Rural Development Programme in Theog, Shimla

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Our Initiative

Improve Living Standards

Sanjeevani Vikas Evam Jan Kalyan Samiti, in collaboration with HDFC Bank CSR Parivartan, is implementing a Holistic Rural Development Programme (HRDP) across 20 villages in Theog Block, Shimla, positively impacting 8,060 individuals. The initiative focuses on upgrading schools and health centers, improving market access for local communities, and enhancing safety through solar infrastructure installations. By integrating improvements in education, healthcare, and livelihoods with community involvement, the program aims to establish self-reliant, climate-resilient model villages. Through the programme, we are establishing a sustainable framework for rural prosperity that emphasizes community ownership and participatory development. Through these efforts, the HRDP fosters an environment that encourages local involvement and enhances the overall well-being of the community.

Our Strategy

Agri-Horticulture

Apple & farm Initiative: VDC-mentored Tool Banks and community collection centres equip smallholders with affordable tools, training, and market access—cutting waste, boosting incomes, and thriving farms. Community Irrigation Tanks gives year-round harvest.

Education

Transforming School & Anganwadis into solar-powered, tech-enabled hubs with clean water and safe sanitation—where play, hygiene, and nutrition fuel every child’s strongest start.

Women Empowerment

Community Mobilization & Capacity Building: Empowering villages through VDC-led governance, hands-on training, knowledge exchange, and purposeful celebrations that champion gender equality, health, nutrition, and cultural heritage.

Health

Bringing healthcare home: Upgrading PHCs, screening camps and partnering with the Government to deliver free, sustainable care where it's needed most.

Environment

Illuminating villages with Solar Street Lights. Safer Nights, Zero Emissions, Community-Powered.

What We Don't Do:

We don’t distribute free materials and leave. We don’t create dependency. We don’t implement projects for communities.

What We Do:

Year 1: Form Village Development Committees, provide training, build infrastructure, demonstrate techniques, and establish systems.

Year 2: Committees start managing minor decisions, farmers adopt new practices independently, and communities maintain infrastructure, local leadership emerges.

Year 3: Communities plan their own development priorities, manage resources, solve problems collectively, and mentor neighbouring villages.

Beyond Project Period

VDCs continue operating as self-governing bodies. Agriculture Tool Banks remain community-managed assets. Solar infrastructure is maintained locally. The project ends, but the transformation continues.

What The Future Holds

What the future holds In the coming years, the 20 villages of Theog Block will transition from being beneficiaries of aid to engines of local prosperity. The collaboration between Sanjeevani Samiti and HDFC Bank CSR Parivartan will be remembered not just for the buildings it erected or the solar panels it installed, but for igniting a self-sustaining ecosystem where the youth choose to stay and build, women lead with safety and confidence, and the community thrives in harmony with the fragile mountain ecology.

600+ Farmers HHs benefited

20
Agri tool Banks

360+ Farming HHs benefited

24
Irrigation Tanks

30.95+ Tons Apples Sorted & Graded

2
Apple Collection Centre

55+ tons production

800
Farmers –Pea Power

272+ Women Benefited

200
VDCs

1048 Person Uplifted

12 Village
Level Celebrations

780+ person uplifted

10
Health Camps

460+People benefited

3 Health & Wellness Centres Upgraded

437+ Students benefited

3 Schools Upgraded with Smart Facilities

8060+ lives illuminated

313
Solar Lights