‘PAHAL’ is a non-profit, non-government and secular voluntary organization registered under the trust Registration Act.

Despite India’s spectacular economic development, millions still have to go hungry; live in most unhygienic conditions, without even basic education for their children; and die of diseases that can be prevented. What is needed is to build a strong civil society that should work in tandem with the government in making a difference in the lives of those who are in need.

Since we formed our organization in 2006 we have retained our essential character as a group of thoughtful and motivated individuals striving for social change. We believe that the various problems that the society faces are interconnected – poverty and over-consumption, unemployment and agricultural crisis, social injustice and middle class apathy, health and environmental degradation, and so on. Hence the approach to address these should be holistic, and all of us are part of both the problem and solution.

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