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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Adithi
3. Year of establishment: 1988
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: VijiSrinivasan, Dr. R.J. Rao, K.A. Srinivasan,
Ganesh Prasad Singh
6. Leadership (2012): Ganesh Prasad Singh
7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment b) Health (woman
and child health, public health services) c) Livelihood
(microfinance, SHGs, skill development, economic development) d)
Education (elementary and non-formal education, literacy,
vocational training) e) Advocacy (declining sex ratio and other
issues)
8. Location/Spread of work: Adithi worked in rural and urban
areas of Bihar (in 18 districts:Darbhanga, Gaya, Jehanabad,
Katihar,
Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, West Champaran, Patna, East
Champaran, Purnia, Rohtas, Saharsa, Samastipur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi,
Supaul and Vaishali). It also worked in Sahebganj,Deogarh and Dumka
districts of Jharkhand.
9. Total staff: 226
10. Female staff: 163
11. Muslim staff: 14
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 3,00,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Indian Donor
Agency c) Foreign Donor
14. Contact details:
Ganesh Prasad Singh, Executive Secretary H/OEr K. P. Singh, IAS
Colony, West of Canal, Off Bailey Road, Patna 801503, Bihar, India
+91 9334910246, +91 612-3254574 [email protected]
http://www.adithi.in
Adithi, formed over two decades ago, is considered a pioneer in
its work on women’s issues. Its mandate is to enable empowerment of
poor communities through the economic and social development of
women from these, generally below-poverty-line, families. Its work
wasfocused on the need to achieve complete elimination of hunger
throughseveral demonstration initiatives. Some years ago, one of
their studies on women’s health revealed that Muslim women were
more anaemic than women from other communities, and that was when
Adithi examined the issue more deeply and started its work with
Muslim women and adolescent girls. It was a member of several NGO
networks, including VANI, Home-based Workers World Wide, VHAI and
Wada Na TodoAbhiyaan.
mailto:[email protected]://www.adithi.in/
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Al-Goush Educational and Social Welfare Society
3. Year of establishment: 2004
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: S.M. Tarique Anwar, Mohd. Nasim Ahmad,
TouzihaNaz, Mohd.Irshad Ahmad, Rajnish Sharma, Chandra Shekhar
Mishra, BushraPerween
6. Leadership (2012): S.M. Tarique Anwar
7. Main sectors of work:
a) Education (elementary education, vocational training) b)
Artisans (work with weavers, handicrafts)
8. Location/Spread of work: Al-Goush worked in rural and urban
areas of Bihar (in Banka and Bhagalpur districts)
9. Total staff: 5
10. Female staff: 3
11. Muslim staff: 4
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,25,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a) Individual / Family/ Private donations b) Self-sustaining
activities c) Membership fee
14. Contact details:
S.M. Tarique Anwar Shahbaz Nagar, MoulanaChack, BhagalpurCity,
Bhagalpur 812002, Bihar, India +91 9472509045, +91 641-2405972
[email protected] http://www.agesws.webs.com
Al-Goush Educational and Social Welfare Society, established in
2004 and registered 5 years later in 2009, worked in rural and
urban areas of Banka and Bhagalpur districts of Bihar. The
organization was not funded by mainstream donor agencies, and
sustained its modest budget primarily through individual donations,
membership fees and self sustaining institutions. Under its aegis
it operated a computer skills centre and an arts and garment
training centre. It engaged with the local community on a range of
issues, focusing on the education and health needs of the Muslim
community, and particularly Muslim women. In order to strengthen
livelihoods, Al-Goush Society also worked with artisans.
mailto:[email protected]://www.agesws.webs.com/
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Al-Hind Educational and Welfare Society
3. Year of establishment: 2005
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Mohd.Nasiruddin, Yusuf Khan, Ahmad Ali,
Mohd.Ejazullah, Mohd.Parwez, A.K. Singh, MadhuriSinha
6. Leadership (2012): Mohd.Nasiruddin and Yusuf Khan
7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education,
non-formal education, literacy) b) Health (public health services)
c) Emergency relief work
8. Location/Spread of work: Al-Hind worked in urban and rural
areas of Bihar.
9. Total staff: 10
10. Female staff: 2
11. Muslim staff: 8
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR10,25,271 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a) Central Government b) Community-funded Zakat: Indian c)
Community-funded Zakat: NRI d) Individual / Family/ Private
donations
14. Contact details:
Mohammad Nasiruddin Mandai, Patther-ki-Masjid, Dargah Road, Post
Mahendru, Patna District 800006, Bihar, India +91 9334315369, +91
612-2668772 [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected] http://alhindws.org
Al-Hind Educational & Welfare Society, established in 2005,
was led by a group of young Muslims motivated by a strong desire to
work for their community. Responding to the severe urban poverty
around them, they worked primarily with the Muslim community
residing in Patna’s slum areas. They observed that extreme poverty
was forcing a large number of Muslim women living in the slums into
sex work. The organization saw education as the path to
empowerment, and focused its efforts on access to education –
elementary, non-formal, vocational as well as education through
madrasas. The Society, which said it worked ‘in accordance with the
Quran and Sunnah’,ran a madrasa and a maqtab,a vocational training
centre, an Urdu/Arabic study centre, a computer centre and other
welfare programmes. The Society also tried to strengthen the
provision of public health services. It was supported by zakat
contributions and individual donations.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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1. State: Bihar
2. NGO: Al Khair Cooperative Credit Society Limited
3. Year of establishment: 2002
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: ArshadAjmal, FirozAlamSiddiqui, ShamimRizwi,
Raghupati 6. Leadership (2012): FirozAlamSiddiqui, Sarfaraz 7. Main
sectors of work:Microfinance (interest-free credit services to poor
families and petty entrepreneurs) 8. Location/Spread of work: Al
Khair worked in rural as well as urban areas of Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar. In Bihar it worked
in Patna, Gaya, East Champaran, Rohtas and Bhojpurdistricts
(including in Patna, Ara, Motihari, Sasaram and Gaya
cities/towns)
9. Total staff: 50
10. Female staff: 9
11. Muslim staff: 41
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 59,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding:Self-sustaining activities 14. Contact
details:
Sarfaraz Ahmad, Managing Director Al Khair Ltd., Haroon Nagar
Sector 2, PhulwariShareef, Patna801505, Bihar, India +91
612-2252404, +91 9473243542 Sarfaraz:
[email protected], ArshadAjmal:
[email protected]
Al Khair was started in response to the reality that the poor
lack access to credit. The organization provided interest-free
micro-finance to these poor families and petty businessmen who may
fail to secure bank loans because of lack of proper documentation
or collateral. Around 50 per cent of its work was with Muslims. The
cooperative ran entirely on its own steam, without any
institutional financial assistance.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: AntyodayaLokKaryakram (ALOK)
3. Year of establishment: 1985
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Aruna Roy, Bunker Roy, G.J. Gonsalves, (Late)
K.D. Diwan, Amitabh Mukhopadhyay, Tripurari Sharma, DevnarayanSah,
Rameshwar Prasad, LalliOraon
6. Leadership (2012): Rameshwar Prasad, DevnarayanSah
7. Main sectors of work:
a) Education (elementary) b) Democratic participation
(community-mobilization, strengthening local self-governance) c)
Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs) d) ICT promotional work in rural
areas
8. Location/Spread of work: ALOK worked in rural areas of Bihar
(in West Champaran and East Champaran
districts).
9. Total staff: 50
10. Female staff: 20
11. Muslim staff: 2
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 30,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor
c) Self-sustaining Activities d) Individual / Family/ Private
donations
14. Contact details:
Rameshwar Prasad andDevnarayanSah Bahuarawa, PO MajhariaKishrun,
West Champaran District 845459, Bihar, India +91 9934999529, +91
9931634916, +91 6254-255322 [email protected],
[email protected] http://aloksanstha.in/
AntyodayaLokKaryakram(ALOK) was initiated in 1985 as a partner
to the Rajasthan-based Social Work and Research Centre (SWRC) and
was registered in 1987 with Aruna Roy as its founder-president.
ALOK continued to be part of the SWRC network. It was a platform to
mobilize people, generate community
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participation for development and strengthen democratic
processes at the local level, with a presence in East and West
Champaran districts. Having developed its communication team with
the help of organizations that had expertise in communication
skills (like SWRC and Allarippu),the Antyoday Lok Karyakram also
lent its communication team to other local groups as a means of
generating some of its resources. Its key interventions were in
elementary education. The organization reached out to educationally
deprived children of all communities – working children, school
dropouts and children of excluded groups, including manual
scavengers, Dalits and Muslims – and attempted to bring them into
the educational net and steer them towards the educational
mainstream.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Alp SankhyakAvamHarijanSamajKalyan Kendra (ASAHSKK)
3. Year of establishment: 1987
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Mohd.Tauheed Khan, EkramulHaque
6. Leadership (2012): Mohd.Tauheed Khan, EkramulHaque
7. Main sectors of work: a) Health b) Education (vocational
training) c) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs) d) Women’s
empowerment
8. Location/Spread of work: ASAHSKK worked in rural areas of
Bihar (in Muzaffarpur, Seohar and Darbhanga districts).
