Janvikas

The overall goal of Janvikas is to "Contribute to building/strengthening just, democratic & secular society and to bring about concrete and sustainable changes in the lives of poor, marginalised and disadvantaged communities". The overarching goal is fulfilled through : Support to leadership and voluntary efforts at the grass root level. Setup and spin off issue-based institituions. Enhance capacities of different levels of personnel in social development organizations and strengthen the social development organisations. Motivate and train youths for development. Janvikas was born out of a process and the culmination of a struggle for justice, influenced by Paulo Freire, G... read more The overall goal of Janvikas is to "Contribute to building/strengthening just, democratic & secular society and to bring about concrete and sustainable changes in the lives of poor, marginalised and disadvantaged communities". The overarching goal is fulfilled through : Support to leadership and voluntary efforts at the grass root level. Setup and spin off issue-based institituions. Enhance capacities of different levels of personnel in social development organizations and strengthen the social development organisations. Motivate and train youths for development. Janvikas was born out of a process and the culmination of a struggle for justice, influenced by Paulo Freire, Gandhi and Ambedkar and skilled in Behavioral Sciences. Today, it is a large network of more than 12 decentralized institutions many are registered autonomous institutions which today partner with other organizations and or new initiatives of Janvikas to strengthen civil society in India. The principles on which the organisation evaluates its engagements are: Democracy in governance Transparency in decision making Stress on: o Leadership rather than 'management' o Balancing results and processes Janvikas has always set its eyes on creating support systems for poor, marginalized and disadvantaged communities who are seeking their rights as well as for those individuals who are seeking a more meaningful social existence. Based on this understanding, the following objectives are formed: o Relating creatively with individuals/groups and state organizations to increase access of the poor marginalized and disadvantaged communities to their legitimate rights. o Generating open-ended systems that provide space and scope for the creative involvement of more and varied individuals and institutions to empower the poor marginalized and disadvantaged communities. o Fostering individual creativity along with group accountability at all levels of organizations o Creating conditions for lateral linkages between organizations, giving rise to a federation that can network constructively within itself as well as with the external environment to change an unjust order.