12/7/2011
SARVAM is truly an amazing and inspiring organization! SARVAM stands for Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement; it’s goal is to bridge the gab between the 21st century innovations through progressive development, this is because over 2/3rds of India’s population lives in rural communities.
This organization/project started in 2005 and has since been working to enact reforms in public health, education and after school care, organic farming, vocational training, housing, community leadership structure, women, culture, and so much more!
Learning about SARVAM was so incredible and almost astonishing; to see that even in a 3rd world country there are people who have these sustainable goals to change their villages and eventually their country, and then are doing what it takes to turn these dreams into a reality.
SARVAM currently has expanded it’s work into 7 villages, and what makes it specially unique, is that all of the initiatives are run by the villagers themselves. All of the activities strive to promote the physical, emotional, and mental needs of a person or specific need within the village.
During our visit to the site we were able to meet with school children who were there for after school activities. Most of them were able to do things on a computer, such as animation, that even I am unable to do. Their excitement and eagerness to learn was very touching and is something I think we lack in the US.
SARVAM serves as an inspirational example of how it is possible to bring sustainable and empowering change to rural India – “the village community itself will have to be encouraged to perceive the need for change and to take responsibility for any activity that leads to such change”.
With some of the school girls at SARVAM
Teaching the kids to make the Oregon O :)
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