Our Activities

As is well known, there is a plethora of government’s anti-poverty schemes/services for the rural poor who are entitled to them, but generally unable to access them. The situation is like

Unemployment/underemployment and poverty, being among the main problems of the rural poor, have been addressed effectively. In planned participatory development in Naugarh Project, special attention has been paid to these problems,

It directly helps the rural poor in the village communities if the Gram Panchyats provide good governance and just development. Accordingly, the focus in all the projects with Gram Panchayats during

AVARD deserves compliments on taking a Women’s Technology Park to the remote Koksara Block, District Kalahandi (Odisha) supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Science and Society Division (SSD),

Women’s empowerment through Panchayats has been a major activity/focus during the period under review. It was vital and essential, considering that there is one-third reservation for women in Panchayats along with

Making optimum use of its rare expertise and rich experience of participatory micro-planning and development, AVARD has integrated micro-planning in the activities of its relevant projects during the period. After imparting

AVARD, as the national focal organisation in India for Land Watch India (LWI), in partnership with Ekta Parishad (EP) and SARRA, has organised national and state-level round tables, built up alliances,

AVARD, as a national network, has been advocating causes dear to the disadvantaged sections of the rural people and voluntary action. Accordingly, during the period under review, five vital issues have

Phase II of this project, covering Koksara Block in Kalahandi District (Odisha), with the sister organisation AFFORD as the project holder and lead role of AVARD’s professionals in its implementation, has

Resource Institution: AVARD has also been functioning as an informal resource institution on voluntary action, rural development, Panchayati Raj, micro-planning, networking, etc. Accordingly, it has assisted a large number of voluntary

AVARD provides the institutional base to, and coordinates, the NAAHM-India which is linked with the international AAHM based at FAO Rome as well as with the regional AAHM-Asia based at ANGOC,

Further Activities: The following additional events, organized under the women’s empowerment project, deserve special mention A State-level interaction with the newly elected Chairpersons of Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, held at