Save Cows

Cow is the source of progress and prosperity. In many ways it is superior to one’s mother

Save Water

Minimizing wastage and equitable distribution of water

Solar Energy

It becomes apparent that solar energy is a very democratic form of energy

Health and Education

Fit and Fine

Welcome

   

Manavta Foundation is a Section 25 not-for-profit organization actively engaged in the promotion of human welfare through sound environmental and community management. We aim to enhance the quality of life of our local communities through our work in four specific focus areas, water, agriculture, environment and child rights.

"To make the journey of life eventful I chose the intruded way and at the destination when I turned back I could see a swarm of people following the same social cause" 

Manavta Foundation empowers local communities to take action to preserve their environment and natural resources for themselves and future generations. We achieve this though community participation in our projects and activities and ensuring local people are consulted throughout the process of development. We strive for a sustainable future for mankind based on social justice and believe that this can only be achieved though the up-holding of all human rights and the rule of law.

We work to achieve:
• Safe, sufficient and sustainable water resources for all.
• Sustainably produced nutritious and healthy food for both current and future generations.
• The sustainable use of unpolluted natural resources; maintaining biodiversity and improving human health.
• Equality amongst marginalized communities, by safeguarding human rights and enhancing environmental conditions.

Manavta Foundation undertakes this work through scientific research, campaigns, advocacy and grass-root level community involvement.

As a public interest organization the Manavta Foundation focuses on strengthening local communities through their active participation in the decision making process to achieve sustainable development for the community as a whole. We believe that environmental degradation can only be addressed adequately if local people are empowered in decision making at all levels and have control over their natural resources.

Who We Are
Manavta Foundation is a Section 25 not-for-profit organization actively engaged in the promotion of human welfare through sound environmental and community management. We currently have 25 full-time salaried members of staff, with a network of volunteers who come from far and wide to assist us in our work.

 We now work throughout Western Uttar Pradesh and beyond. Since 2007, in conjunction with the Child line India Foundation, we have implemented Meerut CHILDLINE, a 24/7 helpline for children in need of help and assistance in the region.

 What We Do
Manavta Foundation empowers local communities to take action to preserve their environment and natural resources for themselves and future generations. We achieve this though community participation in our projects and activities and ensuring local people are consulted throughout the process of development. We strive for a sustainable future for mankind based on social justice and believe that this can only be achieved though the up-holding of all human rights and the rule of law.

 We work to achieve:
• Safe, sufficient and sustainable water resources for all.
• Sustainably produced nutritious and healthy food for both current and future generations.
• The sustainable use of unpolluted natural resources; maintaining biodiversity and improving human health.
• Equality amongst marginalized communities, by safeguarding human rights and enhancing environmental conditions.

 How We Work
Manavta Foundation undertakes this work through scientific research, campaigns, advocacy and grass-root level community involvement.

 As a public interest organization the Manavta Foundation focuses on strengthening local communities through their active participation in the decision making process to achieve sustainable development for the community as a whole. We believe that environmental degradation can only be addressed adequately if local people are empowered in decision making at all levels and have control over their natural resources.

 Geographical Spread
Manavta Foundation operates from our head office in Delhi and our geographical reach covers the district of Meerut in Western Uttar Pradesh, in addition to extending to other neighbouring districts including Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Noida.

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Gaushala

   

Manavta Foundation Gaushala (Shelter for Cows) is situated in Mayur Vihar, Delhi, India. We have more than one hundred (100) cows at present. In the year 2013, a disease “Foot and Mouth” spread in Delhi and its nearby areas, due to which cow infection in their Foot and Mouth. Even cows were not able to walk due to this disease. 

