Actionaid Association

ActionAid Association India is a non-profit organisation that aims to protect human rights, with a particular focus on women's rights. It provides cou Read morenselling and legal aid to help women resist violence and regain control of their lives. The organisation advocates for children's rights to education, nutrition, safety, protection and well-being, and raises awareness about gender equality and saving the girl child. Additionally, ActionAid Association India works to secure citizenship rights for underprivileged communities and develops leadership and livelihood skills among young people in these communities, addressing issues such as poverty, distress migration, bonded labour and sustainable agriculture practices. The organisation also raises awareness about people's rights over land, livelihoods and public commons. Over the years, the organisation has been recognised for its efforts and won several awards, including ASSOCHAM's Third Diversity and Inclusion Awards, Corona Warriors Excellence Award, Bhubaneswar Leadership Award, Best Social Work Practitioner Award, The Giving Economy Changemakers 2020 Charity Leadership Award, and Mahatma Award 2021 for Social Impact. Finally, ActionAid Association India collaborates with state governments and policymakers to formulate policies that support gender equality, stronger land rights and property rights, especially for women.

Our Vision: A world without poverty, patriarchy and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to life with dignity
Our Mission: To work in solidarity with the poor and participate in their struggle to eradicate poverty, patriarchy and injustice

ActionAid Works in various Thematic Areas such as Land, Water, Forest, Agriculture, Women empowerment, Education, Skill building, Minorities and Refugees. Following are some of the coverages of our key achievements:

Land
Impact in Numbers
• 3779 families got homestead land
• 1732 families got 1345 acres of agriculture land
• 2785 families got Individual Forest Rights over 8119 acres
• Community Forest rights over 15465 acres of forest
• 150 acres of agriculture land protected from alienation
• 228 acres of land under illegal occupation was brought to light
• 753 people (453 women and 200 men) were trained on Land Rights
• 5000 saplings planted in Noida, Delhi, Haryana and 3,000 persons made aware on environment protection.
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Livelihoods:
• 266 Farmer collectives have been formed/nurtured with 4831 members
• 9297 families across 381 villages have been practicing Sustainable agriculture
• 4604 farmers were provided training on SA
• 60 Cooperatives (Agri, Fish, FPO) were registered with 3288 members
• 1425 families started Kitchen gardens for Nutritional security of women, children
• 44 Seed banks across 5 states have been established which are completely managed by communities
• 53 Grain banks across 8 states have been established (managed by communities)
• 183 women have been trained on self-employment skills such as Embroidery and Aari works, phenol making, Agarbathi making and Soap making in TN
• Facilitated registration of 1000 construction workers in Delhi

Informal Workers:
• 784 collectives (437 women collectives) across our operational areas with a membership of more than 41939 informal workers (Men: 19615, Women: 22324)
• 29,335 informal workers are now getting social security benefits under different government schemes,
• 5497 (female -4514 and Male- 983) unskilled workers have been provided with skill development and life skill training. Among these 266 person got employment and 2378 persons became self-employed.
• Farmer Producer Company of 587 members registered in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal to take forward agri-business activities collectively
Labour:
• Submitted recommendations to NHRC for the National Policy for Domestic Workers
• Labour code – We have shared recommendations on state rules in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh,
• Women wage watch groups active across 6 states covering 100 districts, reaching out to around 8,000 women workers
• Kaam Mango Abhiyan was carried out in 110 village in 10 districts in states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh , Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
• Secured rainy season compensation of Rs. 5,000 to all saltpan workers in Tamil Nadu
• In West Bengal, domestic workers sought inclusion under wage schedule. 500 domestic workers oriented on leadership skills and in 10 slum pockets digital skilling programs conducted. 250 domestic workers got enrolled under the State sponsored Skill Building Program. In Uttar Pradesh, they demanded a Welfare Board and a legislation securing their rights.
• Awareness programme with informal sector to enrol in e-shram portal in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
• 1,200 construction workers registered in Delhi through Nirman Mazdoor Adhikar Abhiyan
• 1235 informal workers have registered under labour department in Guwahati
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WATER:
• Rejuvenated 4 ponds in Noida, Delhi NCR spread over a total of 1.56 hectares of land
• Renovation of 10 water harvesting structures in 10 villages of Kandhmal district, Odisha
• Engaging with Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to issue circular to take action on quality of water in lakes. Documentation of Kudlu Dodda Kere Lake's biodiversity, 38 different bird species identified and documented, reports prepared - Lake Water Quality in Lakes of Karnataka, Report on lake-bed assessment in Doddakallasandra Lake, "Harness Every Drop", a documentation on Rainwater Harnessing in Chunchaghatta Lake, Report on Strengthening Harnessing Rainwater in Chunchaghatta Lake
• In Bengaluru engaged two lake groups, Shikaripalya and Kudludoddakere, providing them inputs on the protection and conservation of lakes
• Through Water Volunteer programme, we reached out to the community on restoration & protection of river ecology, on the banks of river Ganga, Yamuna & Gandak
• Study conducted to understand causes of river pollution of Yamuna, especially due to industries, covering parts of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
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Education
More than 2,07,081 adolescent boys and girls and 2,389 youths in 2,571 schools across 22 districts in Odisha, Bihar, Rajasthan & West Bengal .
More than 2 lakh children enrolled in Government schools.
Nai Pahel Project in Uttar Pradesh running successfully from the last four years.
Making schools accessible to all by running of Supplementary Education Classes
Strengthening ICDS and Health Support
Supporting children in disaster
Addressing Child Trafficking in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Emergency Response
Emergency response since the year 1981 benefitting about 40Million people nationally those effected by Cyclones, Floods, COVID, Sunami’s.