Sarada Group of Development Initiatives - SGDI

The Federation of grassroot level NGOs in eastern India under the Society for International Development(SID) ,Belur,Calcutta Chapter accepted People's Participatory Planning(PPP) process as an alternative approach to move with the people towards Sustainable Village Based Development in the year 1993 after the emergence of The Village Earth model for sustainable community-based development in the International Conference for Sustainable Village Based Development at Fort Collins, USA. The SID Belur-Calcutta together with NGOs and people developed a consensus to accept 'participation' as a value and process of development.

The Village Earth model for sustainable village based development was created as a result of 40 years of intensive field research and development theory. The model is designed to address global poverty. It is a fresh approach to stimulating and sustaining village development- a road map to a brighter, more equitable future for all of world's rural poor.

Back from Colorado State University in September 2000, to develop a replicable village earth model in India we, federation decided to established another organisation called , "Sarada Group of Development Initiatives (SGDI)" to implement the proposed project , " People's Plan for an Integrated Sustainable Village Development (PPISVD)."

Status of the Organisation:

Registered under West Bengal Societies Registration Act of 1961 No. S/IL/1030 of 2000-2001. Affiliated with The Village Earth, Department of Civil Engineering,Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO,USA

Goal:

Alleviate hardcore poverty by bridging the gulf between the two -thirds of the population that live in rural areas and the technical ,financial, social and informational resources enjoyed by the remaining third. To accomplish that, the village earth models adopts the following specific objectives:

Objectives:

• Institutionalized a Participatory orientation.
• Make resources accessible.
• Build a bank of scientific knowledge.
• Establish global communication networks.
• Emphasis in depth development of each village and rapid,systematic expansion to other villages.
• Facilitate technology generation.
• Attract and generate indigenous technical ability to rural areas.
• Build a collaborative network.
• Create a collaborative global village network.

Fundamental Principles:

A set of basic principles guides the design of a serious effort at sustainable village based development. They are:

1. Participatory, village-based development
2. A "critical Mass" for sustainable development
3. The importance of resources
4. Trained external catalytic force
5. A new approach to stimulate village development
6. Local values
7. Inclusiveness
8. Self-reliance and an entrepreneurial spirit
9. Basic mutual agreements
10. A systems approach
11. A holistic (multi sector) approach
12. Sustainability
13. Appropriate technology
14. Networking
15. Monitoring and evaluation

Project location:

Sarada Group of Development Initiatives(SGDI)
The Village Earth Purulia
Village- Vivekananda Gram, PO- Kantadih, PS-Arsha
Dist-Purulia, West Bengal 723153

Mailing address as the address of the Network address.

Contact Person:
Dr.Milan K.Dinda

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