Collective Efforts for Voluntary Action · Himachal Pradesh
From the high valleys of the Western Himalayas.
CEVA is a community-rooted development organisation working with women, farmers and indigenous communities across Pangi, Bharmour, Lahaul & Spiti and Kinnaur—where geography shapes every question of livelihood, access and resilience.
The mountains are not scenery. They are the operating context.
A road can close for months. A health camp may require crossing difficult terrain. A farmer can grow a valuable crop and still struggle to reach a buyer. Water, altitude and winter determine what is possible.
CEVA’s work therefore connects community institutions, agriculture, livelihoods, health, finance, water and biodiversity instead of treating them as separate realities.
River systems · CEVA archivePeople of the landscape
Where CEVA works
Four Himalayan geographies. One connected field practice.
CEVA’s current public website identifies Pangi Valley, Bharmour, Lahaul & Spiti and Kinnaur as its core Western Himalayan work geographies. Programme depth differs by place, so the new site makes those distinctions visible.
Pangi ValleyBharmourLahaul & SpitiKinnaur
Illustrative location map · not to scale · CEVA work geographies
What CEVA does
Work designed around how mountain life actually connects.
No icon grid. No generic “empowerment” language. Each programme is shown through the actual field problem, the intervention and the people involved.
In Trilokinath, Madgran and Shakoli panchayats, CEVA’s NABARD-supported Tribal Development Fund project combines orchards, water resources, capacity building, women’s development, healthcare and livelihoods for landless households.
CEVA has accumulated figures across different programmes and years. The site now distinguishes current CEVA claims from historical third-party snapshots instead of presenting every number as if it means the same thing.
225SHGs on CEVA’s current homepageScope / cumulative period to be confirmed before production.
12,450women on CEVA’s current homepageScope / cumulative period to be confirmed before production.
6,000bank accounts reported in CEVA financial-inclusion pageHistorical programme claim; date to be reconciled.
200beneficiaries in one Lahaul TDF projectCEVA project brief; project started Dec 2021.
The site’s identity comes from CEVA’s own field photographs: mountain approaches, women’s institutions, farms, water infrastructure, health camps and community gatherings.
Women & community institutionsOrchards & WadiHealth outreachWater-resource development
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CEVA’s story predates the organisation itself. Haresh Sharma’s field research in Pangi in 2008 became women’s groups; agriculture work followed; the organisation formalised in 2012 and expanded across connected Himalayan issues.
Mahila Mandals
Kumar, Mindhal and Sach during Haresh Sharma’s Master’s research.
Farm livelihoods
Agriculture and horticulture experts invited into Pangi.
CEVA formalised
The community effort became an organisation.
Integrated field systems
Women, farms, livelihoods, health, finance, water and landscape resilience.
Institutional network
Built with public institutions, funders and field collaborators.
CEVA’s relationships span different years and projects. The new site makes that history visible while clearly separating documented collaborations from legacy associations shown on the previous CEVA website.
01 · Tribal development
NABARD
CEVA documentation and public records connect NABARD with TDF projects, SHGs, farmer organisations, rural livelihoods and long-term institution building.
The previous CEVA site displayed the organisations below as partners. We preserve that institutional history here, while asking the production team to confirm each relationship’s current status and project context before launch.
The old site connected CEVA’s work with six UN Sustainable Development Goals. The new site keeps that framework, but ties each goal to specific work instead of showing decorative icons alone.
River systems · CEVA archive
People of the landscape
GEF
MoEFCC
Himachal Tourism
UNDP
HP Forest
GroundUp Conservation
NABARD
UN Human Rights