Sambhav Social Service Organization is a voluntary agency working in the areas of rural and    urban development, child education and   women empowerment through advocacy, direct program interventions and capacity building of the community to access the benefits of the State Programs. It has been actively involved in the organizing Sahariya Tribal communities to assert their rights of equality, Health, food and secured livelihood and a respectful place in the society.

With its inception in 1988 Sambhav is completing 19 years of working with the marginalized and deprived classes of the society. It works at present in Eight districts in MP and UP covering about six hundred villages and habitations. These districts are Gwalior, Shivpuri, Bhind, Datia, Sheopur, Lalitpur, Tikam Garh and Chatarpur

Vision- Building equitable, democratic and environmentally sustainable society

Mission- Striving for sustainable development processes and improvement in the quality of life of vulnerable people like Tribal, women and children through their organization and capacity building efforts.

Aims and Objectives of Sambhav 

       To initiate the awakening process

       To build up the people’s organization

       To build the capacities of the people

       To work with the poor and oppressed and not for them

       To encourage development of a democratic process towards people’s solidarity

       To strengthen women in the expression of their full potential and rightful place in the society

       To try integrated and sustainable models of community health and rural development using, people’s participatory approaches.

       To strengthen community voices through advocacy efforts.

Area of Operations

In about 1500 village of Gwalior, Shivpuri, Bhind, Datia, Morena, Guna, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Panna, Shahadol and Sheopur districts in Madhya Pradesh, Lalitpur & Jhansi districts in Uttar Pradesh primarily among Sahariya Adivasis, women and dalits, children and disabled.

Sambhav identifies community mobilization, raising income, education, primary health care, supporting community based rehabilitation of disabled persons, conservation of natural resources and advocacy for civil and legal rights as essential program areas to fight poverty in the project areas.