Reliance Foundation's video: Reliance Foundation: Godavari Tanda - An ideal Indian village

Once struggling for even basic services like drinking water, roads, electricity and education the inhabitants of Godavari Tanda village in Maharashtra, have completely transformed their village into an ideal village with the help of Reliance Foundation. It all started in 2011 when a few young farmers formed a Village Association, facilitated by Reliance Foundation, for resolving their village issues. Reliance Foundation’s exposure visits to a model village made the Godavari Tanda villagers realise that they too could make a change in their village. The VA brought together all the villagers to discuss and resolve issues collectively, with women, youth and elders also involved in the process. Reliance Foundation trained and encouraged the villagers to undertake activities like road and village cleaning, campaign against open defecation and making the village alcohol free. From equal participation of women in the village decision making process to well maintained and lit roads, improved sanitation, schools with e-learning facilities, biogas plants, micro-irrigation system, solar electricity, bank accounts, accidental and crop insurance, and sustainable livelihood practices, the villagers of Godavari Tanda united to uplift their quality of life and lifestyle in a holistic manner, leading to higher levels of productivity. Today, the village has become a role model, with villagers from nearby areas visiting Godavari Tanda to learn of ways to transform their own villages. Thanks to the determination and will power of the community that has managed to work in harmony for the collective growth and development of the entire village with support from Reliance Foundation.