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Environment and Water
Promoting sustainable lifestyles and green spaces
Give Care Foundation is dedicated to environment and water conservation, fostering sustainable lifestyles through close collaboration with children, women’s groups, youth, Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs), government agencies, village Panchayats (Council of 5 members), and the community at large. Our environment initiatives encompass soil and water conservation, including the revival of ponds with nature-based solutions and rainwater harvesting to recharge groundwater. We also lead Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programs that enhance sanitation practices and promote safe hygiene in communities. In addition, we create and maintain green spaces to support long-term resource sustainability. Our programs are active in urban, peri-urban, and rural areas, reaching diverse communities for a healthier, more sustainable future.
The Need
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In 2003, it was observed that women in rural areas of Gurugram district, Haryana, faced the burden of fetching water from far-off distances. Recognizing that women’s empowerment is deeply connected to access to essential resources, Give Care Foundation identified water issues as a critical area for intervention. In 2005, water reached the doorsteps of all households because of the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Program. However, mismanagement of water by the communities led to a rapid decline in groundwater levels.
In response, we constructed water conservation structures in Abheypur village, which later expanded to nearby villages. The pressing need for awareness inspired a mass movement called Jal Kranti (Water Revolution), mobilizing village communities to actively engage in water conservation. The movement led to the formation of Pani Police (Water Police), where Panchayats and youth groups took ownership of water management and revived village ponds.
Today, this movement extends to urban and peri-urban areas, where we continue to work towards recharging the groundwater table. The Pani Police initiative has also expanded to police stations, with police officials now serving as stewards of water conservation. Moreover, the rising demand for sanitation and hygiene facilities in local schools has driven us to work on WASH initiatives, ensuring clean water, sanitation, and hygiene for healthier communities.
Our Solution
Saving Water
As part of the water conservation and management initiatives, we construct check dams, gabion structures, gully plugs, recharge wells, recharge filters, rainwater harvesting structures, and revive ponds. Additionally, water literacy programs are conducted in the schools with children, youth, women, village Panchayats, Biodiversity Management Committees, Corporates, RWAs, and communities at large. Regular awareness programs and campaigns are organized on the critical issues of water crisis.
Enhancing Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH)
As part of the water conservation and management initiatives, we construct check dams, gabion structures, gully plugs, recharge wells, recharge filters, rainwater harvesting structures, and revive ponds. Additionally, water literacy programs are conducted in the schools with children, youth, women, village Panchayats, Biodiversity Management Committees, Corporates, RWAs, and communities at large. Regular awareness programs and campaigns are organized on the critical issues of water crisis.
Our Model Approach
Our model approach seeks to address changes in global patterns and trends that affect the social and economic conditions of the region by:
Collaboration & networking
We undertake eco-restoration in mutually supportive ways with all the stakeholders such as district administration, academicians, other NGOs, university partners, private enterprises and communities.
Integrated & multi-disciplinary approach
We focus on integrated, cross institutional and multi-disciplinary approach to improve the behavioral change amongst the stakeholders to manage water. It combines engineering, social and environmental aspects reaching out to communities in peri-urban, urban and rural communities.
Inclusivity & community ownership
We strengthen institutional frameworks which is inclusive, transparent and effective . The local communities are sensitised, empowered and engaged on environment conservation in order to sustain the program.
We are part of the Sustainable Development Goals
According to United Nations, poverty is more than lack of income and resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood. Its manifestations also include limited access to education and basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as lack of participation in decision-making. The program seeks to address the role of women in issues of water management, sanitation and hygiene.
Addressing socio-economic challenges at the grassroots level.
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