CAPART is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Rural Development, established in 1986 to promote voluntary action towards implementation of projects for the enhancement of rural prosperity and to act as a catayst for development of technologies appropriate for the rural areas. Over the years, CAPART has assisted a large number of NGOs for implementation of variegated projects. CAPART’s assistance is spread over all parts of the country embracing diverse categories of schemes under Public Cooperation (PC), Organization of Beneficiaries, dissemination of Rural Technologies. Watershed Development and for people under Disability categories.

Re-engineering of CAPART

In order to achieve its larger objectives and perform the tasks assigned to it, CAPART has to reengineer its role and re-position itself appropriately to deal with the rural NGO sector in consonance with the hopes and aspirations of the people represented by this sector. Accordingly, the new Vision, Mission and revised set of Objectives of CAPART were considered and adopted by the Executive Committee and General Body of CAPART in their meetings held on 19th January, 2005.

Vision

The Vision of CAPART is to play a dynamic and catalytic role with the various GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND NGOs, influence public policy and contribute its share towards the may-sided development of Rural India.

Mission

The Mission of CAPART is to work in close coordination with rural NGOs and empower them by:

• Engaging them in dialogue.

• Respecting their thoughts and ideas.

• Listening to their voice.

• Harnessing their resources.

• Funding their activities.

• Strengthening their hands, particularly the women, the weaker sections of society and the disabled and other underprivileged sections of rural society, and

• Walk hand-in-hand with them on the road to rural properity.

Reclassified Programs and Schemes to be supported by CAPART in the context of its revised set of Goals and Objectives.

In response to the suggestions and ideas put forward by the NGOs during the Regional Meetings and in the light of experience gathered in the implementation of different categories of projects and having regard to innovation, flexibility and local needs and requirements called for on the part of CAPART, it is proposed to classify the schemes for assistance from CAPART under six broad categories. All these programmes being presently implemented by CAPART and those proposed to be undertaken in view of the new Vision and Mission are now part of these six reclassified categories. These reclassified categories of schemes have been worked out in such a way by retaining the existing schemes and also adding new schemes and bringing about rationalisation and concentrated focus under each category on one important dimension or other in the area of rural development. Above all, it should be mentioned here that CAPART will henceforth have a special scheme exclusively for rural women, SC/ST and disadvantaged and disabled categories of people for empowering them under the aegis of NGO action.

The reclassified programmes and schemes are :

1. Natural Resource Development and Management (NRDM)

2. Rural Industrialization, Income Generation and Market Access (RIIMA)

3. Technologies for Rural Development and Promotion of Information Technology (TRO & PIT)

4. Rural Infrastructure Development Scheme (RIDS)

5. Scheme for Empowerment of Rural Women, SC/ST and Disadvantaged Groups and for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in rural areas.

6. Human Resource Development Scheme (HRDS)

Main Characteristics of the Programmes and Schemes of CAPART

The changing guiding principle for funding is “Fund only those carefully selected ones who have done or have the potential of doing outstanding work in the empowerment and welfare of the disadvantaged”. Selection of such NGOs will be based on the objective assessment by CAPART and the concerned NSCs/RCs, keeping in view their ability to capitalise and underscore the intrinsic system of rural society and the rural poor.

The other aspect which CAPART laid emphasis on is “to reach out to the smaller NGOs and those working in remote areas who require hand holding and guidance in order to get access to CAPART assistance”.

It may be added here that CAPART’s main role is to support innovation and to publicise successful interventions by the voluntary sector to the wider world.

It is necessary to stress that implicit in the aforesaid objectives of CAPART is the philosophy that CAPART projects will be based on a holistic approach to rural development integrating various development activities for achieving the goals of preservation of bio-diversity and environment, enhancement of bio-mass production, social safety network, gender equity, rural health and education, revival of traditional knowledge and technologies and harnessing of locally available renewable sources of energy with the objective of making villages self-sufficient in energy requirements.

Details of the six classified Programmes & Schemes funded by CAPART

Nomenclature of the six classified Programme & Schemes there under for which CAPART assistance will be available

1. Natural Resource Development and Management (NRDM)

2. Rural Industrialization, Income Generation and Market Access (RIIMA)

3. Technologies for Rural Development and Promotion of Information Technology (TRD & PICT)

4. Rural Infrastructure Development Scheme (RIDS)

5. Scheme for Empowerment of Rural Women; SC, ST & Disadvantaged groups and for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in rural areas

6. Human Resource Development Scheme (HRDS)

Specific projects that could be formulated for CAPART assistance under the six classified programme and schemes

1. Natural Resource Development and Management (NRDM)

• Watershed

• Development of land & traditional water resources

• Conservation of soil and run-off water through various means

• Promotion of moisture retention technologies

• Promoting lift irrigation on riverbed

• Development and exploitation of natural springs

• Exploitation of ground water for irrigation

• Roof water collection for recharging and drinking water

• Water management

• Development of environment through the promotion of social forestry

• Farmers training and demonstration

• Farmers exchange programme

• Refinement of existing skills

• Irrigation and land based development programmes for small and marginal farmers

• Seed production and certification

• Promotion of sustainable agriculture (to include promotion of composting, bio-pesticides post harvest technologies)

• Fodder development & promotion programmes

• Intervention during calamity for implementation of long term development programmes of rehabilitations and settlement.

II. Rural Industrialization, Income Generation and Market Access (RIIMA)

• To focus on economic empowerment of rural entrepreneurs, optimize their productive efforts, facilitate marketing strategies designed to benefit them in the era of free exports and imports and global competition.

• To promote market research, identification of areas of development and products relevant to rural areas.

• Refinement/upgradation of prevailing skills through training to compete in the market.

• Promotion of the establishment of Household, Village and Community Enterprises.

• To take up Entrepreneurship Development Programmes.

• To establish common infrastructural service centers to promote networking on design development, product diversification, sharing of expertise, standardization, branding, packaging and marketing.

• To promote marketing efforts in association with the KVIC, trade associations etc. for the national market.

• To set up rural godowns, haats and showrooms under the aegis of NGOs/SHGs and encourage them to take equity in these ventures and emerge in the process as promotes of value-added marketing facilities and ventures in their own areas and future establishment of rural stock exchanges in close collaboration with NABARD, SIDBI and other commercial banks.

• To organize Gram Shree Melas, Buyers Seller Meets, Workshops, interactive sessions, etc. at the local regional and national level on expanded scale by establishing wherever necessary and feasible, permanent facilities for organizing these melas.

• To facilitate direct exports, assistance will be provided to the potential NGOs/SHGs by introducing market access initiative schemes and market development assistance schemes on a sample basis with CAPART funding.

• To encourage export efforts of the NGOs/SHGs on a sustainable basis, facilitate establishment of linkages between NGOs/SHGs with the concerned Export Promotion Council, export related agencies and associations and commodity boards of the Ministry of Commerce. Endeavour will be made to provide training opportunities

for the NGOs/SHGs under the HRD Schemes of CAPART by involving resource personnel from IIFT, NIFT, NID, Indian Institute of Packaging, banking institutions and other appropriate agencies.

• Promotion of sustainable agriculture (to include promotion of composing, bio-pesticides, post harvest technologies)

• Fodder development and promotion programmes

• Intervention during calamity for implementation of long term development programmes of rehabilitation and resettlement

• Organising aggressive publicity campaign and strategic marketing initiatives for popularizing and positioning of the products of the NGOs/SHGs in the national as well as in the international markets.

