Programs
TDSS's Integrated Rural Development programs focuses on Educational, Social and Economic Development. TDSS women's empowerment projects continue to have a strong focus on self help groups and micro-finance initiatives. In several projects micro-finance has become the site where women work out their mobile identities, a reflection of their new found mobility – of continuing if limited progress.
TDSS' programs can br broadly grouped under three categories:
Educational Development
- Educational Classes (including special classes for dropouts, child laborers)
- Village Education Committees
Social Development
- Organization of women and related programs
- Mahila Mandals, movement against alocholoism
- Adolescent girls training, youth mandals
- Legal aid cell – for women in distress
- Training women on government schemes and assistance to avail them
- Gender sensitization
- Health Programs, AIDS awareness
- Panchayatiraj and other social activities
- Women's Leadership Training
- Training women panchayat members on panchayatiraj
- Environmental conservation
- Awareness programs
Economic Development
- Economic self sustenance
- Self help groups ("bachat gats"), bank linkage
- SHG federations
- Assistance for income generation programs, organic farming, goat rearing
- Special programs for Relief and Rehabilitation
- Women's entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship awareness
- Entrepreneurship development, skill upgradation, capacity building
Current and Past Projects
Below are the descriptions of some of the projects that we have supported in the recent past:
- Empowering women with micro-skills – Canossian Sisters
- Residential Tailoring and Handicrafts Training Programme for Marginalized Women – Sahaya Matha Ashram
- Social Integration of Pardhi tribals - Grameen Punrachana Kendra
- Sustainable Livelihood Programme for 100 Families - Sharamik Abhivrudhi Sangh
- Educational Development and Empowerment of Lamani Tribals - Samaj Vikas Sanstha, Omerga
- Integrated Development of Women – Ishwari
- Integrated Rural Development for Adivasis of Gondia District - Indian Social Welfare Society
- Development through Education - Samaj Vikas Sanstha, Velhe
- Providing Basic Nursery Education for Dalit and Tribal Children - Loyola Vikas Kendra
- Women's Empowerment with the help of Organic Farming - Asmita
- Organizing and empowering women through SHG's - Nerau Society
- Training for an alternate and sustainable means of income for economically backward women - Masura
- Educational Development of Rural Deprived Children of Ahmedpur - Parivarthan Sanstha
- Socio-economic and educational development of Lamani and Dalit Children and Women - Nava Chetana Sanstha
- Pashan Shalas for school dropout children - Jeevandeep Sevabhavi Sanstha
- New Horizons to engage out-of-school children- Janvikas Samajik Sanstha
- Organizing and empowering women through SHG's - Nerau Society