Gravis

GRAVIS has strong belief in community involvement in implementing its programmes and activities. Above will be a key element of this project as well. Active participation of the communities will help GRAVIS in achieving project objectives and in strengthening the rapport with the communities further.

The four main strands of GRAVIS methodology to implement its programmes are following:

Participation

The beneficiary community participates in all processes of the project including planning, implementation and monitoring. The community representatives play key roles in organization of field-based activities. 

Capacity building: personnel and organizational development

During the implementation of different programmes, GRAVIS as a team and as an organization develops its capacities further. The beneficiary community also gets a number of opportunities to build their capacity. This improved local capacity is essential in ensuring the success and sustainability. 

Blend community-based activities with new technology

GRAVIS has firm belief in the importance of local wisdom. It always tries to enhance local knowledge with modern techniques and sciences. The above has been very effective in organization of a large number of field-based interventions in the areas of water security, agriculture, environment education, training and animal husbandry.   

Sustainability and self-reliance

Sustainability is a key issue for community-based programmes. GRAVIS takes important initiatives to make the programmes sustainable and self-reliant in coming future. This aspect is a very important strand of methodology of implementation. Strategies are developed to raise contributions from the communities and generate community support to organize different activities.