The article was published on ‘The News Minute’ web-portal. People from over 400 villages gathered in Jhabua’s Hathipawa hill to dig contour trenches to trap water and increase the water reserve. Magan Mohaniya deftly swings the geyti (pickaxe) to deepen the contour trench on Hathipawa hill, in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district. The sun…
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] Published by The Logical Indian on 3 April 2017 under the subheading ‘Get Inspired’. [/cmsmasters_text][cmsmasters_text] The soil brimming with nutrients, a canopy of thick forests, and sun rays penetrating through lush green leaves – this what the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh once looked like, before its woods were cut down for…
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] The original article was published at BusinessWorld on 21 May 2018. [/cmsmasters_text][cmsmasters_text] It’s a pleasant surprise to hear from a dear ex-colleague from the corporate world! Conversation unfolds. He’s called to invite me for an ‘interesting experience’. I made a shift to the development sector a few years ago, so I’m not…
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] The Annual CSR Report for 2017-18 published by the Infosys Foundation, shares their experience with Shivganga. The relevant extracts from their report are reproduced below. It is not often that one comes across a social service organization that hesitates to accept funds for fear of disrupting a developmental model based on self-respect.…
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] POSTED BY KOENRAAD ELST Originally posted at koenraadelst.blogspot.com The ShivGanga NGO, independent from the usual Missionary or Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram (the Hindu nationalist tribal front) networks, has come about as an answer to the Jhabua district’s grave water problems, which made life difficult for the local Bhil/Bilala tribals. Basing material self-reliance on…
A talk by Shri Mahesh Sharma Founder, Shivganga, delivered at TEDx RGN Shri Mahesh Sharma – TedX
