- Led people’s campaign for rehabilitation of ahars-pynes in the name of ‘Ahar Pyne Bachao Abhiyan’ since 2001
- Led Bhoo Adhikar Abhiyan
- Mobilized communities of Nawada and Nalanda in area against open defication practices & Use of contaminated water
- Run education centre for child labor, Dalit women and Slum children.
- Co-organizer of a network of Civil Society Organization named Jal Ajeevika Manch
- Skill training to Dalit women and artisans
Water is our prime concern: JVS is committed to act upon:
- Traditional methods of water conservation and management practices in Bihar
- Threats to the water resource due to globalization
- Pollution of water sources from industrialization and urbanization
- Water harvesting measures and its status
- Death of aquifers and its overexploitation
- Reduction of forest area vis-à-vis impact on water recharge
- Drinking water and its quality issues
- Sanitation and its non-linkage with water
- Promoting effective use of natural resources like land and water for livelihood and economic development
- Contributing to increasing the irrigation potential of the region
We undertake advocacy on water through Jal Ajivika Manch (JAM):
A platform to discuss and share the issue of livelihood with focus on water
- Formation of a group of people who are serious for the water as a subject
- To see that the people benefit and take it to the state and other forums which can play role in conservation of water resources of the state
- Frame / Reframe the water related policies of the state in favor of resource conservation and people’s concern
- To take up studies which may guide others ( like state, civil society organizations etc)
We act at the grassroots through Ahar Pyne Bachao Abhiyan (APBA) doing:
- Renovation of traditional water bodies and water related structures like Ahar, Pyne and Pokhars
- Promotion of water harvesting and water conservation practices
- Awareness generation and mobilization
- Watershed projects
- Promoting effective use of natural resources like land and water for livelihood and economic development
- Contributing to increasing the irrigation potential of the region