9. Total staff: 40
10. Female staff: 20
11. Muslim staff: 30
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR40,00,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a) Central Government b) State Government c) Individual /
Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Mohd.Tauheed Khan Data Kambal Shah Road, Muzaffarpur 842001,
Bihar, India +91 9955659001, +91 621-2248611, +91 621-2268571
[email protected]
Alp SankhyakAvamHarijanSamajKalyan Kendra had been working for
the welfare and development of both minorities and Dalits since its
inception. Set up in 1987, the organization continued to be led by
its two key founders, Mohd.Tauheed Khan and EkramulHaque, and had
operations in villages of Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga districts. The
organisation worked on education and livelihoods, with a special
focus on women’s empowerment. The Kendra’s staff included an equal
number of men and women. It received some resource support from the
government and individual donations.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: AnuradhaMahilaKalyan Kendra
3. Year of establishment: 2009
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Phulpati Devi, Manisha Devi
6. Leadership (2012): Phulpati Devi, Manisha Devi
7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (non-formal education,
literacy) b) Women’s empowerment c) Dalit and minority issues d)
Vocational training (with Dalit and minority community)
8. Location/Spread of work: AnuradhaMahilaKalyan Kendra worked
in rural and urban areas of Bihar (in Rohtas District,
including
Dehri town).
9. Total staff: 2
10. Female staff: 2
11. Muslim staff: 1
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 1,25,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Individual / Family/ Private
donations b) Self-sustaining Activities
14. Contact details:
Phulpati Devi c/o Om Prakash Singh, New Area, Ward No.18,
Station Road, PODalmiya Nagar, PSDehri, RohtasDistrict 821305,
Bihar, India +91 9122149404 [email protected]
Founded and led by Phulpati Devi and Manisha Devi, the
AnuradhaMahilaKalyan Kendra worked in rural and urban areas of
Rohtas district in Bihar. It was a women’s organization, working
for the development of all disadvantaged women. It worked in the
area of education, through literacy and non-formal education
interventions, and also on strengthening women’s livelihoods. The
organization began to focus on the issues of Muslim women because
of what they saw as the low social, legal and financial status of
many Muslim women, including misuse of the triple talaq (divorce)
provision. AnuradhaMahilaKalyan Kendra was part of several Dalit
networks, including the Dalit AdhikarManch, NACDOR and NCDHR.
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1. State: Bihar
2. NGO: Azad India Foundation
3. Year of establishment: 1998
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Dr.Govardhan Singh Rathore, IskanderLalJee,
SayeedaBanu
6. Leadership (2012): YumanHussain
7. Main sectors of work: a. Education (elementary education
including in madrasas, non-formal education, literacy) b.
Livelihood (microcredit, SHGs) c. Women’s issues (sexual and
reproductive health, livelihoods)
8. Location/Spread of work: Azad India Foundation worked in
rural and urban areas of Bihar (in Kishanganj District)
9. Total staff: 100
10. Female staff: 60
11. Muslim staff: 80
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 67,22,195
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a. Indian Donor Agency b. Foreign Donor
c. Individual / Family/ Private donations d. Self-sustaining
Activities
14. Contact details:
YumanHussain Line Mohalla, Kishanganj855107, Bihar, India +91
6456-222483 [email protected] www.Azadindia.org
Azad India Foundation (AIF) worked in Kishanganj district, which
has one of the highest concentrations of the Muslim population in
Bihar. Though dominated by identity and communal politics, it was
also a backward district in development indicators such as
education and health. Kishanganj was a high out-migration zone of
the state, with a disproportionately large number of poor landless
males leaving homes in search of work. In this setting, AIF took up
programmes such as microcredit and savings, as well as more
challenging areas like sexual and reproductive health, women’s
literacy and mainstreaming of madrasa education. One of its
programmes was Project Talim, which was attempting to modernise and
mainstream education in 30 madrasas of the region, reaching out to
3800 girls and boys. Girl children were a special focus for the
organization, which ran a programme for out-of-school girls.
Through its SHGs, AIF reached out to women, and while giving access
to credit and livelihood support, it also engaged with SHG women on
issues of sexual and reproductive health as well as literacy.
mailto:[email protected]://www.azadindia.org/
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1. State: Bihar
2. NGO: BachpanBachaoAndolan
3. Year of establishment: 1998
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: KailashSatyarthi, RamashankarChaurasiya 6.
Leadership (2012): Rama Shankar Chaurasiya, BhuwanRibhu 7. Main
sectors of work:
a. Child-trafficking and child rights b. Education (elementary)
c. Urban poverty (rights of slum inhabitants)
8. Location/Spread of work: BachpanBachaoAndolan worked in both
rural and urban areas in 30 districts all over Bihar. It also had a
pan-India presence.
9. Total staff: 44
10. Female staff: 16
11. Muslim staff: 17
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 14,00,00,000 (approx.)
at national level; INR 60,00,00 (approx.) at state level
13. Sources of funding: a. State Government b. Indian Corporate
Donor c. Foreign Donor d. Individual / Family/ Private
donations
14. Contact details: MukhtarulHaque 24, IAS Colony, Kidwaipuri,
Patna 800001, Bihar, India +91 9430074327 [email protected],
[email protected] www.bba.org.in
Formed in 1980,BachpanBachaoAndolan (BBA) was one of the first
organisations in India to begin work in a focussed manner on child
labour.It came to public attention through its dramatic raids on
places employing children. It did advocacy for the abolition of
child labour and universalization of free and compulsory quality
education; rescue and rehabilitation of child labourers; and
protection from trafficking and forced child labour. BBA had a
large network of volunteers and village committees who were on the
alert for cases of child labour, and worked closely with the
government machinery in rescue and rehabilitation efforts. Of the
81,000 children that BBA claimed to have rescued from child
servitude, over 40,000 came from Bihar. Of these, over 90% belonged
to the Muslim and Dalit communities. The majority of
child-trafficking in Bihar was from 9 districts – areas with a high
Muslim concentration on the one hand, and which wereboth drought-
and flood-prone on the other. In a society that, by and large,
takes a benign view of the existence of child labour, BBA’s work
had helped bring the issue on the national agenda. The organisation
had extended its work to neighbouring countries through the
formation of the South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS).
Combining direct interventions with influencing government policy,
it had successfully brought about legislations and government
programmes towards abolition of child labour not only in India but
also in other South Asian countries.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Bihar Awami Cooperative Bank Ltd
3. Year of establishment: 1987
4. Registered entity
5. Key founders: A.F.S. Abbas, Anwar Kareem,Fahimuddin Ansari,
Syed Shahabuddin, Syed ShahabuddinDesnavi, Colonel Mehboob, Justice
Sarwar Ali, Justice ShamimulHoda
6. Leadership (2012): Anwar Ahmad, Tanweer Ahmad
7. Main sectors of work:Livelihood (microfinance)
8. Location/Spread of work: The Bihar Awami Cooperative Bank
worked in urban areas of Bihar (in Patna City).
9. Total staff: 32
10. Female staff: 1
11. Muslim staff: 17
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR
3,39,00,00,000(approx.)
13. Sources of funding:Self-sustaining
14. Contact details: Tanweer Ahmad Waqf Market, Muradpur, Patna
800004, Bihar, India +91 9430457794, +91 612-2555742
[email protected]
The Bihar Awami Cooperative Bank Ltd was established by an
eminent group of citizens, comprising among others former
government officials, a former member of Parliament, judges and
army officers. This was in response to what they saw as being one
of the chief problems facing the Muslim community in Bihar – lack
of credit facilities for small traders and entrepreneurs. Operating
in Patna city, the cooperative bank had over 27,000 account
holders, who deposited money and had access to its loan facilities.
It was among the first cooperative banks to have introduced an ATM
service. The bank was entirely self-financed, with an annual
turnover to the tune of Rs 339 crore.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Bihar ViklangKalyanParisad
3. Year of establishment: 1991
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Mohan Chaudhary, Mohd. Sharif Ganga, Sagar
Thakur, Shankar Ram
6. Leadership (2012): Mohan Chaudhary, Indira Kumary
7. Main sectors of work: a. Rights of persons with disabilities
b. Health (special health and rehabilitation needs of persons with
disabilities) c. Livelihood (equitable access to livelihood options
including in MGNREGA) d. Education (special education for persons
with disabilities, skill development programmes) e. Advocacy (on
rights of persons with disabilities, including reform in government
policies and programmes)
8. Location/Spread of work: Bihar ViklangKalyanParisad worked in
rural and urban areas of Bihar (in Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi,
Vaishali, Samastipur and Darbhanga districts).
