Empowered Residents of the Prosperous India
– To Facilitate Collective Initiatives of Residents
– To promote CBOs on TALASH key messages
Goals for residents are - Best public service facilities in our community – education, health, sanitation, social security... Best public infrastructure like road, rail, sports, garbage landfill etc... Education, health, nutrition for all children... All people receive Skill education, employment for all...
Declaration : The residents come from all walks of life and belong to different social groups, so to ensure collective initiative from all, our work is a completely apolitical in nature.
Ethical programs We develop and work with processes and programs that make collective initiative of the residents easy and effective. Those are :
| Niwasi level Action | Niwasi Sabha facilitation Service tracking by resident Sukun Bhara common place Mera Panchayat Mear Vichar — project activities for students, youths and adults. |
| Support structure | Civil Society — TALASH(a think-tank group at local level) Niwasi Application Campaign with Residents:Swachh Aas Pados Campaign with Residents: Trees and Garden everywhere Campaign with Residents: Every Child Learning Well Niwasi Sampark Kendra |
| Research & Capacity Building |
Niwasi Patrika Micro studies |
| Volunteer Program |
How do we facilitate core resident's collective initiative ie resident’s meeting — ‘Resident’s Meetings’ has to be agenda driven. It is bas ed on the written agenda and recorded decisions. Decisions are in two sections.
- Section 1 ‘What will resident themselves do’ and
- Section 2 ‘What information, expectation or complaint residents will send to their local, state, or national governments or service providers’.
In a community (in the local geography), if residents want some new public service-facility or want to solve any challenge that they face, we propose they follow the following steps so that they collectively address such issues.
- Residents write their agenda in an agenda form
- Collect information on the agenda status quickly
- Make a status report for their community –>
- Agenda is taken for discussion in the resident‘s meeting –>
- Discuss status report on agenda in the ‘resident-meeting’ –>
- Decide together –>
- Take some collective initiatives or do something collectively to fullfill their decision
How do we promote CBOs
- – we try to organise a workshop on TALASH key messages and Talash method in an area
- – Interested individuals take initiative to be convenor of Talash chapter in the area.
- – We assist further the convenor in oragnising the Talash local chapter meeting.
Key Message for the resident’s meetiing is : “Meet and Do Something”
Key message of Talash : milen to sahi – rachnatamak sonch kaa nirmaan
गलत को गलत कहें।
अच्छे को अच्छा कहें।
अपनी आमदनी वाजिब तरीके से प्रतिदिन बढाएं।
रचनात्मक सामूहिक सोच का निर्माण करें।
सभी कार्य अराजनैतिक एवं अहिंसात्मक हों।
Historical Note
Ethical Foundation Trust is initiated at one of the meetings of TALASH — A Think-Tank group of people based in Bihar. Talash members collectively agreed to the idea of floating an organisation to spread the methods of Talash and similar initiatives that promotes Collectiveness.
TALASH members have been regularly meeting every month on the first Sunday for the last over 20 years. ‘Talash’ has following 5 resolutions :–
- Let’s call wrong what is wrong. गलत को गलत कहें।
- Let’s call good what is good. अच्छे को अच्छा कहें।
- Let’s add to our income fairly every day. अपनी आमदनी वाजिब तरीके से प्रतिदिन बढाएं।
- Let’s build a collective creative thought. रचनात्मक सामूहिक सोच का निर्माण करें।
- Let’s make all such works non-political and non-violent. सभी कार्य अराजनैतिक एवं अहिंसात्मक हों।
Members of Talash are from all walks of life. They are common persons. They are doctors, lawyers, engineers, administrators, contractors, and others. There are over 200 active members of Talash. There are chapters of Talash at different district locations.
Over 500 Talash Meetings || 5000 Participants || over 50 schools || 13 issue Souvenir published and 10,000 copies distributed.
| Talash Patna Unit has 146 meetings on first Sunday of every month. Started in the year 2000. | Shahpur Patori, Samastipur Unit has 46 meetings on regular intervals. Started in 2013 and are fully functional. |
Ethical Foundation to support, sustain and promote Talash like initiatives (following Talash units existed during certain period of time).
- Patna : Patna, Danapur, Mokama, Patna City
- Sahpur Patori
- Chhapra
- Muzaffarpur
- Nabada
- Betiah
- Nalanda : Islampur, Hilsa, Nalanda, Rajgir, Bihar Sarif
- Danapur
- Begusarai
- Jamui
मिलें तो सही बातें तो हों (meet and discuss) – in pictures
Impact of मिलें तो सही बातें तो हों (meet and discuss)
Agenda of national issues taken at the Talash annual workshops
- Partyless democracy
- Discussion on supreme court verdict on section 477, 496A, 377 and Sabrimala
- Media
- Education Reform
- Judiciary
- Environment
- Encroachment
- Water conservation
- Panchayati Raj and Gram Sabha
- Waste management and environment
- Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
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Registered address : K-73, P. C. Colony, Kanakarbagh, Patna — 800 020.
Legal status and registration
Legal Status : Ethical Foundation Trust is registered as a Trust on January 21, 2019.
12AA number :
80G number :
Trustees are :
Brig. Krishna Murari Pd. Singh : He served India Army from 1974 to 2010 with highest honor Brigadier and is contributing on various social forum. He is chairperson of the board of trustees.
Dr. Avinash Prasad : He gets call from 100 KMs area to visit his patients. He served government 1970 to 2005 and is enjoying currently his services at the age of 84 years. His patients are four-legged species. He is also contributing on various social forum.
Shri Ajit Kr. Sinha, senior official retired : He served government in Electricity department. After retirement he devoted his time for various social causes.
Prof. Rabindra Kumar: He taught mechanical engineering to polytechnic students and on retirement he is spreading education among poorest of the poor.
Er. Pranav Kr. Chaudhary: He did B. Tech from IIT Mumbai and run social enterprise based in Patna. He is also treasurer of the trust.