India has an open garbage system, which means open garbage bins on the roads overflowing with stinking waste. In cities and towns, large numbers of cows on the roads eat from garbage bins, foraging for fruits and vegetable leftover, anything edible and smelling like food. Since Polybags have invaded our lives, almost all garbage and food waste is disposed in Polybags. These bags spill out either on the road or from municipality dustbins. Since the Polybags are knotted at the mouth, Cows unable to undo the knot, eat food leftovers including the Polybags. Slowly over time, they build up a huge amount of polybags inside their stomach. It gets entangled with different material and it becomes hard like cement inside their rumens, which is the first belly of the cow. The normally cows died. The post mortem conducted by our veterinary surgeon revealed that the animal’s ruman was full of polybags 40kgs stuck up in their stomach. After examination of all the animals, he advised us to start surgeries to remove polybags from their rumens to save their lives.

Manavta Foundation realized that there are hundreds of cattle on the roads feeding on garbage, including Polybags. They are sentenced to a slow and cruel death if they do not receive help in time. This is cruelty most people are not aware of when they see the animals “peacefully” walking on street.

It has been a life changing experience for all of us who witnessed the surgery and the removal of Polybags and other waste items from the rumen. We are horrified by the suffering of animals caused by the human garbage system and the problem of lefting cows and bulls loose on the road.

Some cow well-wishers started giving treatment to these cows from the city and nearby area in a tent along roadside. After giving treatment to cows they were sent back to their respective owners. Only eight cows could be treated at a time in the tent. Besides this, arrangements were also made for water and green fooder for the cows. By doing so, all cows get recovered from the disease very soon. Cow well-wisher now decided some places where they regularly send green fodder for cows. This all happened for at least one year. Now people started trusting them and contributing for the cows. Also All India Panchayat Parisad, Delhi and people from their provided land for Gaushala. The Gaushala started functioning around the year 2013 mainly by the effort of two enterprising animal lovers of delhi, who moved by miserable plight of homeless cows roaming around  in the streets of Delhi and nearby areas, decided to do their betterment. Many of these cows used to be sick, because of eating garbage, esp. Polythene, dumped in the open by the resident; others were injured, having been run over by reckless drivers or beaten by some cruel person.

Note:-  Manavta Foundation Gaushala is registered as a society with the Delhi Govt. There are  respective owners after treatment. In addition to providing fodder and shelter to these cows. We have also made arrangement for the treatment of sick and injured cows. Two qualified veterinary doctors have been engaged for this purpose. All this work is being done with the money donated by kind hearted donors, many of whom have become members of our society.

The herd of mother cow of Gaushala is increasing every year with god grace. Also male calves are increasing who also required separate sheds. All of them need a place of shelter to live in protected from scorching heat, cold breezes and excess rainfall. We have to increase the number of shades every year. So the work goes on all round the year of preparation of new shades. The gaushala does not have a dry fodder storage complex which is necessary as we can store atleast 1yr. dry fodder for mother cow.

Cow is abode of gods. She is Kamdhenu(desire fulfiller) personified. All the demigods reside in the body of cow. She is receiver of the auspicious rays from all heavenly constellations. Wherever there is a cow,there is influence of all heavenly constellations, blessings of all gods are there. Cow is the only divine living being that has a surya ketu nadi(vein connected to sun) passing through her backbone.

Therefore the cows milk, butter and ghee has golden hue. This is because surya ketu vein, on interaction with solar rays produce gold salts in her blood. These salts are present in the cow’s milk and cow’s other bodily fluids which miraculously cures many diseases.

Cows in India are not just animal, but are reverend as one of the icons of the country's culture and civilization, and are indeed worshiped as "cow-mother".

In the course of their local evolution through the ages, Indian native cows have developed their own characteristics, which are acclaimed by the world for their wonderful properties. Absorbing energy from the sunrays through a "solar pulse" on their back, the native cows yield milk of the highest quality to enhance man's physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being.

Apart from milk, Indian native cows are also valued highly for their urine and dung, which are finding increasing applications in almost every aspect of human life today, and novel products like "cow shampoo", "cow soap" and "cow insect-/pest-repellents" are now becoming increasingly popular in the country, among health-and-environment-conscious consumers.

