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About Us
Girivanvasi Educational Trust (GVET) was founded by Padmabhushan Pujya Karamshibhai Jethabhai Somaiya in 1991.
It runs the Nareshwadi Learning Centre (NLC), located on a 12 acre campus in the lush green environs of the Experimental Farm of Girivanvasi Pragati Mandal (GVPM) which Karamshibhai founded in 1974 as an Integrated Rural Development model.
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Banana Project
Grade 7 children are working on this project & will continue until they complete grade
Moringa Project
50 hostel children (25 girls and 25 boys) of grade 8 are engaged in this project..
Henna Project
They plan to use henna for landscaping on school campus & for securing gaps in the boundary walls to curb stray cattle.
Nareshwadi Ventures
(NV) was started in 2012. Beautiful products are made from scrap wood & painted with Warli art.
School Farm & Nursery
Children from 1 st to 9 th grade are engaged for 20 hours a month learning to cultivate seasonal vegetables
School Health Centre
The 10-bed School Health Centre was started is 2007 to take care of children falling sick.
Rotary Project
The Rotary Project commenced in 2018. It is supported by the Rotary Club of Bombay Queens Necklace & the Rotary Club of College Park, USA.
NVC Workshop
Nareshwadi staff has been trained by Dr Gitta Zimmerman in Nonviolent Communication since 2010.
Activities designed
To develop children's physical hands on literacy, at Nareshwadi under Girivanvasi Educational Trust.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US
Impressed by both the institution and the children. Very humbling and inspiring.
Thank you!
Eric Kalali
One of the biggest things that stayed with me, was that the learning centre truly focussed on growing the community, rather than imposing ideals on them. Every time I visit, I learn something new from the children, whose openness to love keeps me humble.
OUR SUCCESS STORIES
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“I am very proud about my school”
She is working in Mumbai University, Kalina campus, as an electronics technician at Western Regional Instrumentation Center (WRIC).
- Pramilla Bhavar. -
“The Vocational Training at Nareshwadi helped me to become a Warli artist and taught me to stand on my feet.””
Jayesh is now a successful Warli art teacher in a Zilla Parishad School in Vasantwadi, Jamshet. He is also an independent artist, making murals, wooden Warli craft products and digital art.
- Jayesh Dhanap. -
““I am very grateful for Nareshwadi and its teachers who supported me.””
With a M.Sc. degree, she is currently a lecturer in Junior college Madhyamik Vidyalya Udhwa.
- Nilam Tumbada.
