Water is Life. Conservation is Power. Aakar Charitable Trust continues to grow from strength to strength towards setting higher benchmarks in water conservation and rainwater harvesting in rural areas of India.
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Water bodies built as of June 2025
(814 Check dams & 494 Ponds)
₹85 cr.
Spent on check dams and ponds
(70% by Aakar and 30% by Villagers)
₹3000 cr.
Net Income earned by villagers year after year for generations to come
18 lakh
Villagers lives transformed
1258
Villages impacted in 11 Indian states
Every check dam is a lifeline: bringing water, food, and hope to rural families. Your support helps villages flourish against drought and fight against poverty.
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Every tree planted supports biodiversity, combats climate change, and strengthens the livelihood of rural communities.
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By supporting a child’s education, especially for girls, you help break barriers of poverty and empower entire communities.
Donate NowBefore Aakar Charitable Trust’s intervention, villages in drought-prone regions struggled with acute water scarcity, barren lands, and migration in search of livelihoods. Aakar adopted a sustainable approach of building check dams, harvesting rainwater, and empowering communities to become self-reliant. This grassroots model has turned despair into hope, creating thriving ecosystems and resilient futures.
We wish to place on record the deep appreciation we have for Aakar Charitable Trust's water conservation efforts in Rajasthan and other states of the country. We also value the hands-on approach taken by you in each of these projects. We have partnered with Aakar for over 6 years now and have been supporting the construction of check-dams across various villages in Rajasthan. We find the work you do to be genuine, impactful and meticulous. Special consideration for how the projects you execute, involve the local communities and get their buy-in and contribution. This aspect of the work being done by Aakar, we haven't observed in many organisations.
Head Corporate Social Responsibility, Shapoorji Pallonji, Mumbai
Rotary Club of Bombay Queen City has sponsored over 80 check dams, constructed by Aakar Charitable Trust and our Members have been visiting check dams regularly. At our last visit to Pali, Rajasthan along with our International Club members from Rotary Club of Oakland, USA, we were overwhelmed seeing the happiness of the villagers seeing the children jumping into the dams and swimming, the villagers singing and dancing with joy. Amlaji has transformed villages and the lives of villagers and we are blessed to play a small part of this process.
For Rotary Club of Bombay Queen City
चेक डैम के निर्माण के कारण अब मछली पालन करना संभव हो गया है, सिंचाई की सुविधा मिली है तथा पशुओं और पक्षियों के लिए पीने के पानी की व्यवस्था हो गई है।
ग्राम सिमरा, औरंगाबाद, बिहार
किसान चेतराम गुर्जर सारे गांव के तरफ से बताते हैं कि पहले पानी की कमी के कारण केवल Rs 2.5 लाख की खेती होती थी, लेकिन इस बार हमने Rs 10 लाख की फसल बेची है। यह सफलता रामदेव चेक डैम, गांव रीच मालिया, तहसील पिसांगन, जिला अजमेर (राजस्थान) की वजह से मिली। किसान चेनाराम जाट पूरे गाँव की तरफ से कहते हैं - "पहले हमारे गाँव में पीने का पानी बाहर से टैंकरों के जरिए आता था। आज स्थिति बदल गई है - अब हमारे गाँव से दूसरे गाँवों को पानी की सप्लाई हो रही है।
गाँव दुंटीवास, तहसील रायपुरा
Founder & Chairperson
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