Aamir Khan’s movement to end water shortage

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is on a mission to bring about a positive change in the lives of Maharashtra’s villagers.

The superstar, along with the team of his TV series Satyamev Jayate, formed a not-for-profit company called Paani Foundation in 2016 to make Maharashtra drought-free using the power of communication.

“Maharashtra has 358 talukas, and we are working with 75 of them. What is noteworthy is that we are working with every village in every taluka,” – said Khan.

Explaining how his foundation functions, Khan said, “We conduct a five-day training session on how to do watershed management work. After that, the villagers do all the work by themselves; they chalk out how to do it and execute their plans.”

Paani Foundation aims to harness the power of communication to mobilize, motivate and train people in this mission to eradicate drought. Offering training in scientific watershed management, leadership and community-building.

His team also makes sure that the villagers have access to expert help all the time. A Maha Shramdaan is being organized on May 1, wherein people from different cities can come to these villages and work for three hours. Follow Spotlife Asia for the latest news and updates.

In 2016 the foundation also launched its ‘Water Cup’ competition between different villages to see who can do the maximum work for watershed management and water conservation in the period of the competition. The Water Cup creates a platform for villagers to apply their learning from our training programme and make their villages water-abundant.

The third Water Cup in 2018 has been scaled up to include 75 talukas and a whole new zone – Northern Maharashtra. 5,945 villages applied for training this year, which was held at 60 training centres. 4,025 villages are now participating in the competition between 8th April and 22nd May 2018.