The history of the Sarvadhana Sangam people's movement is not an old one.
We were a group of young south Indian people meeting under the village Tamarind tree. We discussed our difficult living circumstances, the unjust social structure, local exploitation and political manipulation, the ignorance of the majority, and the overall insecure future for us, the young generation. 
After a few more meetings in the shade of the tree, we came to the conclusion that perhaps the collective effort of this small group perhaps could make a change. 
We decided to begin with organizing a collective work camp, Shramadhana, in our village, to repair the old village road. 
After the successful completion of our first task, many more "village improvements" were initiated. In the beginning we focused on important basic problems like the lack of clean drinking water, basic housing for everyone, a health care facility, a village primary school, a small Post office and telephone connection.
As a result of the collective effort and everyone's enthusiasm, it became clear just how potent our initiative was. Within six months time, eleven more villages in the same area joined us in the village Porkunam. 
This is how we created Sarvadhana Sangam, the people's movement. 

Sarva = all 
Dhana = sharing