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Panchayat teams
A panchayat team is a community team, not a title
The visible unit of this movement is the panchayat — not a designation, not a post. Just people who decided to do the month's task together.
How a team works
01Listen
Identify a local need by talking to residents and those already working on it.
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02Act
Every activity has a named organiser, a defined purpose, and simple participation information.
03Report
Document who took part, what changed, and what's next — so progress can be reviewed in public.
One guardrail
Participation is voluntary, and every public activity follows the movement's community guidelines.
What the monthly action day actually looks like
A week before
The organiser confirms the site
One public place is named, and word goes out in the panchayat — WhatsApp, word of mouth, a printed notice.
On the day
Whoever shows up, works
No attendance sheet, no minimum headcount required. The task gets done with however many people turn up.
Same evening
The organiser logs it
Photos, a headcount, what was actually achieved — filed the same day, while it's accurate.
Within a year
The team goes back
For Clean-pillar work especially, the same site is revisited later to check the result actually held.
Find your team
Bharatpur is where we are starting, and three names from a single panchayat are what make the first team there. Register yours and we will tell you the moment the other two arrive.
Start one
No team yet in your panchayat? Someone has to be first. It starts with your name and a mobile number.
Questions people ask
How many people does a panchayat team need?
Three from the same panchayat is where we will start one — below that we would be calling one person a team, which is a lie in the count. After that there is no minimum; some months three people finish the task, and the named organiser matters more than the headcount.
Is there a cost to join a team?
No. Materials for the monthly action are arranged locally or by the movement — no volunteer is asked to pay to take part.
What if our panchayat can't do the month's task?
Report that honestly too. A panchayat that says "we couldn't get to it this month" is more useful to us than one that stays silent.