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

Seva Mandir's Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Send a Child in India to School for a Year	Immunization for Tribal Children and Young Mothers	Profit for Poor Farmers	Improving Food Security for Tribal Farmers
Fellowship Programme for Tribal Community Leaders

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in 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 September 12, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 20, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

my gratifying experience

By Mr. Yakub Khan - In Charge Village Institution Program, September 12, 2008 11:55 AM

Dear Friend,

Greetings from Seva Mandir!

I would like to communicate our heartiest thanks to all our donors, friends and well wishers for supporting our Village Institution Program. Your support and faith in our work is very encouraging.

I have been working in this program for the past fifteen years. My work has allowed me to gain an insight into the development process. The communities we work with are slowly but impressively taking responsibilities of their own development, which has been a very gratifying experience for me. This month I would like to share with you an inspiring story – the story of village Jabla. The Village has recently dealt with the problem of education for their children and the village committee has played an instrumental role in solving the problem.

In Jabla the children were not able to continue their education beyond primary school since there was no Upper Primary School in their village itself. The children either had to walk 13 kms to attend Upper Primary School or discontinue with their education after finishing Primary School. The girl children were the most affected by this. The village committee discussed the issue in many of their village-meetings and finally they all decided to raise the issue in the Panchayat (the local village council) with support of Seva Mandir. The village-committee demanded for an Upper Primary School in their village but the Sarpanch (leader at local council) informed them that he does not have enough legislature power to grant it. He suggested writing to the District Education Officer for this. The committee decided to go ahead with his suggestion and they got him to forward their application to the concerned officer. It took them a number of months including writing several letters to the Education Department. Finally the Department agreed to upgrade the existing Primary School to an Upper Primary School. They also sanctioned another four rooms in the school to meet the demand of growing number of school children. Currently the village is waiting for an approval of a Primary Health Center and construction of a road in their village from the Government.

There are many villages like Jabla where communities have realized the significance of their agency
We are grateful to all our donors and friends who are helping communities like Jabla. "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts" - Albert Einstein

Many thanks once again. Kindly contact me at yakub.khan@sevamandir.org in case of any queries and suggestions.

With regards,

Sincerely,

Mohd. Yakub Khan
In Charge, Village Institution Program

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