Every year, the floods cut off work and push families to leave.
For us, rural development means villages where families can make a living and stay together. Since our first village surveys in Darbhanga in the 1980s, we have worked alongside village communities, and since 1988 with government programmes, on the basics that rural life depends on.
With CAPART we built 3.5 km of village road, installed 50 hand pumps and built Sulabh toilets. When floods struck Muzaffarpur in 2004, we organised relief. Today our education, skills, savings and tree-planting work reaches 42 villages in Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur.
What we do
Village roads
3.5 km of village link road built with CAPART.
Clean drinking water
50 hand pumps installed, giving families safe water close to home.
Sanitation
Sulabh toilets built with and for village families.
- Village roads
- Hand pumps
- Sanitation
- Flood relief
- Government programmes
42
villages reached
3.5 km
of village road built
50
hand pumps installed
35+
years working with government programmes
Opening a village road, from our archive
Watering a new sapling
COVID-19 relief kits for village families
Support this work
Support our villages
Your gift funds the education, skills and savings work that helps families build a living in their own village.
80G tax exemption on every donation
Other programmes
Education
Free schooling and the support that keeps children aged 3 to 15 in class.
Health
Free health camps and check-ups for women, children and elderly villagers.
Skill Development
Practical skills that help young people and women earn close to home.
Women’s & Child Development
Savings, skills and a stronger voice for women in rural Bihar.
Environment
Our goal is one million trees for the villages of north Bihar.
Give your time
Visit families, help at our Kathalia campus or plant trees with us. Our volunteers work in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Delhi and Bengaluru.