Social Mobilization around natural resource management for poverty alleviation Project

The project is running by the organization in the 13 villages of Masuda block since 2004. The ministries of rural development and UNDP has initiated and funded this project and with the support of ARAVALI We have implemented this project which aims to work with women collectives for their socio- economic development by working around and management of natural recourses. The activities of this project are capacity building of self-help groups, Facilitate women for various Govt. schemes. Programme for improve the social status of women. Facilitate women in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry. 11893people are being benefited by the project.

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Promoting Empowerment among Poor Household through Appropriate Livelihood (PEHAL) project:

In the recent past Micro finance has emerged as an effective tool in combating poverty and ensuring Sustainable Livelihood Development of people. The concept includes providing thrift, credit and other financial services and products of very small amounts to the poor in rural, semi urban or urban areas for enabling them to raise their income levels and to improve their living standards.

Sustainable livelihood development has been one of the major thrust areas of Organization since its inception. Keeping it into consideration the organization started this project in December 2006 to meet the livelihood developmental needs of the area. The Programme is intended to explore the means of income generation by formation of Self Help Groups, providing them necessary inputs in terms of trainings, bank linkages, and covering them under the umbrella of social security services.

The project is quite different from other Self Help Group programmes running in diverse parts of the country as it follows the Revenue Generation Model. The model talks of checking the spoon-feeding tendency of organizations in regard of inputs to the groups. It focuses on managing SHG’s affairs by themselves viz. regular group meetings, bearing administrative cost and receiving a very nominal service charge from groups for organization’s inputs to ensure their active participation in the entire developmental process.

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Family Livelihood Resource center (FLRC):

The FLRC Project is funded by Aga kha Foundation and ARAVALI is coordinating and partnering the Project. The main objective of the project is to develop and deliver a customized package of livelihood resources and support services, for sustainable income generation and enterprise promotion, of the poorest and the most vulnerable households in its area.