9. Total staff: 24
10. Female staff: 8
11. Muslim staff: 1
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 18,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a. State Government b. Foreign Donor
14. Contact details:
Mohan Chaudhary Majhaulia Road, Gumaty No. 5, Muzaffarpur846143,
Bihar, India +91 9431050975 [email protected]
Established in 1991 by a group of persons with disabilities,
Bihar ViklangKalyanParishad (BVKP) worked on disability rights in 5
districts of the state. The founders saw that issues concerning
persons with disabilities were virtually invisible in rural Bihar,
where in fact poor governance and lack of immunization, health
care, clean drinking water and sanitation, may make people more
vulnerable to certain forms of disabilities. Additionally, Muslims
and Dalits with disabilities were doubly disadvantaged. BVKP’s
decision to work in both urban and rural areas for rights of
persons with disabilities, with a special focus on the most
vulnerable among them – women, children, Muslims and Dalits– wasa
direct response to this reality. The organization started its work
by taking to the streets, through large demonstrations led by
persons with disabilities. And its continued advocacy, including
through agitational campaigns, was aimed at reforming government
policies, ensuring that persons with disabilities had full,
unfettered access to public spaces and, most importantly, changing
attitudes towards the differently-abled. It sought to mainstream
persons with disabilities by enabling them to access their
entitlements through collective action. The organization also
conducted research and surveys to map disabilities (on which very
little official data existed) and ran a school for children with
disabilities from marginalized communities.
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1. State: Bihar
2. NGO: Centre for Health and Resource Management (CHARM)
3. Year of establishment: 1999
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Dr.Shakeel Ur Rahman, Dr S.L. Mandal,
NitiranjanJha, AnamikaJha, Mr.Shekhawat, Mr.Srikant, NiveditaJha,
Bimal Chandra Jha, ArmanSohail, Narayan JiChoudhary,
ShashiShekhar
6. Leadership (2012): Dr.Shakeel Ur Rahman
7. Main sectors of work:
a. Health (public health services, women and children’s health)
b. Research and advocacy (health issues)
8. Location/Spread of work: CHARM worked in rural as well as
urban areas of Bihar (in 3 districts of Patna, Darbhanga and
Madhubani). 9. Total staff: 7
10. Female staff: 3
11. Muslim staff: 2
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 22,50,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a. Indian Donor Agency b. Foreign Donor c. Individual / Family/
Private donations d. Self-sustaining activities
14. Contact details:
Dr. Shakeel Ur Rahman Registered office: 5Pragati Path, West
Boring Canal Road, Patna 800001, Bihar, India Mailing address: c/o
ShivapujanSahu, Main Road, Opposite Little Buds Academy, Budha
Colony, Patna 800001, Bihar, India +91 9386486861
[email protected]
Committed to making public healthcare available to all, the
Centre for Health and Resource Management (CHARM) had been working
since 1999. Its programmes targeted groups excluded from the public
healthcare system – Muslims and Dalits. Both groups also suffered
from similarly low health status. The approach was not to set up
alternative healthcare facilities, but to make the state system
work, and work equitably for all. The organization followed a
two-fold strategy -- direct work with local communities and
advocacy with the state towards an inclusive public health system
for all. Its community-level work involved mobilising people to
demand government health facilities, as also working with community
leaders to counter harmful traditional health practices. In
parallel, the organization conducted research and advocacy targeted
at the state to make it more informed and accountable in its duty
to provide health care.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Development Education and Environmental Programme
(DEEP)
3. Year of establishment: 1991
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Binod Kumar, Sushil Prasad Shashank,
KishoriLalAnshumali, Dr. Kumar Sanjay, MrRameshwar
6. Leadership (2012): Binod Kumar, Sushil Prasad Shashank
7. Main sectors of work: a) Forest rights b) Livelihood c)
Education
8. Location/Spread of work: DEEP worked in rural and urban areas
of Bihar (in West Champaran District, including Bettiah town).
9. Total staff: 31
10. Female staff: 3
11. Muslim staff: 0
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 61,65,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a) State Government b) Indian Donor Agency c) Foreign Donor d)
Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Sushil Prasad Shashank Deep Colony, BanuChhapra, Bettiah, West
Champaran845438, Bihar, India +91 9431427533 [email protected]
Founded in 1991, Development Education and Environmental
Programme (DEEP) worked in West Champaran District of Bihar. The
organization worked with all marginalized communities towards a
vision of inclusive and sustainable development andwas among the
few that work in a focused manner on forest rights, child rights,
right to education and legal rights issues in Bihar. It also
intervened in other areas including education, health, livelihoods
and enhancing democratic participation.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: DaudnagarOrganisation for Rural Development (DORD)
3. Year of establishment: 1989
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: M.M. Raja, Dr.ZahidHussain, QausarTasneem,
Mohd.Ehshamuddin Ansari
6. Leadership (2012): M.M. Raja, Anwar Hussain Ansari
7. Main sectors of work: a) Health (women and child health,
public health services, provision of health services) b)
Livelihoods (SHGs, skill development) c) Women’s empowerment
(short-stay home, rehabilitation of women and girls) d) Education
(literacy, vocational training)
8. Location/Spread of work: DORD worked in rural and urban areas
of Bihar (in Aurangabad, Kaimur, Nawada, Rohtas, Patna, Gaya,
Jehanabad and Muzaffarpur districts).
9. Total staff: 122
10. Female staff: 50
11. Muslim staff: 70
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR1,38,59,800
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Indian Corporate Donor e)
Foreign Donor f) Individual / Family/ Private donations g)
Self-sustaining activities
14. Contact details:
M.M. Raja Badi Masjid, Old Town, Daudnagar, Aurangabad 824113,
Bihar, India +91 9955081499, +91 6328-228606 [email protected],
[email protected] www.dord.in
Established in 1989, and registered in 1993,
DaudnagarOrganisation for Rural Development (DORD) worked in rural
and urban areas in 8 districts of Bihar. It had a holistic and
integrated approach to development, seeking to bring the poor into
the mainstream. It worked with all disadvantaged communities and
has included Muslims in its programmes since the beginning given
that a large number of them belong to developmentally weaker
sections. DORD’s programmes, some in partnership with international
development agencies and with both state and central governments,
covered a broad spectrum - empowerment of rural women through SHGs,
literacy and skill training, running a short-stay home at Daudnagar
for women and girls in distress, implementing reproductive and
child health programmes, supporting health services in additional
primary health centres under the National Rural Health Mission,
working on HIV/AIDs, running an eye hospital, working with
adolescent girls and strengthening the ICDS.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Edara-e-Sharia
3. Year of establishment: 1968
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: AllamaArshadulQuadri
6. Leadership (2012): GhulamRasoolBaliyavi
7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (religious education,
higher education, vocational training) b) Livelihood (skill
development) c) Disaster relief
8. Location/Spread of work: Edara-e-Sharia worked in rural and
urban areas of Bihar, and in 8 other states.
9. Total Staff: 500
10. Female Staff: 25
11. Muslim Staff: 500
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 60,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Special Government Programme d) Foreign Donor
(multi/bi-lateral/foundations) e) Community-funded Zakat: Indian f)
Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
GhulamRasoolBaliyavi Naugharwa, Sultangunj, Patna 800006, Bihar
Tel: +91 612-2687294, +91 9431023864 Fax: +91 612-2687294
[email protected] esharia.org
Founded in 1968, Edara-e-Sharia had a presence in several
Muslim-concentration areas in 8 states, including Bihar. Under the
leadership of GhulamRasoolBaliyavi, a team of 500 carried out the
organization’s work in both rural and urban areas of the state. The
organization was formed to promote
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religious education, which remained its core goal, and it had
created several institutions for Islamic education. It was also
recognized for its interventions on issues of development on behalf
of marginalized Muslims. In addition to promoting madrasa primary
education, the organization also promoted higher education and
vocational training for young Muslims to increase their livelihood
options. Edara-e-Sharia also did relief work during disasters. The
leadership of the Edara-e-Sharia was frequently consulted by the
Bihar Government on matters concerning the Muslim community, and
the head of Edara-e-Sharia was Vice-Chairman of the committee to
oversee the Bihar’s Government’s 20 Point Programme for
Minorities.
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1. State: Bihar
2. NGO: Equity Foundation (A Forum for Women and Child)
3. Year of establishment: 2003
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Nina Srivastava, RenuRanjan
6. Leadership (2012): Nina Srivastava
7. Main sectors of work: a. Research and Advocacy (on issues of
equity, social exclusion, gender) b. Training and capacity building
of NGOs (on issues of equity, social exclusion and gender) c.
Women’s rights
8. Location/Spread of work: Equity Foundation’s work was located
in 4 districts of Bihar(Patna, Vaishali, Madhubani and
Gaya). It also worked in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. 9. Total staff: 25
10. Female staff: 14
11. Muslim staff: 2
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 15,50,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a. Central Government b. Indian Donor Agency c. Foreign Donor d.
Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Nina Srivastava 123-A, Pataliputra Colony, Street 5-A, Patna
800013, Bihar, India +91 612-2270171, +91 9431055965
[email protected] http://www.equityasia.net
A research and implementation agency, Equity Foundation (EF) was
started by RenuRanjan and Nina Srivastava in 2003. Besides its work
in 4 districts of Bihar, it also operated in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. In recognition of the fact that
programmes for the poor were often designed without any accurate
data about local conditions, EF chose to base its field
interventions on research. It undertook surveys and empirical
research in villages, which served a two-fold purpose: they built a
database of information about conditions on the ground and provided
the organisation with a solid basis on which to design appropriate
programmes for the most disadvantaged communities -- Muslims and
Dalits. EF’s field initiatives in rural Bihar addressed two of the
government’s biggest social programmes – MGNREGAand the PDS and
their accessibility to marginalized groups. The organization looked
at issues through the lens of equity and participation of excluded
groups such as Dalits, Muslims and women. It did capacity-building
of NGOs on gender issues and advocacy on women’s human rights,
political participation and gender-sensitive budgeting.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: FarogeAdab
3. Year of establishment: 1990
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: M.M. Raja, Dr.ZahidHussain, QausarTasneem,
Mohd.Ehshamuddin Ansari
6. Leadership (2012): JamilaKhatoon
7. Main Sectors of work: a) Education b) Livelihood c)
Environment issues
8. Location/Spread of work: FarogeAdab worked in rural areas of
Bihar (in Muzaffarpur, Begusarai, Vaishali, Darbhanga,
Sitamarhi
and Sheohar Districts). It also worked in Jharkhand and West
Bengal.
9. Total staff: 20
10. Female staff: 12
11. Muslim staff: 11
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR6,50,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
JamilaKhatoon PatahiNarayanpur, PO Patahi, PS Sadar,
Muzaffarpur843113, Bihar, India +91 9334645027, +91 621-2279258
[email protected]
Established in 1990, FarogeAdab worked under the leadership
ofJamilaKhatoon. Its work covered 7 blocks in 6 districts of Bihar,
and the organization also hada presence in neighbouring Jharkhand
and West Bengal. Working with all marginalised communities,
approximately half of its direct work was with poor Muslims.
FarogeAdab had an integrated approach to development and worked on
education, livelihoods as well as environment issues. The
organization had a special focus on women, children and the
elderly.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: GhoghardihaPrakhandSwarajyaVikasSangh (GPSVS)
3. Year of establishment: 1978
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Tapeshwar Singh
6. Leadership (2012): Ramesh Kumar
7. Main sectors of work: a) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs,
skill development) b) Education (elementary education, non-formal
education, vocational training) c) Rural development d) Democratic
participation
8. Location/Spread of work:
GhoghardihaPrakhandSwarajyaVikasSangh worked in rural areas of
Bihar (in Darbhanga, Madhubani,
Muzaffarpur, Saran and Supaul Districts).
9. Total staff: 143
10. Female staff: 66
11. Muslim staff: 22
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 3,00,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor
c) Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Ramesh Kumar PO Jagatpur, Via Ghoghardiha, Madhubani District
847402, Bihar, India +91 9431025373, +91 9955494453
[email protected]
GhoghardihaPrakhandSwarajyaVikasSangh (GPSVS) worked with the
vision of gram swarajya (village sovereignty) based on the Gandhian
principles of equity, justice, tolerance and non-violence. Starting
work in 1978, the organization operated across 5 districts of the
state. It had a wide range of initiatives that touched many aspects
of poor rural communities, with interventions in education, health,
livelihood, microfinance, rural development and enhancing local
democratic participation. The organization’s work combined some
much-needed service delivery with rights-based mobilization of
local communities. In keeping with its core vision of equity and
inclusion, GPSVS worked with all deprived groups. Their work with
Muslims had gradually been increasing over the last fifteen to
eighteen years, since they began an initiative with adolescent
Muslim girls, women’s savings and credit group initiatives, and
livestock management among Muslim communities.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: GyanVigyanSamiti Bihar
3. Year of establishment: 1996
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders : Prof. S.N. Yadav, Prof. N.C. Sharma,
Mohd.Ghalib, Prof. KashinathChatterjee, S.N. Azad, AsharfiSada
6. Leadership (2012): AsharfiSada, Prof. VidyanandYadav
7. Main aectors of work: a) Democratic participation
(empowerment / local government institutions) b) Women’s issues,
women’s empowerment c) Education (elementary)
8. Location/Spread of work: GyanVigyanSamiti worked in rural
areas of Bihar with a presence in 30 districts (Darbhanga,
Lakhisarai, Aurangabad, Buxar, Rohtas, Sheohar, Monghyr, Jamui,
Madhepura, Purnea, Saharsa, Gaya, Nawada, Madhubani, Kaimur, Banka,
Araria, Kishanganj, Supaul, Bhagalpur, Begusarai, Sheikhpura,
Sitamarhi, Samastipur, Khagaria, Bhojpur, Vaishali, Siwan, Arwal
and East Champaran districts).
9. Total staff: 11
10. Female staff: 4
11. Muslim staff: 1
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 18,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a) Central Government b) State Government c) Indian Donor Agency
d) Individual / Family/ Private donations e) Membership fee and
event-based resource mobilization from the community
14. Contact details:
AsharfiSada, President Raj Nilay, Ashok PuriChauraha, Khajpura,
Patna 800014, Bihar, India +91 9431253139
[email protected]
GyanVigyanSamiti, Bihar is a member of the national Bharat
GyanVigyanSamiti network, which had a presence in 22 states across
India. In most states, including in Bihar, the GyanVigyanSamiti had
a mass base character with independently registered state units.
The Bihar unit was established in 1996 and worked across 30
districts in the state. In keeping with the national mission
statement of ‘literacy, education and science for peace, unity and
self-reliance’ the GyanVigyanSamiti, Bihar, undertook a range of
people’s campaigns including kalajathas (cultural caravans) on the
right to education, literacy and continuing education. It also
intervened in other rights-based issues such as right to
employment, implementation of MGNREGA, enhancing democratic
participation at the local level and promoting peace and
secularism. The GyanVigyanSamiti operated with a small staff, and
worked primarily through its large volunteer base.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Institute for Developmental Education and Action
(IDEA)
3. Year of establishment: 1991
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Digvijay Kumar, Mohd.Arif
6. Leadership (2012): Dr. S.K. Choudhary, Digvijay Kumar,
Mohd.Arif, Mohd.ShoibRaza, NajboonNeesha
7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary and non-formal
education) b) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs) c) Health (women and
child health)
8. Location/Spread of work: IDEA worked in rural and urban areas
of Bihar (in 21 blocks of East Champaran, West Champaran,
Sheohar and Gopalganj Districts). It also worked in Motihari
town (East Champaran).
9. Total staff: 47
10. Female staff: 28
11. Muslim staff: 16
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 52,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Foreign Donor
14. Contact details:
Digvijay Kumar Sardar Patel Marg, PO Motihari, East Champaran
District 845401, Bihar, India +91 62-52234322 [email protected]
The Institute for Developmental Education and Action (IDEA),
formed in 1991, had a basic overarching goal – creating strong
community-level organizations of the rural poor to enable them to
assert their rights for a dignified human existence. It recognized
women, adolescent girls and children as particularly vulnerable and
did focused work with them. Similarly, its work with the Muslim
community had increased over the last 7 years in recognition of the
poverty, low literacy rates, high rates of MMR and IMR and the
particular deprivations experienced by adolescent girls, women and
Dalit Muslims. The organization worked in both rural and urban
areas. It intervened in areas of health, education, livelihood,
disaster relief and rehabilitation and also worked to promote
communal harmony. Recently IDEA had started to work for Pasmanda
Muslims in 8 blocks of West Champaran District on health,
particularly mother and child health, andsanitation and cleanliness
through formation of committee groups and community
mobilization.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: ImaratShariah Educational and Welfare Trust
3. Year of establishment: 1921
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founder: Maulana Abdul Mahasin, Mohammad Sajjad, Maulana
Abdul Kalam Azad, Maulana Mohammad Ali Mungeri, HazratMaulana Syed
Shah Badruddin
6. Leadership (2012): HazratMaulana Syed Nizamuddin,
MaulanaAnisurRehmanQuasim
7. Main sectors of work:
a) Education (elementary education, madrasas, higher education,
vocational training) b) Livelihood (skill development) c) Health
(access to health services)
8. Location/Spread of work: ImaratShariah worked in rural and
urban areas of Bihar. It also worked in West Bengal, Jharkhand
and
Orissa.
