Welcome to Divadandi.com

SAVE exists to enable economic empowerment through participation of coastal communities, particularly the disadvantaged and women, to improve their quality of life and simultaneously to restore, manage and conserve ecological balance .

Contact Information

Telephone
91-79-2791 3715/ 2791 3569
FAX
91-79-2791 3715
Postal address
Shree Apartment University Hostel
Road, Ahmedabad 380 009 INDIA
Electronic mail
General: saveltdad1@sancharnet.i

What is DIVADANDI and What is SAVE?

In Gujarati language Divadandi means a lighthouse guiding ships and fishermen safely to the land. Standing between the land and the sea, the Divadandi has come to symbolise a source of security and guidance for the fishermen. While for the traders on land, the Divadandi offers new promises and challenges, opening new horizons beyond the sea.

In more than one sense, SAVE [Saline Area Vitalization Enterprise], a technical service organisation -- has been serving the role of a Divadandi for the coastal communities of Gujarat, India. SAVE is a Public Limited Company established in August 1995. It is engaged in Natural resource regeneration along with livelihood development programmes in the backward coastal villages of South Gujarat. The goal of SAVE is to address the twin issues of poverty and degeneration of natural resources by supporting entrepreneurial instincts of the local people, particularly the poor.

Profile

Area of operations:
The geographical area of work covers coastal districts of Bharuch, Surat, Bhavnagar and drought affected districts of Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surendranagar, and Banaskantha of the Gujarat.

Client profile
The client profile of the company includes cooperative societies of agriculture labourers and community based organisations of the rural poor, NGOs, network of NGOs, association of industries and farmers, corporate organisations, emergency support organizations and Government agencies.

Core competence
The company has developed competence in project planning, implementation, and management of community based income generation, natural resource management and disaster preparedness and mitigation programmes.

The shareholding pattern
The company was established in 1995 with a paid up capital of Rs. 67,700. At present the capital base has been expanded to Rs. 5,00,000 held by 230 shareholders. The shareholders include agriculture labourers, members of NGO community, staff of the company and individuals who subscribe to the concept of social investment for development.

Human resources
The company has human resource with expertise in agriculture, dairy, forestry, fisheries, architecture, civil engineering and rural management. The company regularly draws upon associate consultants in soil and water conservation, geo-hydrology, fisheries and remote sensing field.

Offices
The company operates through registered office at Ahmedabad and field offices at Jambusar, Amod, and Hansot talukas of Bharuch district and Mandal taluka of Ahmedabad district.

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