Kawathewadi is about 85 kms from Mumbai. Spread over 2.5 acres of land, it has a population of about 550 and 89 households. The villagers are Adivasis, hailing from the Pardhi community, a traditional nomadic tribe. The public perception is that they are criminals and hence stigmatized. This aggravates their backwardness and economic hardships.

Activities conducted in Kawathewadi since adoption

1. Soak Pits - The villagers were involved in Shramadan for construction of soak pits in four different places and also for construction and repairing work for rain water harvesting systems.
2. Clean up drives - Volunteer teams were created amongst villagers for clean up drives in and around villages.
3. Health campaign - Health campaign focusing on dental care, dietary habits, nutritional and balanced food, hygiene, clean water were held regularly to help improve the overall health of the villagers. Cancer awareness and screening camps were organised with the support of TATA Memorial Hospital.
4. Teaching - The NSS team of SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce taught basics in English, Maths and Science to the students of the village school.
5. Beautification - The walls of the school were painted with wall posters and pictures by the village volunteers alongwith NSS students.
6. Lifelong Learning Extension (LLE) - The students of LLE and NSS team conducted games and learning sessions for the children of the village. Financial literacy, workshop on self defence, paper craft workshop, candle making, workshop on memory enhancement, gender equality and justice, team building were conducted for the villagers.
7. Story books, notebooks, school dress and bags were distributed to the students of the village.
8. Open defecation free village rally and tree plantation programmes enthused the villagers to care for the environment. Sanitary napkins were distributed to the households in the village.
9. Villagers were taught how to make soap.
10. A session on star gazing with telescopes mounted outside the Community Hall received enthusiastic support. For the first time villagers got an opportunity to view the famous star clusters and nebulas.
11. Villagers were helped to repair the cattle shed, grass cutting, weeding in and around the village and compost pit renewal.
12. The use of internet, digitisation and computer literacy took the wonder out of the machine and villagers learnt how to use it.
13. All villagers were assisted in getting Aadhaar cards.
14. The Psychology Department conducted workshops on Anger management, de-addiction and clean habits
15. A borewell was constructed for augmenting water supply in addition to rain water harvesting.
16. Larsen & Toubro's erection of street lights in the village infused new life into a dingy, decrepit village. Temple, village school, mangal karyalay and toilets were lit by LED lights.

Activities during the year

• Distributed blankets to more than 40+ tribal people of Kawthewadi. These blankets were sponsored by Rotary Club of Bombay Pier.
• Donated 2 computers along with accessories to the Kawthewadi school.
• Gave the people of Kawthewadi T-shirts. They were distributed to more than 50 people.
• Under the Event Khel Utsav many activities were conducted for the students of Kawthewadi school. Winners of Khel Utsav were given Certificates.
• Under the event Talent Dikhlaja, students of the school were provided an opportunity to showcase their talent. There were solo dances, group dances, mimicry and many more. All participants were given a stationary pouch which included pencil, pen, eraser, sharpener and ruler. All participants of Talent Dikhlaja were given Certificates for their performances.