The work

Everything Swechha runs, in one place. Projects, campaigns, journeys and events.

Everything, in one view

A long line of students facing the Yamuna, the city skyline behind

One river taught us everything else.

We for Yamuna came first, in 2000. Every other kind of work here grew out of arguing about one river and losing for a long time.

The numbers

Bridge the Gap 3M+ Children and young people reached cumulative · since 2000 Bridge the Gap 100–150 Schools in Delhi every year Bridge the Gap 50,000+ Students through the curriculum over fifteen years Bridge the Gap 250+ Schools in Delhi NCR over fifteen years
The rest of the figures
Bridge the Gap 200+ Schools on year-long curricula in 2019–20 Farm School 30 School groups a year annual, current Farm School 5,000 kg Dead leaves composted into soil on site Farm School 500 kg Honey from the apiary Eco Action 70+ Butterfly parks across Delhi NCR Eco Action 20+ Herb gardens across Delhi NCR Eco Action 5% → 90% Green cover in one Vasant Kunj park over a decade ME to WE 3,000+ Girls and boys through the programme over thirteen years ME to WE 200+ Alumni who came back as peer leaders over thirteen years ME to WE 400+ Young people through job-exposure camps since 2019 Influence 10 Fellowships each year Influence 10,000 Volunteers, annually since 2010 Influence 50 Colleges since 2010 Influence 200 Placements since 2010 Influence 75 Partner organisations since 2010 Influence 300+ Youth groups in the CYON network since 2010 She Leads Change 50+ Adolescent girls through the year-long journey since 2017 She Leads Change 300 Girls in the wider Learning Communities cohort She Leads Change 57 Girls recognised by the ELC Bright Promise Award in 2018

What it looks like

The work, from the archive

A group walking up a boulder-strewn river valley below snow peaks, a single yellow bloom in the foreground
Students holding hand-lettered clean-air placards
A group spread across a hillside writing and observing under a tree
A school group in blazers posed for a photograph on a sandy Yamuna bank, a road bridge behind them
Children in beekeeping veils crouched together, grinning
Turmeric plants at knee height, two figures working the rows behind