III. Technologies for Rural Development & Promotion of Information Technology (TRD & PIT)

• To act as national nodal point for coordination of all efforts in development and dissemination of innovative technologies relevant to rural areas;

• To act as a catalyst for development of technology appropriate for rural areas by identifying and funding sharply focused and need-based projects;

• To act as a clearing house of information and build up a data bank of technologies for rural areas;

• To facilitate validation of proven technologies for commercialization.

• To acts as a conduit for transfer of appropriate rural technologies to voluntary agencies, Government departments, public sector undertakings and members of public;

• To create a network of Voluntary Organizations on a regional basis which could understand and then carry forward the thrust of rural technology to the rural areas

• To assist Voluntary Organisations to set up Demonstration Training Centres for upgrading the skills of village youth, artisans, women and other target groups for their effective participation in development programmes;

• To conduct or sponsor awareness camps, training programmes, meetings, seminars, workshops, conferences, consultations, to promote interaction between Government agencies, technical institutions and voluntary agencies working in the field of rural development and technology.

• To document, prepare, print and publish papers, periodicals, bulletins, monographs, books, video Films and CDs etc. for dissemination of appropriate technologies.

Promotion of Technology’ Service Centers at Secondary Level

• To propagate tested technologies

• Refine the technology for adoption as per the local requirements through training and extension

• To create multiplier effect through motivation and demonstration

Promotion of Communication Resource Network

It is meant for established and credible organizations to gather information on local developments, success stories etc. and share such relevant information amongst the organizations working in and around the area of operation through print and electronic media.

Training in Computer Application

• To train rural youth for employment

• To facilitate establishment of Internet Kiosks for Rural Areas

• Popularization of computer application as teaching aids in rural schools

• Promotion of e-commerce/online trading

• Promotion of Networking among NGOs to share development experiences

Itellectural Property Rights and Related Issues

The programme is meant to facilitate NGOs to patent the technology, process etc, developed by them

IV. Rural Infrastructure Development Scheme (RIDS).

1. Rural Innovative Housing and Habitat Development

• Livelihood component will be promoted for projects with credit tie-ups

• Should be promoted preferably within the existing habitat

• Cluster house promotion away from the existing habitat should have beneficiaries consent, developed internal link roads and transport linkage

• Use of local materials and services to be promoted

• Use of acceptable innovative technologies to be adopted

• Training and production in building material manufacturing units to be promoted

• Training of masons

• Components eligible for funding: houses, latrines and soak pits, smokeless chulha, work sheds, community hall, internal road & drainage, plantation, kitchen garden, drinking water and a garbage collection center.

• Solar Lighting with necessary subsidy component and tapping of other non-conventional energy sources will be promoted

• Promotion of common community biogas to be promoted

• Model habitat / village to be promoted on the lines of Heveda Bazar village, Nashik, Maharashtra

2. Environmental Sanitation

• Creation of drinking water sources (community wells, hand pumps, drinking water ponds with filtration arrangements, spring exploitation, roof water harvesting, distribution of water filters, community desalination unit, community kund/tanka etc.)

• Awareness Generation on health and hygiene

• School Sanitation for both government and private schools with PTA participation

• Promotion of appropriate, cost effective, individual latrines

• Community Village Drainage

• Recycling of solid and liquid waste

• Promotion of nursery

• Promotion of Kitchen/Nutrition/Herbal garden

• Promotion of avenue plantation

• Revival of defunct wells through water harvesting

• Promotion of water recharging mechanism

• Establishment of sanitary mart with building material manufacturing unit

• Production of IEC materials

3. Other Rural Infra Structure Development Projects

• Rural road development with community participation

• Promotion of rural godowns/cold storage with bank finance

• Establishment of rural markets (e.g. farmers market, raitu bazaar)

• Establishment of community work sheds for rural artisans

• Establishment of sustainable agro service centers including soil testing laboratories/vet centres polytechnic to train rural youth

• Providing Urban Service in Rural Areas (PURA)

• Resettlement and Rehabilitation of displaced families

• Rolling Plan Financing Programme

• NRI-NRIV Programme

V. Scheme for Empowerment of Rural Women; SC, ST & Disadvantaged groups and for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in rural areas

• Mobilization, promotion & formation of SHGs/federations

• Leadership training and capacity building

• Skill Orientation for productive employment

• Promotion of barrier free environment

• Sensitization of employers (Public and Corporate Sectors)

• Livelihood promotion with credit linkages/internal savings

• Revolving fund and Seed Capital

• Promotion of health and education

• Empowerment through issue based awareness generation programmes (eg., girl child infanticide/foeticide, dowry, de-addition etc.)

• Economic Rehabilitation of the Disabled with CBR activities

• Advocacy on all matters connected with empowerment

VI. Human Resource Development Scheme (HRDS)

• Training of Rural Youth for sustainable and gainful employment

• Promotion of seminars/workshops on various aspects including traditional knowledge systems

• Placement of Young Professionals (YPs) with NGOs and DRDAs

• Experienced Professionals

• Counseling services by CAPART

• Sponsorship for attending regional/national/international workshops, training programmes and seminars.

• Capacity building of Panchayati Raj functionaries

• Capacity building of NGOs (micro planning, project formulation, accounting and governance, subject matter trainings etc.)

• Promotion of Vikalp Fellowship

• Internship programme for students specializing in rural development and related issues

• Scholarship Programme for meritorious and talented youth from deprived communities (SC, ST, OBC, etc.)

• Advocacy on all matters connected with empowerment

Eligibility Criteria for NGOs seeking CAPART support

1. Should have been registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 or a State amendment thereof or the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 or the Religious and Charitable Institutions Registration Act, 1920.

2. Should have completed 3 years from the date of registration on the date of application filed with CAPART.

3. Should have a bank or post office account for the three years preceding the date of filling of application to CAPART for funding.

4. Rural Development should be one of the objectives in the Memorandum of Association.

5, Should be working with beneficiaries in rural areas even if the NGO’s headquarters is located in an urban area.

6. The area of operation must be rural, meaning thereby a village included within the jurisdiction of a gram panchayat; areas included within the limits of Municipal Corporations, Municipalities, Notified Area Committees and Town Panchayats will not be considered as rural areas.

7. Should comply with the requirement of IT Department (PAN, 12 A and 80 G) or should have at least applied for the same.

8. The organization should be broad based and representative in character. Composition of office bearers should not be related to each other or within the family or a family affair.

9. Should not have been put on the CAPARTs list of organizations to which funding has been suspended for acts of omission and commission.

10. Members of the sanctioning committees of CAPART, namely, EC/NSC/RC or their family members and/or relatives should not be the office bearers of the NGOs which are seeking assistance from CAPART.

11. There should not be more than three ongoing projects under implementation by the NGO with funding by CAPART on the date of application filed with CAPART.

Documents to be submitted along with the proposal (Copies should be attested by a Gazetted Officer)

1. Registration certificate

2. Bye-laws of the NGO (authenticity of the registration certificate in case of amendments, if any, subsequent to the registration of the NGO.)

3, Latest composition of the Managing Committee/Executive Body indicating the authenticity from the registration authorities.

4. Annual Report of the NGO during the last 3 years.

5. Audited accounts, viz.. Receipt and Payment Account, Income and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet along with Auditor’s certificate and report.

