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See also: AVAG
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Mandate
To establish with the surrounding villages a friendly
developmental relation on behalf of Auroville
Specific objectives
(taken from the Trust Deed)
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To help the villagers organise themselves for
their own village development, and eventually for joint planning
with Auroville
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To organise and support education and other
programs for children development, especially village children.
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To promote and assist activities related to
community health, mother and childcare, water and sanitation, revitalising
local health traditions.
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To promote and assist activities related to
environmental conservation, appropriate technology, renewable energy,
and sustainable development.
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To encourage and assist all activities that
improve the economic and social status of women
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To encourage and support training and extension
programmes for rural groups and organisations, especially in the
fields of community development, environmental education and small
enterprise development
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To initiate and promote research experiments
and demonstrations in the areas of social and environmentally appropriate
technologies, indigenous knowledge, traditional wisdom and skills,
and rural development in collaboration with individuals, people's
organisations and various development agencies
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To organise seminars, workshops, training and
providing advisory services for other organisations involved in
the fields of environment and development
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To collect, collate and disseminate information
on rural development-related issues
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To raise funds through donations and contributions
to support all the above activities, and setting up appropriate
management structures, including subsidiary units as necessary,
under the general supervision of the Auroville Village Action Group
executives and co-ordinators.
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To create assets to accommodate any of these
activities.
Actual activities
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Running AVARC (Auroville Village Action Resource
Centre) as a training centre for village young people to become
development workers for their own villages.
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Helping village people to organise themselves
into Women's Clubs, Men's Clubs and Village Councils and take up
projects for village improvement and contact government offices
for implementation of rural development programmes.
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Conducting supplementary classes for village
children at the government schools.
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Assisting the running of Micro- Savings and
Credit scheme for women, and for men.
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Helping women organise an area-wide Women's
Federation.
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Helping implement government and other projects
for the benefit of the people.
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Supporting Auroville Planning and Development
to establish joint planning with villages included in the Master
Plan.
AVAG activities are organised out of the new Auroville Village Action
Resource Centre (AVARC) on Irumbai Road near Koot Road. Phone Numbers:
Coordinators 2678871,
Office managers and accounts, 2678872. And at its
two educational units, Life Education Centre, 2622082, with its Lively
Boutique 2622589, Isai Ambalam School 2622793, and Auroville Industrial School 2671757.
AVAG accounts are being done my AuroMa Accounts service presently situated
at ABC.
AVAG Trustees:
Bhavana Dee, Verite, bhavana@auroville.org.in
Karin Latzke, Discipline, karin@auroville.org.in
S. Subash, New Creation, isaiambalamschool@auroville.org.in
AVAG Advisors:
Harini Sanpathkumar, Yantra, harinin@auroville.org.in
Peter Clarence-Smith, Gaia, petercs@auroville.org.in
AVAG field office staff:
Moris and Anbu, Coordinators, AVARC, 2678871, avagoffice@auroville.org.in
Subash, Coordinator Isai Ambalam, 2622793, isaiambalamschool@auroville.org.in
Zeriina, Coordinator, Life Education Centre, 2622082
Karin, Coordinator, Lively Boutique, 2622589, karin@auroville.org.in
Auroville Industrial School, Lavkamad Chandra, 2671757
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