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Country: India
Title: India - Post-Tsunami Sustainable Livelihoods Programme for the Coastal Communities of Tamil Nadu – August 2014
Description: Husband and wife team Tangapushpam, 53, and Sriram Chandran, 63, make rope out of coconut coir– the fiberous material on the outside of a coconut - in Aadaravilai, Tamil Nadu, India.

They buy the coir, fluff it up with a special machine, and then spin it into rope using another machine. They have been able to send five children to college with the profits from their rope making.
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