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’
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Exhibition of Miniature Paintings and and an illustrated talk: Watching India - Pre-Independence to Post Millennium - Tuesday 14th July, Nehru Centre, London
Dragon Boat Challenge - Sunday 19th July, Kingston, Surrey - places are going fast! More Information Registration Form
Walk for Water 2009 - Sunday 13th September, Hampton Wick, Surrey
For more details about taking part in any of our events or organising your own, please email rosemary@jeevika.org.uk.
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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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June 17th, 2009 - RURAL INDIA AND THE MACHINE GUN
India’s rural insurgent groups have shaken the country with a spate of recent bloody murders. More...
May 13th, 2009 - MEGACITIES THREATEN INDIA’S FUTURE
Economists have warned that India’s future could be threatened by the country’s rampant megacity growth. More...
May 5th, 2009 - JEEVIKA PARTNER BOSS ADVISING U.N.
The director of Jeevika’s sister organisation in India has been called upon by the United Nations to give his expert advice. More...
Apr 17th, 2009 - JEEVIKA TOASTED AT PRESTIGIOUS EVENT
Jeevika Trust has received praise at a major Delhi event that included global business leaders, charity executives and a Nobel Prize winner. More...
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