Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social service... motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance.

Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT) was established as an independent legal entity by KRIBHCO, a premier fertiliser company of India, in the cooperative sector under the Government of India. For the past one and a half decades, it has managed and implemented programmes for enhancing Sustainable Livelihood development and poverty reduction and empowering communities to manage resources in rural and tribal areas, initially under direct control of KRIBHCO, and since 2000, independently. Initial funding was made available by DFID-UK.

Vision - 2010

To Become a Vital Player Reducing Rural Poverty in India Through Sustainable Livelihoods.

Mission

Center for Excellence Empowering Rural Poor to Improve Livelihood Sustainability.

Goal

To develop, implement, disseminate, effective and equitable and sustainable participatory policies and programmes for reducing rural poverty in the rainfed areas of India.

Objectives

GVT believes that community participation in development programmes is crucial towards ensuring peoples' contributions, financial as also their physical energies and innovative insights. This belief underlies GVT’s objectives:

• To improve socio economic conditions of the poor and the marginalized
• To develop gender responsive participatory approaches
• To establish village based institutions for sustaining change
• To maintain partnerships with diverse stakeholders
• To promote, coordinate and conduct applied research
• To create a centre for knowledge assimilation and sharing

Strength of GVT

• Long experience in sustainable livelihoods support in the Rainfed and resource poor tribal areas.
• Successful participatory models in farming system development.
• Experience of on & off-farm income generating activities (IGA).
• Experienced and qualified Field Expertise in Watershed Management, Agriculture, Livestock, SWC & WRD, Social Development and Aquaculture etc.
• Programmes being implemented and disseminated through a cadre of more than 6000 Jankars (trained para-professionals).
• Tested cost-effective Prasar (Dissemination) Strategies.