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Participants gathered at an EduCARE India biogas workshop.
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Localising Global Goals

Through Community-Led Action

At EduCARE India, we translate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into lived reality, one community at a time.

Who We Are

We are a grassroots NGO working in community-led sustainable development since 1994, with roots across five Indian states.

When the world adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, we already had two decades of practice.

Our work is currently focused in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh.

  • Volunteers and community members planting a sapling outdoors.

    Our Vision

    Development that sustains itself

    We envision a world where every person has the opportunity and the means to build self-sustaining positive outcomes for themselves, their communities, and the natural environments we share.

A volunteer and community members building a compost toilet.

How We Work

We help communities build solutions that will keep working without us.

Every community already has its protagonists: women’s self-help groups, health workers, masons, youth looking to build a livelihood, and retirees with time and talent to spare.

Together, we explore what they can achieve for themselves and their community. We encourage people to take the first step, and stay alongside them as they gain confidence and begin taking the lead.

And we bring what helps them get there: training and qualifications, connections to people and institutions beyond the community, and the tools and resources they need to keep going.

Then, together, we build what the community needs. Things like home-care services, disaster-response groups, village shops, and more.

Everything we build is built to be handed over. The people in the community run it themselves after we leave.

Success, for us, is a community that no longer needs us.

Volunteers configuring tools during a disaster-management training exercise.

Our Work

Four pillars guide our work.

Together, these pillars cover what a community needs to develop on its own terms.

  • Volunteers demonstrating disaster management skills at a workshop.

    Safety

    We help communities prepare for emergencies, reduce the risks around them, and respond when disasters happen.

    Our work in Safety

  • A medical camp in Naura, Himachal Pradesh.

    Health

    We help older people and vulnerable households get health and social support closer to home.

    Our work in Health

  • Women holding saplings at the Kangra Botanical Garden.

    Environment

    We help communities restore and care for local land, water, and biodiversity.

    Our work in Environment

  • Pink Wheels Taxi Initiative group photo at an event.

    Empowerment

    We work with women, young people, and community groups to develop sources of income and strengthen practical money-management skills.

    Our work in Empowerment

Volunteers and community members doing project work outdoors in Ambara, Himachal Pradesh.

Where We Work

Our work is currently focused in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, in the Himalayan foothills of northern India.

Over the years, we have also worked in Punjab, Rajasthan, Ladakh, and along India’s west coast. Each place has helped shape the way we work today.

Explore our journey across India

Volunteers in an animated discussion around a table.

Let’s Work Together

Individuals

Organisations

  • Partner with Us

    Work with us on initiatives shaped by local priorities and community participation.

Our team having a group discussion outdoors in Naddi, Himachal Pradesh.

Talk to Us

Questions, suggestions, feedback, or something else?

Please reach out. We’d love to hear from you.

Members of a sports club holding an EduCARE India poster.