Who we are

Jeevika Trust is tackling the roots of poverty in India which lie in India’s 600,000 villages.  Village poverty drives city poverty.  It was Mahatma Gandhi who said that ‘if the villages perish, India will perish’. To find out more about us please take a look at the different sections below.

The Jeevika mission To find out more about the mission, the vision and the values which drive our projects please click here.

India Development Group Jeevika Trust started life in 1970 as the ‘India Development Group’; to learn more about our history and how we got to where we are, please click here.

Who is E.F. Schumacher? Fritz Schumacher, who founded and inspired our work, remains an authentic and respected voice in the economics of rural poverty.  To find out more about him and his legacy today please click here.

Jeevika Trust team The Jeevika Trust team, our Trustees and Advisory Council can be found at Jeevika Trust team.

Reference To download a copy of any of our latest public reports and publications please visit our reference section.