I always marvel at the dedicated initiations and the untiring efforts of the individuals and organizations working for the welfare of the others. Having a job and attending to it daily is a normal routine, but for the people who are concerned with the well-being of others the self-motivation is all they need. I have tried to make a list of such organizations and the individuals are working towards the benevolent cause of human development through various approaches, be it environment-saving, rural development, slum-rehabilitation, low-cost-housing, health-services for poor, etc.
- BAIF Development Research Foundation
BAIF Development Research Foundation (formerly registered as the Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation), is a reputed voluntary organisation established in 1967 by Dr. Manibhai Desai, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, at Urulikanchan, near Pune to promote sustainable livelihood in Rural India.
BAIF's Mission is to create opportunities of gainful self-employment for the rural families, especially disadvantaged sections, ensuring sustainable livelihood, enriched environment, improved quality of life and good human values. This is being achieved through development research, effective use of local resources, extension of appropriate technologies and upgradation of skills and capabilities with community participation. BAIF is a non-political, secular and professionally managed organisation.
http://www.baif.org.in/index.asp
- FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Founded in 1995, Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) enhances
the capacity of community organizations around the world to address
local health, social, environmental, and economic issues. Its model
incorporates four programs that support underserved communities in a
collaborative and sustainable manner.
Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) works to build the capacity
of more than 300 community organizations around the world to address
local health, social, environmental, and economic issues. We are
committed to grassroots, community-based action for meeting human needs
and basic rights for all. FSD’s programs provide multi-faceted support
to our global community partners.
- GRASSROOTS INDIA
Environmental degradation has led to a significant decline in the quality of life for mountain communities. The Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation (Grassroots), a non-profit voluntary organization, works in the central and western Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh to promote sustainable, self-reliant development at the village level. The emphasis is on self-help participation working across the integrated issues of water & sanitation, renewable energy, community forestry, sustainable agriculture and enterprise development.
Our aim is to initiate people’s action for the restoration of languishing river basins through holistic mountain development programs. Through our work we assist communities achieve the Millennium Development Goals as well as mitigate and adapt to the pressures of Climate Change.At the heart of our approach is the belief that villagers have the desire, the right and the capability to actively participate in the decisions that affect their lives. By bringing the regions local groups together, we attempt to create a movement, pressing competently for ecological restoration across the central and western Himalayas. Self-help groups of women, viewed as the bedrock of change and development, are being enabled to provide fresh vegetal cover and take appropriate measures to renew habitat-hydrology in degraded drainage basins. Multi stakeholder platforms are being organized to facilitate free flow of ideas regarding sustainable land use, role of appropriate technologies and establishment of community owned enterprises.
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