NURTIVA
Nurture — to care for Viva — long live
Nurture for living long.
WHO WE ARE
Nurtiva grew from experience in river cleanups, youth climate activities, environmental communication and community fruit-tree nursery work. That practical work showed us how closely food, water, land and young people’s opportunities are connected.
We are now organising that experience into focused programmes while continuing to test, learn and build stronger systems and partnerships. Some activities are already underway; others are still being prepared. We label planned work clearly rather than presenting it as completed work.
OUR MISSION
Improve access to nutritious food and water, restore degraded land and biodiversity, and equip young people to take part in local climate action through agriculture, creativity and practical learning.
OUR VISION
Families have better access to nutritious food and reliable water, young people have practical skills and a voice in local decisions, and farms, rivers and community lands are healthier than they are today.
WHAT CONNECTS OUR WORK
Food, water, land and youth participation are not separate challenges. Each affects the others, so our programmes are designed to reinforce one another rather than sit in isolation.
Vegetable gardens, fruit-tree nurseries, climate-smart farming, nutrition learning, market skills and solar irrigation.
Rainwater tanks, water access, river and wetland protection, cleanups and community-managed water systems.
Tree planting, erosion control and restoration of degraded farmland, riverbanks and community land.
Indatana Movement Clubs combining agriculture, climate learning, creative communication and youth leadership.
HOW WE WORK
Community participation matters when it changes priorities, roles, delivery and what happens next — not when people are invited only after the plan is already fixed.
Ask community members what the priority is, what already exists and what has been tried before.
Decide who will take part, who is responsible for each task and who will maintain the work afterward.
Plant, build, train, restore or test the agreed activity with local participants involved in delivery.
Record what happened, what changed, what failed and what should be adjusted before the next activity.
OUR WORK
Explore Nurtiva’s work across food, water, restoration and youth learning.