PROJECTS
TRIBAL SCHOOLS
For some, school is an impossibility. Whether it be because a 7 year old needs them to stay at home with the baby all day whilst their parents work, or just because they live in such a remote place no teacher could ever come. Perhaps they graduated to college but just couldn't afford the fees, or are an orphan and no one is there to help them get in.

These are the people for whom Seb's School program exists. Through the program we distribute over 150 scholarships a year, run 9 primary schools in remote areas for over 400 children, and provide counselling and enrolment support throughout the year for hundreds of struggling students.
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Because everyone deserves an education.
HEALTH
Where there are no roads, there are no teachers, and no doctors. Tribal communities in India often fall into the gap between conservation and development, and so don't have access to healthcare infrastructure at all.
Through the ? program, Seb's runs nutrition centres (Balwadis) in remote villages, where we monitor pregnant and nursing mothers, infants and primary children, providing nutrition supplements and ensuring that all children are vaccinated and supported through these important years.
We also work to provide a referral service in our target villages, linking tribal patients to healthcare and providing support wherever it's needed.
SOLAR POWER PROJECT
The solar installation has made it a local attraction, particularly at night when the hamlet is bathed in the glow of energy saving bulbs.
Installing Solar Energy panels in two of Seb’s NRSTC schools Palamarathukolai and marudavalli medu in the Jawadhi where power supply was erratic has enhanced learning of students and impacted life in their homes. It has given teachers the opportunity to get their smart televisions to work as and when required without worrying about the power and low voltage.
HONEY PROJECT
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Harvested with centuries-old knowledge, straight from the hives
Honey an opportunity for better livelihood in the Jawadhi hills.
Demand for honey in today’s world has seen a spurt. Large quantities of honey is harvested each year in a number of villages. Seb’s projects has been helping the tribal communities to harvest and market the honey to improve their livelihood and this year also as a means to prevent migration of children with parents during certain months of the year.
CLEAN DRINKING WATER PROJECT
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Water is connected to every form of life on earth and is the basic human need. Safe drinking water continued to be the biggest challenge in Jawadhi hills. Polluted water directly
showed the effects of ill health of the tribal people in the villages. So Seb’s projects as a criterion,
decided to provide an adequate, reliable, clean, acceptable and safe drinking water available for the people.
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Seb'sProjectsinpartnershipwithTataChemicalSocialRuralDevelopment(TCSRD)&NcourageFoundation,asubsidiaryofTataChemical,togetherinstalled8TATASwatch Water purifier machines in eight of our school hamlets resulting in clean and safe drinking water for these communities
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SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS PROGRAM
Zaila Project

The Zaila Project teaches tribal women from remote communities in Jawadhi Hills the skills to make and market organic, handmade soaps from local materials in order to save money to fund the first generation of educated children in their community.

As well as building their skill capacity and financial capacity, the worth of teaching illiterate women the skills of running the business is absolutely priceless.
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Eco Trail​
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The Eco Trail is a fun educational trail set in the heart of the stunning Jawadhi Hills. Guided and taught by local tribal women, students trek through the forest to their villages, where they learn about how to live in harmony with nature and promote sustainable development through fun, interactive workshops.
Goodbye to Paper
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Whilst many are flourishing in India's fast growing economy, there is a population of people living below the poverty line who remain untouched by the development that is happening around them.
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These are the people who live on the pavements. They are the people who were never educated, and never given a chance to become a functioning part of the economic system. They were born on the pavements, and continue to live on the streets with their families, as will their children’s children.

Seb's Projects have worked with 10 of these men and women from the streets of Vellore for 2 years, teaching them lamp making and selling tables they produce. Today they are setting up individual businesses through microfinance, and becoming entrepreneurs instead of rag pickers, earning enough to support their families and keep a roof over the heads. Their hope? To say "Goodbye to Paper!". And so it begins!
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Empowering women in communities at the bottom of the social spectrum is essential for India's poorest families to rise above the poverty line, as well as for building their own confidence in themselves.
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Through the SLP a group of tribal women learn the skills of stitching and screen-printing re-usable bags. The bags are used for conferences, shops and even hospitals to replace plastic and the women pool their earnings for health and education expenses. We also run a project to provide poultry to families in our school areas, where they can start small businesses selling eggs to improve our students' nutrition.