Rendezvous with Mayur Shah .
The Power of One
“With a 1300+ residents, the village of Dethali, 90 kms of Ahmedabad was water-starved and drought-prone before year 2000. Mr. Somchand Shah's relentless efforts supported by villagers over a decade converted this very same village into a water-abundant and famine-proof one. It also inspired the villagers to believe that anything is possible with the power of a visionary's dream.”
The posive spill over is an increase in the income of villagers through the forming of self-help groups, adapng new animal husbandry and agricultural technologies. The improved natural environment did not only affect humans but also had a posive impact on other living beings (especially birds).
Now, the main lake of the village is being redeveloped as a natural abode for resident and migratory birds – a close to 146 species.
This vision of the 'one man' is now driven forward through the exemplary contribuon of his son and grandson, Mr. Mayur Shah and the young and budding environmentalist, Shaimay Shah, respecvely. With a set of mulfarious acvies involving 'Pitcher Irrigaon' and various bird conservaon strategies, we find the father-son duo having their future plans of planng more trees and ensuring more floang nests. SIS is proud to have them as two of their key-note speakers in their YRSC 2015.
“With a 1300+ residents, the village of Dethali, 90 kms of Ahmedabad was water-starved and drought-prone before year 2000. Mr. Somchand Shah's relentless efforts supported by villagers over a decade converted this very same village into a water-abundant and famine-proof one. It also inspired the villagers to believe that anything is possible with the power of a visionary's dream.”
The posive spill over is an increase in the income of villagers through the forming of self-help groups, adapng new animal husbandry and agricultural technologies. The improved natural environment did not only affect humans but also had a posive impact on other living beings (especially birds).
Now, the main lake of the village is being redeveloped as a natural abode for resident and migratory birds – a close to 146 species.
This vision of the 'one man' is now driven forward through the exemplary contribuon of his son and grandson, Mr. Mayur Shah and the young and budding environmentalist, Shaimay Shah, respecvely. With a set of mulfarious acvies involving 'Pitcher Irrigaon' and various bird conservaon strategies, we find the father-son duo having their future plans of planng more trees and ensuring more floang nests. SIS is proud to have them as two of their key-note speakers in their YRSC 2015.