6. Documents relating to PAN number/exemption order under Section 80G and 12A obtained from Income-tax Department/authority or request letters sent to Income Tax Authorities for obtaining these documents.

7. Bank/Post office pass book reflecting the transactions for the last 3 years.

8. Certificate from the Bank Manager / Post Master stating that the account is operative for the last 3 years.

9. Resolution of the society authorizing the Chief Functionary of the NGO to approach CAPART with the specific proposal for obtaining financial assistance.

10. Other documents relevant to specific project proposal, i.e. land pattas in respect of housing, land development programmes, NOC/permission from the owners of the common property, etc.

11. Certificate that a similar project proposal has not been submitted either to CAPART Head Office/Regional Committee or to any other funding agency and that it will not be submitted during the pendency of this proposal with the Regional Committee/HO.

Sanctioning and Implementation Procedures

Schedule of calendar for processing the applications of the NGOs up to the stage of issue of sanction letter

The proposals received from the NGOs will be cleared within the maximum period of 90 days from the date of its receipt in the office. In case of proposals requiring time consuming verification and for other complicated cases, the maximum period within which the proposal will be cleared is 120 days. The detailed schedule for processing the applications of the NGOs is as under:

S.No.	Particulars	Period (working days)
1.	Examination of papers at a glance	2
2.	File number generation in ITD	3
3.	Desk appraisal by YP/RO/HoD/MC	10
4.	Approval of DDG/MC for deputing monitor/calling for clarification and dending letter to the PE	5
5.	Obtaining report from the monitor	15
6.	Processing of monitors report by YP/RO/HoD/MC	10
7.	Clearance of proposal by the RC/NSC	15
8.	Finalisation/approval of minutes and communication of sanction of the NGO	15
	Total	75

Maximum period for issue of sanction from the date of receipt of the application would be 90 days including holidays/Saturdays/Sundays.

In case of any incomplete information/documents, which are to be collected from the NGO, maximum time within which the proposal will be cleared is 120 days.

Desk appraisal

As soon as the proposal is received from the NGO, a computerized acknowledgement is sent to them. Later on the proposal is desk-apprised and if it fulfils the basic eligibility criteria and all mandatory documents are attached with the proposal, a computer-generated file number is given to it. If any technical details are missing, the NGO is asked to provide the same. In case the proposal is not technically and financially viable, it is rejected and the NGO is informed of the reasons for rejection. If the proposal is found to be feasible for consideration, the same is sent for pre-funding appraisal.

Pre-Funding appraisal

After the desk-appraisal of the proposal, CAPART sends its empanelled monitor for pre-funding appraisal to look into the following aspects:

• Adherence to the statutory requirements – periodic filling of reports and returns with the registration authorities, filling of income tax returns, if any, compliance with the FCRA requirements, etc.

• Maintenance of basic records – minutes book, books of accounts, etc.

• To hold consultation with the members of the society for an assessment of the transparency in management within the society.

• Rapport established both with the people and the local administration.

• Consultations made with the people, panchayat functionaries, etc. in the formulation of project proposals.

• Acceptance and viability of the proposal forwarded.

• Comments on the need for the project proposed.

• To hold consultations with the line departments, banks, etc. for sustainability of the project.

• Specific recommendations of the monitor.

Meeting of the NSC/RC for consideration of the proposals

Based on the field assessment report received from the monitor, the project proposal is further processed/ recommendations are moderated in tune with the capacity of the NGO and the needs of the area. Accordingly the project proposals are placed before the NSC/RC depending upon the financial outlay of the project. The delegated financial outlay of RC/NSC/EC are as under:

Financial outlay up to Rs. 25 lakhs	RC
Above Rs. 25 lakhs and up to Rs.1crore (in respect of NRDM project Above Rs. 25 lakhs & up to Rs. 1.50 crore)	NSC
Above Rs. 1.50 crore in respect of NRDM	EC

Issue of sanction letter with terms & conditions

Once the proposal is approved by the EC/NSC/RC, a sanction letter with detailed terms and conditions for implementing the project is issued to the NGO for their acceptance by the competent authority.

Procedure for sanctioning workshops, seminars and training proposals

Workshop/seminar/training projects are normally given to established NGOs having sufficient infrastructure and expertise. Proposals received in proper form will be cleared within one month from the date of receipt of the proposal and the funds sanctioned will be released along with the sanction to facilitate the NGO to conduct the workshop/seminar/training programmes as per the schedule proposed in consultation with the HQs/RCs concerned. If with regard to these proposals, there is a time-constraint, DG/DDGs will clear the proposals and place the same before NSC/RC for information.

On completion of the envisaged activity, NGOs are to furnish completion report containing information on the following:

• Details of resource persons involved.

• Details of NGOs who participated.

• Details of topics covered including the exposure visit, if any, organized.

• Audited statement of accounts and utilization certificate for the grant received by them.

• A few photographs of the activity during the programme.

• Feedback on the programme from the participants.

• Suggestions for the future.

Procedure for approval of Gram Shree Melas-Buyer-seller Meets and exhibitions

Following is the procedure for approval of gran-shree melas-cum-buyer seller meets and exhibition:

MC will prepare a calendar of melas to be organized in their respective regions including the State capitals during a financial year and submit the proposal to the Headquarters along with the proposed locations, dates of the melas and the names of the NGOs for organizing the proposed melas.

The proposal will be examined in the Headquarters and the approval of the HQ will be communicated to the MC.

The identified NGOs will be asked to submit the proposal to the MC which will be scrutinized by his office as per the gramshree mela guidelines and will be forwarded to the HQ for approval.

After approval of the proposal by the Headquarter, the MC will issue the sanction letter to the NGO along with the list of participating NGOs for sending the invitation letters.

In addition to the gram-shree melas-cum-buyer seller meet, CAPART will also participate in relevant exhibitions organized by various other agencies.

MC will coordinate and get the gram-shree melas-cum-buyer seller meet monitored and report forwarded to the HQs.

Support Services of CAPART to NGOs

For implementation of the main schemes, following support services will be provided to the NGOs:

• Information, Publicity, Facilitation & Consultancy Centers (IPFCCs)

• Technology Service Centres (TSC)

• Consultancy services

• Media related activities

• Augmenting resources of CAPART

• Confederation of NGOs of Rural India (CNRI)

Technology Service Centres (TSC)

In the interest of advancement of different technologies including IT for rural development, TSCs are being given the status of vanguard in the technological transformation of rural India under the aegis of NGOs/ CAPART. This is a major initiative of CAPART with the objective of promoting scientific temper and technological bent of mind among the rural youth who should explore job opportunities with the aid of technologies in the emerging markets.

NGOs with expertise and potential in one or mere technologies with demonstrative acumen are eligible for TSC of CAPART. They should have minimum required infrastructure (Technical personal, training and demonstration facilities) and are in a position to conduct Trainer’s training programme, demonstration and transfer of technologies available with them to the target groups but have not yet undertaken any adaptive Research & Development due to which they are not eligible for TRC at present. Such NGOs may be considered for promoting Technology Service Centre (TSCs) with assistance from CAPART. These NGOs may build their capacity in course of time to be eligible for TRCs. The TSCs may be supported for conducting demonstrations, field trials, training, adaptive Research & Development, work-shops, seminars, documentation, publication, EDP, marketing etc. They will be assisted partially/fully to make R & D on the technology on a case to case basis to reduce cost and ensure economy in scale of production. Improvement and resultant acceptability of the technology will upgrade the status of the NGO to become TRC of CAPART in due course.

