Karuna-Shechen is tackling the challenge of how to scale our services in India to meet the growing demand. Just five years ago we helped a dozen remote villages in rural India; today, we are working in several hundred.
We will be implementing a new strategy that will allow us to increase the amount of people we serve while meeting the specific needs and aspirations of each community.
Starting this year, we are appointing local coordinators to help manage field projects. Rooted in the communities and districts they represent, these coordinators will provide their expertise and leadership, communicate with villagers, implement projects, and monitor progress along the way — helping to ensure representation and long-term sustainability.
Our initial rollout of this strategy includes 160 villages in three districts. Collecting feedback and data along the way, we will tweak the processes and then expand this model, enabling us to help additional villages without losing the mutual trust we’ve established thus far.
Our New Strategy in Action:
*Panchayat: an administrative grouping of several small communities.
April 24 2019
When two major earthquakes struck Nepal in April and May of 2015, Karuna-Shechen worked tirelessly to help the victims. We had already been working for 15 years to relieve suffering for people in Nepa...
April 24 2019
On April 28 and May 12, 2015, two major earthquakes struck Nepal, killing over 8,000 people and injuring 22,000 more. Many villages, schools, and essential infrastructure were completely destroyed or ...
April 24 2019
When two major earthquakes struck Nepal in April and May of 2015, Karuna-Shechen already had a long history of humanitarian activities in the region and had been working for 15 years to relieve suffer...
April 24 2019
In keeping with our mission to help the most vulnerable people, Karuna-Shechen created a strategy to address the needs of the communities that were left out of post-earthquake humanitarian and develop...
April 24 2019
Four years after two major earthquakes struck Nepal, Karuna-Shechen is still working in affected areas to reduce suffering and build resilience among villagers. Thanks to the tenacity and dedication o...
