Seva Mandir

Delwara village is a part of the Delwara panchayat of Rajsamand district and is located 30 km North-east of Udaipur on the Indian National Highway 8. With a population of over 500 families Delwara, the hub of local commerce, has grown to the size of a small town and is now more commonly referred to as a peri-urban township.

Delwara has some of the best women’s groups of Seva Mandir’s work area with three groups engaged in patchwork activity. These women’s groups are also involved in the savings and credit program.

 

Nagrik Vikas Manch

The Nagrik Vikas Manch (People’s Development Forum) is an unregistered entity initiated collectively by Seva Mandir and the people of Delwara. It has been continuously functioning for for close to 7 years and is committed towards the vision and objectives people set for them through this forum. It works in five key areas- Water and Sanitation, Heritage, Education, Livelihood and Youth Development.

Vision

The vision of the Nagrik Vikas Manch is to promote local self-governance and responsible citizenship in Delwara, which can be helpful in creating a strong community of responsible citizens who would be able to take on the responsibility of development for their own village in the future.

Objectives

• Evolving a strong, sustainable partnership of local institution with local government machinery as well as other local organizations.
• Creating a platform for integrated learning with space for various partners involved in rural development.
• Promoting the idea of sustainability and self-help amongst various classes of people.
• Delwara being a peri-urban settlement and has its own set of unique problems and solutions are needed that create and cultivates a culture that promotes equity of rights and sustainable livelihood along-with mutual respect amongst the society.