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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

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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    International Training – Michelle’s Testimonial

    Women and Widows

    As part of the Community Driven Development Program I presently follow at Bala Vikasa, today I am coming back from my third field visit. I must say on each of those visits I have been touched deeply. This time, hundreds of women coming from nine villages have gathered to celebrate the birthday of 30 or […]

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  • Ranjith’s Story

    Ranjith’s Story

    Children and Youth

    Ranjith Biyru remembers his childhood as a nightmare. He was five years old, and his brother barely two, when both parents died within the span of a year. All he remembers of them is that his father was an alcoholic  who beat his mother. Ranjith also had an older sister. His grandmother Ramakka took up […]

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  • A Water Purification System for the Village of Karadpalli

    A Water Purification System for the Village of Karadpalli

    Water and Sanitation

    Karadpalli, population 2500, is a village containing people from diverse castes and religions, the majority of whom depend on a farming income of less than $2 a day. The water in Karadpalli is highly concentrated with fluoride, causing villagers to experience joint pains, dental fluorosis and other health problems. Though purified water was available from […]

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  • A Bore Well for Lakshmi ’s Village

    A Bore Well for Lakshmi ’s Village

    Water and Sanitation

    Lakshmi and Ramulu live with their two school-aged children in the village of Dharma Thanda, population 1000. In their village most people work as daily wage laborers on farms and a few have small land holdings. They do not have proper roads, electricity or drainage facilities in their village. They live in huts and small […]

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  • Nirmala’s story: Standing for her rights

    Nirmala’s story: Standing for Her Rights

    Women and Widows

    Nirmala is 29 years old and became a widow at age 22. She joined the Bala Vikasa Women’s Development Program in 2008. Filled with emotions, Nirmala shares her life in one of our Young Widows meetings: “I never went to school in my life. My parents were illiterate and poor; they arranged my marriage with […]

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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

  • SOPAR’s Annual Report 2013-2014
  • Tharangini Newsletter September 2014
  • Tharangini Newsletter June 2014
  • Tharangini Newsletter May 2014
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