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Social, economic and political empowerment of marginalized communities especially women, youth and children through mobilization, organization, capacity building, and advocating for their rights and entitlements to ensure development for all.

The organization seeks to improve the quality of life of women and their families living in the rural areas of Maharashtra & Karnataka. Our primary objective is to empower rural women and fight injustices based on gender, caste and class. Our programs are designed to improve our clients' quality of life by promoting education, health, property rights, leadership and technology.

Our vision is to help build a just society and our mission to secure rights, health and development for marginalized people. We work with the most disadvantaged people, giving priority to women and children - people living with HIV, tuberculosis and leprosy; Dalits (literally 'broken people' - the 'untouchables' of India) and the most discriminated among them; Tribals (indigenous people), women in prostitution, transgendered people, sexual minorities (LGBT), children at risk and people with disability. Our strategy is to mainstream gender, child rights, disability and the needs of the most disadvantaged people of the area. We provide direct services to fill gaps in existing facilities where necessary. But the main strategy is to encourage and support community volunteers and community based organizations to advocate for their rights and entitlements. PROGRAMMES AT A GLANCE HEALTH AND MEDICAL HIV prevention and care - children, women and men at risk, sex workers, sexual minorities (LGBT) Leprosy and tuberculosis - disability prevention, detection, treatment and referral Ward, out patient facilities and referral - HIV, leprosy, and TB Village follow up, mainstreaming disability CHILDREN Promoting child rights and education through Tribal and Dalit children's groups Facilitating child focused community development through people's groups Supporting families with HIV positive children through positive women's networks WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT Assisting local and district level women's federations of mainly Dalit women. Preventing violence against women, sex selected abortion and early marriage. Supporting economic development and credit mobilization for micro-enterprise. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Arogya Agam's major strategy is to encourage and support community participation through community volunteers and people's organizations. Currently we work with Women's federations HIV positive associations HIV Positive Women's Networks Children's federations Arunthathiyar (most marginalized Dalit) advisory group Palliar tribal village committees Transgendered people Women in prostitution

Prime Trust's mission is to empower the rural and urban poor, enabling them to become self-reliant. To achieve this, Prime Trust focuses on two areas: Financial support (micro-finance) Education and raising awareness We provide financial support through a linkage microfinance system and education via awareness programs conducted in our SHGs and tutoring at our remedial school. We strive to constantly expand our activities and to improve the service and knowledge we provide, in order to ensure that it is relevant for the women and children with whom we work. Aims & Objectives To provide the women of our Self-Help Groups (SHGs) with microfinance and assist them to successfully utilize the means given to them. To increase the number of SHGs in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu. To continuously improve the microfinance system and to make it more easily accessible for the women in the SHGs. To create awareness on women's right issues. To educate children and women in the local communities about HIV/AIDS. To create awareness on children's rights issues such as child labor and the right to education. To offer extra schooling through remedial schools for less fortunate children. To locate sponsors for children to ensure that they receive an adequate education.

To attain gender equality in a Ugandan local community through promoting the social, political, educational and economic participation of women and children in community development programs. SCOEN strives to create a future in which all Ugandan women will be viewed and treated equally as men in all aspects of life; political, economic, social, educational and culturally. We will also seek to continue our role as advocates of children and women's rights, promoter of their capacities and driving force of social change, promoting their participation in the decisions that affect their lives, and amplifying their voices for peace and security at the regional, national and global levels.

EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON WORKERS' RIGHTS

We are a non-governmental development organization constituted on July 14, 1983 as the social arm of the Lutheran church in Peru. We are men and women who, motivated by our faith, work with families in situations of economic, social and environmental vulnerability, in order to create the right conditions for a dignified life. Since our creation, we have dedicated our commitment and effort to the promotion of territorial development with a focus on sustainable human development, promoting healthy housing, with emphasis on education, health and nutrition, facilitating processes that contribute to economic and social development, with a focus on rights, gender and interculturality.