Slowly over the years not only Timbaktu but also the surrounding hills have greened themselves while insects, birds and animals have reappeared
. A small community of volunteers, committed to developmental and ecological regeneration, has settled here.The Timbaktu Collective is a registered voluntary organisation that was initiated in 1990, to work for sustainable development in the drought prone Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
As of March 2006, the Collective had a team of 63 members and worked in about 112 villages of Chennekothapalli, Roddam and Ramagiri mandals of Anantapur district, serving about 33,000 marginalised people.
The Collective focuses on the landless, small and marginal farmers with special emphasis on women, children, youth and Dalits. These are the people who are most affected by situations like chronic drought, unproductive land, unemployment and poor infrastructural facilities.
More details of this story can be found at
http://www.timbaktu.org/index.html
