Anisha was started in 1998 by Mrs. Valli Rajan with the aim of improving the lives of people living in appalling conditions in the market area of central Bangalore. Since then the project has grown into an urban and a rural program.
YTS — Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) used for village development.
SDIA activities for Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods aim to…
- Promote the use of participatory approaches to development;
- Build vocational, literacy and work related skills;
- Provide opportunities for adult education, rehabilitation and social integration;
- Develop micro-savings and loan schemes that empower women and men to become more effective providers for their families.
Anisha Foundation, India
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Asia and Oceania,
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods,
Child Development and Education
Atam-Deep Trust, India
Atam Deep is a family foundation of the Aurora family. Prof. Gurdip Aurora has vast experience and interest in organic farming and in particular with the permacultural methods of Bill Morrison. It has become possible now to create a...
Mithra Foundation, India
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Asia and Oceania,
Child Development and Education,
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods
Underprivileged children are denied basic rights and are susceptible to all forms of abuse. This disrupts the process of their development and impairs their ability to learn. At Mithra schools children are trained in basic skills to cope with demands of life and to become active participants in their own process of development.
| Education and Empowerment for Underpriviliged Children | Requested: $ 63,907 |
| Empowerment of Girl Children through Education (benefits poor girls of migrant workers, especially Dalits.) | Requested: $20,000 |
| Summer Camp for the Empowerment of Children at High Risk | Requested: $3,150 |
SINTRAL, Ecuador
The SINTRAL Network of Ecuador focuses on both human and economic development. Economic issues include providing adequate and healthy food through organic agriculture, conservation of farmland, provision of clothing and housing, natural medicine and commerce through alternative economy.
SRADHA, India
SRADHA, which stands for Society for Research and Development of Human Abilities, works to improve the lives of women and children in Southern India.
SUN for LIFE, France & Madagascar
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Europe,
Africa,
Protecting the Environment,
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods
Sun for Life provides instruction
on creating and using solar cookers in areas threatened by
desertification from over harvesting of plant fuels. The project also
operates nurseries to provide trees in these areas used as shrub
fencing for livestock and for providing fruit. These activities
strengthen behaviors leading to sustainability.
Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta, Indonesia
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Asia and Oceania,
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods,
Protecting the Environment
Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta (YTS) is a development foundation based in the
Indonesian provinces of Kalimantan. These provinces have a small population, but are rich in natural resources, and it is inevitable that large scale development will come. The foundation YTS is working to...
Yayasan Usaha Mulia (YUM), Indonesia
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Asia and Oceania,
Child Development and Education,
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods
YUM's Children's Village is an orphanage nestled in the hills of West Java
that provides a safe, secure and caring environment in which orphans
and children from destitute families can live and go to school.
Download attachment(s): [ YUM-DAA_Annual_Report_2008.pdf ]