About
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Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra
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Since
2013
The Swades Foundation works with a focus on the empowerment of 1 million people residing in rural India. Its mission is to assist rural communities in Read more becoming self-reliant and experiencing a permanent, irreversible form of change in the way they live. The strategy employed to achieve this mission is Engage-Execute-Empower and Exit. Health & Nutrition, Education, Water & Sanitation and Economic Development are the primary focus areas. Post the achievement of objectives, the organization follows an exit strategy, allowing the transformed communities to guide other communities towards their own transformation journies. Development and transformation are envisioned in the form of a mobilized community with active self-help groups, robust health of community members, schools with quality education, well-nourished children, clean water and a personal toilet in every household. Uplifting the farmer community through the creation of opportunities for running small businesses is also part of its developmental activities.
Issue
Rural India is struggling with a lack of information on the latest practices be it agriculture or sanitation, relative inaccessibility to modern technology and erosion of values.
Action
The Foundation aims to bring positive changes in the way of life in rural villages by implementing projects on education, water & sanitation, health & nutrition and economic development. It believes in partnering with the villages to make them independent and then encouraging the community to chart out its own path of development.
Cause Area
Impact
In 9 years Swades has impacted 2,700 villages across the Raigad & Nashik districts of Maharashtra impacting over 7,48,000 people belonging to 1,60,000 households.
Vision & Mission
Vision : An empowered and poverty-free rural India where communities are capable of transforming their own lives.
Mission :To transform one million rural lives every five years through holistic development across Health, Education, Water & Sanitation and Economic Development by creating a scalable, replicable and community-centric model of sustainable development.
Donor History
1. Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation
2. Deustche Bank
3. HSBC Bank
4. Oracle Financial SERVICES Software LImited
5. Vinati Organics Limited
Programs
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Water & Sanitation
In the water & sanitation sector, Its efforts are focused on building rainwater harvesting facilities, toilets and water storage structures in homes and under-resourced schools with the aim of creating open-defecation-free communities and ensuring access to safe drinking water.
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Health & Nutrition
In the Health & Nutrition sector, its focus is on detecting and managing anaemia through screening and iron supplements, diagnosis and cure of cataracts through checkups and surgery, reducing malnutrition by encouraging breastfeeding and providing supplementary nutrition and treatment for children with heart disease.
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Education
In the education sector, it works with Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) to facilitate early childhood development and provides skill development training, leadership training and scholarships to students. It also conducts principal & teacher training programmes to enable efficient and effective delivery of education.
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Economic Development
Its economic development initiative is focused on enabling farmers to achieve sustainable sources of income by creating awareness about government policies and providing access to innovative farming techniques.
The first step is to engage rural communities with NGOs, corporate houses, urban youth and the government. The next step is the execution of developmental programs in collaboration with these entities.
The third step is empowerment which takes place when these communities undertake activities with the view to becoming self-dependent and experiencing sustainable development.
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Heath and Nutrition , Economic Development, Water and Sanitation, Education
We have three mobile vans which are fully equipped for diagnostic screening of eye defects by ophthalmologists. We conduct screening, identification and advise on necessary treatments for eye diseases in these vans. Those identified with refractive errors are given spectacles free of cost whereas those diagnosed with cataract are accompanied to our partner hospitals Laxmi Charitable Trust and HV Desai Eye Hospital for free surgery.
