Past projects have included

• The construction of a bio gas system
  Traditionally energy for cooking is provided by burning of locally sourced wood, which has many negative implications. In 1999 ROSE started work on a demonstration project using bio gas technology which safely uses a common waste product - cattle dung. The plant was completed and fully operational by April 2000.
• Cattle house
  A much needed concrete cattle house for the protection of livestock was constructed with volunteer funds in 1999.
• Low cost housing for poor families
  ROSE constructed a two room house with a solid floor and concrete block walls for a mute women and her three children who previously lived under steel sheets.
• Community centre
  This ongoing project is intended to provide emergency shelter to families whose houses are unusable due to the seasonal flash floods/mud slides. It is also intended to be a meeting place and cultural centre. The upper storey of the community centre will be comprised of a fair price shop.
• Fair price shop
  This ongoing construction will be housed in the community Centre, its aim is to provide affordable, locally sourced and ecologically sound produce for local families. Therefore keeping money in circulation within the community.
• Toilets
  R.O.S.E. has researched and developed a twin tank composting toilet that is easy to build and maintain and yields a nutrient-rich compost that can safely be used in the fields. A grant in the 1980’s allowed R.O.S.E to construct 40 of these latrines in the Kanda community which was, and continues to be, a great success. In addition to sanitation, these latrines offer privacy to women who are dangerously taught to wait until the cover of night to relieve themselves, no matter how many hours away that may be. With adequate funds, R.O.S.E hopes to continue with this important project.
• Paths and infrastructure
  Transportation through the Kanda village is solely by foot. Women carry large loads up and down the hills from the fields and valley area and children walk the paths daily to school. For this reason safe footpaths are very important to the community. R.O.S.E. has, in the past, constructed and maintained paths and will continue to do so in the future.
• Soil conservation (eco development)
  R.O.S.E. supports the regeneration and improvement of the environment both directly and indirectly in all of its projects. Deforestation has led to erosion, low soil fertility and water shortages. The results are direct and clear. Consequentially K.S.S./R.O.S.E. has initiated a forestation effort which also serve as a means of educating the community. In addition six international volunteers, two youths and members of the Verma family worked to level sloping fields by use of locally sourced stone in a wall. This will conserve the topsoil in heavy rains.
• Construction of Water Well
  Six international volunteers, two locals and members of Mr Verma’s family leveled a field, dug an 8 foot well, completed a wall of stones to conserve soil and cemented a concrete foundation and wall for the well. It now provides clean drinking and washing water.
• Irrigation Canal Construction
  Community members, including Verma family members, and volunteers constructed a canal by breaking and carrying stones to make a stone and earth wall.
• Temple Site Work
  Volunteers helped locals to level and clear the land on which the local temple is built.
• Income Generation for the Poor
  Local unskilled people are employed, when funds allow, on many of the above projects and all skilled labour is sourced locally, thus providing much needed income to the poor. In addition the Verma family generate work for a local deaf mute woman every day, providing her with an income.
• Clothing Distribution
  ROSE receives packets of clothes, stationary supplies, toys, bags and shoes from kind donors (typically parents and friends of former volunteers) and distributes them to the locals in need.