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RUCHI, began in October 1980 in a remote village in Chopal in Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh. It was formally registered under The Societies Registration Act (1860) on 16th February 1983.
Head office of RUCHI is currently located in a new complex called the Technology Resource Centre (TRC), which was founded in 1994 through CAPART, under the aegis of Ministry of Rural Development. The TRC is situated in the small village of Bandh in Solan district. RUCHI is working in about 100 villages in the steep mountainous terrain of Sirmour and Solan districts.
RUCHI's office at Shalana village (Rajgarh) can be reached via Solan. The headquarters at the Rural Technology Resource Centre (TRC) at Bandh village (Patta), can be reached from Dharampur or Solan via Subathu and from Chandigarh via Barotiwala/Baddi (Click here for more detailed information on travelling to RUCHI headquarters)
The major thrust areas of RUCHI's approach are Natural resource management; Environment; Technology promotion; Health care; Education and awareness generation; Micro-credit and Documentation.
RUCHI transfer their functional knowledge to the people via education, awareness generation and empowerment. We believe strongly that participatory collective action is required for sustainable and balanced community development. Living in rugged mountainous terrain presents the village communities and the RUCHI organization with many problems and trying working conditions. These problems serve as hurdles that can only be overcome by working in partnership with our target communities to develop practical solutions to every challenge faced by rural people. RUCHI, by generating the desire in the underprivileged to improve their own living conditions, help these people to live a life of dignity and self-respect.
