Jawahar Rural People's Development Organisation (JRPDO)

Sobre nosotros

Jawahar Rural People's Development Organisation (JRPDO) is a registered non-governmental organisation working in the villages of Thiruvannamalai district in Tamilnadu State, India.

Goal
Empowerment of the poor and downtrodden women

Objectives of the organization
• To mobilize the downtrodden and oppressed communities in the rural and tribal villages in Thiruvannamalai district and create all round awareness and provide varied skills.
• To make the people aware of their social, economic and cultural situation and motivate them to come together to change the situation in their favour through their collective struggle and combined strength.
• To take up environment and ecology, biodiversity conservation endeavors in the target villages through education, training, promotion of nurseries, kitchen gardens and agro forestry etc.
• To promote the health of the grassroots through education, referral, follow up, capacity building of the volunteers, promote peer educators, etc
• To fight against HIV/AIDS, educate the communities and organize care and support to the Persons Living with HIV/AIDS.
• To make people understand all about Covid-19/Corona and undertake all preventive actions.

Principal Activities
• All round awareness creation
• Gender equity – “men and women are born equal.”
• Improvement of existing skill development & training for new skill
• Income generation
• Seed money for the poor women groups to do income generation activities.
• Self-help promotion & formation and maintenance of self-help groups, saving and credit practices.
• Leadership development & community organization
• Health promotion & disease prevention with special emphasis on Covid 19 / Corona and HIV/AIDS

Projects:
• Turkey birds as an income generating activity to help 80 tribal women in Jawadhi Hill
• Goat rearing program for women
• White Pig rearing program for women
• Leprosy Awareness & Detection
• HIV / AIDS Awareness
• Backyard Country Chicken Farming

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.