Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) is India’s foremost agency working on large scale rural poverty alleviation. Given the deep deprivation in rural pockets, particularly among tribal and vulnerable groups, we promote sustainable livelihoods which are integrated with work on issues of gender, governance and access to rights and entitlements.
We believe that change can be transformative and sustainable only if it is owned and led by communities. Disempowered communities are thus facilitated to visualize a better future and they are empowered through knowledge and skills to realize their vision. We work to evolve the entire development eco-system through long term collaboration with the government and donors to alleviate mass poverty.
Founded in 1983, PRADAN has played a design improvement role in all major programs like the IRDP, NREP, SGSY, NRY, and National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) to improve the field implementation of the Government of India’s (GoI) rural development programs. PRADAN is the National Support Organisation to NRLM, the flagship rural development programme.
PRADAN trains and places well-educated people with empathy at the grassroots, who support and engage with robust collectives of women, that strive for large-scale change in human condition. PRADAN works with 764,539 families in 8,160 villages spread across 37 districts in 7 States, ~70% of who belong to most vulnerable groups such as dalits and tribals (indigenous community).
The entrenched nature of poverty in the country-side requires longer timelines of engagement, both in terms of human resources deployed as well as the critical investments on communities. Large funders and philanthropies have extended support to PRADAN for significant periods of time across varied geographies and multiple themes. These include Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), IKEA Foundation, Tata Trusts, Ford Foundation, Axis Bank Foundation and also new partners like Bank of America, Aditya Birla Capital and InterGlobe (Indigo).
Integral to PRADAN’s resource utilization approach are leverage and efficiency. Every rupee invested on PRADAN’s teams triggers INR 4 of Programme Investment in creating assets and capabilities for the poor, and translates into INR 11 of income for families.
PRADAN has been at the forefront of innovations in rural livelihoods. With thematic expertise in agriculture, livestock, natural resource management and micro-enterprise promotion, our long term partnerships with funders and institutions has enabled us to make significant impact in rural India.
There has been a considerable jump in income benchmarks with 20% of the intervened households attaining annual gross income levels in the range of Rs. 80,000 to Rs. 120,000. Another 31% earned a gross income between Rs. 40,000 and Rs. 80,000 annually. Besides creating social capital, our livelihoods improvement work with our communities produces incomes of Rs 12,500 million annually.
PRADAN has helped promote sectoral Institutions like Tasar Development Foundation (TDF) and National Small holder Poultry Development Trust (NSPDT), for small landholders which are among the largest organised efforts in the country.
Besides economic empowerment, systematic engagement by our professionals embedded in the community has helped women from marginalized communities come together as strong collective forces, empowered to engage confidently in their households and with different stakeholders. Political empowerment scores for women show a significant improvement in PRADAN’s project area. Women taking their own decision to vote have moved up from 31% to 52%. 31% of women SHG members participated in Gram Sabhas compared to only 14% women who are not part of SHGs.
PRADAN’s work has also received recognition through several prestigious awards, including the ‘NGO of the Year’ award in 2006 by Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation, and the Resource Alliance Group. In 2009, Deep Joshi, the co-founder of PRADAN, was conferred the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his “pioneering work in rural communities”. He was also conferred the Padma Shree by the President of India in 2010. In 2015, PRADAN was awarded the Times of India (TOI) Social Impact Award in the Best NGO (livelihoods) category. In 2017, PRADAN was awarded the best social enterprise award by Business Standard.
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Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) is India’s foremost agency working on large scale rural poverty alleviation. Given the deep deprivation in rural pockets, particularly among tribal and vulnerable groups, we promote sustainable livelihoods which are integrated with work on issues of gender, governance and access to rights and entitlements.
We believe that change can be transformative and sustainable only if it is owned and led by communities. Disempowered communities are thus facilitated to visualize a better future and they are empowered through knowledge and skills to realize their vision. We work to evolve the entire development eco-system through long term collaboration with the government and donors to alleviate mass poverty.
Founded in 1983, PRADAN has played a design improvement role in all major programs like the IRDP, NREP, SGSY, NRY, and National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) to improve the field implementation of the Government of India’s (GoI) rural development programs. PRADAN is the National Support Organisation to NRLM, the flagship rural development programme.
PRADAN trains and places well-educated people with empathy at the grassroots, who support and engage with robust collectives of women, that strive for large-scale change in human condition. PRADAN works with 764,539 families in 8,160 villages spread across 37 districts in 7 States, ~70% of who belong to most vulnerable groups such as dalits and tribals (indigenous community).
The entrenched nature of poverty in the country-side requires longer timelines of engagement, both in terms of human resources deployed as well as the critical investments on communities. Large funders and philanthropies have extended support to PRADAN for significant periods of time across varied geographies and multiple themes. These include Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), IKEA Foundation, Tata Trusts, Ford Foundation, Axis Bank Foundation and also new partners like Bank of America, Aditya Birla Capital and InterGlobe (Indigo).
Integral to PRADAN’s resource utilization approach are leverage and efficiency. Every rupee invested on PRADAN’s teams triggers INR 4 of Programme Investment in creating assets and capabilities for the poor, and translates into INR 11 of income for families.
