WELCOME TO JEEVIKA TRUST
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’
People who are poor, powerless and without hope – wherever they are – are a concern of global significance. Rural India remains the world’s biggest poverty trap, with over a quarter of a billion people living on less than a dollar, or 50p, per day. They are the other face of India. Governments have failed them, the media with rare exceptions ignores them.
Jeevika Trust has touched more than 100,000 lives over the last decade and continues to work with people on the margins of rural society – low-caste and tribal people, especially women – to help them build and sustain their individual, family and community livelihoods.
With your help, we will touch many, many more lives by 2010. We believe in an India without absolute poverty where all people have the opportunity to live with dignity, free from hunger, deprivation and marginalisation. Please help us to reach this dream.
Who we are To discover more about Jeevika Trust, our mission, our founder or the team, please visit the Who we are section.
Why India? To find out why we believe supporting India is so important, why we focus on women or what rural poverty in India really means, take a look at our Why India? section.
How we work To find out more about our approach to rural Indian development and who we work with please visit our How we work section.
Who benefits? Jeevika Trust’s focus is on the role of women in village life, but to find out how working with women benefits the whole community, look at our Who benefits section.
What we do To find out more about our current and recent projects, visit our What we do section.
How you can help If you would like to help us reach our goal of touching more and more lives in Indian villages please visit our How you can help section.
News and resources To download or sign up to our newsletter, read press releases or download useful resources please visit our News and resources section.
Useful links To visit our partner organisations' websites or learn more about other members of the UK Schumacher Circle, take a look at our Useful links.
Contact us If you want to contact a member of the team, please visit the Contact us page to find out how to do so.
