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{{short description|Non-governmental organization in Almora, India}}
{{Infobox organization
| logo = [[File:Uttarakhand Seva Nidhi logo.png|300px]]
| motto =
| type = [[Non-profit organization|Non-profit]], non-governmental organisation
| services = Sustainability in ecologically fragile rural areas around the Central Himalayas in [[Uttarakhand]]
| name =
| founded = 1987
| founder = [[Lalit Pande]]
| location = Headquarters in [[Almora]], [[Uttarakhand]], with representatives in villages throughout the state
| fields = [[Environmental education]], [[Women's empowerment]], [[Rural development]]
| num_members = c. 500 villages
| homepage = {{url|https://www.sevanidhi.org/}}
}}

'''Uttarakhand Seva Nidhi Environmental Education Centre''' (also known as, in [[Hindi language|Hindi]], '''Uttarakhand Seva Nidhi Paryavaran Shiksha Sansthan''') is a [[non-governmental organization]] based in [[Almora]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]], that works with the state's village communities located in an ecologically fragile zone comprising the Central Himalayas, in fields such as environmental education, women's empowerment, sustainable development, health and livelihood.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9v4oDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA78|title=Dot Com Mantra: Social Computing in the Central Himalayas|first=Payal|last=Arora|date=May 13, 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317148333|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Efv3V7Y9WzsC&pg=PA266|title=Writing the Women's Movement: A Reader|first=Mala|last=Khullar|date=July 26, 2005|publisher=Zubaan|isbn=9788186706992|via=Google Books}}</ref> Their work has been supported by the [[UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning]] and [[Ford Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://as.nyu.edu/departments/environment/events/fall-2017/learning-and-sustainability-in-the-himalayas--a-conversation.html|title=Learning and Sustainability in the Himalayas: A Conversation}}</ref>

==History==
The centre was founded in 1987 by [[Lalit Pande]], an environmentalist and a social worker, with the aim of providing education in remote village communities in [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]] and [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]] regions of Uttarakhand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uil.unesco.org/case-study/effective-practices-database-litbase-0/village-learning-centres-uttarakhand-india|title=Village Learning Centres in Uttarakhand, India | UIL|date=February 28, 2018|website=uil.unesco.org}}</ref> In 2001, ''Uttarakhand Mahila Parishad'' ({{Translation|Uttarakhand Women's Council}}) was established by his wife, Anuradha Pande. It is a network of about 450 women's groups in villages spread across the state and promotes gender equality and women's literacy.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Towards a Politics of Collective Empowerment: Learning from Hill Women in Rural Uttarakhand, India|first1=Divya|last1=Sharma|first2=Ratna M.|last2=Sudarshan|date=July 26, 2010|journal=IDS Bulletin|volume=41|issue=5|pages=43–51|doi=10.1111/j.1759-5436.2010.00165.x|url=http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/7858}}</ref>

==Work==
The work of the centre is community-driven and initiatives are taken after consultations with the local families in a village. The families are characterised as participants or implementers and not "beneficiaries".<ref>{{harvnb|Joshi|Shukla|2019|p=49}}</ref> In 2018, to combat [[water scarcity]] in Pata village, the centre supported the construction of water tanks, after it was suggested by the villagers. The construction work was done by the villagers themselves.<ref>[https://nmhs.org.in/pdf/success_story/1.Gladfelter_PataCaseStudy_Final.pdf National Mission on Himalayan Studies - Pata Village Case Study]</ref> Through its educational programme, the centre supports around 300 ''[[Anganwadi|anganwadis]]'', or pre-primary schools, in villages, and has devised school curriculums that encourage practical learning, are specific to hill ecology and respect local knowledge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/a-deodar-or-a-chocolate-bar/232551|title=A Deodar Or A Chocolate Bar?|website=Outlook India}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|author-last=Joshi |author-first=Priti |author-last2=Shukla |author-first2=Subir |title=Child Development and Education in the Twenty-First Century|url=|year=2019|publisher=[[Springer Nature]]|isbn=9789811392580}}

== External links ==
*{{official|https://www.sevanidhi.org/}}

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