Clients - Past & Present
Our work with our clients generally adopts the VISTAR approach developed by ILID since it has found significant relevance and applicability to the work of the development sector as a whole. Our work ranges from strategic planning to creation of systems & processes to training & capacity building to counseling and project management training.Akshara Foundation - Every child in school and learning well
Established in the year 2000, Akshara Foundation focuses on quality child education– that every child in Bangalore is in school and learning well. In just a few years they have touched the lives of over 85,000 children.
To know more about Akshara, please visit: http://www.akshara.org
Janaagraha - The life force of the people
Janaagraha is a citizen's movement based in Bangalore committed to increasing citizen participation in local government: the practice of participatory democracy. It runs campaigns that engage citizens, government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and corporate institutions, each stakeholders with an interest in a better Bangalore.
For more on Janaagraha , please visit: http://www.janaagraha.org
eGovernments Foundation - Technology for Social Change
eGovernments Foundation is a registered
not-for-profit trust whose mission is to provide an eGovernance
Software System for use in Corporations and Municipalities all across
India - for free. The goal of the eGovernance system is to improve
Governance in India, and bring about accountability and transparency
through the effective use of IT and Process Re-engineering.
eGovernments Foundation has thus far developed the eGovern Platform and
four main software applications for computerization of city
corporations, which are:
- Property Tax System
- GIS application
- Birth & Death Registration and
- Public Grievances
eGovernments Software is currently being installed by the Bangalore Mahanagar Pailke, the Directorate of Municipal Corporation, Karnataka for deploying in 57 cities across Karnataka, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Punjab Government, West Bengal government, and other invitations are pouring in.
To know more about eGovernments Foundation, please visit http://www.egovernments.org
Saathi – Focusing on youth living on the train platforms
This NGO is engaged in rescuing runaway children found on railway platforms and placing them back in their homes. Saathi helps Government homes to trace parents of the children from different states, train their staff, and involve citizens for better management. In Karnataka, the Government runs 28 homes, housing 500 children and repatriates 200 children per year.
Saathi spends Rs. 2000 per child, all costs
inclusive. In Maharashtra, Mumbai's two homes have a thousand children.
For more on Saathi, please visit http://www.saathi.org
Project Prathibha Poshak
Pratibha Poshak is an effort by Vidya Poshak (a society for development of education) and Prerana, an NGO to support meritorious students facing financial difficulty in continuing higher education. It has provided financial assistance to more than 1500 students to the extent of Rs. 5 million.
Timely support has helped:
- Bright students who otherwise would have discontinued their higher education
- Students in choosing the right institution & courses
- Lower operating costs - 85% to student beneficiaries
- Provide entrance exam coaching to ensure better ranks for the students
To know more about this project, visit http://www.vidyaposhak.org/PratibhaPoshak.html
Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG)
Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG) came into existence in 1985, as a non profit, voluntary professional citizens’ group. Its mission is to deal with consumer protection issues, such as:
- Issues affecting citizens such as lack of urban planning and poor governance
- Environmental problems
Janalakshmi/Sanghamitra
Sanghamithra, a micro-finance institution, was set up with the help of Myrada (an NGO managing rural development programmes) and is currently operating in the micro-credit space in Bangalore. It services the urban poor through self-help group loans. Sanghamithra has been constrained in extending micro-credit to the bottom-end urban poor. However, there exists a sector above the bottom end of urban poor that has no access to formal credit (not fully serviced-NFS sector). JANALAKSHMI, a Financial Institution, is being set up to cater to the needs of this NFS sector.
ACUMEN Fund, New York
Acumen Fund is a global non-profit venture fund serving the four billion people living on less than $4 a day. Its aim is to create a blueprint for building financially sustainable and scalable organizations that deliver affordable, critical goods and services that elevate the lives of the poor. It adheres to a disciplined process in selecting and managing people’s philanthropic investments as well as in measuring the end results.
