Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
WOTR’s mandate is to reduce poverty through mobilising the self help capacities of individuals and communities to regenerate the eco-spaces or watersheds they live in, harvest rain water wherever it falls, use it productively, undertake sustainable livelihoods and do whatever else it takes to get them out of poverty.
Watershed Organisation Trust has been pivotal in the conception, nurturing, building of Grassroutes in Purushwadi which was the the first village set up.
Bosco Samajik Vikas Sanstha (BSVS)
BSVS are involved in organizing communities to claim their rights, in trying to achieve universal education, in skills development for youth, agricultural and ecological development, and child protection and child rights.
BSVS has helped in enabling individuals and communities from tribal cultures to promote their own development and secure their rights .They have helped Grassroutes in setting up tourism in Valvanda.
Population First is an NGO working on population and health issues within the framework of women’s rights and social development. They look to create
- An India where every child is wanted, cared and nurtured
- An India where every woman is empowered to exercise her rights
Population first has played a key role in introducing and enabling rural tourism in Dehna