Wada Na Todo (GCAP India) continues gathering momentum

A few months earlier, the Indian National Congress had garnered an unexpected public mandate through the national elections, enabling a successful bid to form the government at the Centre through the formation of the United Progressive Alliance 70-640. The same year was also witness to a landmark gathering of another kind in India. The World Social Forum held in Mumbai in January 2004 brought together over 20,000 social activists and development actors from across the globe to engage in what continues to be the largest gathering that global civil society has ever seen.

It is against this backdrop of national political change and global social dialogue that the idea for an extensive, cross-sectoral, mass mobilizing and policy oriented public campaigning effort was born70-620. The name ‘Wada Na Todo Abhiyan’ was coined in response to the statement of purpose of the new Prime Minister of India, and also to reflect the promise made by global leaders at the turn of the century to create a world free of hunger, poverty and disease as outlined in the UN Millennium Declaration.

In the four years since its inception, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan has achieved some recognition for its efforts to broaden and influence the public policy debate in the country 70-293. This article attempts to record some of the milestones in the four year journey of ‘Wada Na Todo Abhiyan’ and reflect on its successes, strengths and challenges from an insider’s perspective.