Activities

PRAYAS NURSERY

We can make large number of plantation only if we have equal or more number of saplings in our cart. Our volunteers germinate seeds at home or nursery locations as a part of Shramdaan to help and nourish environment. We do sell these plants to people at very marginal cost. All the saplings in our nursery are indigenous species to…

Newspaper Collection Drive

Prayas believes in Best from Waste, concept, so we accept old newspapers as a donation from people which is used as a source for fund generation for tree plantation and as a mulch to plants.  

Oxygen Tax Donation

PYF has started accepting monitory donation as oxygen tax from local citizen, people around country and world. Basically, the concept is, Charging Rs 1/Person/day for inhaling oxygen which amounts Rs 365/Year. For every donation(tax) received we plant a tree in the name of Donor. Prayas has created separate forest of Oxygen donors, which is sequestering the carbon and releasing the…

Seed Collection Drive

Under this program we arrange short nature tours at nearby forests, farms, or sanctuaries in different seasons to obtain seeds from trees which further are utilized for germination and saplings creations, which grows as trees and make the city greener. It is an action to have an attachment with the nature, to understand the different types of seeds, trees, recognitions…

Save Birds Campaign

It is the most noted humanitarian effort to save the lives of poor creatures. Birds are said to be the best pollinators and help in distributing seeds. And loosing birds from city are best sign of Climate change adversities. Thus, it’s important to take efforts for them. Installing bird feeders, water ponds, bird houses, etc. are some of them.  

Prayas Shetkari Samrudhi Yojana

This is latest activity started by Prayas Youth Foundation to work with farmers. We want to transform the rural economy and environment by roping in small, marginal and the most Vulnerable to climate change Farmers. We provide them fruit bearing trees with minimal cost, guidance for Organic farming and help to get better prices in the market. This is beneficial…

Save trees Campaign

Awareness among people about importance of the trees and to stop cutting the trees. We protest in the form of Re-plantation of trees from the same seeds of the cut down tree. Demonstrations at public events like wearing oxygen Pump to depict our future without trees, harms of Polluted air. Making posters and wall paintings, Celebrating Eco-friendly festivals. Like, Holi…

Celebrating Eco-friendly festivals

This is something different and creative way to celebrate our festivals and national/international days. We celebrate holi by applying geru and chuna to plants which helps them get protected for infection caused by insects. We celebrate diwali by spending time with orphan kids. Also celebrate our birthdays anniverasaries by planting trees. Celebrate vatpornima by planting banyan trees.  

Cleaning Drive

Aurangabad is the tourism Capital of Maharashtra, it has number of tourist places like Ellora-Ajanta, Bibi ka Maqbara etc. Many tourist places are extremely polluted with plastic bags, wrappers, bottles, etc. To deal with this problem, Prayas organizes Clean Drives to many tourist places with the purpose to make it clean. With the help of our conscious volunteers, we arranged…

Environment Awareness Programs

Awareness is the first step of bringing the change. We believe in working for the people and with the people. Our millennials are well versed with climate change and now we just need to aware them with possible solutions and methods. The power of youth is immense and we tend to be the fuel to ignite the fire. Thus, various…

Water and Soil Conservation

We have created water bodies, like CCTs, Deep CCTs, Trenches and small water ponds at the base of hills near Aurangabad for water conservation. Trenches and CCTs at hills help saving soil erosion as well as stop the rainwater at the top area of watershed area. We also have contributed and participated in events organized by paani foundation for soil…

Blood Donation Camps

We arrange 2-3 camps of Blood Donation each year in Aurangabad city. Prayas also spreads the awareness among the people about blood donation and its needs & benefits. We also work for managing and donation while any urgent requirement for the blood, Citizen call us, and we try to manage the required blood with the help of our volunteer. Prayas…

Eco Friendly Ganesh Festivals

Prayas always promotes celebrating all the festivals in eco-friendly way. Thus we every year promote making the eco-friendly ganesha idols. Eco-friendly Ganesha idols are those that are made of clay, natural fibers, paper and other biodegradable materials. These idols, when immersed in water degrade faster and do not harm the environment as much as the ones made of POP.  

Maintenance

Our Prayas is not only to plant tree but to increase green cover. We have been successfully maintaining the survival rate of 95% of our plantation. For any plantation we do, we carry out 3 years of assured maintenance and monitoring as after that trees become self-sustainable.