Who are at the grassroots? The marginalized, women, children and the poverty stricken! Our program looks at two very different approaches to improving the life of the people at the grassroots: one through informal education and preservation of culture and the other through community-driven development. We wish to involve children through storytelling method to decisions for their future; we shall address the community members through the objective evidence about the current global crisis of insecurity, poverty, gender inequalities, environmental degradation, and lack of international cooperation in a way that is both realistic and non-inflammatory.