Amar Majuli

A mar Majuli (“Our Majuli”) is a community-development initiative co-created by Majuli island's local communities with young Israeli development professionals. The essence of Amar Majuli lies in its collaborative and grassroots approach to community-development: Since its inception, we have worked alongside the local community on a voluntarily basis in order to identify needs and create tools to address the social and economic challenges in Majuli. Our activities focus on four main themes: women's livelihood and leadership; sustainable agriculture; youth leadership; and floods adaptation and relief. The initiative was started in 2011 by Gili Navon, the Founding Director, while she was living in Majuli as part of her Master’s Degree in the Glocal: Community-Development Studies program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Today, Amar Majuli is a community based nonprofit organization, with many stakeholders, an active local board and a formal national recognition. Together we work towards a better well being on Majuli Island. Legal Statues: Amar Majuli is as a local non for profit organization in Majuli, Assam, India. Registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. The voluntary base in Israel is operating under Tevel work with impoverished communities in Nepal and Burundi, to enhance and advance the livelihood, capacity, and wellbeing of their members.