Our Impact

Beyond what we did — what changed because we did it

Twenty years of work in Lalitpur and Bundelkhand, measured not in programmes run but in birds that came back, children who kept going, and a town that now turns out on its own.

1,00,000+

Artificial Sparrow Nests

Safe habitats created in homes, institutions and community spaces.

1,000+

Environmental Programmes

Awareness campaigns, workshops, nature walks and heritage walks.

50,000+

Students & Participants

Children, educators, volunteers and citizens engaged with nature.

Stories of Change

Four stories behind the numbers

Every statistic on this page began as one nest box, one classroom, one cliff face along the Betwa.

The sparrow came backLalitpur town · 2012 – today

A hundred thousand doorways opened for a vanishing bird

When we began, most families in Lalitpur agreed on one thing: the house sparrow they grew up with had quietly disappeared. We did not start with a campaign — we started with a nest box on a single veranda. Today more than a lakh handmade nest boxes hang in homes, schools, temples and shopfronts across Bundelkhand, and the birds have moved in.

कभी गायब हो चुकी गौरैया अब हर गली, हर आँगन में लौट रही है।

1,00,000+ nest boxes installed — with occupancy documented across the district.

Children leadSchools across Bundelkhand · Ongoing

Fifty thousand children who now speak for birds

Conservation lessons rarely survive the school bell. So we changed the method: children cut, paint and hang their own nest box, then track who moves in. Eco Clubs, drawing exhibitions, pledges and certificates turned a one-day workshop into something families continue at home — and a generation now argues for the sparrow at its own dinner table.

बच्चों के हाथों से बने घोंसले पूरे परिवार को संरक्षण से जोड़ देते हैं।

50,000+ students engaged through Eco Clubs, workshops and school-wide pledges.

International Vulture Awareness Day briefing

Protecting the sky lordsDevgarh & the Betwa valley · 2020 – today

Bringing the vulture back into public conversation

Vultures clean what nothing else will, yet almost no one was watching over them here. We began documenting nesting cliffs along the Betwa, briefing forest and police officials on threats, and taking students to see the birds in the wild on International Vulture Awareness Day. What was an invisible species is now a local point of pride.

गिद्ध प्रकृति के सफाईकर्मी हैं — अब उनके घोंसलों पर स्थानीय नज़र है।

Vulture habitats documented and shared with the Forest Department, Lalitpur.

Bird Watching Day brings the whole town out

A town that shows upLalitpur · Every year

Bird Watching Day, when the whole town comes out

Two decades of steady work built something a single project never could — habit. On Bird Watching Day, World Sparrow Day and Vulture Day, hundreds of residents, scouts, NSS volunteers, teachers and officials gather without being asked twice. Conservation here is no longer an NGO's programme; it is the town's own calendar.

अब यह किसी संस्था का कार्यक्रम नहीं, पूरे शहर का अपना उत्सव है।

1,000+ programmes run with schools, scouts, NSS units and the Forest Department.

Achievements

What two decades built

Not campaigns that ended, but structures that keep working after we leave a village.

A district-wide nest network

Handmade clay pots and wooden boxes in homes, schools, temples, courts and offices — installed, monitored and replaced when needed.

Eco Clubs in schools

Student-run clubs that keep the work going between our visits, with certificates, competitions and their own nest-box records.

Working with the Forest Department

Joint exhibitions and briefings on vulture habitats, nesting sites and threats with forest and police officials in Lalitpur.

Scouts, Guides and NSS partnerships

One-day workshops that send volunteers back to their own villages carrying nest pots and the skill to make more.

Plastic-free pledges

Cloth bags, public pledges and street campaigns that tie everyday habits to the habitat birds depend on.

Nature and heritage walks

Walks through Devgarh and the Betwa valley that let people read a landscape's ecology and its history together.

Documented in the regional press

Sustained coverage in Hindi and English newspapers, and features on national platforms, carrying the work beyond Bundelkhand.

Twenty years, unbroken

Since 2006, run by volunteers and local supporters — the same faces, the same district, season after season.

What Changed

Our story does not end with numbers

A culture of creating safe habitats for birds has been encouraged.
Children and young people are more closely connected with nature and environmental responsibility.
Local biodiversity and wildlife conservation have become subjects of greater public awareness.
Environmental education has been connected with practical, hands-on experience.
Students, volunteers, communities, educators, experts and institutions have been brought together.

Sparrows nesting in a Manav nest box — A sparrow pair feeding at the entrance of a wooden nest box — proof that simple boxes bring the birds back.

Our Impact Model

Five steps, one direction

01
Awareness
Creating awareness about the importance of nature, birds, wildlife and biodiversity.
02
Participation
Bringing students, young people, volunteers and communities into conservation activities.
03
Behavioural Change
Encouraging practical action — food and water for birds, artificial nests, plants, protecting local biodiversity.
04
Conservation
Continuous local action to protect birds, wildlife, habitats and natural resources.
05
Lasting Impact
Building a culture where protecting nature becomes a shared responsibility across generations.

Our Timeline

Two decades, season after season

2012
Long-term sparrow conservation journey begins.
2015–2020
Community and environmental awareness across districts.
2020–2025
Expansion of bird and biodiversity activities.
2025–2026
Nature walks, heritage walks, vulture conservation and student engagement.
The Future
Building a larger community-led conservation movement.

Vision 2030

Our goals for the future

1 Million+

People Reached

5 Lakh+

Bird Habitats Supported

1,000+

Nature Volunteers

100+

Schools & Institutions

A Documented

Local Biodiversity Knowledge Base

These are future goals, not current achievements.

Be part of the next number

Every nest, walk and workshop begins with someone deciding to take part.

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