Mr. Ved Arya
FounderFounder of SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action)
Mr. Ved Arya is the founder of SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action) (1997)[1], an Indian non-profit working on rural & agriculture, livelihood and water & sanitation from New Delhi.
SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action)
SRIJAN works on water and soil conservation, agriculture, farmer-producer organisations and women's self-help groups to build self-reliant rural livelihoods, reaching over 500,000 families across Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh, including its Bundelkhand water-body revival initiative.
SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action) reports the following, on its own site:
- 5,01,799 rural families reached to become self-reliant
- 5,430 villages across 127 blocks
- Working in 39 districts across 8 states
- 16 farmer producer organisations (FPOs) promoted
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- New Delhi
- Founded
- 1997
- Press
- 1
References
- [1] “SRIJAN was founded in 1997 by Mr. Ved Arya was registered in 2000 to make a difference in the lives of rural poor through participatory development initiatives.” — SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action). Source
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