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MANAVLOK stands for “MArathwada NAVnirman LOKayat”, where "Marathwada", geographically, is the central part of Maharashtra", '‘NAVNIRMAN’ means “Recreation” and ‘LOKAYAT’ denotes “for the people by the people”. Thus, it symbolizes recreating rural development for rural people with the support of rural people. MANAVLOK is a non-profit organization working for the betterment of less privileged people with a new idea or an experiment in integrated rural development, whereby villagers themselves are the focus of action and control. The organization is working in the sectors of Watershed Development Program, Krushak Panchayat, Disaster Relief Services, Women Empowerment, Jansahayog, Social Work College, SHG's, Sanitation, Advocacy, and Monitoring & Evaluation of Government Programs as a holistic approach for integrated rural development.
MANAVLOK aims to solve the socio-economic problems of the community and provide a better life for them.
MANAVLOK believes that collective local leadership plays an essential role in mobilizing the local resources and making the best use of them by providing the means of development rather than dolling out money to the poor.
To improve the socio-economic status of the rural people, empower women economically, socially, and politically, improve health conditions, agriculture situations, and the educational status of the region.
In the early 1970s, a socialist group of youth began seeking solutions to social and political problems of the rural community with the general aim of achieving harmony in the society. After nearly 20 years of effort and agitations, they concluded that socio-political change was not possible without economic change. With this point of view, Dr. Dwarkadas Lohiya popularly known as “Babuji” laid down the foundation of MANAVLOK, a voluntary organization, in 1982 for the socio-economic upliftment of the rural poor.
Note: It is but obvious that same villages and beneficiaries may get repeated many times in our total journey till date .