Spearhead efficacy of the solar LED light initiative: Maximize the reach of an LED light initiative through effective marketing of solar energy benefits to villagers, streamlining of overall operations, and inculcation of past LED technology lessons. Partner NGO: Sahara
Leverage art and media to create change: Help local youth increase awareness about social issues through theatre, art and media. Partner NGO: Hum Kisan Sanghthan (HKS)
Harness innate leadership abilities of local youth: Develop the leadership capacity of the youth, mainly through community service, in order to empower them to tackle relevant social issues on their own. Partner NGO: Vivekananda Yuva Chatrakul
Improve the self-esteem of at-risk youth: Develop extra-curricular programs to address low self-esteem among the children of sex workers, promote personal development and act as a "life coach" for at-risk youth. Partner NGO: Society for Help Entire Lower and Rural People (HELP)
Enable rural access to social services: Expand the reach of the ABSSS health, education and legal rights programs and learn how to best leverage existing government schemes. Partner NGO: Akhil Bharatiya Samaj Seva Sansathan (ABSSS)
Teach communities to utilize scientific reasoning: Build an information center to encourage the local community to employ scientific reasoning in order to make educated decisions. Partner NGO: Hum Kisan Sanghthan (HKS)
Improve quality of education through community participation: Improve learning outcomes for local schools by developing activities for student-run collectives and trainings for government school teachers. Partner NGO: Apeksha Homeo Society (AHS)
Re-engineer rural math and science curricula: Design creative and low cost methods to increase the children's interests in the subjects of math and science. Partner NGO: Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG)
Develop skills and markets for weavers: Enhance the capacity of local weavers through innovative product creation and market development. Partner NGO: Hum Kisan Sanghthan (HKS)
Develop a robust non-formal education center: Create a holistic learning environment for children by utilizing activity-based teaching methods to nurture and encourage the unique talents of child laborers and children from local slum communities. Partner NGO: Roopankan
Develop skills and self-confidence for adolescent girls: Create a supportive environment to provide opportunities for personal growth, discussion of female health issues and income generation. Partner NGO: Spurthi Mahila Mandal (SMM)
Connect artisan communities to social benefit schemes: Create an information and support center to assist artisans in applying for government schemes that support their artisan-based livelihoods and accessing KHAMIR initiatives. Partner NGO: Kutch Heritage Arts & Crafts, Music, Integrated Resources (KHAMIR)
Strengthen existing women's self help groups: Create bank linkages and training modules for existing SHGs and develop new SHGs in the community. Partner NGO: Rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal (RMKM)
Create opportunities for parents to engage with India: Design and implement a volunteer program that allows seniors to reconnect to India through service. Partner NGO: Indicorps
Introduce family-based health and sanitation processes: Create a model village that promotes sanitation, nutrition and composting by developing select families to be the pillars of change. Partner: Raju Thakor
Build the business acumen of female entrepreneurs: Develop, incubate and scale rural female entrepreneurs in order to diversify the micro-venture portfolio of ARM. Partner NGO: Alternative Rural Movement (ARM)
Develop leadership skills for farming collectives: Empower local farming communities to share best practices and leverage technology to learn new skills and access information. Partner NGOs: Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan (KNNA) & Setu
Foster a culture that promotes gender equality: Design a comprehensive outreach program that empowers girls and women and promotes gender equality. Partner NGO: Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Create understanding about HIV/AIDS through SHGs: Raise awareness about HIV/AIDS by leveraging the community's SHGs and connecting them to existing international and domestic resources. Partner NGO: Rakshana
Popularize the Yuvsatta library through innovative activities: Leverage local youth to create engaging, creative, and socially aware activities to bring traffic to the Yuvsatta library. Partner NGO: Yuvsatta
Integrate children with and without disabilities : Raise awareness about the need for inclusive education for mentally challenged children. Partner NGO: Rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal (RMKM)
Introduce new farming techniques to increase yields: Understand and build trust amongst struggling farmers to empower them in making decisions on new farming techniques and ultimately their financial future. Partner NGO: Sahara
Develop a robust supplementary education system: Develop and expand the community's supplementary educational system by designing teacher training programs and a curriculum that focuses on interactive learning. Partner NGO: Rakshana