Application of potential technologies depends largely on area specific, need specific and geo-climatic dispensations. Minor modification, fine tuning required for the application of a particular technology will be supported by CAPART for its popularization and dissemination on a very large scale. Training, extension and demonstration of such technologies could be part of the overall package of the programme.

Consultancy Services

CAPART will identity experienced professionals who have sought either Voluntary retirement from Government or Private Sector or have duly retired from services and are available for productive developmental activities. Their skills and experience will be utilised by CAPART. A register will be maintained by CAPART containing the names of the EPs and their services will be made available to NGOs/DRDs/Others who need consultancy services.

Confederation of NGOs of Rural India (CNRT)

One of the objectives of CAPART is networking with the State level and national level rural NGO fora and voice their hopes and aspirations and to build partnership alliance and also to identify and work in close contact and cooperation with the international rural NGO for a on appropriate lines for the benefit of the country.

The idea of setting up of State level forum of rural NGOs had come up for discussion in all the regional meetings held by CAPART. The idea was widely welcomed in all the meetings and some of the NGOs had taken steps to establish the forum in their States either on structured legal lines or in an ad-hoc voluntary fashion. The idea was thereafter discussed at national level which culminated into establishment of the Confederation of NGOs of Rural India (CNRI) at the national level as a registered society.

The objective of the move was that the CNRI would act as a platform at national level to voice the cause of NGOs like FICCI, Cll for industry and business sector. CAPART would also receive the suggestions of the State and national forum on the various programmes and activities commented upon by them and welcome new initiatives. Depending upon the capability of the forum, CAPART would also entrust them with the task of organizing large scale training programmes, market related events, regional seminars and workshops. etc.

National Registration of NGOs seeking assistance from CAPART

To promote and streamline the NGO movement, CAPART has opened a system of registration of all the NGOs interested in availing of CAPARTs assistance. The registration is open to all the registered organizations subject to making available the following documents:

• An attested photocopy of the Registration Certificate/Registered Trust Deed.

• An attested photocopy of the Memorandum of Association and Bye-laws relating to the society.

• An attested photocopy of the bank pass book with transactions if any carried out.

• An attested photocopy of the FCRA number accorded by the Ministry of Home Affairs, if any.

• An attested photocopy of the Permanent Account Number (PAN), if any, obtained from the Income Tax Department.

• Audited statement of accounts and Annual Reports, if any, prepared.

Credentials will be assessed and accordingly NGOs fulfilling the laid down requirements will be accorded accreditation number which will be quoted by the NGO for all correspondence with CAPART Head quarters/ RC.

Registration does not entail assurance of getting financial assistance from CAPART and the funding will be done as per the laid down procedure on merits.

REGIONAL COMMITTEES OF CAPART

S.No.	Address of the Regional Committee Office	Area of Operation
1.	Regional Representative and Member Convener North East Zone Regional Committee-CAPART Ashok Path, Bashishtha Road (Survey) Guwahati – 781028 Tel : 0361 – 2268368/2269113 Fax:0361-2222118 Email: [email protected]	Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
2.	Regional Representative and Member Convener North Zone Regional Committee-CAPART Tambi Towers, 3rd Floor, Sansar Chandra Road Jaipur-302017 Tel : 0141 – 2379783,2373460 Fax:0141-2379783 Email: [email protected]	Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
3.	Regional Representative and Member Convener West Zone Regional Committee-CAPART Navjivan Trust Campus, Ashram Road Ahmedabad-380 014 Tel : 079 – 7545072/7545073 Fax: 079-7545072 Email: [email protected]	Maharashtra, Gujarat, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Goa
4.	Regional Representative and Member Convener N 1-A/7, IRC Village, Nayapalli, Near CRPF Square Bhubneswar-751015 Tel: 0674-2552244,2551028 Fax: 0674-2552244 Email: [email protected]	Orissa, West Bengal, Chattisgarth, Andaman and Nicnhar Islands
5.	Regional Representative and Member Convenor Regional Committee, CAPART SCO/I 79-180, II Floor, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh Tel: 0172-2720465 Fax: 0172-2700457 Email: [email protected]	Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh and Punjab
6.	Regional Representative and Member Convenor South Zone Regional Committee, CAPART Faculty Building No. II, National Institute of Rural Development, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad – 500 030 Tel: 040-24017851 Fax: 040-24018669 Email: [email protected]	Andhara Pradesh, Pondicheny and Tamil Nadu
7.	Regional Representative and Member Convenor Central Zone Regional Committee, CAPART PICUP Bhawan, 6th Floor, Block – A Vibhuti Khand, Gornti Nagar, Lucknow-226010 Tel : 0522 – 2721695 Fax:0522-2721696 Email: [email protected]	Uttar Pradesh and Uttranchal
8.	Regional Representative and Member Convenor Regional Committee, CAPART Biscomaun Tower, 5th Floor West Gandhi Maidan, Patna-800 001 Tel: 0612-2211648 Fax:0612-2211648 Email: [email protected]	Bihar and Jharkhand
9.	Regional Representative and Member Convenor Regional Committee, CAPART Basava Nivas, Pavate Compount, UB Hill District; Dharwad (Karnataka) Tel: 0836-2440309 Fax: 0836-2447176 Email: [email protected]	Lakshaeweep, Kamataka and Kerala

CAPART H.Q. Address

CAPART, Zone V-A, Core-C; 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003 Tel : 24642395, Fax : 24648607, Website: www.capart.nic.in

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Complete a grant application (found at www.bni.org/grants.html and email it to [email protected] Emailed submissions are required.

The BNI Foundation reserves the rights to select recipients of mini-grants at its sole discretion.

BNI Foundation Grant Application

Please review the “Mini-Grant Criteria and Guidelines” before completing these questions.

Then email your completed application with responses for all 19 items to [email protected] as a Microsoft Word file or RTF ext file.

1. Applicant’s Name :

2. Organization’s Name:

Is this a Public School or a Charitable Non-Profit Organization ? _____________________________________

Please provide 501 (c) (3) Identification : _________________________

3. Address, City, Zip/Postal Code and Country _______________________

Please note, in order to be eligible, it is necessary to be in a country in which BNI is operating.

4. Home Phone:

5. School Phone:

6. Position & Subject Area

7. Grade:

8. Number of students in class :

9. Amount requested:

10. Name of project:

11. Description of project:

12. Potential benefits of project:

13. How will benefits be determined ?

14. How will funds be allocated ?

15. List any other funding source:

16. Are you willing to provide photos, or some type of documentation of how this grant was used  If yes please describe :

17. Principal’s name:

18. Do you have his/her approval for this project ?

19. Your e-mail address:

Contact at

website: www.bm.org

email: [email protected]

Who We are

Association for India’s Development, Inc. (AID) is a voluntary’ non-profit organization committed to promoting sustainable, equitable and just development in India, by- working with grassroots organizations and movements in India. AID supports and initiates efforts in various inteconnected spheres such as education, livelihoods, natural resources, health, women’s empowerment and social justice.

