Action
Village India is a UK based charity (1118845), with
long-term relationships with six Gandhian organisations all working
for non-violent change in rural India. For 20 years, it has
supported programmes which enable disadvantaged communities to help
themselves.
Current
programmes include: girls’ education (Jharkhand), women’s employment
& health (Tamil Nadu), organic farming (Kerala) and fishing
communities' rights (Orissa).
“I would say that if the village
perishes India will perish too. India will be no more India. Her own
mission in the world will get lost. The revival of the village is
possible only when it is no more exploited. Industrialisation on a
mass scale will necessarily lead to passive or active exploitation
of the villagers as the problems of competition and marketing come
in. Therefore we have to concentrate on the village being
self-contained, manufacturing mainly for use. Provided this
character of the village industry is maintained, there would be no
objection to villagers using even the modern machines and tools that
they can make and can afford to use. Only they should not be used as
a means of exploitation of others”.
