If need based quality education on pedagogy of knowledge construction is facilitated with the help of proper TLMs and experiential learning methods by trained and motivated BaalMitras; children will acquire learning skills and develop their inner potential to act as a change agents for the better world.

Jeevantirth runs many need base quality education programs for urban-rural poor children like “Kalarav” for school preparedness, “Baal Sanskar Kendras” for support education to the urban slum children, “RTE” to mainstream students admitted in private schools under Right to Education Act., “Girl Child Education” for the teen age girls to make them lifelong learner, “Value Education Program” for upper primary students, “Nature Education Program” for learning and being sensitive towards nature and other CSR educational programs in different parts of Gujarat.

200 schools, 50,000 children.

Preparation of Manual on Education for sustainable development.

New initiative: Community oriented education.

Through nature education, environmental awareness and activism we can move towards eco-way of life and sustainable development, that is, both a prosperous economy and a healthy environment that in many respects is the goal of diverse interest in the area of environmental issues, is the key for the future of India and the world. The shared and cooperative participation of the people, the government, the industrial sector, and NGO’s can protect and nurture life forces on the mother earth.

Jeevantirth has developed mass communication materials in the form of exhibitions, activity sheets, training modules, booklets, videos & working models on Rain Water Harvesting, Global Warming, Renewable Energies and Eco-way of life. Jeevantirth also gives technical guidance and implementation support for above topics. Jeevantirth is engaged in Afforestation, Biodiversity Protection, Cultivation of Medicinal Plants and working on Forest based ecology, economy and culture in Dediapada taluka of aspirational District Narmada.

– Education for Sustainable Development in 50 Villages

– Eco-club support in 100 Schools. Nursery for 2,00,000 Saplings.

– Eco-Audit in 50 Schools (Water/Energy and Waste Management)

If we accept “Right to satisfy Basic Needs and Right to Work” as a basic human right for all; empower rural communities to work towards “Assets Building having Synergetic Effect” through NRM, support for GAPs and value chain linkages; we can ‘revitalise rural economy’ and bring real ‘Swaraj’ – village republic in India.

Founder trustees of Jeevantirth Raju and Deepti motivated by Gandhian way of ‘Simple Living and High Thinking’ and preferred village life. Jeevantirth started supporting “AadiAushadhi Groups” – SHGs of Traditional healers’ families – of Dediapada doing SWOT analysis and activities like soil and water conversion, collection and cultivation of medicinal plants, small processing unit to manufacture herbal medicines. Two FPOs of about 1,000 farmers are formed and we are giving trainings of Organic Farming to them. Our aim is to make Dediapada taluka prosper through forest and agri based civilisation.

– To spread the concept, and work upon Integrated Eco-Village Development in 10 villages.

– To provide Value chain support in storage, agro processing, branding-packaging and marketing their products on social business model.

If teen age girls and women are motivated and empowered to be lifelong learners and celebrate womanhood by well designed need base curriculum and modules through participatory elective methods; they will develop their inner potential and bring social transformation by becoming enlightened citizens.

There are approximately 7000 women in ‘RamapirNo Tekro’ and nearby slums, who work late night or begin their day at 3 AM by collecting waste. They walk 10 to 15 kilometres collecting paper, glass, plastic, cardboards, etc. and make 70 to 80 rupees daily, hardly making ends meet. We are working with about 1,500 such women who save 200 rupees on a monthly basis which helps provide loans to women in need regarding health, education or employment. Moreover, “Aapni Dukaan” helps them obtain household items like wheat, rice, oil, gas connection, etc. at a lower cost and in instalments. Life related training is given to the women during SHGs group meetings and monthly assembly.

To ensure that women and girls contribute to and have greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience, and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts and humanitarian action. They become enlightened citizens.

If youths are appropriately trained with employable skills in the emerging fields of livelihood and they get decent jobs it can transform individual, family comes out of poverty forever and it brings positive changes in society. Societal peace and progress depends upon decent standard of living through right livelihood.

At Jeevantirth, in addition to the basic employable skill we give skill sets which are most important to the employer like regularity, punctuality, not going on frequent leaves, good behaviour, basic computer and communication skills, readiness to work and learn etc. Life-skills, value-education and personality development are integral part of our curriculum. This is the success mantra of our Vocational Training Program. At present Jeevantirth is giving vocational trainings in Retail Marketing, Tally Accounting with GST, Beauty Parlour and Wellbeing and Sewing Class. For livelihood support we give sewing machines, pedal rickshaws, laries or small business loans. With the help of IIT Gandhinagar we have given entrepreneur trainings also.

To explore and support more livelihood options in rural sector especially post harvest technologies, value added agricultural, milk or healthy food products. To give employable skills and livelihood support to 500 families.