AID, Inc. is registered with the US Federal Government as a non-profit charitable corporation under the category 501 (C) (3). Its federal Tax – ID is 2652609. Since September 2003, Aid has started operating as an unincorporated association with a different Tax ID. Aid accounts are by an independent Certified Public Accountant, as per IRS regulations. Documents and information pertaining to AID will be provided on request, or can be obtained from the Secretary of State for the cost of copies and postage.

A.I.D at a Glance:

Founded :	1991
Incorporation Completed :	2003
Chapter in the Us :	36
Number of Volunteers :	~500
Number of Salaried Employees :	none
Chapters in India :	4
Fulltime Volunteers in India :	4
Projects Supported so far :	365
Projects Currently Ongoing :	~100
Indian States Covered :	18
Projects Sites Visited :	All

“Compassion wherever there is suffering. Conviction that the compassion is strong enough to eliminate suffering. Courage to make this conviction a reality. This is AID” History of AID

The Beginning

It was the early 1990’s. Out of curiosity I went to a mela organized by some India groups. The theme was to tell slogans in front of the Capitol Building in Washington DC. We want to see every problem solved and so there must exist the required “can do” spirit that we shouldn’t bottle due to a lack of vision.

On the 10th year !!

On the 10th year of Aid I feel our strength lies in our volunteers and we need to develop ourselves completely since this resource is needed by many causes and groups

Vision

The problems of poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, dependency, disease, social inequalities, corruption and the dwindling of natural resources like land, forests and water reinforce one another.

One problem leads to the other and feeds on another. Therefore the solutions to these problems must be interconnected, just like the problems themselves.

This interconnected nature of the problems neither starts nor stops with the people who are poor it affects all of us. Our inability to tackle these problems, take the initiative, trust and work with others and overcome the fear to question authority or change life-styles is very much a part of this web of problems and has to be tackled.

Targets

To cover both the breadth of the country and the depth of the problems in a holistic manner through:

• Several short-term projects geographically distributed throughout India.
• A deeper long-term involvement in selected efforts, the goal being to reach every district or alternate district in India with one such focus effort.

Simultaneously measuring progress through the yard-sticks of self-reliance, people’s involvement and volunteerism. Responding personally to people we meet as we undertake this challenge together.

Contact

Address: Association for India’s Development, P.O. Box-149, College Park, MD 20741, USA

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.aidindia.org

In India, you may contact a volunteer of AID who is at Delhi-Mr. Anuj Grover

Phone: 098 18248459. email: [email protected]

Ashoka : Innovators for the Public is a global non-profit organization committed to building the profession of social entrepreneurship. Founded in 1981, Ashoka has pioneered the “social venture capital” approach in international development. Ashoka invests in exceptional individuals and their ideas to help them achieve large-scale social impact.

Social entrepreneurs are practical visionaries whose drive and creativity have the potential to bring about large-scale social change. These exceptional individuals who can be found in all cultures, pioneer innovative solutions to social problems. They cannot rest with local demonstrations of their ideas and are committed to changing patterns in their field.

Ashoka identifies leading social entrepreneurs when they are in the early take-off stage and invests in their ideas two ways :

Financial – by providing them with a living stipend for three years that allows them to focus fulltime on their ideas.

Association and Professional Development – by electing leading social entrepreneurs into Ashoka’s Global Fellowship, This is the first and the only worldwide network of leading social entrepreneurs that fosters collaborations between Fellows nationally and internationally. Ashoka also provides valuable contacts and information to Fellows to spread their innovations and build long-term sustainability.

Over 1200 Ashoka Fellows are currently working in 44 countries in diverse fields such as education, health, gender rights, environment, human rights etc. to bring about advances in areas of social concern.

Ashoka India

Ashoka was launched in India in 1981. In 1982, we elected the first group of Ashoka Fellows.

Since, then Ashoka India has grown into a rich fellowship of 217 fellows who are working in diverse fields.

Ashoka India’s Venture and Global fellowship programs have been made richer by the ownership and guidance of Fellows. India has been the launch pad for two global initiatives of Ashoka.

Ashoka launched Changemakers – the first magazine devoted to the field of social entrepreneurship – from India. The environmental Innovations Initiative, a global program that involves Ashoka Fellows around the world working in diverse areas of environmental protection was flagged off from India in 1999.

In 2000, the Citizen Base Initiative was launched in India. This program focuses on the growth and sustainability of ideas implemented by social entrepreneurs. Ashoka is building a partnership with MCKinsey & Company where McKinsey consultants provide pro bono strategy and organizational consulting to Fellows and offer training in communication and fundraising.

Social entrepreneurship in India has only made the movement stronger. As innovative ideas and leading social entrepreneurs succeed, they encourage many more to build approaches to social change.

Ashoka takes its name after the India ruler who unified India in the 3rd century B.C. Remorseful over causing much bloodshed during the Kalinga war, he renowned violence and dedicated his life to the peaceful establishment of social welfare and economic development. Ashoka is remembered as one of the world’s earliest social innovators. In Sanskrit, Ashoka means the “active absence of sorrow”, the cornerstone of the work of Ashoka : Innovators for the Public and its Fellows.

Association and Global Fellowship Services

“The Global Fellowship of Ashoka is much more than networking. It is about robust communication, systems for building linkages and a team of professionals that facilitates critical thinking among fellows on concepts and principles. The Global Fellowship opens pathways for us to build upon ideas at a broader level.

-Asoka Fellow, Jeroo Billimoria

Ashoka recognizes that financial investment is not enough for successful launch of its. Fellows and their powerful ideas. Ashoka leverages its investment by making available a range of value-added services like a professional association, Ashoka enhances the effectiveness of its members by providing contacts and information, as well as faster collaboration among Fellows through Fellowship network. Providing these opportunities is key to the success of the Ashoka Fellowship. The service includes:

Local Fellowship Meeting

In areas of each country where a cluster of Fellows exists, the Fellows meet periodically to share ideas, discuss common challenges, and develop practical collaboration.

Fellowship Support services

Ashoka Fellowship support services primarily respond to Fellow request for information, informs them of important development in their fields, and provide contacts and travel supports. It also systematically links Fellows to one another and others in the field.

Ashoka India also publishes Billboard, a quarterly newsletter that is disseminated to all fellows, nominators and Olivers with whom Ashoka wishes to communicate with. The Billboard helps fellows communicate with one another on their activities and programs, or their requests. Typically each Bilboard profiles the works of 7-10 fellows.

Local Challenge Funds and Global Collaboration Grants

These flexible, competitive matching funds support proposals made by groups of Fellows within a country, region or across continents to address common needs, challenges or opportunities.

Fellow Exchange Grant

Ashoka assists fellows with travel grants for international and local travel opportunities to meet with, partner and collaborate with other fellows, within the country and outside, as the case may be.

Internet Incentive Fund / Listserv

Ashoka provides a small, competitive matching fund to enable Fellows who are not on- line to purchase hardware, receive training and/or subscribe to an internet service. Once they are connected, all Fellows have the opportunities to participate in on Ashoka Fellow Listserv.

The Innovative Learning Initiative (ILI)

Ashoka’s Innovative Learning Initiative (ILI) is focused on tipping the thinking about the role of young people in society so that youths themselves become actors in social change for the betterment of their own lives. This will dramatically improve the quality of children’s lives by increasing their skills, learning, leadership and engagement in the community. ILI will do this by harnessing Fellows innovations and efforts to give young people the tools, encouragement and inspiration to create a social movement of young changemakers.

