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Saath Charitable Trust Saath is a non governmental organization, working across Gujarat and Rajasthan with urban slum communities.

When people come together, they build together! On 22 September, nearly 500 cooperative members came together for the 4t...
23/09/2026

When people come together, they build together!

On 22 September, nearly 500 cooperative members came together for the 4th Annual General Meeting of The Saath Janvikas Multipurpose Seva Sahakari Mandali Ltd. (SJMPC).

It was a day of— participation, ownership and service.
Members came together to look back at the year, share their experiences, review the Cooperative’s progress and take collective decisions for the road ahead.

There was also space to talk about something that affects every neighbourhood — health.
Mr. Paresh from the Health Department, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, spoke with members about dengue, its prevention and the simple actions communities can take to keep their families and neighbourhoods safer.

The day ended with fellowship, a shared meal and Garba — a reminder that a cooperative is not only about work and livelihoods.
It is also about people, relationships and standing together.

SJMPC was built on the belief that when people organise, they can create solutions for themselves and their communities.
Because development is not done for people.

It grows when people come together, take ownership and lead.
Here’s to the members who make SJMPC what it is — and to all that we will build together.

AMC-Amdavad Municipal Corporation

Female labour force participation in India remains below 35%. In the Anjar block, Kutch — a region transformed by indus...
19/09/2026



Female labour force participation in India remains below 35%. In the Anjar block, Kutch — a region transformed by industrial growth — that gap remains stark.

Women here already possess valuable skills — embroidery, tailoring, food processing and small-scale trading. What has often held them back is not capability, but limited access to structured market opportunities, business knowledge, and financial literacy.
Saath Livelihood Services, Saath Charitable Trust's livelihood-focused arm, is partnering with Welspun Foundation to strengthen women-led livelihoods through entrepreneurship development in Anjar block, Kutch.

The programme goes beyond skills training — bringing together entrepreneurship and technical training, financial and digital literacy, business advisory, mentorship, and market linkages to help women turn existing skills and ideas into sustainable enterprises.

The programme will focus on identifying local livelihood opportunities, strengthening existing women-led enterprises, and providing continued handholding to help women navigate the journey from enterprise readiness to enterprise growth.

Together with Welspun Foundation, we look forward to creating pathways for women in Anjar to build stronger businesses, greater economic agency, and sustainable livelihoods.

Welspun World

Strengthening Community Health and Well-being in Sanand!On 11th September 2026, Ford Motor Company and Saath Charitable ...
18/09/2026

Strengthening Community Health and Well-being in Sanand!

On 11th September 2026, Ford Motor Company and Saath Charitable Trust came together at Khoraj Primary School, Sanand, bringing 65+ Ford employee volunteers together with more than 200 students, teachers and community members around a shared focus on health, hygiene, nutrition and well-being.

The day brought health awareness beyond messages — creating opportunities for children and communities to see it, experience it and take part in it.

Wall murals transformed school spaces into everyday reminders of cleanliness, nutrition and well-being. A student-led health awareness rally carried these messages beyond the school, while a school cleanliness drive brought students, teachers and volunteers together to care for the spaces where children learn and play.

Students from Grades 6 to 8 also received health and hygiene kits, connecting awareness with practical habits that can be carried into everyday life.

At the heart of the day was participation. Ford employees worked alongside students and communities — painting, cleaning, engaging and learning together — turning employee volunteering into a shared experience.

For SAATH, partnerships create greater possibilities when people, purpose and participation come together. Our continued collaboration with Ford Motor Company is rooted in this shared commitment to strengthening health and well-being across the villages of Sanand.

The project is part of Ford’s Global Caring Month, an annual tradition powered by the Ford Volunteer Corps, where employees come together in their signature blue shirts to lead service projects across communities around the world. What makes the initiative distinctive is its employee-led approach — Ford employees identify local needs, bring colleagues together around causes they care about, and, with support from Ford Philanthropy or GlobalGiving, help turn these ideas into action.

