Khoj – Society for People’s Education launched its women’s development program in 1994 and the organization was registered in 2002. The Society works with women and children through an approach and methodology that focuses on action led, need based, relevant and gender responsive education. With empowerment of women farmers as the overarching aim, food sovereignty, ecological agriculture, chemical free and safe environment and equitable distribution of food are the major objectives of Khoj partnership with rural communities.
Action and policy research, campaigns against the hazards of chemical pesticides, community pesticide action monitoring, working with farmers on ecological agriculture and ecological kitchen gardening, documentation of indigenous knowledge, publishing awareness materials on alternatives to chemical pesticides, organizing festivals and melas to revive healthy food consumption, development of curricula, educational and extension materials around agricultural issues are some of the activities to offer a holistic response to the marginalized rural communities. Khoj has more than 40 publications on agriculture to its credit.
Children’s education project later consolidated in to a model school for children and adults in the village Thathi Bhanguaan. The school is upgraded to secondary level 12 kilometers off the main road and 65 kilometers away from the metropolitan city of Lahore. A local landholder from the village donated a piece of land measuring ¼ of an acre in 2003. Organic gardening is an integral part of education at Khoj School for Community Education
