About Amrita SeRVe
Empowering villages. Creating sustainable, self-reliant change across rural India.
Sustainable development, rooted in India’s villages
Amrita SeRVe was launched during Amma’s 60th birthday celebrations in September 2013, ushering in sustainable development across village clusters throughout India. Our work is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Since then, we have focused on the areas where lasting change begins — meeting basic needs first, and then building toward a state of true self-reliance and empowerment.
See what we doServing villages across India
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Prosperous, self-reliant communities
Amrita SeRVe’s vision is to teach villagers the skills they need to live in communities that are prosperous and self-reliant — places where people are healthy and educated, and lead lives of dignity in a clean, pollution-free environment. Such self-reliance leads to vibrant cultures rooted in India’s age-old traditional wisdom.
Our Focus Areas
Seven interconnected areas of work that move a village from meeting basic needs to lasting empowerment.
Agriculture
Reviving local, sustainable farming and reducing dependence on external inputs.
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Clean water access and sanitation infrastructure for healthier villages.
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Tuition centres and teachers helping children aspire to higher education.
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Health awareness and workers bringing quality care to remote communities.
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Income-generation programmes that create dignity and economic stability.
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Eco-friendly infrastructure built on locally available resources.
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Bringing back the spirit of self-reliance
In the past, every village in India was self-reliant — growing its own food and making what it needed, with a blacksmith and carpenter in each community. The world is now realising that reliance on local resources is key to sustainable development.
Amrita SeRVe works to revive that spirit in each of our villages, encouraging youth to stay and build their futures at home rather than migrate to cities. Our clusters span remote and better-connected regions alike — each with unique challenges, but a shared need for quality health and education.
It is our villages that sustain us by providing those who live in cities with the nourishment needed to survive. It is time to acknowledge that our villages are our very foundation, and move forward with one heart and one mind to protect and serve them.— Amma (Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
Change, one life at a time
Meet Krupamma
The first in her village to finish college, now a tuition teacher inspiring the next generation.
Living & Serving
Since 2015, dedicated young Fellows have lived in our villages, serving communities directly.
From the Ground
Follow the latest updates and progress from across our village clusters.
Help us build stronger villages
Every effort brings a village closer to self-reliance. Explore our work, discover our villages, and read the stories of change.