Natural Resources & Sustainable Livelihoods
Sustainable cotton, farmer-owned institutions, and trades for women in a district with no industry to employ them.
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Growing With Communities. Caring for the Land.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Since 1993, Hariraj Charitable Trust has worked alongside rural communities in Gujarat — creating opportunities for children, building awareness around health and helping farmers care for the soil and water that sustain their livelihoods.
Why the trust was set up
A thriving society where education and equality empower communities to live in harmony with nature.
Hariraj Charitable Trust was set up in 1993 to improve health and education in Amreli district. 33 years on, the work runs across Amreli, Rajkot, Vadodara and Narmada districts.
Read our storyThe three areas we work in
Each of these has been worked on for years rather than for the length of a grant. Follow any one of them to read what it does, which villages it covers, and what has changed since it started.
Education, Equality & Empowerment
Learning-assistance classes for children whose schooling migration broke, and a fifteen-week equality course for boys.
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Well-being & Community Development
Village health awareness — reproductive and child health, pesticide safety for farm workers, and two years of pandemic logistics.
Learn moreThe figures the trust publishes
- Farmers reached
- 8,000+Farmers reachedCumulative across the natural resource management and REEL cotton programmes.
- Children supported
- 5,000+Children supportedCumulative across the learning assistance and gender education programmes.
- Villages
- 40+VillagesVillages with at least one active intervention.
Figures as published by the trust. See our reports for audited accounts.
People we have worked with
Longer accounts, told by or about one person, of what changed for them and over how long.
Talking about it at home
A participant's account of the Gender Education foundation course, and what he did with it afterwards.
Read the storyA year at a learning assistance centre
How a centre assistant works through an academic year — meeting parents, assessing where each child actually is, and building from there.
Read the storyJafrabad taluka, Amreli
Back in class, after the work took him out of it
How a learning-assistance centre reaches a child whose schooling stopped when the family moved for work — and who had already started earning.
Read the storyWe publish a report every month
Each issue is written in Gujarati and in English, and every issue we have published since 2024 is here to download.
What volunteers and participants say
They are working very effectively on issues like Health, Education, and Women Empowerment, Self-help Groups, Agriculture and Environment. They always focus on providing education and health to youth of the unrecognised Sectors, women, children and economically deprived communities. They are doing great service to the nation and organisation having great command on arranging training programs for the community to encourage and develop independent business.
Very much humbled and grateful towards the work undertaken by the organization. The outreach and depth of grassroot level work being done is very inspirational. We as volunteers would join for a short duration but the core team lives with the spirit of uplifting the society, works with focus, grit, dedication, patience and perseverance. Their service to the nation is a noble work and I can’t thank them enough for what they are doing.
मेरा नाम मनीष बाबू भाई है मैंने खांभा हरीराज चैरिटेबल ट्रस्ट द्वारा संचालित जेंडर इक्विटेबल बॉयस प्रोग्राम के तहत कुल 15 मॉड्यूल पूरे किए लेकिन 15 मॉड्यूल पूरे करने के बाद मुझे एहसास हुआ कि लड़कियों के बीच कोई अंतर नहीं होना चाहिए वर्तमान में हम एक ग्रामीण क्षेत्र में रहते हैं और लगभग सभी परिवारों की एक सख्त परंपरा है जहां लड़कियों के पास बाहर जाने के लिए कम समय होता है या उनके माता-पिता इसकी अनुमति नहीं देते हैं इसके बारे में मैं मेरे घर पर भी बात करता रहा मेरी बातों को सुनकर मेरे पिताजी का व्यवहार मेरी बहन की तरफ बदला और उसको भी समान तक मिले ऐसा उन्होंने सोचना शुरू किया
I have been connected with this esteemed organization for 7 years and learned a lot of valuable lessons. I learnt very important lessons of the social sector like child education awareness, women empowerment, farmer’s awareness for organic farming etc. I also have developed my communication skills, internal thoughts and personality. I wish that Hariraj charitable trust will grow up and full-fill the expectations of needy beneficiaries.
Remember there is no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
— Scott Adams
