Rural Transformation: By empowering some of the most marginalized communities in rural areas with innovative and sustainable solutions, Sarvada Pratishthan has made a difference on many levels to transform the lives of rural communities. In empowering them with opportunities and working through direct implementation along with collaboration with various organizations, private and government stakeholders, Sarvada Pratishthan’s rural transformation program is underway in Palghar district and intends to scale up across the region.
An integrated holistic approach has been made to support the everlasting foundation, which has resulted in creating resilient rural communities. This has been achieved by focusing on the key factors that help bring about positive social change, including women’s empowerment, nutritional security, climate resilience, water and environmental security, rural livelihood security and strengthening community structures. Through this approach, positive social change has been achieved in rural communities, providing strong community structures, water, nutrition and livelihood security.
Health: Sarvada Pratishthan, with the motto ‘Health for All’ and with an integrated healthcare model provides preventive and continuous care from primary care to tertiary care to the most vulnerable sections of society through a network of healthcare delivery processes.
Sarvada Pratishthan has been committed to enhancing the health care ecosystem through community health initiatives, providing health care to vulnerable communities, making primary, secondary and tertiary health care available to all.
Through its health initiatives and services, Sarvada Pratishthan aims to touch the lives of 3 million people, with the health facility. We are committed to serving humanity by providing excellent services free of charge or at moderate cost by holding health camps on various diseases at the village level.
Education: Education has always been at the heart of the organisations focus, as it is vital to the social and economic progress of rural communities and the nation.
Sarvada Pratishthan uses a two-pronged approach to accelerate the education sector of Palghar district through initiatives in primary, secondary and tertiary education. Some of the focus areas are:
Training & Research: Research and needs assessment can help determine where and how resources can be optimised, and program evaluation can indicate whether a particular intervention or approach works well in the rural context.
Sarvada Pratishthan, has qualified researchers who identify the real needs of the rural areas and work on them, which helps the rural areas in developing.
Women Empowerment: As we are already aware, across the world, the population, of women exceed that of men. Empowering women mean a stronger and better world and we at Sarvada Pratishthan, are committed to empowering women to play a critical role in bringing about economic, environmental and social change.
This is being done through various programmes, which include enhancing leadership skills among women, increasing the literacy rate, providing employment and skill development, improving women’s health and expanding opportunities for women in education, sports and the arts.
Sports Development: Sarvada Pratishthan believes that sports are our future nation builders – which help to promote lifelong learning and build character and leadership skills in rural youth. We trust that when children learn and play, societies grow and nations prosper. Along with using sports to empower the youth, we aim to create a platform for our future champions.
In addition, the Sarvda Pratishthan’s sports development platform nurtures sports talent across Palghar District at the grassroots level and helps them grow into high performers through multi-faceted programmes, helping in the process of making Palghar excel in sports.
Sarvada Pratishthan believes in the power of collaboration to achieve the country’s shared vision in the field of sports. We strive to organize training and competitions, develop sports infrastructure or improve world-class standards.
Art, Culture & Heritage: Palghar District is rich in art and culture, and it is our duty to preserve its heritage. With an aim to enhance the livelihoods of traditional artisans and crafts persons, Sarvada Pratishthan is constantly re-imagining ways to protect and promote rural art, culture and heritage. Sarvada Pratishthan supports efforts to document cultural heritage and preserve it for its posterity. Sarvada Pratishthan is engaging in ways to protect and preserve Palghar District’s precious heritage so that it not only survives but also helps promote art and culture to the younger generation. Palghar is a land of diverse cultures and we strive to ensure that the youth connect with its rich heritage and arts. With the objective of safeguarding and promoting India’s art, culture and heritage, Sarvada Pratishthan undertakes various promotional and developmental projects and activities.
As a melting pot of cultures, and being the cradle of great civilizations, Palghar District has a vast cultural heritage – arts, crafts, music, dance and literature. It is an extraordinary legacy, thousands of years in the making. Sarvada Pratishthan also provides a platform for festivals and events for rural artists to showcase their talent and take their work appreciated by a wider audience. Securing the future of endangered art forms by providing livelihood opportunities to traditional artists and artisans so that their work remains viable, remains as one of our priorities.
