Aroh Foundation

Winner Original Title : Aroh Foundation State: Uttar Pradesh Contact Person: Neelam Gupta Email Id: neelamgupta07@gmail.com Mobile /Telephone: 9811046517 Website: www.aroh.in Description: AROH works with the core objective of empowering the rural and urban poor, including backward communities, especially women, so that they create a model society for themselves. Aroh endeavours to develop the traditional…

Childraise Trust

Winner Original Title : Childraise Trust State: Maharashtra Contact Person: Kavita Shanbhag Email Id: childraisetrust@gmail.com Mobile /Telephone: 9820256731 Website: www.childraise.com Description: ChildRaise.com works toward empowering “Special Children” and their parents, caregivers and well-wishers. Childraise Trust has a unique acronym to explain its goals and objectives – RAISE: R=Rehabilitation, A=Awareness, I=Information, S=Support and E=Education to maximum…

Prakriti

Winner Original Title : Prakriti State: Uttarakhand Contact Person: Kashinath Vajpai Email Id: vajpai@chimalaya.org Mobile /Telephone: 7607481242 Website: www.chimalaya.org Description: To deal with the climatic changes and their impacts in Himalayan Mountains, Prakriti, a mountain environment group based in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, India founded a Pan-Himalayan initiative called ‘Climate Himalaya’ to focus on Climate…

Peer Water Exchange

Winner Original Title : Peer Water Exchange State: Karnataka Contact Person: Rajesh Shah Email Id: info@peerwater.org Mobile /Telephone: 9740322557 Website: www.peerwater.org Description: The Peer Water Exchange (PWX), is an innovative global online network, that empowers water groups to increase capacity and collaborative on funding and initiatives, enforces collaboration and transparency through open peer review, creates…

Rural Education And Development India

Winner Original Title : Rural Education And Development India State: New Delhi Contact Person: Geeta Malhotra Email Id: geeta.malhotra16@gmail.com Mobile /Telephone: 9818193575 Website: www.readglobal.org Description: Rural Education And Development (READ) empowers rural communities using a replicable model for sustainable education, economic and community development that pairs non-profit libraries with for profit ventures. Its website, www.readglobal.org/our-work/readindia,…

Udyama

Special Mention Original Title : Udyama State: Odisha Contact Person: Pradeep Mahapatra Email Id: udyama.pradeep@gmail.com Mobile /Telephone: 06742475656 Website: www.udyama.org Description: Udyama is an action and advocacy oriented organization in Odisha focused on food security and sustainable rural livelihoods. Its major activities include improving the capacity of participating communities for drought mitigation through regulated water…