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Urban Street Vendors - Lokseva Kendra

Urban Street Vendors Lokseva Kendra is an Indian NGO that encourages poor people in Mumbai to become self-employed and thus improve their quality of life. The organisation provides micro finance for start ups in association with the ICICI Bank in a partnership model, and lobbies for the rights of...
Mother Theresa Development Research Institute(MTRI)

Mother Theresa Development Research Institute (MTRI) works for the upliftment of the downtrodden and vulnerable sections of Indian society especially women and children, youth, disabled, aged, dalits, tribals and minorities. MTRI provides research and action programs in human rights, formal and...
Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP)

SSP is an Indian NGO that works for the improvement of living conditions of local communities through grass root women’s empowerment. It supports micro credit projects and networks of self-learning and self-help groups made by women. It also has a programme for disaster response.
Star Social and Human Welfare Organisation

Star Social and Human Welfare Organisation is a social service organisation based in Kumbakonam, registered in 2002. They operate various developmental activities to help the needy people in Kumbakonam. This organisation particularly focuses on educating needy children and those in rural areas.
HelpAge India

HelpAge India is secular, non-profit organization set up in 1978, which aims to raise resources to protect the rights of India's elderly and provide relief to them through various interventions. HelpAge India voices the needs of India's 90 million "grey" population, and directly impacts the...
Association for Rural Development and Action Research (ARDAR)

Association for Rural Development and Action Research (ARDAR) provides various social, education, and vocational programmes in the East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna Vizianagram, Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam districts of Andhra Pradesh. ARDAR's activities focus upon child education and...
Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund (AIMVCF)

Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund (AIMVCF) promotes development in rural and semi-urban India by providing micro-equity funding to grassroots enterprises that lack access to conventional financial institutions and which are commercially viable, environmentally friendly, and socially...
Annai Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust (AIGMT)

Annai Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust (AIGMT) provides programs to empower the rural poor by improving the educational and vocational skills of women, assist with the economic self-reliance of women through micro level savings and credit, work for the eradication and rehabilitation of child labor,...
Reach India
Reach India is a social enterprise training franchise that aims to empower women and girls to make positive changes in their lives, families, and communities. Its network of local service centres train thousands of local organisations, which in turn train millions of women and adolescent girls who...
Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) - India

The Swayam Shikshan Prayog (India) is an organisation directed primarily at women and their integration in the development process. Its objective is to build up the capacity of rural women groups in the access and management of available resources in order to include them in the decision-making...
Mahanaim Ministries

Mahanaim Ministries is a Christian ministry that aims to reach people in India and neighbouring countries through the establishment of churches and other faith-related activities. The organisation also campaigns for minority rights and welfare.
SERUDS

Sai Educational Rural and Urban Development Society (SERUDS) is an Indian NGO working for the integrated development of women and children of vulnerable segments of the population. SERUDS aims to facilitate the self-sufficiency of families and whole communities. The organisation runs health...
Acumen Fund

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. The organisations seeks to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with business acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve large numbers of the...
YWAMKochi

Youth With A Mission (YWAM), founded in 1960, is an international interdenominational Christian organisation, operating in more than 900 locations in over 140 countries, with a staff of over 11,000. YWAM aims to spread the love of God through helping with the practical and physical needs of...
Handmade Expressions

Handmade Expressions is a for profit company established in the USA. The company aims to promote economic and social well-being by selling Fair Trade products, many of which are made in India, and promoting the cause. A member of the Fair Trade Federation, the company works with a number of artisan...
Unitus

Unitus is an international nonprofit organization established in the USA. The organisation aims to fight global poverty by accelerating the growth of microfinance — small loans and other financial tools for self-empowerment — where it is needed most.
SKS Microfinance

SKS Microfinance is an Indian NGO that distributes small loans that begin at Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 12,000 (about $44-$260) to poor women so to enable them to start and expand simple businesses and increase their incomes. The micro-enterprises range from raising cows and goats in order to sell the milk,...
BASIX

BASIX is a livelihood promotion institution established in 1996, working with over a million and a half customers, over 90% of whom live in poor rural households and 10% in urban slums. BASIX works in 16 states - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamilnadu,...
ACCESS

ACCESS is a not-for-profit company that offers specialised technical assistance in two areas, microfinance and livelihoods.
Serve India

Serve India is an Indian NGO that works in urban and rural areas in Delhi. Its main focus is on the provision of relief during natural disasters. Other areas in which Serve India is involved include education, health care, micro-enterprise development (MED), income generation, and vocational...