Entrepreneurship Development Workshop, IITGN. August 28 – September 1, 2017 NEEV, the Community Outreach Program of IIT Gandhinagar, in collaboration with Jeevantirth conducted 5 days Entrepreneurship Workshop from August 28 to September 1, 2017. The 32 participants were in the age group of 18 to 30 years and currently undergoing different vocational training, mostly Beautician [...]
Reaching to the flood affected villages of Banaskantha, Gujarat. 28th & 29th July, 2017 The recent flood in Gujarat washed away everything leaving the people in a state of extreme poverty. Help poured in from all corners of the state. Community leaders of RamapirNo Tekro also realised the heartfelt situation of the people in Banaskantha, [...]
11 July On the occasion, it was great to see students of Gujarat University visiting home to home covering around 200 families in order to make them aware and sensible about issues related to unstoppable population growth.
Conservation of natural bounty has been one of the major concerns of Jeevantirth, we have been actively involved in spreading awareness about it since our initiation. The average urban citizen is extremely ignorant about nature and its direct/indirect relationship with human beings. In order to cultivate mindfulness about this relationship we have been working with [...]
The month of May is generally cursed by Indians because of the unbearable heat it brings. It is, on the other hand, a time to rejoice for school children; it is the longest stretch of holidays that marks the end of their examinations. The staff at Jeevantirth makes use of this period in preparation for [...]
Women of Self Help Groups were eagerly waiting for the 19th and 20th of May as these dates were scheduled for wheat distribution. At an average 25 kilograms of wheat costs 2000 rupees in the market, an ordinary family stocks up about 250 to 300 kilograms of wheat for yearly consumption. It is an impossible [...]
Going to a number of villages with a motive to spread education and joy is a ritual we carry out every year. Like last year, this year too, we went to Vada gaam and its nearby villages for a period of one week from 6th May to 12th May, 2017. Our specially modified vehicle ‘School [...]
50 children partook in a drawing competition that was held on Jeevantirth’s VTC on 28th April, 2017. One of the members of Give Forever wished to spend his birthday with children in a joyful manner. It was due to this reason that the occasion was organized. The children were provided with paint, paper, paint brushes, [...]
Mr. Nirav Shah from Wake Up To Dream is actively involved with us. He makes sure that the children of Jeevantirth are reminded time and again of the fun that life is. Always he talks about the significance of fostering the uniqueness within each individual rather than curbing one’s aspirations. The joy of realising one’s [...]
The festival of Holi is the one of the most significant for Adivasis; they celebrate it, even today, as their forefathers used to: praying and thanking the Fire. It is a three days festival during which the villagers dance around the fire far into the night. Our volunteers had the opportunity to celebrate Holi this [...]
