Month: August 2011

Education is one of the fundamental areas where our Integral Village Development Programme deploys its energies and resources. The Programme aims to take holistic education to the villages, focusing on the fundamental and integrated development of physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual dimensions of the human self—adapting its delivery to suit rural conditions and status.  …

Health and hygiene, two of the most important elements for the overall human well-being and progress, are chronically neglected by rural populations in India due to illiteracy, lack of basic cleanliness habits, and ignorance. The Integral Village Development Programme’s foremost contribution in the fields of Health and Sanitation has been creating awareness and providing knowledge…

Housing has been one of the most successful initiatives of the Integral Village Development Programme. Prior to the initiation of this project, most houses in this area were in dilapidated, decrepit conditions, leaving people to endure the rigors of weather and other natural calamities, critters, and even antisocial and criminal-minded people. There was no sense…

The social and economic progress of the rural populace is a major focus area for the Integral Village Development Programme. Establishing a progressive social model where each individual of the village becomes an essential, connected and contributing part of a collaborative community is the overall theme of the initiative. This also necessitates that the economic…

One of the most prestigious projects of Sri Aurobindo Society, Sharanam—Rural Development Centre, was started in Puducherry in south India in 2007. The main purpose of this project is to build a modern, cost-effective building, using sustainable materials and appropriate techniques, and employing local unskilled workers by encompassing the ecological, climatic, cultural, technological, environmental and…