Gramin Vikas Trust – GVT is a National Level Organization established in 1999 by Krishak Bharti Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO)

Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT)

Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT) started its journey in 1992 as a national level non-profit development organization with the support from Krishak Bharati Cooperative Ltd (KRIBHCO), Ministry of Chemical & Fertilizers, GOI and DFID (UK) to create a world where every citizen can live a secure, healthy and fulfilling life and, sustain in harmony with nature.
Along with various social, economic and environmental development initiatives, GVT is involved in enabling capacities of rural populace through running various institutes like School of Rural Management, National Livelihood Resource Institute and Krishi Vigyan Kendra.
GVT is directed by the Board of Trustees, which includes five Trustees from KRIBHCO, two Trustees from Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India, and three nominated eminent Trustees from diverse background.

Gramin Vikas Trust is directly benefiting more than 5,00,000 farmers and their families every year.

Message

According to a recently published UN Report, India is a home to a number of poor people with nearly two-thirds of the extreme poor (those who live on income less than a dollar a day) of the world living in India.
Since the inception of GVT, it has been our earnest attempt to alleviate poverty through its interventions. GVT has been working to provide improved and sustainable livelihood in some of the most vulnerable rural areas where people in general are toiling hard to survive in the most hostile ecological conditions. We have set our new goal to bring change in the lives of 15 million people within the time span of 10 years to help the rural people of India live a better life.
Our all interventions are targeted to provide sustainable livelihood solutions to the poor in a participatory approach. We mobilize the beneficiaries by giving a clear message that the project in hand is to create a healthier economic condition for them if they come forward and take part in its implementation. This kind of Social mobilization helps in formation of groups which are significant from these economic activities. Groups hinged around our implementation gets opportunity of productive employment for their economic growth resulting in a wider access to sustainable socio-economic opportunities for large number of people while protecting the vulnerable, as all activities are being done in an environment of fairness and equal justice. Our interventions thus focus on the dynamics of sustainable growth and larger access to opportunities.
In the endeavor of bringing large part of the population under growth process, all segments of growth initiatives in India need to work in a synergistic way to make it a success. GVT stresses more on building partnership to bring inclusiveness and to raise the pace of growth in rural sector by gainful utilization of the contribution of public and private both. Now, corporates have also started aligning themselves with this agenda. We at GVT, are fully committed to build partnership with Corporates to create productive and decent employment opportunities and social inclusion to ensure equal access to opportunities

Our Reach

With philanthropic approach of reaching out to the poor in the sparse parts of India, Gramin Vikas Trust with its headquarter in Noida Uttar Pradesh, has taken its intervention to the unreached in the remotest of areas and urban slums with our projects and helping the lives sustainable of the people in need.

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Our work

Natural Resource Management

GVT implemented WADIs, funded by NABARD covered more than 50,000 families in over 900 villages.

Total area covered under watershed program is 1,16,636 hectares covering about 17 lakhs beneficiaries till date.
GVT has organized more than 1500 veterinary health camps covering 3.74 lakh milch animals
More than 94,000 chick-lets and 5,800 goats have been distributed to the tribal communities of rainfed regions.

Livelihood Enhancement

Under placement linked Livelihood Enhancement, GVT has trained around 17,000 beneficiaries and provided placement to around 19,550 trainees in different skill sectors.

Environmental Sustainability and Climate change

Gramin Vikas Trust aims at promoting Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change mitigation/adaptation by undertaking various initiatives.

Forest and Biodiversity Conservation, Afforestation, Natural Regeneration, Land, Water and Energy Conservation, Social and Farm Forestry, WADI program, Eco-friendly Agriculture Practices, Strengthening Community Institutions and organizing Behavioral Change are some of its programs.

Institutional Development

GVT has developed around 15,000 groups under various flagship programs like watershed program, WADI, agriculture, training etc.

Development Studies

GVT has carried out around 350 developmental studies covering 80 districts and around 32,000 families.

Health and Sanitation

GVT has covered 2,79,127 beneficiaries under various health and sanitation programs.

GVT has constructed more than 5300 toilets under Public-Private Community Partnership model for BPL households, community and schools.
GVT has worked with female sex workers in HIV/AIDS prone areas for reducing the STIs among the target community

Education

GVT managed to increase the enrollment for primary education of around 7,356 children and have provided educational training to more than 3,000 children.