The starting point of all our considerations is poverty, or rather, a degree of poverty which means misery, and degrades and stultifies the human person.
E.F. Schumacher, ‘Small is Beautiful’
Karuppi's Story
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News Flash
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“Once you get older like me, you can’t carry heavy pots of water.”
 Karuppi Kumbiah is 70 years old grandmother to nine children. She lives in a small village close to Tuticorin in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu. She explained the change in her family’s life since Jeevika Trust, working with partner organisation, SCAD, helped to revitalise traditional ‘rainwater-harvesting’ structures in her village – meaning that a large source of clean water is now on her doorstep...
Read the rest of Karuppi's story...
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December 1st, 2009 - LEADING INDIAN POLITICIAN HAILS JEEVIKA TRUST INITIATIVE
Jeevika Trust, together with Indian partner organisation Schumacher Centre, staged a successful conference in November that introduced an exciting rural development strategy to New Delhi. More...
October 26th, 2009 - Blogging For India's Future
Do you want to read India’s own perspectives on climate change chaos in South Asia? Do you want to hear the opinions of the country’s own rural poverty experts? More...
October 6th, 2009 - Team Jeevika
We have now collected all of the money from Team Jeevika's efforts in the Dragon Boat Race in July and are pleased to annouce that they raised an amazing £5196! Thank you to everyone who rowed, cheered, sponsored and supported.
September 25th, 2009 - Eclectic Boogaloo
Another massive thank you to Sophia Surjadi and all the bands that helped make last night's Eclectic Boogaloo benefit gig such a success. Sophia and her bands raised £547.60. More...
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