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Home Concept States Partners Resources View Share Maps Contact Us             KARNATAKA- PARTNERS Guidelines- Usage Tips Click on the Partner name to navigate to the desired partner. Click on the File icon to download the PDFDocument. To view the PDF document - download Open PDF Reader here. 5 partners were selected and in-depth sessions were conducted. 1. BIRDS 2. PRAWARDA 3. GRAM VKAS 4. NST 5. MASS Scroll down to read Partner Briefs detailing about the Geographical coverage, Focus group and the principal activities   1. BIRDS – Bijapur Integrated Rural Development Society Geographical Coverage : BIRDS is working in 200 villages of 5 districts namely Bagalkot, Bijapur, Bellary,  Dharwad & Gadag. BIRDS has 16 year’s experience in Rural Development Sector. It has a Team of well experienced, professionally qualified and service oriented persons in different fields of rural development and a strong group of committed volunteers to execute the various development projects.  BIRDS main aim is to improve Socio-economic condition of the rural poor women without any disaffection of caste and creeds.  Its major activities includes Poverty alleviation, Community Organization, Formation of CBOs like Self Help Groups, TUGs, VDCs, BIRDS main aim is to improve Socio-economic condition of the rural poor women without any disaffection of caste and creeds.  Its major activities includes Poverty alleviation, Community Organization, Formation of CBOs like Self Help Groups, TUGs, VDCs, Strengthening the CBOs, Formation of Federation of CBOs, Community Development, Rehabilitation & Resettalments, Watershed development, Community Health Programmes, Environment Protection & Promotion, Non formal Education & Action, Awareness creation on HIV/AIDS prevention, Disability Activity, Networking, Formation of SHG Federation, etc.    BIRDS, over the years have built up its organizational capability to deliver various high quality services to the community and to other needy organizations.  It has built up a resource base on Micro-credit programmes, has a roaster of resource persons to conduct various training programmes, and can organize field exposure to various live demonstration sites.  The computer is used to document and develop a database on various development issues.  Back to Top 2. PRAWARDA Geographical Coverage:  PRAWARDA works with rural communities spread in Bidar, Gulbarga and Belgaum district. PRAWARDA is a registered Non – Governmental Organization established in the year 1994, with an objective of striving for the development of rural areas of Bidar region with commitment and dedication. During the past ten years of its existence that began in a very modest but committed manner, the Organization has grown to be a reliable guide for people in the rural areas of Bidar district. PRAWARDA mission is “To develop sustainable institutions of the people, for the people, through a process of capacity building, providing linkages to enable an efficient management of natural resources by them and create opportunities for respectable and sustainable livelihood in Rural Areas” Activities – Natural Resources Development – Watershed and Tank Development Sustainable Agriculture Organic Farming Community organization Institutional Development. Trainings Micro finance and Livelihoods development Documentation Back to Top 3. GRAMA VIKAS Geographical Coverage: Gram Vikas works with more than 200 villages spread in Kolar, Chickmagalure districts of Kanataka. Grama Vikas (GV) is a rural development organisation operating in Mulbagal Taluk of Kolar District in the southern Indian State of Karnataka. Its goal is integrated rural development and it works with poor and marginal communities, particularly women and Dalits. Instituted in 1980, the initial intervention of GV was in child development, through a nutrition programme. Over the second decade of its work, GV incorporated women’s development and NRM as other key components of its development policy. Dalit women form 75 per cent of the community that GV works with. Instituted in 1980, the initial intervention of GV was in child development, through a nutrition programme. Over the second decade of its work, GV incorporated women’s development and NRM as other key components of its development policy. Activities – Community Organization Grama Vikas promoted the formation of 250 women’s self help groups (SHG) in 145 villages where it operates. These groups were encouraged not only to engage in savings and credit activity, but also to emerge as grass roots women’s institutions in villages. Advocacy: Grama Vikas is taking up issues like reduction of bank lending rates to SHG at the bank level and also at the govt. level.   Capacity Building: The organization has facilitated start of SHG, which were federated at Taluk level in a Grameen Mahila Okkuta. The GMO is now a self governing organization, taking up women issues and independent of Grama Vikas Water and soil conservation Enabling poor farmers for Soil and Water conservation by supporting forming of field bunds, biomass development, construction of farm ponds, cattle drinking ponds and check dams Promoting organic agriculture; production and use of natural manures and pesticides Back to Top 4. NST - NAGARIKA SEVA TRUST Geographical Coverage : Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka, Nagrika Seva Trust (NST) is involved in organizing the poor and marginalized in the coastal districts, namely, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka. NST has pioneered numerous novel approaches in the areas of social mobilisation, rural development, environment, health, non- formal and  formal education, co-operative movement, consumer rights, dalith & tribal welfare and women's development and empowerment., development & empowerment of small farmers, farm laborers. Along with strengthening the self help development processes and empowerment at the grassroots through POs, NST is also involved in the programmes of Medical services to the poor and marginalised since 1989,  micro- credit programme and Income  generation Activities, influencing PRIs to make them transparent and pro-poor. NST has printed 41 books for awareness generation. People Centred Advocacy Save Dakshina Kannada Campaign [SDKC]- A mass movement to create             awareness on Environment Protection and Preservation of Western Ghats,            Rivers, Sea etc & blocking the entry of  polluting Mega Industries in ecologically sensitive D.K. Dist. Campaign against laying of pipe line by HPCL to carry the oil from Mangalore to Bangalore through the Forest, Small & Marginal Farmers land of the D. K. District. Campaign and Struggle against the Eviction of the poor people especially  tribal inhabitants of Kudremukh National Park. Campaign against the proposed Nethravathi River Diversification which if allowed destroys the Western Ghats and causes Ecologic and Environmental  Imbalance. Campaign Against the proposed Mega Thermal Power Plant. Back to Top 5. MASS – MAHILA ABHIVRUDDHI MATTU SAMRAKSHANA SAMSTHE Geographical Coverage : Belgaum district of Karnataka district. MASS is a membership association of ex-‘devadasis’ of Belgaum district.  Though dedication of ‘devadasis’ has been banned by law since 1982 in Karnataka, the tradition had continued to remain alive in the region because of socio-economic factors on the side of those who dedicate and a lack of enforcement of the law. Karnataka State Women’s Development Corporation (KSWDC) identified Devadasi women in Belgaum district and a special programme was taken up in 1989-90 to train ‘devadasis’ to enhance their skills and supported them with subsidized loans to take up income generation programmes.  Then the assistance of MYRADA was requested to help implement this programme.  A senior staff member from MYRADA was deputed to the Government as ‘Project Officer, Devadasi Rehabilitation Project’, to open an Office in the area and work with the ‘devadasis’.  With the involvement of MYRADA the focus of the programme expanded to implement not just the economic aspect but also a concerted effort to prevent more girls from being dedicated, and to organize the women already dedicated into an institutional framework that could protect their interests and build their self-esteem.  The Mission of MASS is “to end the devadasi system and all its associated rituals, and to empower women and children in difficult circumstances”. The long term objectives are the following: To ensure that all (ex) devadasis of Belgaum District are effectively organised in institutional frameworks, and MASS as an institution is strengthened to a level where it can independently promote the interests of its members and support other women and children in difficult circumstances. To ensure that the devadasi practices (dedication of young girls and their subsequent involvement in various demeaning rituals) are fully controlled in Belgaum District and the chances of their revival are greatly minimised. To also facilitate similar efforts in the devadasi-endemic areas of districts (in Karnataka) neighbouring Belgaum District. Back to Top   The States covered under the Oxfam Study are Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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