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Build a just, sustainable and a compassionate social order that fulfills the basic human needs of the community through individual and collecve awakening

Figure 1, Re-Imagined Purpose of the Sarvodaya Movement

Providing much-required stimulus to operationalise the Sarvodaya strategy to fit a challenging and ever evolving world, reminded and welcomed all those who were involved to awaken themselves at an individual and a collective parallel to not only face the unprecedented challenges but also to seek inspiration to discover unprecedented solutions and in this case COVID-19. Inspired by the process and the many soft skills that sharpened the participants on diverse themes such as building a purpose, leadership, strategic thinking, movement building, re-imagining village awakening, Sarvodaya leadership team had the opportunity to design short, mid, and long-term approaches to empower communities to face the extraordinary times and the events that may unfold due to the long-term effects brought about by COVID19.

Followed by meticulously planning the groundwork and rolling out primary internal organisation wide responses, Sarvodaya identified the exigent need in responding to the pandemic and how it implicated health, social, economic, and governance spheres. Re-aligning the core programmes and existing project portfolio to fit the new normal and cater to the arising needs of COVID19 response was urgent priority which required much support of the leadership team and the cooperation of partners and donors. The existing 'Sarvodaya COVID-19 response' was therefore protracted to serve communities with a wider holistic response, and this was coined as 'Suwodaya' i.e., awakening of well-being. The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or 1infirmity . Suwodaya mandate will cater to those ideals of the definition and at times will go beyond, in empowering communities, strategically aligning with the larger Sarvodaya strategy. Sarvodaya in its delivery and balancing off the diverse mandates have continuously excelled in wholesystems design and Suwodaya will be of no exception to this mode of operation adopted by Sarvodaya. In the days to come a specialised Suwodaya Unit will take shape with skilled personnel to mainstream the existing COVID-19 response and other Public Health associated work.

1 WHO constitution, signed on 22 July 1946 by the representatives of 61 States and entered into force on 7 April 1948