Green Shakti Foundation · Delhi NCR
Save Blue.Go Green.Donate Red.
We protect the last Himalayan waters flowing through Delhi NCR, get people cycling, and connect healthy volunteers with children who need blood.
Healthy waters, healthy people
Green Shakti Foundation preserves NCR's Ganga waterways through youth inclusion, sustainable livelihoods and healthier ways of living. Our Ganga Vahini volunteers are also committed blood donors on call, and we carry out applied research on environment and health.
- Working on the Ganga canal waterways since
- 2014
- Young fish released into the canal in its first river ranching
- 4,000+
- Compliance at the ghats during Ganpati Visarjan 2019, with 200,000 visitors
- 100%
- Children at a Noida child health institute supported by donor camps
- 600
Blue for water, green for the planet, red for life
Save Blue
Seventy percent of the body is water. We work to keep the Ganga canal, the only surviving Himalayan river in NCR, from going the way of the Yamuna.
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Go Green
Cycling to work and school saves fuel and clears the air. Data from 500+ cyclists showed regular riding also raises hemoglobin by one to two points.
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Donate Red
Cyclists and runners across Delhi NCR are on Donor On Call, our GPS-based app that has helped save thousands of lives, mostly rural and poor children.
Learn more →Four programmes, one idea
Every project links the health of a place to the health of the people who depend on it.
Ganga Vahini
Preserving the Ganga waters in NCR for public health, through science in society, rural tourism and sustainable livelihoods like clean vegetables and fisheries.
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Cyclo-DNA
Promoting cycling across Delhi NCR to raise healthy individuals and bring communities together, with nature, heritage and awareness rides.
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Donor On Call
Matching people in need, especially children, with healthy nearby blood donors through our app and need-based donation camps.
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Village Phagera
Helping farmers near Shimla harvest rainwater and make vermicompost, raising incomes and keeping families on their land.
Read more →On the ground at the Ganga ghats
We connect citizens to their waters through rural and spiritual tourism, cycle tours and festival campaigns, and show how clean water supports livelihoods from farming to fisheries.
Play video: First river ranching on these waters: 4,000+ young fish released for clean water and food security.
Play video: 100% compliance at the Chhota Haridwar ghats, with idols immersed only in the designated pond.
Play video: Staff from a leading IT company learned about their water resources and led a ghat cleaning drive.
Play video: A workshop on vegetables grown in clean water, compared with those grown in toxic water.
Play video: World Environment Day at India Habitat Centre with urban and rural stakeholders from NCR.
Play video: Locals and visitors take an eco pledge for these waters.What people say
“The work you are leading is very interesting and important for India. Quality of life is a very important context, and as you know many governments and organizations are choosing to focus on it.”
Soumitra DuttaCornell SC Johnson College of Business“Excellent work!”
Dr Geeta JotwaniDeputy Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research“I wish this healthy endeavour all my best, and whatever I can do for your activity. I am not much into cycling, but into running. So if some of you are too, I will see you at the Delhi Half Marathon.”
Dr Naresh GuptaMaulana Azad Medical CollegeGreen Shakti in the news
Coverage of our work on cycling, clean water and blood donation, including prime-time panel discussions.
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Play video: Green Shakti Foundation in the media, video 5Join the work
Volunteer on a ride, organize a visit for your company to the Ganga ghats, or register as a blood donor for children who need it.