Why India is definitely NOT “too rich for aid”….

by Andrew Redpath, Executive Director at Jeevika Trust

We know what you’re thinking… We’ve faced this question many times before and yet still the question remains. Why, when there is such distressing poverty in other parts of the globe, why should we spare the time to think about poverty in India, a country who seems to be getting more and more affluent every day? India may have more billionaires than the UK and an international aid budget of its own, but this means nothing when hundreds of millions of people in rural India are still suffering, out of sight and out of mind.

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Back with a Bang : Walking for Water 2017

On 15th October Jeevika Trust’s annual ‘Walking for Water’ event took place. This fundraising walk raises vital money for our water and sanitation projects in India and has become a real highlight of our events programme.

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Walking for Water : A Virtual Challenge for Children too

by Melissa Hicks, Marketing Manager at Jeevika Trust

As the festive season draws ever closer, many of us find ourselves helping our little ones write their letters to Santa with a never-ending list of the latest toys, gizmos and gadgets that they want to wake up to on Christmas morning. It’s easy to forget how lucky we are in comparison to other people living in absolute poverty.

People like the 60 million people in rural India living without access to safe, clean water to drink, cook and clean with. As a mother myself who spent her early parenting days endlessly sterilising bottles, dummies, rattles etc I can’t imagine the anguish mothers in rural India must feel knowing that their only option is to allow their precious children to drink unsafe water. Water that accounts for 21% of all diseases and deaths in India… it’s every parents’ worst nightmare. Sadly for villagers in India this nightmare is their reality, a completely unacceptable reality.

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How did we get on with our first ever crowdfunding campaign?

by Melissa Hicks, Marketing Manager at Jeevika Trust

Back in July we ran our first crowdfunding campaign designed to raise funds for the next stage of one of our flagship projects, Project SNAPS.Our Project SNAPS, launched in 2015 and delivered by our partner Jeevan Rekha Parishad (JRP) in Odisha, gives girls and women access to hygienic, cost effective, eco-disposable Sanitary NAPkinS (SNAPS).

We couldn’t have been more delighted with the success of this campaign!

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Our first ever Bee & Honey Fete was a big success!

On Sunday 9th July we held our first ever Bee & Honey Fete at The Glass House, Barge Walk in Hampton Wick. Our family-friendly fete coincided with the  national ‘Don’t Step on a Bee Day’ and was a real celebration of India, bees and the precious honey they make for us.

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International Women’s Day 2017

How did you celebrate International Women’s Day this year?

Earlier this month saw the annual return of International Women’s Day – a day dedicated not just to celebrating “the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women”  but also to promoting the need for accelerated change if women are to enjoy gender parity by 2030. At Jeevika Trust we believe that women’s empowerment and equality is vital – not only for women, but for the development and progress of humankind. Our projects prove that, when women are empowered, the results are dramatic.

We are very lucky to have a Board of Trustees who live and breathe the values we hold dear at Jeevika Trust. Read on to find out how one of our Trustees, Julie Hutton, has shown her support for International Women’s Day…

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Rainbows and Kings – How Jeevika Trust’s Walk for Water 2016 linked London to Rural India

by Catherine Purvis, Trustee at Jeevika Trust 

Back in October 2016 a number of our supporters took part in Walking for Water to raise vital funds to continue delivering projects in rural India. Catherine Purvis, one of our Trustees took part on the day and has shared with us her thoughts on the walk and why fundraising events like this really matter.

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Join us for our Jeevika Lecture 2016 on Thursday 24th November at the Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore.

by Andrew Redpath, Executive Director at Jeevika Trust

Our Jeevika Lecture 2016 will be exploring the theme of “INDIA and CHINA : Modern Travels in Ancient Civilisations”… and who could be better to illuminate us on this subject than the popular broadcaster and historian Michael Wood?

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Join us at Walking for Water 2016

by Andrew Redpath, Executive Director at Jeevika Trust 

There has to be a fair chance that Sunday 16th October will be a beautiful autumn day of russet colours, peaceful deer, blue skies, sparkling Thames – all just perfect for a Walk, starting and finishing in Hampton Wick, with a gentle October sun overhead and good walking company.  Up through Bushy Park, then through Hampton Court Palace, and down Long Water to Barge Walk for a really nice tea and talk at the Glass House.  Will you join us?

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If you had HIV/AIDS…

by Judith Crosland, Programmes Manager at Jeevika Trust

What would life be like?

Living in a remote Indian village, few – if any – health services will be available to you. Even if your village is connected to roads, you will need money to catch the occasional bus to take you somewhere near a health centre. If luck is on your side, you may have money and strength enough to catch a bus to a hospital. Here you might wait all day and night and the next day without food to be seen by a doctor. Then you can be given antiretroviral treatment which slows your virus down. You will then need the funds and strength to make your return journey.

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