The Environmental Innovations Initiative (Ell)

Ashoka’s Environmental Innovations Initiative (Ell) gathers the insights from the Fellowship and the work of other environmentally focused social entrepreneurs. Once collected, the Ell puts these insights in the hands of those who can use this knowledge to improve how people impact the environment and the environment impacts us.

The Center for Social Entrepreneurship (CSE)

This provides pro bono strategy and organization consulting to Fellows and offers training in communication, fundraising and other areas.

The Citizen Base Initiative (CBI)

The Citizen Base Initiative aims to change the way the Citizen Sector thinks about resource mobilization from reliance on a small group of international funders to a diversified base of local support. This initiative challenges the civil society sector through competition, awards and workshops.

Bridges to Universities and Society (BUS)

A program which takes social entrepreneurship to universities and colleges across the country.

Changemakers

In 1993, Ashoka created the first magazine dedicated to the profession of social entrepreneurship. Currently www. changemakers. net is a monthly online publication that profiles leading social entrepreneurs and innovative solutions to the problems they face.

Ashoka’s Search and Selection Process

Ashoka has developed an explicit criteria for distinguishing leading social entrepreneurs : individuals who possess a new idea that has the potential to effect systemic social change at least at the national, if not regional, level. These criteria are –

• An original idea for solving an important social problem.
• Creativity in vision, goal-setting and problem-solving.
• Entrepreneurial skill and experience.
• The ability to think through details of implementation.
• A realistic action plan likely to have national impact; and
• A deep, reliable ethical composition.

Step I: Nomination

Applications are welcome from anyone, but Ashoka’s Nominators play a critical role both in identifying candidates and in screening out many more. Ashoka’s nominators comprise opinion leaders in various fields with the experience and eye to spot the caliber of people we support. Nominations can be sent to the appropriate regional offices of Ashoka India. Candidates can also directly apply to Ashoka for a Fellowship.

Step 2 : Site Visits

The Ashoka Regional Representative reviews each candidate’s application, and then conducts independent reference and background checks, site visits, and interviews. The Representative drafts a profile of the candidate highlighting the candidate’s new idea, the problem it is addressing, its implementation strategy, and the candidate’s personal background.

Step 3 : Second Opinion Review

Once the Representative has made his or her recommendation supporting a candidate, that candidate goes through on intensive second opinion review by a senior Ashoka professional who has never seen the case before and comes from outside the country. This review includes on (typically) four to seven hour) interview with the candidate that explores his or her life history and the idea quite afresh. The second opinion review helps the international staff calibrate its work from country to country, and helps train the Representative.

Step 4 : Selection Panel

The Panel, made up of social entrepreneurs, is responsible for ensuring that those elected are likely to become truly first rate, at least national-scale, social entrepreneurs. In making these decisions, the Panel defines the emerging field of social entrepreneurship. The Panel is guided in its deliberations by these cardinal principles:

• Confidentiality
• When a member knows a candidate personally or has a working relationship deeper than casual professional contact, the member will notify his fellow panelists and not participate in the decision-making regarding that case. However, if the Panel 1st is comfortable, he or she may contribute as a knowledgeable resource.

Step 5 : Board Approval

The final stage is approval by Ashoka’s international Board of Directors to ensure worldwide standards and consistency.

Ashoka’s Offices

Ashoka India

https://www.ashoka.org/en-in
Ashoka India
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +918042745777 / +918025350730
Office Address:
Ashoka India
54, 1st Cross Road
1st Stage, Domlur
Bengaluru 560071
Karnataka
India

 

Mission

The American India Foundation (AIF) is dedicated to accelerating social and economic change in India.

Vision

To contribute to building an India where all people can gain access to education, health care, and employment oppurtunities and where all Indians can realize their foil potential.

To build a trusted bridge between the dreams and aspirations of individuals who care about India and their realization.

To provide a secure channel for philanthropic funding in the United States and its effective investment in the best Indian non-governmental organizations that have innovative and scalable projects.

To build a professional organization that is secular, transparent, credible and accountable for all its activities.

Contact Person in India

Mr. Shankar Venkateswaran, Executive Director

Mr. Alay Barah – Livelihood Program & Relief and Rehabilitation

Ms Smita, Director – Education Program

Ms Namrata Asthana, Program Coordinator – Service Corps Fellowship Program

Mr. N. Sundera Krishnan, Digital Equalizer Program

Geographical Area of Operation

Entire Country (At the moment, Jan 2005) the programs supports are in Gujarat, A.P., M.P., Karnataka, Hariyana, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, W.Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Orissa.

Target Group

Poor and Marginalised people with the focus on women, disabled, Dalits, Tribals and other weaker section. It may be both in rural areas as well as in Urban areas.

Grants

Education

Our Strategy : Achieving universal elementary education is the main focus of AlF’s education grant-making. AIF believes that elementary education is the government’s responsibility and to that end, our grants support innovations that demonstrate methods of educating children who are not receiving a quality education from the existing system. AIF seeks to engage the government to adopt these models into the mainstream education system so that parallel education structures are avoided.

AIF focuses its grants on two specific areas that will have a great impact on increasing the number of children who receive a quality elementary education. These areas are :

1. Increasing the retention of children in school through raising the quality of education by:

Improving leaning achievement to bring students to grade-level knowledge

Improving physical facilities

Reducing teacher shortages

Improving outdated teaching processes

2. Increasing access to education of children who have never been to school or who have dropped out of school by:

Creating additional educational venues and altenative educational facilities.

mplementing curricula and teaching methods that are sensitive to the needs of first generation learners.

The target – group are generally Girls, Dalit, Migrant Children, Sex-worker’s children, Dop-out and never school gone children and HIV positive children. It may be also Disabled Children and such children who have been generally neglected.

Livelihood

Our Strategy : AIF livelihood grants focus on giving poor people greater access to resources and on providing them with alterative opportunities to sustain themselves. AIF believes that building livelihood is about increasing income as well as assets; and Alf places women at the center of its efforts.

To achieve these aims, AlF’s livelihood strategy has three parts :

1. Improving natural resource management by :

Increasing water-harvesting and storage.

Protecting forests through greater community ownership.

Increasing agricultural productivity through better technology and crop diversification, thereby protecting the environment.

2. Increasing access to capital through micro-finance by :

Providing collateral-free micro-credit for a diverse range of livelihood options.

Providing additional inputs such as insurance, health care and training in entrepreneurship that result in increased incomes and better overall development.

3. Improving livelihood of the urban poor by:

Providing skills training.

Creating organized support systems for workers in the informal sector.

The livelihood program should be an integrated approach of skill training, business development plan, placement and proper marketting network.

Relief and Rehabilitation

AIF supports for the relief adn rehabilitation of profile affected due to some disaster. It has given supports to victims of Gujarat Earthquake for the projects such as :

Entrepreneurship training for children.

Watershed management in drought prone areas.

Educating children of migrant workers in salt producing areas.

Provision of micro-credit to women.

Relief and Rehabilitation program is also generally focused mainly on ‘Livelihood and ‘Education’ for the victims.

Digital Equalizer (DE)

The DE program trains and equips teachers and students to utilize digital technology in their existing educational curricula. AIF establishes DE centers in clusters of 10 underserved schools in a given area for a period of three years.

Each DE center has five to ten multi-media computers, access to uninterrupted power supply, high-speed Internet connectivity, and educational software. Teachers in the school receive training on utilizing Computer Aided Learning (CAL) to supplement text books and to open up new worlds for their students.