To know more about the Acumen Fund, please visit http://www.acumenfund.org
Grameen Koota
Grameen Koota was visualized in 1997, based on a book ‘Give US Credit’ by Alex Counts, giving an account of the impact of micro-credit on the lives of the poor in Bangladesh and USA. It started operations on 30th May 1999, as a Grameen Bank Replication Program, with the help of seed capital funding from Grameen Trust.
Grameen Koota lends to the poorest women in rural and urban areas, without collateral, using peer pressure and peer support. They envision building a Micro Finance Institution, which will eventually be owned, managed and used by poor women.
For more information, visit http://www.grameenkoota.org
Helpers of the Handicapped
Naseema Huzruk started the "Helpers of the Handicapped", a movement in Kolhapur in 1983. The organization also runs a hostel-cum-rehabilitation centre called "Gharonda" in Kolhapur. The center's 115 residents, besides being given education, treatment and rehabilitation, are also taught the skills of furniture and appliance making. They make the equipment that others with disability need.Dream School Foundation
Dream School Foundation (DSF) is an Indian non-profit registered organization working to enhance the quality of education through voluntary efforts of individuals and groups by engaging with various stakeholders and mobilising communities to take responsibility of our education system. We operate on a voluntary and zero-overhead model.Please visit http://dsfindia.org/index.htm
Maya Organics
MAYA is an NGO working in varied social areas including Child labor, Unorganized labor sector etc. Established in 1989, MAYA is working with more than 35,000 families in and around Bangalore city.Please visit http://mayaindia.org/ and http://www.mayaorganic.com
Drishti
Drishti is a resource for innovative people and institutions. Drishti leverages its voluntary partner organizations to promote collaboration among the nonprofit, government and business sectors so that they can realize their objectives more effectively. Drishti strives to encourage participation by men and women from diverse communities and at all levels of society.Drishti's mission is to provide support to the deprived children for education as well as overall development, promote literacy among women from very low socio-economic sector and train and school disabled - physically and mentally challenged people Currently, Drishti is involved with over fifteen organizations involving children, eight organizations in the area of community development and four women's organizations - located all over India - including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Orissa.
ILID's involvement is one of exploring opportunities for collaboration, scaling up and joining forces to expand the reach and scope of its clients
Heart and Soul Foundation
The Heart and Soul Foundation runs a project called PUNARVASAN - in technical partnership with The Spastics Society of Karnataka and proVision Asia.Punarvasan (Rehabilitation when translated in English) is an endeavour of the Heart and Soul Foundation to enable Community Based Rehabilitation.To start with, the center focuses on children with disabilities in around the urban slums of Bangalore. The center strives to provide all therapies/facilities like Aids and appliances, medical assessment,early intervention, ADL training, special education, vocational training, speech and language therapy under one roof for the holistic development of the disabled child. Since the centre is located in the child's community it involves the family and sensitizes the community to their needs. An active community of full-time workers and volunteers ensure that these children spend a very productive and fun-filled day at Punarvasan.
Advaith Trust
Advaith is based in Bangalore, Karnataka and was registered on 9th July 2004. It derives its inspiration from the word “advaith” which means a collective universal consciousness – an omnipresent goodwill prayer.Based on the founders’ commitment to the cause of education and research, this foundation aims to provide opportunities to children from disadvantaged backgrounds that would help them grow into useful productive members of society. It is founded on the belief that Quality education would be the cornerstone of any such endeavor and a holistic approach to this education would help to catapult them out of the vicious cycle of deprivation with the effects cascading and resounding further in the generations to come.
Ankur
For the program to be truly effective, a residential facility – Ankur – will be provided which will also provide a complementary home environment – so important for children. This would benefit children from economically disadvantaged background with a single or no parent. Initially, Advaith plans to set up homes of 5-10 children in the 3-5 yrs age group. These children will continue to stay in the home through their high school.Beyond that based on their interests and capabilities they will join institutions of higher learning and be housed in accommodations associated with it. The eventual vision is to setup a campus kind of environment housing multiple smaller homes each under the charge of a house mother.
