Mission
Everyone contributes in Sarvodaya programs: a student in a village in Nepal makes a paint brush from regular shoe polish brush to paint her school.
Vision
Our vision is a world of communities based on non-violence, service, and cooperation.
Mission
Our mission is to facilitate individual and community development to meet basic human needs, reduce material, social and spiritual poverty, and enhance the quality of life for all.
Values
All human beings must have access to resources to meet their basic needs.
All human beings have the capacity to give and receive, and in the process, to transform themselves, the environment, and their society.
Recognition of all people’s common interests and strengths can transcend differences based on ethnicity, gender, physical or mental ability, nationality, social class, age, and other attributes.
The solutions to challenges such as poverty, conflict, and ecological imbalances require a holistic approach that involves building sustainable economies, providing social support, and integrating the insights of spirituality. These challenges can best be overcome in communities in which the power to make decisions is shared among many people at all levels of society.
