People Based Development

18/06/2021

Varun is hosting this online event on International Yoga Day, All are welcome.

Yoga is a science of living for physical, mental & emotional development . Practical steps to make a difference in your life & in others

10/06/2021

This month our international meeting is focusing on the crisis facing many communities in India in the face of COVID19 and how we all support these communities.
Saturday 12th June 3.30pm - 5pm UK time
[email protected] if you need the link

Manavodaya

Citizen Network

10/06/2021

At a time where many parts of the world are starting to rebuild after COVID19, the effects are still devastating in many of the poorest regions. Help communities get the resources to survive this.
Manavodaya

Manavodaya International UK supports the work of the Manavodaya Institute of participatory development in Lucknow, India. https://citizen-network.org/resources/manavodaya-institute.html Manavodaya is Sanskrit for "human awakenings". For the past 30 years, Manavodaya has trained facilitators in poor....

26/05/2021

A short presentation by Varun Vidyarthi from Manavodaya about principles of a Self Help Movement. This was part of our May Development From Within session.
Citizen Network

A short journey by Varun Vidyarthi through some of the principles Manavodaya has developed over the last 30+ years

06/05/2021

This month at Development from Within, Varun will be exploring some of the core principles of Manavodaya. The link remains the same . The time is still 3.30pm (UK time) until 5pm, so please check the correct time zone for for your region, we hope you can join us. If you are not on our mailing list you find the Zoom link in the Forum section of our People Based Development website.

https://peoplebaseddevelop.wixsite.com/change/forum-1/development-from-within

Hosted by Varun Vidyarthi, who was a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex UK, back in 1983. His academic contribution then was printed in the journal of WORLD DEVELOPMENT from Oxford. His wife Amla was a consultant to Schumacher's famous Intermediate Technology Development Group, London.

They both decided to change their focus from intellectual writings and seminars and instead work directly among the poorest segments in rural India, exploring practical aspects of self and community awareness. After three decades of intense engagement with people and sharing of the associated learning, they are now recognized as the pioneers of the self-help movement that has not only affected the lives of millions of women, but has also led to a change of perspectives of thousands of social development leaders in India and other parts of the world.

In a short presentation on Saturday, we will get a glimpse of the concept of self and community awareness that constitute the core principles of the Manavodaya movement, a global movement to tackle poverty, inequality, injustice and various imbalances in environment and society.

Citizen Network Members

06/04/2021

The first episode of our Developing Connections discussions, watch with us on Friday, and ask questions, or later on your own.
With Ilirida Fazliu , Doreen Kelly and Alastair Minty Work

Exploring grassroots change around the world, self help and empowerment.