Samerth Charitable Trust also referred to as Samerth was founded to capacitate people and institutions so that they can live a life of dignity. Samerth Charitable Trust works with vulnerable communities - empowering them to gain access to their social and economic rights . It actively started working in 2001 in Kutch District, Gujarat as a response to the devastating earthquake at that time. The earthquake left several individuals either maimed, homeless or without their families. Samerth initiated support through building houses, facilitating health facilities, providing safe and clean drinking water & promoting education. The Kutch program has now evolved to work extensively on participatory groundwater management, reviving ponds and wells, building rain roof water harvesting structures. Over the years the Kutch Program has impacted approximately 50,000 lives directly and ensuring a 25% drop in distressed migration, a huge issue in the area.

In 2002, we expanded our work in Ahmedabad during the distressing riots that shook Gujarat. The focus once again was on marginalized and vulnerable communities. We worked with children & adults with special needs, on early education and leadership development among women of the local communities. Today, the Ahmedabad program runs a daycare and vocational center for 86 children and young adults with special needs, providing them access to daily therapies such as physio, speech, and psychotherapy. They are also given regular consultations with specialists, an individualized education plan (IEP) is developed for all along with providing vocational training to young adults. The team also works with 13 government schools and community centers on enhancing education in the foundation years, reaching out to more than 1500 children.

In 2006, the Samerth team moved its focus to Chhattisgarh and began working with the PVTGs (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups) like the Baiga tribal community in Bilaspur district. The program now has spread across 8 other districts and works on education, water management, livelihoods and community empowerment with primitive tribal groups.

• Works with unreached and marginalized communities by ensuring their entitlements are met through education opportunities, natural resource management and promoting livelihoods.
• Believes in collaborating with government programs for wider reach and impact.
• Combines institutional, corporate, individual and government support to work in the three geographies on programs that are aimed at producing tangible results.

The introduction of Section 135 and Schedule VII of Companies Act 2013, has brought Corporate spending on socio-economic issues into the public eye. Samerth acknowledges the important role played by the Corporate sector in the development of society today. We understand that partnering with meaningful projects that bring real and measurable change at the grassroots level in the community, yields benefit for the Corporate in terms of increased employee retention, competitive advantage, positive business branding, in the eyes of their stakeholders and the public.

We at Samerth value the inputs given from our Corporate partners in our projects and ensure that the activities undertaken are meeting the needs of the community & stakeholders. We believe in leveraging Corporate capabilities and strategic resources within our partnerships to address the challenges faced by the communities we work along within Gujarat and Chhattisgarh. 

You can partner with Samerth through any of the following means: 

• Project Funding
• Training Support
• Employee Engagement

Partnering with Samerth shall ensure :

• Reaching rural and urban areas in Gujarat & Chhattisgarh
• Empowerment of local communities
• Ability to show a sustainable impact
• Active involvement of company employees in interventions making them equal participants in the development