Swechha India

Objectives

Our main objective as a movement is to re-establish a connection with the environment as a whole among the people of Delhi and beyond. We aim to encourage and assist young people to become socially and environmentally responsible individuals through education, awareness, and support. We want to make volunteering a mainstream activity for young people from all walks of life in India. Approach

Many of the problems Swechha tackles stem from indifference and apathy. Consequently, Swechha strives to inspire individual and collective action, using awareness, communication, training and advocacy as primary tools. We believe that exposure and empowerment, especially at a young age, can dilute the apathy that many feel when it comes to acting on social and environmental injustices. The next generation should not be bystanders that silently watch the problems of their community, their country, and their world get worse. We use a variety of methods such as experiential learning, street plays, games and films to disseminate knowledge and further participatory development. We aspire to keep our approaches innovative; and through our staff’s contagious excitement, we hope to continue to grow as an organization that successfully empowers people. By engaging people in activities that sustain and strengthen human values of community, we work to create a stronger society. We organise our work into programmes, with our three areas of focus – environment and education, youth and civil society, and active citizenship, woven throughout them all.