To teach by example, Sri Krishna and Lord Balram show us when they descend into the world, how important is to protect, love and serve Cows and Bulls. Krishna is known as Gopala (protector of the Cows) or Govinda (one who gives pleasure to the Cows). lord Balram represents plowing the land for agriculture and therefore always carries a plow in His hand. Whereas Krishna tends Cows and therefore carries a flute in His hand. Thus the two brothers represents krisi-raksha (protecting Bulls by engaging them in farming) and go-raksha (protecting the Cows).

Kamadhenu, the sacred cow which grants all wishes and desires, is an integral part of Hindu mythology.Kamadhenu is also well-known through its other five form Nanda, Sunanda, Surabhi, Susheela and Sumana. Indian cows are unique in their ability to resist diseases, possess characteristics, suited to the Indian Agro-climatic conditions, and they have tremendous draught resisting capacities and can walk 24 hours without rest. These qualities are often found lacking in mixed.

Gauseva means serving the cows!
  1. Bhagavat Geeta describes how Lord Krishna cared for the cows and calves every morning, by taking them to graze on the Govardhana hill.
  2. We should also try to serve the cows with similar attitude - by providing means for their food, shelter and medication.
  3. "You drink the milk of the cow. So, the cow becomes your mother. The bullock is responsible for the production of the grain you eat, so, he becomes your father". And it's our sole responsibility to take care for all cows family which are sick, old and injured and are moving on roads.
Realistic Cow Protection - each of us doing our bit
We are supposed to worship cows and feed them by "Goo-grasa" everyday. If not atleast on some festive day we are supposed to worship cows and feed them. But in this age, if we can think of poor cows and try to help them to have a peaceful life, that would be more than a worship. Let us all pray for the poor and disabled cows and try to help those who are trying to protect them. It would be more meaningful if we can support and help those Gou Sewa kendras trying to protect the cows from the butcher's hand save the poor and old cows, providing them a peaceful life.It needs a helping hand from each one of you. Taking care of cows is more difficult than taking care of human beings.

Our Aim is to care for stray, abandoned cows, bulls, retired oxem, and orphaned calves, we provide them hay, flour, fresh grass, clean water, medical attention and a place where they can recuperate from injuries and stay peacefully.

Our Aim to protect the Cows & Improve their Feeding & Liiving Standards & keep them in clean atmosphere.

Our Aim to set up world class Spiritual Center for Human Beings for peace, Prosperity & Good Health.

Our Aim to spread the awareness about the importance of cow.

our Aim to know more about the rich properties of cow.

Therefore the cow's milk, butter and ghee has golden hue. This is because surya ketu vein, on interaction with solar rays products gold salts in her blood. These salts are present in the cow's milk and cow's other bodily fluids, which miraculously cures many diseases.

Cow Treatment
Doctos has been appointed by the management for the cows health care and in case of emergency, daily check up is done by him. They have been regularly examined by veterinary doctors & treated accordingly.

Helpline: We run a helpline where citizens can call to inform about sick or stray cows and calves, in the area.

Transportation: In association with volunteers, we arrange to bring the cattle to the campus.
Care: We care for the stray, ill-nourished and helpless cows by providing them food, shelter and medical facilities.

Bio Gas Plants  
Manavta Foundation helps construct biogas plants to meet farm and household energy needs. The Foundation also promotes vermicomposting to convert waste into organic manure.

Donation
The Donations given for Gaushala is considered very holy and socially appreciated. The person who donates the cow in gaushala does a great service towards the human.

First of all the cow is saved from going to slotter house. Secondly once it starts giving milk the milk is offered to god & gets blessings. The same milk being given to patients, saints or needy who gives Hearty blessings.

The cow urine is useful for making Ayurvadic medicines, which makes human being a healthy one. The cow dunk is used as fertilizer  in farming which land more fertile.

If the cow delivers a male then it is useful  in bullock cart useful in farming and female cow gives milk after  maturity.