PRADAN has been at the forefront of innovations in rural livelihoods. With thematic expertise in agriculture, livestock, natural resource management and micro-enterprise promotion, our long term partnerships with funders and institutions has enabled us to make significant impact in rural India.
There has been a considerable jump in income benchmarks with 20% of the intervened households attaining annual gross income levels in the range of Rs. 80,000 to Rs. 120,000. Another 31% earned a gross income between Rs. 40,000 and Rs. 80,000 annually. Besides creating social capital, our livelihoods improvement work with our communities produces incomes of Rs 12,500 million annually.
PRADAN has helped promote sectoral Institutions like Tasar Development Foundation (TDF) and National Small holder Poultry Development Trust (NSPDT), for small landholders which are among the largest organised efforts in the country.
Besides economic empowerment, systematic engagement by our professionals embedded in the community has helped women from marginalized communities come together as strong collective forces, empowered to engage confidently in their households and with different stakeholders. Political empowerment scores for women show a significant improvement in PRADAN’s project area. Women taking their own decision to vote have moved up from 31% to 52%. 31% of women SHG members participated in Gram Sabhas compared to only 14% women who are not part of SHGs.
PRADAN’s work has also received recognition through several prestigious awards, including the ‘NGO of the Year’ award in 2006 by Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation, and the Resource Alliance Group. In 2009, Deep Joshi, the co-founder of PRADAN, was conferred the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his “pioneering work in rural communities”. He was also conferred the Padma Shree by the President of India in 2010. In 2015, PRADAN was awarded the Times of India (TOI) Social Impact Award in the Best NGO (livelihoods) category. In 2017, PRADAN was awarded the best social enterprise award by Business Standard.
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) is India’s foremost agency working on large scale rural poverty alleviation. Given the deep deprivation in rural pockets, particularly among tribal and vulnerable groups, we promote sustainable livelihoods which are integrated with work on issues of gender, governance and access to rights and entitlements.We believe that change can be transformative and sustainable only if it is owned and led by communities. Disempowered communities are thus facilitated to visualize a better future and they are empowered through knowledge and skills to realize their vision. We work to evolve the entire development eco-system through long term collaboration with the government and donors to alleviate mass poverty.Founded in 1983, PRADAN has played a design improvement role in all major programs like the IRDP, NREP, SGSY, NRY, and National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) to improve the field implementation of the Government of India’s (GoI) rural development programs. PR DAN is the National Support Organisation to NRLM, the flagship rural development programme.PRADAN trains and places well-educated people with empathy at the grassroots, who support and engage with robust collectives of women, that strive for large-scale change in human condition. PRADAN works with 764,539 families in 8,160 villages spread across 37 districts in 7 States, ~70% of who belong to most vulnerable groups such as dalits and tribals (indigenous community).The entrenched nature of poverty in the country-side requires longer timelines of engagement, both in terms of human resources deployed as well as the critical investments on communities. Large funders and philanthropies have extended support to PRADAN for significant periods of time across varied geographies and multiple themes. These include Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), IKEA Foundation, Tata Trusts, Ford Foundation, Axis Bank Foundation and also new partners like Bank of America, Aditya Birla Capital and InterGlobe (Indigo).Integral o PRADAN’s resource utilization approach are leverage and efficiency. Every rupee invested on PRADAN’s teams triggers INR 4 of Programme Investment in creating assets and capabilities for the poor, and translates into INR 11 of income for families.PRADAN has been at the forefront of innovations in rural livelihoods. With thematic expertise in agriculture, livestock, natural resource management and micro-enterprise promotion, our long term partnerships with funders and institutions has enabled us to make significant impact in rural India.There has been a considerable jump in income benchmarks with 20% of the intervened households attaining annual gross income levels in the range of Rs. 80,000 to Rs. 120,000. Another 31% earned a gross income between Rs. 40,000 and Rs. 80,000 annually. Besides creating social capital, our livelihoods improvement work with our communities produces incomes of Rs 12,500 million annually.PRADAN has helped promote sectoral Institutions like Tasar Development Foundation (TDF) and Na ional Small holder Poultry Development Trust (NSPDT), for small landholders which are among the largest organised efforts in the country.Besides economic empowerment, systematic engagement by our professionals embedded in the community has helped women from marginalized communities come together as strong collective forces, empowered to engage confidently in their households and with different stakeholders. Political empowerment scores for women show a significant improvement in PRADAN’s project area. Women taking their own decision to vote have moved up from 31% to 52%. 31% of women SHG members participated in Gram Sabhas compared to only 14% women who are not part of SHGs. PRADAN’s work has also received recognition through several prestigious awards, including the ‘NGO of the Year’ award in 2006 by Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation, and the Resource Alliance Group. In 2009, Deep Joshi, the co-founder of PRADAN, was conferred the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his “pioneering work in rural communiti s”. He was also conferred the Padma Shree by the President of India in 2010. In 2015, PRADAN was awarded the Times of India (TOI) Social Impact Award in the Best NGO (livelihoods) category. In 2017, PRADAN was awarded the best social enterprise award by Business Standard.
For more information, please visit Link.
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