Through the DE initiative, AIF has trained over 1,500 teachers, who have in turn enabled 35,000 students who had previously not had access to computers and the Internet to become digitally proficient.

Some of the other noteworthy accomplishments of teachers and students participating in the DE program include:

Created school websites at 80 percent of schools with DE centers.

Developed over 500 multimedia lessons in eight different languages.

Initiated over 80 tele-collaborative projects connecting students within India and across the world.

Alf supports each DE center for three years and after that time assists in making them self-sustaining through engaging local corporate and government institutions. The state governments of Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are investing in DE centers along with AIF. And many DE centers are now being supported by business in local communities, who see the value in enabling children to access the world of digital technology.

Service Corps Fellowship

The goals of the program are to cultivate passionate and skilled American leaders with deep exposure in India’s development and to provide Indian NGOs the services of skilled Americans Selection to the Fellowship is highly competitive. Since its inception, the Fellowship has sponsored 71 Americans to work with over 30 Indian NGOs. Through their experience, the Fellows get direct exposure to the pressing development challenges of India, and they respond to these needs by implementing projects on a range of issues, including public health, human rights, micro-finance, education, women’s empowerment and the environment.

Selected accomplishments of the 2003-04 class of Fellows include :

A status report on the elimination of child labour in Kamataka.

A marketing strategy for the horticulture products of a women’s cooperative in Himachal Pradesh.

A survey on the strigma faced by people living with HIV/AIDS in Delhi.

An art therapy curriculum for street children in Chattisgarh.

How / When to Apply

NGO/VO may apply any time in the year. But it is suggested to first submitt a concept paper which should have basic information about the organisation and in brief about the project with budget.

When the concept note is approved then generally the field is visited and detailed proposal is invited.

AIF New York Office

American India Foundation, C/o Mckinsey & Company, 55 East 52nd Street, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

Tel : 001-888-AIF-51ND, Tel : 001-888-243-4463, Tel : 001-212-891-4654, Fax:001-212-891-4717

AIF California Office

American India Foundation, 647 Calaveras Boulevard, Milpitas, CA 95035. Tel : 001-408-934-1600,

Fax : 001-408-934-1612

AIF India Office

American India Foundation, 15/11 Ground Floor, Sarva Priya Vihar, New Delhi 110016.

Phone/Fax; 91-11-51 82 88 01 www.aif.org email : name of the person with dot in between e.g. [email protected]

In 1972, we began our modest efforts to reach out to the poor and marginalized communities. Today after three decade, we have the privilege of working with nearly 5 million poor and marginalized people-namely the dalit and tribal people, other sections of the rural and urban poor, women, children, and minorities and with more than 300 civil society organizations. Within them, those in vulnerable situations such as people living with chronic hunger, migrant and bonded workers, children out of education, urban homeless people, trafficked persons, persons with diability, refugees and displaced people and survivors of natural and human made disasters. Also with poeple who are socially stigmatised, such as sex workers, persons living with HIV and

AIDS and manual scavengers. Our resolve has been to facilitate their empowerment so that they are able to assert for their rights, entitlements and dignity.

We have made sustained efforts to come closer to the poor and marginalised women and men, girls and boys through establishing 14 Regional Offices (RO) and 10 field offices to reach the people in 22 States of India.

Steps in our Journey

The period 1972-92 has graduated from focus on child needs to integrated rural development through a transition of multi-sectoral approach. During this period, the shift has been from investing primarily on education of children as a means for ahcieving a better world to locating poverty in family and community. In this approach, poverty was understood only in economic terms, and our initiatives were in clearly defined geographical areas. Our Approach to Rural Development (ARD) evolved at the international workshop (1989) largely influenced this understanding.

The growth of the organization and the rapidly changing external environment during the early 1990’s necessitated the formulation of our first five-year strategic planning (CSP-I: 1993-97). This has provided the mandate to work in the empowerment mode, making best use of the resources that we had access to. It clearly defined priority areas of work in the country (pockets of poverty and groups of poor people) as well as articulated the need for policy influencing through collaborative alliances, along with micro-level action.

After a critical review of CSP-I, we drew up the next strategy paper (CSP-II : 1998-2002), which acknowledged the need to work on the rights mode with policy inlfuencing and advocacy strongly supplementing micro-level action. The understanding was that eradication of poverty was only possible through empowering the poor and facilitating processes that assist them to achieve their rights and entitlements. This was later revisited after the global process of Taking Stock – F of 25 years of work followed by formulation of Fighting Poverty Together (Action Aid’s global strategy paper), which provided a comprehensive framework for poverty eradication through te rights mode of development.

Meanwhile, we went through a process of collective internal reflection in May 1999 at Kodaikanal and again at Hyderabad in March 2000. There was an affirmation of main streaming the rights based approach into our work and the need for strengthening gender equity. Subsequently, the Updated CSP-II entitled Taking Sides’ was adopted.

Vision, Mission & Values of Action Aid India

Vision:

A world without poverty in which every person can exercise her/his right to a life of dignity.

Mission:

To work with poor and marginalised people to eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustice and inequity that cause it.

Values:

Mutual Respect, recognising the innate dignity and worth of all people and value of divesity.

Equity and Justice, requiring us to work to ensure that everyone – irrespective of sex, age, race, colour, class and religion – has equal opportunity for expressing and utilising their potential.

Honesty and Transparency, requiring us to be accountable for the effectiveness of AAI’s actions and open in AAI’s judgments and communications with others.

Solidarity with poor and marginalised people, so that AAI’s only bias will be a commitment to the interests of the poor and powerless.

Courage of conviction, requiring us to be creative and radical, without fear of failure, in pursuit of the highest possible impact on the causes of poverty.

Humility, recognising that we are a part of a bigger alliance against poverty and requiring AAI’s presentation and behaviours to be modest.

Groups we work with:

In AAI’s we recognise the differing needs and capacities of social groups that are more vulnerable to poverty, which has strategic implications for our policy influencing actions and program interventions. Within the social group, we recognize women, children and persons with disability as cross cutting issues due to multiple ways that they have been denied their rights and justice. We acknowledge that our own understanding on these themes needs up-gradation. We are committed to incremental actions towards comprehensive approach for realizing their rights.

Social Groups:

• Dalit People • Tribal People • Other backward Classes (OBC)

• Minorities • Urban Poor • Informal Sector Labour

Apart from these six social groups, we would work with certain social groups that are emerging in numbers and requiring special attention. Some of them are:

• Persons living with HTV and AIDS • Sexual Minorities

• Sex Workers • People affected by disasters

Eligibility criteria to be a partner:

We will seek partnerships with those who are willing to listen to the voice of poor and marginalized women, men, girls and boys and to support their struggles for justice and a better life. We seek organisations which are willing to challenge and resist those who systematically deny and violate their rights.

AAI will seek out credible, committed institutions and individuals. The range of partners would include NGOs, CBOs, movements, individuals, activists, networks etc. AAI’s special focus would be on building people’s institutions. In AAI’s partnerships, leadership of the marginalized (dalits, women, minorities, disabled and tribals) will be encouraged.