The Arghyam Trust
The ARGHYAM Trust has awarded Rs. 10 million (1 crore) to the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) to initiate the establishment of a Center for Conservation, Governance and Policy (CCGP) at Bangalore with a cell in New Delhi.The Foundation, chaired by Ms. Rohini Nilekani promotes participation, research and action in good governance across a wide range of sectors in India. ARGHYAM was set up in 2001 as a philanthropic fund from the personal assets of Ms Rohini Nilekani to nurture initiatives in health, education, ecology, the arts and public governance. In the past three years ARGHYAM has disbursed approximately Rs 10 million each year to various individuals and organizations working in these fields.
Basix India
BASIX is a new generation livelihood promotion institution established in 1996, working with over 190,000 poor households in 44 districts and eight states.Its mission is to promote a large number of sustainable livelihoods, including for the rural poor and women, through the provision of financial services and technical assistance in an integrated manner. BASIX will strive to yield a competitive rate of return to its investors so as to be able to access mainstream capital and human resources on a continuous basis.
In pursuit of its complex mission, BASIX has had to experiment and innovate constantly. This complexity is reflected in the corporate structure of BASIX, which comprises a range of companies to address a diverse set of tasks
- Bhartiya Samruddhi Investments and Consulting Services Ltd (BASICS Ltd), the holding company, through which equity and debt investments are made in the group companies:
- Bhartiya Samruddhi Finance Ltd (Samruddhi), an RBI registered NBFC, owned by major financial institutions and engaged in micro-credit and retailing insurance and providing technical assistance services to some of its borrowers.
- Krishna Bhima Samruddhi Local Area Bank Ltd, an RBI
licensed bank providing micro-credit and savings services in three
districts.
- Indian Grameen Services (IGS), a section 25, not-for-profit company engaged in research and development and training related to livelihoods.
- Sarvodaya Nano Finance Ltd (Sarvodaya), an RBI registered NBFC, owned by women’s self-help groups, and managed by BASICS Ltd.
Byrraju Foundation
Byrraju Foundation was set up in July 2001 in memory of Late Byrraju Satyanarayana Raju, the founder of the Satyam group of companies. He was a philanthropist who believed in development of villages and did all he could to see the quality of rural lives transformed.Vision: The Foundation seeks to build progressive self-reliant rural communities - adopting a holistic approach - by providing services in healthcare, environment, sanitation, primary education, adult literacy and skills development. The Foundation currently works in 200 villages in 6 districts of Andhra Pradesh - East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Ranga Reddy and Visakhapatnam - positively transforming the lives of nearly 3 million people. Their mission is to create a world-class platform for sustainable rural transformation.
The Foundation's activities are divided into various modules with well-defined value creation processes. Each module has a detailed process map with clear-cut methodologies ensuring successful implementation and realisation of intended objectives. The Foundation builds alliances with Governments, NGOs, Corporate houses, and other organisations to broaden the scope of its activities, add value to existing programs in terms of resources, time, and delivery of quality services to our beneficiaries -synergising efforts to the maximum extent.
http://www.byrrajufoundation.org
NTTF
Dr. Heinrich Hellstern, Director of HEKS (development agency in Switzerland), by his noble gesture helped start the Technical Training institute at Nettur in 1959. Nettur Technical Training Foundation was formed in 1963/ 64 with active technical support and knowledge transfer from Swiss industries and training institutions.Their vision is to attain the status of "globally recognized education and training Institution " with a multidimensional growth, by enlarging and delivering trainee and industry focused programs and prepare the "most sought after trainees" with enhanced core competencies as required by customer and society.
"Systematic training with continual improvement, responsive to customer needs and changing Technology" is their quality policy. Their quality objectives are:
- To Train the Youth in Employable skills through holistic training.
- To inculcate the culture " Produce while learning and learn while Producing".
- To keep pace with the technological developments.
- To support industries and institutes in dissemination of technical knowledge and skill.
