JAN SHIKSHA EVAM VIKAS SANGATHAN
Jan Shiksha Evam Vikas Sangathan (People's Education and Development Organization PEDO) is a voluntary organization which started functioning in 1980. The organization is actively involved in the field of rural development with poor communities. Self-reliant rural communities striving for sustainable livelihood with value based development orientation is the vision of the organization. The mission of the organization is to strengthen value based people's institution to utilize existing resources for poverty alleviation and environmental up-gradation. Initially, PEDO established itself as the field branch of Social Work and Research Center, Tilonia and started functioning independently on its own from 1986. The organization is presently working with the rural communities of Dungarpur and Banswara district most of who belong to the Bhil tribe. The main operational area of the organization covers five Blocks of Dungarpur district and one tribal block (Kushalgarh) of Banswara district, as well as villages located in adjoining of Udaipur districts.
PEDO is involved in community organization and mobilization, identification and promotion of participatory developmental programmes, establishing the function mechanism including skill enhancement and capacity building of the communities. The organization also provides support mechanism for spread and sustainability of the different actions initiated through various developmental programs.
Their intense knowledge of the communities they work in is demonstrated by the superb feasibility studies they have done of the Simalwara Block of Dungarpur district for the Foundation.