9. Total staff: 200
10. Female staff: Not available
11. Muslim staff: 190
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR6,00,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Special Government Programmes (Bihar
Government’sHunarProgramme) d) Indian Donor Agency e) Zakat: Indian
and NRI f) Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
MaulanaAnisurRehmanQuasim Phulwari Sharif, Patna 801505, Bihar,
India +91 9431432702, +91 612-2555351, +91 612-2555668, +91
612-2555212, +91 612-2555280 [email protected]
www.imaratshariah.org
The ImaratShariah Educational and Welfare Trust was established
in 1921, and workedacross the states of Bihar, West Bengal,
Jharkhand and Orissa. The organization was established to promote
Islamic teaching and that remains its core goal. However, over the
years, the organization had been recognized for its work on the
development of marginalized Muslims, through various charitable and
social welfare programmes. These programmes included educational
support at elementary and higher levels, including through
madrasas, livelihood skills development, provision of health
services and promoting access to government services. The
organization raised funds from the government as well as from
private donations, including zakat contributions from India and
abroad.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Izad
3. Year of establishment: 2002
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: MeenuMalakar, Akhtari Begum, ShiwaniChaudhary,
PramilaKumari, Pratima Devi, Gudia Rani, Shyama Devi
6. Leadership (2012): Gudia Devi, Akhtari Begum
7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment (leadership
development) b) Education c) Livelihood d) Urban poverty (access to
basic services)
8. Location/Spread of work: Izad worked in rural and urban areas
of Bihar (in Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, West Champaran, East
Champaran, Kishanganj, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Katihar, Arwal,
Nalanda, Bhojpur, Samastipur, Begusarai and Vaishali
districts).
9. Total staff: 60
10. Female staff: 50
11. Muslim staff: 19
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR25,50,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Special Minority Programme(Bihar Government’s
HunarProgramme) d) Indian Donor Agency e) Foreign Donor f)
Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Akhtari Begum, Secretary 13 C Rajendra Nagar, Patna 800016,
Bihar, India Tel: +91 9430559191, +91 612-2663311, Fax: +91
612-2721932 [email protected] www.izadpatna.org
With an inclusive, participatory approach to development, Izad
had been working with marginalized groups since 2002, and despite
an average annual budget of approximately INR 25 lakhs, it claimed
a reach across 15 districts of Bihar. It engaged with different
communities, bringing them to a common platform to assert their
rights. Itself a woman-headed organisation, Izad in turn worked to
promote women in leadership in a range of ways, including
interventions to empower elected women representatives in local
panchayatiraj institutions. It was among the few organizations
working with Muslim women in urban areas including in Patna, Gaya
and Arah; it promoted their legal awareness and raised issues of
their rights in the Shariat (personal law). The organization’s
primary work was on education, rural livelihoods and urban
poverty.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Jan Vikas
3. Year of establishment: 1991
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Abdul Majeed, Rameshwar Prasad, G.J.
Gonsalves
6. Leadership (2012): Abdul Majeed
7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary and non-formal
education, vocational training) b) Livelihood c) Health (woman and
child health) d) Women’s empowerment
8. Location/Spread of work: Jan Vikas worked in rural areas of
Bihar (in West Champaran District).
9. Total staff: 60
10. Female staff: 18
11. Muslim staff: 12
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 20,00,000(approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a) Central Government b) State Government c) Indian Donor Agency
d) Foreign Donor e) Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Abdul Majeed, President Baswaria, Bettiah, West Champaran845438,
Bihar, India +91 9801158564, +91 6254-241065 [email protected]
http://janvikasbihar.engo.in/
Jan Vikas worked for the sustainable development of marginalized
communities in rural areas of West Champaran. It focused on youth,
women, Dalits, tribals, Muslims and differently abled people –
seeing them both as the instruments as well as the goals of
development. The organization’s programme focus was wide, and it
took up various concerns affecting the lives of the poor. It worked
on education at elementary levels and imparted vocational skills,
intervened on health with a focus on woman and child health, and
worked on democratic participation, livelihoods and women’s
development. It also worked to promote communal harmony.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: KrantiManavSeva Kendra
3. Year of establishment: 2009
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: NituSrivastava, Surendra Prasad
6. Leadership (2012): Dara Ram, NituSrivastava, Surendra
Prasad
7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education) b)
Health (woman and child health) c) Livelihood d) Dalit and minority
issues e) Social security schemes (for Dalitsand Muslims)
8. Location/Spread of work: KrantiManavSeva Kendra worked in
rural Bihar (in Rohtas Districtincluding Rajpurand Nasriganj
blocksand Nasriganj Nagar Panchayat).
9. Total staff: 5
10. Female staff: 2
11. Muslim staff: 2
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 6,00,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor
c) Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Sujit Kumar Village &PO Bank,PSAkorhiGola, Rohtas District
821301, Bihar, India +91 9504433854 [email protected]
Working for the development of marginalized people,
KrantiManavSevaKendra was based in Rohtas district. The
organization was associated with networks such as the Bihar
LokAdhikarManch, National Confederation of Dalit Organisations,
National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights and Human Rights Law
Network. It was committed to the elimination of all caste- and
community-based discrimination. Its work with the Muslim community
was an extension of this same philosophy. Its approach was to
mobilize disadvantaged people and develop their motivation and
capacity to assert their rights. Its direct programme areas were
elementary education, social security schemes, woman and child
health and livelihoods.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: MahilaDarpan
3. Year of establishment: 2000
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: SameenaKhatoon, AsmaKhatoon, ShabanaParveen,
YasmeenKhatoon, Sajjan Devi, Asha Devi, Poonam Devi,
SudhaBharti
6. Leadership (2012): Sameena Devi
7. Main sectors of work:
a) Education (non-formal education, vocational training) b)
Health c) Legal aid
8. Location/Spread of work: MahilaDarpan worked in rural Bihar
(in Khagaria District).
9. Total staff: 4
10. Female staff: 2
11. Muslim staff: 3
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 1,75,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a) Central Government b) State Government
14. Contact Details:
HarounRasheed Jay Prakash Nagar, Ward No.22, Khagaria851204,
Bihar, India +91 9801783176
Founded and led jointly by a mixed group of women belonging to
both Muslim and Hindu communities, MahilaDarpan worked at a local
level in KhagariaDistrict. Its mission was to empower women from
underprivileged families, believing that this was the key to social
change. The organization worked with women from both communities,
focusing on their educational and economic development. Its
education programme sought to reach out to women through non-formal
modules and vocational trainings. It also provided legal awareness
and legal aid services to women. In addition, the organization
worked on health issues.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: MahilaSamajVikasSansthan
3. Year of establishment: 1981
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Mohd.Nasiruddin, DharamshilaArya, Nasim Fatima,
Dr.Saraswati
6. Leadership (2012): Wasim Fatima, AlamAra
7. Main sectors of work: a) Women’s empowerment b) Education
(non-formal education, literacy) c) Livelihood
8. Location/Spread of work: MahilaSamajVikasSansthan worked in
rural and urban areas of Bihar (in Nalanda District).
9. Total staff: 5
10. Female staff: 4
11. Muslim staff: 2
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 60,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a) Individual / Family/ Private donations b) Self-sustaining
Activities
14. Contact details:
AlamAra SherpurMohalla, Bihar Sharif, Nalanda 803101, Bihar,
India +91 9934582273
MahilaSamajVikasSansthan emerged from the debris of the Bihar
Sharif riots in 1981, as a local community-led response to the
violence in which a majority of the riot victims were Muslims. As a
few local people coalesced to provide relief to the survivors, the
group gradually crystallized into an organization. Over time, the
organization was registered and continued its commitment to the
well-being and development of the affected families, who were
mostly from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds. Its focus was on
making women self-reliant, through non-formal education and
improved livelihoods. The organization also worked to promote
communal harmony. For over 30 years,MahilaSamajVikasSansthan had
sustained its work, engaging with over 1500 women and girls,
without any institutional funding. In recent years, however, it had
cut back its programmes because of financial constraints.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: MahilaSewakSamaj
3. Year of establishment: 1982
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: MosarratKalim, SabihaNaaz, SanzeedaKhatoon,
UshaSinha, AsmatAra, AnwariKhatoon
6. Leadership (2012): MosarratKalim, SabihaNaaz,
SanzeedaKhatoon
7. Main sectors of work:
a) Women’s empowerment b) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs) c)
Health (woman and child health) d) Education (non-formal education,
vocational training)
8. Location/Spread of work: MahilaSewakSamaj worked in rural
areas of Bihar (in Nalanda and
Sheikhpura districts).
9. Total staff: 10
10. Female staff: 7
11. Muslim staff: 6
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 19,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Foreign Donor e) Individual /
Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
SabihaNaaz, Secretary AlamManzil, MohallaSherpur, PO Bihar
Sharif, NalandaDistrict 803101, Bihar, India +91 9835015116, +91
9304260030 [email protected],[email protected]
http://mahilasewaksamaj.com
Following the Biharsharif communal riots of 1981, relief
activists became aware of the need to work with the Muslim
community on a sustained basis. It was against this backdrop that
MahilaSewakSamaj emerged. An all-women’s group with Muslim
leadership, the organization had built relations with local
communities in villages of Nalanda and Sheikhpuradistricts. It
worked with underprivileged women from all communities, including
Muslim women. Its approach: need-based community development with
all interventions based on intercommunity respect.
