Founded: 1986
Headquarters: Khordha, Odisha
Geographical Focus: Odisha
Lives Impacted: 63,000
Organization Overview:
Darbar Sahitya Sansad works in rural Odisha with farmers and migrant workers from tribal communities (Kondh, Lodha and Juang tribes), Dalit, and OBC (Pradhan, Behera, Barik, Ojha, Maharana, Sahoo) communities, with the mission to build their confidence as well as capacity to enhance their socio-economic condition and agency.
Founded: 1980
Headquarters: Mahisagar, Gujarat
Geographical Focus: Gujarat
Lives Impacted: 250,000
Organization Overview:
SARTHI was established as a branch of Social Work and Research Centre (SWRC), Tilonia with the aim to empower underserved communities in rural and tribal pockets of the district with a focus on women’s development. The organization primarily works with women and other members of Bhil families and some from Scheduled Caste (Chamar and Harijan) communities.
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: Solan, Himachal Pradesh
Geographical Focus: Himachal Pradesh
Lives Impacted: 20,000+
Organization Overview:
Established with support from the Social Work Resource Centre (SWRC), Tilonia, SUTRA is a community-based organization focusing on post-development issues identified by the marginalized living in Himachal Pradesh. Since its inception, SUTRA has worked on various issues- alcoholism, domestic and social violence, child marriages, and declining sex ratios. Currently, they focus on supporting single women in difficult circumstances (single, divorced, widowed) and children of migrant labor.
Founded: 2009
Headquarters: Belgaum, Karnataka
Geographical Focus: Karnataka
Lives Impacted: 1,00,000
Organization Overview:
SEVAK was founded in 2009 by Anand Lobo. The organization works with the rural and urban communities (STs and OBCs) for forming and strengthening community-based organizations, promoting livelihood opportunities, management and development of natural resources, improving health and education status of the community, protecting and promoting rights of the children (Devdasi girls) and empowerment of women.
Founded: 1993
Headquarters: Rangareddy, Telangana
Geographical Focus: Telangana
Lives Impacted: 2,00,000
Organization Overview:
Society for Environment Protection & Education Development (SEED) works with farmers, divorced and single women and children from Scheduled Tribe (ST)- Chenchu, Erukala and Banjara and Scheduled Caste (SC)- Mala, Madiga Dalit communities from geographically isolated areas in Telangana. It aims to eradicate poverty by ensuring food security, ecological balance and quality access to health and education.
Founded: 1993
Headquarters: Ongole, Andhra Pradesh
Geographical Focus: Andhra Pradesh
Lives Impacted: 16,300+
Organization Overview:
HELP works in five districts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana focusing on sex workers, survivors of sex trafficking and children of sex workers of school-going age (3 to 18 years). They work across the trafficking cycle which includes rescue of trafficking survivors from hotspots, community-based and institutional rehabilitation, policy advocacy and capacity building of relevant stakeholders.
https://www.sparshgadchiroli.org/
Founded: 2008
Geographical Focus: Maharashtra
Organization Overview:
Sparsh’s primary objective is to bring about positive transformation in tribal communities by cultivating strong partnerships with community members. To address deep-rooted customs, Sparsh takes a multi-stakeholder approach to establishing its presence in the community by engaging local governance bodies and faith leaders. Leveraging the expertise of the founder and his students, who are subject matter experts in health and social work, the organization identifies core issues within the community with the support of the volunteer cadre, who have been increasing their proficiency in the Madia Gond language to communicate better with the tribal community. One of the core interventions of the organization is to raise awareness of the practice of Kurma custom. As a result of their approach to awareness building regarding the Kurma custom, in two of the hamlets, the community has abolished the practice and destroyed all Kurma residences.
www.srishti.ngo
Founded: 2002
Headquarters: Gadchiroli, Maharashtra
Geographical Focus: Maharashtra
Lives Impacted: 75,000
Organization Overview:
The Society for Rural Initiatives in Sustainable and Holistic Themes in India (SRISHTI) works with youth, farmers and women from Koli and Gond tribes to raise community awareness and capacity to monitor government schemes and laws in education, livelihood, women empowerment, environmental sustainability, agroforestry, and natural resource management.
Founded: 1994
Headquarters: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Geographical Focus: Gujarat
Lives Impacted: 250,000
Organization Overview:
SWATI was set up with the aim to support the socio-economic empowerment of women in Surendranagar (erstwhile Patdi) and eventually started focusing on violence against women (VAW) as a public health concern which acts as one of the biggest barriers to women’s development. The organization works with girls and women (>14 years) , and young men (14-25 years) from Scheduled Tribe, Dalit, Minority and Other Backward Classes communities.
www.hamarimuskansouthkolkata.org/
Founded: 2009
Headquarters: Kolkata, West Bengal
Geographical Focus: West Bengal
Lives Impacted: 3900
Organization Overview:
SKHM works with women forced into prostitution from Scheduled Caste community – Bauri, Muchi, Dhoba, Pod, Namasudra, their children, and their ‘fixed’ men (temporary father figures who provide familial support) in the red-light areas of Bowbazaar and Sonagachi in Kolkata. They focus on rehabilitation and mental health along with education, and livelihoods towards enabling the communities to lead a life of dignity.
https://www.spandan4change.in/
Founded: 2002
Headquarters: Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
Geographical Focus: Madhya Pradesh
Lives Impacted: 51,000+
Organization Overview:
Spandan Samaj Seva Samiti was set up to work with the Langoti Korku tribe in the rural, remote and hilly villages of Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. 35.05% of the district’s population is from the Scheduled Tribes, and about 9.7% of the district is likely to be Korku. The organization works on nutrition, livelihoods and cultural preservation with the Korkus, with a focus on women and children.
Founded: 2014
Headquarters: Viluppuram, Pondicherry
Geographical Focus: Tamil Nadu
Lives Impacted: 250 CWSN
Organization Overview:
Sristi Foundation works towards creating an inclusive society for children and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in rural areas. Through a unique approach of education, life skills training, and agriculture built on a foundation of love and support, Sristi provides people with intellectual disabilities economic and social empowerment to enable them to live as independently and as confidently as possible.
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: Harda, Madhya Pradesh
Geographical Focus: Madhya Pradesh
Lives Impacted: 55,000+
Organization Overview:
Synergy Sansthan is a community-based youth-led organization focusing on developing life skills and leadership capacities of children, adolescents, and youth from tribal (Gond and Korku) and rural communities in Madhya Pradesh. They empower these communities through immersive learning programs and campaign building from the local to national level.