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ABOUT US
S M Sehgal Foundation is a public, charitable trust registered in India in 1999.MISSIONOur mission is to strengthen community-led development initiatives to achieve positive social, economic and environmental change across rural India.VISIONWe envision every person across rural India empowered to lead a more secure, prosperous, and dignified life.
To date, we have reached nearly 250,000 people living in 470 villages in Haryana, Rajasthan and Bihar.
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• Strengthen rural governance, enhance self-reliance• Improve access to water and sanitation • Empower women farmers, build vibrant communities• Spread awareness through community media• Undertake rural research and impact assessment
WHAT WE DO
Create opportunity | Build resilience | Design solutions
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WHAT WE DO
Five impact areas to build a strong foundation of knowledge, skills and networks at the grassroots:
Agricultural Development:emphasis on women farmers
Good Rural Governance
Community Media
Water Management
Rural Research:
Baseline Assessment
Rural Research: Impact
Assessment
Good Governance Now Program (Sushasan Abhi!)
•Spread in 428 villages; 200,000 villagers reached
•31 trained governance guides.
•8625 local leaders trained (equal
participation of men and women) as Sushasan Champions
GOOD RURAL GOVERNANCE
GOOD RURAL GOVERNANCE
•Built capacities of village level institutions in 131 villages
•Women collectives (Mahila Sangathans) comprising 440 members of village level institutions from 106 villages
•35 Village Health and Sanitation Committees, facilitated 3,659 latrines
•28 Gram Sabhas (village meetings) with 54% of women participants
Strengthening Village-level Institutions
GOOD RURAL GOVERNANCE
Creating Community Assets
•Improve infrastructure in government schools
•Provide drinking water by installing roof water harvesting systems in government schools
•Improve sanitation facilities in government schools
•Provide storage water tanks in villages
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
• Increase crop productivity by training farmers on improved agricultural practices
• Promote sustainable farming practices: soil health and water- saving irrigation technologies
• Promote best practices in dairy farming
• Mainstream women farmers; deepen scientific knowledge of Self Help Groups
Covered 124 villages and over 12000 crop demonstrations
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• Conserve local water supply for drinking, household and agricultural purposes
• Apply appropriate technologies to harness rainwater for aquifer recharge and surface storage
• Promote sanitation and wastewater management in schools, homes and in the community
• Build capacities of local communities to manage their water resources through water literacy sessions
WATER MANAGEMENT
Reached 74 villages; 1,84,000 people
• Design projects to suit varied community needs and different geographical locations
• Implement projects to address water, agriculture and governance issues in villages
• Assimilate, synthesize and disseminate project’s outcomes and learning
• Research and document project’s impact
OUR APPROACH
Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation | Development and Policy Research
• Needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation of impact for effective implementation of programs
• Collaborative research
• Knowledge-sharing with multiple stakeholders including communities
RURAL RESEARCH
• Reaching 183 villages in Mewat and Rajasthan;
• Broadcasting 13 hours daily
• Trained 45 community members to operate equipment, produce programs and manage the station as technicians, producers and facilitators
• Spearheading governance through radio
• Collaborations with other community radio stations in different states of India to spread good governance
COMMUNITY MEDIACommunity Radio Station, Alfaz-e-Mewat FM 107.8
FROM THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN NABARDNABARD
SOME OF OUR PARTNERS
Thank you!www.smsfoundation.org