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Pradan

Module by: Sujata Nath. E-mail the author

Summary: About Pradan

PRADAN is a voluntary organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act of India.

 

Established in Delhi in 1983, PRADAN was pioneered by a group of young professionals, all of whom were inspired by the conviction that individuals with knowledge resources and empathy for the marginalised must work with communities at the grassroots in order to help them overcome poverty.PRADAN believes that the path towards conquering economic poverty is through enhancing the livelihood capabilities of the poor and giving them access to sustainable income earning opportunities.  In the process, the poor must be enabled to break free from their past, develop an alternative vision of their future and set achievable goals.  They must be equipped with the technical, organisational, negotiating, and networking skills that will facilitate the fulfillment of their goals. Today, some 268 highly motivated and skilled professionals under PRADAN’s fold are working in the remote villages of India, immersing themselves directly with target communities.  These young professionals are recruited from universities and hold specialised degrees in subjects like management, engineering, agriculture, and the social sciences. PRADAN professionals, divided into 30 teams, work with over 180,000 families in 3,429 villages across eight of the poorest states in the country.  A majority of the families that PRADAN works with belong to the Schedule Tribes and Schedule Castes.PRADAN follows a four-pronged approach to achieve its goals:

  • Promoting and nurturing Self-Help Groups (SHGs) of poor women and strengthening them as organisations to leverage institutional finances for members’ livelihoods.
  • Developing and introducing locally suitable economic activities to increase productivity and incomes among SHG members; building synergic collaboration with a wide variety of stakeholders.
  • Mobilising finances for livelihood assets and infrastructure from government bodies, donors, banks, and other financial institutions.
  • Setting up mechanisms to sustain the livelihood gains made by the poor communities.Challenged by the abysmal poverty of millions of people across India, PRADAN has resolved to reach out to 1.5 million poor people in the next 10 years as a part of its vision, PRADAN 2017.

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