- To expand the scope of training nationally and internationally
http://www.nttftrg.com/
Karunashraya
In a scheme quite unique in India, members of the Bangalore Hospice Trust (BHT), decided to take up the not-so-popular cause of caring for the terminally ill from within the family. This is how was born the idea of the Home-Care Service. The aim of improving the quality of life of terminally ill persons was what prompted the setting up of the Bangalore Hospice Trust in 1994. The Hospice provides in-patient care to 55 persons in the center appropriately named "Karunashraya" which means abode of compassion.It is the philosophy of Caring. It is also called Palliative Care or Continuing Care. The philosophy is to value life until death, and to give the dying the dignity of breathing their last in surroundings of their choice. The motive is a peaceful end. Thus palliative care moves the emphasis to 'caring' when all hope of 'curing' has been lost.
Experienced and trained teams of Staff Nurse cum family counsellor look after the medical needs of patients and counsel their families. They also train families to look after the basic needs of the patients like changing of clothes and bed linen, prevention of pressure sores, sponging, administration of palliative drugs etc., until a peaceful end. Upto 1st August 2008, this service has cared for just over 2,035 patients of whom 1,975 have died.
http://www.karunashraya.org/
FAME
Foundation for Action, Motivation & Empowerment, established in 2001, is a registered trust formed by concerned philanthropists, with the objective of working on developmental issues of our society, with a particular focus on disabilities. Their mission is to reach out & empower persons with disabilities, so that they may lead a life of dignity and be self-reliant. It focuses on disability, early intervention, cerebral palsy, counselling, early intervention, vocational training. FAME works with spastic and mentally challenged children, 1-18 years, economically disadvantaged children included.Fame India wishes to creatively and efficiently utilize, resources and opportunities that exist within the community. We have enlisted the support of interested volunteers, and work jointly with other organizations, companies, and the government, in fulfilling this task.
http://www.fameindia.org
The Spastics Society of Karnataka
Spastics Society of Karnataka (SSK) is dedicated to the welfare of persons with Neuro-Muscular and Developmental Disabilities. The Society provides a Comprehensive Package of Diagnostic and Intervention Services to persons with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities and Learning Disabilities. SSK started off as a branch of the Spastics Society of India in the year 1982, and went on to become autonomous in the year 1994.Its mission is: Conscious, Conscientious and Constant endeavor in:
- Maximising the potential of children with special needs
- Inclusiveness in all aspects of daily life
- Establising their rights to be part of the community.
- To reach out to as many persons with disabilities who are neurologically impaired,mentally challenged or fall in to the category of Autism Spectrum Disorders through community based services.
- To promote inclusive education and mainstream concepts in schools, colleges, technical education and job placement centres by establishing model programmes.
- To accelerate disablity prevention by networking with health workers, women and children welfare units of Government of Karnataka.
- To strengthen and support parent self help groups carrying out home based programs through out the state through internet as well as direct contact session specifically in the area of therapy and special education.
- To promote community participation in caring for persons with disabilities especially in places of worship, public functions, cinema theatres, banks, transport terminals and other public places through Multimedia communication avenues.
Swadhar
Swadhar, Pune started functioning in 1995. It was set up to help women in distress irrespective of their caste, religion or community. Its membership is open to all, both men and women.. Their aim is to support women to become independent in spirit, in thought, in action and have full control over their lives rather than be the victim of others’ actions.It runs a day-care centre called Mohor (Bloom), for the children of the commercial sex workers from Budhwar Peth. They are taken to BalKalyan once a week for activities like swimming, drawing, singing, etc.
It runs alternative schools - known as AksharDeep - for school drop-outs or the children who have never attended a school. These classes are situated in slum areas and the children are in the age group of 6-12 years. Swadhar encourages young women of the same locality to be trained as primary teachers who in turn conduct these classes. These students are coached to appear for external exams conducted by Pune Municipal Corporation upto Standard four and then incorporated into mainstream schools. Also, special efforts are made to bring about their over-all development.
It has adopted 3 Corporation schools (4 shifts) in Bibvewadi area for Library project to inculcate the habit of reading and improve language skills.
Jagar Manavatecha – an Awareness Generation Program run where Swadhar’s volunteers travel to nearby villages or labour colonies to conduct awareness programs for uneducated women on domestic Violence; child marriage and its ill-effects; sex-detection test, female feticide and infanticide etc.