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Jyoti Bahuuddeshiya Sevabhavi Sanstha (JBSS) aims to bring about overall rural development for deprived sections through improvement of education, health care, economic empowerment of women, and watershed development in collaboration with the state and local governments, and other resource partners.

JBSS works with Dalits, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, most backward communities, and women’s groups for their empowerment. JBSS also works with special social groups like Swachkaar Samudaya (Manual Scavenger). They envision a rural community which is sound in both, education and its socio-economic status.

In FY15, the organisation mainly conducted rainwater harvesting activities like bore well recharge in various districts in addition to youth welfare and women’s welfare programmes. They completed recharge work in 52 villages covered in four blocks of Jalna district, sewage trench work for one village in the Jalna district, and open well recharge work for one village. With the support of Usha International Limited, JBSS conducted vocational training programmes in sewing for rural women. Apart from the above, they conducted livelihood programmes for farmers and a bio-diversity programme.