AAI recognises for entering into such partnerships, it would be important for AAI itself to develop a reputation for genuine solidarity with oppressed people, integrity, transparency and humility. Even as we are partnering such groups and individuals who are seeking to assist in the restoration the rights of the poor and marginalised women, men, girls and boys, we would critically engage with the ones who deny and violate such rights. This critical engagement could be with the state and its agencies, corporate sector and other civil society institutions. This decision to engage in cooperation or resistance will be in-formed by AAI’s analysis of denial of rights, power relations, and strategic needs.

Statutory Requirements:

Partner should be a Registered Society and also be registered under FCRA For More Details Please Contact : Action Aid India, Regional Offices or the website or Mr. Babu Mathew, Country Director

Action Aid India

C-88, South Extension-11, New Delhi – 110 049

Telefax: 51640571 – 76,

website : www.actionaidindia.org

Email : [email protected]

Regional Offices:

Action Aid International

Post Net Suite # 248, Private Bag X31,

Saxonwold 2132, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tel : +27 (0) 11 880 0008, Fax: +27 (0) 11 880 808

Action Aid India Country Office

Prof. Babu Mathew (Country Director)

C – 88 N.D.S.E. – II, New Delhi – 1 100049

Tel: (11) 251640571-76. Fax: (11) 251641891

Babu’s Mob.: 9810606988

Bangalore Regional Office

Ms. Christy Abraham (Regional Manager)

139, Richmond Road, P.B. No. 5406

Bangalore -560 025,

Tel : (080) 25586682,25595942 (RM direct No.)

Christy’s Mob.: 9845538873

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Bhopal Regional Office

Ms. Malini Subramaniam (Regional Manager)

E – 3/4-B, I st floor, Arcia Colony, Bhopal – 462016

Telefax: (0755) 5290208 /2425324,2466920

Malini’s Mob: 9826392456

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Mumbai Regional Office

Ms. Kamini Kapadia (Regional Manager)

6th Floor C.V.O.D Jain High School

84, Samuel Street, Pallagalli, Dongri

Near Masjid, Mumbai – 400 009

Tel : (022) 23435072 / 23436070

Fax : (022) 234360765Kamini’s Mob. : 9820016252

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Guwahati Regional Office

Mr. Prasanna Kumar Pincha (Reg. Manager)

Flat 2B, Mandavi Apartment, Ambari

(In front of Ravindra Bhavan) G.N.B. Road,

Guwahati -781 001, Tel: (0361) 2638871 / 72,

Mob.: 94351-48697

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Jaipur Regional Office

Ms. Vijaylakshmi (officiating Reg. Manager)

B – 20 Khandela House, Shiv Marg, Bani Park, Jaipur

302016, Tel: (0141) 2207502 / 2207683

Fax:(0141)2207683

Vijaylakshmi Mob: 9414074893

Email: [email protected]

Lucknow Regional Office

Mr. Hanumant Rawat (Regional Manager)

1/21 Vivek Khand, Gornti Nagar

Lucknow-226010, Tel: (0522)2939431/631/731

Fax: (0522) 2939431/631731

Hanumant’s Mobile: 9415005339

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Bhubaneshwar

Ms. Supriya Akerkar (Regional Manager)

331 /A Shabid Nagar, Bhubaneshwar – 751007

Orissa, Telefax: (0674) 2544503/2544224

Supriya’s Mob.: 9437045008

Chhattisgarh

Mr. Biraj Patnaik (Regional Manager)

First Floor HIG-28, Sector -1, Shankar Nagar

Raipur – 429077, Chhattisgarh

Tel : 0771-5011596,5022140,2445031

(RM Direct No.) Biraj’s Mob. 9826308235

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Chennai Regional Office

Mr. Saroj Dash (Regional Manager)

23 West Park Road, Near Post Office Shenoy Nagar

Chennai – 600 030

Tel: (044) 26191620/1621, Fax: (044)26191620/162

Saroj’s Mob: 94440-01620

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Kolkata Regional Office

Ms. Anchita Ghatak (Regional Manager)

Flat No. 3 A, Shankar Vihar

33, Lake Temple Road, Kolkata – 700 029

Tel : (033) 24657017-18/7022, Fax: 24657022

Anchita’s Mob: 9830326101

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Gujarat Regional Office

Mr. Amar Jyoti Nayak (Regional Manager) IOA,

Chandra Colony, B/h IDBI Bank

(Opp. E-infochips). Cargo Motors Lane, C.G. Road,

Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – 380 006

Tel: (079) 26463792 / 26447691, Fax: (079) 26447691

Amar’s Mob: 9825318676

Email: [email protected]

Andhra Pradesh Regional Office

Mr. Umi Daniel (Regional Manager)

E – 9, Vikrampuri Colony, Kharkhana,

Behind Food World, Secunderabad – 500 026

Andhra Pradesh Field Office

Shanmukha, D.No. 4-52-4 C (LIG -114)

Lawsons Bay Colony, Visakhapatnam – 530 017

Tel : 0891 – 5510633, Raghu’s Mob : 98492 98904

[email protected]

Shivpuri Field Office

Action Aid India Field Office

86, Raghvendra Nagar, Near Gum Nanak Public School,

Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh,

Telefax: 07492-508868

Adipur Field Office

Mohneet Villa, Plot No. 291, Ward 3/A,

Adipur Dist – Kutch, Gujarat – 370 205

Tel: 02836-264944/263809

Fax: 02836-262703

Godhra Field Office

Plot No.1, haideri Society

Nr. Sessions Court, Civil Lines, Godhra

Gujarat-389 001

Tel: 02672-249619, Fax: 02672-249678

Bahadur’s Mob: 9426559815

Malkangiri Field Office

Durga Gudi, Sahi, Nr. Jagannath Temple

Malkangiri – 764045, Orissa, Tel: 06861 – 230455

Dholpur Field Office

382, Gayatri Sadan, Housing Board Colony, Bati Road,

Dholpur, Tel : 05642 – 224712

Andhra Pradesh

Tel: (040) 55445410, Telefax: (040) 27844991

Umi’s Mob: 9440407779

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Patna Regional Office

Mr. Pushpondra Singh (Regional Manager)

A/3, Vivekanand Park (Lane A)

South East Patliputra Colony, Patna – 800 013

Bihar, Tel : (0612) 2272928,

Telefax: (0612)2262027 / 2272928

Pushpenders Mob: 9431015838

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]

Field Offices

Vizag Field Office

MIG -12, House No. 4-66-1/5, Lawson’s bay Colony,

Vishakhapatnam 530017, Tel: 0891-2793162, 2729755

Farmer Field Office

AJ 12, Mahavir Nagar, Banner – 344001

Tel: 02982-226513

Srinagar Field Office

H/12, Cooperative Colony, Srinagar-190014

Jammu and Kashmir, Tel : 0194-2437286/2481641

Bolangir Field Office

Adarshpada, Nr. Rajendra College

Bolangir-767002, Orissa, Tel : 06652-250082

Erasama Field Office

Sneha Abhiyan, Erasama, Jagatsinghpur Dist Orissa,

Tel: 06722-2246289

Dehradun Field Office

253/172 (Old No. 68/1) Chander Nagai,

Dehrachm248001, Tel: (0135)2520113

Debabrata’s, Mob: 9412992252

Koraput Field Office

Jharana Nivas, Pujaripur, Koraput – 764020

Tel: 06852-252451

Jagat Singhpur Field Office

Plot No. 4051/4759, At Post – Kherusa,

Jagatsinghpur 754103, Orissa

Tel: 06724-221257.Fax:06724-221279