Sopar

Water & Sanitation

Providing rural poor with access to regular and safe water, and family toilets

Women & Widows

Empowering women socially, economically, intellectually and politically; advocating for widow's rights

Children & Youth

Improving educational facilities, providing orphan sponsorship and capacity building of youth groups

Food Security

Support for organic farming methods; increased self-reliance for farmers; and better water management systems

Ranjith’s Story

Children and Youth

Ranjith Biyru remembers his childhood as a nightmare. He was five years old, and his brother barely two, when both parents died within the span of a year. All he remembers of them is that his father was an alcoholic who beat his mother. Ranjith also had an older sister. His grandmother Ramakka took up […]

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A Water Purification System for the Village of Karadpalli

Water and Sanitation

Karadpalli, population 2500, is a village containing people from diverse castes and religions, the majority of whom depend on a farming income of less than $2 a day. The water in Karadpalli is highly concentrated with fluoride, causing villagers to experience joint pains, dental fluorosis and other health problems. Though purified water was available from […]

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A Bore Well for Lakshmi ’s Village

Water and Sanitation

Lakshmi and Ramulu live with their two school-aged children in the village of Dharma Thanda, population 1000. In their village most people work as daily wage laborers on farms and a few have small land holdings. They do not have proper roads, electricity or drainage facilities in their village. They live in huts and small […]

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Nirmala’s story: Standing for Her Rights

Women and Widows

Nirmala is 29 years old and became a widow at age 22. She joined the Bala Vikasa Women’s Development Program in 2008. Filled with emotions, Nirmala shares her life in one of our Young Widows meetings: “I never went to school in my life. My parents were illiterate and poor; they arranged my marriage with […]

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Overcoming Poverty and Social Subjugation

Women and Widows

Vangaveeti Neeraja hails from a poor family and was married at the age of 16. She lives in Maripeda village along with her husband and three sons. Unfortunately her husband died when her children were still young. The death of her husband left Neeraja’s family almost destitute. She also faced social exclusion and harassment that […]

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