Sustainable Development Through Women and Youth Organisation

SVSS has worked in 10 villages of Rajgarh block in Mirzapur. Children and young people used advocacy strategies and campaigns to develop 10 model villages in the region of Uttar Pradesh. This increased accessibility of drinking water facilities, availability of dustbins and proper disposal management. They also involved green clubs to create kitchen gardens, seedbanks and playgrounds in the villages.

In project A, children and young people organised in groups that were created in 10 beneficiary villages where SKVS, the partner organisation, also operated. Collectively the groups managed to gather 258 members. They also organised monthly meetings within their own villages where they discussed key issues related to environmental children’s rights including child rights at large, collection of seeds for plantation, sustainable agriculture and conservation of the ecosystem.

SKVS decided to also create girls’ groups which reached 282 members in 2020. The girls’ groups held regular meetings where issues related to environmental children’s rights were discussed using a gender lens, to explore the specific vulnerabilities of girls vis-à-vis the environment.

In project B, PACE supported the creation of a total of 50 youth groups at state level. Moreover, across 4 districts of Uttar Pradesh they gathered 1698 members out of which 922 were boys and 776 were girls. The youth groups advocated with the local authorities to promote environmental protection, counteract climate change and support activities to increase water accessibility which included addressing drainage issues, waste management and garbage disposal.