Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra(SSK), is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, which functions as a support organisation in the State of Uttar Pradesh. SSK is committed to strengthen the institutions of local self-governance by providing capacity building support to different actors of the Civil Society. Its mission is to build and strengthen capacities of Civil Society organisations through an approach where people are placed at the centre of development initiatives. Partnership and mutual sharing of ideas and information with the target groups are its core values.
Samarthan promotes participatory development and participatory governance through direct field action, capacity building, research and advocacy. It also has a large network of grassroots groups (NGOs/CBOs) to demonstrate examples of participatory governance as well as to amplify the voices of the poor, Dalits, tribals and women in policy-making platforms. It also implements livelihood projects in the districts of Sehore and Panna to strengthen the socio-economic and political situation of the poor in the governance structures.
UNNATI is a voluntary non-profit organisation with a mission to promote social inclusion and democratic governance so that the vulnerable sections of society are empowered to effectively and decisively participate in mainstream development and decision making process.
The above aim is accomplished through providing strategic issue-based support to development initiatives in Gujarat and Rajasthan. This is carried out by undertaking collaborative research, public education, advocacy, direct field level mobilisation and implementation with multi-stakeholder participation. It works at the grassroots to ensure basic rights of citizen.
SAHAYI - Centre for Collective Learning and Action, registered in 1990 has been functioning as a regional support voluntary development organisation. It started its development interventions in Kerala and later extended support to other states of South Indian. Promotion of participatory approaches in training/learning and development interventions and helping ensure stakeholder participation in governance and development is the central concern of Sahayi.
Currently the programmatic thrust is on strengthening the local self-governance institutions of Panchayats and Municipalities, developing capacities of the civil society organisations, livelihood promotion as well as promotion of social cohesion and peace.
Centre for Communication Resources Development (CENCORED) was registered in 1860. Its mission is to promote people-centred development with focus on women and children and those belonging to the deprived section of society. Initiatives are taken to enable them to become active citizens participating fully in the democrative processes and institutions for their socio-economic growth and development and living copingly with the geonaturic conditions.
Himalayan Action Research Centre (HARC), established in 1988 is an autonomous voluntary development organisation, which aims to help the mountain people by working for their holistic, integrated and sustainable development based on the indigenous knowledge, cultural values, and local resources. HARC, has been serving the cause of people-centered, people-managed, people-controlled and people-owned development processes. It believes that sustainable development and good governance can be ensured only through the active and effective involvement of the local community irrespective of caste, class or gender.
HARC has a special focus on women and other marginalised sections of the society who make a significant contribution to the socio-economic and cultural development of their family, community and nation and yet do not get their due.
Gram Vikas is a rural development organisation, working with the poor and marginalised communities of Orissa since 1979, towards making sustainable improvements in the quality of life of the rural poor. Founded by a group of student volunteers from Chennai who came to Orissa under the umbrella of the Young Students Movement for Development (YSMD), Gram Vikas was registered as a society on January 22, 1979, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The organisation currently serves a population of over 200,000 (~36,000 households) across 557 villages in 17 districts of Orissa.
To forge together a skilled, business-like approach with commitment and enthusiasm among the youth. For CYSD, youth is a metaphor for active creativity for a humane transformation of society.
CYSD believes in capacity building of social animators, participatory research, project management, and competencies for development management at various levels, productivity oriented training on sustainable agriculture and non-farm entrepreneurship.
The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) is one of the largest Indian NGOs working on housing and infrastructure issues for the urban poor. In 1984, when SPARC was formed, it began working with the most vulnerable and invisible of Mumbai's urban poor - the pavement dwellers. SPARC's philosophy is that if we can develop solutions that work for the poorest and most marginalised in the city, then these solutions can be scaled up to work for other groups of the urban poor across the country and internationally.
Since 1986, SPARC has been working in partnership with two community-based organisations- the National Slum Dwellers Federation and Mahila Milan. Together, they are known as the Alliance. Today, the Alliance works in about 70 cities in the country and has networks in about 20 countries internationally.