Healthy, self‑reliant, gender‑just and self‑governed communities.
GSMT works with rural, tribal and urban communities across Yavatmal on livelihood, health and education — building local self‑governance so people manage their own future.
Solving livelihood, health and education as one problem.
Gramin Samassya Mukti Trust is a voluntary organization active in the sustainable development of rural, tribal and urban communities — established to solve livelihood, health and educational issues, considering their sustainability and ecological security. The organization feels these issues are highly interlinked and should be addressed in an integrated way.
We firmly believe that empowering local self‑governance should be our key approach to enhance the skills of the community to help them manage their issues on their own. GSMT works for the empowerment of the most ignored and socio‑economically oppressed communities, with special emphasis on women.
Three pillars, one integrated approach.
Held together, not run as separate programmes — because on the ground they are the same problem.
Livelihood
Sustainable agriculture, water conservation, forest rights and farmer collectives — working with small, marginal and tribal farmers on natural farming, watershed development and market linkages.
Health
Community health and nutrition, kitchen gardening, and support for people living with HIV and disabilities — strengthening Village Health, Nutrition, Water and Sanitation Committees.
Education
Child rights protection and quality education for underprivileged and tribal children, including Anand Balsadan and Late Laxmibai Moghe High School in Jalka village.
This is what the work has already done.
A sample of what sustained, community‑led work has achieved across Yavatmal district.
760
villages hold their forest
Community Forest Rights facilitated with government line departments, with conservation and management plans prepared for 105 gramsabhas.
7,014
women in 695 groups
Functional women’s self‑help groups that put women in the room where village money is decided.
₹62 Cr
mobilized through convergence
For the development of CFR lands — soil and moisture conservation, plantation and water conservation.
Six threads, one village.
Livelihood, health and education aren’t separate problems on the ground.
Building governance
Community Forest Rights, conservation and management plans, and GPDP facilitation in more than 300 villages.
Natural resources & livelihood
LEISA, Better Cotton, natural farming, watershed development and farmer producer organisations.
Community health & nutrition
Kitchen gardening, support for people living with HIV and disabilities, and village health committees.
Child rights & quality education
Against child marriage, trafficking and labour — with Anand Balsadan and the Quality Learning Initiative.
Women’s empowerment & gender equity
Women organised in SHGs and federations, and heard in the gram sabha.
Networking & advocacy
Village experience carried into district, state, national and international forums.
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