FutureGenerations

The wildest jungles remaining in all of India and the country's most diverse tribal cultures are found in Arunachal Pradesh. This remote state in northeast India is central to Indian geography as the place where China and India meet. Since 1997, Future Generations has been working in Arunachal Pradesh to realize Gandhi's dream of empowering governance at the village level, building the capacity of the village women to take care of their own health and promoting a statewide network of protected areas.

We partner with Future Generations Arunachal (FGA), an independent Indian-registered charity founded in 1997 that works statewide to promote integrated community change and conservation. With a growing network of more than 800 volunteers, 150 women’s groups and self-help groups, and farmer’s clubs and future clubs, the organization focuses on four primary activities:

•   Realizing Gandhi's dream to improve governance at the village level through the training of the state’s 6,000 locally-elected panchayat leaders (Gram Panachayat Members)
•   Establishing a statewide network of community-based protected areas that protect the region’s rare biodiversity while integrating eco-tourism opportunities for local communities using indigenous conservation knowledge
•   Empowering and expanding opportunities for women through the training of women as Village Welfare Workers (volunteer community health agents) and the formation of self-help groups, and
•   Partnering with the Arunachal Pradesh Department of Health and Family Welfare to increase community participation in the management of a Primary Health Center and improve the quality of care, thus establishing it as a model health facility

These activities are expanded statewide through the training of trainers and the promotion of the most exemplary community sites as regional "Learning and Doing Centers." For more details, follow the links above.