Project Jeevika is an initiative by Enactus Hindu College that aims to work, bring change and do its part in the current global water crisis. Health and Access to Clean water are fundamental needs of every individual. India’s burden of waterborne diseases is grossly underestimated. Annually about 37.7 million Indians are affected, 1.5 million children die of diarrhea and 73 million working days are lost leading to an economic burden of $600 million a year. Our project aims to eradicate the problem of inaccessibility to clean drinking water with an attached sustainable business model positioned to provide an alternate source of income to our beneficiaries. We chose the community of Abheypur to start with the initiative and worked on setting up mechanical water filtration tanks in the houses of our direct beneficiaries. Since then we have actively been researching and working on introducing different models of water filters across various communities in Delhi-NCR. 

 

For this, we have partnered with other organizations like the Sehgal Foundation, which works on similar lines. Project Jeevika will continue to innovate and grow on the same principles.