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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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Water & Sanitation

Water & Sanitation

Providing rural poor with access to regular and safe water, and family toilets

Women and Widows

Women & Widows

Empowering women socially, economically, intellectually and politically; advocating for widow's rights

Children & Youth

Children & Youth

Improving educational facilities, providing orphan sponsorship and capacity building of youth groups

Food Security

Food Security

Support for organic farming methods; increased self-reliance for farmers; and better water management systems

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CAPACITY BUILDING

Local Training

Local Training

Short, relevant courses for Indian NGOs in sustainable development, non-profit management

International Training

International Training

In-depth residential programs in community driven development models based on our field experience

ENTREPRENEURSHIP & CSR

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

Fostering social innovation and social enterprises; facilitating microenterprises through capability building and institutional linkages

Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility

Promoting and building partnerships between socially responsible business and communities for larger social impact

DEVELOPMENT STARTS WITH THE PEOPLE

Our 360-degree approach encourages villagers to engage in their own development process and effect change on multiple levels: social, financial, environmental, physical and psychological. We emphasize the importance of a sense of unity, responsibility and leadership, and equal representation of women and men.

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OUR STORIES

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    Radio-Canada/Le Droit Personalities of the week

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    Angel and Andre Gingras, SOPAR founders, had the honor of being named the Radio-Canada/Le Droit Personalities of the week. A radio interview was conducted for the occasion on Monday, March 28 on CBC. You can listen to the interview at the following address: Personnalité de la semaine Radio-Canada/Le Droit (interview in french) An article about […]

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    Bala Vikasa Silver Jubilee

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    GRAND CELEBRATION OF BALA VIKASA SILVER JUBILEE Commemorating 25 Years of Successful Community Driven Development “Mrs. Bala Theresa is a pride daughter of Telangana” said Mr. Chandra ShekarRao, C.M. Telangana February 9th, 2016 is a historical day in the journey of Bala Vikasa as it celebrated the great event of silver jubilee at L.B. Stadium, […]

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    School Program Team in Action

    Children and Youth, News

    Bala Vikasa – (Vidya Vikasam) school program team is in full swing reaching rural schools with an aim of providing a “healthy environment and quality education”. Teachers, students and parent committees take part in the initiative with much enthusiasm. Each year 25 rural schools are supported in making their schools into a healthier learning environment!

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    Reopening of a closed government school

    News

    Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Kadiyam Srihari appreciate the efforts of Bala Vikasa in reopening a government school which was closed for last three years. It was a festive mood at Ontimamamidipally of Warangal district this morning as they reopened the government school which was closed three years ago. 330 students from this village are attending […]

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    2015 Annual General Assembly

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    On thursday, June 11 2015, took place the SOPAR’s 2015 Annual General Meeting. The event was a complete success. More than 60 people attented. They had the opportunity to learn about indian issues from touching testamonials from Sitha, Latha, Vasantha and Shobha, members of the Indian delegation Bala Vikasa visiting Canada. The year 2015 ends […]

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STATISTICS

6000 villages

reached in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India

4 million people

impacted through our various programs

10,000 community leaders

trained to drive village development projects

350 women leaders

regularly trained to run Self-Help Groups across 1500 villages

IN THE NEWS

  • Construction of Family Toilets
  • The Importance of Education for Orphans
  • Gangadevipally Attracts Prime Minister’s Modi’s Attention
  • Transcontinental goes to India

RESOURCES

  • Bala Vikasa Silver Jubilee SOUVENIR
  • Social Responsibility Series-3
  • Social Responsibility Series-2
  • Social Responsibility Series-1
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