We partner with rural communities to enable them to lead a dignified life. We do this by building their capabilities, strengthening community institutions and mobilising resources.
At Gram Vikas, equity and dignity are at the heart of what we do.
Our Impact
We've reached 600,000 people in 1700 villages.
And we continue to work hard and create change at scale.
10,370
hectares of wasteland regenerated for natural resources based livelihoods
214,920
women with access to safe, private bathrooms with running water
54,571
families with renewable energy sources for cooking
STORIES OF CHANGE
What We're Hearing
Where Springs Return…
Here is a story of parched lands, barren hills, dying cattle and dried up springs giving way to thick lush forests.
IT'S BEEN FOUR DECADES SINCE WE STARTED
From mobilising indigenous communities to fight for their rights to partnering with them to build better lives, our legacy is of a commitment to advancing equity and dignity for the poorest.
GIVE
Your smallest contribution can bring water, increase incomes, build toilets or light up homes in the remotest villages in India.
Choose your cause.
Our volunteers have got clean water to villages, digitised schools, filmed stories from the field and much more.
Come, be a part of the team.
BLOG
Defying odds: Women strive and achieve access to water for all
Phirkinali’s remarkable journey to water and sanitation for all households.
10th Earth Care Awards to Gram Vikas for exemplary stewardship of climate action
The award recognised the efforts to restore 540 acres of degraded land in Kalahandi.
Springs flow, birds sing, forests breathe in hundreds of acres of parched land
Women’s perseverance and resolve brings a village together and revives a spring.