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Skilling
The programme aims to primarily target the 18 - 35 age group, train them with the right and relevant skills and engage them in a meaningful livelihood or employment helping them earn between INR 80K - INR 120K. The age group is relaxed by about 10 years for self-employment trades such as masonry that help skill individuals enabling them to draw a higher daily wage than being unskilled. The subsidized fee charged from student per course in INR 3,000, further subsidized to INR 500 for POP HH. We also provide accommodation facility for youth who travel from far way and do not have the public transport facility to be a day scholar. the upper limit for accommodation cost is fixed at INR 6,500 per youth (approx for 45 to 60 days). This is being executed in partnership with Learnet Skills that has setup a training center and relevant labs to ensure best quality deliverable. The training is imparted through 2 models - (1) Youth being trained at the training center; (2) Youth being trained in their villages where the trainer travels to the community
Impact Metrics
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Scholarships to Students for Higher Studies
Year-wise Metrics- 2017-18 62
- 2018-19 700
- 2019-20 1040
- 2020-21 594
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Students Counselled for Career Guidance
Year-wise Metrics- 2017-18 11636
- 2018-19 5000
- 2019-20 3080
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Trained Teachers and Principals
Year-wise Metrics- 2017-18 1696
- 2018-19 900
- 2019-20 850
- 2020-21 5962
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Screened by Swades Mitra
Year-wise Metrics- 2019-20 17221
- 2020-21 660800
- 2021-22 2066
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Screened by Optometrist
Year-wise Metrics- 2019-20 30002
- 2020-21 8672
- 2021-22 9768
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Cataract Surgeries
Year-wise Metrics- 2019-20 2966
- 2020-21 8672
- 2021-22 716
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Youths Trained
Year-wise Metrics- 2019-20 51600
- 2020-21 28500
- 2021-22 52300
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Youths Placed in Formal Employment
Year-wise Metrics- 2019-20 419
- 2020-21 180
- 2021-22 422
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Youths Self Employed
Year-wise Metrics- 2019-20 234
- 2020-21 124
- 2021-22 218
Theory of Change
Swades follows logical frame work for monitoring and evaluation we have all the programs input, output, outcome and impact indicators which is used for program monitoring and outcome assessment.
Milestones & Track Record
1. Swades Foundation hosted a scholarship meet at Atlas University
2. Swades Foundation announces completion of 75 dream villages in a year
3. Constructed toilets in 28,425 homes and 1419 hamlets are verified as ODF
4. Impacting 136,666 children in 1,361 schools, 806 Anganwadis and 41 Junior colleges
Leadership Team
Demographics & Structure
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No. of Employees
100+
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Strength of Governing Body
3
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Diversity Metrics
20% women
M&E
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Internal, External Assessors
Yes
Policies
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Ethics and Transparency Policies
Yes
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Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy
Yes
Political & Religious Declarations
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On Affiliation if any
No
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On Deployment Bias if any
No
Organisation Structure
Yes
Awards & Recognitions
1. Sabera Awards - Non Profit of the year 2020
2. CSR Universe - COVID Response Impact Award “Health Category” - 2021
3. Sabera Awards under - Sashaktikaran - 2021
4. CSR Times Award “COVID-19 category” - 2021
5. CSR Journal "Special Commendation Award" - 2021
6. Sabera Award - Rural Development and Agricultural- 2022
7. CSR Times Award - Sustainable Development- 2022
8. Great Place To Work – 2020, 2021, 2022
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AAVCS9374F
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Registration ID
266136
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VO ID / Darpan ID
MH/2017/0176479
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12A
AAVCS9374FE20214
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80G
AAVCS9374FF20214
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FCRA
083781348
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CSR Registration Number
CSR00000440
Location
Other Details
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Parent Organisation
SHARE (Society to Heal Aid Restore Educate)
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Type & Sub Type
Non-profit
Trust
Website
Financial Details
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2018-19
IncomeRs.708,658,543ExpensesRs.685,343,720Admin ExpensesRs.190,108,220Program ExpensesRs.495,235,500Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2019-20
IncomeRs.658,393,251ExpensesRs.688,143,934Admin ExpensesRs.103,221,590Program ExpensesRs.584,922,344Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2020-21
IncomeRs.704,624,483ExpensesRs.744,206,620Admin ExpensesRs.111,630,993Program ExpensesRs.632,575,627Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2021-22
IncomeRs.852,841,000ExpensesRs.829,854,000Admin ExpensesRs.124,478,100Program ExpensesRs.705,375,900Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it. -
2022-23
IncomeRs.805,241,000ExpensesRs.821,269,000Admin ExpensesRs.78,873,000Program ExpensesRs.742,396,000Tip: Click on any value above to exclude it.