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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 678871, Office managers and accounts, 678872. And at its
two educational units, Life Education Centre, 622082, with its Lively
Boutique 622589, and Isai Ambalam School 622793.
AVAG accounts are being done my AuroMa Accounts service presently
situated at ABC.
AVAG Trustees:
Bhavana Dee, Verite, bhavana@auroville.org.in
Karin Ltzke, Discipline, karin@auroville.org.in
S. Subash, New Creation, isaiambalamschool@auroville.org.in
Anbu Siromani, Lawspet, avagoffice@auroville.org.in
Gerald Moris, Lawspet, avagoffice@aurovile.org.in
AVAG Advisors:
Bindu Mohanty, Prarthna, bindu@auroville.org.in
Harini Sanpathkumar, Yantra, harinin@auroville.org.in
Peter Clarence-Smith, Gaia, petercs@auroville.org.in
AVAG field office staff:
Moris and Anbu, Coordinators, AVARC, 678871, avagoffice@auroville.org.in
Raju, Office Manager, AVARC, 678872, avagoffice@auroville.org.in
Lavenya, Secretary, AVARC, 678872, avagoffice@auroville.org.in
Subash, Coordinator Isai Ambalam, 622793, isaiambalamschool@auroville.org.in
Zeriina, Coordinator, Life Education Centre, 622082
Karin, Coordinator, Lively Boutique, 622589, karin@auroville.org.in
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