Project duration: Ongoing
Project's focus area: Decentralization, Social capital, Gender equity, Capacity buildingEconomic Development
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Seva Mandir's Village Development Fund, focuses on needs of resource poor, marginalized, peasant communities dependent on rain-fed agriculture in an inhospitable terrain. Working with 541 villages and nearly 50,000 People, the project provides a common agenda for development and ups the stake of these villagers in making projects in their villages successful, since they are contributors and beneficiaries, both individually and collectively.
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Formation of village development funds & village institutions (membership drives, election process), regular meetings at the village level & various trainings (linking with government, managing local resources, principles of participatory processes. |
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Communities will become more self-reliant and capable of managing their own resources and development in an inclusive and responsible manner. They will also be able to collaborate and negotiate with other development actors to solve their problems. |
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"As the GVK programme has expanded, new challenges have emerged. It is imperative that we strengthen and institutionalise norms of good usage and democratic decision-making"
- Mohd. Yakub Khan, Incharge-Gram Vikas Kosh Program
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Neelima Khetan,
Chief Executive
Mohan Sinha Mehta Marg
Old Fatehpura
Udaipur, Rajasthan 313004
India
+91 294 2450960
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