When partnership moves beyond support and becomes participation, community action takes root.

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡. As part of Hyatt Ahmedabad’s Global Month...
17/09/2026

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡.

As part of Hyatt Ahmedabad’s Global Month of Service 2026, students and participants from SAATH’s Behrampura-Danilimda Centre, many from informal-sector communities, took part in a practical workplace-readiness session focused on what comes after skill development—how to present yourself, communicate your strengths and navigate opportunities with confidence.

The session covered resume-building, interview communication, body language, professional presentation and grooming—practical skills that can help young people navigate the world of work with greater confidence.

For young people with limited exposure to formal workplaces, opportunities like these offer an important window into professional environments—helping them understand expectations, build confidence and see new possibilities for their skills.

At Saath Charitable Trust, we believe youth livelihoods are not only about building skills. They are about connecting skills with opportunity and helping young people take the next step towards sustainable livelihoods.

We thank the Hyatt Ahmedabad team for sharing their time and expertise, and for creating a meaningful opportunity for young people to learn, engage and gain exposure to the world of work.

Because the journey from skill to livelihood needs more than training. It needs opportunity.

What really makes a community cleaner and healthier?Not just infrastructure. Not just awareness.It takes ownership.As pa...
15/09/2026

What really makes a community cleaner and healthier?
Not just infrastructure. Not just awareness.
It takes ownership.

As part of the Model Village Development initiative in Vahiyal, supported by PPG Asian Paints, students of Vahiyal Primary School took cleanliness beyond the classroom by organising an awareness rally across different neighbourhoods of the village during Swachhata Pakhwada.

Through the rally, students engaged residents on cleanliness, waste segregation and responsible waste management, sharing simple messages on keeping dry, wet and other waste separate.

The initiative also saw enthusiastic participation from residents, who joined the rally and extended their support towards building a cleaner and healthier village.

At Saath Charitable Trust, we believe lasting development happens when people participate, make informed choices and take responsibility for the spaces they share.

A child carrying the message home. A family changing a daily habit.

A neighbourhood taking greater responsibility for its surroundings.
Small actions, when owned collectively, can create lasting change.

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲—𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬...
14/09/2026

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲—𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Across the city’s informal economy, micro-entrepreneurs are building businesses around reuse, repair, recovery and resource conservation. Their work supports incomes, keeps materials in circulation and contributes to a more resource-conscious urban economy.

Yet, the connection between livelihoods and environmental sustainability is often overlooked.

A Study on Green Livelihoods in the Informal Economy brings this connection into focus through the experiences of 22 green livelihood micro-entrepreneurs in Ahmedabad.

The study looks beyond the enterprises themselves—to the challenges entrepreneurs navigate, the innovations they develop, and how livelihood interventions can strengthen business practices and financial inclusion.

What emerges is a perspective worth bringing into the larger development conversation: the transition towards a greener economy must also recognise the people and enterprises already contributing to it.

For Ahmedabad, this means looking at sustainability not only through infrastructure, technology and policy, but also through the everyday work of people whose livelihoods are closely tied to how resources are used, recovered and valued.

The study was guided by Prof. Chetan Vaidya, authored by Ms. Vandita Rajpal, and supported by Mr. Rajendra Joshi and Mr. Abid Hira.

📖 Read the full study:
https://saath.org/public/storage/pdfs/annual_reports/yA19yhVOi879MBJ0eYOzSTWcwu7tgmWUAUQDHRMI.pdf

What does a safe space for a child really look like?Sometimes, it looks like a library. For children growing up in dense...
12/09/2026

What does a safe space for a child really look like?
Sometimes, it looks like a library.

For children growing up in dense urban communities, a quiet place to read, learn, express themselves and simply be can be harder to find than it sounds.

On 9 September, Saath Charitable Trust inaugurated new libraries at Navchetan School in Meghaninagar and Saraswati School in Asarwa, as part of the Aangan Fellowship — Child Safety and Wellbeing Programme.
But these spaces are about more than books.

