 Vidyanikethan is a women-led non-profit organisation, with the purpose to promote integrated and sustainable development, particularly women and girls, who are the most neglected and marginalised sections of the society. Vidyanikethan was founded in the year 1988, with the objective to improve the lives and livelihoods of individuals and families, especially children and women, from low-income groups and from the vulnerable, marginalised and under-developed sections in the society. Based in Bangalore, India, Vidyanikethan interventions in four key areas – health, socio-economic development, education and environment. |
 REACH have been involved in the process empowerment of rural poor since 1992.Since the beginning REACH has been working with the rural communities, who are depending on natural resources. It started its activities in Kumaranahalli cluster of villages in Harapanahalli taluka in Davanagere by organizing the landless laborers through Krishi Karmikar Sangha (KKS) and women through Self Help Groups (SHGs). For the first time in Karnataka it introduced and succeeded in natural regeneration of forest through “Social fencing”(banning grazing, putting fire lines, stopping mining, preventing cutting trees, seed dribbling and soil and water conservation measures). It has done a remarkable progress in ensuring the community right over Non- Timber Forest Produces (NTFPs). |
 S E V A K stands for Society for Empowerment through Voluntary Action in Karnataka. S E V A K was founded in the year 2009 as a registered Society registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 in Belgaum district, Belgaum. We work with the rural and urban communities for forming and strengthening community based organisations, promoting livelihood opportunities, management and development of natural resources, improving health and education status of the community, protecting and promoting rights of the children, empowerment of women and building capacities of the communities to raise and mange resources independently. We also work with other Networks, Government and other partner organisations to influence and promote child rights. |
 PMSR (People’s Movement for Self Reliance) is a non-profit, registered voluntary organization. Founded by the Late Rev. Dr. B.H. Jackayya in 1985, in Kollegal, Chamrajnagar District in Karnataka, India. It was founded for the socio-economic and health development of the marginalized community in that area. Through its children’s projects, PMSR aims to bring transformation in the lives of children who are living in exploitative and difficult situations by empowering the communities to avail the rights enshrined in the Constitution and in the UN Charter on Child Rights. Presently PMSR working with married adolescent girls and vulnerable girls to reduce the incidence of child marriages in the district of Chamrajnagar in Karnataka State and to increase access to secondary education and vocational training for the early married adolescent girls. |
 Arpanam Trust is a registered non-profit working for the empowerment of children in difficult situation in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Areas on intervention include child protection, child rights, education, social protection, livelihoods, etc |