Gramarthan is reflection of Deepastambha’s vision of sustainable rural development, which effectively covers; ecological, cultural and economic aspects of rural lives. Based on the principles of sustainability and ownership, Gramarthan’s rationale is to explore and execute participatory models by encouraging the values of self-governance and self-sustainability in the members of rural communities.
The quest of Gramarthan began in 2013, with identifying communities that be the prototype of our vision. After an exhaustive process of field visits, meetings with the domain experts, developing approaches, searching for alternatives and the implementation of those approaches, today Gramarthan stands as a development model aiming at;
Working in Three Steps
Working in Three Steps
(More than 1200 villagers are taking benefits from this initiative)
The outreach is five (4 primary and 1 secondary) schools covering more than 130 students.
This covers a wide range of activities; right from screening movies, celebrating festivals, call for volunteers to organizing Gramsabhas, to encourage maximum participation from the villagers as well as to facilitate team’s interaction with them.
The outreach of women empowerment program is over 150 women.