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MahilaSewakSamaj worked on education, woman and child health,
rural livelihoods, vocational skills development, environmental
issues, women’s empowerment and disaster management.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Milli Educational and Welfare Society
3. Year of establishment: 2000
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: AnzarAlam, JamilAhmad, AshfaqueAlam, Z.A.
Nomani, MuzammilHussain, AfzalHussain, TalatAra, RizwanurRab, Shiv
Kumar Prasad Jaiswal, ManjulaSaha, ShamimPerwaiz
6. Leadership (2012): AnzarAlam
7. Main sectors of work:
a) Health (public health services, woman and child health) b)
Education (elementary education, non-formal education, vocational
training) c) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs)
8. Location/Spread of work: Milli Educational and Welfare
Society worked in rural and urban areas of Bihar (inAraria,
Katihar,
Kishanganj, Madhepura, West Champaran, Supaul, Patna and Purnia
districts).
9. Total staff: 332
10. Female staff: 118
11. Muslim staff: 204
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 2,00,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Special Minority Programme(under Multi-Sectoral
Development Programme - MsDP) d) Indian Donor Agency e) Foreign
Donor f) Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
AnzarAlam Janta Hat, PO Kanhaiyabari, Kishanganj District
855107, Bihar, India +91 9431478629, +91 6456 233677
[email protected] http://www.mewskne.com
Milli Educational and Welfare Society worked in a large area
across 7 districts of Bihar with all disadvantaged communities.
Much of their work was concentrated in districts with a high Muslim
population that also had low development indicators. With sustained
local presence of over a decade, the organization had built a large
network among members of the local community as also in the wider
world of funders and donors including the government as well as
Indian and foreign agencies. The organization had interventions in
several sectors including education, livelihoods, increasing
democratic participation, as well as disaster relief and
rehabilitation. However, they had a special focus on health,
including advocacy to provide effective health care to rural
populations, revitalizing local health traditions and mainstreaming
AYUSH into public health care systems.
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1. State: Bihar
2. NGO: MuzaffarpurVikasMandal
3. Year of establishment: 1970
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: (Late) Jayaprakash Narayan, Kameshwar
Thakur,Pyare Mohan Tripathi
6. Leadership (2012): Ramesh Pankaj, MandaleshwarTiwary
7. Main sectors of work: a. Democratic participation b. Rural
development c. Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs) d. Education
(elementary and non-formal education)
8. Location/Spread of work: MuzaffarpurVikasMandal worked in
rural and urban areas of Bihar (in Muzaffarpur, Samastipur,
Darbhanga, Madhubani, West Champaran, Bhojpur, Gaya, Jehanabad,
Saran, Siwan and Nalanda districts).
9. Total staff: 70
10. Female staff: 57
11. Muslim staff: 14
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 80,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a. Central Government b. Foreign Donor
c. Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Ramesh Pankaj Jai-PrabhaSmritiBhawan, J.P. Vihar, Jaiprakash
Path, PO R.K.Ashram, Bela, Muzaffarpur 843116, Bihar, India +91
0621-2283034, +91 9835442533, +91 9934745013
[email protected], [email protected]
Initiated in 1970 by Jayaprakash Narayan and his
associates,MuzaffarpurVikasMandal worked in 12 districts of Bihar.
The organization had played an active role in the social history of
the region, and it continued to hold dear the values of its famous
founder – socio-economic and political transformation through
peaceful means and with people’s participation.
MuzaffarpurVikasMandal worked with a range of disadvantaged
populations, and was part of a variety of networks, including the
Right to Food and Right to Work campaigns, Dalit AdhikarManch,
Bihar Muslim MahilaAndolan and BhumiAdhikarAndolan. It started
working with the Muslim community in 1978, after identifying
Muslims as a marginalized group in terms of socio-economic
development. The organization worked in several programme areas:
primary education, rural livelihoods, vocational skills enhancement
and democratic participation.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Nidan
3. Year of establishment: 1996
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Arbind Singh, Ranjan Kumar
6. Current leadership (2012): Arbind Singh, Ranjan Kumar, Lalita
Devi
7. Main sectors of work: a) Workers’ rights (for
unorganized-sector workers, including social protection and
financial services) b) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs, skill
development, employment, entrepreneurship) c) Urban poverty (slums,
basic services) d) Rural development e) Education (elementary
education, vocational training) f) Health g) Women’s
empowerment
8. Location/Spread of work: Nidan worked in rural and urban
areas of Bihar (in Patna, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur,
Katihar,
Madhepura,Supaul,Nawada,Gaya, Saran andDarbhanga
Districts).Nidan also worked in Jharkhand,Uttar Pradesh and
Delhi.
9. Total staff: 300
10. Female staff: 180
11. Muslim staff: 30
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 6,00,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Indian Corporate Donor e)
Foreign Donor f) Individual / Family/ Private donations g)
Self-sustaining Activities
14. Contact details:
Ranjan Kumar Block-C, MauryaLok Complex, Patna800 001, Bihar,
India +91 9835017165, +91 612-2220772, +91 612-2220773, +91
612-6530555 [email protected] http://www.nidan.in/
Nidan worked largely for the rights of workers in the informal
economy, including street vendors, artisans, craftspeople,
home-based workers, rural landless workers and others. Urban street
vendors were in fact among the organization’s founders when it
began in 1994. It started to engage with the Muslim community in a
concerted fashion when it took up work with slum dwellers in Patna,
many of whom were Muslim. Nidan had large cross-cuttingsectoral
interventions, a big team and significant budgetary outlay. The
organization’s core strategy was to organize informal sector
workers into legal entities such as cooperatives, associations and
self-help groups for greater bargaining power, and to help them
gain access to a range of services including social service
protection, insurance, pension, loans for entrepreneurship and
education for workers’ children. Nidan was known for its work in
promoting member-based platformsincluding the National Association
for Street Vendors of India (NASVI). Its
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programme intervention areas were diverse yet coherent in their
overarching focus on improving lives and opportunities for
unorganized workers. Nidan’ssectoral interventions included early
childhood care and primary education for children of workers,
nutrition and health, microfinance and SHGs, skill development of
youth belonging to workers’ families, addressing urban poverty by
enhancing access to urban basic services, and promoting rural and
urban livelihoods.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Nirdesh
3. Year of establishment: 1995
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: VijiSrinivasan, DrSatyendra Kumar Singh
6. Leadership (2012): KavitaVerma, SapanaKumari, DrSatyendra
Kumar Singh
7. Main sectors of work: a) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs,
co-operatives, product marketing, skill development) b) Women’s
empowerment (capacity building and leadership development) c)
Health (including reproductive health and sanitation) d) Education
(non-formal education)
8. Location/Spread of work: Nirdesh worked in rural areas of
Bihar (in 58 blocks of Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, East Champaran,
West Champaran, Sitamarhi, Madhubani and Vaishali
Districts).
9. Total staff: 230
10. Female staff: 180
11. Muslim staff: 25
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 2,30,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Indian Donor Agency d) Foreign Donor e) Individual /
Family/ Private donations f) Self-sustaining Activities
14. Contact details:
Dr.Satyendra Kumar Singh, Secretary Majhaulia village, PO
Khabara, Muzaffarpur District 843146, Bihar, India Tel: +91
621-2251880 Fax: +91 621-2251880 [email protected],
[email protected] http://nirdesh.org
A grassroots rural development organisation with field presence
across 7 districts of Bihar, Nirdesh had been working since 1995.
Its community-based development programme emphasized capacity
building, lobbying and advocacy to empower the poor and
marginalized – the organization saw itself as a ‘community-based
resource organization’. Working for gender equity and enhancing
women’s participation and leadership were articulated as core goals
for Nirdesh, and this was reflected in the gender balance in its
own staff as well. Its programme interventions covered a wide
spectrum – enhancing livelihoods through SHGs, marketing products
made by SHGs, registering women’s cooperatives, health and
sanitation including reproductive health, education, training and
advocacy, and promoting democratic participation through
community-mobilization.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Parcham
3. Year of establishment: 2001
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Naseema, Chandni, Farhat, Sakuntala
6. Leadership (2012): Naseema, Farhat, Sakuntala
7. Main sectors of work: a. Rights of sex workers b. Education
c. Livelihood d. Health
8. Location/Spread of work: Parcham worked in rural as well as
urban areas of Bihar (in Sitamarhi, West Champaran, Gaya,
Muzaffarpur, Rohtas, Patna and Begusarai Districts). 9. Total
volunteers: Not available 10. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR
6,00,000 (approx.)
11. Sources of funding:
a. Foreign Donor b. Individual / Family/ Private donations c.
