Text Box: Our Mission to promote good and equitable management of water as a means to alleviate poverty to work in partnership with local Indian voluntary organisations, and also with UK, Indian Government and European organisations promoting and funding village projects to harvest water and improving long-term water supplies to encourage the involvement of all sections of the village community, particularly women and the poorest groups in the planning, construction and management of water resources to promote good and equitable management of water as a means to alleviate poverty to stimulate and support the practice of water-harvesting, blending modern science and technology with the traditional desert wisdom of Rajasthan to raise funds enabling the execution of all projects to raise understanding in the UK of the poverty and deprivation caused by water shortage and the unequal distribution of resources in Rajasthan; and to stimulate support for this long-term crisis and the action needed to bring about change to build close bonds with selected Indian voluntary organisations, arranging visits by UK supporters and promoting a two-way exchange of information and solidarity. Our Values HUMAN RIGHTS Our work is based on the conviction that everyone has the right to: clean, easily accessible water, food and shelter good hygiene and sanitation education curative and preventative medicine participation in decision-making JUSTICE We are committed to social justice, with a special focus on the poorest and most marginalised people. The commitment is shared by many Christian and Gandhian workers and by many people of all faiths or none. It involves: putting those in greatest need first recognising the importance of local decision-making supporting the principles of solidarity and mutual responsibility tackling unjust systems that rob people of their dignity and potential ECOLOGY We are committed to fully ecological principles and practice, believing that abuse of the environment has serious adverse effects on water availability and on poor communities. EQUALITY We are committed to supporting people regardless of religion, race or caste; and we believe in equal opportunities for our trustees, staff, volunteers and the groups with which we work, in India and in the UK. NON-VIOLENCE We are committed to non-violence and respect for culture and religious tradition, recognising that spirituality permeates the whole of people’s lives.

Please contact us by phone: +44(0)1962 848 043 or by email: office@wellsforindia.org or write to us at: Wells for India, The Winchester Centre, 68 St George's Street, Winchester SO23 8AH, UK