Building Self Reliant Rural Communities in India
Support communities in Rural India
Summary
Seva Mandir helps communities build Funds for local development. These funds being a financial resource also provide a reason for communities to come together, deliberate and make decisions.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
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.
Activities
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.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,705
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $298,294
Total Funding Goal: $300,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.sevamandir.org)
- The Website of Seva Mandir (http://www.sevamandir.org)
- Online Resource Centre of VHAI & Sasakawa Peace Fo (http://www.nposonline.net/seva_mandir.shtml)
- GiveIndia a donation platform to support a cause (http://www.giveindia.org/give/ngoprofile/getOrganisationProfile.do?ngoid=9)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
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.
Project Message
"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
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Neelima Khetan
Chief Executive
Mohan Sinha Mehta Marg
Old Fatehpura
Udaipur, Rajasthan 313004
India
+91 294 2450960
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Seva Mandir
Seva Mandir Marg Old Fatehpura
Udaipur,
Rajasthan
313004
India
+91-294-2450960
http://www.sevamandir.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
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India
and can also be found under 
Democracy and Governance.
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 20, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
World Bank - Development Marketplace
By Ms. Deepti Ameta - In Charge Reporting and Communications, August 17, 2009 03:46 PM
Greetings from Seva Mandir!
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your continuing support to our programs. I am writing to share with you a bit of news.
Seva Mandir has recently won a Development Marketplace Grant Competition, organized by the Word Bank. The competition was exclusively for grassroots initiatives in South Asia to address the problem of undernutrition.
The Seva Mandir's project on 'Addressing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Rural Rajasthan through Iron Fortification of Flour at Village Level' was one of the 21 projects that won the competition in Development Marketplace.
We are all very excited at this achievement. If you have any queries on this project then please do write to me.
We are very happy to share this news with you. Thank you for all your support and contributions. We really appreciate it.
With warm regards,
Deepti
deepti@sevamandir.org
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