Self-sustaining Activities
12. Contact details:
Naseema Shukla Road, Ward No.40, HafiziChowk, Muzaffarpur
842001, Bihar, India +91 8740885604, +91 621-2240273
[email protected]
Parcham was a community-based organization (CBO) led by members
of the sex worker community, giving primacy to issues of identity,
recognition and self-respect for sex workers as they fought for
legal rights and entitlements. It came into being in 2001, in
response to a police raid on sex workers in Muzzaffarpur town in
Bihar. Although the founders and members of the governing board
came from different socio-religious communities, a majority of the
CBO’s membership was Muslim (they estimate approximately 80%). Its
mission was to provide dignity and justice to the sex worker
community and their children. Parcham did rights-based campaigning
and advocacy with the government and civil society on the one hand
and community-based projects on education, health and livelihoods
on the other – these were demand-driven, in response to the
specific needs of the sex worker community. Education—especially
higher education—was a major focus, and Parcham ran 3 programmes: a
newsletter called Jugnu, containing writings from the sex worker
community; a tuition programme called Bitiya to encourage the
daughters of sex workers to complete the 10th and 12th class
examinations; and an Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
centre, which allowed students from the community to pursue higher
education. Parcham worked with a modest budget, entirely through
volunteers. They had no paid staff.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Paridhi
3. Year of establishment: 1984
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Lalan, Uday
6. Leadership (2012) :Lalan, Uday, Praveer, Sangita
7. Main sectors of work:
a) Urban poverty b) Child rights c) Education (elementary
education)
8. Location/Spread of work: Paridhi worked in urban Bihar (in 9
slums across 7 wards of Bhagalpur City).
9. Total staff: 24
10. Female staff: 11
11. Muslim staff: 7
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 40,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor c) Individual / Family/
Private donations
14. Contact details:
Uday Nayatola, Bhikhanpur, Bhagalpur812001, Bihar, India +91
641-2302629, +91 641-2401825 [email protected],
[email protected] http://paridhibiindia.blogspot.com/
Working in 9 slum clusters in the communally sensitive town of
Bhagalpur, Paridhi engaged with development concerns of the urban
poor. The organization’s initial focus was child rights and it
continued to be an advocate on this issue, sensitising government
functionaries and various stakeholders, and working to promote
elementary education. Over the years it involved itself with other
concerns of marginalized urban populations. Realising the multiple
forms of discrimination faced by disadvantaged Muslims in slums, it
started to work actively with the Muslim community in 1989. Paridhi
addressed public health concerns and livelihood issues, and worked
to promote communal harmony. It had a cultural communication team
and used cultural activities for awareness raising and capacity
building of communities. The organisation was a member of several
networks of like-minded groups working against communalism and for
the rights of the urban poor. Paridhi had started developmental
work on education issues through the lens of caste or communal
discrimination, in 30 villages of Goradih block in Bhagalpur.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: ParivarVikas
3. Year of establishment: 1988
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Mr.Bhawanand, AcharyaRamamoorti
6. Leadership (2012): Mr.Bhawanand
7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary education) b)
Health (nutrition, woman and child health) c) Livelihood (SHGs,
skill development, economic development programmes)
8. Location/Spread of work: ParivarVikas worked in rural and
urban areas of Bihar (in Jamui and Banka districts).
9. Total staff: 41
10. Female staff: 9
11. Muslim staff: 2
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 1,50,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a) State Government b) Indian Donor Agency c) Foreign Donor d)
Individual / Family/ Private donations e) Self-sustaining
Activities
14. Contact details:
Mr.Bhawanand, Secretary Chandrashekhar Nagar Village, PO
Guguldih, Via Giddhour, Jamui 811305, Bihar, India +91 8002028002
[email protected], [email protected]
www.parivarvikas.org
More than two decades old now, ParivarVikaswas started by a
group of social workers under the leadership of Bhawanand, who was
involved in the Jayaprakash Narayan movement. Their stated mission
was to work towards village autonomy, with economic self-reliance,
optimum utilization of local resources, where the poor and
marginalized participated and contributed to strengthened local
self-governance. In keeping with this vision, the organization had
headquartered itself in a remote village in Jamui District.
ParivarVikas had worked with Muslims from the start, because it saw
the community as a priority target group among the underprivileged.
The organization had wide-ranging programmes in elementary
education, health and sanitation, nutrition, early childhood care,
child protection and livelihoods (through SHG formation, an SHG
literacy programme and economic skills upgradation). They had also
done focused development work in education, health and livelihoods
with Dalits, who remained the most deprived group in the area.
Rather than taking a strictly sectoral approach, the organization
identified underprivileged families and engaged with a range of
issues affecting their lives.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: RadhaShilp Kala Kendra
3. Year of establishment: 2001
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Sujit Kumar, SujataKumari
6. Leadership (2012): Sujit Kumar
7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary and non-formal
education) b) Livelihood (formation of CBOs & livelihood
training) c) Health (woman and child health) d) Dalit andminority
issues e) Social security schemes
8. Location/Spread of work: RadhaShilp Kala Kendra worked in
rural and urban areas of Bihar (in Rohtas District, including
AkorhiGolaBlock, DehriTown and Block, SasaramTown and Block.
They also worked in SiwanDistrict in Badharia Block.).
9. Total staff: 12
10. Female staff: 8
11. Muslim staff: 3
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 5,00,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Indian Donor Agency b) Foreign Donor
c) Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Sujit Kumar Village &PO Bank, PSAkorhiGola, RohtasDistrict
821301, Bihar, India +91 9546346808, +91 9504433853
[email protected]
RadhaShilp Kala Kendra started in 2001, working with
marginalized communities, especially women, to build their
capacities and empower them to assert their rights. Five years into
its work, the organization began work with the Muslim community,
especially the large numbers of particularly deprived Dalit
Muslims. The Kendra was associated with several human rights and
Dalit rights networks, including Dalit AdhikarManch, Bihar
LokAdhikarManch, NACDOR, NCDHR and the Human Rights Law Network.
Its direct programme interventions were in the areas of elementary
and non-formal education, social security schemes, Dalit and
minority issues, woman and child health, and livelihoods.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Rapid Action for Human Advancement Tradition (RAHAT)
3. Year of establishment: 2002
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Dr. Farzana Begum
6. Leadership (2012): Dr.Farzana Begum
7. Main sectors of work: a) Education (elementary and non-formal
education, literacy, vocational training) b) Health (woman and
child health) c) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs, skill development)
d) Women’s empowerment (domestic violence) e) Combat human
trafficking f) HIV/AIDS awareness
8. Location/Spread of work: RAHAT worked in rural areas of Bihar
(in Katihar, Kishanganj, Araria, Purnea, Begusarai, Supaul,
Munger, Bhagalpur and Vaishali districts).
9. Total staff: 45
10. Female staff: 26
11. Muslim staff: 19
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: Not available
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) State
Government c) Special Minority Programme or other Programme (Bihar
Government’s Hunar programme &Madrasa modernization
programme) d) Indian Donor Agency e) Foreign Donor f) Individual
/ Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Dr.Farzana Begum Line Gulbasti, Khanqhah Road, PO & District
Kishanganj 855107, Bihar, India +91 9431093983, +91 6456-223330,
+91 9931280661 [email protected]
Rapid Action for Human Advancement Tradition (RAHAT) was
initiated in 2002, and was led by Dr.Farzana Begum. More than half
the organization’s staff comprised women, many of whom were in
leadership roles. This commitment to gender equity was reflected in
the women’s empowerment work of the organization. RAHAT’s primary
stated mandate was to work on basic education and health for
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, women and children. Its work in
districts of high Muslim concentration also meant a natural focus
on large numbers of deprived Muslims, which the organization
estimated were well over half of those they reached. Their
programme interventions were in the areas of education, health and
livelihoods.
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1. State: BIHAR 2. NGO: SafaliYuva Club
3. Year of establishment: 1990
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Faruque Ali, Kaushal Kishore Chaudhary, Prakash
Chandra Gupta
6. Leadership (2012): Faruque Ali, B.N. Jaiswal, Reyazuddin
7. Main sectors of work:
a) Youth mobilization b) Education (non-formal education,
literacy) c) Livelihood (skill development) d) Health awareness
8. Location/Spread of work: Safali Youth Club worked in rural
and urban areas of Bihar (in Bhagalpur District)
9. Total volunteers: 150
10. Female volunteers: 60
11. Muslim volunteers: 75
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 1,00,000 (approx.)
