NAVAJEEVAN ORGANIZATION has emerged during 1996 when the situation in and around tribal and rural villages was in dire condition due to poverty, lack of commitment to deliver services by the duty bearers, poor infrastructure, harassment and dominance of money lenders what not.
A group of development practitioners who have commendable experience in understanding the conditions of tribal and rural communities, who has executed activities including social entitlements, creating awareness on human rights and land related issues came together and established the organization to balance the imbalance and bring the equity.
In this context, Mr. K.Shadeviah and like-minded colleagues have come forward to commit themselves for the development of the poor people, as with their own participation, that was the main reason why NAVAJEEVAN come into existence in the 1996.
NAVAJEEVAN is a mass initiative totally devoted towards the integrated development of primitive tribal, scheduled caste and tribal community people in the remote villages of Nellore, Kadapa and Chittoor District. And coastal of Bay of Bengal sea dwelling people.
To facilitate the process of empowerment of the poor, especially among the indigenous communities i.e., adivasis, dalits, fisher folk, rural artisans’, Minorities the marginalized and the victims of disaster and dominant development in India.
A transformed Society in which the people have access and control over the resource and decision making process to ensure social justice, equal opportunity and equitable sharing of resources for fasting changes in their quality of life with dignity.
Dalit, Adivasi, Small and Marginal farmers, Fisher folk communities and Backward communities of. Of Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa Districts of Andhra Pradesh. India.
Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Fisher folk, B.C, other vulnerable, oppressed communities, child labour women and persons with addictions.