Vicharata Samuday Samarthan Manch

Vicharata Samuday Samarthan Manch (VSSM) works for the rights and welfare of nomadic & de-notified communities. VSSM sets up alternate schools or tent schools in remote settlements to inculcate the habits of school life amongst the children in these communities. Each tent school runs for around 5 – 7 years until the children are ready to be integrated into the government schools.

Yuva Mitra

Yuva Mitra runs a life skill training program for adolescent girls. The program focuses on the particular needs of adolescent girls in rural areas - their general vulnerability, inaccessibility to basic health care and education, understanding about reproductive health needs and rights and misconceptions about age old traditions. The program is being run across 50 schools impacting over 8,000 adolescent girls.

Tata Institute Of Social Sciences

The TANDA (Towards Advocacy Networking and Developmental Action) is a field action project initiated by TISS to work on entitlements and rights of de-notified and nomadic communities in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Raigadh. The project has created self-help groups of women with the focus to engage them in policy lobbying and advocacy. The aim is to create self-reliant communities who enjoy constitutional rights and entitlements, to advocate with policy makers to include these communities in government welfare schemes, collaborate with other NGOs working on similar issues and identify resources meant for these communities.

Shankari Foundation

The Shankari Foundation has been working on providing various facilities towards supporting the vulnerable elderly community in Bengaluru. The organisation runs a day-care centre for senior citizens. The centre provides social, recreational and medical facilities for the elderly. The organisation also runs a helpline for women in distress, health-awareness camps and a referral centre wherein cases are recommended for other services.