Thus ‘gaushala’ has lots of advantages & benefits. We request you to participate in this work.
We future plans includes setting up a mobile dispensary for the treatment of animals and erecting more sheds for shelter of cows. We also wish to purchase additional land for cows. Help us further this noble cause, enlist your support in our resolve to care for these animals.

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Water Management

   



Water Management
Scarcity of clean water is one of the biggest challenges facing rural India. Our integrated water management model includes modules that increase the quantity, quality, reliability and accessibility of water resources.

Understanding that water effects every aspect of village life and is essential for health, education and farmming. The Manavta Foundation team works with communities to secure adequate local water supplies, improve sanitation and manage waste water in school, home and throughout the community.

The main goal of Manavta Foundation’s integrated water management is making ‘villages’ water sustainable and empowering  local communities for its management and maintenance. Manavta Foundation’s water management programme works primarily towards ensuring potable domestic and irrigation water in close proximity  to water scarce or saline groundwater villages through cost effective. Innovative models. In strives to sensitize the community about the link between sanitation, health and safe drinking water and ensure their participation for sustainability and behavioural change. The interventions comprise water resource augmentations, awareness generation and promotion of access to and use of safe drinking water and sanitation, Manavta Foundation is working  to make sure that this precious resource is nurtured and not lost.

The availability and quality of water are being improved

Rooftop rainwater harvesting system, storage tanks, bio-sand filters and sand posts with water taps in school and homes provide water for drinking and sanitation- allowing children to stay in school, especially girls who, without water at home, spend their days fetching water.

Groundwater levels are augmented with check dams, contour trenches, dug well recharging, pressurized recharge wells and pond development; and community soak wells and pits ensure safe wastewater disposal. Villagers and development committees are being trained to effectively manage water resources and water literacy  sessions motivate villagers to conserve water.

A  large part of our work focuses on restoring  and reviving natural water resources. Uttar Pradesh & Bihar is blessed with a network of rivers, ponds and canals; however encroachment is common place and many lie dry. In conjunction with various partner we have been working to revitalize these structures in order communities may utilize  them for agricultural and other such purpose.

We promote the use of clean technologies such as rainwater harvesting as a solution to what is an ever increasing water shortage. This helps to recharge depleting groundwater levels in the region in addition to providing surplus water for domestic use. 

Provision of safe drinking water

We ensure that marginalized urban and rural communities receive an adequate supply of safe drinking water.

We work to tackle pollution problems at source, install a piped water supply to replace the old India Mark II hand pump and maintain access to clean  water for the entire community.

Manavta Foundation’s approach to ensuring water security in rural India is to build the capacities of villagers and local leaders to manage community-led water projects, and to teach them the importance of hygiene and sanitation practices in growing healthier communities, and how to effectively advocate and compaign for safe drinking water.

Our activities focus on:
• Mass  recharge and augmentation of depleting fresh ground water aquifers.
• Creating surface water and fresh ground water pockets in saline ground water zones.
• Awareness creation on water issues and safe drinking water in communities.
• Promotion of water efficient technologies.
• Empowering communities.

Rain water harvesting (RWH) is a simple method by which rainfall is collected for future usage.The with depleting groundwater levels and fluctuating climate conditions, RWH can go a long way to help mitigate these effects. Capturing the rainwater can help recharge local aquifers reduce urban flooding and most importantly ensure water availability in water scarce zones. Though the term seems to have picked up greater visibility in the last few years, it was and is even today, a traditional practice followed in rural India.


This water conservation method can be easily practiced in individual homes, apartments, park, offices and temples too, across the world. Farmers have recharged their dry bore wells created water banks in drought areas, greened their farms, increased sustainability of water resources and even created a river. An effective structure method in water scarce times, it is also an easily doable practice.

