 million malnourished children in the country. The fact is that India is plunged into an agricultural crisis is dur to multiple reasons: massive reduction of public investment since the 80s, significant increase in the prices of raw materials, deregulation of agricultural policy allowing multinational companies to impose their products and their prices, etc. The other manifestation of the crisis is suicide among farmers, whose epicentre is in the region of Vidarbha, in the state of Maharashtra, which currently records an average of three suicides per day. This agricultural zone suffers from a chronic lack of rains and a monoculture of cotton that do not allow farmers to have a satisfactory income.

In Nepal, 85% of the population is dependent on agriculture. Ten years of armed conflict followed by unstable governments severely disrupted food production and distribution. An estimated 3.48 million Nepalese are at risk of acute food insecurity. Added to these problems is climate change. Although it is only responsible for 0.025% of greenhouse gas emissions, Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries and the most affected by the phenomenon.

For AEIN partner organisations active in the fields of agriculture and ecology, food security and improving the economic situation of families is the primary goal. In concrete terms, their initiatives consist of: sustainable management of land, water and forests; conservation of genetic diversity of crops; creation of agricultural cooperatives; more efficient marketing of agricultural products; implementation instead of mitigation and adaptation measures to climate change.

Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is scheduled to attend the event.

For further details, email: info@aein.lu or tel: 472155 or see www.aein.lu

Venue: Centre Culturel à Sandweiler

Organiser: Aide à l’Enfance de l’Inde et du Népal (AEIN)

Price: see above

Reservations: see website