They create room for curiosity, creativity, conversation and connection — and give children the freedom to discover that their questions, ideas and voices matter.

The libraries build on work across Asarwa, Meghaninagar, Vatva and Ramol, where the programme addresses issues that can shape a child's future — from school dropout and child labour to girls’ safety and substance-use related risks.

Over the past year, the programme has reached 4,000 households, supported 45 children back into formal schooling, connected 15 adolescents to vocational training, and helped establish children’s groups across all four communities.

The numbers matter.
But so do the conditions behind them.

Because child safety is not only about protecting children from risk.
It is also about creating the spaces, relationships and opportunities that allow children to learn, belong and imagine what comes next.

That is the thinking behind these libraries — and behind the larger Aangan Fellowship.

Our thanks to the teachers and Aangan Fellows who helped make these spaces possible.

What if a museum could make you question something as ordinary as work?You walk in expecting to see a museum.Instead, yo...
09/09/2026

What if a museum could make you question something as ordinary as work?

You walk in expecting to see a museum.

Instead, you encounter the tools, objects, spaces and stories that make you stop and ask:

Who made this?
Who does this work?
And what does it cost to keep going?

At Mehnat Manzil — The Museum of Work, work isn't presented as an abstract idea.

It is personal.
Physical.
Everyday.

It is the hands that build.
The hands that clean.
The hands that carry.
The hands that keep our cities running.

Through stories and experiences of informal workers, Mehnat Manzil invites us to look beyond the job — and towards the life built around it.

Because we encounter the results of work every day.
But how often do we stop to encounter the worker?

Building on what we’ve learned.Shaping what comes next — together.Over the past three years, Saath Charitable Trust and ...
07/09/2026

Building on what we’ve learned.
Shaping what comes next — together.

Over the past three years, Saath Charitable Trust and Mukul Madhav Foundation have worked together to strengthen pathways to surgical and medical care for people whose needs often go unmet.

We recently met Ritu Hinduja Chhabria, Founder & Managing Trustee, Mukul Madhav Foundation, along with the MMF team — Sachin ji, Nitul ji, Daya ji and Shalom ji — to reflect on this journey and the learning it has created.

In , our work has focused on strengthening the journey from identifying a health need to accessing the right care — through screening, counselling, referrals, hospital coordination and continued support.

Because healthcare access is not just about whether a service exists.
It is about whether a person can find it, reach it, receive the right support, and stay connected to care.

We’re grateful to Mukul Madhav Foundation for the trust, collaboration and shared learning that continue to shape this journey.

From one community to another, may the learning travel further.

Rajendra Joshi | Chinmayi Desai | Finolex Pipes & Fittings

Ask an economist what a livelihood is, and you'll get a definition.Ask the woman bent over a sewing machine at 9pm, stil...
05/09/2026

Ask an economist what a livelihood is, and you'll get a definition.

Ask the woman bent over a sewing machine at 9pm, still finishing an order due tomorrow, and you'll get something closer to the truth:
It's what you build when nobody builds it for you.

For millions working in India's informal economy, there is no HR department. No fixed payday. No leave policy. No safety net when the machine breaks or the market shifts.

And yet, nearly 90% of India's workforce is in informal employment — not on the margins of the economy, but as its majority.
We've made "informal" sound like a synonym for "unstable."

It isn't.
It is disciplined. Resourceful. Relentless.
It is work that keeps families going, businesses running and communities moving.
It contributes an estimated 45% of India's GDP (MoSPI) — while remaining largely invisible to the safety nets built around formal jobs.

What's often missing isn't the will to work.
It's the support that can turn hard work into security.
Access to skills. Capital. Markets. Collective voice.

The things that can help a livelihood become more resilient — and a day-to-day income become a more secure future.

For 37 years, Saath Charitable Trust has worked alongside communities to build that support — strengthening livelihoods, expanding opportunities and helping people turn their own efforts into greater security.

Not only to support livelihoods, but to help the ones people have already built stand on firmer ground.

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