About Mool

Mool was formally established as a trust in 2012. It was registered with the Income Tax Department u/s 12AA in 2016 and u/s 80G in 2017. Mool has its administrative office in Ganderbal.

Vision:

Mool Sustainability Research and Training Center builds integrative and regenerative lifestyles, communities and societies.

Mission:

Mool Sustainability Research and Training Center (or, simply, Mool) inspires and enables youth and other stakeholders to build local resource-based, environment-friendly, and regenerative lifestyles and communities through participatory, inclusive and collaborative visioning, capacity building and transformation programs.

Mool Members and Journey Highlights

Our formative years were the worst years of the conflict in Kashmir. The experience of violence and politics was overwhelming for most Kashmiris, but due to such circumstances, our surroundings created an opportunity for transcendence. From a young age, all of us at Mool were inclined to seek solutions for problems besetting Kashmir. With much effort, we all obtained an education that would help us understand these problems and equip us with the knowledge to find solutions. For some of us, our experiences made us realize that seeking education outside of our homeland had taken us away from Kashmir in a profound way. The inherent disorientation of the education system was revealed to us. The innate desire to work in our own communities and a need to reconnect with our roots led to the creation of Mool.

Though born much earlier, Mool (Mool Sustainability Research and Training Center) formally became a not for profit trust in 2012 to work for sustainability through participatory capacity building and rehabilitation work. Along with running the participatory research, internship, fellowship, training and relief programs, Mool also gave birth to the idea of sagg. sagg is an economic social business enterprise experiment that aims to aid in realization of the Mool mission of an integrated, regenerative and just lifestyle and community – in many ways the participatory research and the social enterprise learn and grow together. One of the most significant undertakings by Mool is an ongoing participatory research project with youth that is articulating a common, participatory and inclusive vision for a shared future.

The journey, since 2009, has taken us many places and many people became part of the process in various roles some more so by becoming part of the team. Many participants have moved on in different directions touching base with us off and on, contributing and encouraging us in varied and richer ways. And some of us continue to further explore the questions and the clues thrown up by this endeavour.

At present the executive members of the Trust are:

Fayaz Ahmad Dar (Founder)

Shaheena Parveen

Lubna Rafiqi

Sajad Qadir

For more information, or if you have any questions, please write to us @ moolsustainability@gmail.com.