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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March 2nd 2012 - Mark Hoda is awarded Vodafone World of Difference placement
Long-time supporter Mark Hoda has officially started a two-month placement with Jeevika, funded by Vodafone as a part of their World of Difference programme. Read about his inspiring first week on his blog.
November 23rd 2011 - Lagoon of Crabs
Volunteer and travel writer, Candace Rardon recently Jeevika Director on a visit to Mahinsa Island. Read her impressions of our island project 'Letter from India: the lagoon of crabs' by clicking here.
October 11th 2011 - innocent Walk for Water
innocent smoothies have long supported our work in Orissa but this year one of their employees, Geraldine, joined our Walk for Water. Geraldine, along with her boyfriend Alexis, raised over £300 and shared her day on the innocent blog.
September 25th 2011 - Walk for Water
Thank you to everyone who came and Walked for Water with us yesterday! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. It's now time to start collecting your sponsorship and we'll update you all once we know how much we raised.
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