Create career development opportunities for local youth: Strengthen existing Manzil programs and create opportunities to help students gain exposure to different career paths. Partner NGO: Manzil
Develop the leadership abilities of the Manzil team: Design and execute training modules to strengthen the leadership abilities of the new Manzil team in order to build the overall capacity of the organization. Partner NGO: Manzil
Empower rural entrepreneurs through finance: Design and implement a sustainable and profitable micro-lending strategy that takes into account the local cash flow patterns and risk factors. Partner Organization: Chaitanya India
Actualize banking potential through skill development: Mobilize resources to build bank services, initiate a pilot bank operation, and formulate a curriculum to develop leadership skills within a self-governed microfinance federation. Partner NGO: Sahara
Organize and empower women's collectives: Establish new community-based response groups to provide skills development, health check-ups and income generating activitites; ensure sustainability through leadership training of core members. Partner NGO: Spurthi Mahila Mandal (SMM)
Promote non-violence through youth collectives: Develop trainings for student peace leaders and teachers; coordinate and execute a flagship Peace Festival for Yuvsatta with the help of these individuals. Partner NGO: Yuvsatta
Curb primary school drop-out rates: Utilize holistic approaches such as curriculum development, teacher training and extra-curricular program creation to reduce drop-out rates in primary schools. Partner NGO: Alternative Rural Movement (ARM)
Promote sustainable farming and usage of organic cotton: Develop the production capacity of organic cotton farmers and create awareness and markets for their products by partnering with farmers, spinners and weavers. Partner NGO: Kutch Heritage Arts & Crafts, Music, Integrated Resources (KHAMIR)
Increase the utilization of childrens libraries: Encourage the holistic development of students through reading and leadership development; build community awareness about the importance of reading. Partner NGO: Rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal (RMKM)
Identify and develop small-scale business ideas: Empower rural micro-entrepreneurs by imparting business acumen, testing the viability of their ideas and developing markets for their goods and services. Partner NGO: Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG)
Promote micro-enterprise for rural women : Identify local women who have entrepreneurial potential and help incubate their ideas, identify markets and create training modules to impart basic business acumen. Partner NGO: Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Capture the social benefits from micro-lending: Establish a sensitive and effective grassroots methodology by which Chaitanya can measure the holistic impact of micro-lending on its community. Partner Organization: Chaitanya India
Decrease farmers' dependence on market forces: Create and support farmer interest groups to build self-reliance; utilize collective bargaining techniques, introduce new farming skills and set up agro-processing units to increase financial security. Partner NGO: Utthan
Identify and promote alternative energy solutions: Assist rural communities in understanding their energy consumption patterns and identify and deploy sustainable energy solutions that can meet their long-term needs. Partner NGO: Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Promote community initiatives for financial and food security: Establish community programs such as village banks and grain storage centers to help tribals hedge against crop failure and weather variability. Partner NGO: Apeksha Homeo Society (AHS)
Create a vibrant volunteer group: Initiate new ideas and collaborate with volunteers to interest youth in the social issues facing their community. Partner NGO: Roopankan
Promote the adoption of health and hygiene practices: Make village health programs more effective by promoting preventitive healthcare practices and linking communities to existing medical services. Partner NGO: Alternative Rural Movement (ARM)
Build community leaders in rural Gujarat: Build a leadership program for rural youth that will mobilize them for social change and employment opportunities. Partner: Raju Thakor
Strengthen community water management initiatives: Mobilize community members to collect and harvest water for personal and agricultural use and strengthen existing watershed management efforts. Partner NGO: Akhil Bharatiya Samaj Seva Sansathan (ABSSS)
Expand rural awareness of female health issues : Collaborate with women and adolescent girls to create awareness about health issues by building a network of groups to disseminate health information. Partner NGO: Utthan
Integrate children with HIV/AIDS into communities: Connect HIV/AIDS affected youth with social services and destigmatize HIV/AIDS in the community. Partner NGO: Society for Help Entire Lower and Rural People (HELP)