Rainwater Harvesting consultancy 
Manavta Foundation has the in-house knowledge to undertake external consultancy work within the wider community to help establish rainwater harvesting structures on a large scale. We have trained employees who are competent in the design and install of rainwater harvesting structures, having received specific training from the government of India’s central Groundwater Board.


After much thought we developed a vision that we call “ integrated sustainable village development” (ISVD). ISVD is a multi-disciplinary approach to the quality of life in the villages, based on mobilized the community and building sustainable village-level institutions. It targets grassroots actions in water management,income enhancement (Primarily agricultural), family life (life skills) education, and preventive health. We felt it important to have a model that is modular, so each of these four inter connected  programs is also a distinct component is replicable, scalable and sustainable.

Because water management is such a critical issue, we have placed great emphasis on this programme. It comprises rain water harvesting and storage, replenishment of ground water, rejuvenation of village ponds and so on. Efforts to prevent waterborne diseases centre on water purification, waste water disposal and better sanitation through the design, construction and promotion of low-cost filters, soak pits lactocines. These interventions as well as those of the other ISVD modules, have had a positive and measurable impact on the villages in which they have implemented.

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Solar Power

   

When we consider the true cost of energy, we need to look at the big picture, not just the rate on the utility bill. Conventional fuels have real social, environmental and economic impacts. There are annual and cumulative costs that stem from all of the pollutants (airborne, solid and liquid) emitted from mining, processing and transporting fossil fuels that impact our public health and environment. Electricity derived from coal and natural gas will never be able to outweigh the energy and continual resources required to produce it. Unlike conventional energy sources, PV systems produce clean electricity for decades after achieving their energy payback in three or fewer years- this is truly the magic of PV technology.


Historical data reported by the Edison electric institute shows that from 1929 to 2005, the average annual price increase for electricity has been 2.94% per year. And  according to the Energy Information  Administration’s  June 2008 short term Energy outlook, utility rates are projected to increase by an average  of 37% in 2008 and by another 3.6% in 2009.

When weighing the energy option (between the grid and solar, wind or water sources) it becomes apparent that solar energy is a very democratic form of energy. Because the sun shine everywhere, the potential to utilize solar energy is available to everyone. Additionally, as compared to generators (gas, or even wind or hydro-powered ones), because PV system have no moving parts, they are extremely reliable and require very little maintenance.

Rural Solar Lighting Project
Objective :- To encourage and promote the use of Alternative Energy Resources such as solar and bio-energy, for meeting the urgent needs of villagers in India.

Where and How We Will Begin
We will begin with implementing the use of solar lights to replace Kerosene lamps in the villages near Delhi, Bihar and U.P. India to provide benefits to the villagers such as gainful employment, improvement of health, and replacement of pollution causing Kerosene lamps with solar lamps.

Current Condition
Kerosene lanterns use heavily subsidized kerosene, which is very polluting, causes indoor air Pollution enough to cause several respiratory problems for children in enclosed village huts, and pose a fire hazard. Kerosene lanterns emit 1/3rd of a ton of carbon dioxide every year, and the total emissions in a villages are significant as hundreds of millions people use them.

We will make attempt to make solar lights available at an affordable cost, especially to the poorest in the villages. Families in each cluster of villages will be benefited in terms of the availability of lighting derived from clean energy for their income generating crafts activities, the provision of more reading hours for their school age children and creating more employment opportunities to local entrepreneurs, many of whom may be women.

Proposed Approach
Kerosene lamps that have been used in India are traditionally for indoor lighting at night and for undertaking urgent family tasks outside the home. School going children have limited facility to study at night, as they have to use kerosene lamps. If they replaced with solar lamps, school children can study and function for more numbers of hours at night. The germ of initiative is to replace kerosene lamps with solar energy charged lamps with small batteries that use LEDs that use very little power. Women empowerment will be a key feature. Villagers will be able to get the charged battery/light units for a cost that is equal to or less than what the currently subsidized price that they pay for kerosene.

How can you help?


Help dispel the darkness, and light up their lives, by making a tax deductible donation.

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