13. Sources of funding:Individual / Family/ Private
donations
14. Contact details: Faruque Ali, President Sarai, Bhagalpur
City812002, Bihar, India +91 9431250795, +91 641-2620215
[email protected]
Safali Youth Club was initiated in 1990, after the Bhagalpur
riots caused a rift between communities, and the Muslim youth were
feeling isolated from the mainstream. It was against this backdrop
that the Safali Youth Club came together as a forum for youth
participation in community building – for young adults to share
their skills and views towards a socially and communally harmonious
society. A fully volunteer-based organisation, it engaged on issues
of education and literacy, health and livelihoods. Despite being
entirely self-financed by donations and contributions, it had over
the years generated a large volunteer base and built skills of
approximately 1500 young girls. It the year 1993 it was adjudged
best youth club of Bihar and subsequently was made a Youth
Development Center under the Nehru YuvakKendra, Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports, GOI in 1996.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Sahulat Microfinance Society
3. Year of establishment: 2010
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Prof. K.A.Siddique Hassan, ArshadAjmal,
ShashiBhushan, Mr.Karil
6. Leadership (2012): Prof. K.A.Siddique Hassan, ArshadAjmal
7. Main sectors of work:Microfinance (interest-free credit
services to poor families)
8. Location/Spread of work: Sahulat worked in rural and urban
areas of Bihar (in Patna, Araria and Gaya districts). It also
worked in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
9. Total staff: 8
10. Female staff: 0
11. Muslim staff: 8
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: Not available
13. Sources of funding:Self-financed
14. Contact details:
ArshadAjmal FA 18, AbulFazal Enclave, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi,
India 110025, India +91 9431021035 [email protected]
www.sahulat.org
A young organization, the Sahulat Microfinance Society had
offices in Patna and New Delhi, with presence in 3 districts of
Bihar. Formed on March 30, 2010, in New Delhi by a group of
scholars, economists, professionals and social activists from
several states in India, the society had been registered as a
national-level non-profit organization. Its objective was to
provide interest-free microfinance loans for socio-economic,
educational and economic development. The society had announced
plans to establish 500 interest-free cooperative branches in India
by the end of 2016, and also had plans to establish four regional
offices and training & research units. Sahulat saw its work as
entirely non-profit oriented, with a single aim – toenhance the
financial inclusion of marginalized Muslim families and
institutions in deprived localities. The cooperative structure of
the society did not rely on external funding but utilized financial
resources from members of the cooperative to develop resources for
lending.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: Samagra Gram SwarajSangh
3. Year of establishment: 1978
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: JageshwarChaudhury, Rajaram Singh, Krishnandan
Prasad, Sharda Devi
6. Leadership (2012): Rajaram Singh, Krishnandan Prasad
7. Main sectors of work: a) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs,
skill development) b) Education (elementary education, non-formal
education) c) Rural development
8. Location/Spread of work:Samagra Gram SwarajSangh worked in
rural and urban areas of Bihar (in Nawada, Jehanabad, Gaya
and Nalanda districts).
9. Total staff: 11
10. Female staff: 4
11. Muslim staff: 0
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 12,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Central Government b) Foreign Donor
c) Individual/Family/ Private donations d) Self-sustaining
Activities
14. Contact details:
Rajaram Singh Bonoba Ashram, PO Islampur, Nalanda801303, Bihar,
India +91 9709408585 [email protected]
Samagra Gram SwarajSangh was similar to other organizations that
were inspired by the Jayaprakash Narayan movement in the 1970s and
then began sustained work with the poor and marginalized in Bihar.
As the name suggests, their vision was one of Gram Swarajya
(village self-rule) - which in terms of development strategies
translated into mobilizing and strengthening village communities to
themselves determine the direction of development. Since its
foundation in 1978, the organization had spread to four districts
in the state. It started to engage consciously with the Muslim
community in 1988, when it expanded its work into new areas. The
organization worked on education, rural livelihoods, urban poverty
and environmental issues. It also worked to promote communal
harmony. With its own training centre near Islampur town, the
organization regularly conducted trainings with women on a range of
issues. Samagra Gram SwarajSangh was part of several state-wide NGO
networks.
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1. State: Bihar
2. NGO: SamagraSewa
3. Year of establishment: 1999
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: MakeshwarRawat, Bhola Tanti, KumudKumari,
Rajesh Tamoli
6. Leadership (2012): Prakash, Pankaj
7. Main sectors of work: a. Democratic participation (community
mobilization, enhance local self-governance) b. Rights-based
advocacy (for access to basic services, implementation of
government schemes, social legislations)
8. Location/Spread of work: SamagraSewa worked in rural as well
as urban areas of Bihar (in Jamui, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura,
Begusarai and Khagaria Districts).
9. Total staff: 13
10. Female staff: 4
11. Muslim staff: 1
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 18,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a. State Government b. Foreign Donor c.
Individual / Family/ Private donations
14. Contact details:
Makeshwar Rawat North of Animal Hospital, NayaTolaBihari, PO
& District Jamui 811307, Bihar, India +91 9431315651, +91
9931534537 [email protected],
[email protected]
Samagra Sewa was initiated in 1999 in Bihar’s Jamui district
bordering Jharkhand, by a group of local Dalit youths. Marked by
its difficult terrain, regular droughts and violence by state and
non-state actors, the area is witness to large-scale displacement
of people and disruption of livelihoods. Against this backdrop,
Samagra Sewa engaged with the most underserved – Dalits and Muslims
– to empower them to address a range of issues, from child rights
to implementation of government social welfare programmes and
legislations like the Right to Education Act and the Scheduled
Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The
approach was to form community-based organizations in remote towns
and villages. Mobilizing the disadvantaged in local communities,
elected representatives and block-level government workers, the
organization tried to create a platform for working together. The
organization did not itself get involved in government programme
implementation, but acted instead as a watchdog.
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1. State: Bihar
2. NGO: SamagraSikshanEvamVikashSansthan (SSEVS)
3. Year of establishment: 1989-90
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: Pankaj-ji, Kadir, Prabhat, AbbasBhai
6. Leadership (2012): Prakash, Pankaj-ji
7. Main sectors of work: a. Land rights (including legal aid) b.
Rural livelihoods (including implementation of MGNREGA) c.
Democratic participation (community mobilization towards
implementation of government schemes) d. Disaster relief &
rehabilitation (for flood-affected)
8. Location/Spread of work: SSEVS worked in rural areas of Bihar
(in West Champaran, Siwan and East Champaran districts).
9. Total staff: 50
10. Female staff: 8
11. Muslim staff: 7
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 12,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding:
a. Indian Corporate Donor b. Foreign Donor
14. Contact details:
Pankaj-ji J.P. SmritiKutir, Subhash Nagar, Bettiah, (landmark –
east of K.R. High School) West Champaran 845438, Bihar, India +91
6254-247313, +91 8797441003 (Siddharth), +91 8986500770, +91
947009117 (Pankaj) [email protected], www.samagrasansthan.org
With roots in the movement led by socialist leader
Jayaprakash(JP) Narayan, SamagraSikshanEvamVikashSansthan (SSEVS)
worked in areas with a rich history of struggle – Gandhiji’s
movement against indigo farming and the Bhoodan movement of the
1950s. Yet, land alienation and its attendant poverty remained
significant problems, and these were the central issues the
organization focused on. SSEVS viewed development as a liberating
force and believed that ownership and entitlement to land was the
key to empowering landless farmers, giving them both food security
and a sense of permanence and dignity. Its focus was mobilization
and capacity-building of landless farmers to enable them to demand
their rights to land; its legal aid cell helped with land-related
court cases. Its work included ensuring that government schemes
like the Indira AwasYojana (IAY) and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) were implemented in a
transparent and just manner. The organization had been working
specifically with landless Muslim and Dalit agricultural workers
since the beginning, as the vast majority of the region’s landless
farm workers belonged to these groups. It also advocated for the
rights of people displaced by seasonal floods—again largely Dalits
and Muslims, who had been pushed to the periphery of towns and
villages, and lived precariously near the riverbeds.
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1. State: BIHAR
2. NGO: SamajikShodhEvamVikasSansthan
3. Year of establishment: 1991
4. Registered NGO
5. Key founders: HamidaKhatun, Hasan Imam Kuraishi,
VindhvashniPd, RamjitPasawan, Amar, BinodMallick
6. Leadership (2012): VindhvashniPd, RamjitPasawan, Amar
7. Main sectors of work: a) Rural development b) Women’s
empowerment c) Livelihood (microfinance, SHGs, skill development)
d) Education (elementary and non-formal education, vocational
training) e) Democratic participation (rights-based community
mobilization)
8. Location/Spread of work: SamajikShodhEvamVikasSansthan worked
in rural areas of Bihar (in East
Champaran and West Champaran districts).
9. Total staff: 18
10. Female staff: 3
11. Muslim staff: 2
12. Average annual budget in 2011-12: INR 30,00,000
(approx.)
13. Sources of funding: a) Foreign donor b) Individual / Family/
Private donations
14. Contact details:
SamajikShodhEvamVikasSansthan Mehsi, East Champaran 845426,
Bihar, India +91 917250168082 [email protected],
[email protected]
SamajikShodhEvamVikasSansthan had been working in the rural
areas of East and West Champaran for over two decades. While it had
maintained a small team, it had come to be recognized in the region
as having developed strong relationships with the local communities
among the rural poor. It worked on education, health, rural
livelihoods, economic development through organizing SHGs and
skill-enhancement, women’s issues, and disaster relief and
rehabilitation. It had published a report on the educational status
of Muslim children in 2011. SamajikShodhEvamVikasSansthan was part
of several
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state-wide networks promoting communal harmony, and rights of
Dalits and women, including the Aman Campaign, InsaniEkta
(Biradari) Muhim, Dalit AdhikarMorcha and MahilaAdhikarManch.