Gram Aarogya Ghati

Gramarogy is a registered non-profit secular voluntary organization established by a group of similar minded local youth who were inspired by the tea Read morechings and thoughts of a national progressive social thinker (Rashtriy Sant) Tukdoji Maharaj and has been active in the rural development in one of the most interior areas of eastern parts of Vidarbha. Established in 1998, Gram Arogya, since its inception has been working amongst rural poor and marginalised communities especially tribal to help them access their entitlements especially forest based livelihood, regeneration of natural resources through watershed treatment activities especially water conservation, forest regeneration, preserving and regeneration of biodiversity using provisions of progressive laws namely PESA 1996, BDA 2002, FRA 2002/2008/2012, community natural health, quality education, awareness of various programs and policies, capacity building and organic farming with a view to evolve community development processes. The underlying principle of all our work is the sustainable development from gender perspectives to evolve empowerment processes amongst communities intervened. Gram Arogya works with a clear vision of empowering communities by facilitating promotion of their community level institutions so that people are able to manage their own development and empowerment processes. It works with rural communities especially tribal focusing on their Gram Sabha - (the most empowered statutory Gram Panchayat level organisation recognised by law today in India) through which it introduces all development activities. Specifically while working on progressive policies/act which have much needed potential of developing indigenous communities such as PESA, BDA, FRA, MGNREGA it facilitates promotion of legal institutions such as hamlet level Gram sabhas, Section 4 (1) e committees, Biodiversity management Committees, etc. It has also worked with tribal to set up their MFP based micro-enterprises, SHGs of women and federations. The existing and promoted institutions are given need based capacity building inputs, awareness, statutory information and their entitlements so that they acquire capacity to manage their own development affairs. It also participates with the similar minded networks of CSOs especially working for entitlements of tribal communities and their NRM based livelihoods. We are member of couple of such CSO networks who work on these themes.