The Village Coordination Team was formed as an extension of the Tsunami Relief Village Coordination Team when the activity area was enlarged to include local villages as well as those directly impacted by the tsunami, requiring the participation of a more diversified group of Aurovilians.
One of the principal purposes of the Village Coordination Team is to review applications for micro projects which come in from the local villages. There are funds for supporting micro projects coming both from the project funded by Concern, an international NGO, as well as from the Tsunami RELIEF and rehabilitation Funds.
Criteria have been created for micro project grants, and 36 proposals have been considered, out of which 22 have been approved.