Seva Mandir

Seva Mandir, Udaipur, India.

Seva Mandir works in the state of Rajasthan, India. Its work area encompasses 626 villages and 56 Urban Settlements in south Rajasthan. A majority of these villages are located in the district of Udaipur The organization reaches out to 70,000 households, approximately 360,000 persons.

Seva Mandir's mission is to create a society of free and equal citizens who are able to come together and solve their own problems in their own contexts. The commitment is to work for development and governance that is democratic and polyarchic. Seva Mandir seeks to institutionalize the idea that development and governance is not to be left to the State and its formal bodies like the legislature and the bureaucracy, but that its citizens and their associations should engage separately and jointly with the State.

The long-term strategy of Seva Mandir focuses on creating the social, institutional, and livelihood base for a democratic and participatory approach to development that benefits and empowers the poorest sections of society. This is achieved through the following overlapping strategic objectives:

• To create and strengthen institutions for development (at the village, organization and society levels)
• To enhance people's capabilities for self-development (both at individual and community level); and
• To create sustainable improvements in the livelihoods base

To know more about Seva Mandir please visit us at www.sevamandir.org.