The Blue Community Network is delighted to welcome yet another new partner in India, the Gautam Budh Jagruti Society GBJS from Siddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
GBJS is a non-profit philanthropic organization «whose aim is to bring sustainable smile on the faces of the suffering, needy, poor, calamity affected, downtrodden and most deprived sections of the society». GBJS originated in the year 1993 in Siddharth Nagar, the birth place of Lord Buddha. The formal registration took place in the year 1996 under the Indian Societies Registration Act 1860.
GBJS is working for Northern India focusing on the states of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar & Uttarakhand. It’s vision is «a society, free from disparity and all kinds of discrimination with equity and social justice for all». It’s mission states: «Empowerment of poor and disadvantaged sections of society for sustainable development and realization of their fundamental rights.»
In it’s commitment to become a Blue Community, GBJS states:
«Gautam Buddha Jagriti Society has been working to promote access to safe drinking water and sanitation through community awareness, capacity building, and support to vulnerable households. We have facilitated hygiene education, encouraged safe water practices, and strengthened community participation in water management. Going forward, our goal is to ensure equitable and sustainable access to water and sanitation as a basic human right. We plan to conduct awareness campaigns, school programs, and village-level trainings, while supporting community-led water governance and advocating for inclusive and accountable service delivery systems.»
GBJS has supported community engagement with local government systems to improve access to publicly provided water and sanitation services, encouraging transparency, accountability, and community participation. Shridhar Pandey, Secretary/CEO of GBJS, says:
«Our goal is to strengthen publicly financed, owned, and operated water services that are inclusive and sustainable. We plan to facilitate community awareness on government schemes, build capacities of local institutions, promote participatory water governance, and advocate for improved service delivery through collaboration with Panchayati Raj Institutions and relevant departments.»
GJBS also promotes the use of safe, locally available public drinking water through awareness campaigns and community engagement, reducing reliance on bottled water:
«Our goal is to ensure trust and accessibility of public water systems. We plan to conduct water quality awareness, encourage use of tap water, support local water safety measures, and promote behavior change toward sustainable, plastic-free consumption practices.»
