Yuva Rural Association

Yuva Rural Association (YRA) is a registered society functioning from Nagpur. YRA has turned 17 years old now and continues to work hard for the devel Read moreopment of the rural & tribal poor. The focus is to empower the deprived sections of rural and tribal society through interventions in the areas of livelihoods, gender, natural resource management (Environment) and advocacy to achieve its goals for the betterment of the constituencies. YRA’s current direct interventions are in more than 525 villages from around 18 blocks of 8 districts in the Vidarbha region and Parbhani district from the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.  All these interventions were to address various development issues of the constituency groups- small and marginal farmers, women, youth, tribal and children. YRA also have indirect interventions on various issues at the state and national level through our collaborative partners. YRA has been successful in facilitating people’s Organizations and Institutions, thus increasing the participation, accountability, transparency, and ownership of our constituencies so that the social transformation process rolls on its own in a sustainable model.  YRA is professional voluntary development organization working in partnership with International Development Organizations, (Oxfam India, SWISSAID India, UNICEF, IFAD) National and State Government (Women and Child Development Department, NABARD, Ministry of Agriculture and Water and Sanitation Department, Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT), Rangoonwala Foundation, Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRA-N), Dilasa & WASSAN) and Corporate Social Responsibility projects with HDFC Bank, HDB financial services and Edelweiss towards Sustainable Development.  In this wonderful and enriching journey that we have experienced, we have been successful in forming People’s Organizations and People’s Institutions, thus increasing the participation, accountability, and ownership of our target beneficiaries so that they take the responsibility of their own development. The members of these PO’s and PI’s and the volunteers are assisting in widening the scale and scope of our interventions and this is the biggest strength of the organization. They have helped us in our goal of making the life of rural people meaningful.