Projects

Focus Area

GBS, under its byelaws and Memorandum of Articles of Association, has been authorised to work throughout the Indian territory. In the past activities in relation to HIV/AIDS have been implemented in Rajasthan and Tamilnadu whereas other programmes in general encompassed over 200 villages in 6 districts of Rajasthan. The target population of intervention programmes implemented so far by GBS are all villages situated in the remote quite away from the national highways or main roads. In most cases the villages are not connected with link roads, having the implication that some of them are still deprived of source of potable water and electricity. Moreover, there is no facility of medical and health, education for the children etc. in and around the area. .

Previous Accomplishments

Women's Empowerment
Gram Bharati Samiti's women's empowerment project focuses on the formation of self-help groups among the rural women in the Rajasthani countryside, who work together to save and acquire money for themselves and their families by means of small business activity. GBS has a large role in helping the group to get started and later offering the members general guidance and consultation. The SHGs improve the rural women's situation not only from a financial point of view but it also builds the women's knowledge, independence and confidence... [more]

Environment
Improving ecological balance and upgrading the level of lives of the community people of the area was GBS main objective when it started their project on development of wasteland by planting trees on a desert district in Rajasthan in 1991.Afforestation seemed to be impossible, but now there is an orchard and a small forest having over 50,000 plants of fruits, fodder, fuel, shadow, timber and flowers on this land.... [more]

Health & Hygiene
GBS activities carried out in the field of health and hygiene aim at prevention of HIV/AIDS, improvement of reproductive and sexual health, treating STDs/RTIs, organizing specific programme on events like World AIDS Day etc.
Target Population: are tribal communities who have neither been in mainstream of society nor have access to health servies.
Target Area: underdeveloped villages in remote areas far away from cities, link roads and highways. [more]

Future Plans

Following tasks have been included in the future plans of GBS:

• Establishment of a hospice for the persons living with HIV/AIDS and cancer
• Development of a Community Rehabilitation Centre for meaningful rehabilitation of old age person, helpless women, those who have lost their husband and destitute children orphaned of AIDS.
• A nonformal school or functional literary centre for the tribal and rural children, particularly for those who are orphan or unable to afford schooling.
• Since August 2005 GBS is associated with the Medical Knowledge Institute (MKI) and dedicated as MKI Center in India preparing midwifery trainers to develop and implement strategies for the training of midwives and other health workers within the MKI HIV/AIDS Midwifery Training Program. The project is based on a Train-the-Trainer model aiming at the development of worldwide strategies for the prevention of HIV/AIDS infection in women during pregnancy, labor and the puerperium, including mother to child transmission as well the promotion of care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS, their newborns and families.
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